Chapter 630 Hot Gold Coins

Brandon's eyes were red with envy.

In his opinion, Pete, Miranda and Lancelot had everything going for them!

An invitation from the king himself;

A formal audience at the palace;

The honorary status of a hero of the kingdom;

Each of these things was a scene he could only dream of.

Now there was one more thing to add.

The richest man in the kingdom was willing to send them gifts as support, and he was generous, giving them 1,000 gold coins right off the bat!

This amount of money was more than enough to buy equipment for a legendary 6th-level warrior, so that he could be armed from head to toe and even to the teeth.

You know, even the most advanced and high-quality armor that the Stone Castle dwarves had, which could be used as heirlooms, only cost 300 gold coins for a complete set!

"Hiss, hiss, why didn't His Majesty invite me? I have made a lot of contributions, right?"

"I have killed so many level 3 monsters. I have always been at the forefront of every battle. In terms of performance, I am no worse than you, right?"

"I am so envious!"

Brandon shouted exaggeratedly.

He didn't think too much, he just envied his companions for having such good luck and being able to encounter so many good things.

Pate looked tangled.

In fact, he felt a little headache when he saw the gold coins.

If Monger gave them some small gifts like other nobles as a gift, then Pete and his friends could accept it with peace of mind;

Or, he could give less gold coins, such as 100 gold coins, 200 gold coins.

But Monger gave a full 1,000 gold coins.

This number is too exaggerated.

In short, this money is hot to hold.

Pate is now very vigilant.

He remembered clearly that before the audience officially started, the news that the three of them had arrived in the capital at the invitation of the king appeared in the supplementary news of "Trade and Fortune".

Therefore, now the capital is full of people discussing the "kingdom hero". No matter which tavern you go to, you can hear people talking and bragging about things like destroying monsters and being conferred nobility.

The news spread abnormally fast.

It took only one day from the time the person concerned received the news, and the news was released.

What is the source of the news for the person who wrote the press release?

Pete suspected... No, he was basically sure that there must be someone behind the scenes who was secretly fanning the flames, who could get the relevant news at the first time and start to operate, so that it could ferment quickly!

The same reason.

If Pete and the other three accepted this gold coin, if nothing unexpected happened, the new issue of "Trade and Fortune" would have more headlines like "Mr. Monger hosted a banquet to entertain the hero of the kingdom and strongly supported 1,000 gold to show respect"

For those who see the news, an impression will be engraved in their minds:

Munger, the richest man, has a good relationship with the heroes.

Taking this money means that Pete and his friends have a connection with Monger, and they have accepted the goodwill released by Monger.

What if the other party takes this opportunity to propose some "simple-looking" trivial matters and hopes that Pete and his friends can help?

Do they help or not?

If they don't help, they will be labeled as selfish.

It will seriously affect their image;

After all, the money has been taken!

If they help, what if this matter will cause trouble to Pete and his friends in the future?

It will still seriously affect their image.

This is the capital of Starosh. Here, it is not simply that whoever has the bigger fist can keep his word. When the population reaches a scale of one million, the role of force will be infinitely compressed by the power of social order;

People need a stable, safe and peaceful social order, so they will agree together: abide by the order, and no one is allowed to take the lead in using force;

Whoever dares to violate the agreement will stand on the opposite side of everyone.

Unless someone is really strong enough to directly confront everyone and beat them all into submission.

Let alone Pete and the others.

Even a powerful person like the legendary archmage Alcandas can't do that;

A 6th-level mage can rely on a powerful and wide-ranging high-level magic to eliminate tens of thousands of people, but that's the limit.

Before your strength is strong enough to force everyone to obey your request, you still have to abide by the rules of the current environment.

Pete instinctively felt that it would be very hot to take the money.

But "not taking it" is actually not a good option.

Just as taking the gold coins will leave the impression that "Monger has a good relationship with the heroes", if they don't take it, Pete and the others will also leave people with an impression:

"Heroes have lofty ambitions and regard wealth as dirt."

This makes it easy to put themselves up;

They are worshipped on the altar.

Then Pete and the others' every move must also conform to this characteristic, otherwise, it will be "image collapse and fall from the altar."

Don't underestimate the role of "image" and "reputation".

Because Pete, Miranda and Lancelot are so popular now, so many people are paying attention to them in the capital, and they are highly expected by His Majesty the King. These things are actually based on their "heroic image".

If we really talk about strength, there are many people in the capital who are stronger than the three of them. There are many level 4 professionals, many level 5 top masters, and even level 6 legendary ones.

No matter what they want to do in the capital, they currently rely on the bonus of this identity, not entirely their own strength.

If the halo bonus brought by Pete and his heroic image is gone;

Then in people's eyes, they are actually no different from ordinary adventurers.

These intrigues, Brandon and Lancelot have never considered them at all;

Dolan and Reina have a vague sense of it, but their understanding of these things is not as deep as Pete, so they are still a little confused;

Pete stared at the invitation on the table with great entanglement. He was thinking, what way can he use to more tactfully refuse this huge sum of money?

While he was thinking, the door of the luxurious mystery suite was opened from the outside.

Gail and Miranda walked in hurriedly.

As soon as he came in, Gale said anxiously to Pete and the others:

"We have a terrible discovery!"

"Lune Monger, the Gilded Club he created... No, I mean, he seems to have some special means to take advantage of people's greed!"

"Miranda and I discovered this by chance. Damn it, he definitely violated the laws of the kingdom!"

While Gale was talking, Miranda beside him also quickly found the materials needed to cast the [Purify Evil] spell in her bag and chanted a prayer.

The holy white light fell on Gale.

But the last 4 minutes of [Sin: Greed] state on his body did not disappear!

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There will be 4 more chapters in the evening, a little later! !