Chapter 90, the results of a month
Pan Long led four or five adventurers, carrying large and small packages, walking the streets of Hamlet Town.
Everywhere he passed, people bowed their heads to him, and some even bent down, eager to fall to the ground.
"Hello, Mr. Long!"
"Master Dragon, are you going to crusade against monsters again?"
"Your Excellency, it's an honor to meet you!"
......
If it weren't for his repeated emphasis, many people might simply call him "Lord Angel" or "Lord Dragon" or something like that.
The people of Hamlet have tacitly assumed that he is not an ordinary mortal, whether it is an angel or a dragon, or simply the incarnation of the god that everyone believes in...... They often argue about it.
Of course, in places he didn't know.
They already knew that "Mr. Dragon" didn't like to be called that, and didn't like to be seen as the embodiment of a dragon, an angel, or a god, so of course they would only talk about it behind his back.
In fact, Pan Long also knew that they were discussing this kind of topic, but as long as he didn't talk about it in front of him, he could pretend not to hear.
After all, the mouth grows on other people's bodies, as long as they don't attack themselves viciously, whatever they want to say, they can do whatever they want.
He is not King Zhou Li.
After taking the adventurers to the newly built "Adventure Hall" and handing over the harvested things to the logistics staff composed of a group of old thieves and veterans, he left the adventurers to deal with the logistics staff slowly, and he went to the rest area at the back, rinsed his body with clean water, and then walked towards the villa of Count Hamlet.
The villa was still as quiet as ever, and the Count always had a job to do. Even if Hamlet's side is fine, he will have to take care of his assets outside to ensure that they can make good profits.
Compared with Hamlet Town, those assets in the outside world are the capital of his real survival.
He was a good merchant before inheriting the title of count. Although it is not obvious, it actually has a lot of assets. That's why he was able to take out a large amount of money after inheriting the title, hire adventurers, buy supplies, and repair the town of Hamlet...... If it weren't for the fact that he had been relying on his wealth to give Hamlet Town a blood transfusion, the town would not have been able to afford so many adventurers.
By the time he took over, the town of Hamlet was in tatters. Even the townspeople at that time had begun to blur and gradually lost the distinction between reality and dreams.
At that time, he immediately bought a large number of holy relics, arranged several safe collective dormitories, and forced the residents to sleep in the collective dormitories guarded by holy relics at night, so that the residents could get rid of the erosion of the dream world and gradually recover.
Now, the situation in Hamlet Town has been improving, especially the batch of timber sold some time ago, which has made him take a good breath of blood, and the few assets that he had planned to sell have also stabilized again, and there is even money left to pay back a few payments that are not so urgent.
At present, he is also in a relatively good business situation among the nobles.
As long as the current situation can be maintained, Hamlet Town can become a super premium asset, producing a lot of wealth on a steady end.
In time, it may not be possible to restore the powerful county that all the dukes looked at in the past. But if you want to revert to a normal high-quality county, it should be no problem.
After all, there are fields, harbors, forests, and mines, and they are rich in resources, and they are not too far from the nearby territories, so they should be able to develop.
However, it is still very difficult to make Hamlet town develop. The ghost ships and merfolk that roam the bay need to be dealt with, the monsters in the underground ruins and the depths of the sewers need to be dealt with, the bandits and demons roaming the wilderness - oh, this one seems to have been solved.
And the two biggest threats, one is the inexplicable dream world, and the other is the ruins of the castle on the top of the mountain.
The former is relatively better, and although it is weird, it doesn't seem to do much harm. As long as you sleep in the sanctuary of the holy relics at night, you are not afraid of being affected. Count Hamlet has acquired a number of holy relics and is preparing to establish a sacred barrier that will envelop the entire town. The people of Hamlet will say goodbye to the world of dreams forever.
No matter what the world is all about, as long as you can avoid it.
Solving that kind of problem is not something that he, a mortal, should think about.
The latter question is more troublesome, according to the judgment of "Mr. Dragon", there are at least two large magic domains in the ruins of the castle - they are distorted by powerful magic power, causing the space to become huge, and even form a strange area of a labyrinth.
Of the two realms, one has a dangerous bloodthirsty curse that will put the cursed person in a tragic situation where life is worse than death, and the other ...... Even "Mr. Dragon", who is incredibly powerful, seems to be cautious, saying that if he can, he recommends sealing the castle in its entirety.
To this suggestion, Count Hamlet raised his hands in approval.
So he had one more job to do - to prepare for the sealing of the entire castle ruins.
Anyway, he already has enough work, and if he has more of this, it probably doesn't hurt......
Seeing Pan Long coming, he went out to greet him with a smile.
"How's it going?" he asked, "Have you caught the core monster that makes up the Sewer Demon Domain?"
Pan Long shook his head and sighed: "I hacked to death the king of pigmen who looked like a small mountain, but that guy is not the core of the Demon Domain. If I'm not mistaken, the palm-sized pigman herald who might have fled as soon as the battle started is the heart of the Demon Domain. ā
The Count was a little surprised: "That herald is very weak. ā
"yes, so even I underestimated it. Pan Long smiled bitterly, "However, there is no necessary relationship between strength and importance. Her Majesty the Great Queen is definitely not as strong as her Chief Knight, but it is no problem for the Kingdom to change several Chief Knights, but if you change several queens in a row, it will ......"
The Count laughed: "This is a very convincing analogy, but don't let the conservative aristocrats hear it." ā
Pan Long also smiled.
After laughing, the Earl said, "At noon today, a team of clerics from the 'Shield of the Heavenly Father' arrived in Hamlet. ā
"That's a good thing, with them on board, I can try to destroy the ghost ship. Pan Long said happily.
But the Count shook his head: "Their situation ...... Not very good. ā
"Well, they were attacked on the way, can't it!" Pan Long asked in surprise, "haven't I already swept all the wilderness?" the sorceresses have been persuaded by me to hide underground and wait for the final showdown with your scumbag ancestor, while the robbers have either been captured by them as a reserve or have already died, and most of those who survived have escaped. Could it be that the few remaining robbers are enough to hinder the army of these professional priests?"
He wasn't convinced.
The most powerful army in this world is the army of the clergy attached to the Church. They have faith, strength, and technology, and they can either shout "My Lord is here" and wave battle flags to charge through a hail of bullets, or they can form a neat line, laugh at the rushing demon army, "Times have changed", and then blast a round of artillery.
Such an army, if not the strongest, is at least close to that level. Even with only one team, Pan Long didn't think any bandits could deal with them.
If you want to put a clergy squad in a hard fight and be in poor shape, are there hundreds of bandits?
The Count shook his head: "They didn't have any fighting, just ......"
He thought about it for a moment, presumably thinking about how to organize the language, and finally said, "They're scared of you." ā
"IāI scared them? What's going on?" Pan Long became more and more puzzled.
He hadn't even met the clergy, so why did he scare them?
"They found out how you built that road, and they were scared. The Count said with some reluctance, "Honestly, I don't find it strange at all. If they weren't frightened, I'd be a little surprised. ā
Pan Long was speechless.
He felt that what he was doing was really nothing, spending a month building a road in the forest, this kind of thing was not scary in the Kyushu world.
In order to help a village alleviate poverty, Mr. Bi Lingkong once pulled up a mountain that cut off the connection between the village and the outside world and threw it into the distance.
Compared to that, what is this, it's far behind!
It's just that the level of force in this world is a bit low, and the people here are somewhat rare and strange. Otherwise...... Pan Long felt that they really needed to open their eyes.
At least, the people of the Kyushu world will never be fooled by that kind of third-rate monster and worship each other as gods.
"Then what should I do?" he asked helplessly, "go and explain to them, and tell them that 'I'm actually a flesh-and-blood ordinary person'?"
The Earl shook his head repeatedly: "They won't believe it, I think it's good that you're like this." ā
"But I'm going to take them to deal with the ghost ship. "I can hurt the ghost, but I can't purify the ghost completely." ā
He'd been to the bay before, seen the ghost ship roaming the seashore, and even dealt with pirate ghosts who landed on land.
With the Divine Blade, he could cut the ghost and even the ghost ship in two. But that didn't solve the problem, and just a day or two later, the ghost ships reappeared, and the pirate ghosts reappeared on the seashore land, looking for the living to attack.
Pan Long judged that the bodies of these guys were all sunk in the deep seabed. Unless you fish up their bodies and burn them yourself, the only way to solve the problem is to ask the priests to take action and purify them with special spells.
In fact, even if the pirate ghost and ghost ship are purified, it may only be a symptom rather than a cure. Even if you try to get the pirate ship out and burn it, you can't completely solve the problem.
The crux of the matter lies in the deep and dark resentment at the bottom of the deep sea. Only by completely eliminating those grievances can the problem be completely solved.
But that's really beyond his ability, he really can't do it.
So his plan was to treat the symptoms.
Treat the symptoms first, purify the ghosts and ghost ships, and then build a harbor and lay a sacred barrier in the harbor.
As long as the barrier is established, the resentment of the deep sea will not be able to rise to the surface of the sea.
As for the question of the future...... If you can achieve immortality and cultivate to the point where you are as strong as a teacher, you will go deep into the bottom of the sea and burn all the resentment that has precipitated.
Otherwise...... Drag it out for as long as you can.
Anyway, who can say what the future holds?
Maybe when you completely solve the scumbag old earl, you can find a solution to the problem in the old earl's research materials......
In his plan, the help of the clergy was indispensable.
So, if the clergy did not believe in him, or even feared him, how could his plan be carried out?
But the Count comforted him with a smile and said, "No problem."
The next day, Pan Long found the clergy stationed in the church early in the morning.
The church in the town of Hamlet is also new, renovated and enlarged on the basis of the small chapel of the past. Now this church is large enough to hold three or four hundred people to pray together, and even if it is placed in the outside world, it is a good church.
Although this town is a little dilapidated now, it was once the capital of an earldom after all, and the foundation is still very thick.
The clergy were pleased with the church, but not with the inhabitants and adventurers who prayed inside.
They feel that these people are not pious enough to fully dedicate their hearts and faith to the Father in Heaven, and that they are too vulgar.
But they didn't criticize it either...... This is the way the world is, if everyone were religious, wouldn't the world have been the same long ago?
Impossible, don't dream!
When they heard the words "Mr. Long is here" coming from outside, they all became nervous. More than one reached out and grabbed the weapon, ready for battle.
From yesterday to today, they have heard too much about that "Mr. Dragon".
He is incredibly powerful, hugging a thick tree and pulling it up with a single force, a boulder of tens of thousands of catties can be easily carried away, and he can even carry a large stone over and smash it directly into gravel with his fist for paving.
In the introduction of residents and adventurers, this "Mr. Dragon" is simply a dragon in human skin, or an archangel with folded wings and aura.
Even some residents quietly asked, "Heavenly Father...... Does his old man occasionally feel that there are people in the world who are in trouble, and then send an avatar to help the suffering?"
The question was so blasphemous that the resident was kicked out on the spot.
Now, they can finally take a look with their own eyes and determine what the origin and character of this "Mr. Dragon" is!