Don't call me evil god

Chapter 18 Have You Heard of the God of Knowledge?

"It's all because of that damn Dursley! Oh yeah, and that damned Shadow Stonecrush, two bastards!" Reina cursed in distress, "They really should be sent to hell by the God of Light! Scum!"

Pete heard the Dursley name for the second time, and this time there was also a name called Shadow Stonecrush.

The latter doesn't sound human, but more like a common name for the goblins of Greenport.

"what happened?"

Reina explained angrily: "It's a long story, but this is how it all started."

"My father used to be a member of the Stonemason Association of the Kingdom of Reyak. There haven't been any major construction plans in the capital in recent years. In order to find a job that can make money, he came to Green Harbor with his friends in the association to look for any projects that can be taken on."

“When we first arrived in Greenport, we didn’t have any roots, so we naturally huddled together for warmth and helped each other when we encountered any difficulties.”

"In order to facilitate communication among everyone, my father took the lead in organizing a small brotherhood of stonemasons here."

"A few years ago, a gentleman from the upper town planned to renovate his manor, and my father accepted the commission on behalf of the Brotherhood of Stonemasons. As a result, an accident occurred while he was working, and a stone hit his left hand."

"Because of his injured hand, he could no longer work as a stonemason, and he also spent a lot of money to hire a healer to treat his injury. Later, it was his father's friends who pooled money together to buy a house here and opened a tavern to entertain the sailors who came and went."

Pete understood: "So the sign of the tavern is called the Moni Brothers Tavern, which means that this tavern is jointly opened by Mr. Moni and his good brothers."

"Yes, my father has always said that he would give dividends to other stonemason friends, but no one has ever received any." Reina introduced very seriously: "My father's friends are really good people."

“When the pub was first opened and there were not many customers, they came to the pub specifically to have a couple of drinks after work, and that’s how it gradually gained popularity.”

"Half a year ago, the Brotherhood was very lucky and received a big order - Monger, a big businessman from the Reyak Kingdom, planned to build a large-scale holiday estate in Green Harbor."

"Monger commissioned a goblin broker named Cunning Shadow Stonecrush to bid in Green Harbor. In the end, the Stonemason Brotherhood successfully won the order. Cunning Shadow Stonecrush entrusted us with all the tasks from design to construction."

"At that time, we calculated that after the project was completed, on average, each person would be paid more than 2 gold coins!"

2 gold coins are definitely not a small amount for ordinary people.

Even for a baron like Peter, who lived in a small border town of the Reyak Kingdom, the food expenses for half a year were barely two Reyak gold coins.

If an ordinary family spends frugally, one gold coin can be enough for the whole family's food for a whole year.

"In order to complete this big order, everyone in the fraternity worked very hard. Even my father helped to plan the drawings. He didn't have much rest for many days. Finally, he successfully completed the project before the promised deadline."

"As a result..." At this point, Reina became visibly angry, "That damn goblin, he's just like Dursley, two bad, festering fellows, both should be purified directly by the God of Light!"

"The Brotherhood of Stonemasons has always followed the old tradition of only collecting a small deposit before the completion of the work. We have been busy for so long, and when we asked Cunning Shadow Stonebreaker for the balance, he actually started to cheat!"

"First, he said the quality was substandard and the finished product did not meet the employer's expectations, and threatened to deduct half of the remuneration. Later, he said he was short of money recently and asked him to give him some time to raise the money."

"My father went to the goblin several times but couldn't get the money. The Greenport police station was too lazy to deal with these business disputes. The last time he went to the goblin to ask for money, he actually hired that bastard Dursley to beat up everyone in the Brotherhood and kicked them out!"

"Dursley used to be a gangster in the downtown area. Then, somehow, one day, he suddenly mastered the method of controlling his anger and became a first-level professional warrior from an apprentice warrior."

"He was a brave fighter who did everything from collecting debts to beating people up, demolishing houses, and pimping. He quickly rose to prominence in the Blood Fang Gang and became a high-ranking official."

"Then the leader of the Bloodfang Gang disappeared, and Dursley took over as the new leader of the Bloodfang Gang." "Over the years, he opened several casinos and clubs in the downtown area. I don't know how much money he made, and his strength was also promoted from a first-level warrior to a second-level warrior."

"That goblin rogue, he asked Dursley for support, it's obvious that he intends to pocket the reward!"

"During this period, Dursley has been sending people to harass us non-stop. He even warned the members of the Brotherhood of Stonemasons not to think about asking for the money again, otherwise they will do more than just harass us by smashing our doors."

"Two bastards! These two guys are just maggots from the same stinking ditch. They are so evil at heart!" Lena became angrier and angrier as she spoke, and she took a big gulp of beer in hatred.

After understanding the whole story, Pete felt a little sympathetic towards Reina's family. After arriving in Green Harbor, they encountered all kinds of bad things one after another. This was really bad luck.

"Goblins, these little green-skinned people who are greedy for money are really not good people. When doing business with goblins, never expect them to abide by the so-called fair trade. Goblins are the race in the world that takes the terms of contracts the least seriously."

Reina took another sip of wine, her face slightly flushed, and she agreed angrily, "Mr. Pete, you are absolutely right."

"In fact, when I received the commission this time, I wanted to remind my father that he must make the goblin pay the bill first before starting the work. At least he should get a notarization at the Green Harbor Bank. But my father was too kind and he still followed the old tradition of the Stonemasons Association. As a result, he suffered a great loss this time!"

As she spoke, Reina sighed sadly again, with a lingering worry between her brows:
"Now the damn Dursleys send people to harass us every day, and the pub can hardly operate normally."

"Everyone in the Brotherhood of Stonemasons is just an ordinary person, but in the Bloodfang Gang there are five Level 1 professionals, not to mention Dursley, a Level 5 warrior."

"If this continues, the tavern will have no income, and the other members of the brotherhood will not dare to go out and find new jobs. We may have to give up the foundation we have worked so hard to build here and find another way out somewhere else."

"Ah...it would be great if I could become a powerful wizard like you, Mr. Pete. Then, maybe I could find a way to beat those bastards from the Bloodfang Gang away."

He does not mean that.

There was a sudden sound in Pete's ears.

"Ding"

【The mission has been released. 】

[Quest: Our Lord’s Truth Illuminates the Earth (Repeatable)]

[Goal: Recruit a new believer and make him believe in the God of Knowledge]

[Reward: 5 knowledge points]

Pete hesitated for a moment.

「Um……Reina……」

"What's the matter, Mr. Pete?"

"…Have you heard of the God of Knowledge?"

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