Chapter 99 (2/2)

Sui Xiong also sighed, as a God was not omnipotent.

After a while, Ray said, “Your Majesty, Knight Parne has passed away. Are you still going to find a lord for the Holy Land that is about to be built?”

“Of course. I just haven’t figured out who to look for,” Sui said. “It is not that easy to find an administrative talent who is competent, has good character and has no conflicts with me in terms of faith.”

“I know a few people who may be qualified,” Ray said, pondering. “Although it has been a long time since I contacted them, their abilities are definitely suitable. And in terms of faith… Maybe there would not be huge problems. What I am not sure of is what their character are like now. After all, people change.”

“If they are a good fit, allow them to try. Where do they live?”

“Eagle Wing City, capital of Kingdom of Eagle,” Ray said. “At least 15 years ago, were all in Eagle Wing City. I haven’t heard anything about them these years, but they probably still live there.”

“That’s fine.” Sui Xiong nodded first, solidifying his intention. But the next morning, after a night of thinking, he changed his mind.

“Things can’t go like this!” he said. “The deaths of the group of good people headed by Knight Parne are not resolved, and their families are still under pressure. Since I have encountered such a thing, I have no reason to stay aside, idle!”

“Should we pay their debt?” Ray asked.

“I’m not comfortable with that…” Sui said.

“Things need to be done step by step. We should help them solve their immediate trouble before we do other things,” Ray said. “Not to mention that if there really is a conspiracy behind this thing, we would disrupt the follow-up plans of those who plotted this after we pay the debts. Then those evil people will come to cause trouble for us. At that time, the clues will come naturally to us, won’t they?”

Sui Xiong nodded, amazed.

Ray’s vision and tactics were indeed good. If he was not so disinterested in being a lord, perhaps it would be a good choice to make him the lord of his Holy Land.

Encouraged by Sui, Ray was more proactive and made plans after some consideration. His plans needed to severely agitate those evil people who made the plot, and let them lose their cool to present themselves.

A few hours later, they visited Knight Parne’s home again. Liv had gone out that day, and only Mrs. Teague and little Nice were at home. When they learned that Mr. Ray had contacted the lord through magic, and that the Lord had said he could help those people in trouble pay the debt, they could not help but be surprised.

“But… That is a staggering number!” Mrs. Teague was stunned, and stumbled.

“How much?” Ray asked.

“My sister has counted that, which is a total of…” Nice tilted her head, thought for a moment, and said a number enough to frighten families that were relatively wealthy. “Ah! And how could I not count the interest? I do not know…”

This number was not beyond Ray’s expectation. He smiled softly and said, “Rest assured, even with the interest it is not a big issue. I will go to raise the money, and after Miss Liv comes back, would you invite her and those friends here tomorrow so that we can talk about it in detail? How about it?”

“No problem!” Answered Mrs. Teague immediately. Then she worriedly said, “But… it is not a small sum of money! The tax that we Golden Tower City can dispose of is no more than 2000 gold coins a year…”

“That’s because most aristocrats do not pay tax on all kinds of businesses,” Ray said with a smile. “Do not worry. Our Lord is new-rich. This is indeed not a small number, but to him, it’s nothing more than a grimace.” He grimaced to prove his point, which was so funny that little Nice laughed.

After the deal was finalized, Ray took his leave. He woke up Steele, who was still fast asleep. On the back of her hands, the number of red flames increased to seven; she was about to change into a pig. The two went together to several stores that mainly dealt with magical materials, spent all the cash and gems, and acquired as much as they could with as many magical materials as possible at low prices.

Thanks to the fact that the Church of Noble Maid suppressed the market for magic materials during this period, the prices of such things in Golden Tower City were indeed low. They easily acquired a large number of materials. By simply going to other cities, they could have some profit even if they sold it at lower prices. But how could Sui Xiong be satisfied with selling them at lower prices? After leaving the city, Sui Xiong left Ray as the coordinate, cast the magic spell of transmission, and took Steele to cross almost half of the continent back to the Territory of Geerteng. They finally went to the Black Blade Wall.

Since the last accident, Sui Xiong had made a lot of effort on the magic of transmission. During this time, he had successfully identified several devout followers as coordinates of transmission. It could only transmit another body that was smaller and weaker. It could not deliver their own bodies, which were overly powerful and too bulky, because of the limits of the magic of transmission. However, it was sufficient for delivering goods.

They directly went to visit the lord and showed him the magic materials. Olian instantly brought together several big aristocrats and merchants in the territory to jointly discuss a scheme to make a fortune.

After a few hours of discussion or argument, the batch of materials was sold at a very good price. The aristocrats and wealthy merchants involved in the trade also smiled, and everyone was satisfied.

Carrying a space bag filled with gold coins and gems, Sui Xiong returned to the Golden Tower City with Steele and met Ray, who was still frivolously tossing about the copper dragon and trying to train it as his horse.

The proceeds of this transaction alone was worth several times the debts!