Witch Monastery

Hawthorne thought carefully for a while, then suddenly looked up and said, "Perhaps these two things are also good news for us."

The matter of saving people was over, and his conscience had been satisfied. Then, he had to use the most utilitarian means to develop the monastery.

In fact, the most utilitarian method would be to not rescue anyone last night, wait until many people drowned and many people's houses were washed away, and then distribute porridge to increase reputation while purchasing land at a very low price or even for free.

After all, in that case, many people would have been washed away by the water, frozen to death or even drowned. He only needed to go through some simple procedures to take over these lands at almost no cost.

But he couldn't do that.

Therefore, he can only choose a development direction that is theoretically a suboptimal solution.

"Go find Alan, lend him money, and then ask him to find a way to provide loans to refugees," he said. "Let them use the loans to pay a 30 percent down payment and buy all these houses."

"As for food, we can just start distributing porridge. This is a good time to increase your reputation."

As he said this, Cuibisi nodded slightly, then suddenly leaned over, opened her little mouth, and wrapped her forked tongue like a snake's tongue around his weapon, which had already been engorged with blood.

"Hmm..." Hawthorne folded his arms behind his head and let out a satisfied gasp from his throat.

A moment later, the dormitory was filled with the sounds of flesh and water colliding, and Cuibisi's seductive moans.

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The news that the Great Old One Shude Meir awakened on the Roof Plateau and destroyed several mountains in the Rubble Zone, and was then jointly exiled by the current Lady of the Black Staff, Vajera Safar, and the public lord of Liberl, Layla Silverhand, spread quickly and quickly spread throughout the world through various intelligence networks in Liberl, shocking the entire world.

Most people were cheering, feeling fortunate that this powerful threat had been eliminated and their homes had escaped a disaster; a small number of people who were full of resentment were indignant, secretly cursing why these damn guys didn't perish together; the big consortiums praised the Black Staff Lady and the public city lord for their strength on the surface, but they were hesitant in their hearts, with a thousand or ten thousand doubts rising in their hearts...

After that, the City Hall launched mobilization and calls through various channels, calling on adventurers in the city to enter the deep mountains of the rubble area and eliminate the demons entrenched in the depths of the mountains, especially the demon lord named "Monport". If they can accomplish this, they will be rewarded handsomely.

In response to this, adventurers, mercenary groups, and other types of armed forces in the port of Liberl are all gearing up to buy up magical items everywhere, intending to show off their skills, take this opportunity to make a comeback, and even leave their names in history!

And only Hawthorne knew that after this battle, both Lady Blackstaff and Leila Silverhand had exposed their weaknesses.

Calling on adventurers to destroy the demon lord?

What a joke! With how powerful Leila Silverhand should be, after getting rid of Shude Mel, she should have rushed into the mountains and torn Mombot off with her own hands!

However, the result was that she and the Lady of the Black Staff barely managed to exile Shude Meier, and she herself paid a high price.

Even now, she was unable to spare more energy to eliminate Mompot, and had to issue a bounty, calling on ordinary adventurers to eliminate this lord of the abyss.

This has exposed her weakness even more clearly to this day.

It is conceivable that in the coming period, the major international financial groups will do their best to test her current true strength and status while eroding the administrative, judicial and even legislative systems of Port Liber more intensively...

Originally, Leila Silverhand's management ability was not very strong. This bounty order was a typical case. Although it could save a lot of costs and preserve the strength of the Black Rod Tower, it exposed her true situation, which was not worth the loss in the long run.

In fact, since taking office, she has been acting as a hands-off boss, relying solely on her own strength and status to intimidate the major financial groups and prevent them from going too far.

But now, with no fear, Port Libel is about to become a puppet city that the big financial groups can play with at will.

City.

When Hawthorne realized these things, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed. In addition to these, as an old player, he also knew some more far-reaching follow-up effects.

Some evil forces that once had a grudge against the Magic Goddess, or who were greedy like a bottomless pit, would also use this incident to figure out the Magic Goddess's situation, and then pour their hatred and anger on Libel Port...

For example, the shadow of the dark elves, the conspiracy of the mind flayers, and the spying of those well-known demon lords...

These things should have happened in the middle of the game, but they happened so early.

He is only level eight now, and has not even mastered the fifth-ring spells, let alone the ninth-ring spells...

However, at this time, the mid-term incident was announced ahead of schedule. The Port of Libel was in visibly in chaos, and all he could do now was to accumulate strength as quickly as possible in order to protect himself.

He longed for a stable environment so that he could grow up slowly. But unfortunately, time never waits for anyone...

Chapter 316 Blue Dragon's Trouble

On this day, in the central area, at the Blue Dragon Bank, on the top floor of the building.

In front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, the young blue dragon Rahman was lying on his luxurious carpet woven with golden wool and pure white pearls. The huge gems of various colors on his ten dragon fingers reflected the sun's glow.

On the ground in front of him, camel meat, rattlesnake soup and fine wine carefully prepared by the chefs were neatly arranged. The tempting aroma diffused in the air, making people's appetites grow.

Faced with these delicious foods, Rahman slowly performed the magic trick "Hand of the Mage". He picked up a piece of roasted camel meat with his invisible magic hands, dipped it in pepper and a little chili powder, and then put it in his mouth.

Feeling the tenderness and deliciousness of the meat, the juice, fat and seasonings exploding on his taste buds, Blue Dragon couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

Well, the cooking is good. The chef’s salary this month can be increased by another 100 gold coins.

He thought so, then looked across at the food and said, "It tastes really good, don't you want to try it?"

Opposite these foods sat another young blue dragon, also wearing various luxurious jewels and with its beard and scales meticulously trimmed.

Compared to Rahman, this young blue dragon looked thinner, and he wore a pair of round-framed glasses on his nose, which made him look quite scholarly.

Rahman invited warmly, however, the blue dragon opposite had no appetite at all.

There was worry on his face, and then he sighed: "Rahman, you know, the weapon I carefully designed was fine in normal tests, but how come it overheated and exploded when it came to actual combat!"

"Oh my god, I can't even imagine how those hateful golden dragons on the other side will secretly laugh at me after this incident..."

As he said this, he turned his head slightly, glanced through the huge transparent floor-to-ceiling windows at the building of the Golden Dragon Bank opposite, and gritted his teeth secretly.

Rahman was not interested in his brother's complaints and said casually, "Maybe those mortals don't know how to use them properly. There is definitely no problem with you."

As he said this, the blue dragon's eyes lit up. "I brought the stone that showed the battlefield that day. Rahman, you are always smart. Can you help me take a look and see if there are any details that I haven't noticed before?"

Having said this, regardless of the reluctance on Rahman's face, he leaned forward with his huge body, took out a photo stone from his dimensional bag, touched it with his claws, and started playing.

That was what was recorded by the blue dragonborn who obeyed him. Although it was not complete, it was at least the most detailed first-hand information.

So Rahman had to endure the boredom and continue eating while accompanying his brother to watch for a hundred years.

Watching those weak humanoids struggling on the battlefield, unleashing all kinds of weak attacks that couldn't even break through his scales, killing those enemies that he could crush to death with just one finger...

Ok? !

Suddenly, the blue dragon noticed a familiar figure.

That handsome man with white hair, was he the gift I prepared for my mother?

Why is he in Rockseeker Town?

His eyes suddenly lit up when he thought of something extra.

Did he lose all his money and had no other choice but to go there to do tasks to earn money?

Oh, maybe we should check him out...

Rahman thought so, and then perfunctorily said to his brother: "You are not wrong, it is their problem. If you want to save face, find another reliable adventure group to sponsor you."

"Right now, isn't Laila Silverhand gathering adventurers to destroy that damn demon lord? This is a good time for you to promote your weapons, my brother."

"Gold will always shine. Come on, I'm rooting for you. I have other things to do. Bye..."

He encouraged his brothers in this way, and the blue dragon with glasses put away the photo stone, his expression gradually became embarrassed: "You also know, Rahman, I don't often deal with humanoid creatures. I always lose my temper and electrocute them to death."

"Can you help me find some reliable adventurers? No matter what, we can't let the golden dragons laugh at us!"

Rahman sighed: "I don't do it often...Okay, I'll keep an eye out for you."

This generation of blue dragons has everything they need since birth, and they don't have to work hard.

Therefore, helping their brothers became one of the few things that could motivate them.

After receiving such assurance, the bespectacled Blue Dragon felt relieved and left, shaking his head and sighing.

After he left, Rahman immediately called his secretary, a capable blue dragonborn, and ordered him, "Check Nigel Hawthorne's recent movements. I need more detailed information about him."

The order was executed very quickly, and the efficiency of the Dragonborn was visible to the naked eye. Soon, a large stack of information was delivered to his desk, and after reading the most important investment information on the top, Rahman's expression suddenly became a little surprised.

"Actually... there is no loss?"

He found it a little unbelievable. He originally thought that even if Hawthorne did not lose all his money, he must have lost a lot to take the risk in the Rock Seeker Town.

"Not only is there no loss, Your Majesty." The Blue Dragonborn guarding beside him said, "In fact, this rate of return is one of the best in our bank in recent years."

"Your Majesty, we were wrong. This guy is not here to defraud money. He can really make money."

Hearing this, Rahman's mood suddenly became very complicated.

What the hell is going on? Why do I lose money on everything I bet on normally, but when I want to cheat this guy and give him to my mother, he wins?

And it’s a rare blood profit in decades…

"Hmm..." Rahman frowned, "Why doesn't he stay in Nangang District and be a local rich man? Why go to Rock Seeker Town?"

Upon hearing this, the Blue Dragonborn immediately presented some more information: "According to our spies at the Black Staff Tower, the Rockseeker Camp, and the Council, he should be pursuing a female member of the Amkasla family, a black knight with a promising future."

The Black Knight is the common name for the Paladin of Vengeance, indicating that they are the profession with the strongest offensive and hunting capabilities.

However, his analysis was obviously wrong: this relationship should be said to have started with An Nuo's pursuit...

"Oh, it's worth mentioning that he performed very well in the battle at the Rockseeker Camp." The blue dragonborn continued, "he single-handedly defeated a barbarian who had transformed into a giant bear and was as big as an elephant. He also lured away and resolved the biggest threat, a mad giant earth elemental creature."

"Is that so..." Rahman murmured. He really didn't expect that the guy he thought was just a pretty boy named Saiin with a good-looking appearance and a bit of a smooth talk actually had some abilities and was even associated with the powerful.

"In that case..." His beard moved suddenly, "His value is more than just a gift for my mother..."

The neatly dressed blue dragonborn beside him lowered his head and remained silent, waiting for his master's new order. Rahman was thinking, his eyes flickering, and his brain was working rapidly.

"He will definitely participate in this call from Leila Silverhand." He said with certainty, "He will definitely go into the mountains again to help eliminate the demon lord, together with his black knight girlfriend."

"And the golden dragons will definitely not miss this opportunity. They will definitely sponsor an adventure group and claim all the credit as theirs..."

Rahman muttered to himself, his eyes flickering, and he had made up his mind.

"Contact this Mr. Nigel Hawthorne," he said, "and tell him I want to have dinner with him."

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Nangang District, outside the monastery gate.

A long line formed in front of the soup kitchen, and there was an endless stream of disaster victims coming here to get meals. At the gate, Hawthorne frowned, looked at the skyrocketing reputation on his monastery's panel, and sighed.

Although he benefited from this matter in the end, he couldn't be happy at the moment.

The area affected by the confrontation between Vajra and Shude Mel was too large.

Although the vibrations were already very mild when they reached here, even the torrential rain that washed away countless people actually only produced less than one-tenth of the water that Vajra summoned.

But that day, in order to fight against Shudemel, Vajra summoned hundreds of millions of tons of ice water. Even if less than one-tenth of it turned into heavy rain and fell on the top of Libel Port, it would be almost the total volume of West Lake, and it would also be an extremely terrifying disaster.

Even though Hawthorne tried his best to save as many people as possible, he only managed to save a few hundred people. No one knows how many people died in this disaster, and the exact statistics will probably never be announced by the Nangang District Government.

Chapter 317 Blue Dragon's Invitation

So many people died, and Hawthorne benefited from it. Although he also saved many people with his own hands, he still felt guilty.

Forget it, I'll slowly help the people here get rich in the future.

He thought compensatorily, although he now realized clearly that the plot of the game had completely gone out of control.

Shude Meier woke up early, and the confrontation between him and Vajera completely changed the terrain of the rubble zone and even the sky of the material world.

The burrowing demon bugs have drilled countless passages under the mountains, some of which are even connected to the sewer system of Port Liber, forming a super-giant underground maze that stretches for dozens of kilometers and has no regular pattern at all.

In addition, there is a "haunted gold mine" in the mountains, which is a passage to the dark area. The situation suddenly becomes more complicated and uncertain.

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It is conceivable that in the future, the underground of this city will become an amusement park for gray dwarves, dark elves and even mind flayers.

This is a scene that has never appeared in the original work. At least in the original game, there would never be such a large and terrifying dungeon under the Port of Liber.

In such a future, no one can guarantee that his past experiences will still be useful.

In the future, in the fight against those evil spirits and crazy people, all he can rely on is his own strength and the ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

Oh, and there's also the monastery that's going to be upgraded to level three soon.

Opening his system and looking at the monastery area which had soared to 90,000 square meters, Hawthorne breathed a sigh of relief, and the pressure in his heart was relieved.

During these days, the witches not only frequently distributed porridge, but also stepped up the acquisition of the surrounding land that had become ruins.

At the same time, under Hawthorne's order, the monastery began to recruit more staff, including those young girls who sincerely and devoutly converted to the Goddess of Life. They were asked to learn the teachings of the Goddess of Life with Die and Lisa, and to be transferred to the most basic "trainee nuns" who had no combat power but could serve as the productivity of the monastery.

He made preparations for the future. Once the monastery was upgraded to level three, Hawthorne would be able to immediately allow them to advance to become priests in specific fields and become powerful level three soldiers of the monastery.

By that time, I will have the capital to protect myself.

He was fantasizing about the future, and then the rumbling sound of a carriage came from behind.

He turned his head and looked back, and saw a luxurious carriage with a depiction of a heroic blue dragon running along the main road of the District Hall and stopping in front of his monastery.

Then, a tall blue dragon man wearing a well-made black suit walked down. He looked smart and capable.