After all, it was 500,000 gold bushels, and after all, it was the contract of the goddess of commerce, and Hathaway endured it.

She hatefully sent a message to Rohiphus, who was the master of ceremonies for this celebration: "If humiliating me is your goal, congratulations on your success!"

"Swear in the name of Elsa, the goddess of commerce, that the name is really just a coincidence", and the other party responded: "If His Highness feels that other aspects have been treated inappropriately, this ......"

Rohippers's tone was a little scathing: "I think His Excellency the Duke has a lot of self-control, but he actually endures very hard. So far, nothing should have gone beyond the line of a gentlemanly gentleman and, as advertised, that you are his friend. You must know that he treats you as a goddess and has a lot of ...... at home Ahem......"

Have the courage to finish speaking, what are you collecting!?

Hathaway wanted to ask, but the king of the Kingdom of Candas arrived. The fat pig next to her took this opportunity to shake his body, and his shoulder seemed to accidentally touch her, interrupting her questioning.

Although he was blocked by the barrier and didn't really touch it, this guy seemed to rub his milk hard, laughing so hard that his nose bubbles came out, and Hathaway wanted to vomit with disgust.

Forcing a smile to deal with the king's representative, Hathaway also figured it out a little, if this guy was a little more handsome, or replaced by another Richie, this level of contact was really nothing.

Although she hates Li Qi, she hates his beliefs and deeds, and there is no physical resistance. If Li Qi can change her ways, it will be too late for her to be happy. When he smelted his grandmother's corpse into a god-killing arrow, didn't he want to snatch Li Qi back from Ms. Crimson?

So, in the final analysis, it's your own fault!

If that arrow is still there, what is tens of millions of gold bushels? It is a weapon that can hurt the gods, and asking for hundreds of millions of gold bushels is already a big reward, so thinking about it, it is actually Li Qi who is wrong!

Transferring the monstrous hatred to Richie, Hathaway felt a little better and endured the initial part with great difficulty.

Then it was time to address the guests, which was entirely pediatric to Hathaway, and the Duke of Richie was still standing side by side with her, and from time to time he raised his scissor hands and posed for the camera.

Hathaway gritted her teeth secretly, the 500,000 gold bushels she bought was really her own cheek!

This fat pig ...... No, Duke Richie, a hero-level priest of Cam, actually broke his family in order to invite himself to come over to preside over the ceremony, which is really scummy. Standing side by side with this kind of scum, talking and laughing, it was completely unimaginable for her before.

After the speech, there was thunderous applause, and then the Duke of Fat Pig said in a trembling voice: "Hathaway...... Can you take a picture with me?"

Hathaway's face shifted between blue and white, and finally gritted her teeth and nodded slightly reservedly.

Then her eyes widened, and her whole body froze like a layer of slime slime......

The Duke leaned over, wrapped his arms around her shoulders, and smiled at the camera as brightly as the summer sun.

Before Hathaway could react, the duke's hand fell to his waist again!

The camera clicked and flickered, but when the Duke's hand slipped from his waist to the back, and even pinched it, Hathaway's magic fluctuations had condensed enough to blow everyone on the scene away.

At the moment when she was about to completely explode, the duke seemed to be reminded by someone, and his hand quickly moved away, and Hathaway's voice sounded in his ears: "Your Highness, if you ruin this ceremony, you will not complete the agreement." ”

Hathaway froze, and Lohiphus continued: "This is definitely not our intention, and after the ceremony, what happens between you and Duke Rich is none of our business. ”

Very good......

Hathaway understood what Loshephus meant, and had a plan in her heart. Her body relaxed, turned to the duke and smiled faintly, and even took the initiative to put her hand on his shoulder and gesture with scissor hands in front of the camera.

This gesture of victory and happiness first appeared in the mirage "Queen Elizabeth" starring Aurora, and has now taken the whole of Finn by storm.

At that moment, Duke Fat Pig froze.

At the end of the ceremony, Hathaway changed her previous stiff and rigid posture, like a true friend of the Duke, chatting and laughing with the guests, and raising a glass to drink.

As Rohyphus said, the ceremony ended in less than two hours, and Hathaway followed Rohyphus and the others to leave using the temporary portal of the Temple of Commerce.

Seeing the purple shadow disappear, Duke Fat Pig excitedly shook the intermediary's hand and said, "Hurry up and help me contact His Excellency Rohiphus, I am willing to give another million...... No, two million, invite Her Royal Highness Hathaway to dinner, and then ...... Ahem, in short, it's private!"

The intermediary frowned and said, "Let's not talk about whether His Royal Highness Hathaway is happy or not, Duke, do you still have so many gold bushels?"

The duke patted his chest and said, "I still have several ancestral high-level magic artifacts at home, if it's not enough, I'll sell that artifact!"

The intermediary tried to hide his joy: "This ...... I'll get you back to you as soon as I can. ”

Coming out of the teleportation hall of the Sachitonian Temple of Commerce, Hathaway glared at Lohiphus: "You are really using my crooked brains, to be honest, what do you want from me? Even in the face of your goddess, I am not afraid, let alone a mere agent!"

"Your Highness, this is just a small accident", Rohifus's posture was still very respectful: "Of course, in such an event, it is reasonable for similar accidents to occur, otherwise how can it be worth half a million gold bushels?"

Hathaway froze, indeed, if he didn't have the charm to intoxicate that fat pig, that guy wouldn't have been able to pay such a high price for himself. With such a premise, it is completely predictable to have a little benefit in the event.

Losifus continued, "As for what you want from Your Highness...... As I said a long time ago, everything can be traded, everything can be exchanged for equal value, and the premise is that everything is voluntary. ”

"We don't have the courage and strength to force His Highness to do something he doesn't want, but whenever His Highness needs a gold bushel, or wants to use a gold bushel to buy a special service, he can come to us. Our goal is to make the golden bush shine on Finn, which is the vow of the goddess and our faith. ”

Hathaway was silent for a moment, then snorted coldly, "It sounds like your goddess is no different from the Demon Lord of the Abyss. ”

Rohiphus smiled and said, "The brilliance of my lord does not distinguish between races, good and evil, and I am also inspired by my lord to be fortunate enough to come to purgatory from the abyss." ”

Hathaway's pupils constricted, and it was only then that she realized something: "Lohiphus...... Damn, I didn't think your name was similar to a certain demon lord in the abyss. ”

"That's all in the past," Losifus blinked, "My Lord has mercy and has converted my soul into a human being, and now I am a pure human being, from soul to body. I am indeed a member of the Storm Islands wizard family, and even in the face of Kam's human incarnation, Theresia, she cannot identify me as a devil. ”

Hathaway nodded mechanically, and then she said resolutely: "I will mortgage the arrears later." ”

Rohifus nodded as if he had expected it, and said, "No problem, I will arrange the corresponding procedures as soon as possible, and Your Highness doesn't have to worry that we will do something about the appraisal and price, everything will be done according to the existing standards." ”

Hathaway teleported away with the Space Stone, leaving the hall with only the fluctuation of teleportation magic and a faint aroma.

"She fled so fast, we scared her," said Ginny, the rainbow haired girl behind Losifus, "and if it had been done gradually, she might have sold herself in the end." ”

"Your Highness", Rohifers's gesture did not look like speaking to his assistant at all: "Don't underestimate Hathaway, she has already sensed the subsequent development, so she decisively withdrew." We just took advantage of her to mess up a little at this juncture to use her to open up the situation. ”

"Sort of," Ginny sighed, "but it still costs a lot of gold bushels to promote it before the effect can be revealed." The fifty million gold bushels we have on hand have already drained most of the savings of the various commercial temples. ”

"No way ......"

Rohipphus said: "Her Majesty the Goddess's decision is also very hasty, it seems that it was the prediction of the Flying Boat Incident that activated my shadow son to carry out activities in the name of the Void Consortium. ”

Ginny shook her head: "No, the goddess didn't prophesy anything, he learned about the foundation of Lady Crimson's divine power from Taksis before making this decision. As for why, let's not explore the origin of God's will, but do our duty. ”

This beautiful girl who does not look like a real existence at all raised her head and said: "The golden bush is cast by the goddess by condensing the power of faith on gold, and it is immortal and unchanging no matter what plane it is. This is not to say that it can be used as a weapon that will never be destroyed, or armor that will never be broken, but that it will still reappear after being destroyed. As long as there is, there will always be, and there will always be as much as there is. ”

"The goddess used gold bush as currency to leverage Finn's gods and mortals, and it must be circulated in order to expand the power of the goddess's faith. With more power of faith, more gold bushels can be minted. So, our goal is to make the golden bushel penetrate into all the transactions between the gods and mortals, and use the golden bushel to combine wealth and the belief in the goddess. ”

Losifus nodded, "I understand, Your Highness. In the past, Kim Buel was confined to very narrow trades, and now that times have changed, it is a good time for Kim Buel to take control of more trades. That's why we use Hathaway as a demonstration to show the world the power of the golden bushels, so that everyone can understand the path of the goddess more deeply. ”

"But there are still many forces that hinder us, Theresia is one, Romulos is one, and even more troublesome is Richie Prell", the holy woman named Ginny frowned, "Your Majesty's oracle says that we can only find a way to weaken Prell now, not completely eliminate him." But I don't quite understand that Prell and the Crimson Church will be our enemies in the future. ”

Rohippers seems to have a deep understanding of this: "I don't fully understand, but one thing is certain, since Prell invented the magic guide gun, the supernatural power began to expand to more mortals, which just provided the basis for the popularization of the golden bushel." So Prell is actually expanding the space for the goddess, and outside of the goddess, suppressing Prell's development will also suppress our development, yes, it's Theresia. ”

"Behold, thou knowest a lot," said Ginny, "thou hast proved thy judgment in Hathaway, and the rest of the work depends on thy hard work." ”

Lohiphus bowed his head: "Thank you, Holy Maiden, for the compliment......"

"So, what's next?"

Ginny sighed, "Hathaway seems to be retreating, are we planning to deal with Theresia? The Imperial Gold Coin Project she is working on has begun to extend to the trade of magic items, which is absolutely intolerable." ”

Hathaway...... Not necessarily backing down", Rohippers smiled again, "At least she understands that she has endless wealth, and she will come to us if she wants and needs it." ”

"As for Theresia, we should be careful, didn't the goddess's oracle say it?Theresia is still the dawn, and we can't clash with her head-on. ”

As he said this, he received some communication, and after listening to it for a while, he took a cool breath.

Ginny asked, "What happened?"

Lohifus's expression became solemn: "Our next plan is to deal with Romulos, he has decided to clear our forces in West Fein. ”

"He's so bold!"

Ginny said angrily: "Aren't you afraid of the goddess sinning!?"

Rohifus's brows furrowed deeply: "He's really not afraid." ”

..................

Hathaway went straight back to the Storm Islands and sorted out a list of magical items that could be sold, and it was already evening, and she used magic teleportation to gather some people.

"Remember this person, that's what you're aiming for. ”

Several light curtains unfolded in front of her at the same time, and in each light curtain was a figure with a face hidden in a hooded robe, bowing his head and listening respectfully to her instructions.

"Let his hand rot and pus, painful and itchy, and finally all the flesh will melt away. If he relied on his magic to grow flesh and blood, let him continue to taste this pain. ”

"And his nakedness, the same is treated! Let him rot his lower body at the thought of mating, and after repeating it a few times, he can only lie on the bed and howl in pain for the rest of his life!"

"That's not enough!"

Hathaway's cheeks twisted slightly, causing the men's heads to lower in fright.

"Go and seduce his wife and put on a good show in front of him. Let his son be interested only in men and put on a good show in front of him. Let his daughter have no interest in people and put on a good show in front of him. ”

"In short, there is no need to kill him, to make him suffer physically and mentally, to make him doubt his own life, to despair of his existence!"

"That's it, let's do it!"

The Night Lady Church agents under her control responded one after another, and the anger in her heart only eased slightly after the light curtain dissipated.

"Miss, Richie Prell is looking for you through the Book of Trade Winds. ”

Talingmisya's report left her dumbfounded.

"Richie looking for me!?"

After staying for a while, she sneered: "Do you want to see my jokes? That guy, when did he become so vicious? Very good, if you want to see it, I will show it to you!"

In the communication room of the Duke's castle, the Book of Trade Winds is activated, and the figure of Li Qi appears. To be honest, the two have not met in person since the change of the Storm Islands, except for a few communications in the Book of Trade Winds. For a very brief moment, Hathaway's heart throbbed.

Then came the rage......

"Your Excellency, the spring breeze is on your face," Hathaway said lightly, "are you here to laugh at me? ”

"No, no", Li Qi hesitated for a moment and went straight to the point: "I'm here to talk to you about business, you must have a lot of materials smashed in your hands over there, and I just need it, of course I don't have gold bushels, I can only exchange them for other things, such as magic metal." ”

Hathaway's eyes widened, this guy is actually embarrassed to say it!?

Expecting Hathaway's reaction, Richie spread his hands and said, "Hathaway, we are all adults, there is no need to be as careless as children." The conflict between us should not be a personal vendetta. Now everyone takes a step back, public to public, which is also a mutually beneficial thing. ”

Hathaway's chest rose and fell violently, this is a personal grudge!

"Look, you're really here to laugh at me", she raised her head and said, "But I'm not a defeated dog, I'm here, how can such a trivial matter make you see a joke, you can continue." ”

Li Qi looked like he didn't know what to say about you, and sighed, "I saw the vision of you accompanying the Duke in Kandas. ”

The wound was stabbed, and Hathaway's teeth gurgled and chattered.

Well, if it makes you unhappy or even angry, maybe it's also a counterattack.

"Hathaway, you're in that difficult situation, do you have to make up for the deficit by going to the cave?"

The regret on Richie's face was extremely sincere: "That's not good, the showbiz is a big dye vat, and goddesses will fall, you see that Aurora quit early." ”

He was really dissatisfied, that's why his mouth was so poisonous, so good......

Despite Hathaway's thoughts, the heat was still swirling in her chest, and her throat was a little sweet.

She tried her best to remain calm and sneered: "Irony, even if sarcasm, I have also begun to sell my property now, and you won Richie." ”

"Selling ......"

Li Qileng paused, nodded again, and said: "It's also a way out, throw away the shackles of the Ted family, maybe you can find your true self." ”

Hathaway was stunned, that's what she had thought when she decided to sell something.

"I told you a long time ago, Hathaway, between us, the future...... It may be an enemy, but now that our paths are not in conflict, you shouldn't have your eyes on me. ”

"I think it's too many things from the past that bind you, Lady Night, the Goddess of Magic, the Ted family, these pasts, not to limit any path for you, but to give you height, so that you can stand on a higher place and find your own value. ”

His tone became more relaxed, "Remember when we first met? You told me that you wanted the magician to be fully integrated into the world, and that the magician was just an identity, not a separate line from the rest of the world. You want to pursue freedom as a magician, complete freedom. ”

"Although I don't agree with the kind of freedom you want, this goal is still admirable and admirable to me in the world today, and we can actually go on together for a long time. ”

He shook his head again: "But now, you seem lost. Whether it's a big project you've been working on before, or what you're doing on the flying boat now, it's all because of this ......"

"You should give up your identities as the patriarch of the Ted family, the Holy Lady of the Night, and the granddaughter of the Goddess of Magic, and see the world with the eyes and heart of an ordinary magician, see the changes in the world, see the path ahead, and discover your goals. ”

Hathaway shuddered from the top of her head to the soles of her feet, yes, why was she so embarrassed and out of shape during this time? It was because she didn't really figure out what she was supposed to do.

She blinked and said in an incredulous tone, "You...... Are you enlightening me?"

"Hmm...... If you're willing to sell me some crystals", Richie returned to his original smile: "This should be called emotional marketing." ”

"Roll ——!"

Hathaway waved off the video, but did not stop the communication, and Richie could still hear her voice.

She was trying her best to hold back her laughter, because she didn't know why she was laughing, and she felt that Li Qi would misunderstand when she heard such laughter, so she didn't want to face Li Qi.

Then she was a little strange, obviously laughing, why her eyes were a little hot.

She lowered her voice and said, "Your emotional marketing is very successful, so I decided not to sell you a single nuclear crystal." ”

I still haven't said anything, because I'm going to keep it, and I'll look for you again when I figure out what I'm going to do and if I don't need it.

The communication was interrupted, and the other head of Li Qi scratched his head and said, "Oops, even the emotional marketing that touched me actually failed." ”

Here, Hathaway looked at several magical items sent by Taling, rubbing these magic scrolls, magic books, and various magic guides, and her heart was extremely calm.

Each piece was condensed with the efforts and wisdom of the ancestors, and it was so heavy that she could hardly breathe, but thinking back on Li Qi's words and the decisions she had made, she felt extremely relaxed.

Indeed, isn't it freedom that we are seeking? What freedom can we recover from these shackles?

You really need to think about it......

Ted Family ...... No, Hathaway Ted, a fresh start is needed.

Until then, there is one more thing to do.

She pulled out a scroll and placed it in the old days, this scroll was worth immeasurable, even now, it was worth at least a million gold bushels.

Use this scroll to declare your change......

She returned to the hall and summoned the men again.

"All the orders just now have been cancelled. ”

She only said one word, although she was completely confused, and even made some preparations, but she was their master, and her words would never dare to disobey.

Holding a scroll in one hand and a space stone in the other, the light and shadow shifted, the space distorted, and she appeared in the land of ice and snow, floating above the castle she had come to at noon.

As the moon rose, her slender figure was shrouded in a blurry purple mist, and she unfolded the scroll.

"I, Hathaway Ted, how can you be insulted by a scum like you, this is what will happen to you!

She chanted the incantation, and the clouds rolled at the top of the castle, and a huge magic circle gradually appeared.

The canopy of heaven blurred, and a huge meteorite poked out of the magic array, slowly falling with a scarlet light and a scorching aura.

The earth shook, smoke and dust rose into the sky, and large swaths of snow collapsed in the surrounding mountains.

After a long time, the purple figure beside the bright moon disappeared, and the castle below was gone, only a huge crater with hot smoke rising from it.