Transcendent Dawn

Chapter 17: A Letter In Response

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Coming back to his dorm, Thulhu saw Shawn walk out of his bedroom. He patted Thulhu’s shoulder. “Hey man, I can imagine how it feels. But think of it another way: isn’t it kind of cool that the girl you like has turned into a serial killer?”

“Cool?!”

Thulhu rolled his eyes. Shawn had no idea that it was Thulhu himself who had created this serial killer, and Thulhu had no idea how ferocious it could be.

Thulhu just gave her a command to stay away from him as far as possible. Now, it turned out that the corpse princess had indeed followed his command, and more.

“Anyway…” Shawn quickly changed the topic when he saw the look on Thulhu’s face. “There’s a part-time job. You want it?”

Rarely did Shawn introduce a topic which could piqued Thulhu’s interest.

“What is it?” asked Thulhu.

It was very common for college students to get part-time jobs in the union. Thulhu had spent quite a lot of money recently, so he felt that it was necessary to put some back into his wallet again.

However, Shawn was infamous when it came to finding a job. Last time, he took Thulhu to a pub, and Thulhu almost became a male host there like Shawn. So Thulhu needed more details before he rushed to make a decision.

“Helping the school clean the sewers…” Shawn didn’t look too satisfied with the job. “It’s disgusting and exhausting, but we’ll get 50 coppers a day!”

“Are you trying to hide something from me again?”

Thulhu stared at Shawn suspiciously. “Don’t you lie to me. I have my own way of getting the information I want, and you know it!”

Shawn instantly confessed, “I’ve signed the contract. If I can’t finish the job, there’s a big penalty! Thulhu, you gotta help me!”

“I knew it…” Thulhu glared at Shawn. “But it’s 50 coppers a day. There must be loads of people who want this job.”

Shawn answered hesitantly, “Well… Thulhu… Do you know that recently, there’ve been some mysterious tales about the university sewers?”

“Mysterious tales?!” Thulhu was instantly intrigued. “Like what?”

“Like… some people say that they’ve heard some ghost crying in the sewers! A cleaner even got hurt down there and was sent to the hospital…”

Shawn looked very bothered. “The employer won’t increase the salary any further, so it’s been a while since the sewers were last cleaned. I saw him yesterday, and only had a very, very short conversation with him, but I signed the contract. Now, there’s no one who wants to help me. I can only count on you now, Thulhu!”

“Are you sure you didn’t sign the contract because of the pay, and only found out later that it was a trap?”

Thulhu doubted Shawn’s honesty.

“I’m so sorry…!”

Shawn was almost on his knees. “He subcontracted the work to me and gave me ten silver eagles. I have to get the work done in ten days, or I’ll have to pay him back ten times the amount! Thulhu… You gotta help me!”

Thulhu smiled coldly with his arms crossed.

“You were lying to me earlier?”

“I’ve tried asking other people, but no one agreed…” Shawn put on an embarrassed smile. “I have no other choice but to come to you. Thulhu, you know how to fight, right? You can protect us down in the sewers!”

“Well… I can consider it…”

Thulhu thought for a bit, then nodded. “But you need to pay me six silver eagles!”

“You better just kill me now!” Shawn instantly burst out.

“Then seven!”

“Shit! I don’t bargain for a higher price!”

“You gotta pay me half first, or no way!”

…

Finally, they reached a decision: Shawn had to pay Thulhu six silver eagles, three upfront.

The pay wasn’t bad at all. If it wasn’t for the monster down in the sewers, lots of people would be fighting for the job.

Thulhu believed that he knew how to fight better than that injured cleaner. As long as he was cautious enough, he should be fine.

After all, the six silver eagles were quite important to his wallet right now.

Shawn paid Thulhu in paper money, the third version recently released by the union. The banknote still had the silver color, and the paper quality was very good. Rubbing it gently made Thulhu feel really good.

The front of the bill featured the father of the nation, Steven Sly; on the back was a union landmark: the tower of the Goddess of Light in Percy Harbor.

There were no fake banknotes in this world so far. Each banknote was printed with an anti-counterfeit watermark and had a unique number. One could go to any bank to redeem a silver eagle with a banknote.

However, Thulhu knew that if things continued along this line, the union government would definitely cancel this exchange in the future and make the banknote the country’s official, promissory note.

If he seized this chance to stock up on gold dragons and silver eagles, he would probably be able to make a fortune in the near future!

However, his total savings right now wasn’t even over six silver eagles.

Shawn was still staring at the bills in Thulhu’s hand, as if Thulhu had stolen his girlfriend from him. Finally, he turned around decisively. “Deal! Stick to your word, and we’ll begin at eight tomorrow morning!”

“No problem!”

Thulhu had done a lot of heavy-duty, dirty work before to earn money. He didn’t really care.

Going back to his bedroom, Thulhu spent some time thinking, and then finally grabbed some paper to write a letter.

Dear Roald Botley,

Sorry for the late reply. I’m glad to see that you’re coming to Niah to see me. Honestly, I’ve run into some pretty thorny problems recently, say… a shadow that killed someone! The shadow could flow… Sorry, I can’t find a better word to describe it… I can’t recognize it with my extremely limited knowledge. I hope you can give me some advice!

Thulhu Botley

As for those big terms, like Dawn of the Gods and extraordinary resurrection, Thulhu wanted to ask Roald in person after the current problem was resolved.

He purposefully paid attention to the tone and collocation.

After finishing the letter, Thulhu checked it and believed he did quite a good job.

After activating all the memories of the previous owner of this body, Thulhu was no longer afraid of meeting the family members at all.

What was more important was that he was now in great danger! He had to save himself!

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Not only did he have to get stronger, he also had to look to other people for help!

He would send the letter out early tomorrow morning.

Putting the letter into the envelope, Thulhu calculated when the letter would arrive.

It would take Unionpost around five days to send the letter to the state of Dagusta. It would then take Roald at least ten days or half a month to get here.

In other words, Thulhu would get his reinforcements roughly half a month later.