Chapter 62: The Old Enemy
A contract on paper, written in black and white.
Donald and Victor each wrote their names underneath.
The discussion of the second meeting between the two went to the end, which ended with Victor's compromise.
"I know a lot of things that you won't believe no matter how detailed I say now, and in the same way, I'll be worried about your progress after I'm gone, so I've decided to put a time limit on this contract. ”
This is just an ordinary contract, there is neither the blessing of the gods, nor the curse of the devil, only the spirit of the contract can be relied on, although both parties have confidence in themselves, but they do not have the same trust in the other, so Donald will put forward the additional condition of timeliness.
"Within three months, if I don't show up in Renas, you take this box of money, the contract will be invalidated, you can do whatever you want, I will not interfere, but if I return to Renas in three months, and you don't finish the preparations, then I don't want your money, and as compensation, you have to give me your corpse technology. ”
Reynas was probably a little over a month away from the Temple of Justice, and Donald doubled the time, partly to leave room for both parties, and partly to test whether Victor was someone to work with.
After all, Donald doesn't know what Victor's ability is at the moment, and if three months doesn't allow him to complete the initial goal proposed by Donald, it means that he is not qualified to cooperate with Donald, and a box of jewelry will definitely not be able to get it back at that time, and it will not be a loss to change to a special technology.
"I'm okay with that. ”
For three months, Victor still waited, in fact, according to his personal plan, the next was a dormant period, to put it bluntly, it was a shelter from the limelight, and now with this box of jewelry, they can continue their activities, and even buy some people to get more space for activities.
"Stephanie, have you found the right place?"
Seeing Victor nod, Donald reached into his pocket and took out his palm-sized notebook, flipping to the last page with a text that only appears on a lost slate.
The above does not belong to any of the Lost Slabs that Donald has ever seen, in fact he wrote it on his way back to Renus from the Wailing Forest.
"On February 2, a fountain with a diameter of about 10 meters will be built in the central square of the affluent area, and the construction team will definitely dig up the land in that area in order to lay the pipes. ”
Stephanie had a recent daily newspaper of Renas in her hand, and a large number of newspapers from other newspapers were stacked around her, as were several Victor students.
"Very good, that's this place, you find a craftsman who can keep the secret, engrave this text on the slate, remember to make an old effect, the old slate shouldn't be difficult to find, right? ”
This text...... What do you mean?"
Victor took the note and looked at it, only to realize that he had never seen such a text at all.
"You don't need to know what it means, in fact most people don't know what it means, let alone how it's written, and because of this, as long as your forgery is not too crude, there will be no suspicion, and you just need to let the outside world know that such a stone tablet has been unearthed, and someone will naturally translate it when the time comes. ”
The text is not very much, and is roughly a vague description of the apocalyptic scene he had seen, but he added a little to it.
Interestingly, this part of the story was inspired by the false part of the prophecy that the demigod treemen showed Donald.
The plan was set in a general direction, and Donald immediately prepared to leave Renas.
Victor didn't ask Donald what he was going to do, but chased after him before he left, and the two of them held umbrellas in the alleyways of the ghetto, walking left and right towards the rich area, with Anthony on guard and keeping a certain distance.
"Can I ask you two last questions?"
A brown scarf hid half of Victor's face, and a bowler hat covered the other half of his face.
This should be the state he needs to maintain when he goes out for a long time to come.
"Of course, we are partners now and we don't need to be too inhibited. ”
Donald is a good talker most of the time, and he doesn't like to be aggressive, especially when the other person is still close to him.
"Why Reynas? According to Your Excellency's plan, I think there are many cities similar to Renus in the Ryan Empire, and if you are willing, you can achieve exactly the same goal, just for the reason that it will be easier to kill Mr. Salazar, I don't believe it. ”
Donald's sudden change of mind inevitably pricked a thorn in Victor's heart, and he wanted to get an answer from Donald to calm his uneasy state of mind.
"There are many reasons for this, the main one is that I found a place near Renas that you can think of as a gold mine, but I can't maximize its usefulness on my own, so I need a force to help me develop its value, do you see what I mean?"
Donald wasn't content to take control of the Howling Forest, as he didn't have the true strength of the Demigod Treemen, and wanted to use the power of the Howling Forest to find a way out for himself in the future.
What to do?
The demigod treant has never been able to cross that boundary, so his control is limited to the Howling Forest, and his research has helped Donald break through to the next level, and what he pursues has actually been achieved in Donald.
What Donald wanted to do was to expand the scope of the Howling Forest, or expand the land of his faith, so that he could get the subservient treants out of the Howling Forest, so Reynas, a city that had no official faith and was only 10 miles away from the Howling Forest, was the best choice for him.
It's just that these words can't be told to Victor, so Donald chose to use metaphors to illustrate.
"Will you change Renus?"
The two walked to the vicinity of the rich area, and Victor stopped, holding out his hand to the tall and gorgeous buildings in the rich area.
This is what he really wants to know, and it is also the dream he has been pursuing.
"Victor, the city will change dramatically because of my arrival, and you can expect that day to come, not for long. ”
These were the last words Donald left to Victor, and after saying that, he left the ghetto with the rest of the group and headed for the train station in Renas.
Victor was left alone in the rain.
"Just leave the matter to them, and don't send anyone to stay, what if they play tricks in private?"
Walking on the streets of the wealthy area, Anthony clearly knew the importance of Renas in Donald's plan, so he didn't say anything in front of Victor before, and only now did he express his concerns.
"This is something that can't be helped, who do you say can stay? Lilo can't be, Stephanie's natural ability is very suitable for intelligence work, but she hasn't coped with this kind of scene yet, I don't worry, as for you, meet all the conditions, but it is also because of your outstanding ability in all aspects, I can't do without you as an assistant on this trip, take 10,000 steps back and say, if you stay here, who will cook in the future? I am tired of Stephanie's vegetable soup. ”
Listening to the sound of drizzle in his ears and raising his feet to avoid a small puddle, Donald raised an eyebrow and continued,
"It's actually a little test of my hand at Victor, and not keeping you alone is actually a way for me to show him trust, and I'm going to see how far this scientist can go on his own...... That decides whether to work with him deeply when I come back, or whether to kick him out of the way and we'll take it all over. ”
Donald doesn't think he's a good Samaritan, and his money isn't that easy to get.
The two of them just walked and discussed the plan to be implemented when they returned here, after all, the plan that Donald proposed in front of Victor was only something he thought of in a short time, and some details still needed to be implemented.
"I've just checked that the train we changed to Z313 can transfer directly to Kommor at its terminus, and then cross East Germany, so that we can avoid the Hasborne swamp and save a lot of time. ”
Turning a street corner, Stephanie suddenly spoke, not participating in their conversation since just now, but had been checking the latest train timetable of Renas train station that she had just stumbled upon from Victor, and waited until the two finished before reminding them out loud.
"That's a good idea, the Hasborne Swamp isn't an easy place to walk at first, and it would be nice to avoid it. ”
Donald's eyes lit up, and he immediately affirmed Stephanie's idea.
"I remember seeing an introduction to the city of Komur in the trees the other day, and it seemed to be one of the missionary cities of the Silvermoon Order. ”
Hearing the name Komul, Anthony recalls what was going on in his mind.
"What are you talking about?Silvermoon Sect's territory?"
Hearing the name of this sect, Donald frowned almost instantly.
This is an old enemy!