Chapter 99 (1/2)

Chapter 99: Chapter 99

Translator: Sigma Editor: Sigma

Ray frowned, thinking hard while talking to himself.

“There does not seem to be any problem at all, and it is not uncommon that failed investments have caused a number of families to suffer heavy losses and huge debts… But to persuade people like Knight Parne to join the voyage, who have settled here for many years? Certainly, the travelers would have to be sure of a good outcome. After all, for them, if a good outcome was at least 70% certain—no, if it were only 70%, they would not take the risk! They have families, careers, and definitely have no reason to risk their lives striving for wealth!”

“But… where is the problem? It’s quite clear that the Golden Tower City is not a coastal city, but why did that businessman choose to venture an ocean trade? It was not too hard to understand; maybe he quietly caught up with the city of Gars. Merchants are profit-driven: as long as they can make money, it doesn’t matter to them even they are asked to travel across the ocean. And since he explored commerce routes that time, it would have been easier to cause trouble if they recruited partners when they had arrived at cities near a seaport.

“So, it was clear he that took on a lot of shareholders, but also privately borrowed a lot of money and had debts? I suppose that was normal since he was 100% sure about the voyage trade, which was also the first trade that was the most lucrative, of course, the capital should be as much as possible. No borrowing would have been abnormal!

“Was the problem with the chief priest who was in the Church of Noble Maids? No, he was behaving normally… While watching his opponent and for profits, he bought a good deal of the same kinds of goods and got into the boat. Also, in the face of Timsar, he fought to his death. The whole process could not be seen as strange or suspicious. The suspicious detail was where the church found all that money. Sure, the church bought a large batch of goods, but could they also lend others a lot of money? Actually, it is not strange that the Church of Noble Maids had huge sums of money because they relied on many large aristocrats… Perhaps it was because of the huge sums of money that had been lent. The chief priest followed them on board wanting to supervise the process of this business himself…

“…All are wrong! But surely there was something else wrong!”

Ray pondered for a long time, but after all, he could not find the key to the problem, and ultimately he appealed to Sui Xiong for help.

After dinner, they came to the hotel for a rest after they bid farewell to Mrs. Teague, Liv, and Nice. Steele again secretly went to some unknown place, and Ray and Sui discussed.

“There must be something wrong with this!” Ray said, “Although I still cannot find out where the problem is, I can smell a conspiracy!”

“Yes, this is something wrong with this!” Sui nodded repeatedly. “Knight Parne and the others had no reason to cross the sea because they were not short of money!”

“Actually, they were short of money,” Ray said. “It was definitely a matter of a large sum of money when the Church of Exploring Knights (the alias of the God of Knights and Exploration) was struggling to fight against the Church of Noble Maids. Those Knights were not rich, and a few years before I’m afraid it was difficult for them to support their families. Since they saw a safe and lucrative opportunity, they certainly would not let it go.”

“Fair enough. Plus, through the voyage, it was possible to enhance their social relations, as long as the risk was not great. It was not more than a year or so.”

“Well, because the chief priest of the Church of Noble Maids was also on board, they did not have to worry about being caught, and the reason for the captain embarking was very good. There was nothing wrong.” Ray pondered for a long time but finally, he still found no solution. “Your Majesty, why not simply use your magic?” Ray asked.

“Magic? There is no magic for detecting other gods inside the church.” Sui Xiong said. He thought for a moment, shook his head and said, “Only some gods with holy missions, such as conspiracies, spies, and so on, have such special spells.”

“Isn’t there is a spell with which you could invite some unknown singular existence to answer questions? It seems that they could answer most questions correctly…”

“Oh, you are talking about that series of spells. Although I don’t think they are necessarily useful, let’s try it anyway.” Inspired, Sui began to prepare spells. A moment later, accompanied by black smoke and cold evil atmosphere, a terrible ghostly face appeared in front of them, watching them with the cold eyes that could freeze one’s marrow.

Ray was somewhat horrified to be seen by it and hurriedly spoke. “Please answer my question. Was there a conspiracy behind the death of Knight Parne?” he asked.

The look on the face became a little confused, which meant it was using its talent to spy on the long river of life to search for the answer to this question. But before it could find the answer, the face suddenly became frightened and disturbed. Then the face distorted, accompanied by a shrill yell. It blew into a cloud of smoke. Then, all the smoke and cold air started to spin, becoming a whirlpool and disappearing without a trace.

“What’s going on?” Ray asked doubtfully, startled.

“There was a strong presence that acted,” Sui Xiong said, easily spotting the problem. “But I’m not sure whether this person deliberately a magic lock so that all the spells related to the search were automatically triggered, or he set up an alert that enabled him to act himself when the alert is turned on.”

Ray was silent for a moment and asked, “How strong is he, roughly?”

“This is hard to say. In the former case, it is almost infinitely strong,” Sui said. “Even in the latter case, it is still formidable.”

“Compared to you?”

“No matter how strong the opponent is, as long as I do not rashly intrude into the other world and do not fight against it with means such as fate, I am afraid of no enemies in the ordinary battle of mankind.”

Ray thought for a long time, and finally shook his head and sighed deeply.

“Oh! Even if you want to continue to track down this conspiracy, there are no clues!” Ray helplessly said. “Without clues, no one can solve it!”