Cthulhu Gonfalon - Chapter 100

Chapter 100
"Sales are still the fastest way to make money!" Lei received the space bag . He was stunned as he took a swift glance at it . He was in a daze for a long time until he couldn’t stand anymore and spoke up, "Why don’t we stop wandering around to find people, and just focus on selling everywhere on the mainland . I think if we keep doing this, in only three to five years, your assets would be enough to buy a country!"


"Stop dreaming!" Sui Xiong laughed out loud, "How can we do this kind of thing often?! As a God, misusing the advanced transmission magic to do business . . . without minding his face, other Gods would not accept this kind of rule-breaking thing . You need to think a little more carefully . If a God can do this kind of thing, why didn’t other Gods do it then?"
Lei thought for a little bit, then shook his head and sighed .
He didn’t understand the world of Gods, but the explanation of Highness Hollow Mask was very reasonable .
This is like the royal family opening a martial arts competition for the knights . As a result, the Highness Prince joins the competition himself . So what is the difference between them?!
. . . Wait a minute, this matter seems like . . . how can it feel so familiar?!
He beamed a flustered smile as he rubbed his nose .
Early the next morning, they immediately went to the house of Parn the Knight . Welcoming them this time were not only Lady Teague and her two daughters but also more than ten young boys and girls .
Their faces looked a little bit worried, but more than that, there were looks of anticipation . Their eyes were all a bit nervous and impatient as they could see a hope of getting out of debt .
Lei didn’t fish in troubled water but got straight to the point, "I’ve prepared enough money . "
These words were indeed very simple, but they were very effective as the eyes of the young boys and girls all lit up, even their breathing became much more rapid .
"May I ask . . . what do you need us to do?" A young boy, who seemed to be a bit older and more mature, asked, "To be honest, if you really want to help us pay such a huge amount of money, this makes us all a bit worried . "


Lei silently nodded, and smilingly said, "So, just take this money as my investment for everyone . If all of you can grow up to be good people, then this investment is worth it . If your luck isn’t good . . . then my luck isn’tgood either . "
At first glance, these words sounded very reasonable . If thinking carefully, it was extremely heroic . It simply was another way to say "let’s be friends everyone" . Using a bunch of money, which in total was heavier than a robust man, to connect everyone was unbelievable!
"Mister, please stop making fun of us!" That young man bitterly laughed then said, "Maybe to you, this amount of money is not worth mentioning . But to us, it is a frightening amount of money, which can cause us to collapse . There is no way we can shoulder such an investment . It will make us lose sleep!"
Lei didn’t hastily answer, but used his eyes to scan over the young boys and girls here . He could see that they all wore the same look in their eyes .
He couldn’t help but smile, "It’s my pleasure to get to know such a group of righteous youngsters . So we can change the method a little bit to make everyone at ease . . . Take this money as an unlimited and no interest loan . I will consider it a level of necessity to contribute and help everyone grow up in the best conditions . Until your strengths are strong enough, you can pay me back little by little . I believe a capable adventurer can pay off all this debt . "
This time, the young boys and girls sighed in relief . Their faces looked more at ease .
"These boys and girls are really interesting!" Sui Xiong smilingly said through the spirit channel, "Normal people would rack their brains to think of a plan to get benefits from this . On the contrary, these boys and girls didn’t try to take such a large gift of money . Their faces look like they have just put down a burden after shouldering debts . . . "
"These are righteous people! They are indeed believers of the Exploitation Knight! Judging from this, I can see how excellent the older generations who have taught them are!" After praising, Lei regretfully said, "What a pity! Such a group of outstanding knights like that were tragically buried in the vast sea . . . "
Speaking of this event, Sui Xiong was momentarily reminded . "Why don’t we ask them, they maybe have some clues about what happened . "
Hence, Lei started to ask these youngsters . Everyone seemed very gloomy . They all showed that they themselves didn’t know anything . But Lei could see clearly the light in the eyes of the young boy, who represented others to speak a moment ago . He seemed to know a little bit of special information better than the others .
Therefore, after the young boys and girls said thank you one by one and took enough money to pay their debt, Lei bid his farewell and followed that young boy in silence .
Not too long after, they came to the house of the young boy .


It was a simple wooden house . The house only had four walls left . Judging by all the traces that were left behind, a lot of furnitures had been sold off recently . Judging from this, this young boy was almost at the end of the line due to paying debt .
Despite being poverty-stricken, he was still entrusted from everybody to be the representative . By the attitude of the others in the group, his status might be above Liv’s in this group of youngsters .

This is not easy at all! . . . At least . . . Lei thought he himself wasn’t likely to have such ability .
Toward Lei’s visit, this young boy didn’t feel surprised but still was polite enough to bring Lei a glass of water .
"I am sorry . Right now, I don’t have servants nor good food nor wine . " He said, "According to my uncle’s regulation, I have to at least bring up wine to treat friends when they come over . But a few days ago, I sold the last wine jar in my house . Right now there is only water left . "
Even though he sounded very dispirited, his face was extremely optimistic, not showing the slightest hint of worry . "I am Ze Sheng . Several months ago, I had a surname of "Xi Yu" . My family is no longer here anymore . Manors and feudal fiefdoms have all been sold off . . . . May I know your name?"
"Lei, you can call me Lei . " Lei smilingly said, "The so-called family is actually only like this . Inheriting an ancestor’s surname is certainly good . Creating a surname for another to inherit is better . I believe you will be the latter one . "
"Ha ha! Mister Lei you are really overestimating me!" Ze Seng laughed out loud very happily .
After laughing, he started to tell Lei about the information he knew .
Originally, he didn’t know much like others as well . But at the time he sold his manors and feudal fiefdoms, he came across some extraordinary information .
Some people said that before the priest of the Nobility God’s church went out to sea, he had finished arranging a person to take his position, and he even left some highly important mighty magic tools in this God Shrine, then got on board empty-handed .
Because of this, Ze Sheng went to find the survivors of the only boat that survived, to ask about the priest . Coincidentally, almost every single one of them had the same deep impression about that priest even though they had never met him before and they also didn’t remember clearly how he died----that was when he encountered Tim Thrall . At that time, the priest raised his Holy Emblem of the Nobility God to pray loudly . A ten-thousand-zhang (1 zhang=3 . 3 meters) halo emitted from his body . It even blocked the erosion of the rotten ghosts .
His time of endurance was not long . Soon after, he was swallowed by the flock of rotten ghosts, dying tragically by the hand of Tim Thrall . But due to his effort to attract the intention of the frightening devil creature, the only surviving boat could find a way out .
Also because of that, no one doubted the Nobility God’s church was doing anything evil----only an insane person would doubt a valiant man, who had sacrificed himself to save people .
But Ze Sheng’s description of these survivors was somewhat not logical----facing such a frightening devil creature like "Undercurrent" Tim Thrall, how can a priest just use a simple trick to deal with it? Not to mention as the priest of the Evil God, he is still willing to sacrifice himself to save others?
This is unreasonable, very unreasonable!
He had sneakily asked a priest of the Knight God about what a mighty priest would do when he met a devil creature like Tim Thrall .
After thinking for a while, that priest answered that if it were him, he would have prayed for the blessing of the God to use all of his holy strength, which had been accumulated in many years, to destroy the devil creature . He would have asked to have their bodies torn and bones crushed together to make sure the devil creature was heavily damaged .
"If you are a kind priest, then what about an evil priest?" At that moment, Ze Sheng continued questioning .
"An evil priest is the same . Kind priests have to protect others . Evil priests attack the enemy . Although the starting points are different, the final choices are the same . " That priest answered without thinking .
Hence, the doubt in Ze Sheng’s heart immediately grew .
What on earth had made that Nobility God’s priest choose such a glorious fighting method, which on the contrary didn’t help much? Why did he choose to blow himself up?
After thinking over and over again, he could come up with only one conclusion .
The reason why the priest had done this was because through his action of carelessly saving some people and at the same time making people see that he had clearly died, no one would doubt him and the church .
As for the reason why nobody doubted him or the church, there is also only one conclusion .
All of this is a conspiracy which had been well-prepared all along!
His guess stopped here . During the whole process, Lei didn’t say a word, but silently listened . Long after hearing his explanation, he did some thinking then asked a question .
" . . . In other words, all of these things are your guesses . You don’t have any reliable evidence either, right?"
"Right, I don’t have any evidence . " Ze Sheng smiled bitterly then said, "If this is really a conspiracy, then the number of people involved in this are not a few . If there is, it may have been the merchant organizing the transaction on the sea . . . But he died . Even his porter died with him on the sea . I can’t investigate further even if I wanted to . "
Lei furrowed his brows . It was right as Ze Sheng said, if this was really the conspiracy of that priest of the Nobility God, then that conspiracy was way too cruel---to evangelize, this priest sacrificed not only his partner but also himself .
There would be no further clues to investigate such a scheme, at least in the Golden Tower city .
"Maybe . . . how about negotiating with aunty Teague?" Ze Sheng advised as he saw Lei acting gloomy and worried, "Before, when my uncle was still alive, whenever I had questions or problems, I would go find uncle Parn and Aunty Teague . He used to say that Aunty Teague was a talented and wise person . Despite her lack of long-term vision, once she has determined the goal, she can normally suggest a very good plan or find issues or weak spots that everyone else may not notice . "
Lei was a little surprised: "Why didn’t you ask her before?"
"Because it wasn’t necessary before . " Ze Sheng smiled bitterly and said, "At that time, even Aunty Teague was having a hard time trying to keep her own life . Even if I had told her the news, except for making her worry, what other benefit could it have brought?"
Lei sighed, as he received his suggestion .
Not too long afterward, he visited the house of Parn the Knight for the third time and told Lady Teague about Ze Sheng’s information .