Chapter 714 - Collapse of Faith (1/2)
Chapter 714 Collapse of Faith
After flashing out of the cave, Roland found that the five girls were all outside.
They gathered around Roland upon seeing him.
“How did it go?” asked Solisa voluntarily.
Roland nodded and took out 25 gold coins, giving them to Solisa. “Thank you for having my back.”
“You’re too kind.” Solisa smiled. “We didn’t do anything, yet we’ve made so much money.”
Solisa was only being courteous. There was no way that she and her partners would give the money back.
Naturally, Roland didn’t care about the money at all. He said, “That’s your reward we agreed upon. I have to fulfill my promise. To be honest, it’s not easy to establish a Summoning Magic Tower.”
Hearing that, Solisa heaved a sigh and said in frustration, “I didn’t know how hard it was to establish my own organization until I really tried it.”
“As a matter of fact, my Association of Mages has almost been established,” said Roland in a sincere tone. “Should we forge an alliance? We can help each other if either of us is in trouble.”
Solisa shook her head. “The main reason I established the Summoning Magic Tower was that I didn’t want to rely on men.”
“But there’s bound to be things that are inconvenient for you to do as girls,” said Roland slowly. “It’s just an alliance. We don’t have to meet too often.”
“What’s in it for you?” asked Solisa curiously.
“A lot,” explained Roland. “There are too many conflicts of interests among men. It’s inconvenient to ask male friends to help with certain matters. It will be easier to trust you.”
“To do what?”
Roland looked at the distance and said, “For example, the lich definitely has more secret camps than this one in Hollevin.”
“So, you want to ask us to keep searching for the lich?”
“Yes.” Roland nodded and said, “You’ll get five hundred gold coins for every secret camp you find. You don’t need to do anything except inform me.”
“Deal!” Solisa accepted the request the moment she heard the monetary reward. “Boss, you’re truly generous. The Summoning Magic Tower will be your ally for as long as you are its sponsor.”
Favors should always be exchanged.
Although Solisa couldn’t return the favor yet, she still wanted to make friends with Roland.
She had also realized that it was impossible for the girls of the Summoning Magic Tower to be completely independent from the outside world. The mark of players had been imprinted on them. Besides, any organization needed communication with the outside world in order to develop.
It was better to interact with other player groups, such as Wetland City and the Association of Mages that Roland had recently recreated, than with the chauvinistic forces who were biased against women and thought that women were just objects. Both of them were satisfied as they got what they wanted.
After reminding them to be careful when they searched for the lich’s camps, Roland teleported himself away.
He returned to Delpon and gathered the important personnel under his command for a short meeting
“Another force is onto us. Their target is me, but I believe they’re more likely to start with you. So, from now on, the guards of Delpon should be on full alert. The Black Sand Gang should also search for suspicious people.” Roland looked around the meeting room and continued, “Also, try not to leave Delpon. Don’t go out even if business partners invite you.”
Everybody nodded.
“We’re very strong. Both Cage and Andonara are great experts. All the dark forces will have a headache after seeing them. I don’t think they can get into Delpon.” Roland looked at the plump, cute fruit bats that were hanging over his head and continued, “I’m only afraid that they’ll lure you out.”
It was impossible for the dark forces to approach somewhere a family of Heroes lived.
Everyone nodded their heads to show that they understood.
Then, Roland introduced other things that they should pay attention to, and the meeting was over.
After the meeting, Andonara went to Roland and asked, “Do we need to inform Stephanie, or ask her to live with us for a while?”
“We certainly have to inform her,” said Roland with a smile. “But it will be unnecessary to let her live with us. She’s the queen of Fareins and well-protected. Besides, it’s also the Holy Realm. The dark forces would be idiots to go there.”
“But haven’t dark forces already lurked there twice?”
Roland smiled even more happily and said, “Wouldn’t it be even better? The Holy Realm really loathes the dark creatures after being humiliated by them twice. If they ever sneak into the capital of Fareins again, a lot of people in the church will lose their jobs!”
That did make sense!
Andonara was greatly relieved.
Stephanie was her good friend and her partner. She was naturally concerned about her.
Then, Roland teleported to the capital of Fareins. Because he represented the Association of Mages during the coronation, he was already a celebrity. After seeing him, the guards soon informed Stephanie, and he was taken to her personal chambers.
Roland intended to leave after telling her about the lich, but Stephanie asked him to stay for the night.
On the second morning, he finally left in high spirits.
This time, Roland went straight to the Frostwolf Clan in the Froststar Kingdom. He visited the Holy Lady of Winterwolf. There was no telling whether he was lucky or unlucky, but he attended another of her ritual dances, where she danced like a slut wearing nothing but red ropes.
After the ritual dance, all the believers left with their heads lowered.
Roland was the only person who appreciated the dance the whole time.
He had to admit that the Winterwolf Holy Lady’s dance was truly exciting.
The Winterwolf Holy Lady put on a white leather cloak that covered her body. She then stepped on the ice and slowly walked to Roland.
In the end, she sat down and crossed her legs, not worrying at all that she might get exposed when she did that.
“You’re truly not shy at all, are you? You know that I won’t kill you, so you simply take advantage of me,” said the Winterwolf Holy Lady gloomily. “Do you think it’s easy to take advantage of me?” “This is my offering.” Roland took out ten gold coins and placed them before her. “Your dance was art. I appreciated it as an artist with a pure heart.”
The Winterwolf Holy Lady glanced at Roland’s groin and sneered. Nevertheless, she accepted the ten gold coins.
The only specialty of the Froststar Kingdom was dried fish, which wasn’t very profitable, so the people in the Froststar Kingdom were generally short of money, although they never worried about food.
The purchasing power of gold coins was astonishing here.
“You don’t seem to be in a good mood.” After she accepted the coins, Roland asked, “Did anything happen?” The Winterwolf Holy Lady’s long silver eyelashes shivered. Then she asked, “How did you know?”