Volume 1 Chapter 88 The Martial Brother
"When you dream about something bad, it means that you are alive and still fighting. And when you dream of good things, you should be careful. ”
This seems to be a reminder to always have a sense of crisis? Thor closed the book in his hand and thought for a moment.
Recently, he has been sleeping well and has been dreaming a lot.
Thor had dreamed that he had advanced all the way to the ranks, and finally had a certain strength, not to mention sweeping the continent, but he could finally come and go freely in the dark wilderness and do some things he wanted to do.
Also dreamed that Shogues and Kovier had a daughter named Serra, and then he held their daughter Serra...... Spanking?
This is a ridiculously absurd dream, why a spanking?
If it really falls into his hands, there are many better ways, such as letting her provoke the wild dogs, or throwing her into the swamp to learn to swim. How hard it is, but in terms of education, Saul is more effective in teaching people than teaching people.
In the blink of an eye, it has been two months since Thor became a grave keeper.
Life has changed a little, but the core content is still those, eating, sleeping, working and adventurous.
Either busy living or busy dying.
For the past two months, Thor has been making a planned foray into the wilderness.
You don't dare to go deep for the time being, at most you dare to go around the edge of the sleeping forest, or move in the wide areas of the plains, harvesting some herbs and small beasts. This way, even if you encounter a strong enemy, you can be more open when you escape.
The reason why it is said that there is a planned entry into the wilderness is because Thor is still looking at the problem of adventure in terms of probability.
The doctrine of probability was first proposed by a man named Morag.
Morag was a well-known merchant on the Sarvinian continent, who was once active in the kingdom, starting from a humble fruit merchant and eventually possessing the wealth of the country, becoming a representative figure of the merchants on the continent at that time.
Later, some people compiled his deeds into an autobiography through his oral account, which was circulated on the mainland for the world to share his experience.
Thor's reading of that book many times, but I don't think there's much to learn.
The story in the book goes back and forth like that, and obviously the element of luck is more important, and it is difficult for future generations to replicate his experience.
What really interested Saul were the two points that Morag himself made in his later years at the end of that biography.
The first point is the 'power of capital'.
Using some examples of his own business, Morag provides an in-depth analysis of the existence and meaning of money, and points out how money should be used to make the most of it.
He also mentioned how his wealth grew like a snowball, and how he played with political power when he reached a certain amount of wealth, and then promoted the changes of the times.
At its peak, Morag dominated the political landscape of the Duchy of Baijes, and personally established the 'Knights of Pure Gold' with a strong personal style.
"We are the most powerful knights in the Duchy of Baiges, but our strength is not based on force, but on wealth. If you join us, you will know what true strength is. The recruitment slogan of the Knights of Pure Gold at that time said.
Later generations of scholars flocked to Morag's idea, and gradually formed more schools and doctrines.
Saul did not doubt Morag's achievements, but in his opinion the doctrine was not practical. Again, for that reason, it is difficult to replicate, thousands of people have walked this path, and maybe none of them can really reach that height.
For Saul, living better doesn't mean having more money.
The more money you have, the more strength you have to defend the wealth in your hands, and in order to have more strength, you have to use more money to buy people's hearts in addition to chewing iron and constantly strengthening yourself.
After all, it's just a never-ending cycle of boredom, and how many people spend the rest of their lives as if they never lived.
There is no bottom line for the greed of the human heart, and people whose personal strength is far stronger than you, instead of working hard for you, it is better to directly kill you and enjoy everything you have ready.
Even if you can do everything to ensure that every detail is right, you will definitely end up living too tired.
Money, just enough, everything else is for showing off.
Put money, power, and personal force in front of Thor at the same time, if you want to make a priority choice, Thor will always only choose personal force, and in his opinion, the other two are just vassals of personal strength.
The family will fall apart, the imperial industry will fall, the times will change, and the world will always be in change.
At an age when you are able to prepare, you are content to enjoy and do nothing, then when doom comes, you should die if you are unprepared.
If you have strong strength, you can become a powerful fulcrum, you can support a force, and you can also rest assured that you can accumulate a large amount of wealth.
Even in the face of various targeted assassinations from the outside world, or betrayal and conspiracies from your own inside, you can calmly deal with them.
There is everything in life, and everything is in death when you die, Saul has always thought so.
Saul was intrigued by Morag's second point, and he was convinced.
Morag pointed out that most of the world's events have probabilities, but probabilities are abstract, invisible, and intangible, and should belong to the field of mathematics.
To put it in layman's terms, sometimes probability and luck are very similar, but they are not the same thing after all.
For example, luck and probability can make a bad thing a good thing, but probability exists on both sides, and a good thing can also become a bad thing.
When something is changing has some kind of bad outcome, but the probability is small, you do it once or twice and it may not trigger that outcome. But if you do it repeatedly, it is possible to increase the probability invisibly, and the possibility of bad results gradually becoming inevitable.
Through his own cognition, Thor divides probabilities into living probabilities and death probabilities.
Live probabilities are probabilities that can be stacked and are mostly used for a wide range of situations that are in flux.
The probability of death is mostly used for specific things, and the probability that does not change due to the event itself.
For example, if you put a ball into a 100-bar roulette wheel and you want the ball to stop in a certain square, you have a 1% chance that the wheel will spin.
If you don't turn it once, you turn it a second time...... Even if you turn it 10,000 times, you only have that one percent probability every time. And not two percent, three percent and so on until 100 percent, that's the probability of death.
Thor believes that venturing into the wilderness itself is a living probability, so he goes into the wilderness three times every two weeks and six times a month.
In this way, it is not said that there is no possibility of encountering a strong enemy, but at least the probability is not too high.
Thirty days a month, if he went into the wilderness every day, Thor thought that the probability of encountering a strong enemy would probably become or close to it. I must have died a long time ago, how could I still leisurely draw maps and look at the scenery in the dark wilderness like now.
Except for the fact that every time you go out on an adventure, the overall pace of life is quite calm.
Erin would often come to Thor's hut and either cuddle up and talk about small things, cook dinner together, or drag Thor to accompany her to the fairgrounds in Greycurtain.
Thor has always been less interested in visiting the market, mainly because it is difficult to buy good things from the meagre goods in Grey Curtain Town.
Coming from the town to the cemetery is not completely dangerous, after all, there is a short stretch of road that is exposed in the wilderness.
Saul had told Erin not to run around by herself many times, but the little wild cat didn't listen, so Thor had no choice but to make an appointment every time they met and complete the pick-up process in person.
"Tom...... Tom" There was a knock on the wooden door of the hut.
Thor took his sword and opened the door open a gap, and a large dog's head rushed in.
He must have come to deliver some news that he thought was important.
"Do you have a daughter?'s name is Serra?" asked Thor as he looked at Shogues.
"I have a ...... Daughter?" Xiugus looked puzzled, but looking at Thor's serious expression, he fell into a deep contemplation in a little panic, whether he had unknowingly done something that he didn't know.
After some self-doubt, Shogues finally rolled his eyes and confirmed that he didn't have any daughters at all.
"Damn it, what dirty things are you thinking about? Do I have a daughter that has anything to do with you? Is your beastly nature finally awakened? Looks like I'm going to call my daughter in the future...... Oh, if anything, stay away from you. ”
"If not, forget it. Saul had some regrets.
...... Calculate... Forget it, Hughgos is not good.
After the joke, Huggers spoke solemnly about the latest news.
The last two on Thor's revenge list, the Saimir brothers, have arrived.
The martial brother Barton Semir, the scheming younger brother Evan Semir, and now the elder brother.
"Barton has a mercenary group of nearly ten people, he has a business selling the skin and flesh of monsters in Gray Curtain Town, and one of his subordinates is helping him take care of it, and he will probably stay in Gray Curtain Town for about a week this time. ”
"The very bad news is that Barton has been promoted to the second rank. He is a belligerent and likes to wield devastating weapons such as greatswords and hammers. I like women, and I must find a firefly everywhere. In terms of accumulating money, do not stretch out your hands indiscriminately, and have a certain bottom line. ”
Xiugus finished talking about the news related to Barton with a heavy expression, especially the second-order strength, which was very palpitating. Even if he joined forces with Thor, he would definitely be more than lucky in the face of a first-order, let alone a second-order.
After listening to Shogues's words, Thor shook his head indifferently.
"Don't worry, I'll entertain him with the juice of the Soul Eater Flower, there is no difference between the first and second orders. ”
Seeing Shogues' inquiring gaze, Saul carefully explained:
"During the Old Kingdom, the Wraiths used to hunt dragons with blow arrows, and they shot the seeds of the Soul Eater Flower with blow arrows. As long as there are enough of them, there will always be scattered seeds that fall between the crevices of the dragon's scales. ”
"As long as the temperature is right, these seeds will quickly germinate on the dragon's body, and in order to transform the surroundings into their familiar growing environment, they will inject a powerful paralyzing toxin into the dragon's body. ”
"The dragon doesn't even notice it, and it becomes a large piece of meat that can be slaughtered. ”
"The Soul Eater is said to be a terrifying and eerie carnivorous plant with a decent appetite, and its seeds germinate extremely quickly, penetrating boulders and steel, and can take root and grow anywhere. ”
"Not long ago, I found a sea of Soul Eaters in the wilderness. ”
"Of course, I'm not going to plant any flowers on Barton, I'm going to extract the paralyzing toxins from the plants, either in powder form or in liquid form in spirits. ”
"Even a giant dragon can numb a toxin, I don't think Barton's second-order physique can be spared. ”
Thor never cared about the meanness and squalor of the means, all he wanted was the result, tearing apart the object of his revenge with the greatest malice.
"Also, didn't Kovel join a prostitute...... Oh, what kind of guild is that? Ask her who the most famous and beautiful firefly is on the streets of Grey Curtain right now, and we'll talk to her. ”
"To do this, we need a helper like that. ”