A withered arm came out of the covers, but there was hope in his eyes.

A pure white glow shone from the priest at the bedside, first from him, and then with his hand covering the withered arm, and extending over the entire body of the arm's owner.

There was a scream of joy and satisfaction from the bed, and then the arm returned to the appearance of a normal person, a normal old man, as if inflated, instead of the appearance of dying and about to run out of life.

The arm lifted the quilt, and the old man sat up, although he was not vigorous, but at least he was about the same as a normal old man.

"Bishop Truss, thank you, thank you for the gift of Padarek. The old man said with a pious face.

But the priest he called Bishop Truss shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Mr. Bullard, although I used divine grace to save your life that was close to failure, it didn't last. You've been treated with Divine Grace many times, and each time the effect of Divine Grace is actually decreasing, this time the effect is worse than the last time, your current body is like a water bottle that has been uncorked, and the water will continue to leak out, and Divine Grace will only help you replenish some water, but sooner or later it will still run out. ”

"Why, how can this be?" the old man almost jumped, but he finally thought that his intense exertion would definitely consume his few vitality, which would hasten him to death, so he restrained himself, and only took a few rough breaths.

But he still waved his hands unwillingly, "Bishop Truss, am I not religious enough? I donate a large amount of money for your church every year, I follow your guidance, I make the whole family, including the hired servants and the employees of the company, believe in Parkrick, why does the charisma slowly fail in me? Could it be that the magic is also like useless medicine, there is any such thing as resistance?"

Truss frowned and smiled wryly: "It's not like that, Mr. Bullard." I thank you for your contribution to the Church, but for the effect of charism to be fully exerted, it is best for the patient to have true faith, and you. ”

Truss didn't say any more, just shook her head.

Mr. Brad in front of him was a well-known and wealthy merchant in Ylan County, and his first pot of gold came from the Ambergris War, but at that time he was timid, and the High Elves began to liquidate, so he was so frightened that he spent a lot of money on a ship, and returned to his hometown after a few days and nights in the coal storage room, so he put down his foundation in the Emerald Continent.

He regretted it afterwards, especially when the name Jimenez later became famous, knowing that he might have had such an opportunity.

So after the war in the Beesda plane back then, he risked his life to do business there, even if the west coast of the Tamriel continent was fiercely attacked, and there would be demonic attacks from time to time within the continent, he did not stop.

So, he finally succeeded.

Of course, this success is only relative, if compared with the Jimenez family, he is obviously much worse, but in the eyes of ordinary people, he is a big capitalist, very rich.

However, he also thinks that he is better than Jimenez, at least his descendants do not have unscrupulous descendants.

Unlike Rand Jimenez, who not only did not inherit the business of the Jimenez family, but went to work as a lawyer, and often litigated those workers for free, and the woman with whom he lived, I heard that she was a married woman, and a little girl who was not too big or too small.

This has become the talk of others behind the scenes of the Jimenez family, but Brad knows a little more, and the biggest trouble should be that Rand seems to have been deceived and believes in a very dangerous idea, and that kind of thinking is simply incompatible with today's mainstream, and it is a complete overthrow of today's democracy and freedom.

Those who believe in this kind of thinking, Brad even thinks that they should be regarded as public enemies.

Let's talk less about other people's gossip, let's go back to Mr. Brad's situation, as a rich man, he is actually very old, and he is not a legendary magician, and he does not want to change his life form.

Today's magic achievements and the development of alchemy, as well as medical advances, can only delay his aging, not eliminate, and he is dying step by step.

Fortunately, as long as there is money in this world, you can buy most of the things, including the various successes mentioned above, which can be used to slow down his aging.

But that's just it, a few years ago, his physical health deteriorated, and it wasn't a major illness, it was purely because he was old, and all parts of his body were gone.

The best doctors he had invited had been hired, and he had bought all the results of his research with money, but it only delayed, not prevented him from dying.

There is another way for magic to keep death away from him, and that is to become an undead, which will take a lot more time, and if he can become a lich, the time may be tens of thousands of years.

But Brad doesn't want to become an undead, not only is it unacceptable to the form of an undead, but the laws of the kingdom do not recognize the undead as having citizenship, but will be heard on the surface, if he becomes an undead, he will lose everything he has now, whether it is property or relatives, although the latter is far less important than the former, but Brad is obviously not willing to lose everything, and become an undead, does he have to stay on the island of the dead for the rest of his life?

Finally, out of fear, he relied on religion and became a believer in the god of war, thus having the opportunity to receive help from the church

He donated a lot of money to the Church of the God of War to help them repair churches in various places, so when he was seriously ill or failed, the Church of the God of War sent a priest to treat him like Archbishop Truss just now.

Of course, this treatment actually turned into a divine grace to keep him alive, just like in front of him, but with a diminishing effect.

It's no wonder that this effect is decreasing, Terass, the Divine Grace is different from other high-level healing, the Divine Grace is the Divine Grace, so the name is a gift from the gods, so it is best for the recipient to be a true believer in the God of War and have a pure belief in Padarek.

Magicians use magic to simulate divine grace and other recovery spells in divine magic, but the effect is always not as good as the effect of divine magic used on true believers, especially divine grace, general divine magic of low-level, intermediate, and high-level healing spells, even if the other party is not a believer, it can still have a certain effect, but it can't achieve the best effect, but if the object of divine grace is not a believer, every time it is cast, the next effect will be reduced, until there is no effect.

Brad's belief in Padarek is for his own benefit, so he is not strictly a true believer.

So even if Truss wants to save him, the Divine Grace Technique loses its effect after being used many times, and other recovery techniques can repair the physical damage, but cannot make the opponent's vitality regenerate.

"How can you do this to me. I am so devout to Padarek that I have given so much money for you. Brad roared.

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Brad's voice could be heard throughout the building, and in a house farther away from Brad, two middle-aged men paced back and forth with gloomy faces.

"Hear it, the old man's anger rose again, and that Truss saved him again. One of them, a little fatter, gritted his teeth.

The other thin and tall eyelids didn't raise a look: "What are you afraid of, the old guy is obviously not good this time, the effect of his use of divine grace is worse and worse every time, hum, see how many times he can prolong his life, wait for him to kick his legs, this family will be our master sooner or later." ”

"In case ......."

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"Pastor Truss, how long can I stay where I am after this charisma?" said Brad hopefully.

"Two years, well, maybe three years. Truss said helplessly.

"What? The last time it had a ten-year effect, why. Brad himself lowered his arm in despair, and the answer was obvious, the effect of the divine grace technique would only get worse each time.

Unless he truly becomes a follower of Padarek, he can't do it, and no matter how much money he donates, he won't even be a pan-believer.

It is privately said that Brad's only true belief is in the god Manning.

"Let's go, let's go. I don't want to see you again. Brad yelled.

"Alright, Mr. Bullard, we'll leave first, and I'll go back and tell the Pope, hoping to see if there's anything else I can do to help you. Truss is also a bit bleak, although Brad is not a true believer in the god of war, but he donates a lot of money to the church every year.

Truss turned to leave, and a young man in black behind him gave Brad a deep look and left.

Brad sat on the edge of the bed for a while, he had worked hard for half his life and saved a lot of wealth, but if he didn't have the life to continue to enjoy, he could only cheapen those two unscrupulous people.

"No, you can't give it to them, they're going to ruin everything I have. Brad exclaimed.

"Ahem, Mr. Brad, maybe I can help you?" a voice suddenly sounded.

Brad raised his head blankly, and couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out to be the young man in black who was with Truss and didn't know when he turned back.

"How did you get in?Who let you in??, my guard?" said Trad in alarm.

The young man in black raised his middle finger and made a shushing motion, "It's not easy for me to avoid them, Mr. Bullard, it's certainly not a sane thing for you to alarm them. ”

Brad held his breath, the other party said well, now that the two are so close, if the man in black wants to hurt him, even if the high-level warrior he hired to escort him in, it is useless.

"You, what do you want to say, what do you mean by saying you can help me?"

"Helping you means that all the methods you have used before can't help you, I can. “

"Can you?" said Brad sneered, "Do you know how much effort and how much money I have spent to prolong my life? Medicine, magic, magic, I have tried, except to become an undead. ”

"But I know a way to do it, you must not have tried to become a god. The young man laughed.

"Be a god? Are you joking?" said Brad angrily.

"Certainly not a true god like Padarek. The young man continued to shrug his shoulders, "But being a false god in a small plane can also allow you to live, maybe more than 100,000 years." ”

Brad was still sneering at first, but the more he heard it, his face changed.

"This is my business card. The young man handed over a business card, "If you can become a god in a small plane, you can die with the plane, at least tens of thousands of years of life, even if this plane has entered the half-life, at least a few thousand years." Of course, it doesn't hurt that you will have to stay in that plane and not be able to leave, and in order to legitimize this behavior, you have to sign an agreement with the kingdom and the Teal community, and you will be subordinate to the interests of the kingdom in that plane. ”

Brad held his breath, he kind of understood what this young man meant, if it was true, it meant that he would become one of the puppets of the kingdom and the Azure community in that plane, but what did it matter, he could live, and his lifespan would be greatly extended, and he would be the god of that small plane anyway.

"What other conditions?" he couldn't help but ask.

"The kingdom and the Teal community are quite simple, the rest is a matter between our company and you, you must know that helping you become a god in even a small plane is very expensive. If you're interested, you can take a trip to Saint-Quentin. ”

Brad looked at the business card in his hand, the young man's name was Shenluo, and the company's column said Chuangshen Investment Co., Ltd. (To be continued.) )