Chapter 60: Calculation with a Heart
It's been a while since I've been to church.
But when Adam got out of the carriage, he was still very familiar with the monks who came and went, and he did not feel strange at all.
The monks who came and went also lamented that Adam was popular.
The news of Adam becoming a sorcerer has gradually spread, and if it is an ordinary sorcerer, it is difficult to gain the favor of the monk in the Holy Heavenly Sound country.
For most monks, sorcering is a troublesome profession.
However, this status did not become an obstacle for Adam, and the monks were still very friendly to Adam, and some even asked Adam why he had not been here for so long.
Adam was not in a hurry to get down to business, so while chatting and getting information, he walked towards the mural area, where Alva was slumped in a chair and drinking.
"Teacher Alva. Adam greeted with a smile, but received no response from Alva.
Adam didn't care, just continued to himself: "Teacher Anthony seems to be unwell recently, and Celine won't let me take care of this matter, so I want to ask......"
The name Anthony had barely spat out a syllable when Adam felt a force envelop the two of them.
Alva got up and looked at the room where Char was before looking at Adam formally.
"Anthony is not feeling well, has he done anything special lately?" Alva asked, his voice looking extremely urgent and worried, "Also, don't mention Anthony's name outside!"
"It seems that someone has visited the central clock tower before. Adam said.
He later inquired with Doug about the situation and learned that one of the people who had gone to search that night had disappeared during the search.
This is not surprising that Anthony or Celine moved it, and Anthony's subsequent state change seems to have something to do with it.
"Is that so?" Alva was stunned when he heard the news.
"I thought ......," Alva muttered to himself, then looked at Adam and exhaled before saying, "Leave this alone, Anthony has his own insistence." ”
Alva, who turned to ignore the matter, stopped again and said to Adam, "Wait until you go to Latour's house to find Ai, and take a painting called the past and give it to Anthony." ”
After saying that, Alva ignored Adam, withdrew the power that wrapped the two of them, and lay there and poured himself a sip of wine.
"Goodbye then, Mr. Alva. Adam said respectfully, he got a small message from the conversation with Alva just now, Alva is talking about Latu's house, not my house, which is not in line with the habit of ordinary people saying their own address.
Thinking of Anthony's last name, Adam knew that it might have something to do with Mr. Anthony.
When he was allowed to push the door in, Adam saw Char sitting in a chair looking at the papers, and Char seemed very happy about Adam's arrival.
It's just that what Adam reported afterwards made Char's expression not so good.
"I was in the preserved fruit shop and saw a stranger who might be a monk. Adam said, and the chief monk became very cautious about Adam's words.
"What does that man look like?" asked the chief monk, slightly uneasy.
The last time Puldo was tracked down by church personnel was on his way to Loya, and he was never found since, which is not normal.
"Yes. Adam thought for a moment, asked for a pen and paper, and as he described his encounter with the man that night, he quickly sketched out what the man looked like.
Adam had heard the name Purdo before the wanted warrant for the defector came out, when Char rummaged through the cabinet and found a bag of preserved fruit and gave it to Adam, casually saying that the preserved fruit was given to him by Purdo.
Most of the monks in the southern district, Adam, are familiar, and even if they are not familiar, they have mostly seen one or two sides, and they have an eye for each other.
And the special happiness that the man had shown when he ate the preserved fruit yesterday evening almost indicated his status as a monk, and it was for this reason that he was surprised by Adam, because he could also observe the disguised effect of Adam's ritual of the Tears of God.
Although Purdo's wanted notice is the image of an old man, most of the monks who defected will no longer abide by the idea of enjoying life, old age, sickness and death, and finally returning to the arms of the gods.
In other words, most of the surviving defector monks will undergo some kind of transformation to rejuvenate themselves and have a long-term vitality.
The method of immortality is something that is out of reach for many people, but for those powerful beings, it is not difficult to find a way to make themselves immortal.
It is because Char is unwilling to abandon his faith that he will grow old like a normal person.
"Have you abandoned your faith completely? Char hadn't taken the portrait yet, but it was almost clear that the man Adam had met was Purdo.
They spent the darkest childhood together, but after that, the two had different encounters, and the final choice was different.
"There is General Goral on the side wall, Purdo can't easily pass through the side wall, and the problem now is inside the city of Roya. The chief monk was worried, and then said to Adam, "The information you have provided is very useful, go back first, be careful these days, and don't run around." ”
"I see. Adam nodded and recorded the information.
The general defending the side wall was called Golar, and the chief monk trusted him so much that he thought that the restored young Purdo would not be able to easily pass through the side wall.
"Now it's interesting. "The reason why Adam came to report on the discovery of Purdo was to come to the church to find out some more information, second, to help the church and direct its attention to Purdo so that he could ignore some of his own small actions, and third, to attack Mansla.
In fact, most of Mansla's current business depends on smuggled resources to sustain it, so that he can have the opportunity to stabilize his achievements.
Rubeus is his biggest competitor today.
If anyone is least willing to be under martial law in Roya, it must be Mansra.
Puldo's arrival has put the city of Loa under martial law, and now that Purdo has regained his youth, the original wanted warrant is no longer valid.
"In this way, Roya's martial law is bound to follow to the next level. Adam thought that all the passages out of the city would be blocked, and that most of Mansra's business would be abandoned.
"It is precisely because of this that the smuggled materials that come in from outside the city will become the top priority. "Last night Kim told Adam what he had learned.
Purdo's arrival had blocked most of Mansra's access to the city, making him extremely angry these days, and his recent focus was all on the caravan that had returned from the Lorcan Kingdom.
Only by ensuring that the batch of goods enters the city smoothly and gets it in his hands can his funds continue to maintain the family's expenses.
"Whether it's with Rubeus or Mansra in the end, we have to make them as weak as possible and give us more initiative. ”
Adam saw this very clearly, the smuggling business was Mansra's lifeblood, so he would not allow outsiders to interfere unless he was about to save this lifeline, just as he had asked Kim to help.
Ruber is ambitious and wants to make a career, but now he wants to meddle in the smuggling business, but he still can't beat Mansra, but if he really wins, then with his strength in Roya, then he doesn't need the help of Xeno.
So what Adam has to do is to let these two people lose in the process of fighting, and they have to rely on the power of the xenomorph in the dark.
"Only then will we be able to use their channels to safely pass through the Roa side wall. Adam thought that although what he was doing today was to strengthen the martial law of the side wall, it was also to pass through the side wall in the future.
Of the two, Adam was actually more optimistic about Rubeus.
"Mansra also has connections on the side of the Lorcan Kingdom, so as long as he defeats his competitors and stabilizes his smuggling business, he is likely to turn his back on the Xeno. ”
"Rubeus, on the other hand, wants to smuggle and needs to reopen channels in the Lorcan Kingdom, and I have a relative advantage in this. "Although Adam was born in the kingdom of Saint Heaven, in terms of paternal blood, his homeland is indeed the kingdom of Lorcan.
"Of course, Mansra is not bad, with Jin as a leader, Mansra also has the weakness of his own noble merits that are about to be peeled off, if I contact him as a sorcerer, maybe I can use this to hold him hostage. ”
Adam was full of calculations and got into a carriage and went to Latour's house to get the painting.