Chapter 195: The Bottom Line to Stick To
"Hahahaha! Tell me, why do you have such a strange idea?
You must know that you had just killed a full fourteen members of the Crow Squad just a few minutes ago. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
There is no mercy, no mercy, only merciless slaughter!
Even if they are completely incapacitated, you have no intention of stopping.
But now, you're suddenly telling me that you don't want to be stained with the blood of innocents, you don't want to be a merchant of death?
Don't you think it's a bit of a contradiction, or a hypocrisy?"
Renard laughed and directly asked a sharp question, one might even say a question.
In his view, killing, like birth, old age, sickness and death, is a normal behavior, there is no distinction between good and evil, and it has nothing to do with morality, let alone the so-called innocence.
In fact, the entire inhabitants of Kempera have a very different set of philosophies and values when it comes to their attitudes towards death.
They believe that death is a process that everyone must go through, just like eating, drinking, and sleeping, which belongs to a cycle of life cycles, and although relatives and friends still feel sad and angry when they die, they are not very afraid of death itself.
Even in the eyes of many adventurers, honor, credit, status, strength, desire, etc., are far more important than life, and they even look forward to encountering an epic battle in their lifetime, and then die with a powerful opponent to make their name legendary.
It is precisely because of such a strong hero complex that there will be one story after another of gambling with one's own life, constantly challenging the limit, and finally becoming a strong man.
"Sword of the Wind" - Agnipe, "Earthsmasher" - Rudolph, "Spear of the Dragon Slayer" - Dandy......
These adventurers who stood at the top of the pyramid structure all started from the bottom and climbed to today's position by stepping on the bones of countless competitors, and it can be said that each of them has at least hundreds of lives on their hands.
After all, the casualties caused by the fights between adventurers, although far less than the number of deaths at the hands of dungeon monsters, were still few, but no one felt cruel.
As for the guild, it is even more of a charitable organization, but the most powerful violent institution in the entire continent, which not only dominates almost all high-end forces in the other world, but also monopolizes the energy trade.
Other kingdoms, empires, and principalities can only spend a lot of money to buy expensive monster crystal powder according to the rules set by the guild to ensure that their country's grain can be harvested year after year, otherwise with their poor level of agriculture and animal husbandry, they will not be able to feed too many people.
There have been attempts to take the guild's place, but they have all been completely destroyed and wiped out by the guild, the most famous of which is the ancient kingdom of Erinius, which is the only powerful country that has been able to confront the guild head-on for decades.
To a certain extent, the guild is indeed the guardian of the entire continent, and at the same time the defender of the basic order, anyone who dares to violate the bottom line of the guild will be ruthlessly attacked, and if necessary, it will even erase the traces of a country's existence from the root.
Lu Li obviously knew very well what the old man in front of him was trying to express, and shook his head with a smile and explained, "No, Elder, don't use your point of view to apply to me, I have my own unique principles of dealing with the world.
I've never been shy about killing, but I have to have a good reason before I do it.
For example, the Crow Squad, who injured my friends, tried to loot my belongings stored in the warehouse, and even refused to settle the conflict peacefully, so I had a good reason to kill.
But selling weapons is different!
Weapons are used to kill, and once they are used in human warfare, they create a lot of suffering and hatred.
While the perpetrator is one of the targets of the victim's hatred, so is the dead dealer who can sell weapons.
I hate that innocent people have died indirectly at my own hands, and I hate that one day someone I don't know will come to me to seek revenge, and I don't know what attitude to use to deal with it.
So I won't sell weapons to the guild unless you agree to the previous terms. ”
Renard frowned and thought about what he had just said, and after half a minute, he sneered and commented disapprovingly: "It's a bit naïve, but it's not offensive." Since you insist on the so-called moral bottom line, then I will give you a guarantee. Now I swear in my honor that none of the weapons you have provided will be used in the war between the intelligent races. ”
"Thank you very much!" Lu Li stroked his chest with one hand and bowed slightly.
As an outsider, he never expected people from other worlds to understand some universal values on the earth, and only hoped that his colleagues who had gained great strength would be able to stick to the bottom line of being a human being.
It has been said that the law is the minimum morality.
With Lu Li's current situation, it is naturally impossible to fully abide by the law, so he draws an insurmountable boundary for himself in his heart, otherwise sooner or later he will degenerate into a monster or a madman.
Renard waved his hand: "No thanks, I didn't think of using them for anything else anyway." Also, for the price, I can pay up to 50,000 gold pagodas, or other equivalents. After all, throwing items are one-time consumables, and it is impossible for the guild to accept too high a price. ”
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter what the price is, I didn't plan to make money selling weapons in the first place. If it's convenient, can you help me get some seeds for magic plants?" Lu Li simply proposed what he wanted.
With his legal status, he no longer intended to continue the illegal trade in gold, but to create a company.
Of course, as a self-aware person, he knows that there are two industries in the United States that cannot be easily set foot in, one is energy technology, and the other is finance.
The reason is very simple, these two industries are the basic lifeblood of any country, not to mention the surveillance of law enforcement agencies and intelligence agencies, the capital predators alone are enough to swallow the rookies who have just entered the market to the bone.
Lu Li's target industry is very clear, that is, biopharmaceutical, to be precise, using magical plants from another world combined with pharmaceutical technology on the earth to produce high-end semi-magical potions in small batches.
Although the effect may not be as obvious as that of the genuine magic potion, it can still alleviate the devastation of some terminal diseases, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, leukemia, organ failure, etc.
As long as he can do this, and ensure that the technology will never be copied, Lu Li will soon be able to integrate into the upper class of society, become a powerful capitalist, and even support a few politicians who can serve him through money and power trading.
The reason why he chose to immigrate to North America is that in this land called capitalism, there is no clear boundary between money and power, they can be traded with each other, and they can also be converted into each other...... (To be continued.) )