Chapter 162 pendant
Although Michelia covered her face under the instruction of Ke Dong, her beautiful figure still attracted the covetousness of some ruffians, but for these small characters, Michelia only put her own pale breath out, these people are like rats crossing the street to retreat, they are not stupid, they can have the strength of Mishelia at this age (appearance), then the family must be either rich or expensive, but there are always some bold guys.. That's another story.
On the road, there was Michelia's strength to open the way, so all the uninteresting guys did not come to send them to death, and the two soon came to the church.
"Michelia, I'll just go in alone."
Ke Dong instructed, and went in without looking back.
The church occupies a large area, and it seems to have been expanded several times, probably because the original church could not accommodate so many residents of Cedon Pray, so everyone raised funds to expand, as for the bishop of the church to fill his own pockets, the possibility of embezzling the church's funds through the expansion of the church will not appear in CΓ³dron's heart at all.
Because of this bunch of guys. It's really too special meow's integrity, the church itself has a very high assessment system, if you want to become a priest or a paladin in addition to the necessary strength, the church pays more attention to the heart, no matter what your strength is, as long as your heart is not up to par then goodbye, our church has stood on the road for so many years, there is no shortage of high-strength guys. But even so, there are countless people who take the church exam every year, in order to, perhaps, just in a small remote village, in a somewhat dilapidated small church, quietly being a priest at the lowest level, it is ridiculous to say, but this is the situation on the road, almost every family is proud to have a priesthood in the family, even those big families are no exception, and many big families compare places even if there have been a few priests and bishops in the family, After all, this group of guys is still very careful about reputation.
If there is a priest in a civilian family, the people of the four miles and eight villages will come to congratulate them, which is an honor, a kind of glory that existed when the church existed, and everyone can see what the priests have done for mankind. And if a bishop comes out of a common family, then the lord of the city will come to congratulate, although there is no clear rule, but a bishop is recognized as equivalent to the lord of the city in status.
After talking for so long, everyone's impression in their hearts is almost that the church is a group of charitable second goods, but this is not the case, on the contrary, the church is too shrewd, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it can even be said to be the first shrewd in the mainland.
The church monopolizes most of the trade on the mainland, almost 70% of the trade is under the control of the church, grain, cloth, these most basic things are controlled by the church, those merchants are generally engaged in luxury trade, jewelry and the like, and more importantly, the church earns a very low profit on each commodity, so low that it is impossible for those merchants to come in and intervene, but people with a discerning eye can see that even at this price, the church is full of money every year, after all, people are monopolies, Everybody has to buy him, and the quantity is there.
And that's not all, the church has its own land in each village or town, and one-third of the harvest from the land is handed over to the church, one-third is distributed to the common people, and the remaining one-third is reserved for the local church to eat for itself, which ensures self-sufficiency.
And although the salaries of the clergy of the church are low, but the welfare of people is high, the church includes food, shelter and medical care, and there is a monthly subsidy for the families of the clergy, in short, the church is not short of this money, a person becoming a clergyman is equivalent to your family has no worries in this life, usually only need to plant fields, graze or something, eat and drink absolutely not worry, and there are no long-eyed guys to come to find trouble, for the average market people, it is already heaven.
Having said so much, everyone should know what a shrewd behemoth the church is, and no one has accused him of winning people's hearts for thousands of years.
Well, well, the author popularized so much background that it's time to return the lens to our protagonist.
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The pastor of the church saw someone coming and hurriedly greeted him with a smile on his face.
"Hello, can I help you?"
Look at the service attitude of others, polite and sincere, and it will definitely be the top in future generations.
Ke Dong looked at the person who came, the person who came was obviously a young man who had just taken office, the childishness on his face had not faded, he had a very bright smile, the church robe on his body was spotless, and the action of picking up guests was still a little nervous, oh no, I was talking about welcoming guests.
"Hello, my arm seems to be injured, so I wanted to come over for treatment."
There is no medical institution in this world that says this, because if you are injured, you can go to the church, and people don't charge money, how can you make those hospitals embarrassed, of course, there are still a lot of pharmacies, after all, you can't guarantee that there is a pastor by your side at all times.
"Okay, please lie down here and I'll check it for you."
Hearing that someone was injured, the little priest hurriedly took Ke Dong to the infirmary, and then a holy light enveloped Ke Dong's arm.
"Hey, this."
Although he had fifty percent hope at the beginning, Ke Dong couldn't help but ask after hearing the little priest's surprise:
"What's wrong, what's wrong?"
The little priest shook his head and said:
"No, there's nothing wrong with your arm, but it seems that some of the light I just typed in is missing."
"Is it true that after there are no living beings to feed on, they turn to other powers, and use the Light as food? This thing is really bold, aren't you afraid of being strung to death? β
The little priest heard Ke Dong silently reading something, and couldn't help asking:
"Do you know what the reason is?"
Ke Dong pretended to be innocent and shook his head, and said:
"I'm sorry, I just know that there is something wrong with my arm, but I can't figure out the specific cause."
"Is that so, but I'm really sorry this time," the little priest bowed deeply to Ke Dong, "I am powerless due to my strength in this situation, and I apologize again for not being able to help you." β
Ke Dong hurriedly held the little priest and said:
"There is no need to apologize, after all, you have done your best, and it is rare to be intermediate at your age."
"But I still can't help you."
The little pastor wanted to say anything more, but he was directly interrupted by Ke Dong, and when he saw the pastor in front of him, Ke Dong seemed to think of Francis, perhaps, the people in the church are so stupid, but it's much better than a guy like me who lives in calculations.
"Little pastor, except for the Father's accident, no one can complete everything he does perfectly, everyone has to experience failure, don't yearn for strength because you can't help others, let alone distort your heart because of this, stick to your original idea, at least, you won't fall to the point of being scolded by thousands of people."
"You.."
Ke Dong stood up, waved his hand, and walked towards the outside of the church, the little priest could only look at Ke Dong's back in a daze, and after a while, a sentence floated over.
"Those few words just now should be regarded as a call for me to call for a certain senior to his junior, after all, I also deceived him before he died, so it is also appropriate to give some compensation, may the Holy Light bless you."
"I've deceived myself, though."
Silently reciting the few words left by Ke Dong, the little priest seemed to feel something from it, the sadness, the sadness of not allowing others to repeat the mistakes of the past, rich and incomprehensible.
May the Holy Light bless.
Michelia, who was in the carriage outside, hurriedly went up and asked when she saw Ke Dong coming out:
"Is there a way?"
Ke Dong smiled and said:
"No, if nothing else, this arm of mine will say goodbye to me in a few days."
If it can't be cured, the last resort is to cut off this arm completely, although this will make Ke Dong's combat power drop a lot, but it is better than becoming a scarecrow, and the power of the church's holy light can completely make up for him an arm, but it is not as useful as before.
However, Michelia is not interested in this matter.
"Oh, that's that simple."
Since Michelia's body has countless tentacles, although she is now a human being, the cognition of the Red Moon Dominator is still controlling her thoughts, and in her eyes, the loss of an arm is nothing more than a matter of breaking a few tentacles, no big deal.
For Michelia's thoughts, Ke Dong has no intention of correcting them at all, and when she stays on the road for a long time, these things will naturally understand.
"By the way, Ke Dong, it seems that someone is following us."
Ke Dong tilted his head to look at Michelia and said:
"Are there any people who don't know whether they are alive or dead? Who are they targeting? β
Michelia pressed her finger to her chin and thought seriously.
"Hmm~ If nothing else, it should be me."
Michelia only covered her face, but her perfect temperament and slender figure still shone brightly, and it was understandable that she attracted some annoying cockroaches.
"Really. Come here at this time to find trouble, I'm really not afraid of me, they will be torn to pieces, then find a hotel first, and then think about it slowly. β
Michelia got into the carriage with a dissatisfied look on her face, and said:
"Ke Dong, shouldn't it be that time?"
Ke Dong raised his eyebrows and said:
"When, can you make it clear?"
Michelia was obviously a little excited, and her hands were scribbling randomly:
"That is, at that time, the protagonist's woman was taken by some rich child, and then the protagonist was all kinds of explosives, or pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger and slapped the rich child in the face, and in the end, either the rich child kowtowed and worshipped, or the protagonist killed the rich child's family, and the rich child is that there is a certain big family behind him, and the protagonist was issued a wanted warrant and had to go into exile, thus starting a journey of ups and downs."
Ke Dong covered his face tightly with his intact arm and said:
"Okay, the plot in that kind of book won't happen, first of all, I'm the kind of rich kid you call it, and it's the highest-end one."
Song Xin searched Ke Dong's memories and found that Ke Dong was the heir of the Andrea family (true), and he also had an unclear relationship with the annoying Princess Song Xin who robbed him of his love, so it seems that it is impossible for the nobles in this town to break Ke Dong at all.
"Not only that, they don't even have the qualifications to be slapped in the face by me, and there is such a thing as a wanted warrant, even if he releases it, no one dares to pick it up, but this guy who came to find death also has a place to play."
Michelia seemed to understand what Colton meant:
"You mean."
Ke Dong smiled. Said:
"You're right, this town is so close to that gang of robbers, maybe there are people from this town among the robbers, then the question is, how many people in this town are parasitized, I'm looking forward to it."
"The most important thing is that I happen to have something that needs someone to come and test, I have been studying it for a long time, and it has only succeeded in the past few days, if it goes well, then there will be another means of torture in the future."
Ke Dong and Michelia casually found a decent hotel, and after a few dishes, they nested in their rooms and didn't come out, by the way, this time it was Ke Dong who asked to open only one room, last time it was Michelia who requested, of course, not because of financial problems, the gold coins that Ke Dong brought when he left the imperial capital have not been used up yet, but Ke Dong has to prepare in advance for tonight's drama, after all, it is too unartistic to always kill and threaten like this.
Let's play a more fun game.
At night, although it was close to the place where the red moon took place, the moon was still white, and the slightly dim moonlight spread in the room of Cedon and Michelia, but the two of them had no intention of enjoying the beautiful night view, of course, not doing what you imagined.
Michelia, as a newcomer in the human race, consciously looks for useful things in Ke Dong's memory, because a certain person has a reading habit, in essence, in order to find a solution to his own problems from the clues in the classics, so the amount of reading is still there, all-encompassing (which is indispensable to Jiliet's credit), uh, although most of the things Michelia sees are monster illustrated books.
Ke Dong's words, in the past two days, due to the reasons on his arm and hand, it was very troublesome for Ke Dong to wipe his sword, and Ke Dong didn't want his sword to be wronged, so he had to spend a lot of time.
"Ke Dong, how about we go and transform the giant clan?"
Ke Dong replied without raising his head:
"Isn't there a record of their demise in my memory?"
"Yes, let's go and transform the elves, your memory doesn't seem to be very kind to them."
"This method is good, but the number of elves is relatively small, one less they all have flesh pain, don't want it, if we go to catch a batch of transformations, then the elves have to go to war with the human race.. Hey, doesn't that seem like a bad thing?"
"Yes, yes, we can continue the war to further develop our forces, and finally..."
Before Michelia could finish speaking, a burst of chestnuts knocked down hard.
"yes, haven't you given up on that plan yet?"
"Pain, pain, pain", and Michelia, who was in pain, hugged her head tightly like a small animal, and looked at Ke Dong with teary eyes, as if telling her grievances.
Ke Dong was laughed at by Michelia's cute appearance, and unconsciously reached out and touched Michelia's head.
"Be good, don't make trouble."
"So you agreed to that plan?"
"Of course not."
"Then let's go and transform the dwarves."
"So can you stop your delusions, it's time to get down to business."
"Huh?" Michelia pretended to be cute, saying that she didn't know she had anything to do.
"You stay here, some deadly guys are coming, I'm going to meet them."
After saying that, Cedon strolled out the door, leaving Michelia alone in the room.
"Hawkers, it seems that the family of the guy who doesn't know anything is not bad, two cang-level, five high-level, and really lustful."
Ke Dong sat on the roof and read to himself.
"Still, it's useless."
Ke Dong stared closely at the young man in bright blue clothes at the back of the line, the back hem of the clothes was raised, and he had a smug expression, like a courtship peacock.
"Come on, boy, let's have fun with the death game, hahaha."
After laughing wildly, Ke Dong swooped down and flew towards the last aristocratic youth.
The seven guards around him were also obviously aware of Ke Dong's intentions, and dodged to stop Ke Dong, but Ke Dong had estimated their strength before making the move, so in their eyes, Ke Dong was like a loach, shuttling through the crowd, and finally reached the noble young man unharmed.
The aristocratic young man was obviously still in shock, and then he saw Ke Dong smile at him, and then a sharp pain came from his abdomen, and he hurriedly squatted down in pain, but the back of his head was hit hard, and he had no choice but to faint.
Ke Dong, who succeeded in the attack, grabbed the noble young man's neck and said to the guards behind him:
"I'll take your young master with me first, if you want him to be safe, then it's best to stay there and not move, otherwise, all you get is a corpse, and you don't want to do this."
One of the guards stepped forward and asked:
"How can we trust you, a wrongdoer who has held our young master hostage."
"Pay attention to your tone, friend, if it weren't for the young master of your family who had bad intentions first, he wouldn't have fallen to this point now."
"This."
Ke Dong's words made the guard blush, although he knew that his side was at fault first, but the task of the guard really could not be abandoned.
"We apologize to you, compensate you, and promise that we won't harass you in the future, so let's let our young master go."
Ke Dong raised his eyebrows and said:
"I said it, pay attention to your tone, now is not the time for you to put forward conditions, all you can do is only according to what I do, otherwise, your young master will die, understand?"
"You."
"Don't talk nonsense with me! If you say a word, your young master will be strangled to death by me in front of you, or you want to see if you can save him before I strangle him, isn't it, the guy who prepared the magic. β
The guards were startled, and hurriedly slashed along Ke Dong's eyes, and sure enough, one of the pale guards was preparing magic.
"Stop! Don't you want the young master's life? β
The cang-level magician sighed and gave up his choice.
"Very good, just like this, wait here obediently, before dawn, you will see your young master."
After speaking, Ke Dong left here with the aristocratic youth without looking back.
Mark. Alan is a noble child in a town, his father is the most powerful nobleman in this town, naturally, a wave of hot and powerful guys gathered around him, because his town is close to Heloise, so there is a lot of traffic, and the amount of information is naturally indispensable, plus Mark's talent is not bad, so with intermediate strength, just like most nobles, beautiful girls are an indispensable part of their lives, because of Mark's power, he naturally has a lot of women, including many beautiful women.
However, there had never been such a woman who made his heart move, although she wore a veil, but her figure and temperament alone far surpassed every woman he had ever seen, even if none of the concubines or wives of those great nobles could be compared, and a raging lust burned in his chest.
Gotta get her! Gotta get her! Gotta get her! No matter what the cost, so, on the night he saw the woman, he gathered all his guards and rushed towards the hotel where the woman was staying.
Dominated by desire, he didn't think of the consequences at all, so his nightmare began.
He should probably feel lucky, because the nightmare he experienced could be considered a work of art, close to a perfect work of art.
Darkness, darkness, boundless darkness, our Mr. Mark had just woken up from a coma and was lost in the darkness again, but, just as the dawn always came, Caudon left hope.
In the distance, there was a faint light, so faint that it was almost impossible to discern its presence.
Mark, who had suffered a series of shocks, didn't have the time to think so much, and ran towards the only point of light with all his might, and as he approached, things under the light gradually appeared in front of her, and the guy who had knocked him out when he met stood there unscrupulously.
Mark stopped his steps instantly, he knew his strength very well, and he also knew that he had no chance of winning with the person in front of him, but there was nothing else around, and since the other party did not kill him, it meant that he was still useful, and he still had hope of escaping.
"That, you.."
Ke Dong looked at the other party and said directly:
"Why, did you wake up, it's a lot more night than I thought."
"Me."
Ke Dong smiled and interrupted the other party again.
"Okay, I know what you're going to say, I know to answer your question, this is our thinking space, I used hypnotism and some illusions to construct this place, as you can see, my ability is limited, so there is only light in the small area where I stand."
"You are now in a state of being kidnapped by me, and this is the thinking space, there are only two ways to get out, the first is that I take the initiative to withdraw hypnotism and illusion, of course, you will die of this heart, don't think about this possibility, but since I didn't kill you, it means that I will give you hope to escape, this is the second method I said, that is, I lost consciousness in the thinking space, or the ability to think, in short, I fainted, you know?"
Mark nodded, and the other party said that this is on it, if he doesn't wait any longer, it will be a waste, but it's one thing to understand it or not, it's another thing to be able to do it, the other party has suppressed him in terms of IQ and strength, what should I do.
Ke Dong seemed to see Mark's doubts, and said:
"Given that you're at a level of waste in terms of strength and IQ, I'll give you the opportunity you deserve, and that's it."
As he spoke, Colton threw out a dice, not the most common six-sided dice, but the kind of cone-shaped twelve-sided dice.
Mark had been in the casino for years, so he knew what it was.
"What is this for?"
"Don't worry, my friend, there's still something."
As he spoke, Ke Dong raised his hands high, and the ground around them continued to bulge, and then slowly stopped, only a little higher than the ground around them.
The raised ground is square, and then the square ground is divided into many small squares, each with a question mark drawn on it.