Chapter 37 (2/2)

After thinking for quite a while, Rhode said, “I am well informed in the four northwestern towns, and I have great experience in appraising. I am a qualified expert in the industry if I go to the Commonwealth of Gold Coins in the southern part of this world. In addition, I am also very good at forging instruments, making and dismantling various gears and traps, and I also know a lot about geology, history, animals, and plants…”

“But are these useful to our God?” Satan asked.

Rhode silently shook his head in frustration.

The ancient god of nature existed outside of the civilized world, and while those skills were useful in the civilized world, they were of no use to him. A great god also didn’t care about trivial things like geology and knowledge of plants or animals.

Just when he was upset, Sui Xiong’s voice suddenly sounded in the air, “This tavern has been run by your Association of Thieves, right? So can you operate a shop?”

Rhode shook his head. “There are others who are in charge of the tavern. I know little about business and management.”

In front of a god, he did not dare to lie.

“Then, Palin, how about you?” Sui Xiong asked again.

“Your Majesty, I can learn it,” Palin replied immediately. “I am young and quick to learn, and I can get some experienced people from my uncle to help me before I complete my studies.”

“If you are looking for someone to help, I have more people who can help you!” Rhode hurriedly interrupted, “Your Majesty, I know a lot of capable people, of whom at least ten are merchants with good records!”

“So your specialty is your connections.” Sui smiled and said, “Gerrard has always suggested that I establish my own church and faith system. Although I am not determined yet, I have tried to establish a village of pioneers. If you are willing to work for me Rhode, I will ask you and Palin to set up the village. How would you like it?”

“No problem! I certainly can do a good job!” Rhode was overjoyed, and he promised while patting his chest.

Palin bowed his head and promised, “Your Majesty, I will do my best.”

He knew he was young and had limited ability. The only thing he could promise was to do the best.

“Do not worry, it is not hard for us to build a village of pioneers.” It turned out to be Rhode who encouraged him. “To establish such a village requires nothing more than three things: food, population and military forces. We can spend money to buy food, and it is not difficult to recruit pioneers so the population isn’t a problem; military forces should not be a problem either because we have the huge man Gerrard. As long as we are not dumb enough to build the village beside the residence of the fiercest legendary monsters in the Ashes Woods, can trivial things like skeletons withstand Gerrard’s ax?”

Everyone suddenly realized, as Rhode said, with military safeguarding and no shortage of money, building a village of pioneers in the Ashes Wood was not a difficult task at all.

It was like sowing seeds. Al that was needed was care and patience if the seeds were good; the soil and the climate were suitable; and the water and fertilizers were sufficient.

Thinking of it, Palin and Satan could not help but smile.

Perhaps for His Majesty “Void Mask”, the establishment of a village of pioneers was merely a game not worth mentioning, but for them, this was an opportunity to dedicate their power to the god they believe in.

The ancient God of Nature had always been unambitious, and their believers often had no sense of existence. However, this world ran with its own rules. If a believer could not follow the idea of his god or make enough contributions for the god, even if their soul was taken to the holy kingdom after death, it could not be reincarnated easily or become a holy creature with an almost immortal life. In the Holy Kingdom of the ancient God of Nature, there were so many souls that had not been able to successfully complete reincarnation but simply rested between life and death and sometimes woke up.

Neither Palin nor Satan wanted that kind of end. So, of course, they must strive to make more contributions to their own god while they were still alive so as to be able to be reincarnated after death.

As for the first formal task assigned by the god, they both wanted to do their best to establish a positive example for future followers. It was also a solid foundation for their way to the reincarnation in the Holy Kingdom.

So they soon started a detailed discussion of the specific plan to establish the village of pioneers: Where should they buy supplies? Where should they recruit villagers from? Where should the village be situated? How would they tackle problems of transport? How would they build it? Questions were raised one by one and they discussed the solutions.

At first, Sui Xiong listened with great interest but found it boring as he listened. He shifted his energy to the outside of the tavern to see Gerrard’s situation. He saw that Gerrard was teaching martial arts to the thieves. This giant was more honest and straightforward, and his nature of enjoying teaching other people did not disappear. As soon as he saw this group of thieves with humble skills but good physical constitution, he could not help but teach them something.

Sui Xiong’s followers were busy, so he didn’t find it good to disturb them. So he stopped and began to read the documents that the God of Redemption gave him…