Don't call me evil god

Chapter 817 The Old Scholar and the Little Girl

Wallace is now like a curious baby, curious about everything that happens here.

He wanted to personally investigate and study the things that were truly related to the miracles of the God of Knowledge, but he was blocked by a restriction:
Those "miracles" spread among the local people can only be seen with their own eyes by believers who have been blessed by Noven!
He must first accumulate enough contributions locally.

This made Wallace very helpless.

Recently, he heard that the gods themselves had given a revelation, requiring the seekers of knowledge to go to the dark dungeons and fight the monsters inside, so there were "free contribution points" on the market that could be purchased directly with money.

of course.

This type of contribution that can be purchased directly does not completely replace the normal contribution value.

Noven imposed certain restrictions.

When participating in the ranking.

The [Free Contribution Value] obtained through purchase will be calculated at a maximum of 30% of the current accumulated contribution value.

In this way, Nowen weakened the "paying players" to prevent them from directly buying a place on the leaderboard by spending money.

Norman defines the function of this thing as "assisting in accelerating the acquisition of contribution value" rather than a channel that can be quickly passed by "paying gold".

The reason why Nowen did this is simple.

He was once troubled by the so-called "you will become stronger if you spend money".

Even if you work hard all your life, you will never be able to catch up with those who are born rich and born in Rome.

There is an essential gap between the two sides.

Now I have the ability to make my own rules.

Nowen’s idea is to create a set of rules that everyone, whether rich or poor, talented or not, can achieve a turnaround through their own efforts!

The differences exist objectively.

But Nowen does not want the so-called differences to become a chasm or gap that cannot be bridged in a lifetime.

The contribution value mechanism is an attempt made by Nowen.

Nowen allows a few latecomers to catch up quickly by spending money, but it does not allow them to dominate the charts and monopolize the market, thus destroying the hopes of the vast majority of ordinary people.

For now.

This mechanism designed by Nowen himself works quite well.

But it is not so friendly to old scholar Wallace, who is looking forward to being blessed and becoming a believer as soon as possible.

With Wallace's savings, it would be no problem for him to buy that 30% free contribution.

What stumped him was the remaining 70% which could only be obtained through accumulation!
In order to earn his contribution, the old scholar had to temporarily stay in Dawn City, and at the same time, he used his reputation as a naturalist to undertake some work such as item identification, valuation, and authenticity verification.

These things were Wallace's previous job. Originally, as he grew older, he had decided to retire. In recent years, he has been focusing his limited energy on studying the void pollution in the Dark Forest.

Now it’s time to go back to my old job.

The young girl named Valerie got to know Wallace because of the item identification.

At that time, the old scholar had just returned to his old job not long ago. In order to establish his reputation again, he rented a temporary stall in a larger market near Zhushi Third Street in Liming City and purchased equipment for identification, verification and valuation.

Coincidentally.

Valerie brought a pearl necklace given to her by someone else and hoped that Wallace could help her identify its authenticity.

Wallace only took a quick look at this simple request and made a decisive judgment:
"fake."

"It's just a layer of paint on the pebbles. It's a crude forgery."

For this kind of simple identification, the old scholar was too lazy to use magic, relying only on his naked eyes and his years of experience. "Here, there is a scraper. You can scrape the surface hard a few times, and you should be able to scrape off some of the paint."

When Valerie heard this, she immediately started cursing angrily:
"Okay! I knew that the bastard named Edward was not a good person! He even tried to lie to me that he had a rich fortune in the Dukedom of Levison. It was obvious that he wanted to take advantage of the time when the King's Army was recruited to the border to get me for free!"

Upon hearing this, the old scholar Wallace glanced at the sunny and cheerful girl in front of him with interest.

The other person has a beautiful appearance, and the temperament brought by youth makes her more feminine. She has a pretty face that many people are willing to pursue.

As soon as he heard it, he knew what the other person had encountered.

During the period of time before the Monster Red Tide each year when the King's Army is recruited, adult males of military age from all over the kingdom come to the border.

With so many men gathered together, it is always difficult to control their desires.

Due to military discipline and the supervision of the "knights" who lead them, those forceful means will be prohibited.

But they will use some unorthodox and unscrupulous means to get around this.

Every year, ignorant girls from the border are deceived by promises such as "develop a romantic relationship, and take you back to your hometown to get married after the monster red tide is over."

For those who are unlucky, after the monster red tide, after enjoying the "love" experience for a period of time, these "scammers" will just walk away.

If you are luckier, you may have the opportunity to leave the border and actually follow them out of the border and head to the western part of the kingdom.

Valerie met such a person. His name was Edward. He claimed to be a freeman of the Dukedom of Levison. His family owned a property in the local city and had prepared a wedding house for him. They just waited for him to find his destined person so that they could build their love nest in the new house.

Not only was the cake drawn big and round, but Edward even gave her the pearl necklace as a token of love when they met to prove his determination and importance.

Unfortunately, the current Ceylon Territory is no longer the poor, miserable and dangerous borderland it once was.

Under the rules set by Nowen, there is a new order and a bright future here.

Local girls are no longer as easy to pick up as they used to be, and they are easily deceived when they hear about the opportunity to leave the border.

Valerie did not immediately agree to Edward's "confession", but cautiously took the so-called token of love given by the other party to Wallace for identification.

Then, with the help of Wallace, he saw through the other party's lies!

The subsequent plot is logical.

The young girl Valerie threw the fake pearl necklace with the paint scraped off in Edward's face, then put her hands on her hips and started to spray him fiercely.

Using the other party's skin color, beliefs, accent, appearance, etc. as a means of output, they scold the other party so hard that they dare not even raise their heads and run away in shame.

After this incident, in order to thank the old scholar Wallace for his accurate identification, Valerie specially prepared a hibiscus roll she made by herself and gave it to him.

Then he asked with hopeful curiosity:
"Sir, can I learn your skills of identifying authenticity and appraising prices?"

Wallace wanted to politely tell the other party that this was not only the result of years of experience, but also the divine power bestowed on him by Davinson, the God of Natural History, was an indispensable condition.

If Valerie could not obtain the blessing of the God of Natural History, then no matter how hard she tried throughout her life, she would only be able to wander outside the "threshold", and she would not be able to identify any items related to the gods.

Her ceiling is too low, no matter how hard she tries, it's useless.

As the words came to his lips, Wallace suddenly realized a problem.

wrong!

He forgot the existence of Noven, the god of knowledge!
A bold idea popped up in Wallace's mind.

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PS: The update on the 12th is a little late! Guozi will be back later!

(End of this chapter)