"That crossbow bolt that is embedded in the wall should be shot from a reinforced heavy crossbow, right? This kind of crossbow is a controlled product, and there are probably only one or two in the entire Golden Pagoda City, why would someone come to trouble you with this?"

Liv was silent for a long moment, then sighed deeply. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

“...... It's a long story!"

Because she had confirmed that the other party was a reliable friend, she no longer hid it and told the truth of the matter.

About five years ago, the Church of the Noble God sent a high-ranking priest with a very strong skill to strengthen its power in the city of Jinta.

The god of nobility is an active member of the human god system, and although the level of the god is not high, the goddess, who was only canonized more than 200 years ago, has been actively promoting the faith. His church, on the one hand, strengthened its cooperation with the adventurers, and on the other hand, took advantage of the aristocratic position to exclude other gods, and in many places it had an advantage.

However, the gods of nobility also have opponents, not to mention that in the human god system alone, there is a god who has a very bad relationship with him - the god of knights and pioneers.

In terms of divine power and might, the god of knights is an old powerhouse in the human god system, and he has been a god for tens of thousands of years, and his qualifications are even older than the god kings of the contemporary human god system. He symbolizes the development and protection of human military organizations, and in ancient times, he was even the god king of the human god system for a time. Later, the reason for the decline in power was due to the continuous development of human society, and the continuous emergence of new gods, which divided his priesthood and realm, and diluted his faith.

But even so, he was still much stronger than the god of nobility.

But the strength of the gods does not directly determine the victory or defeat of their church on earth. Because of their congenital status disadvantage, the knights were crushed to death by the nobility, so that the church of the god of knights was also at a disadvantage, and almost became a vassal of the church of the god of nobility. Only in some pioneer realms, with wandering knights and church knights as the main force, can they not be suppressed.

The preaching of the Church of the Noble God often begins with the encroachment and annexation of the Church of the Knights. In Quinta City, there is no exception.

In the face of the aggressive Church of the Noble God, the Knight of Pahn, as the most prestigious knight in the Golden Tower City, did not owe allegiance to any lord, so he naturally became the mainstay of the Church of the God of Knights to resist the invasion. As the leader of the secular forces of the Knightly Church, he foiled the conspiracy of the Church of the Noble God again and again, and firmly held the position of faith. No matter how the new noble god and high priest played, he was never able to take advantage of it.

This continued for three years, until an "accident".

About two years ago, a wealthy merchant who had been operating in the local area for many years decided to make a big deal, he prepared a large amount of magical materials taken from the beasts, and planned to travel by sea to the Blue Moon Kingdom in the eastern part of the continent, and trade with Gars City, which is rich in bay leaves, a low-to-medium grade spice that can be eaten.

The trade in spices and magical materials has always been the most lucrative and certainly the most dangerous. Most of this kind of business requires going to the ocean, and storms at sea, terrifying sea beasts, and endless pirates can lead to the tragic result of ship destruction and death. In order to ensure the safety of the transaction, the merchant sent out invitations widely, and invited almost all the more reliable adventurers in the entire Golden Tower City. In the end, more than a dozen masters, including the knight of Parn, decided to join forces to do this business, and at the suggestion of the merchant, they also took out almost all their savings, bought magic materials, and set off together.

It is said that with so many masters in charge, and the merchant specially invited several experienced old captains, the safety of the fleet should be relatively high. However, for some reason, when the fleet bypassed the "Great Wilderness Corner" of the Iron Cliff Mountains on the southeast coast, it encountered a terrifying monster, "Dark Tide" Timsall.

Timsal "Darktide" is the most terrifying and dangerous sea monster in the Southeast Seas, a nightmare at sea, but almost never a fleet of ships that encounter it survives.

It is said that in ancient times, there was once a powerful demigod named "Living Tsunami" Salament, who was the embodiment of storms and great waves, and was one of the most terrifying overlords of the sea. But it failed in its assault on the gods, and the terror and resentment accumulated over the years tore apart the demigod's body, splitting it in two, turning into Hemsalla the Tide of Rage and Timsal the Darktide.

Hemtalla "Raging Tide" is a grumpy but sane demigod who likes to roam the waters, and knows it's coming whenever one sees a sudden storm accompanied by huge waves sweeping over the deserted beaches and isolated islands. At this time, people often offer sacrifices to it and pray for its blessings. There is usually only a one-third chance that such prayers will be answered, but once Hemsalla answers the prayers of the people, she will temporarily stop wandering and protect the sea from dangerous monsters and storms, and after about a year or two, it will drift away in a violent storm and do not know what to do.

Timsar, the "Darktide", is the opposite, a terrifying monster who knows nothing but destruction and killing, and has no way to communicate with it. Whenever it appeared, there was a huge shadow that crossed the bottom of the sea, and the surface of the sea was shrouded in decaying fog and icy cold waves, and countless undead creatures and undead creatures in the water surrounded it, frantically attacking all living beings on the sea, and finally dragging them all into the abyss of death. It comes and goes without a trace, without warning, and when people notice that the sky suddenly darkens and the sea beneath their feet turns pitch black, it is often too late to escape its clutches.

The knights of Pahn's fleet encountered this terrifying monster, and they fought as hard as they could, but in the end only one boat escaped. The few remaining ships, including the flagship of the fleet (the merchant was on the flagship) and the ship on which the knight of Parn was located, did not escape and were buried at the bottom of the sea. The high priest of the Church of the Noble God was also in the fleet at the time, and it is said that he, who had always liked to plot behind the scenes, fought valiantly, but was unable to save his life.

Almost a year ago, the ship that had survived returned to the Mystic Tower Federation, and the sea trade routes were established, and the future maritime merchants would be able to make huge profits, but the people who died exploring the trade routes would never return.

When the bad news reached the city of Quintah, at least a quarter of the city's families were in a state of grief. But before everyone could recover from their grief, the Church of the Noble God suddenly came forward and took out many pre-signed contracts to collect debts from various families.

According to the contract, all the adventurers, including the knights of Parn, participated in this voyage in the form of "shares". If they make money, they can pay dividends according to equity, and if they lose money, of course, they will lose money according to equity.

To be honest, there was nothing wrong with this contract, but it was only then that everyone discovered that the merchant had borrowed a large amount of money from the Church of the Noble God, an astonishing amount!

According to the original contract, the knights of Parn have a lot of equity, and they naturally need to lose a lot of money at this moment. Where can the families who have already lost their money because of the shipwreck still be able to come up with such a large sum of money, and they are all in a predicament.

The Church of the God of Nobles is not a good man and a woman, and immediately came to the door one by one to force debts. Two families of adventurers were forced to commit suicide, and many of the remaining were forced to sign contracts, betray their faith and labor, and become subordinates of the Church of the Noble God.

The crossbow in the corner of the knight's house was left by the debtor to threaten her when Liv had a conflict with the debtor.

Luckily, some of the families, including the Knight of Parn, still had some connections, and at that time, a high-ranking mage came forward to persuade them, and the Church of the Noble God foolishly agreed to a period of grace, but with interest.

In order to pay off her debts, Liv becomes an adventurer and forms an adventure party with the children of families who are also burdened with huge debts, and strives to hunt dangerous monsters and earn money to pay off their debts. However, at this time, the Church of the Noble God used commercial means to greatly reduce the purchase price of the city's monster materials, and often they risked their lives to fight for a day, and the income was not enough to pay the interest!

Under these circumstances, of course, the mood of the boys and girls became more and more anxious, and the Church of the Noble God came to the door from time to time to collect debts, like a ghost, reminding them that the number of debts was increasing, and the date of repayment was decreasing.

"So...... When we came just now, you thought it was someone from the Church of the God of Nobles?" asked Ray.

Liv nodded, and said angrily, "Those guys are so hateful!"

"Didn't anyone else come to visit?" asked Ray again.

Liv shook her head and said with some frustration, "No." My father's friends either died in that voyage or were cut off by the power of the Noble Lady (another name for the noble gods) Church. Now we young people help each other and encourage each other...... However, there was no hope in sight. ”

"Sister, don't be sad, we have money now!" Little Niss saw that her sister was depressed again, and hurriedly grabbed a few gems and sent them to her, "Look, there are so many gems!

Even the little girl is a woman, and although she can't estimate the price of these gems, the woman's nature tells her that these gems are worth a lot and are more than enough to pay off her debts.

Looking at her sister's concerned and happy face, Liv couldn't help but smile.

"Yes, Mr. Satan's blessing, we don't have to worry about debt. "But it's hard for me to be happy when I think about my friends......

She had no intention of borrowing money, and it would take a staggering sum of money to repay everyone's debts, and even if Mr. Ray and Miss Steele were willing to borrow money, they would not have been able to carry such a large sum with them from afar.

Ray groaned, frowning slightly.

"This thing...... I always felt like something was wrong......"