A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

The remaining 1% depends on God's favor. After all, a village blacksmith might suddenly become the illegitimate son of a lord and inherit the territory in Jerusalem.

So although there is not much future for a poor person to become a monk, it is much better than other industries.

Time was running out, so Thomas set out from the novice monks' dormitory and walked all the way to the living area of ​​the monastery's upper echelons.

He knew this road, having walked it many times, but he had to check it again to confirm.

This time I looked at the road with fresh eyes.

Outside the middle and upper floors of the residential area, there is a room where the steward of the house lives.

Gifts should be given to the right people. If there is anyone who has the most crucial effect in clearing out the novice monks, it is undoubtedly this person.

If you ask other people for help, you will end up having to go back to this person.

Apparently, Thomas wasn't the only one who knew this.

Because he saw several novice monks sweeping the floor along the way.

Although sweeping the floor is indeed one of the responsibilities of a trainee monk...but along the way, there are too many sweeping monks.

There are at least five or six!

These novice monks sweeping the floor were all tall and muscular. Although they held brooms and pretended to sweep the floor, their eyes were erratic.

Their eyes fell on Thomas and then quickly looked away.

Tsk, there are indeed a lot of smart people.

When Thomas looked back, he saw someone replacing the torches on both sides of the aisle.

Thomas was convinced that his guess was correct.

The news of dismissing the trainee monks has spread. If that is the case, then naturally everyone will show off their magical powers.

Either you have connections, or you have money, or you just leave it to fate and let God decide.

But there will always be some people who have neither connections nor money, but are unwilling to resign themselves to fate.

They can only think of some crooked ways.

After dinner, Thomas returned to his room.

Dinner consisted of hard, tooth-breaking bread and a bowl of vegetable soup. It was quite filling, though. Everyone was feeling a bit nervous today, so there were no evening classes or anything like that. After dinner, everyone went back to rest.

Thomas returned to his room, and Joshua followed.

From Joshua's expression, Thomas knew that he must have been prepared.

Joshua was actually quite a nice guy. At least during their time together, he hadn't acted superior. On the contrary, he was quite proactive and enthusiastic, and they got along well.

"Joshua, are you ready?" Thomas asked suddenly.

"Yeah." The boy smiled shyly, "I contacted my family today."

Joshua came from a merchant family and could provide financial support, unlike Thomas.

He looked a little nervous, probably afraid that Thomas would make some unreasonable demands.

Although the two were roommates, their relationship wasn't close enough to help Thomas. From another perspective, Thomas, a farmer's son with both parents orphaned, wasn't worth anyone's investment.

If Thomas were to ask for help desperately, he would be in a difficult situation.

But to Joshua's surprise, Thomas was only silent for a moment before speaking.

"If you want to go to the steward's office tonight...it's best to go tomorrow."

"Why?" Joshua was shocked. The money was ready, so it was common sense to avoid any further complications.

"I'm just suggesting it," Thomas said. "That's all."

Joshua hesitated, but he could tell from Thomas's expression that he didn't want to explain.

The friendship between the two parties has not reached this point. A reminder is the limit.

"I'm going to start learning characters in a couple of days," Joshua said suddenly. "Several different characters. I heard they're difficult. Latin is especially difficult."

"Yeah, I know," Thomas replied. "I'll just go out for a minute."

"What are you going to do?"

"Nothing, just going to the bathroom. If you're late you can go to sleep."

He said and left.

The monastery was large, and the corridor from the novice monks' quarters to the steward's quarters was long. It was an open corridor, with torches hanging high above... providing a dim light. On either side lay the dark wilderness.

A figure was walking down the corridor.

It was a young novice monk, walking briskly. Judging from his age, he must be one of Thomas's newcomers.

His chest was bulging, obviously he was hiding something in his arms.

Behind him, three tall figures appeared.

From their clothes, it can be seen that the three of them are also novice monks.

The young monk hurried forward in a panic, but the two men behind him were even faster. They followed closely, getting closer and closer.

The young monk began to run.

The three people behind him also ran at a much faster speed and caught up with him in a blink of an eye.

"Good boy, you stole our money and you still want to run away!" Someone grabbed the corner of his clothes from behind and pulled him, causing him to stagger and almost fall.

The other two took the opportunity to rush up and surround him from front and back.

"I didn't! You are talking nonsense!" The young novice monk was shocked and angry.

"No? Then what is this!" Two people grabbed his hands and feet. One of them took out a purse from his arms.

The coarse cloth robes of novice monks were simple attire, lacking even pockets. To carry items, they had to either hang them from a belt or hide them inside their clothing. Some things simply couldn't be hidden.

Not to mention that these metal coins are very heavy. You may not be able to see them when you are standing still, but they will be very eye-catching when you are walking.

"That was given to me by my family..." The young novice monk struggled desperately, but someone slapped him on the neck.

His body instantly collapsed.

"Hurry!" The three men dragged his body out of the aisle and made him lie in the wild, then returned to the aisle and counted the harvest with a smile.

In fact, you can roughly know the amount without counting. After all, these days, everyone has some understanding of the price of bribes.

"Quick!" The leader put the money away. Although there was a gain, it was not enough.

This is the amount for one person, how can three people share it? Of course, it's fine to use it for pocket money, but it's not enough for bribes!

But it doesn’t matter, just sit back and wait, and the rabbit will come.

The three of them did all this right before Thomas' eyes.

Thomas saw the entire process clearly. He wasn't hiding much, and there wasn't any nearby terrain to hide in. In reality, Thomas was just standing in the dark.

But the three bandits in monk robes couldn't see him. They were only a dozen steps away, but they just couldn't see him.

Just as he guessed, the novice monks all had night blindness!

Section 5 Night Blindness 3

Thomas looked at the three men calmly.

He didn't rush out. It would be useless to rush out. One against three, he was definitely no match for their opponent.

Moreover, he had absolutely no intention of sacrificing himself for others or giving up his life for justice.

He just stood there motionless, observing carefully.

Night blindness was a very common disease in ancient times. In fact, in ancient history, almost all poor and lower-middle peasants could not escape this disease.

This is because the human body lacks vitamin A. If you want to supplement it, you must eat more meat, especially animal offal, such as pork liver.

If this could not be done, there would be no way to solve this disease under the conditions in ancient times.

Judging from the diet he has been exposed to recently, it would be difficult for these trainee monks not to suffer from night blindness.

If you have some spare money to sneak out and eat meat, you don't need to resort to such crooked means.

In fact, Thomas was certain that his original self also suffered from night blindness.

The reason why he doesn't suffer from night blindness now is entirely because he once actively used divine power to treat himself.

Although bipedal apes are not naturally nocturnal animals, Thomas's night vision ability is probably close to the upper limit of humans.

He could see everything clearly since they were at least ten meters apart.

As long as he didn't make any sound, his vision was one-way: he could see three people, but they couldn't see him.

That purse is bigger.

Actually, to keep your novice status, the bribe doesn't need to be huge. Seriously, just a few gold coins, I guess.

Although gold, silver, copper (and actually lead) were mixed in the Middle Ages, in fact, those who needed to pay bribes could not come up with gold coins in a hurry.

People who can afford it generally don't need to bribe.

Silver and copper coins were worth much less, with a 1:50 ratio being the norm. And then there were those quirky silver-plated copper coins. So, they were only worth a few gold coins, but they filled a relatively large purse.

Such a large purse is rather cumbersome. It is too conspicuous when hung on the waist and too cumbersome when kept in the arms.

That unlucky guy was easily caught up earlier, thanks in no small part to this cumbersome purse. It's heavy, in the way, and affects balance!

Those people still have to ambush the next person, so they won't carry such a cumbersome bag of money on them.

As expected, the three of them temporarily placed the things in an inconspicuous corner.

After everyone left, Thomas walked over and easily put the purse in his arms.

He walked over to the unlucky guy and used his hand to check his breath.

With his limited medical experience, he thought the guy had just fainted and there was nothing wrong with him.

It seems... the guy who did it is a veteran!

Has he been trained as a knight?

The Chomutov Monastery is mainly for training ascetics and priests, but there are indeed knight coaches here who train church knights.

It can only be said that it is an objective need.

After all, everyone in this era knows that the church is wealthy and is in danger without certain military protection.

There are lawless criminals everywhere. They don't care about God's majesty, nor are they afraid of going to hell.

Well, the window of time is limited, and we must speed up.

Thomas naturally didn't walk through the aisle, but instead walked around the outside.

The night was gloomy, and the medieval ground was not a smooth, hardened cement floor. Even he had to take one deep step and one shallow step, and it took him a lot of effort to reach the side of the steward's room.

If someone with night blindness were to do this, they probably wouldn’t be able to walk this way even if they wanted to.

Sure enough, the door of the room was half open and light was coming out from inside.

It seems that this deacon has sufficient experience and knows how to be helpful to others.

The dead of night is a good time to pay bribes secretly. It is not so convenient during the day when there are many people coming and going, and it would be embarrassing if someone strays in and sees you.

Thomas slipped into the room, and the butler inside saw the bulge in Thomas's chest at a glance, and a smile had already appeared on his face, like a blooming peony.

To be honest, he was a little surprised to see Thomas show up.

But what can I say? This deacon is a fair person. He takes money to do the job and does not discriminate against people based on their background.

After all, the master's money is money, and the poor's money is also money. Money is not more noble just because it is in the hands of the master, it is just as lovely in the hands of the poor.

Soon, Thomas returned to his room. Of course, the bulge on his body had completely shriveled up.

But there was obvious relief on his face.

Joshua was still awake and looked at Thomas who had returned with some surprise.

"Thomas...you...went to the butler's?" He had a hunch. Thomas was out at this hour, most likely for this matter.

As a farmer's son, Thomas shouldn't be able to raise that much money.

But as the saying goes, you can’t judge a book by its cover, and you can’t measure the depth of the sea. Although there is no such saying in Bohemia, everyone understands the meaning of this saying.