Witch Monastery

Immediately, Alan's pupils shrank to the size of a pinhole.

Oh no, she didn't think that I was the one who leaked the news that Hawthorne appeared on the night of the double moon to the investigation team of the Black Rod Tower? !

Although Allen did not go out on the night of the Witch Night, he had his own absolutely reliable intelligence network, so he naturally knew that Hawthorne not only appeared in the slums that night, but also had a conflict with the people of the Shannasa Guild, and even took the initiative to lead away the huge and terrifying monster!

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However, he just kept all this information in his mind and never revealed a single word to anyone else!

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How should I answer?

Calm down, Alan, think about it carefully. Even if she came to you tonight to call you to task, she must have her own purpose. Killing herself will definitely not do her any good!

Since she asked this, it meant that she probably didn't want the Black Rod Tower's investigation team to continue to focus on Hawthorne...

“Ah…” He opened his mouth slightly and revealed an awkward smile. He only felt his throat dry and itchy, and it was so difficult to squeeze out every word. “It was the people from the Shannasa Guild who were talking nonsense. They are used to throwing dirty water on those who have had conflicts with them, and then the young people in the Black Rod Tower believed it…”

Heidi nodded slightly, as if everything was within her expectations. "I see. I didn't expect there to be such a deep misunderstanding."

After a pause, she continued, "Mr. Allen, you were also an eyewitness to the conflict that day. Could you help me clear up this misunderstanding?"

"The monastery and the gentleman's tavern are next to each other, so we are neighbors, so we should naturally take care of each other. This is what I think. I wonder, what do you think?"

Her tone was very gentle, but the words she spoke were naked threats. Alan's palms were covered with cold sweat. He had realized that Sister Heidi had also realized that she knew that they were strong and not easy to mess with!

Helplessly, he could only nod: "Understood!"

Seeing this, Heidi smiled immediately: "Then, I will thank Mr. Allen on behalf of Hawthorne."

After saying that, she turned and walked towards the wall of the tavern's backyard, then her body passed directly through the wall and disappeared.

Alan breathed a sigh of relief, only to realize that his back was wet with cold sweat.

Without bothering to go to the toilet, he turned around and limped back to the tavern. He glanced at the remaining guests, picked up a plate of beef jerky and a glass of wine, and walked to a table of guests who were not yet drunk. As if he was bored late at night and came to chat with them, he smiled and said, "It's been really uneasy lately. I'll treat you to these."

Everyone at the table was naturally delighted, and then Alan sighed again: "Alas, the people of the Black Rod Tower are really getting worse and worse. With just a few words, they were beaten around by the people of the Shannasa Guild. They ignored the cult and ran around the world looking for some young white-haired wizard!"

"If this continues, I think they will have to be used as pawns, disgusting the enemies of the Shannasa Guild and offending many people before they can leave here in disgrace like dogs!"

Suddenly, the people at the table burst into laughter: "Isn't that exactly what we want to see? Haha, we should let those arrogant investigators suffer a lesson, so that they will know that the so-called untouchables cannot be bullied casually!"

"Yeah, especially the leader, who keeps saying things like it's for the stability and prosperity of the city, and for the safety of everyone. Damn it, instead of talking nonsense, why don't you fix the sewers here? The number of people who die from illness every year due to uncleanliness is far more than that of gang fights!"

"Yeah, a bunch of guys who only talk but do nothing! In my opinion, that white-haired young wizard is probably some upper-class person, so we should let them fight among themselves. It's the most exciting dog-eat-dog drama!"

Amid the laughter, cursing and complaints of the drunkards, Allen laughed along, but there was a gleam in his eyes as he planned to repeat the same scene tomorrow...

……

In the dormitory of the monastery, Hawthorne hugged Uta and Cuibis, who had messy hair, naked, curled up in the bed, and had fallen asleep due to exhaustion. At the same time, he looked at his system and quietly thought about future plans.

It takes 1,800 purification points to upgrade from level 3 to level 4, and he has accumulated enough now. But for the time being, Hawthorne does not plan to upgrade his level again.

Firstly, his level increased too quickly. In less than a month, he went from being a mortal with no profession at all to a powerful third-level spellcaster who mastered second-level spells.

According to the background of the game, the speed at which he was promoted was comparable to that of a peerless genius.

It should be noted that one of the requirements for a student to graduate from the Strixhaven University of Magic is to have a first-level wizard level and be able to cast four first-level spells normally.

Even so, many students have to delay their graduation for two years or even fail to graduate!

Therefore, even though he started very late, he was still a little ahead of his peers in terms of the speed of improvement.

Of course, there is another more important reason than the above: when he reaches level 4, he will get the first chance to improve the attributes of his profession, or choose a specialty, but up to now, he has not figured out what he should choose.

I don’t know if I can choose or not. Is it like the magic contract where I can choose by myself, or is it that the system just picks one for me and that’s it?

In addition, his need to improve his strength was not so urgent now, so this matter was put on hold for the time being.

But even if it was put aside, it would be a waste to save so many purification points without using them. Therefore, what he was studying now was how to upgrade the entire monastery to level two.

How to get some money and buy a large piece of land around the monastery at a low price...

第 74

The fastest way to make money

It was already late at night, but Hawthorne hadn't gone to bed yet. He was staying up late, which didn't fit his current schedule for recuperating, but tonight was something serious, and he really couldn't sleep.

He was waiting for Heidi to come back. Whether the progress on her side was smooth would determine whether his next plan could be carried out.

The moon was moving slowly across the sky. Hawthorne wrote another stroke on his plan book. He felt his head was a little dizzy. Just when he could no longer think, he heard a gust of wind blowing outside. Then, a slim figure pushed the door open and walked in.

It's Heidi. She's back.

"Owner!"

As soon as he came back, the witch immediately gave a gentle call and threw herself into his arms. Hawthorne's heart dropped back into his stomach, and he hugged her as well, and then asked softly: "You didn't encounter any trouble? How is the situation going?"

"No, there won't be trouble every night." Heidi chuckled and nodded slightly. "Things are going well. The tavern owner is very sensible. He understood what I meant as soon as I started talking."

She then recounted the entire conversation between her and Allen. Upon hearing this, Hawthorne breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. He is indeed a smart man. In the following period of time, we can slowly wait for public opinion to change."

This action tonight was naturally planned by Hawthorne. He knew that the tavern owner Allen was one of the few people in the slums who vaguely realized the horror of the monastery, so he threatened him half-truthfully to help change public opinion.

There was no way Alan could leave the slums in Nangang District. Firstly, he was a cripple, or to put it bluntly, he was almost a social outcast and had no way of making a living independently.

He can have his current life entirely because of his connections in Nangang District, so if he leaves here, it would be equivalent to giving up his greatest support, and then he would be nothing.

The monastery couldn't move away, and the two sides had to remain neighbors for many years. The Black Rod Tower's investigation team would leave in a few days, and the officials of Libel Port would return to the state of ignoring this poor area. Therefore, it would be beneficial for Allen to maintain a good relationship with the monastery.

The tavern owner was a smart man. Hawthorne believed that he knew what was important and what was not, so he would most likely help.

But even though he was 80% sure, he was still a little nervous because he had never done anything like this before. It was not until this moment that his heart finally settled back into his stomach, and then his eyelids began to twitch wildly, unable to hold back the fatigue that was sweeping over him.

"I can't hold on any longer." He had to close his eyes. "I'll take a break first, Heidi. We can discuss other things tomorrow."

Having said that, he lay down on the bed, almost unconscious, and fell into a deep sleep.

A smile appeared on Heidi's lips. She whispered "good night", then quickly took off her nun's robe, got into bed, and fell asleep peacefully leaning on his arms.

The next morning, when Hawthorne and the three witches who slept with him were having dinner in the kitchen, three small mosquitoes landed on their ears. Then Andre's voice rang out: "Master, your arrangement worked. This morning, people in several places were discussing how the Black Rod Tower's investigation team was being played around by the people from the Sannasa Guild!"

Hearing this, Hawthorne nodded slightly, not surprised by this: "The plan is going smoothly, but we still have to wait for public opinion to ferment for a while before trying to buy land in the slums and expand the area."

"Andreni, continue to monitor public opinion and the people in the investigation team, and continue to inquire about Die's whereabouts."

He gave the order, and Andrea replied "Yes" and moved the mosquitoes away. Heidi, who was waiting beside him, paused for a moment, then hesitated: "Master, how are you going to raise the money to buy the land?"

As he said this, Jutta looked up at Cuibisi and asked, "How much money do we have left?"

Cuibisi immediately listed all the gold coins: "There are about 4,000 gold coins left. If we resell some artworks and books, maybe we can get 6,000 gold coins."

This is the monastery's public account, whose main source of income is the savings from the humans they killed, and its purpose is to deal with inspections, provide soup kitchens, and repair houses.

Although most of those killed were poor and generally did not have much savings, their expenses were also small, so over the years their funds have remained at a very considerable scale.

"Although this amount of money is not small, even if many residents are eager to sell their properties and want to buy 8,000 square meters of space in the slums, it is still not enough." Cuibisi looked worried. "Plus we have to renovate those buildings later, so we need to prepare at least 10,000 gold coins... What about the sisters' small coffers?"

Hearing this, Heidi's face suddenly became embarrassed: "I don't have any money left. The money I used to buy magic books for my master was all borrowed from Die."

Jutta's face didn't look good either: "I don't have the habit of saving money. As far as I know, Andre and Ekta are the same. They don't have much money..."

The three witches fell into silence, feeling extremely anxious in the face of this huge funding gap.

In response, Hawthorne smiled slightly, as if he had it all planned out: "It seems that the next main task is to get a large sum of money."

"Come on, let's brainstorm, Heidi, Jutta, Tribis

, let me ask you, what is the fastest way to make money in Port Liber?"

"Rob!" Heidi answered without hesitation. This was the conclusion they came to when she consulted Die before.

Yuta thought for a moment and finally nodded, indicating that he agreed with her idea.

Only Cuibisi, after careful consideration, said hesitantly, "Perhaps, doing financial business in the central area will make money much faster than robbing. But it requires a certain amount of capital, and the risk is also great..."

Hawthorne nodded and looked at the witch who was in charge of all the affairs of the monastery with approval: "What Cuibis said is almost the correct answer."

"Perhaps in other places, or strictly speaking, in most places in this world, robbing is the fastest way to make money."

"But this is Liber Harbor, a place where all the major forces in the world are vying to support agents, conduct trade, and operate capital. Don't just see the chaos at the bottom, we also need to see the order and extravagance at the top!"

His eyes were blazing and full of ambition. Under the confused gazes of the three witches, he slowly said, "So, here, the fastest way to make money is to borrow!"

All three witches were stunned. After a moment, Heidi changed her expression to one of doubt and uncertainty: "So, Master, you want to go to the central area and borrow money from those big banks?"

Hawthorne shook his head: "Wrong."

As he spoke, a smile appeared on his lips again: "This is called attracting investment!"

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Chapter 75 Targeted Research

The three witches looked at each other. Although they had heard of the various financial terms that had emerged in human society in recent years, they did not fully understand them. Therefore, what Hawthorne said sounded very unfamiliar to them.

"This way, we can make money faster..." Cuibisi swallowed her saliva, "But... don't we have to pay very high interest for such money? We..."

Huo Sang looked at their confused faces, and his excitement suddenly faded. He then sighed secretly: "Investment is different from loan. The former does not require interest."

"Well, never mind. I can't explain it in a few words. Anyway, I have a plan."

After that, he stopped explaining these complicated concepts to the three witches and began to arrange the next tasks directly: "Heidi, go collect information about the income of the middle-level managers of the Amazon Fisheries Company. I designed a questionnaire last night. You and Ekta go find those Amazon women and ask them to fill it out."

"Yuta, you are responsible for purchasing some drawing tools. I need you to draw. There is also a Dragon language textbook. I need to quickly master Dragon language within seven days, so the sooner the better!"

"Cuibisi, go find out what procedures are needed to set up a real estate company and purchase land in the slums in the name of the company. And most importantly, which officials should we bribe so that they will not leave us alone..."

"Everyone, take action! The future of the monastery depends on this!"

……

Three days later.

"Hello, ma'am. Could you please take two minutes to help me fill out this questionnaire? Thank you very much!"

In the evening, on the central street of Nangang District, Ekta, wearing a nun's robe and a bright smile on her face, stopped a passing Amazon woman and asked her kindly.

The Amazon woman took one look at her and immediately recognized her as a member of the only monastery under the name of the Goddess of Life Church in Nangang District. Seeing her enthusiastic look, the female warrior immediately understood that these overly compassionate nuns had spent too much money on distributing porridge a few days ago, so they had to do some part-time jobs to make up for the deficit of the monastery.

What a group of kind and even stupid women they are. They deserve their church to be in such a state.

The Amazon woman sighed in her heart, but she also had respect for those who truly practiced the teachings of kindness - after all, if she was seriously injured one day in the future, these nuns might treat her without expecting anything in return, right?

Therefore, she did not refuse, but nodded politely to Ekta, then took the questionnaire and began to fill it out carefully:

Are you a mid-level employee at an Amazon fishing company? Yes.

Do you think the company has developed well in Porto Liber in recent years? Yes.

Do you agree that taking root in Port Liber will help the company

One step to becoming stronger? Yes.

Will settling in Port-Liberté facilitate your career development? Yes.

Do you think that housing prices in other areas are too high compared to Nangang? Yes.

Are you willing to buy a commercial house in the core area of ​​Nangang District? Yes.

Questionnaire completed.

The Amazon woman looked a little confused. In fact, before today, she had never considered buying a house and settling in Libel Harbor, especially in the South Harbor District. But for some reason, as she wrote, she felt that she could no longer give an answer other than "yes" to the last question.

"Thank you!" Ekta said with a sweet smile on her face, and then took the questionnaire and went to find the next person. The Amazon woman being surveyed was a little confused, and finally sneered.

Forget it, never mind. No matter what tricks they use, I won’t be deceived if I don’t pay any money!

With such full confidence, she then turned around and continued to do her own thing.