Chapter 153: The Scarlet Curtain (9)

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www.mpzw.com) Brad and Yellow Soul chase a badly injured vampire to a dead end.

After being shot by the arrow, the vampire pulled it out of his own strength with great strength, not wanting the barb from the arrow and some of the black slime smeared on it to make him bleed.

"We just wanted to ask you a few questions. A young man named Yellow Soul, who was part of the Dawn Guard, said to the vampire who had lost too much blood, "It's almost time to tell us why the vampires are flooding into Snowman City on such an unusually large scale, right?"

The weakened vampire didn't answer his question, and after looking around and finding no way out, he yelled and pounced on the Yellow Soul to fight the trapped beasts.

The spring of the mechanical crossbow rang out, and a bolt shot into the vampire's chest, knocking him back and pinning him to the wall.

"It's the first time I've seen so many vampires. Brad loaded his crossbow bolts again, and after giving the final blow to the restrained vampire, he continued: "They didn't even bother to hide their whereabouts, and actually swaggered out into the streets in the evening." ”

"Whatever you do, you get bold when you get together. Huang Soul took over and said, "The number of these things is too much, and it is no longer something we can deal with alone...... I'm afraid it won't be long before they start attacking humans at will. ”

They still don't have a clue about the vampire's anomalous movements.

"Mr. Yellow Soul, I have a hunch...... Perhaps all these strange things have something to do with the sudden rise of the church...... I just don't know if they're friend or foe. ”

"Instead of wasting your brains here, let's go kill a few more vampires. Yellow Soul interrupted Brad, all they could do now was reduce the number of vampires as much as possible.

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Originally an ordinary Nordic merchant, Tulle had destroyed his shop and all his goods in the fire when the dragon attacked Snowman.

With nothing, he finally decided to take a gamble, and with a small loan from an acquaintance, he started a business of reselling building materials and supplies.

With his budget-conscious and low-profit plan, he not only succeeded in his business, but also gained a good reputation among the refugees - this caught the attention of the Church of the Light, and he decided to cooperate with the Church with all his might.

'Rich everybody earns' - he always said this phrase to his lips, and he was even more favored by Miss Loria, who received him and gave him many tasks.

Now, with the help of the Church's funds, he has bought a large area of ruins in the west of the city and built his own humble workshop on top of it.

Dorothy, who had become a Pastor Trainee, was tasked with liaison here, and she found the spirited merchant outside the workshop.

"Refugees need more and cheaper building materials, so why don't you lower the prices even more?"

Dorothy, who had only a basic understanding of what she was responsible for, asked Tulle, which made the other party a little strange - after cooperating with the Church of Light, the price of the building materials he sold had been further reduced to less than the cost.

"Miss Reverend......" said Thule, observing the woman in front of him, who seemed to be very cultured in words and deeds, but who seemed to be completely out of business, "at the present price, I am already operating at a loss...... And that's with a church grant. ”

The merchant explained all kinds of business common sense to Dorothy in detail, and finally cleared the other party's doubts.

"I misunderstood you...... Then ......" Dorothy took out a bag from her simple and neat priest's robe and handed it to Tulle: "Please compensate for your loss with these things, this is my personal donation." ”

With that, she took her leave of the merchant.

Carrying a somewhat heavy bag, Thule turned and walked into the workshop, and after passing through the outer area used as processing materials, he took out his close-fitting key to open the warehouse...... After clearing the large pile of materials that were piled up in a mess, he opened the door to the hideout.

As he told Dorothy, his building materials business was really losing money...... And the reason why he is willing to use his own money to earn fame for the Church of Light is because of this secret room hidden in the warehouse.

Large bales of plants were stacked near the crafting table, and on top of them were various test tubes—he had obtained a very simple recipe from Loria, and only by mixing and distilling the juices of two plants, he could obtain a weakened version of the healing potion at an expensive price.

Several people shuttled back and forth in the secret room, occasionally carrying bags of plants from where the materials were stacked, and then returned to the workbench to work.

The recipe was so simple that even the unsuspecting knowledge of alchemy could easily grasp it after a period of study—but the real difficulty was in the material, two common plants that Loria called the Tranquility Flower and the Silver Leaf Grass—a material that could only be obtained by the Church of the Holy Light, and Tulle had tried to transplant it several times, but all of them had failed without exception.

Since then, he has honestly taken charge of the processing and distribution work in accordance with the agreement, and even though the church has taken most of the profits, he still earns a lot of money.

Tensions between the Empire and the Storm Cloak are growing, and sales of healing potions are refreshed every day.

Thule just stood and watched for a moment before he remembered what he had in hand.

He opened the bag Dorothy had given him, and his mouth grew in surprise - a bag full of precious gems.

Quietly moving to a more secluded place, he identified the gems in the bag one by one......

Priceless.

Having never held so much wealth in his hands, he felt a wave of dizziness, and some terrible thought formed in his mind, which was then dispelled by reason.

Unlike ordinary Xueman people, he clearly knew that these people were not as compassionate and benevolent as they appeared.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the evil thoughts in his heart and the doubts about who Dorothy was, and decided to do as the priestess told him - to use the wealth to make up for the losses and provide cheaper supplies to the Snowmans.

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The ground shook and a loud noise came from the depths of the workshop, ignoring the dust falling from the roofs, and the workers continued to process the materials as they were accustomed to it.

Tulle hurried to the door in the opposite direction of the loud noise, stopping several of the city guards as they were about to enter the workshop.

"What's going on?" said the city guards, who had rushed to hear the noise, were displeased that they had been stopped.

"A small accident...... Stone fell from the scaffolding. Thule explained.

The question of how much stone it would take to cause such a stir was dispelled by the city guard's suspicion that he had been handed over by Thule.

The leading petty officer flipped through his purse, glanced at the heavily armed knight behind Thule who was staring at him, and finally gave up.

After sending away the city guards, Thule, who looked very tired, turned and whispered to the knight behind him.

"Could you please be careful Miss Loria......"

The knight glanced at him, snorted, and turned to leave the depths of the workshop.

I don't know when Thule's mantra changed to 'money is not easy to make'.