Chapter 619: 199. Light and darkness coexist
The next day, early in the morning, Nnd Lee left the Core District to meet with Janelle Thompson from the Ind Affairs Department.
His highly efficient money-making operation yesterday allowed Janelle, the bounty agent, to experience the thrilling sensation of gold coins pouring in.
10% of the total bounty from bounty tasks would be taken by the Ind Affairs Department.
Half of this 10% belongs to the Ind Affairs Department, while the other half is Janelle’smission, which corresponds to 5% of the total bounty.
Nnd Lee received 48,600 bounties yesterday, and Janelle had an ie of 2,700 gold coins.
2,700 gold coins were equivalent to her hard-earned ie for half a month. Such generous remuneration was enough to make her admire Nnd Lee’s talents and strength.
As soon as Janelle saw Nnd Lee entering the room, she handed over the task order book she had prepared with a beaming smile:
“You’re here, Jarvis. This is the task I picked out for you. Take a look. And the arrest warrants you asked me to search for also have some leads.”
“Oh? So soon?” Nnd Lee took the order book, nced at it, stuffed it into the Magic Pouch, and looked at Janelle, who had some dark circles under her eyes, and said:
“Thank you for your hard work, Janelle, staying upte to help me look up arrest warrants.”<div>
“Don’t mention it. It’s my job. Do you want to hear the results of my search now? Or do you want to wait until today’s business is over to talk about this?” Janelle asked with a smile.
“Let’s talk about it now.” Nnd Lee pulled up a chair and sat down.
Janelle took a seat opposite him, using her liquefied right hand to fetch several scrolls sealed in metal boxes from the ss pipeline.
The metal boxes that stored the task order books were rtively thin, while the metal boxes storing arrest warrants were heavier, which clearly demonstrated the difference in weight between the task order books and arrest warrants.
Task order books can be initiated by any legal entity, such as ship owners, workshop owners, ordinary residents, and so on. The rewards for tasks are solely gold coins or equivalents.
Arrest warrants are different. The initiators are definitely the Wizard Enforcement Department, and the rewards consist of gold coins andw enforcement credit points.
Upon receiving an arrest warrant, one can enjoy convenient services provided by the Wizard Enforcement Department.
For example, after Nnd Lee received Moscat’s arrest warrant, he was allowed two free teleports.
In order to prevent enforcement wizards from taking advantage, the Wizard Enforcement Department stipted:
At the same time, an enforcement wizard can only receive one arrest warrant. Afterpleting or canceling the current warrant, then they can receive a new one.
However, just looking at the list of wanted criminals on other arrest warrants is not a problem.
Nnd Lee asked Janelle to look up arrest warrants because he wanted to confirm how many targets he could legally kill on the Suman Archipgo.
By taking down these targets, he could receive the bounties on the arrest warrants but couldn’t im credit points nor enjoy free teleport services.
Nnd Lee didn’t care about free teleportation or credit points – his only goal was the bounty.
So before leaving yesterday, he asked Janelle to help him search the Wanted Records Archive and find all the wanted criminals who met his screening criteria.
Nnd Lee had only two screening criteria:
Screening Condition 1:
The wanted criminal’s fighting strength should not exceed four-circled, the crime level should preferably be Inferior Mage Level – that is, the second-tier criminals, and the total bounty should not exceed one million gold coins.
Screening Condition 2:<div>
The wanted criminal prefers to work alone, or the number of people in the small group the criminal belongs to does not exceed 5.
Targets that meet these two conditions have a very high kill-to-price ratio, and Nnd Lee is confident in taking them down in an instant.
The six metal boxes ced on the tabletop by Janelle corresponded to six wanted criminals who met Nnd Lee’s screening criteria.
Janelle opened the metal boxes one by one, allowing Nnd Lee to view the arrest warrants inside while saying:<div>
“These six wanted criminals have appeared near the Suman Archipgo within thest seven days. With your ability, it should be rtively easy to find their whereabouts. There are about 20 other wanted criminals who haven’t been seen on the Suman Inds for at least half a month. Once these criminals expose their whereabouts, I will notify you immediately. What do you think, is this arrangement suitable?”
“Very good, no problems,” Nnd Lee picked up the six arrest warrants and checked the details.
Since the wanted criminals are not legal wizards under Ulnas Circle protection, their personal information is not protected by thew. Nnd Lee can freely view the contents of the arrest warrants without worrying about viting the privacy of the initiators of the task order books.
Nnd Lee memorized the information on the arrest warrants using Deconstruction Technique.
“Sea poachers… Deep Sea raiders… peripheral members of the Pirate State… fraudsters… the origins andpositions of these wanted criminals are indeed diverse.”
Nnd Lee read the arrest warrants and said:
“Moreover, behind every wanted criminal, there is the shadow of the Pirate Nation. It seems that the Suman Archipgo is gued by the Pirate Nation. What is the origin of this Pirate Nation? How can it withstand the Deep Sea Branch for so long?”
“Actually… Jarvis, the main members of the Pirate Nation are the native inhabitants of the Suman Archipgo,” Janelle said.
Nnd Lee was slightly taken aback:
“Native inhabitants? You mean, after Hotams established the Deep Sea Branch here, he drove out the native inhabitants of the ind? These native inhabitants then founded the present Pirate Nation?”
“Yes, that’s about it. However, the real situation is somewhatplicated. It involves ancient knowledge from thest era, which can only be obtained from the Deep Sea Branch,” Janelle said.