Chapter 2: Travel (Part 1)
Justice? Is there justice in this world?
Annien sneered that the world was fighting under the rule of the strong. The broad sense of justice is either hypocrisy (hypocrisy can prevail for a short time, but it will eventually fade), or it is a dereliction of duty to his own interest groups. Therefore, even if a "just" clergy fell from heaven, he would not want it. Now the "fair reward and punishment" clergy is one of the three pillars for maintaining internal cohesion, so Annien is already very satisfied.
Of course, the most important thing is that you have the power and intelligence, so you can manage internal rewards and punishments with a fair attitude in detail. In fact, except for fools in the world, the laws formulated by various groups will be fair, but how to enforce the law and rewards and punishments are the fundamental vitality of a group.
However, absolute justice is not possible, because any life with emotion is not a robot. Therefore, if the effect of absolute justice rewards and punishments is one hundred, then the right emotional factor is to correct this absolute justice catalyst and achieve more results - no one likes to live in the cold digital world for a long time.
The idea of ​​the ontology and the incarnation is actually the same. Therefore, the ontology quickly corrected the data of fair rewards and punishments, allowing emotional factors within 10% to float. Although this number accounts for one tenth, it is actually based on vague calculations that will not undermine the fair rewards and punishments themselves, but can obtain a significant bonus.
Confucianism on earth once proposed the doctrine of meanness of "centrality and peace", and also proposed the amendment law of "closeness and mutual concealment", so it overwhelmed the Legalists and gained the right to rule. It was not accidental. This was the maximum efficiency of choice. Therefore, since Annen, as a Shoap, had to take the choice of maximizing interests of "caring and helping friends if the ability and interests allow". This is the essential reason why Annen decided to help Tosyki, and by the way, he personally saw the development of the country and civilization he created.
After going back to hand over the task, I took a day off. The busy Tosici went to the union to investigate the situation. Unfortunately, all similar tasks nearby were completed (Nabella Island has its own control range, so it is impossible for the entire continent to be handed over here), or to go to a trade union in other places, or to choose some relatively advanced tasks - they originally did not have this qualification, but Shauaip was a level 8 priest, so if he took it, he could still get it.
Baron Gusaku had no son, and a distant relative inherited this territory. Most of the territory, the original Wesburg, had been occupied by the dark blasphemers. Baron Gusaku therefore promised that as long as he helped him clear the blasphemers, he would officially announce his rituals from the church and establish a temple in the nearby villages.
Although faith cannot be forced, in fact, the lord's natural control over the serfs should not be underestimated. The lord agreed that almost half of the people had fallen into the hands of the church - Baron Gusaku, with a population of only 300, but it may not be possible in the future. As long as the blasphemer is solved, the population increase in the future is still quite expected.
Since Baron Gusaku had no money, the reward was only 200 silver coins this time. This is why other mercenaries laughed at it - 200 silver coins? Is your life worthless when you become a mercenary? No one will accept 200 gold coins, and local churches of other religions may not be willing to accept it. Without a large-scale organization and mobilization of strength like a trade union, the local church's strength would not be able to spend its capital on it.
But the points are 600 points, and everything in the castle can be owned by the victorious adventurer, which made Tosici very moved.
Annien knew that the real price paid by the desperate Baron was that one quarter of his hereditary territory was divided into religious territory, and this quarter was 28 square kilometers. Of course, the union did not mention this. No matter who did this business, the union (actually the church) would make a hundred times profit.
Tosichi decided to take a bet and take out all the wealth he had saved 50 gold coins, while Pang Ge also took out 30 gold coins. However, the recruited "Red Rose Mercenary Group" was priced at a fixed price, first asking for 150 gold coins, and then paying 150 gold coins after completion, and the spoils were divided into 40%.
Tosici was helpless and finally asked Shaup to borrow money.
"You are my friend, of course I will help you. Moreover, as a shepherd of God, I will do my best as long as it is a task related to spreading God's glory." Annien said calmly.
"Oh, Shoeip, I think you have really been different since you became a pastor. It makes people feel relieved and comfortable." Tosici, who took 70 gold coins, stared at him deeply before saying.
Annien smiled calmly and said, "Are you also a magician? Isn't it a huge change? It's impossible to get along with your image back then."
"That's true, don't worry, a mercenary group went there last time. Although it failed, it also left a lot of valuable experience. The situation there is indeed a bit difficult, but most of it is immortality. If you are there, I believe we will succeed. Of course, we must recruit some mercenaries to complete this mission!" Tosici said slowly: "Based on the experience of the mercenary group last time and the situation we saw, if we win, then collecting valuable things in the entire castle should make up for this consumption and make up for the profits. This time the points do not need to be distributed to the mercenaries. If the three of us share equally, we can almost upgrade us to the union."
Annien nodded in agreement.
Since things were going on like this, I would do it immediately. After three days of preparation, a total of 23 people took the boat to leave the island, spent four days on the sea, and after landing, they took another three days to reach the periphery of the Baron Gusaku.
The Barons of Gusaku were mainly hills, with a plain in the middle but occupied by immortal lives. At this time, it was still autumn, so the entire hill was filled with countless wild flowers. The embellishment of wild flowers made the desolate hills look a bit alive. There were many leaders here, but now, except for the high ground on the north side of a river hill, there is also a small manor with eighty serfs. Other places have been abandoned for a long time and there is no one inhabited.
After shouting to open the door and showing the token, Baron Gusaku came out to greet him in person, and the wooden door of the manor was slowly lowered. At this time, everyone saw the lord and the two soldiers holding spears behind him. The mercenaries looked very despised, and glanced around, showing a look of contempt.
This is not a baron? Even ordinary knights cannot match it. There is barely a brick house in the manor. The shrewd mercenaries also know that there is a cellar below, probably the so-called Baron's underground food pantry, and they don't know how many things are inside.
The Baron looked about thirty years old, his clothes and face were indeed not very good. He also felt the mercenary's contemptuous look, but he dared not speak out, so he could only smile and welcome him with a smile.
The food was OK, probably because of killing a sheep, and the others were all vegetables grown in the earth. The mercenaries ate it in big mouthfuls, and then they laughed unscrupulously.
The next morning, before the sun even came out, everyone had already risen. Annen prepared divine arts to the greatest extent possible, and yesterday soaked the mercenary's weapons with holy water with sacred energy overnight, so that it had a weak divine lethal power in a short period of time - this is the most practical method that Zhao Aip has at present.
Everyone knows that under the sun, the power of immortality will be greatly weakened, even in the castle, so it comes out early in the morning and when the sun comes out, you can go to the castle - Annien suddenly remembered that when he was a teenager, he had a similar task, but unfortunately he hit the iron plate that time, what about this time?
He laughed silently.
Tosici also prepared all the spells and prepared all the scrolls he had accumulated on his usual basis. He had no space bags, so he put them properly in various special pockets.
The mercenaries also checked their weapons very seriously. They stood on the hills and looked at the gentle land below, and a small castle on the hills. The wind blew gently, and Tosici took a deep breath. At this time, the first light of dawn had already flowed out, and powerful positive energy filled the sky and the earth.
"Let's go, let's go down." He said decisively, and was the first to walk down. The mercenary captain behind frowned, but followed him. When he arrived in front of the castle, the wooden gate was already showing signs of decay.
"This is the effect of negative energy, which can accelerate the decay of items, and the air also has certain traces of negative energy. But don't worry, as long as you don't stay here for a long time, it's okay to stay for a short time." Tosici said to the mercenaries, and the group walked into the open space. The door of the inner castle was open, emitting an evil aura: "Note that if the sun is isolated inside, immortal life can appear. Everyone should be careful. Just break up the skeletons, and it is fatal to cut off or penetrate the head of the ghoul."
After preparing for a while, the group walked into the castle. Their eyes suddenly became dark. There was no obstacle in the empty corridors and halls, but the footsteps of the mercenaries echoed.
"Bang!" With a sound of "Bang!", the dark door suddenly closed, and suddenly, the evil aura spread, and bloody ghouls appeared one after another. They were the mercenaries who died last time, and now they have a rotten corpse smell. From the perspective of immortality, ghouls are much more powerful than skeletons, because skeletons cannot evolve except in special circumstances. If ghouls keep the corpse fresh and use evil spells to connect with negative energy in time, then theoretically, if they absorb more lives of living people, they can obtain evolution - this is why these corpses are known as ghouls.
Although these ghouls are not novel in this world, they still seem quite terrifying under such circumstances. The step by step seems to hit people's hearts one after another.
"These can be dealt with. I want to save the number of sacred expulsions." Annin said softly. According to Shoap's level, there were seven sacred exorcisms of the undead, but I don't know what will happen in the future. At present, mercenaries can still deal with such things.
"Listen to everyone, it doesn't matter if you are scratched and infected with corpse poison. As long as we win, we can purify it the next day, so everyone should be assured." Tosici immediately understood and he said loudly.
Mercenaries knew this truth, but when they said it before the war, their morale was still shocking. The mercenary captain also glanced at him and went forward to fight.
Since it was not long since the transformation into a ghoul, and not much flesh and blood was eaten, these ghouls were not strong enough, and they might not even understand how to use their negative energy. Therefore, the battle went smoothly. There was not much time, and more than a dozen ghouls were cut into several pieces one by one. Although these evil flesh and blood were still trembling on the ground, and there was sticky dark red blood everywhere, it could no longer form a threat.
However, human spells are limited. Tosici, who used two magic missiles, was a little uneasy. He looked at the mercenaries who were breathing heavily - their physical strength was not infinite.
Helped several minor injuries to temporarily heal the wounds with tiny healing techniques. Without waiting for another monster to appear, everyone rushed into it - everyone knew that if time was constantly spent, they could only die, and the people inside would definitely have something like blasphemy or death altar to increase their power.
It was very dark inside. A mercenary lit a torch, and the faint light of fire illuminated the nearby area. One, two, three steps... It was quiet around, and there was a strange atmosphere of depression, allowing everyone to clearly hear their heartbeat. But after turning a corridor, suddenly, with a scream, the torch fell to the ground.
"It's a vampire!" Tosici's eyes suddenly sank, and his heart suddenly sank. Almost at the same time, a sacred light filled the entire space. The vampire screamed suddenly, then retreated to the darkness behind. Behind him, several ghouls even smoked and fell to the ground.
At this time, Pang Ge groaned, and his fighting spirit burst out, and he stopped the vampire and stopped it. At this time, the magic missile was not stingy and Tosici launched an attack.
"Don't you kill the one on the ground?" Annien said, but he kept talking, "healing technique" at the vampire who kept moving. Suddenly, the vampire screamed again - a positive energy healing technique, which was a terrible attack for the vampire.
Chapter completed!