Section Eighty-Four: The Postman
The daughter that the captain and the healer were talking about, Marin only met the day after returning to the city - Marin and the girls went there to look around, but found no one, and today I learned that this little guy went to the nearby church of the God of Suffering to pray because his adoptive father and uncles and aunts were out to work.
The god of suffering, which sounds a bit like Buddhism, seems to say that all living beings are suffering and must cultivate in the next life.
Of course, this is the first thing that Marin made up when he saw this name, and the actual situation is that the god of suffering is quite hardcore - this is a god who keeps the poor and a god of justice.
Speaking of which, Marin already understands the concept of this person, in fact, it is also true - the doctrine of the God of Suffering warns the world that fate divides life into hierarchies, not so that the people at the bottom have a reason for ignorance because of this, piety, asceticism, and wisdom, these three ideas represent this god, if the god of justice is in charge of life and death in this group of gods, then the god of suffering is to save the world in another way - you know, the people at the bottom have no knowledge as a weapon, Without reason as a shield, it is simply the existence that those evil heretics like to bewitch the most.
And the village school run by the God of Suffering can be said to have changed the chaotic situation at the grassroots level to a great extent, and Marlin doesn't know about it in other places, but in Fort Carter and the surrounding villages and towns, maybe it is indeed difficult to find a kid who can add, subtract, multiply and divide, but it is really difficult to find an unlucky guy who can't write his name and listens to the wind and rain.
In addition, the God of Suffering is also the largest group of orphanages in the entire Western Continent, unlike other church orphanages that select those talented orphans, the God of Suffering has no class, as long as it is an orphan, as long as it is not a different species, even if you are a spirit, as long as you can understand human words, the orphanage can adopt it.
Therefore, the humanoid spirit warrior monks and paladins of the Church of the God of Suffering can be said to be the only existence in the entire Western Continent, at least one flower spirit clan and two tree spirit clans patriarchs have come out of the orphanage of the God of Suffering, and existences like bear goblin holy warriors and kobold paladins are also common.
It's just that this Tina is really a bit unexpected by Marin.
It was a kobold girl, and when Marin saw this little girl, she obviously cried, but in the company of the members of the Church of the God of Suffering, she still took the sword and compensation that Marin brought back a total of 640 pieces - one of the two warlocks' heads died in the hands of the girls, and the other should have died in the hands of the elven archer, so Marin divided the six hundred pieces into five parts, the warrior and the healer took 240 pieces of them, and the commission of 1,000 yuan was also divided into five parts, and the two of them made a total of 400 pieces.
As for the accident money they insured on the guild's side, it was naturally not Marin's turn to take care of it.
Without saying a word, the young man who accompanied Tina from the Church of Tribulation deposited the money in the bank of the Church of the Goddess of Harvest, and then handed the card to Tina in front of Marin.
Of course, Marin is not worried about someone filling his pockets, not that he believes in these mortals, but he just thinks that in a world where there is a true god, and this true god is likely to be their god-opened doppelganger, he is afraid that he really thinks that he will not die fast enough.
With the little kobold's thanks, Marin escorted her out of the church hall with the young man who had accompanied her.
While waiting for the little ones outside to comfort the little Tina, the young man seemed to notice the melancholy in Marin's heart, and he patted Marin on the shoulder: "Mr. Marin, this child's father and Jack's father both grew up in an orphanage in our church, and they left when they became adults, and then founded this mercenary squad...... Tina's father died five years ago, Jack's father died the year before, and now Jack is dead......"
ββ¦β¦ Thank you for helping me. Marin nodded in gratitude.
"You're welcome, Your Excellency, if it's all right, I'll take Tina home."
"Everything is up to you, if Tina has any accidents in the future, please contact me, I have a vow with Jack, if I can, I will do my best to help this child."
Marin watched the young man leave with the little one from the church, and it wasn't until they were far away that Faye came over, "Let's go, we still have a relic to hand it over." β
Yes, in addition, the heir to the dwarf's relic has also been found - it was Xingyan who helped find it, this dwarf boy is an apprentice of the Dwarven Craftsman God Church, his father and Xingyan's father Qinggangshi are old acquaintances, hearing about this change, Qinggangshi specially decided to accept this kid as an apprentice, it seems that Xingyan's boyfriend has fallen.
The metal head of the axe, the helmet and boots that he specially recovered after hearing about the dwarf's allusions, and 320 pieces of compensation, the kid named Limestone expressed his gratitude - as a mercenary, his father had long thought about his end, and his son also knew, but no one thought that the end would come so quickly.
But at least Marin killed the Chaos who killed his father, and after obtaining the Chaos Warrior's helmet and weapon, the kid said that he would fuse the purified helmet and sword into his first battle axe as soon as he picked up the Craftsman's Hammer.
Marlin also knew at this time that his father's axe metal head was also fused from the helmet and sword of the Chaos warrior who killed his father.
The metal head of the axe that Marin brought back would be buried with his father.
Standard dwarven funeral.
The boy wanted to stay with Marin for lunch, but considering the 'dwarven spirits' that had been modified to resemble industrial alcohol, Marlin had to flee with the girls in disarray.
Finally, there is the halfling, this young thief with no family, from the Church of the Wandering God of the Halfling, and eventually, Marin donated his money to the orphanage run by the Halfling Church, and after hearing everything Marin said, the Church of the Wandering God decided to name the next ten children admitted to the hospital with the surname of the halfling.
When all this had been done, Marin went to the hospital again to see the elf, and brought him his musket, which Marin had not paid attention to before, and the girls thought it was broken, but the baron had given it to Marin.
His original intention was to give this musket to Marin, because although it was okay to take two Chaos Warlock Heads for 1200 yuan, after all, Chaos Warlock's head belonged to a seller's market, and Marin could even double the difference.
For the baron, Marin's lack of a counteroffer meant that he owed a favor, and the musket looked like it was still working, so he simply gave it to Marin.
Marin then picked open the rags on the outside of the musket and found that it was very close to a World War II-era bolt-action rifle, much better than the usual lever rifles.
Hearing that it was an elf's fellow, Marlin didn't want to take people's love and returned it to the elves.
This made the elf very happy, and although he was unable to speak due to the previous burn, the elf gestured his gratitude.
Marin left his compensation, and chose to leave after saying goodbye to the elf.
"By the way, I'm having a treat today, let's go have a big dinner." Jessica didn't seem to be able to stand such a heavy atmosphere, and with her taking the lead, the girls dragged Marin to the north of the city without saying anything.
Marin didn't want to keep a straight face in front of everyone, so he let the girls lead him away.
As they passed Central Boulevard, the crowd attracted everyone's attention, as they were all dressed in church uniforms, and the Mr. Patrolman outside was very cooperative in telling what had happened in the cordonβthat the young master of Michelle was eating in the dining room when he was attacked by an evil infidel.
"It's been a mess lately." Faye shook her head, and she glanced at the girls behind her as she left with Marin: "How do I feel that this harvest festival is the longest and most important thing I have ever felt in my life. β
"yes, I think so too." The little lamb nodded vigorously and agreed: "Usually, it's just to see the seniors fighting for the seniors, and a week has passed, by the way, Kloss, you." β
"Reading books, doing experiments, learning techniques, a week passed quickly." Cross followed Marin and brought up the question, giving Marin an answer that even Marin was bored.
"yes, I beat up a couple of guys last year who wanted to invite me to dance." Jessica rolled her eyes, "Hell. β
Jessica's words sent Marlin to follow her gaze, just in time to see several wolf cubs crouching or standing on the corner.
Two of them were the pair of living treasures that were drawn into the cafΓ© by their own street lamp a few days ago.
Perhaps it was the arrangement of the goddess of fate, and when Marin looked at them, they also looked at Marin.
One of the wolf cubs, who was smoking a cigarette, first shook his head, then stood up and ran towards Marin: "Jessica! β
"That's what you just said about the beaten guy," Faye asked, leaning over Jessica.
"yes, I think he's going to have to be beaten again." Jessica frowned.
"Let me do it." Marin saw that the two wolf cubs did not rush over after him, but grabbed his companions around him, causing a one-on-one situation between the wolf cubs who started and Marin.
In any case, having a desire to survive is not a bad thing.
Marin thought as he looked around, picking out a street lamp for a potential opponent in front of him.
"Jessica, this is your boyfriend" The wolf cub ran so fast that by the time he reached Marlin, he was already gasping for breath.
Looking at his grievance with a hint of anger, Marin nodded: "I'm their boyfriend." β
Since the girls have agreed, Marin has to take responsibility.
"You, you're Marin, aren't you?" The wolf cub asked.
"Yes." Marin nodded, and sighed at the brat's courage - he knew it was me, and he could be so brave.
Then Marlin heard the wolf cub's cry full of grief and indignation: "I wish you happiness! β
Until the kid ran away, until the wolf cubs retreated quickly, Marin still couldn't calm down.
But the girls laughed a little out of breath.
"What's the matter, Mr. Marlin, are you sorry that you didn't make a fight?" asked Cross, facing Marin with the curiosity of a mage.
Marin nodded, then shook his head again: "I just think that these guys are too spineless." β
"I think they're just out of fear of death." After speaking, Cross smiled and walked beside Marin: "It's good to be able to meet Mr. Marin, although there are more dangers in life, I feel very happy, thank you." β
Looking at the smile on the rabbit girl's face, Marin also smiled and reached out and rubbed the rabbit girl's ears.
It's soft and some fragrant.
The bunny girl seemed very happy, and she ran to Faye with a smile, leaving Marin with Maya.
The little leopard girl looked at Marlin, pouted, and finally reached out and grabbed Marin's arm.
"Brother."
"Well, what's the matter?"
The greeting from his sister made Marin a little curious, and the little leopard seemed to be ...... Some want to say and stop.
"Sister Faye invited Maya to hunt in the enclosure in the suburbs, so let's go hunting." But the little leopard girl obviously couldn't hide anything.
As soon as she said this, Marin naturally nodded: "Brother will accompany you, go and talk to your sister Faye." β
So Maya also happily ran to the front.
Marlin turned his head and looked at Jessica who walked up to him.
"I'm sorry for showing you my embarrassing past." Jessica pursed her lips.
Looking at the wolf girl, who was much taller than himself, Marin smiled and shook his head, and he reached out to take her hand.
"Everyone has a past, but I don't think it's embarrassing for me to come to see you and me with the thread of fate that the spinning in the hands of the goddess of fate intertwines you and mine." Looking at the girls in front of him, Marin smiled: "Jessica, come with me." β
The wolf girl didn't reply, but her hand was also tightly gripping Marin's hand.