Chapter 271 More Money Is Needed

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"The southeastern coastal city of the Loen Kingdom, and the blank sea area without even an island there."

The True Creator asked, "What are you doing there? You said these things might happen within this month, but right now, it seems you have no reason to go there at all."

"Yeah, why did I go there? I'm also looking for the reason now."

Edward spread his hands, showing his ignorance of the development of fate through his words and actions. This is the authority of his other half. He can only have a rough look at it. Sometimes it even requires the blood of the target to get a more accurate answer, not to mention the current situation where it is obviously interfered with.

If He wants to know all the details, He should see if the "Lord of Withering", who still retains half of the source material in the starry sky, is awake, and then find a quiet and safe time to pray to himself, borrow his own power, and Look at yourself and see what kind of strange future these intricate threads of possibility weave together.

"But there's no need to worry now. Maybe I'll find out what's going on when I take a walk there."

Edward grabbed a piece of butter cookie and speculated very objectively and with a touch of fantasy: "Judging from the situation that neither of us can appear in important cities now, although I don't know what I went there for, it's probably me who went there. Immediately after that, someone from the Seven Gods came down to beat me, and then we started fighting naturally, until the coastal cities were broken into pieces, and these people naturally died because of the devil."

"But do you care about this matter?"

The True Creator pondered for a moment: "I don't really care, but I'm still very curious about why you suddenly went on a killing spree. If I can, I will stop you to prevent the disaster from expanding. I just want to know if what you are doing will happen." It affects my plans.”

"Let the 'Desperate Nightingale' announce the plan to cooperate between the Augustus Royal Family and the Witch Sect, and bring chaos to the Northern Continent? Maybe not, after all, I don't think the city in this area is large."

Edward shrugged, pushed the cookie plate and soda drink in front of the True Creator, and with sincere eyes told his allies to hurry up and have a taste - "Come on, it's free" - "The steam, night and storm before. The church also pursued this matter, but after George III promised to 'allow the church to send personnel to the military', and directly implemented atmospheric management and relaxed the conditions for parliamentary elections and the award of knighthoods, these three churches immediately ceased their activities. Oh, here. The people who sacrificed their lives in the smog all give an explanation, and the words are better spoken than the songs."

"Six months ago, George III fed three dogs with a piece of meat. Now, as long as you expose the truth, the credibility of the dogs and the royal family will immediately collapse. Taking this opportunity, your group of believers can expand."

Edward threw another warm butter cookie into his mouth, chewed it and smiled sarcastically:

"When I first studied the social system of the Fifth Age, I really didn't understand why the gods gave up the obviously more efficient 'unity of politics and church' and chose to launch a so-called royal family to rule, but at the same time set up The existence of the church. The royal family does not directly obey God, and its existence will inevitably take away part of the power of the church. What's more, they also chose to hide the extraordinary. The power of the royal family is sometimes even higher than that of the church - this is not given to themselves out of thin air. Does it add a resistance?”

"After writing several drafts of papers and doing hundreds of years of social practice, I realized that the main advantage of 'extraordinary concealment' is not to protect ordinary people, but to reduce the competitiveness in the extraordinary world. As long as No one knows the formula, no one knows the materials, so we can avoid those geniuses who are one in a million. And the church’s layer-by-layer domestication also allows geniuses to be finally used by God.”

"...When I thought you were plotting against me, you used your authority to make me become a true god directly from Sequence 3, and then received the reward for becoming a god. When I thought you should be thinking about how to prevent the birth of a new god, how to When there is chaos within the barrier, you are actually studying the social system again." The true creator complained, and he looked somewhat speechless.

"Are all foreign gods like you so good at disguising themselves with a harmless side?"

"How can you say I'm faking it, ally?"

The Outer God spoke righteously: "I'm just schizophrenic, how could I be pretending? Look at the results of everything, aren't you the one who benefits? Our covenant is unbreakable, how can I still harm you?" "

The True Creator did not speak, opened a black and white eye in the shadow, and then rolled his eyes.

"It's impossible to become a god, but if you want to become an emperor... the feasibility seems to be much higher all of a sudden." He nodded reluctantly, but didn't want to continue this topic, "Okay, you say It makes sense. Where did you post the paper? Let me see it later."

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On Thursday afternoon, Klein used to take a nap as an excuse to leave 160 Berklund Street and go to the Aurora Society's factory via teleportation.

"You came."

After entering the hidden office, the Dark Saint pointed to a door on the side: "She is already waiting for you."

There was originally only a bookshelf on the wall over there, but now a door appeared strangely. Klein nodded to show his gratitude, then walked towards the door that suddenly appeared, stretched out his hand and pushed it open.

Klein's eyes suddenly lit up, and Klein had to squint his eyes. After his eyes adjusted to the light, he found himself in an Intis-style living room. The surrounding ornaments were made of gold and ivory. The carpet under his feet was soft and luxurious. The silver-plated wallpaper was painted with gold powder patterns. The walls The frame of the picture hanging above is also shining with gold. I don't know whether it is gold-plated or pure gold.

Klein estimated the size of the painting and thought it should be gilded.

He stood in this glittering room, not knowing where to move for a moment, so he could only stand where he was and continue to play the role of an indifferent person who was not moved by money.

Half a minute later, there was a sound of brisk footsteps in the distance in the living room. A lady wearing a layered home dress appeared from the aisle in front of her. She held up the hem of her skirt and stepped on the smooth marble surface with her high heels. Ryan's eyes lit up.

His eyes really lit up. There seemed to be a halo around this lady, and the light seemed to illuminate the surrounding gold jewelry. Although the chandelier in the living room was not turned on, Klein once again felt the feeling of being dazzled.

Immediately afterwards, Klein felt that the other person seemed familiar—not the face, but the body movements and outline, as if he had seen him somewhere before.

"Hello, Mr. X."

"You can call me Ms. D."

The lady who looked to be in her twenties had her hair tied up. She had a bright and majestic appearance and seemed to have the blood of the Sauron royal family, so her hair color was slightly orange. What caught people's attention was the pair of pure golden eyes, as penetrating as the bright sun.

An Extraordinary person of the solar path, and his spirituality is stronger than that of the little "sun"... The "Priest of Light" of Sequence 5?

The "Eternal Burning Sun" partook of the Creator and gained the authority of the "Sun". Ms. D can become a middle-ranked person at such a young age, and she seems to be either rich or noble. Could it be that many people in the "Eternal Burning Sun Church" actually praise Is it the "ancient sun god"?

Whose handiwork is this? It doesn’t look like it’s from the real Creator. The water inside is a bit deep...

Ms. D stood two meters in front of Klein. Since this was their first meeting, the two sides still maintained a safe distance.

"Your Majesty, the Dark Saint, has given you a rough outline of your commission. Can you please add some more details?" Ms. D asked, "For example, how long will it take to go there, when will you go, and what exactly are you going to do?"

Klein has already made up the reason:

"In order to gain a certain status among the nobles of the Loen Kingdom, I accepted the request of some military officers and nobles to go to the Southern Continent to help the younger generations of their families."

"If possible, I hope to set off within this week. Heading to the Southern Continent, a journey of two weeks."

"Two weeks?" Ms. D said very politely, "To me, it's a bit too long."

Ms. D seems to be an aristocrat of Intis, and she must often participate in social events and dances. It is indeed strange to suddenly disappear for two weeks. But Klein was also prepared and said with a smile: "I have a 'Traveler' sealed item."

"As long as I finish my work in the Southern Continent, I can send you back immediately."

I will definitely have to take a boat to go to the Southern Continent, which means I can save the time of my return trip, but I will also have to disappear for more than a week. I will go to the Secret Order to see if there is anyone willing to accept the commission to play the role of the third lady of the Montemar family. "Faceless Man" and "Secret Puppet Master"... Ms. D thought for a moment and smiled: "Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Mr. X. I think I can accept this commission."

Mr. Dawn Dantès, who was accustomed to Luen's conservative style, felt a little uncomfortable with the straightforward compliment from the lady he met for the first time, but he immediately reacted and nodded slightly: "I'm very happy too."

"So, ma'am, what kind of reward do you want?"

Ms. D didn't look like she was short of money. Not being short of money meant there would be no shortage of formulas and materials. Klein was a little worried.

"Information about the Sun God Bird and clues about the sacred radiance stone." Ms. D said with a smile, "It must be from outside Intis, the farther away the better, priority is given to the sea."

"If you can give me something in kind, I will give you a financial subsidy or other things you need."

Sun bird and sacred radiance stone? Klein was startled. Isn't this the main ingredient for the formula of Sun Path Sequence 4 "Darkless One"? Ms. D wants to collect demigod materials for herself instead of getting them from her family? Doesn't her family support her becoming a demigod?

Unfortunately, the original island we explored with Mr. "The Hanged Man" has disappeared, otherwise we could still try our luck. There are certainly none in the Eastern Continent, and those that are are severely polluted and cannot be used. I can ask Ms. "Hermit", it seems that there are always changes in the solar path in the ruins of the God War... Ms. D must have asked the Dark Saint before she came to ask me, which means that there may not be one in the Aurora Society, and Or, there is, but Ms. D hasn’t accumulated enough credit to redeem it... Klein’s thoughts raced and he nodded calmly:

"I'll get back to you by Sunday."

"Okay." Ms. D smiled understandingly.

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"Bang! Bang!"

Richard flicked his wrist and threw several humanoid rag dolls dressed as businessmen and soldiers on the ground. The sealed objects carried by these rag dolls and turned into model toys automatically flew up and landed in His hands. Richard held these small toys in his hands and looked at them for a moment, then sneered.

The port was filled with humid water vapor, and a huge cargo ship was docked not far away.

He took out two Rose School demigod puppets from his pocket, lifted one up in each hand, and asked:

"What did you do? Such a big ship has been docked in the Port of Alethor for half a month and dug up the graves of our ancestors without discovering it? In addition to their brains, the current indulgent faction has no eyes. no yet?"

The puppet doll wearing a white robe with gold threads held in Richard's left hand was looking at his nose and heart. His eyes were originally full of malice, but now they only have guilt and repressed madness, hidden in the slightly curly golden hair. later.

The puppet on the right hand is a man from the southern continent with a thin face and distinctive features. He wore a hooded black robe, and his face was covered by a golden mask with red and black stripes.

The two demigods in robes were hung in the air by Richard's necks. The robes covered their feet, like two large sunny dolls. The dark sunny doll did not dare to speak after hearing the angel's question, but behind the mask, a pair of dark blue eyes tried their best to glance in the direction of the white-robed doll.

(ー_ー)（←_←）

Richard also looked over, and his tone gradually became stern:

"What do you have to say, Maihams? As the leader of the resistance, our late king's mummy and even the sealed artifacts were mixed with ordinary goods and stolen. Is this your responsibility?"

The golden-threaded and white-robed Maihams puppet swayed from side to side, pointed at his mouth, and then waved his hands - only tiny golden nails were seen sealing his upper and lower lips. Maihams I would like to remind you that I am a "silent disciple" and cannot speak.

"You are silent, not mute."

As the former leader of the resistance army, although he was young, Richard was certainly qualified to reprimand this elder. He directly denied the other party's role and did not give him any feedback. Seeing that the other party refused to speak as if he were escaping from reality, he turned his attention to the black sunny doll:

"I remember your spirituality, you were Tawfik, you were only fifteen when I first met you."

The black sunny doll wanted to nod, but was unable to do so because it was held by the back of the neck, so she could only try to wave to express her honor. His puppet's mouth opened and closed, and he said in a middle-aged voice:

"There are ungodly believers within the resistance who secretly collude with the Northern Continent to lead their way and sell our cultural relics!"

"Dear His Highness the Angel of Temperance, we have caught these moths who are reselling cultural relics and are waiting for His Highness Siea and your disposal."

"oh."

Richard was thoughtful and looked back at the huge cargo ship docked at the port: "How much did it cost?"

The black sunny doll suddenly became silent.

Under the gaze of the angel, after a full minute of silence, Tawfiq spoke with difficulty: "Five hundred pounds..."

After hearing the price and looking at the freighter, Richard fell silent, Tawfik stopped talking, and Mahams covered his eyes with his hands. For a while, everyone began to replay or play the role of "Silent Disciple" in advance. ".

On such a large cargo ship, anything on it would cost far more than 500 pounds, not to mention that it was all filled with Pharaoh's burial objects, as well as countless sealed artifacts and extraordinary materials that the Loen people had plundered from the Southern Continent!

"...It's still the same as before. It's exactly the same. I can even imagine what it's like."

Richard sighed and gave an example very familiarly: "Out of five hundred pounds, give three hundred pounds to the members responsible for managing the royal tomb area, so that these disgusting 'explorers' and 'archaeologists' can walk around the tomb area at will. Give a hundred pounds to the people guarding the tomb, and the guards will turn a blind eye to their behavior of moving things, and the remaining one hundred pounds will be used to open the joints. Maihams, you say, I will go on board now to take a look, except for the seal In addition to the relics, funerary objects and mummies of the kings, can we also find royal tomb murals that were torn off with tape and taken away?”

Mahams covered his face and nodded vigorously.

One or two hundred years ago, when the tombs of the royal family of Tinicore were most frequently robbed, the real royal tombkeepers had long been killed. The ordinary people who were on top of the tombs, no matter who came, would only need to give a small amount of money. You can go in and buy anything for zero yuan.

If they are not allowed in, the archaeologists will reward them with a few bullets.

The spiritual objects that were buried with them had to be taken away, the sealed objects had to be taken away, the gems and gold decorations used in the pyramids had to be pried off, the pottery that could not be taken away was smashed and packed in boxes, and then shipped to the Northern Continent before being put back together, and the pharaoh's body was put on display , the murals were also torn down and taken away...

"There really is nothing new under the sun."

It’s not that the Highland Kingdom has a great cause and can plunder the Northern Continent for two hundred years and steal things, but that most of the energy of the Northern Continent is focused on robbing the Balam royal family and the Church of Death, and Balam has a very high gold reserve. Compared to the royal family, the Highland Kingdom is just a rich man.

"Emperor Russell translated our king as 'Pharaoh', and our Pharaoh just happened to be named Tutankhas. Damn it, has this history of being plundered, colonized, and enslaved been inherited?"

Richard sighed again, said something that Mahams and Tawfiq couldn't understand, and then asked:

"Where are the people who committed the crime? How many died?"

Mahams and Tawfiq looked at each other, and the latter said: "Several accomplices have been sacrificed, and the masterminds are still waiting for the trial."

Yes, now that you have learned how to hold court, it seems that my temperance iron fist still has a modifying effect on your personality. As former leaders and angels, the current top brass of the Resistance Army and the Rose School are either his acquaintances or juniors whom he has watched grow up. They have long heard of the reputation and ability of Temperance Angels - "If you don't exercise temperance, then beat him with your fists." They beat them until they no longer have the energy to indulge." With Sia's connivance, Richard made everyone in the Rose School begin to try the healthy double play of indulgence and temperance in a very short period of time.

Richard nodded with relief: "Let them out and act as if nothing happened."

"Your Highness, why?"

"Of course it's for money." Richard said matter-of-factly.

He lightly jumped onto the freighter, looked at the crammed goods, and pointed at the carved gold-lacquered Pharaoh's coffin: "What is this? The mummy of our great Pharaoh Tutansess II. As we all know, the great Tutankhas II was the most noble pharaoh in the history of the Highland Kingdom, a messenger of God, a holy king deeply loved by the people, so you have to pay more.”

"What is this? This is the burial object of the great Tutankhas II. It is rich in spirituality and requires more money."

"What is this? This is the tomb mural of Tutankhas II. It is an important archaeological research material. It tells about the farming, law and people's life in the Highland Kingdom. It is of great significance to the study of the history at that time... Deqa money."

"This is the precious sculpture ceiling in the Pharaoh's Pyramid...Why was the ceiling knocked down?! Anyway, more money."

"This is... extra money."

"Add money."

"Add money."

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As Richard kept adding money, Maihams' eyes widened and his mouth almost opened. He had to cover his mouth with both hands to prevent the nail from falling. Tawfiq was stunned, sweating profusely, and even wiped his sleeves twice without drying them. But his eyes were full of admiration for the Temperance Angel, and he suddenly understood why the Temperance Angel was rarely in such an extreme lack of money when he managed the resistance.

He seemed to have received baptism, his soul had been sublimated, his understanding of the world was more thorough, and his whole person had become enlightened.

"Well, not too much, let's start by asking Northern Continent to add 5,000 pounds."

After roughly counting the items, Richard confidently said to the two sunny children: "The theft of Tutankhas II's pyramid is not a small matter. Let's just say that the resistance has been strict recently, and the school has also sent people to investigate. All my men are dead, and your men were accidentally discovered and captured. If you still want to take this ship away, you must pay more."

Tawfiq opened his mouth and said: "Prisoners must also be ransomed!"

"Well said! It needs to be a good education for young people. You can learn from others, Mchams. You can't make money by being reserved and pretentious." The dignity and reserve of an angel are also very expensive, so you have to pay more! Richard immediately praised Tawfik, "The ransom is three hundred per person. Is it possible that your soldiers are not worth the price of the pyramid tickets?"

"Well, that's it, just find a reason to delay, and keep asking for money until the Loen people want to rob it."

"But, but." Taufik wiped his sleeves all wet, and the black sunny doll began to drip. "Five thousand at a time, is it too much?"

"Not much. Which item on this ship is not worth more than 5,000 yuan? I was lucky enough to get a Sequence 5 'Shepherd' glove last year and sold it for 20,000 yuan. Moreover, if you want more at one time, make preparations and run away directly They believe it even more when they remain anonymous."

Richard walked to a huge iron bucket, stepped on the surrounding wooden boxes and walked up. He saw that it was filled with huge ice cubes. At this time, the ice cubes were constantly melting, because there was a pure gold in the middle. hand!

"Look, isn't this worth five thousand?"

Mahams and Tawfik, who were held in His hands, were just above the ice bucket. They suddenly felt heat coming over them. Tawfik's wet sleeves were dried immediately, and Mahams's sleeves were immediately dried. The blond hair became even more curly, and the two of them swayed left and right, trying to get away from the golden hand as quickly as possible.

"If they come and grab it, that's even better."

Richard smiled slightly, as if he had seen countless gold pounds jingling in front of him:

"Important members of the military and royal family deserve ten thousand pounds each, right?"

"They also want to thank me, thank me for being willing to save my life for the sake of money, and thank me for using their dirty money to help people who really need help, and to accumulate some invisible merit for them."

TBC

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Richard: TMD, after enduring it for so long, I can finally steal money openly! Hahahahaha! ! !