Don't call me evil god

Chapter 166 "That's it?"

It is easy to see that Pete and his friends are not from the refugee slum.

It's not just about clothes.

What is more obvious is the spirit.

Their mental state is completely different from that of refugees.

Wayne had been in the refugee camp for several years and had seen what most of the refugees looked like.

The most miserable refugees have almost no hope for life. They rummage through garbage and receive relief every day, just hoping to survive as long as they don’t starve to death.

Those who are slightly better off may still have a little savings, hoping to survive this period and return home after the pollution in their homes has dissipated. Occasionally, a glimmer of hope will flash in their eyes, but most of the time, they are still tortured by the hard times and their eyes are dull, and they just muddle through.

Pete and the others are different.

His eyes are bright and it is obvious that he is the kind of person who is full of hope for life and lives a very fulfilling life.

Most of the time, these people coming to the refugee camp are up to no good.

"My Lords, whatever you have to do, please go back."

We hit a snag before the negotiations even started.

Pete was a little depressed.

The goblin Hugo did find him a "refugee" who knew architecture as he requested, but this guy named Ray Wayne was not easy to deal with.

The other party's attitude was very resistant.

From the very beginning, he refused to negotiate and directly ordered us to leave.

If it were the old Pete, he would have given up if he had met this kind of guy.

It's different now.

Pete's temper also started to rise.

He still doesn’t believe in this evil!
With the belief in the God of Knowledge, there is nothing in the world that he cannot accomplish. The so-called inability to accomplish is nothing more than not putting in enough effort or working in the wrong direction!
He has come this far and has become a dignified level 3 battle mage, all thanks to his own hard work!

God of knowledge, add some...Oh, no.

It should be: "Please guide me in the direction of progress!"

Pete silently thought in his heart, and the prompt came down:
[Requirement: 5 knowledge points]

After destroying a large number of monsters in the Dark Forest, Pete now has dozens of knowledge points in his hands. This consumption is acceptable to him!

Pay directly!

[Wayne's interest in recruitment issues: 0%]

……

In the "big update" after activating the Creation Altar, Nowen also integrated and opened up another way of using his priesthood authority to believers:

That is a certain "mentality" that temporarily displays the goal.

The target is specifically a mortal who is not a follower of Novan.

Believers can use their own knowledge points to get a chance to query the target's "mindset" once.

Multiple queries require multiple consumption.

Until now, Nowen still hasn't fully understood how he was able to do this with his priestly authority.

Because this is different from directly acquiring knowledge or displaying fixed information such as learning progress.

Things like knowledge are clear and objective.

"Mindset" is an extremely vague and abstract concept.

Nowen speculated: This is probably a result that is infinitely close to the truth, obtained by his authority based on various information and a lot of deductions?

In essence, perhaps just like the progress display he can provide to his believers when they are learning knowledge or repairing airships, it is actually some kind of "calculation" of mortal thoughts?
Noven could only make such a guess based on the information he currently had.

This way of using authority consumes much more divine power than other ways.

And the consumption varies depending on the target. At the beginning, this trick was used to gain Bahamut's trust in the interrogation room, allowing Pete to see in real time how much Bahamut "trusted" him.

Of course, at that time, Nowen had only one believer, Pete, and he gave the believer to Pete for free.

Now that the number of believers has increased, Nowen has naturally switched to a paid model, and even added a small commission.

……

Pete had experienced the effect and decisively used it to show Ray Wayne's "interest" in recruiting.

As long as you can see the progress bar, it's easy!
At worst, I can try each condition one by one to see which condition will make Ray Wayne excited.

Pete organized his words and took the initiative to introduce himself to the other party:
"Mr. Wayne, let me introduce myself. My name is Pete Chinal. I heard that you have skills in architecture."

“We are desperate for architects right now.”

"You can ask for any compensation you want. We can discuss it and try our best to meet your needs."

"For example, gold coins. We can entrust you with a reward higher than the market price!"

After that, Pete paid another 5 knowledge points.

See if his words can interest Ray Wayne.

[Wayne's interest in recruitment issues: 0%]

"Fuck!" Pete's face turned black.

It's a waste of breath.

After saying all this, the other party showed no sign of being interested at all, and his interest level was still zero.

Obviously, the tactic of tempting with benefits doesn't work.

Pete decisively changed his words:
"That's actually the case, Mr. Wayne."

"Let me tell you the truth. We are developing a territory on an unowned land, and many of the people involved in the development are refugees from the slum."

"Although there was a problem with your design back then, I believe it was just a coincidence."

"We have put a lot of effort into building a new home, but now we don't even have a house to shelter us from the wind and rain. Life is very difficult. Can you please lend a hand and give them a hand?"

If tempting them with benefits doesn't work, Pete will persuade them with emotion.

Ray Wayne has been in the refugee camp for so many years, maybe he would be willing to help out for the refugees' sake?
Submit points again to check the effect of negotiation.

Wayne's interest in recruitment issues: -17%

Pete was almost torn apart.

So this number can drop to negative?!

Looking at Wayne carefully, Pete could feel that the other party was just not interested in what he said at first, but after mentioning refugees, his attitude towards Pete and others began to change to disgust!
He said the wrong thing!
Ray Wayne angrily gestured for Pete to leave and said rudely:
"I have no interest in helping refugees now, nor do I have the ability to help them."

"You also said that there are problems with my design, and there may be problems with future designs as well."

"Don't force me to chase you away. Just go away. I don't want to see you again."

This guy is stubborn and won't listen to anything!
Pete's 15 points were wasted, and not only did it fail to create any effective progress, it seemed to have the opposite effect.

Just as Pete's brain was racing, trying to say or do something to save the situation.

Reina, who had sneaked into the shed at some point, suddenly spoke:
"That's it?"

Hearing the sound behind him, Ray Wayne turned around in surprise.

He saw that Reina was holding several pieces of parchment with writings and drawings on them. They were his things.

Lena looked at Wayne calmly.

She repeated it again, with a hint of sarcasm in her tone:
"I said, that's it?"

……

(End of this chapter)