Chapter 634 The perfect person to take the blame

Pet and his party who came to the capital are really in a dilemma now.

They feel very helpless now.

If they have to say it, it's not that they don't know where to start, but they don't dare to start!

With the magic of [Resurrection], they are not afraid of death at all. If the action fails, the most they will do is die. They will just treat it as a fast trip, and they don't even need to take the airship. They can quickly return to the Misty Valley or Stone Fort;

What they are afraid of is that rash actions will cause the strange and delicate balance in the capital to be destroyed.

Once various undercurrents burst at the same time, it will be a big scene of the collapse of the sky and the crack of the earth;

This "big scene" may not kill many people like the Stone Fort, but it will definitely cause huge turmoil in the Kingdom of Reyak.

Because it involves politics, economy, and even military and people's livelihood.

The complicated situation in the capital is just like the saying:

"You can't really investigate it. What if you really find something?"

If you really want to investigate the cultists and make the nobles in the capital nervous, you can't kill them all and sacrifice them to the gods, right?

How to defend against the monster red tide next year?

They will just find excuses to evade this responsibility, but most of the nobles will still have to guard the border with the king's army when the monster red tide comes.

If they really refuse to serve the king and refuse to participate in the battle;

The king does not need to impose punishment, the public opinion of the citizens of the capital alone can completely drown them and make them socially dead, and they will never enjoy any preferential treatment again!

Now Pete roughly understands why His Majesty Kenredin gritted his teeth and pushed forward the Manor Nobility Act after its drawbacks gradually appeared, even though he knew it had problems.

Because Kenredin had no choice.

On the one hand, these people are gradually becoming a burden to the kingdom. The treatment they enjoy in daily life exceeds the normal level. From being only noble in name, they begin to have the reality of nobles.

On the other hand, the Kingdom of Reyak really depends on these people.

Otherwise, it is that sentence:

"You want to cut the benefits given to them, can you defend against the surging monster red tide next year?"

Dilemma.

Stuck in the middle, the vicious cycle slowly progressed year after year, and finally became what it is now.

Rune Monger's situation is equally thorny.

The power of the richest man in the kingdom has spread to too many areas in the kingdom, and he has close ties with too many dignitaries, merchants, mercenaries, adventurers, and even ordinary citizens and farmers.

Too many people work in the industries under his name or in which he invests, or count on the orders he provides.

Even if "evidence" is found that is enough to sentence him, Monger is gone, what about the large number of industries related to him?

Pete doesn't think that their current identity and appeal as "kingdom heroes" can convince everyone.

Stone Castle paid the price of blood, and paid tens of thousands of lives as tuition fees, so that Pete and his team have a high enough reputation and gain the respect of the dwarves;

If their actions may lead to Monger's imprisonment and execution, causing a series of industries under his name to fall into chaos, collapse, and bankruptcy, those who earn salaries from the jobs provided by Monger may unite to obstruct them.

Just thinking about it makes my scalp tingle.

And now there is a problem in front of them that they have to solve.

They can refuse the courtesy invitations from the nobles, because those are considered normal social interactions of the nobles, and the invitations often come with symbolic gifts such as flowers. They can find a reason to fool them and maintain the image of "wavering and hesitant";

But Rune Monger's 1,000 gold coins are impossible to fool!

Either accept;

Or refuse;

There is no room for wavering.

...

Pet and Gale kept rubbing their heads that were splitting with headaches due to high-speed thinking, and discussed one after another.

Pete: "I will definitely refuse, don't think about it."

Gail: "Yes, if it's 50 or 100 gold coins, it's fine, but 1,000 gold is too much. This is not something that can be explained by simple support or sponsorship!"

Pet: "Yes! In the past, there were heroes who made amazing achievements and were rewarded, canonized, and commissioned by the king, and the money that Monger supported them was only a few dozen gold coins."

Gail: "Is there a possibility that what we know on the surface and what really happened in secret may be two different situations, such as the amount of this gold coin... Now only we and Rune Monger know its amount, and no one else can know it before we make a decision."

Pet's eyes flashed with surprise, and he thought: "You mean..."

Gail nodded tacitly.

The two of them understood each other's meaning.

This gold coin may be a test, and they must deal with it carefully.

"How can we reject it in a logical way without alerting Monger?" Pete touched his chin and frowned as he thought: "No matter whether we can solve this matter or not, at least we should not let it completely escalate and explode."

After learning that the other party was involved with the devil, Pete had already tacitly acknowledged that there was a problem with Monger.

Warlocks used to have a very bad reputation. Most of the time, it’s okay to call them “reserved cultists” or “trainee evil god believers”. Anyway, they will basically become cultists sooner or later.

The devil Raphael is a special case. This guy seems to be different from other devils in hell. At least so far, he is a weird devil with a strong sense of contract. The so-called insidiousness and cunningness only stays in the “talking” stage.

“You... I’m afraid you need to accept this invitation. You can’t leave any handles in terms of etiquette,” Gale also frowned and looked tangled: “Maybe you can find a chance to express it in person at the banquet he organized. I appreciate the good intentions, but the amount is too large. I feel guilty and refuse the gold coins.”

Pate was silent for a while, and said slowly:

“I’m afraid this is the only way.”

“But what if he tries to seek a breakthrough from other aspects? For example, invite us to stay and rest at his place. We don’t seem to have a suitable reason to refuse?”

“Blindly refusing may also arouse suspicion.”

Gale also fell silent.

He couldn’t think of any good way.

Faced with this seemingly completely reasonable invitation, someone must stand up and take the blame, acting as the "ruthless" villain.

But Pete, Miranda and Lancelot do not have enough motivation to support.

"We need a person with a suitable reason to take the blame..."

While Pete was muttering to himself.

The door of the luxurious secret suite was suddenly knocked gently.

A low and excited shout came from outside the door:

"Hey! Pete, Lancelot, Miss Miranda, is anyone here?"

"It's me, Fradin!"

"Finally I found a chance to slip out again!"