A knight who is resistant or even hostile to his own alien abilities...
Todd touched his slightly downy chin and felt a headache. Alfonso was undoubtedly a Holy See knight with firm faith and loyalty. Perhaps the church had long-term propaganda that vilified the image of aliens, or it was the use of the "Dragon Bone" ability.
The psychological shadow of killing his wife made this person have no sense of identity with the use of alien abilities.
Suddenly remembering something, Todd asked Leslie and Walton again: "How did your leader know you?"
The two looked at each other, and Leslie spoke first: "The village where I used to live was a gathering place for alien species. There were less than forty people in the village. One day, the 'Relief Society' found us. At first, they persuaded us
Join them, after being rejected
They used violence to forcibly rob the population. My father was killed during the resistance. I was put into a prison van and transported to the "Relief Society" stronghold. During the transportation, I met the leader and he saved me. I did not pass by his
I agreed and stayed by his side."
Walton sighed and began to recall: "Adelina's husband and I were friends. We lived in a town east of Raven Forest at that time. People disappeared in the town from time to time, and we didn't pay attention at first. Until one day,
Adelina is also missing. Me and
Her husband followed the clues and found her in the depths of the forest. At the same time, he met a successor who had transformed into a monster. In order to protect his wife, Adelina's husband died at the claws of the monster. She and I were
Lord Decavo happened to be passing by and saved a life..."
When Leslie heard this, she protested: "Hey! Have you forgotten? I was also there at that time! I also have a share in saving your life!"
Walton squinted his eyes and snorted: "Save me? I remember you were the first to rush forward like a fool. If the leader hadn't blocked the monster's claws with his sword, would you still be sitting here talking now?"
Listening to the two people in front of him starting to argue again, Todd slowly stood up from the ground. Alfonso's "character puzzle" gradually took shape in his mind, and he felt it was necessary to ask the knight for details.
Talk once.
After gently knocking on the door, Todd walked into Alfonso's cabin and saw the client sitting on a chair, holding a stone pestle in both hands and doing arm strength rehabilitation training.
Adelina, who was boiling water, saw Todd alone walking into the house, with a bit of surprise on her face.
"Can you give me a few minutes? I have something I need to talk to you about." Todd looked at Alfonso De Cabo with an unprecedented serious look on his face.
The latter was stunned for a moment, then nodded to Adelina.
The woman in white robe exited the hut, and the moment she closed the door, she cast a worried look at Alfonso inside.
Todd found a chair and sat across from the knight. He glanced at the thin man in front of him and said straight to the point: "Mr. Alfonso, I want to know your views on alien species."
The man sitting on the chair frowned and said in a deep voice: "Father Todd, I know what you want to ask. I am not a stupid or rigid person, and I do not agree with the church's definition of alien species——
‘Devil’s posthumous son’. In fact, I have seen many kind and upright aliens, such as my three followers.”
Todd took a deep breath and said slowly: "You may have misunderstood me. The alien in my last sentence refers to you."
Alfonso slowly closed his eyes after hearing this, and suddenly asked an irrelevant question: "Father, can you imagine what it would feel like to surrender your body to the control of 'Dragon Bone'?"
Todd shook his head.
"The punch that I swing can break the hardest rock, and the long sword that dances can split the thickest tree trunk. This sounds like a wonderful thing, but I feel that myself trapped in the "keel" is more like
It is an instrument specialized in war, not a living human being." Alfonso lowered his head and watched the five fingers slowly clenched into a fist, and there was something in his words.
With a sigh: "What scares me even more is that I slowly indulged in this kind of power, enjoying this feeling, and gradually forgot a knight's understanding of the origin of power. For me, alien abilities are
An opportunistic approach is the wrong kind of strength. Training yourself and improving your abilities is the way a knight should gain strength."
"Mr. Alfonso, have you made a mistake?" Todd held his forehead and said helplessly: "A knight's duty is to protect the old and weak, women and children, and fight for justice against injustice and evil. Alien species
There is no so-called right or wrong with your ability. It is like a sword in your hand. When used for justice, it represents kindness; when used for treachery, it represents evil!"
Alfonso pressed the armrests of the chair with both arms and leaned forward: "Father, I don't agree with your view. If, like you said, you don't pay attention to physical training and ability improvement, you just rely on weapons.
If it's strength, then knights don't need swords and spears to fight. Wouldn't it be more convenient to have a crossbow with good arrows all over the body?"
Faced with such a knight who refused to let go, Todd's anger increased: "If the purpose is to protect the weak and uphold justice, even a knight should lift that damn crossbow.
Use the machine to shoot the crossbow bolt into the heart of the enemy! Instead of abiding by those rigid dogmas and watching the evil ones slaughter the weak!"
Alfonso was furious, slapping the armrest and shouting: "This is simply ridiculous! Father! You don't understand what the honor of a knight is!"
Angrily, Todd stood up, opened the door, looked at the two men and one woman who had fallen in, and walked out without looking back.
A good conversation ended badly.
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For more than a week after that, Todd never went to Alfonso to talk about alien powers. He focused more on the breeding of "Dragon Bone" parasites and the establishment of "Muxi Mutual Aid Society"
.
Looking through the register of sacred bones compiled by the deacon, Todd felt more and more strange.
For holders who have purchased "Muxi Mutual Aid Fund", the thirty-day priority purchase period has not yet expired, but most of the mutual aid club's 1,000 sacred bones have been purchased.
He bought 50 sticks for himself, Rachel and Karin each bought 50 sticks, Huggins and his 12 subordinates bought 70 sticks together, Alfonso and his followers bought 80 sticks, and E
Degas and Jerry bought 50 sticks in total.
After carefully looking at the purchase list and quantity, Todd discovered that in addition to the people mentioned above, there were several residents among the priority purchasers who were actually close to the maximum purchase price (the upper limit that a single person can purchase - 50 holy bones)
.
50 silver months is not a small amount. Where did these people get so much money?
After asking the deacon, Todd understood the mystery behind this.
Many residents of Muxi Town have reached an agreement with those first purchasers. The former voluntarily handed over their money to the latter, and everyone pooled their money to jointly purchase 50 sacred bones. The money earned was then divided according to the proportion of their respective sacred bones. This involves
It is a matter of negotiation. The first purchaser is naturally unwilling to sell his share of 50 pieces, 1 holy bone and 1 silver moon, to others at the original price. Depending on the familiarity and credit record between each other, the price is usually negotiated to 5 times.
to 10 times.
It may be a bit difficult to understand this, but maybe you can understand it by giving a real example that happened in Muxi Town.
There is a small tavern owner in the town. He once bought the sacred bones of "Muxi Mutual Aid Club", but he did not hold it until the end and sold it to his in-laws. So this time, "Muxi Mutual Aid Club" 1,000 holy bones
Of course, he is not eligible for the thirty-day priority purchase period of Gu. But this old man
Banshou had money and was unwilling to let go of this good opportunity to make money, so he found his in-laws who were qualified to buy. The latter were originally a poor old couple who made wooden cups. Because of their belief in the Holy Son, they finally relied on
The 1 holy bone I purchased was awarded 14 Silver Moons and 79 Bronze Stars.
The two families sat together and discussed. The old couple was willing to take the tavern owner to buy the holy bones together. However, considering that the price of holy bones from the outside world was already very high, they decided to sell the holy bones to the tavern owner for 6 silver months.
Although the boss felt unhappy, he still pinched his nose and spent all his savings of 30 silver months to reserve a share of 5 sacred bones. In this way, the old couple had 44 silver months and 79 bronze stars in their hands. During the subscription of the sacred bones in the church
, purchased 44 sacred bones at once.
This kind of thing called "purchasing on behalf of others" is not a special case in Muxi Town, but it does not happen often. After all, it is almost impossible for normal people to hand real money and silver into the hands of strangers.
It is possible that "purchasing on behalf of others" occurs more often between parents and children, family relatives, and in-laws by marriage.
In addition, there is another reason. The really wealthy merchants in Muxi Town are still waiting for the opportunity. They think that the current "purchasing agent" price is too expensive. The price of the holy bones will be determined in the next auction.
, without the competition among first-time buyers, things will naturally drop. After all, they are still the richest people in the town.
Putting down the registration book in his hand, Todd rubbed his eyes and walked out of the church door while thinking about the holy bone auction that would be held in a week.
Rachel and Karin, who were supervising the construction of the "Sisters Inn", happened to see him and walked over while saying hello. A small head poked out from behind the two of them, and Todd vaguely recognized the look.
The alien baby girl he rescued from Viscount Kennard - Pamela.
"I'm just looking for you." The abbess of the nunnery crossed her arms and looked at the priest with a smile.
Todd, whose sleeve was pulled by the excited Karin, looked at the woman strangely. In his impression, Rachel rarely took the initiative to look for him.
Rachel pointed with her finger to the hotel under construction next to the nunnery, with a rare innocence on her face, and her words were full of pride: "It won't be long before the hotel built by Karin and I will be completed.
.”
Todd glanced at the construction site where the brick wall of the lobby was being built, and said with some confusion: "I still don't understand why you and Karin want to build a hotel..." Before he finished speaking, he saw the woman's palms facing up.
, stretched out to himself, and there was a document lying quietly in his palm.
With full of doubts, Todd took the document from the other party's hand and opened it. The content inside was that Rachel and Karin voluntarily gave him one-third of the hotel's income.
"What...is going on?"
Hearing the inquiry, Rachel's face showed the little fox smile that Todd was so familiar with. She only heard her say: "Brothers and sisters who are both under the rule of Heavenly Father, shouldn't we reach out to each other?"
A helping hand?”
Todd looked at Rachel's charming smile and remembered that when the other party first came to Muxi Town, he was always worried that the other party would interfere in affairs, or even carry out sabotage and espionage activities. But a few months later, the woman was just training cards every day.
Lin's superpowers and teaching the girl to read and write were never too much.
Shaking his head slightly for his previous actions, Todd thought for a while and said to Rachel with a smile: "Do you want the method of making MSG?"
The woman's expression paused for a moment, then she nodded slightly.
Taking out the pencil from his arms, Todd squatted down, using his legs as a tabletop, and wrote down the method of making MSG on the back of the document word by word.
Next, in front of Rachel and Karin, Todd tore the document in half, handed the half with the formula to the abbess of the nunnery, and put the other half into his arms.
"Remember. If I go to the hotel to eat in the future, you are not allowed to take my money."
Looking at Todd's back as he turned away, Rachel held half of the document in her hand, put away her smile, and stood for a long time.