A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

However, because there were so many people involved, in order to avoid any accidents, the leader personally moved the boxes of gold coins from the small sailboat.

The financial officer counts and stores the goods on site.

After counting the money, not only was there no loss, but there were more than 100,000 florins more.

Not only that, the contract and supporting detailed specifications are also in hand.

This is a big profit.

This is equivalent to getting nearly 500,000 florins worth of weapons and equipment for free! At least 200,000 florins for free.

But I don’t know what kind of means this leader has to be able to do this!

Everyone understood what he meant and without saying a word, they immediately arranged for capable people to go to Portugal to transport the goods.

We'll take whatever we can get. The contract, instructions, and everything else are all in place. As for where the money went, you should ask Mr. Leonor. He signed the contract and got the money.

Of course, if Leonor cannot be found, that is the Portuguese's problem, after all, it was the Portuguese who authorized him.

Everyone understood each other tacitly and no one asked any annoying questions.

Thomas returned to his room.

Although Thomas did not feel tired as a protector of the country, he at least had to pretend to be tired on the surface.

Close the door and enter your own demiplane.

In the demiplane, other things naturally remained unchanged, but the golden apple tree...

The apples are ripe!

In other words, the first batch of apples are ripe!

In fact, Thomas had noticed this yesterday, but he was busy and had no time to examine it carefully.

Now I'm finally free.

Thomas began to examine the first batch of apples carefully.

There weren't many apples in this batch, maybe a dozen or so, but now they were all golden, with not a trace of green on them.

It is exactly the same as the golden apple that Thomas got.

Not only that, the apple also exudes a strange fragrance.

It wasn't the smell of an ordinary apple, but more like the scent of incense, as if the apple itself was saying it was something special.

Thomas grabbed a ripe golden apple with his hand and gently picked it off.

The fruit stem separated easily from the branches and leaves, as if the connection between them had reached its limit.

This is the feeling of a ripe fruit falling off the tree.

If you pull an unripe apple with a little green still on the skin, you will find that the connection of the apple stem is much stronger and it cannot be easily picked off.

Thomas did not forcibly pick the unripe apple, but placed the ripe golden apple in the palm of his hand.

Damn, I haven’t eaten the golden apple yet, I don’t know what it tastes like!

Thinking of this, Thomas didn't hesitate and started eating.

This golden apple is very small.

A normal person can eat one in two or three bites.

For people with a slightly bigger mouth, eating one at a time is no problem.

Thomas did not cut the golden apple with a knife, but put it directly into his mouth and chewed it.

You can feel the unreal sweet juice filling your mouth.

The juice then turned into a hot stream and flowed down the throat.

It was nothing at first, but after about a minute or two, he felt his heart beating faster and his whole body started to heat up. He felt that his blood circulation and internal organs all started to speed up.

This feeling... is somewhat similar to when Thomas used his divine power before.

But they are similar, not identical.

This power swirled and accumulated within Thomas.

Thomas felt that if he had only been at the middle level at the beginning, then this power should have been able to stimulate the potential hidden deep in his blood, stimulate the most obvious and powerful potential, and make it grow rapidly.

but now……

But it was already a little late.

Thomas's body is now connected to the magic net. Under the continuous impact of the magic net's power, his entire body is continuously improving and strengthening.

Although the power of a golden apple further washed over the body, it did not reach the point of qualitative change.

However, I have a vague feeling that this thing can really strengthen myself.

The strengthening of the magic net is continuous, and magic power keeps flowing into the body from the magic net. But in the end, this change is subtle.

When it was just promoted to the Protector of the Nation, the accumulation before and after was huge, and the first wave of reinforcement was huge.

But after that, it’s a slow process and changes will happen slowly over time.

And this golden apple, as the teacher said before, can greatly accelerate this process.

Thomas thought as he picked the second and third golden apples.

The eggs are too small to eat.

He ate four or five golden apples in one breath.

Suddenly, I felt changes in my body.

It's black in front of you.

Chapter 100 The Golden Apple Tree 2

After a few seconds, the vision returned to normal. This was not ordinary blackout vision, but some kind of change in the eyes.

As the body is transformed and strengthened by the magic network, human organs will slowly change.

This has been speculated before.

After all, his teacher once used a hard object (a hammer) to poke Thomas' chest and abdomen to determine how deeply Thomas' body was affected by the magic network.

From this we can see that all human internal organs will theoretically change because of the magic net.

This is what is called the transformation of ordinary creatures into magical creatures.

But Thomas didn't expect that the first organ to undergo drastic changes would be his own eyes.

The vision becomes brighter and fuller, everything is more shiny and more vivid.

Thomas guessed that he might have gone from trichromatic vision to tetrachromatic vision.

It has the ability to sense ultraviolet rays more than normal humans.

In my past life, I had indeed read such popular science articles. Among humans, there were a small number of mutants with super vision. While ordinary people have trichromatic vision, super vision has quadrichromatic vision.

Vision is sharper and more discerning of details. In addition, night vision is also enhanced to a certain extent.

If there is another round of mutation, it is estimated that it will gain the ability of infrared vision.

Thomas was satisfied, picked another golden apple, and returned to his bedroom.

This wave consumed half of the ripe apples.

But Thomas was not worried, because he knew very well that another batch of golden apples would ripen within a month.

The next step is to find a way to attack the 6th layer of the magic network.

The "Third Volume of the Nameless Book" is indeed very effective. Recently, it has almost reached the level of ten groups of divine power per day.

Especially at night, which is the preferred time for worship of the "Nameless God", the harvest is particularly huge in the first hour after dark.

Thomas now tries to make the most of this time to keep the fire spinning.

Unfortunately, Thomas only has the ability to receive and give, but not to know. So this kind of work is boring, and I don't know who is benefiting.

Perhaps those who prayed diligently and sincerely were missed, while those who prayed casually and insincerely gained benefits.

There is no other way, this is the only way at this stage.

Just as he was admiring the apples, footsteps were suddenly heard outside.

Judging from the hurried footsteps, it was the clerk who arrived.

The situation of the Knights was not good, so Thomas allowed the senior members to come to see him at any time. This way, he would be the first to know what was happening.

After all, now is not the time to indulge in extravagance and debauchery. If we want a better life, we must repel the Star-Moon Cult army in the future.

He knew the seriousness of the matter. If he didn't survive this wave of heavenly tribulation, he would be reduced to his original form.

Demetrios coming here at this time must be something big.

"Grand Commander!" As expected, before anyone came in, Demetrios' voice was already heard outside the door.

"Come in." With these words, the clerk appeared in front of Thomas.

Thomas's newfound super vision immediately came into play, because he saw that the clerk's face was not very good.

"What's going on?" Thomas asked warily.

"Byzantines...Byzantines..." The clerk's face twitched, not out of pain but anger. "They're coming again."

"Didn't we hire the Venetian fleet last time?" Thomas asked. "Has the three months expired?"

Calculating the time, it seems that it is almost due.

Do I need to renew the fee?

"The Venetians left last month," Demetrios sighed.

"Huh? They...why?" Thomas was puzzled. "Shouldn't it have been due last month?"

During this period, Thomas really didn't care about what was happening in Byzantium.

"The Byzantines used their mercenary fleet as cannon fodder," the clerk explained. "In two consecutive naval battles, the Venetians bore the brunt of the losses. So, they canceled the contract midway... Of the 200,000 commission, 100,000 was the down payment, and 100,000 was the final payment. Now, the Venetians don't even want the final payment and have run away."

"Not only that, after this incident, I'm sure the reputation of both Byzantium and the Knights Templar has been ruined among the mercenaries," Demetrios said. "Next time we want to hire a fleet, we probably won't be able to."

Damn it! Thomas was shocked.

Everyone knows that mercenaries live on the edge of a knife and lick blood. This has made it impossible for mercenaries to continue working. How shady must the Byzantines be? They deserve not to be able to get mercenaries!

Of course, the Knights suffered an unprovoked disaster!

"So...what do these Byzantines want to do here now?"

"They're demanding we honor the treaty!" Demetrios raged. "Either send another fleet or an army."

Thomas was very calm.

In fact, this point in the treaty is somewhat vague.

When the Byzantine Empire needed it, the Knights were required to provide a squadron or an army of no less than 800 people for assistance.

But what if this squadron or army suffers losses along the way?

For example, what if the entire squadron is wiped out, or as in the current situation, the mercenaries escape midway?

According to universal judgment standards, or normal moral standards, the Knights Templar are not responsible for such things.

But whether in Thomas's previous life or this life, there is no morality in the world.

Individuals may have morals, but when it comes to the political level, there are absolutely none.

The Byzantines were unreasonable because they had the power to be unreasonable.

The Knights have no strength, so even if they want to reason, they cannot.

Damn, there are not enough warships after all.

If Thomas had dozens of ships and could form two squadrons, he would also have unreasonable strength.

As for treaties and agreements, I say yes, I acknowledge them! But if you ask me to send troops, I'll tell you that Christ has recently revealed that it's not appropriate to send troops. Whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway.

Anyway, it's a temporary treaty, only lasting one year.

Do you still dare to go to war with me? With the Star-Moon Cult surrounding you, and fighting your Christian brothers (even though we're not of the same sect)?