I Created Scientific Magic - Chapter 33

Chapter 33: Conflict and the City Guards

Translator: Lonelytree

At the thought of this, Lin En looked down at Labre and asked.

“In Harbor Town, who do you have the worst relationship with?”

“It’s [Black Hand] Bob…” Labre didn’t understand why Lin would ask such a question, but he still explained the conflict between the two of them.

“Very good. I’ll borrow your clothes!” Lin En did not hesitate to move his hand and forcefully ripped off Labre’s clothes.

The tall and sturdy man subconsciously thought that the demon in front of him was going to use the cruel skinning method on him. He desperately stuck his body to the ground.

In the end, the helpless Lin En had no choice but to knock him out. After changing his clothes, he stared at Labre’s face and activated magic transformation.

This was the Shaping Spell that he had learned from Basic Magic and Its Uses. It could change a mage’s physical appearance.

Barker, who had died at the hands of Antioch, had once used this spell to transform into a giant bear, temporarily delaying the enemy’s movements.

However, this spell was not omnipotent. Not only did it require a thorough understanding of the transformed creature, but it also involved a variety of risks.

There were many examples of mages who failed to learn Shaping Magic in the book. Some of them made mistakes, some couldn’t change back, and some died from the backlash.

It could be said that the Mages who dared to learn Shapeshifting Magic were all bold and unafraid of death.

Lin En’s understanding of biology had always been good. His database had a complete three-dimensional model of the human body. His grasp of the skin, muscles, blood, internal organs, and even the internal cells was clear. He could avoid some unexpected situations to a great extent.

Of course, compared to Lott, whose body size, age, and hair color were extremely similar to him, his disguise as Labre only had a 90% similarity.

It was enough to deal with some unexpected situations!

Lin En casually wiped the dust off his face, tied up the unconscious Labre, and stuffed him into the bag in the basement. Then, he walked out.

“Damn you, Bob!”

Lin En cursed as he walked out of the room. A few boatmen who were on guard saw Lin En’s angry appearance and carefully asked.

“Boss Labre, did the negotiation fail?”

“The other party is only willing to pay 60 Saikas gold coins for a large ship of goods!” Lin En was furious.” It’s all that bastard Bob’s fault. He already contacted the Pedro family. In order to snatch our business, Bob was willing to help them transport goods at a very low price.”

Upon hearing this, the helpers present were filled with righteous indignation. One had to know that the cost of a large ship going back and forth was at least 50 Saikas gold coins. This did not include the expenses of the crew at sea. With this little money, wouldn’t everyone have made a wasted trip?

Black Hand Bob and his workers had never been on good terms with the Boat Gang. They usually made things difficult for them. However, they didn’t expect that they would go so far this time. Bob’s gang would rather lose money just to steal business from them.

This was purely disgusting…

“Let’s go. Bring some people to find him!” Lin En waved his hand and shouted loudly. He gathered dozens of people and walked towards the dock with great fanfare.

At the same time, on a huge sailboat, [Black Hand] Bob was waving his whip and scolding a few workers who wanted to slack off. When he saw Lin En rushing in angrily, he frowned and said unhappily. “Labre, why did you bring so many people here?”

Lin En couldn’t be bothered to talk nonsense with him. He went up and directly knocked the dumbfounded Bob to the ground.

The laborers on the sailing ship were stunned on the spot, but the men brought by Lin En had already rushed up and immediately started to fight.

The originally calm dock instantly turned into chaos. The sounds of shouting and smashing were endless. A few minutes later, a sharp shout was heard.

“City guards, the city guards are here!”

Lin En and the workers on the ship stopped their actions at the same time because a dozen armored guards with sharp blades had surrounded the ship.

Lin En raised his hands to signal for everyone to give up resisting. There was no trace of worry on his face.

This was because the captain of the guards of Port Town, Tilis, was an old acquaintance of Labre. When he had stolen the cargo the last time, he had reaped a lot of benefits!

“What is going on?” Tilis strode onto the sailboat and looked around at the goods scattered on the ground and the laborers lying on the ground. He turned to look at Lin En and questioned him in dissatisfaction.

“Sir Tilis, these people barged in for no reason and overturned the goods stored here without any reason. They even attacked us…” Bob, who had one of his teeth broken, shouted angrily. He felt wronged and still could not understand why he was beaten.

“It’s just a small conflict, Lord Tilis, and many people present can testify that Bob started it!” Lin En smiled and took a few steps forward. He stuffed a small bag of coins into Tilis’ hands.

The hundreds of boatmen at the dock shouted loudly, drowning out Bob and the others’ weak rebuttal.

In Harbor Town, the Black Hand’s power was far inferior to the Boat Gang’s. If it weren’t for the fact that Bob had an Earl backing him up, which made the cripple Lauder wary, he would have been kicked out of the dock long ago.

“Arrest them all!” Tilis was well aware of the conflict and friction between the two gangs in Harbor Town. After weighing the sincerity of Lin En, he quickly classified the conflict as a fight.

According to the laws of the Saikas Empire, those who gathered together to cause trouble would be whipped ten times!

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“Hiss ~ This bastard really delivered the whipping…”

Half an hour later, Lin En walked out of the dock with a frown. He was very depressed.

He had overestimated the ” relationship ” between Labre and Tilis. The other party did not show any mercy at all. The ten whips hurt like hell.

Lin En only hoped that the whipping was not in vain. He had already done everything he could.

According to the cautious and cunning personality of the cripple Lauder, he guessed that the other party’s hiding place was not too far away, and he would constantly be paying attention to the movements in the port town.

And what Lauder was most worried about was attracting the attention of the Church.

Therefore, Lin En planned this conflict, drew the city guards over, and controlled the intensity of the brawl. He kept the cause of the conflict to be the difference in interests between the gangs. If nothing went wrong, this matter would soon reach Lauder’s ears.

Labre was the number two person in the [Boat Gang], and other than Lauder, no one else could punish him. It was easy to guess what Lauder would do next.

If someone else made a mistake, Labre would be the one who came to deliver the reprimand, but if the person who made the mistake was Lauder’s trusted subordinate…

“Lord Labre, Mr. Lauder is looking for you. Please follow me.” A few minutes later, an ordinary-looking boatman suddenly whispered into his ear.

“Alright!” Lin En’s lips curled into a smile.

As expected!