Verse 7: The Divine Messenger of Abundance
"Is it too late to change the initiators?"
Annan looked at the merchants as if he were looking at the beating gold coins.
"Your title of 'Banquet Killer' is just a coincidence, not real." Olmedo comforted with a smile.
"Really?"
Strictly speaking, "something must happen at the banquet" is really not very scientific...... Not very magical.
Annan was still a little worried, the arcane core was only taken earlier today......
This is probably the most dangerous time for Liberty City.
"If you're really worried, cancel the party?"
"That's not going to work!"
Rather than driving away his own gold coins, Anan is willing to take some risks.
As the guests filled the auditorium, the banquet began.
These merchants come from all over the continent of Allen, and the reason why they came to Freetown is also related to admiration - some admire Annan, some admire money.
Etilia specially set up a row of long tables on one side of the banquet, and the table was not the usual food, but a specialty unique to Liberty City.
From magic muskets, cannons, to cement, philosopher's stones, wheelchairs, corsets, to cheap products like Fast pants.
The most popular is undoubtedly the Philosopher's Stone, but Liberty City has always refused to sell the Eternal Philosopher's Stone. It seems that you can earn at least a thousand gold coins by selling one, but you can't sell many, and there will be an opening - those merchants who have the Eternal Philosopher's Stone will definitely open a theater, and it is a trivial matter to share the profits, but it will let the pirates get involved......
It's normal to sell ten Eternal Magic Stones and pop up a hundred theaters.
The second is the corset and fast pants, which are cheap and loved by everyone. Needless to say, Liberty City is at the forefront of "fashion" – even the word "fashion" was coined by Voices of Freedom. Civilians who look down on magical images and are reluctant to buy magical newspapers, but are surrounded by news from Liberty City, will always buy a pair of cheap and affordable Fast pants.
However, not everything is welcome, and some things that are not worth the money go unnoticed, such as bras, wheelchairs, glasses...... Instead of spending a lot of money to ship it back, why not make it yourself secretly?
These things don't require technology, and if you know how to do it, a mage apprentice can polish it.
And the cement ...... Especially cement! Filling a shipload of this stuff and shipping it to other ports to sell is a joke from your colleagues!
The Tatooun Empire buys the cement recipe because it is one of the High Thirteen Kings and needs to maintain the rules. But this kind of alchemy apprentice can be analyzed in three days, and it is not worth paying for cement recipes everywhere......
They would rather give their treasures and women directly to Annan than stupidly buy cement formulas.
So much so that this strong, strong, and convenient cement creation is now built everywhere in Middle-earth, especially in the north, but its inventor did not profit much.
In fact, Annan can continue to research improved cement, such as increasing the solidity by 10%, then selling a wave, then increasing it by 10%, and selling another wave to harvest it repeatedly...... However, his focus was on magic powder, and he put cement aside for the time being.
A weapon that allows the nezumi to evaporate quickly is far more important than a line of defense that keeps the nezumi gnawing for longer.
Need to know: Everything in Liberty City at the moment is preparing for a "rat invasion".
The merchants were ready to make a fortune when they purchased a large number of souvenirs, and Annan seemed to hear the pleasant sound of gold coins falling. When the banquet gradually heated up, a group of uninvited guests suddenly came outside the city lord's mansion.
"A group of cultists who call themselves the Messengers of Abundance want to see you." Captain Rosie came in to report.
Annan and Itilia looked at each other: "Those guys who are engaged in blood sacrifices in the north? ”
"I'm not sure...... Do you want to be caught? ”
"No, I'll go out and have a look."
Taking Olmedo with him, Annan came to the outside of the lord's palace and saw the "Priest of Abundance" surrounded by musketeers, dressed in gray robes that mopped the floor and wore ears of wheat and straw rings.
They are devotees of the goddess of fertility. And claiming to be "divine messengers", at least some of them are bishops.
"Hello, Lady Satsuma's devotee." The leading elderly bishop looked at Annan kindly, not at all like the evil man who launched the blood sacrifice.
"Lady Satsuma is the goddess of fertility." Olmedo whispered next to him.
"Believers? Me? Annan asked puzzled.
"The city is full of ears of wheat represented by ladies, of course you."
Annan suddenly knew what had brought them in.
"I am not a believer in the goddess of fertility." But considering the world's targeting of the unbelievers, Annan explained, adding: "I believe in something else. ”
"Please leave."
"We have no ill will."
"But you have held an evil blood sacrifice in the north."
The white-haired bishop did not get angry, and said calmly: "Your Excellency Annan, I want to tell a story......
A butcher and a pastor made an appointment to wake each other up every day, and on the day they died, the butcher went into the kingdom of God after he woke up a rescuer every day and did a good deed. And the pastor was rejected from the kingdom of God after his death because he woke up a killer every day and did bad things.
"Those died because they were guilty......"
"Is this some kind of evil god?"
Annan interrupted the Divine Messenger of Abundance, not spitting out unpleasantness: "Everyone can see that the pastor is innocent, and he can't see it?" Then I can only think that this is some evil god who is playing with believers. ”
"Oh, I think so, Rose did this kind of thing."
At this time, far away in the dark area, the little spider sleeping in the hair of the silly cat woke up with a feeling.
The bishop remained angry and looked at Annan lovingly: "But you have the same qualities......
"Huh?"
"They say that everyone in Liberty City is spotless, that the dishes in the restaurant are washed 17 times, and that even the water in the public baths is drinkable."
"How did I not know?"
Annan instantly thought of a person, and he looked up in a blessed heart and saw Evelyn hiding in the shadows holding the Philosopher's Stone.
"It's none of my business!"
Evelyn, who was brought over by the lemon summoned by Annan, hurriedly proved her innocence: "They are all wishful thinking that everything in Liberty City is good......"
"Really?"
"I ...... I've said at most something satirical about the kingdom of Rikaner......"
"What did you say?"
"The children of the Kingdom of Rikanr competed with the children of Liberty City, and it rained, and the children of the Kingdom of Rickand ran to the house to hide from the rain and laughed at them for being stupid, while the children of Liberty City insisted on completing the task in the heavy rain......"
Annan was laughed angrily, Evelyn's eyes lit up, and she took out her notebook and said while writing:
"The lord of Liberty City was angry with the god of abundance and cried! The Messenger of Abundance openly stated that Free City was inferior to the kingdom of Rikaner......"
"Lemon, throw Evelyn out!"
(End of chapter)