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“How is it going?”
“Oh my gosh, don’t talk. I want to know how powerful that little thing is.”
As if she had lost all her sweat, a woman sat down on the stairs, waving her hands.
Seeing that, the man who had been roughing his shaggy beard with the palm of his hand, as if it had been shaved for several days, took out a wad of wax-soaked cloth from his bosom, unwrapped it, and held out a thick live cigarette.
“No, this. Isn’t that the captain’s favorite cigarette?”
“Right, man. I’m giving it to you especially because it’s you, and if it were another member, it wouldn’t even matter.”
It is not a well-dried tobacco to the point of lint, but a raw tobacco soaked in medicated water and dried slowly in the shade so that it is slightly damp.
Admiring the captain’s graciousness in bestowing that expensive item, the woman took one and held it under her nose and sniffed.
“Oh, it smells good. You know what. Even beasts with a bad sense of smell can tell the difference between the smell of blood and the smell of cigarettes.”
“Dogs. My sense of smell is broken, is that what it is?”
“Oh, it’s real. I can’t smell sweet and salty things, but I can really smell the smell of blood and cigarettes.”
With a chuckle, the woman took a small dagger from her bosom and cut a small piece off one side of the cigarette.
The man clicked his tongue and opened his mouth at the light stain of blood on the dagger.
“You know that if you don’t clean it properly, everything will get rusty and sticky later, don’t you know?”
“It’s me, Captain. i don’t know that How long have you been doing this… How many years have you been? Anyway, that’s why I got an enchanted dagger that always stays sharp.”
The man shook his head as he saw the woman sticking out her lips to take a cigarette while laughing as if this was a secret from the upper management.
“Sincerity and prayer are important. After the ritual, wiping the blood with care and cleaning the sword are all in the mindset.”
“Kids these days don’t like that, boss.”
As if he hadn’t seen a woman answering without losing, he didn’t bruise any more and opened the man’s long robe.
On the lining of the clothes, two swords crossed over a bifurcated painting that looked like horns, and a diamond-shaped pattern was engraved between the handles of the crossed swords.
He took out a magic lighter from the inner pocket made by ripping off the pattern and lit the end of the cigarette in the woman’s mouth, then bit it into her mouth and threw the words.
“So how many are you today?”
“well. About four or five people? Now this village has been washed.”
“I thought so, so I checked out the next town. Instead, it’s a relatively easy place to find, so I thought it should be finished within a day.”
The woman giggled at the man’s words, “It’s not a seat left after the ceremony, but it’ll be an annoyance if someone comes and sees it in the middle of the day.”
“Sorry. In fact, staying in one place and paying attention to the ceremony is the honey. They say it works better.”
“Usually it is. How eagerly are you looking for it? Or how much effort you put into it all goes up on the scales.”
However, if it is not possible to squeeze each person economically, the only choice is to fill it with quantity.
“Then, should the next village be dealt with informally without a formal altar and set on fire right away?”
“yes. Moderately, in front of parents or children, give them a few pieces and burn them with fire. It’s also convenient for extracting pain and fear.”
It is not as strong as fanaticism and blind faith, but it is a strong enough emotion, so if properly induced, it will be easily transmitted to their god.
I don’t know why, but it would be better because their god is satisfied with killing and erasing people who are considered unnecessary.
“Come to think of it, the other side seems to be trying to kill in large numbers at once with the plague, won’t we be pushed back?”
“It was quite ingenious. In addition, they are preparing to cause a great war with the Beasts by spreading rumors in the area where the plague spread.”
“The results will be great. Whatever it is, in the end, we all aim for him, so I hope it goes well.”
“Then let’s finish smoking and gather.”
The man who asked for a live cigarette that he had cut off before smoking it the other day got up as if he had smoked it first, and the woman bowed and greeted him.
“yes. I will go after checking once more to see if the other guy has drawn the church’s pattern properly.”
“All for our, living God.”
“For the living god.”
* * *
“It’s been a while since the drug was released. How is your reaction?”
＜To be honest, I would like to ask about the grade of Ye Jian that you have.＞
I replied with a smile at Alkaido’s words.
“Why, if the recoil is low, what should I look into?”
＜In my heart, I want to do that. This time, we are supplying an anti-epidemic cure at a very low price, so our reputation is improving not only among the common people but also among the temples.＞
what should it be This epidemic must have been around for quite some time.
Didn’t all the high-ranking priests go out on the same day that my leg was cut off in the labyrinth city of Labyrin?
A lot of people die on the border. Especially along the water source.
I remembered what Luna said.
‘Come to think of it, that was when Luna still had the timid trait.’
I recalled a moment and laughed. Now what, our Luna is confident.
“Well, if I had been vicious with the food I was trying to solve in Chavid and this medicine, I should have been able to accumulate gold in proportion to my notoriety.”
＜Those who are suffering from the plague must have scrambled to collect even a penny.＞
“You don’t have to sell it expensive just to get a few pennies. Notoriety still piles up.”
＜In fact, since it has not completely spread to the inland, commoners have become sick, but if it had been neglected a little longer, the nobles would not have been safe.＞
It would have been. Besides, if this was the first epidemic and the second epidemic was added later, black smoke would have been visible anywhere on the continent before the war broke out.
I would have had to burn someone without a break.
At the same time, humans harbor hatred for the beast tribe when they hear the word that the beast race is the cause, probably spread by the Evil Gods Church.
In addition, the beastmen hold hatred towards humans due to slave hunting, persecution, and meaningless slaughter of livestock, and a war chief appears who unites the divided tribes into one, so war is bound to break out in the end.
In the tribal war started by humans and beastmen in Chavid, subhumans from other regions, such as elves and mermaids, gradually joined the war, and the moment when the continent was stained with fear of war.
‘Evil religions openly start their activities, increase their power, use monsters to attack both subhumans and humans, and a mess arises.’
“Anyway, the reputation of the temple has improved. At that opportunity, buy some holy water or God’s contract.”
＜Is there any? But why do you need holy water?＞
“well. It should be the best if you don’t need it.”
Unlike our party, who turns their eyes away when I say Ye Jian’s ‘yes’, I let out a gloomy laugh out of excitement thanks to Alkaido, who firmly believes in me.
“You never know. There will come a moment when you need a lot of holy water.”
＜Okay. I think I need to build a new warehouse.＞
“Then go inside.”
I shut off the sirens and tapped the desk.
There are a total of 5 random encounters in the main stream, except for the evil cults that appear with 100% probability in Innocent.
The war with the beasts, the plague, the monster wave, the civil war for the usurpation of the imperial throne, and the undead’s aggression.
In the meantime, at least the highlights of the epidemic event as a result of the metallurgical metallurgical efforts. The massacre scenario is almost destroyed.
I’m trying to control the war with the Beasts through Hula.
The civil war for the usurpation of the throne, this was too huge to stop, so I was preparing to push Shahahahad so that I could control it even a little.
The monster wave also came from the side of Chavid, and the wave that came along with the dragon drew Lepid to us and at the same time sealed it in the canyon, so it’s pretty safe.
In addition to the wave that will happen on the border of Gavioren, thanks to the barrier, it would have turned out to be a rat trapped in a poison rather than saving Reinhardt completely.
‘It’s pretty good, right?’
In addition, the problem with the doppelganger potion, which causes a lot of headaches from the middle to the second half, is almost solved now that Zero is in me.
‘It’s rewarding to work hard.’
With a slightly proud face, I picked up a pen and began to organize the things that had happened so far.
‘What’s more disturbing is taking away other things first, besides treasures that have already been split and eaten, such as the essence of fire, sea-colored pearls, and storm beads.’
Caiman took the essence of fire, and I took the sea pearl.
As far as I can remember, the storm beads were initially owned by Caiman, and then the Evil Gods would seize them.
What’s left… The things I immediately remember are the rings of green, the heavy and deep stars, and the tears in the snowy mountains?
However, valuable things have owners.
Even sea pearls were the core of airships, and beads of storm were also one of the treasures of the mermaids.
As for the other three, the evil god cult takes possession of the original owners.
All of them are an aggregate of strong elemental power and mana, so they must have been sacrifices for the living god they say.
‘So I have to steal at least one more.’
Those who know a little about the situation may think so. Then why did you leave the orb of the storm knowing? You would think that I did something stupid, knowing that it would fall into the hands of the Evil Gods.
There is no special way to get our healer.
Usually those things resonate with the original owner. If I intercepted it in the middle, there is a high probability that our healer, a mermaid, would have noticed it no matter how much I put it in the subspace.
I have to use it as bait to bring it out of the world, but it’s meaningless.
In addition, Caiman must be held once and then stolen so that Caiman and the Church of Evil won’t cooperate… … .
He must be suffering from the side effects of the Essence of Fire, so if he doesn’t take away the Storm Orb and doesn’t have any ill feelings, Caiman could fall under the conditions of the Church of Evil.
After drawing a mermaid with a clumsy drawing, I continued drawing circles.
There were a few more incidents in our Healer’s hatred of humans, along with Caiman’s stealing of the marbles, and it would be less crooked if we stopped them.
“It must have been before they were forcibly taken to the wedding, right?”
As long as there is no Storm Orb that blocks access to the island with a strong storm, the island is now open to anyone.
First appeasement, then threats. After that, kidnapping by force.
So now, at best, it must be the end of appeasement or the beginning of threats.
It shouldn’t be too late though. Don’t be too early.
That was the reason why I spent time trying to recruit a healer and recruit a healer while trying to save a ship and crew.
No matter how much it is, it is difficult for the royal family of the mermaids to easily abandon their own people and the sea, so we can only hope that the situation will ripen appropriately.
‘In addition, the church is disturbed once more.’
I turned over some documents I bought with money from the information guild.
It was drawn a little sloppily and was erased here and there, but this pattern attached to the document.
Was this human sacrifice also on the side of the church?
A sword that stabs two horns crossing each other and a diamond point located between them.
“While Zero gathers information, Kane and I should dig for something.”
I lightly smiled as I tapped on that dot on the document with my fingertips.