Chapter 538 (1/2)

Chapter 538: Chapter 78

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After spending a lot of time and energy, Sui Xiong finally succeeded in having Wood work for him.

If Sui Xiong considered the whole thing from the perspective of combat power, he would find that the losses definitely outweighed the gains. Wood was just a high-level paladin. He had not reached the level of pseudo-legendary power yet. At present, there were more than ten Legendary Masters in Sui Xiong’s subordinates. Thus, it didn’t matter whether Wood agreed to work for Sui Xiong or not.

But Sui Xiong still thought it was worthwhile because he knew that Wood was not a general talent, but a rare talent in intelligence work.

Currently, Clito was in charge of the intelligence work of the Republic of Northwest. Clito, the spy leader, who had been a paladin before, was good at tracking, sneaking, hiding, stealing and other special skills. However, in terms of spy thinking and intelligence analysis, he was totally a layman.

With the power of a legendary master, he could easily sneak into most places and steal all kinds of things if he wanted; he could also silently send someone who was unfavorable to the Republic of Northwest to the underworld before they even realized how they were killed. He could also trace details to find out all kinds of clues and secrets that others wanted to hide.

However, that was all he could do.

He was a good burglar, a good assassin, a good hunter and a good policeman, but he was not a good spy.

For example, not too long ago, he found that some people were monitoring Master Damwade, the one who had been chosen to be the God of Agriculture by Sui Xiong. According to Sui Xiong’s idea, he could secretly observe what these people wanted to do with his great power, or directly arrest them for interrogation to know where they were from. But Clito didn’t do that. He just raised his sword and cut these people into mosaics, like the ones in children’s movies.

Sui Xiong was speechless when he learned about that.

Why were you so violent? Don’t you think there is something wrong with what you have done?

You are a spy! A well-educated man! Why do you always think with your fists, muscles, and sword? Have you ever seen any spy that is busy fighting and killing all day?

Sui Xiong sighed deeply, but he did not know how to explain this to Clito. Sui Xiong became more and more determined to invite Wood to his team.

Although he had spent a lot of time and energy, he finally achieved that goal.

With Wood, the shortcomings of the intelligence work in the Republic of Northwest would be covered. Sui Xiong needn’t worry about Clito, who had been much better at fighting than intelligence collecting, doing something shocking again.

Clito was fit to be a lone ranger or to take a team to fight, but he was not a leader because he didn’t have the talent.

In the end, a real professional like Wood was needed to do such a job.

Sui Xiong took Wood back to his God’s Kingdom happily. He greeted Lamperus, the God of Spellcaster who had been watching from afar. What was Lamperus thinking? Since he didn’t show up to stop Sui Xiong just now, he must have accepted the result.

The gods were usually willing to fight for a believer that they truly valued. For example, when the legendary necromancer Tu Ya’an moved to the Republic of Northwest, the God of Spellcaster visited Sui Xiong and said, “I chose him long ago, and I’ve been cultivating him over the years. You can’t grab him away from me.”

Sui Xiong certainly wouldn’t do that, but he thought Lamperus was too confident about himself. It was clear that what Tu Ya’an pursued was immortality. Although Tu Ya’an had to return to the God’s Kingdom after death, nobody knew when that day would come or whether it would come at all.

Wood, by contrast, was a better choice. He was talented and professional. Moreover, he was a mortal, so he couldn’t live a very long life. Sui Xiong just had to wait 80 to 100 years at most, and then Wood would die and report to his God’s Kingdom obediently.

But things would be different if he chose Tu Ya’an. As far as Sui Xiong had known, there were quite a lot of demigod masters in the world today who were born shortly after the formation of the Big Circulation and the restart of heaven and earth. Although most of them were in a state of seclusion, they would still continue to live endlessly unless the world was destroyed once again.