"It's better to make money faster by doing business!" Lei took the space bag and only glanced at it, then he was completely stunned. After staying for a long time, he couldn't help but say this, "Why don't we stop looking for people everywhere and just concentrate on the mainland? Forget about doing business in various places. I think if you continue like this, in just three to five years, you will be able to accumulate enough wealth to buy a country!"
"Stop dreaming!" Sui Xiong laughed, "How can this kind of thing be done so often! As a god, I abuse advanced teleportation skills to do business... I don't care about face. Other gods don't do such bad things. It’s impossible to agree. Think about it, basically a god can do this kind of thing, why don’t other gods do the same?”
Lei thought for a moment, shook his head, and sighed.
He didn't understand the world of gods, but what His Majesty the Mask of the Void said made sense.
It's like the royal family holding a knight's tournament, but His Royal Highness the Prince personally participated in the competition. How unseemly!
...Wait, this kind of thing seems maybe... so familiar!
He touched his nose and smiled awkwardly.
Early the next morning, they arrived at Knight Parn's house. This time they were greeted not only by Mrs. Teague and her two daughters, but also by a dozen young boys and girls.
There was some worry on their faces, but more of it was hope. Seeing the hope of getting rid of debt, their eyes were a little anxious and anxious.
Lei didn't give in and said straight to the point: "The money has been collected."
These words were extremely concise and clear, but the effect was very good. The eyes of the boys and girls suddenly lit up, and even their breathing became faster.
"Excuse me... do you need us to do anything?" an older, more stable-looking young man asked, "Frankly speaking, if you really want to pay back such a large amount of money for us, we It would be very unsettling.”
Lei nodded secretly and said with a smile: "Then this money can be regarded as my investment in you. If you can grow up and become an excellent person, then the investment is worth it. And what if you are unlucky? … That’s just my bad luck.”
At first glance, this statement seems reasonable, but when you think about it carefully, it is extremely heroic. It is nothing more than a variation of "let's all make friends." It is simply unbelievable to use a huge sum of money that weighs more than a strong man to make friends with everyone!
"Sir, please don't make fun of us!" The young man said with a wry smile, "Maybe to you, this money is nothing. But to us, it is a terrible sum that can simply crush us. Huge sums of money. We cannot afford such an investment, it will give us sleepless nights!”
Lei did not answer in a hurry, but slowly swept his eyes across the boys and girls, and saw similar meanings on their faces and eyes.
He couldn't help but laugh again: "I'm glad to know such a group of upright young people. So let's find a way to make you feel at ease... This money is an unlimited interest-free loan. I will pay you back I will add more as necessary so that you can grow up well. When you are strong enough, you can slowly save money to repay it. I believe that a mature adventurer can completely repay this loan slowly. .”
At this time, the boys and girls all breathed a sigh of relief, and looked obviously much more relieved.
"These guys and girls are really interesting!" Sui Xiong said with a smile in the spiritual connection, "Most people try their best to take advantage, but it's good for them. Seeing that there is such a big one who doesn't take advantage, but instead falls into debt. He looked relieved..."
"This is an upright person! He is worthy of being a believer in the pioneering knights! I can even infer how outstanding the elders who taught them are!" Lei said with admiration and regret, "What a pity! Such a group of outstanding people The knights unfortunately died in the vast sea... "
Speaking of this matter, Sui Xiong was immediately reminded: "It's better to ask them. Maybe they will have some clues."
So Lei asked these young people about his doubts. Everyone seemed confused and said that they knew nothing. It's just that Lei clearly saw a cold light flash in the eyes of the young man who spoke as a representative before. He seemed to be different from others and knew some special news.
So when the boys and girls thanked each other and left with enough money to pay off their debts, he also said goodbye and quietly followed the young man.
Soon after, he came to the young man's home.
This is a simple wooden house, which looks like a house with bare walls. Judging from the traces, many of the furniture must have been sold recently. It can be seen that this young man is almost at the end of his rope in order to pay off his debts.
Although he was so embarrassed, he was able to gain everyone's trust and speak as a representative. Judging from everyone's attitude, his status in the small group of boys and girls was probably higher than Liv.
This is not easy! At least Lei felt that he probably didn't have the ability.
The young man was not surprised by his visit and was in the mood to pour him a glass of water.
"I'm sorry, but now I have no servants, no food, and no wine." He said, "Originally, when friends came to visit, according to uncle's rules, they should bring out wine, but a few days ago I brought the last bottle at home. The wine was also sold, and now we only have water at home.”
Although he was talking about very depressing things, he smiled cheerfully without any gloom: "My name is Zesheng. I had a surname of 'Xiyu' a few months ago, but it's gone now. The manor and fiefdom are all gone." All sold... Can I ask your name?"
"Lei, just call me Lei." Lei said with a smile, "A surname is actually just that. It is good to inherit the surname of your ancestors, but it is better to create your own surname and let others inherit it. I believe you will be the latter. "
"Haha! Mr. Lei, you really think highly of me!" Zesheng laughed, very happily.
After laughing, he began to tell the information he knew.
Originally, he didn't know any more than others, but when the manor and fief were sold, he accidentally learned some unusual news.
It is said that the chief priest of the Church of the Noble God had arranged for a successor before setting sail, and even left behind some of the most important and powerful magic props in the local temple, and boarded the ship almost with bare hands.
Zesheng went out of his way to ask the people on the ship who were the only survivors. Coincidentally, almost everyone was deeply impressed by the officiant. Even those who had never seen him before clearly remembered how he died. - That was when I met Timsar. At that time, the chief priest held up the holy emblem of the God of Nobles and prayed loudly. His body was so radiant that it even blocked the erosion of the rotten shadow for a time.
Although he only resisted for a short time, and was swallowed up by the swarming darkness and decay soon after, and died tragically at the hands of Timsal, it was precisely because of his efforts that he attracted the attention of the terrifying monster, and he was the only one who survived. The ship was able to escape.
It is precisely because of this that no one suspects that the Church of the Noble God is playing tricks - to doubt a warrior who sacrifices himself to save others, only the most insane people can do that!
However, Zesheng felt something was wrong in the descriptions of the survivors—faced with such a terrifying monster as "Undertide" Timsar, why could a chief priest only use such conspicuous and simple means to fight against it? And as a priest of an evil god, he would actually sacrifice himself to save others
This is unreasonable, this is so unreasonable!
He secretly asked the priest of the God of Knights, a powerful chief priest, what should he do when encountering a monster like Timsar
After pondering, the priest replied that if it were him, he would pray to the gods for grace, detonate all the sacred power he had accumulated over the years, and try to break his body into pieces to see if he could deal a heavy blow to the monster.
"You are a kind pastor, so what if you are an evil pastor?" Zesheng continued to ask at that time.
"The same goes for evil priests. Good priests want to protect others, while evil priests want to attack enemies. Although the starting points are different, there will be no difference in the final choice." The priest answered without thinking.
As a result, Zesheng's doubts deepened.
Why on earth did the chief priest of the Noble God choose such a glorious but unhelpful way to fight? Why not choose to self-destruct directly
After much thought, he could only come to one conclusion.
The reason why the chief priest did that was to save some people and let those people clearly see how they died, so that they would not doubt themselves or the Church of the Noble God.
As for why he wants everyone not to doubt himself or the church, there can only be one conclusion.
Everything is a conspiracy arranged in advance!
His story ends here. Throughout the whole process, Lei said nothing and listened quietly. After listening to the whole story, he asked a question after some thought.
"... In other words, all of this is actually your speculation and there is no reliable evidence?"
"Yes, I don't have any evidence." Zesheng said with a wry smile, "If this is a conspiracy, then there should not be many people involved, maybe only the businessman uncle who organized the voyage... But he is also dead, He died at sea together with his butler. Even if I wanted to trace it, I couldn't."
Lei frowned. As Zesheng said, if this is the conspiracy of the chief priest of the Church of the Noble God, then this conspiracy is too cruel - in order to preach, the chief priest not only sacrificed his partners, but even himself They were all sacrificed together.
If you want to trace such a conspiracy, at least in Jinta City, you may not be able to find any clues.
"Maybe... how about discussing it with Aunt Teague?" Seeing his frown, Zesheng advised, "When my uncle was still alive, whenever he had any problems, he would often discuss it with Uncle Paan and Aunt Teague. He I once said that Aunt Teague is a very wise and talented person. Although she lacks some long-term vision, when she has a set goal, she can often draw up good plans or find out things that no one has discovered. Problems and loopholes.”
Lei was slightly startled: "Then why didn't you ask before?"
"It wasn't necessary before." Zesheng said with a wry smile, "Aunt Tigge couldn't even protect herself at that time. Even if I told her this news, what would be the use besides making her troubled in vain?"
Ray sighed and accepted his suggestion.
Soon after, he visited Knight Parn's house again and told her the information about Zesheng.