Walker Of The Worlds

Chapter 67

Lin Mu was dumbstruck by the price the staffer had just quoted. There was no chance that the fine could be this high. Even though the loss caused due to the damaged spirit apples was high, it was still less than a thousand gold coins.

The price that the staffer had told Lin Mu was enough to buy a completely new house if that was possible. Ever since a restriction on the expansion of the towns was placed by the city mayor five years ago, the prices of houses and property had shot up.

The mayor had instead ordered the town to increase the size of their respective specialty. The Northern town was ordered to expand their spirit apple orchards, the eastern their crop fields, the western their merchant site, and the south their army camp.

Even though the order could be considered to be Draconian, no one dared to question the city mayor's words. This restriction was also the reason why hunters had a hard time saving money, as they would just end up spending it in the winters.

Lin Mu could not just accept this and decided to ask the staffer.

"Why is the fine so high? Even the actual price of the property is not this high." Lin Mu complained.

"Due to undisclosed reasons, the city mayor has doubled all the taxes. This also includes the fines paid for crimes and law-breaking. The town head was also called for this specific reason by the city mayor." The staffer replied calmly.

"But still, you can't just do this." Lin Mu protested.

"There is nothing I can do. If you want your property back, pay the fine, otherwise, there are other people ready to buy it." The staffer explained.

'I have to get it now or I won't be able to buy it later.' Lin Mu thought.

Because of the scarcity of houses, the cost of properties was already inflated, yet there were still people who would be willing to buy it for such a high price. Lin Mu knew that if he waited too long, others may get to know of a vacant house and buy it. He was already lucky that no one had bought it yet in the past two months.

Lin Mu gritted his teeth and decided to pay the price.

"Fine. I'll take it." Lin Mu spoke through clenched teeth.

his back and withdrew the exact amount of coins. He then placed them on the counter and let the staffer see it. The

walk away. Even he himself had not expected for the fine to be so high. He could not think why the city

he had seen Lin Mu put out such a large amount of coins, he'll definitely have to inform the

staffer's expression and knew what he was thinking. He guessed that he may have some problems in the future, so decided to end

wouldn't want to get into trouble would you." Lin Mu said

Lin Mu said that, he grasped the edge of the desk and crushed it in his hands. The staffer saw this and immediately became silent. Lin Mu could even see the speck of fear in his eyes. Feeling a little satisfied, he took the deed of

the coins in a pouch and walked upstairs to the town

A voice asked

Kun Ming, town

in." the

was drinking a cup of wine. The town head was old and

the pouch on it. He looked up at

The town head said as he looked at the pouch that

That boy Lin Mu paid it in full." Kun

a little surprised as he placed his cup down and picked up the pouch. He weighed it in his hand for a bit before pouring it out on the desk. A small pile

already counted it, sir. It's a total of 1200 gold coins." Kun Ming

it all at once?" The

It seemed he was ready for it

of the town head and he appeared to be thinking. Kun Ming seemed

me a little warning before he left." Kun

The

to crush my

the town head opened a drawer and withdrew a sheet of paper.

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