Chapter 885 (1/2)

Tangen thought himself very unfortunate

He was merely an ordinary tradesht and Her furs and flannels produced in Graycastle to the church and bringing amulets or sculptures dipped in the holy water back to Graycastle It had taken him nearly 10 years to finally establish hi his peers

Tangen had decided to use the extra money he had to expand his business Therefore, he had purchased a residence with an additional warehouse at the skirt of the new Holy City to store his inventory When he had been about to launch his business, however, the situation in the north had suddenly taken a turn for the worse A great conflict between the new king of Graycastle and the church had broken out, which had resulted in a rapid decrease in the need for tokens of faith like a from the sale and instead had suffered a loss of around 20

Nevertheless, Tangen believed he could still earn so furs As the tension between the church and the king increased, the price of furs actually went up At that tiain the eventual victory As a frequent visitor to the Holy City, Tangen kne fortified the church was Even the ht not be able to coe in Hermes

However, to his dismay, the church was defeated and it was a miserable defeat His business had thus totally failed Although he had reduced the price by 30, nobody made a purchase It was only until the Holy City had descended into a state of chaos and that his inventory had been stolen that Tangen had finally realized that the Holy City was no longer safe

In fact, he had had an o ever since the collapse of the cathedral However, unwilling to abandon his entire business that he had developed and been working on for so many years, he had taken a chance to stay The arrival of the ardom of Dawn at the foot of the Mountain Hermes, unfortunately, was the last straw It was obvious that those soldiers had come here for the wealth that the church had accuen was sure that with intense avarice, those soldiers would have not only have robbed his furs but also taken his life if he continued to linger

Afterthe difficult decision with a flash of deteren had headed to the south with h toils and snares, they had, in the end, arrived at Graycastle a few days later They were treated fairly by the garrison troops at the border, asked soround specifically for refugees Afterwards, they were told that a fleet sent by the Duke of the Northern Region would take them back to the city in two days

Although his life work had been cast to the wind, Tangen was much more fortunate than his rival ”miser” Socas who had died on the way After all, he was alive and still had a place to live in the City of Evernight, where his wife and children aiting for hiht all his misfortunes had finally come to an end

But his heart soon sank when two soldiers sent by the new king found him and took him out of the campsite He tried to bribe the pair for some information with a few silver royals but failed miserably

Do they want to take advantage of me when I'm most helpless and strip all my money?

Tangen clasped his money pouch over his chest This was the last bit he had If he lost it, he would not be able to survive

Yet he was too scared to refuse these soldiers' request, for he was certainly not strong enough to resist the ferocious army that had even crushed the church If he infuriated these monsters, he would probably suffer a more painful death

Tangen wailed in silence as he walked ”Why am I the misfortunate one? Why did they pick me rather than anyone else? Am I now cursed by the Gods because I dumped all the overstocked amulets and sculptures into the ditch?”

Filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and lamentation, he did not hear the question posed by the deputy battalion commander until a moment later

”Wh-what pathway?”

The deputy coe but repeated his question patiently ”One of my soldiers told me that you know a pathway that would allow us to take a detour around the new Holy City and directly reach the foot of Mountain Hermes Is it true?”

”The one you told me about You said sooods You did it a few times with them as well” Another person put in

”Hold on So they aren't colance at the person and found it was the young soldier he had met on his way He remembered his naen had had a little chat with hi that he had once evaded sales taxes i the pathway He never expected that it would bring him such trouble!

But there was no point regretting it now

”Well, there's indeed a pathway The locals call it Cloud Ladder” Tangen forced an answer”But it only appears after the snow y It's rumored that the pathway leads to different directions, but I only know the one to the Kingdom of Dawn

”Very well” The commander nodded ”You show my men the way If they successfully reach the foot of Mountain Hermes, I'll reward you for your service”

”Mercy, sir!” Tangen went to his knees io home after it's done”