Don't call me evil god

Chapter 146: Evil Methods

Chapter 146: Evil Methods
As Pete finished speaking, everyone in the room's eyes lit up with enthusiasm.

Hugo Seavey was even more excited:
"Okay! Sir, no no no, you should be my most important and distinguished client now!"

"I've already calculated it, there are 25 people in total!"

"One week! Hugo's stand-in business is willing to provide you with up to 7 days of protection, paying a commission of 1 gold coin and 20 silver coins for each stand-in. As long as you can return within a week, I will return 60 silver coins to you!"

"If it takes more than a week, I'm sorry, but the commission will not be refunded. Please understand that we are heading to the Dark Forest. The longer we delay, the greater the risk."

Pete nodded slightly, indicating that he understood what Hugo meant.

Once you leave the protection of [Past Glory] and enter a wilderness that has lost order, is full of chaos and danger, you will be constantly threatened by the evil god's polluted aura.

Even if you do nothing, you will gradually be affected by it.

One week is currently recognized as the "safe range".

Even for ordinary people, as long as they stay in the wilderness for no more than 7 days, the pollution caused by the evil god will be relatively limited and will not cause too many problems.

Within 7 to 14 days, the impact of pollution will begin to intensify. If you cannot return to the civilized territory in time, you will find it difficult to get a response from the gods you believe in, the blessing effect will weaken, your thinking will become confused, hallucinations will appear before your eyes, and whispers will be heard in your ears.

If it's more than 14 days, well, you can basically assume that the person is finished.

Professionals with higher ratings and more favored by the gods can stay in the wilderness longer, but they will inevitably be affected over time.

The goblin Hugo is almost based on this standard. These substitutes are ordinary people. If they enter the Dark Forest, even if it is just the periphery, and fail to come back within two weeks, it means that they will never come back.

The only known way to stay outside the borders for a long time is to carve out a territory that belongs to civilization.

To be precise, this method cannot be regarded as a solution to the problem of the evil god's polluted aura in the wilderness;

Instead, it transforms the affiliation of an area from "wilderness" to "civilized territory."

No longer belonging to the wilderness, the threat of the evil god will gradually weaken until it disappears.

Correspondingly, if the "civilized territory" is attacked and conquered by monsters, it will gradually transform into a "wilderness" environment.

How the transformation occurs is still unknown.

But thanks to the efforts of our predecessors, some rules have been discovered.

The territory to be opened up needs to have a certain number of residents;

The trend of thought in the territory is positive;

Group emotions such as fear, panic, and shrinking should not be allowed to appear in the crowd for a long time;

In short, the safer, more stable, and more prosperous the area is, the weaker the impact of the evil god's polluting aura will be.

Of course, the force of the monster's attack will be greater.

After all, the territory opened up in the wilderness does not have the protection of [Past Glory], and as it develops, it will inevitably attract the attention of monsters.

"Mr. Qinar! I have already calculated it for you. The total is exactly 30 gold coins!"

"You are Hugo's first customer, and since you are making such a big investment, Hugo is willing to offer you a discount on commission. For just 29 gold coins, they will all belong to you!"

While Hugo was introducing excitedly, he dragged out a tattered suitcase from some corner of the wall of the cabin. After unlocking and opening it, he saw dozens of bottles of potions of different colors neatly arranged inside.

"It costs 3000 lives. This is a magical potion developed exclusively by Hugo. It will take effect after 30 days. Only the corresponding antidote can eliminate its effect!"

As Hugo trotted and distributed the potion to the "stand-ins" one by one, they all pulled out the corks without hesitation and drank it in one gulp.

Each action is more resolute than the last.

After drinking the potion, these people all had an additional status called "3000 deaths for you".

If you try to view detailed information, you will receive an oracle reminder from the God of Knowledge.

"The alchemical art has not been mastered, and the query failed." The goblin Hugo did not lie to them. This potion was not some low-quality product mixed casually. The [Secrets of All Things] magic art gave it the status name of "3000 deaths", which means that this potion is really... It is called this weird and unique name.

"After a night's rest, we will cross the border defense line early tomorrow morning!"

……

After leaving the cabin with Hugo's repeated thanks, Pete and the others returned to the inn they had booked earlier.

As for hot water and other things, there were two level 3 mages in the team, so they didn't have to compete with other adventurers and mercenaries for them.

Gale chanted the spell skillfully:

"Aguamenti Responding!"

Level 2 magic [Water Creation].

Clean and clear water gushed out of nowhere in front of Gail. Brandon opened the water bag and caught it, filling several originally shriveled water bags.

Any tier 2 wizard can usually be granted the magic of [Water Creation] by praying to the Goddess of Magic. Gale is no exception. This is the magic he mastered before he believed in Norwen.

Now there is no need to waste precious knowledge points to learn it again. He can just use the spell slots that are basically useless to him to cast spells.

This magic does not create water out of thin air, but rather the free arcane energy transfers nearby pure water sources that can be collected to the caster.

In areas with scarce water resources, such as arid deserts and Gobi, the effect of magic will definitely be greatly weakened.

The water resources near Ceylon Territory were relatively abundant, so the effect of this magic was quite good. Only one casting of the spell was enough to satisfy their drinking water reserves needed for the next few days.

Pete took out two packages of slightly flattened sweet bread from his bag and sighed:

"After leaving the border, we will probably only be able to eat long-stored black bread for a long time. This should be our last meal."

Although a Level 3 Mage can master a spell called [Magic Bread];

However, on the one hand, Pete and Gale had few knowledge points left, and the "Headband of Wisdom" was obtained by the two of them jointly using 314 points.

Later, they each exchanged for the 3rd-level magic [Arcane Barrage], plus a few scattered 1st and 2nd-level magic.

On the other hand, the magical effect of [Magic Bread] is just to create a round bread made of condensed arcane energy. Although it does have the effect of filling the stomach and replenishing physical strength, it is essentially the arcane energy that is at work, rather than actually eating food.

Not only is it bland and tasteless, but eating it for a long time can also lead to severe malnutrition.

It’s OK for emergency use, but it can’t be taken as normal food for a long time.

……

Miranda took the sweet bread she bought in Chim before leaving.

She had been feeling a little depressed since she saw those "stand-ins".

She was thinking.

In her past understanding, Hugo Sivi had clearly done something very excessive.

Ordinary people should obviously be protected and kept away from the threat of evil gods. She wanted to become a crusader just to do this.

Hugo Sivi's contract is equivalent to going in the opposite direction.

But those who signed the contract were extremely grateful to Hugo.

Gale noticed Miranda's strangeness and thought for a moment, then spoke softly:

"In fact, Hugo also helped them, but he used a different method that didn't seem so good - an evil one."