Chapter 229 (2/2)
Crick laughed and said that he would consider their suggestions carefully, and then he told the steward, Layton, to be on guard against these guys.
“Aren’t those of His Excellency’s opinions reasonable?” Asked Layton.
“But they are idiots.” Crick sighed. “You know, teammates who are as silly as pigs are more terrible than opponents who are as smart as gods! If the force that has infiltrated our family like is a smart opponent, then they are silly teammates. Layton, silliness is contagious, too!”
Layton nodded repeatedly, though he didn’t completely understand that.
At dinner of the next day, he asked curiously, “Sir, is silliness really contagious?”
Crick pondered for a long time trying to find an explanation, but when he saw Layton’s character attributes, he sighed deeply and gave up.
[Layton, 10 in Strength, 12 in Physique, 10 in Agility, 12 in Perception, 9 in Intelligence, 10 in Charm, 120 in Reputation. Occupation: Steward at Level 5, Priest at Level 1, 100 in Loyalty]
Without any help, the steward had already been a silly man!
“That was just a joke.” He ended the conversation with a simple sentence and then looked at James, the head of the Regiment of Knights. James had insisted on standing next to Crick but refused to eat together with him.
[James, 14 in Strength, 14 in Physique, 12 in Agility, 10 in Perception, 9 in Intelligence, 10 in Charm, 200 in Reputation. Occupation: Warrior at Level 3, Knight at Level 4, Hill Lord at Level 1, 100 in Loyalty.]
Both of his two generals, in fact, were a bit silly…
Sighing deeply, Crick said, “Let’s talk about Spencer’s suggestion.”
Spencer Smith, the deputy head of the Regiment of Knights in the Church of the God of Knights at Duchy of Thunder, was in charge of the official affairs of Gale Prefecture. This young knight was a brilliant rising star. He had even entered the final stage of the World’s No.1 Martial Arts Competition in the Void Mask Land and had been one of the top 16. It had been only in the winners’ group that he had met the “Bow Master” Lewre Spoolin and in the losers’ group that he had met the “Thunder Battleaxe” Soocher Magnus. Soocher Magnus stopped in the top 8 and failed to go any further.
Compared with his subordinates, Crick felt that this young expert’s suggestion would be more reliable.
No matter what, his intelligence was higher than those subordinates!
[Spencer Smith, 20 in Strength, 18 in Physique, 16 in Agility, 14 in Perception, 14 in Intelligence, 18 in Charm, 650 in Reputation. Occupation: Warrior at Level 3, Knight at Level 8, Paladin at Level 8, 80 in Friendliness.]
Look at those gorgeous attributes! Look at that high reputation! Look at his great level in total!
What was a winner of life? This was it!
Crick believed that if a fight broke out, it would be possible for Spencer alone to destroy the entire Regiment of Knights led by his Baron without any difficulties.
So he felt that Spencer’s suggestion could still be reserved. If it wouldn’t work, the whole family could just gather their money and run away.
Thinking of that, he could not help but sigh deeply.
The situation before him was too grim!
Maybe they thought Crick was unable to turn the tides, or they had no fear because of their strong power. Those guys who had set Sui Xiong up didn’t cover up the news very carefully. After a little searching, he found out who was behind the group of traitors.
It was the Church of the God of Aristocracy.
The answer did not surprise him, but it made him somewhat depressed.
The opponents were too strong, which made the revenge too hard!
The Church of the God of Aristocracy had been developing faster and faster these years, and its influence had become larger and larger. They had received support from the great nobles represented by the king. For the nobles of the rank of Viscount and Baron, they mainly tried to get their cooperation. But if they refused to cooperate, the church would eliminate them. In recent years, many nobles who had been determined not to cooperate with them were killed.
Crick Keane had been a firm believer in the God of Art and Culture. The church of the God of Art and Culture had been a major target for the exclusion and attack of the Church of the God of Aristocracy, so this young Baron reasonably appeared on the list and lost his life.
After dinner, Crick took the files and sat in his study to think.
After a while, he sighed deeply. “Crick Keane, whether you get revenge for yourself or solve the problems facing the Keene family, it’s going to be very difficult…”