Don't call me evil god

Chapter 680 Selfish

The situation described by Little Sam didn't sound problematic and was consistent with what normally happens during a fire.

The reason why Pete insisted on speaking to the other party alone was simple.

When he was communicating with the old farmer earlier, Pete noticed that the terms "nervous", "anxious" and "fearful" appeared abnormally in Sam's "status" list.

has a problem!
Something's wrong!

When the other farmers approached Pete, they appeared in a state of [Awe].

It was normal to have such a reaction, because they had seen Pete and Prince Fradin appear together with their own eyes, and had already determined that Pete was the kind of big shot they could not afford to offend.

But reactions like tension and anxiety are not normal!
This means that Little Sam is afraid of Pete!
What is he afraid of?
After creating an environment for private communication, Pete continued to put pressure on little Sam with his eyes.

Then he suddenly said:
"Little Sam, do you know?"

"I am a wizard. Through magic, I can tell if someone is lying to me."

"What are you trying to hide?"

After saying that, Pete raised his hand and performed an Arcane Spark trick to prove his identity.

The cold sweat on little Sam's forehead suddenly ran down.

"I...I...I..."

His voice was trembling and out of tune.

Pete continued to threaten, "According to the investigation of the Glorious God Cult, there are cultists behind this fire. If anyone does something bad and interferes with the investigation, he will be regarded as an accomplice of the cult."

"You should know what happens to cultists after they are caught, right?"

Little Sam was sweating profusely.

Of course he knew.

Cult members have no human rights and once caught they will be sent to the stake.

Although Pete was not a member of the Church of the Light at all, the so-called interference with the investigation was just an excuse Pete made up on the spur of the moment.

But little Sam was just an ordinary young farmer. He didn't know any of this. Because of Pete's identity, he just took them all as true.

Under Pete's threat, little Sam's psychological defenses quickly collapsed.

The trembling voice explained:
"My Lord! I was wrong! I shouldn't have lied!"

"Listen to my explanation!"

"I... I didn't save anyone after I rushed into the fire... I thought that there must be a lot of gold in the packages that the Marquis brought back. Since the manor was about to be burned down, I stole some of it during the chaos, and no one would notice..."

"I really know I was wrong!"

【The progress of finding out the truth has been advanced.】

Nowen's guidance came.

Pete raised his eyebrows.

He found the right person.

Little Sam may hold an important clue!
"Go on, what did you do then?"

Pete said calmly.

"You can be assured."

"As long as you honestly explain what you have done and do not affect the follow-up investigation of the Glorious God Cult, you will be fine."

By madly using the name of the Glowing God Cult as a banner and adding his own identity as a wizard, Pete fooled the other party into believing it.

Little Sam said dejectedly:

"I lost my mind and rushed into the fire. I found the packages brought back by the Marquis in the thick smoke. They were about to catch fire."

"I tore open the package and found... a lot of investment certificates from the Gilded Club." "I've heard of the Gilded Club. That's where the richest man, Monger, made his fortune. It's said that each of these investment certificates is worth a fortune. Someone in the market in the capital is offering hundreds of gold coins to buy them."

"I grabbed a handful of investment certificates, stuffed them all into my arms, and then stumbled out of the fire scene. Afterwards, I hid them all under my bed at home without letting anyone know."

"Sir, I really know I was wrong! I have told you everything I did. Please, don't treat me as an accomplice of the cult!"

……

"Ding"

[The Marquis's Manor Fire - The truth is revealed, and an important clue has been obtained: the missing gold coins]

[Current progress: 67%]

[Number of important clues not yet collected: 1]

Pete kept his composure.

There are already huge waves in my heart.

No matter how hard you try, you won't be able to find anything, and it won't take any effort at all!
He didn't expect that the key breakthrough would come from a selfish farmer!

This is the closest the Gilded Club has come to being associated with cultists!
According to what Sam said, he took the Gilded Club investment certificate out of the fire and secretly hid it.

Unusually, Marquis Madison suddenly returned to the manor and brought a large number of investment certificates!
According to the original "trajectory".

If the fire burned down the entire estate, then these investment certificates would also be completely burned to ashes.

But now there is a huge hole in this plan!

By chance, the selfish little Sam discovered the investment certificates that had not been burned. He recognized these things and took them out of the fire, saving them from the fate of being burned to ashes!

[The missing gold coins: When Marquis Madison returned to the manor, he brought with him a large number of investors' investment certificates of the Gilded Club in Green Harbor.]

While Norman was giving instructions, Pete had already found Sam's home and dug out the crumpled investment certificates from under his bed.

As described in the guidelines.

Many of the investors of these certificates have surnames that look like goblins, such as Wrench, Coin, Money Bag, Button, or Nian Niu, Ka Ka, Gun Gun, Yao Yao, etc.

Normally, only goblins would name themselves so perfunctorily. Many goblins even gave themselves surnames at random after they were born and learned to read. They were unlike humans and dwarves who tended to inherit their ancestors' surnames.

These credentials have one thing in common:
That is, the amounts involved are extremely huge!
Pete took a rough check and found that the lowest investment amount was as much as 1500 gold coins, and the highest amount was as high as 5000 gold coins!
If he really exchanged all the money, Pete felt that he would instantly become the richest man in the Kingdom of Reyak!
Two important clues were found in succession!

Just as Pete was about to share the things he had just found with Lena, he heard three crisp "ding" sounds in his ears.

[Marquis Manor Fire - The truth is revealed, important clues have been obtained: the missing "dead"]

[Current progress: 100%]

[The necessary clues have been collected! ]

Followed by.

A quick messenger communication came from Reina:

"Honey! You won't believe what I just found out!"

"Oh my god, this is just hell!"

"The people of the Glowing God Cult are dealing with the bodies found in the manor. I found a safe position to observe secretly."

"There is no Marquis Madison among those bodies!"

"He might not be dead at all!!!"

……