Chapter 660: The possibility of being ignored
Prince Vladin's face turned very ugly.
He was born in the royal family and grew up in the palace.
Although he was still naive in some aspects, it was because he had never really fought monsters alone, so Vladin seemed a little reckless in these matters.
In addition.
Things like interests, public opinion, and power.
Vladin is the crown prince. Even if he has never learned it, he is not much worse under the influence of His Majesty Kenreddin.
What's more, the royal education he received already has content about these.
There is no divine art or magic that can read the mind in this world. The closest effect is the honest divine art, which can barely be regarded as the effect of "reading the mind".
But the honest divine art is not omnipotent.
Professionals are strong enough, or through some special divine arts, magic, combat skills, or using some rare and strange items, they can also resist the effects of divine arts.
As long as the subject is prepared in advance, lying in front of the honest divine art may lead the direction of the investigation to a completely wrong idea.
Especially the cultists.
Their bodies and souls have been distorted by the power of the evil god, and the effect of honest magic on them is minimal.
Normally, honest magic is used for repeated inspections and to fill in gaps, rather than to directly verify speculations.
For the suspected target, it is still up to the wisdom of mortals to analyze and judge bit by bit.
Honest magic may be deceived.
But evidence will not.
If you don't know the inside story, Rune Monger's actions seem normal from beginning to end, and he doesn't seem to intend to obstruct the establishment of the action corps.
On the contrary.
He is clearly expressing his "support" attitude.
In the name of congratulations and support, he gave a generous gift of 1,000 gold coins;
Invited the heroes of the kingdom to attend the party at Monger Manor;
Even took the initiative to call on the guests to toast and celebrate together at the party to pay tribute to the three people;
Very enthusiastic to give them advice, suggesting that they show their strength and prove themselves by openly fighting monsters.
Every move of his is in line with the image of a hospitable and hero-respecting richest man.
On the surface, there is absolutely no sense of disobedience!
If Pete, Miranda and Lancelot were just ordinary professionals, and accepted the king's invitation to come to the capital, received awards and commissions, and were then invited by the richest man.
Maybe they would really think that Rune Monger was a good person.
Even if they were cheated, they would only think that they had done something wrong, and would not suspect the richest man Monger.
But there is a powerful god behind Pete and the others!
Norman has been watching the believers' every move and their experiences in the capital.
This stare found a big problem!
[The Secret of All Things] has thoroughly exposed the people and things related to Rune Monger.
The fact that Monger is connected to the devil alone means that his actions may have ulterior motives, and he is not as kind and friendly as he seems on the surface!
Combined with his attempt to bring Pete and the other two to ruin in order to obstruct the establishment of the action corps;
and the incompletely purified contaminated items in the manor, and the new types of monsters that have never been seen.
These things combined make Monger's identity even more bizarre.
In addition to being in cahoots with the devil, he is probably also related to the cultists.
…
Pete suddenly thought of a detail that he had overlooked before:
“By the way, do you remember!”
“The letter that Bron wrote to us said that the Supreme Truth Church in Stone Castle, through the cover of the Locke clan, received financial support from a secret noble club in the capital, which supported their long-term acquisition orders in Green Harbor!”
“Think about it!”
“Financial support, isn’t that just giving them money to spend?”
“The nobles who have been in the capital for a long time are basically emerging manor nobles. Do they really have the strength to guarantee a stable supply of funds to the Supreme Truth Church for a long time?”
“Impossible?”
“Where did their money come from? It can’t be blown by the wind!”
“Noble” and “rich”, these two things cannot be simply equated.
There are also a lot of manor nobles in the Kingdom of Reyak who can only rely on the output of the manor to maintain the most basic aristocratic living needs.
The contrast between Baron Chinal, Pete's father, and Baron Franklin, Gale's grandfather, is obvious in this regard.
Pete went to Greenport to study, and the family basically had no money left in the past few years;
Gale's family was in a much better situation. While supporting him to study abroad, the family could also spend money on potion research from time to time.
The reason for the difference in their economic conditions was that Baron Franklin had his own side business, and the "Three-Eyed Raven Potion Shop" was doing well, earning a lot of gold coins every year;
Baron Chinal relied almost entirely on the income from agricultural and pastoral products and handicraft products in the manor.
At the beginning of the viscount, although he could share the local taxes collected, his economic conditions would be better than those of the baron, but the specific proportion or share he could get depended on His Majesty the King or the local feudal nobles.
The Countess of Ceylon was very generous and gave a lot of tax proportions, so Viscount Tostin's conditions were very generous.
There are simply too many nobles in the royal capital, and His Majesty Kenreddin has long cut the taxes distributed to the nobles every year, and now it’s basically better than nothing.
What's more, a more noble title often means that the nobles' travel arrangements and daily necessities will also increase, and their expenses will rise accordingly.
Many of the new nobles in the royal capital are actually wealthy in appearance, but in reality they only have "time", and they basically have to spend whatever they earn.
If they don't start a side job to generate their own income, they really won't be able to save many gold coins from the treasury in their manor.
Some nobles who spend money lavishly may even be burdened with heavy debts and have to rely on constant borrowing to survive. The treasury is so clean that thieves will shake their heads when they come in.
This is evident when Marquis Madison bets that losing 100 gold coins to Prince Vladin would cause him physical pain to the point of fainting.
…
Hearing Pet's excited statement, Gale was the first to follow the rhythm.
"If those nobles can't afford so much money, then there must be someone rich enough to continue to sponsor them!"
"In the royal capital, no, the richest person in the entire Kingdom of Leyak is Rune Monger!"
"He definitely has the financial resources!"
"Not to mention the expenses of supporting the Supreme Truth Church for more than ten years, there is no problem in providing financial support for 100 years!"
"If it were him..."
Peter and Gale looked at each other, and both saw excitement in each other's eyes.
The two of them thought of the same possibility in tacit understanding.
in unison:
“Gold Club!!!”
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PS: Oh my god, this big hole in the Gilded Club has been dug since the first volume, and it runs through volumes 1, 4, and 5. It’s finally time to fill it!
move! Scream! Crawling in the shadows!
PPS: All abnormal phenomena have reasons for their occurrence!
