Chapter 389 The Mentor's Call
"My Lord advocates free trade. All equal and unequal trades are His authority. As long as we offer Him money, we can exchange everything with Him."
Liya introduced the Golden Church to the other party. Although it sounds like the church is very large, it actually does not even have a fixed building, nor does it have a fixed division of clergy.
Even the name is made up.
He is really not good at naming. He named the mythical creature "Swar" and the church "Gold", each of which he likes.
Black merchants can't escape the temptation of money, especially black merchants with high memes, so almost at the first time, the name of the church that Liya can think of is "Gold".
"It sounds like a very sacred church."
White looked at the food in front of him. The food was obviously very delicate, but it was hard to swallow in his eyes.
Leah asked him: "Don't you have an appetite?"
"No."
White shook his head: "Actually, I've always wanted to say... How can you eat these things?"
Leah: "..."
White: "I always thought that everyone lived like in a palace, with people serving three meals a day, including afternoon tea and evening desserts. They would use knives and forks to separate the meat slices and put them in my mouth. Sometimes when I have no appetite, they can also make thousands of dishes for me to choose from.
Those things are not very delicious, at most they are ordinary dishes, but I didn't expect the quality of food outside to be worse.
How can you eat these things, isn't it disgusting?"
Leah's hand that was cutting the steak suddenly stopped, and he closed his eyes on his skin.
Leah originally felt a little sorry for those guys who were locked up in the palace, but since White said this, he suddenly no longer felt sorry for them.
Now Leah is thinking about what language can express the words "You evil nobles" more euphemistically.
When the poor can still sell their personality and soul for a black bread and a swar, they live such a luxurious life in the palace.
It's no wonder that some people hate the rich.
Riya took a deep breath, calmed down for a moment, and then smiled: "You may not know that these things are already rare high-end delicacies.
Outside of Cranbeya, many people eat nothing but stones and sand. When famine comes, they will not let go of any grass that comes out of the land, and even eat people.
If you want to be a king, you can't have such knowledge, Your Highness, of course I understand you, after all, there is really no freedom there."
White looked at the food in front of him, hesitated for a long time, and ate it. Seeing this, Riya didn't have any expression, but just felt that this person was probably not suitable to be the crown prince.
"I will consider joining the Golden Church you mentioned. What are your plans next?"
"I have a plan, Your Highness."
"What?"
"Let's go find your scattered brothers and sisters. Judging from your appearance, I don't think they will adapt to the outside environment. It's better to find them immediately and send them out of Cranbeya. Returning to the palace will undoubtedly encounter unexpected events.
You said some vulgar words. You don't want to be thrown on the throne and fed and served, and to be with your sisters and relatives every day... like a breeding pig, and then be abandoned after losing your usefulness."
"You!"
Leah's words made White's face change. He clenched his fists, but soon released them.
Anger is useless. He has no choice now. It is impossible to leave by his own strength. All he has to do now is to trust the person in front of him.
He has the ability to kill himself, but he didn't do it. This person may be the last hope now.
"Can you really help us?"
"Of course, Your Highness, I never lie to others."
Riya bent her eyes: "Do you have any clues about your relatives?"
"No, I don't know where they are now, and how they are doing... If they make any mistakes, I-"
White covered his face, and Riya signaled him not to worry. In the next period of time, he would put White in a hotel and then look for others.
"Please believe in my ability, Your Highness, you will be reunited soon."
"Thank you, thank you."
White was very moved, and his nose was very red. Now he wholeheartedly believes that Riya is a good person, and there is no one in the world who is kinder than Riya.
"You're welcome, Your Highness, everything is attributed to the Lord of Trade."
"Praise trade."
"Gu." Little Shival had almost finished eating, stretched out his tentacles to grab the napkin and put it to his mouth to wipe his mouth seriously. When Riya stretched out his hand, it also slowly grabbed Riya's arm and stood firmly on it.
"This little guy will take you to the hotel, and will also avoid the sight of those suspicious people on the way and serve as your guard. If you need anything, just ask it."
"What is this?"
"Don't be curious about its identity. Okay, you can set off now."
"Wait, what about you?"
"I will be responsible for finding your relatives. Please don't worry. Just leave everything to me."
As soon as Liya finished speaking, little Shival flew to the ground and casually changed into the appearance of a little girl with black hair and golden eyes. She pulled the corner of White's clothes and walked out.
This child's face is as delicate as a doll, but now she looks very gloomy, in a bad mood, and impatient.
White didn't know how he provoked her. Anyway, soon after they arrived at the hotel, the girl turned into a ball of tentacles and got into his shadow, and then led him into the room.
He may have misunderstood Swale. In Swale's expression management, it never gave anyone except Riya any good looks. It was just that his face was usually too dark and no one could see it.
If the host is not Leah, Swale will let them see what it means to be an inhumane, indescribable mythical parasite.
At this moment, Riya finished paying the bill and planned to leave the restaurant.
The moment he stepped out of the restaurant, another voice suddenly came from his mind, and this voice was very familiar.
【Riya...】
But after this sound, there was no other movement.
"Mentor?" Ria was stunned for a moment, and could not find Evander around. This was probably an illusion, or it could be that Evander's body had regained some consciousness and wanted to convey some information to him, or maybe it was just Just came to say hello.
Without waiting for the follow-up sound, Riya murmured to herself: "Wait a little longer, mentor, and you will be free soon."
“That group of people’s days are coming to an end.”
As he spoke, he began to collect the information conveyed by the rats or pigeon believers in his mind, and then asked the clone of Little Swale to go and bring the found people to a centralized point.
This work was boring and a waste of energy. During this period, Ria also found a large group of bounty hunters, told them that she was also a hunter, and successfully blended in to find a certain prince or princess who was on the run.
"Click" The hunter next to him loaded bullets for his gun. This man was called Joseph. He had a big beard with small green eyes on his beard.
In addition, this man is bald and can only use a hat to cover the fact that he is bald. His biggest wish is to make money as soon as possible to grow a thick head of hair for himself.
Secondly, this man was always chewing something in his mouth, and when Riya asked, he would spit it out for Riya to see.
That's a very hard stone.
Riya was puzzled: "Why eat rocks?"
"Stones are the most durable thing to eat. You only need to sprinkle some seasonings on them to make them very tasty, and you can chew them all day long. If you lose the taste halfway, you can sprinkle more on them. This is how they are eaten in my hometown."
Joseph took out the spices he carried with him, which were some broken gray-brown things, mainly made from ground plants.
Then there is the fact that Endles does not produce these things locally. Spices are imported from abroad, and the method of importation besides trade is probably war and plunder.
Maybe they would start a war and then force plunder in the name of trade.
This is how many cheap slaves came.
"Kercha, don't you want a piece?"
"No, I'm allergic to stones."
"You, you, don't eat if you don't want to. How can anyone say that they are allergic to stones?"
As he spoke, Joseph put his spice-covered stone back into his mouth, chewed it like a candy bar, and ate it with gusto.
Riase gave him a piece of pancake, and he ate it with gusto.
"You don't eat this because you can't afford to eat, right?"
"Who can't afford it? I just love eating rocks. If I can catch that monster, I can get a lot of bounty and eat it all with rocks."
Ria felt that he was not frank at all, so she simply ignored him. At this time, he had changed his clothes, wrapped in a hunter's cloak, wearing a hunting hat, and long boots and headed deep into the forest.
The young man now had a revolver in the pocket on his waist, a short knife strapped to his leg, and a shotgun on his back.
These are just cover. In a real fight, Riya doesn't necessarily need these. The speed of those tentacles can sometimes even be faster than bullets.
"I said, why are you walking so fast? I didn't expect you to walk very slowly at such a young age."
Seeing Riya leaving him behind, Joseph continued to eat pancakes and followed him: "Thank you for the pancakes, Kercha. How did you know that I was hungry? When I earn the reward, I will treat you to a drink."
"OK."
"Then it's settled, but the bounty this time is not that easy to earn. We don't know where those monsters will suddenly rush out, so we must be careful and pay attention to safety."
Bounty hunters are relatively eager for quick success and withdrawn. They find it difficult to trust others and want to catch their prey immediately and are unwilling to share it with others.
Therefore, everyone is now looking for their own targets. Once someone finds it, they must deal with it immediately, otherwise the consequences for other bounty hunters will be unimaginable.
They might snatch the prey away, or simply kill everyone so that the prey belongs to only one person.
But Joseph was obviously an exception. He seemed to just come to watch the fun. Although he wanted prey, he didn't want it to the point where he could throw away his life.
He followed Riya mainly to chat with him, but before he could say the next word, Riya suddenly raised his head and stared straight at a certain spot in the trees above.
Joseph also looked up and saw nothing.
"What's over there?"
"Maybe I just saw it wrong. You go look nearby, and I'll look over there. Don't go too far."
"OK."
Joseph continued to chew the stone in his mouth and walked to one side holding the gun, while Riya also walked to the other side.
A dark shadow on the tree pressed its body against the trunk, its heart beating rapidly.
One of its tails hung down from the tree trunk, and then it quickly retracted to pay attention to the surrounding situation. When it confirmed that the two people nearby were gone, the black shadow breathed a sigh of relief.
But before it could finish breathing, a person suddenly appeared beside it, and that person put his hand on its shoulders: "Good afternoon, Your Highness."
"..."
For a moment, it seemed as if time had completely frozen.
The black shadow's pupils instantly shrank into vertical lines, and he turned his head like a frame, turning his head little by little. His pupils trembled as he looked at the people around him, and then he saw a huge wolf head.
The gray wolf swallowed it directly, then turned into its appearance and fell under the tree. Soon, a half-human, half-snake creature swam in the forest with its long tail.
Its movements instantly attracted the attention of countless bounty hunters. For a while, gunshots were heard in the forest. Soon, they surrounded the monster and pointed their guns at it.
The monster rolled his eyes: "What do you want to do?"
"This guy can actually talk... Hahaha, what are you doing? Of course I'm going to capture you to exchange for gold."
"But have you ever thought about a question?"
"What?"
"There are so many of you, but I only have one, how do you divide them?"
When the hunters heard this, they all sneered: "Just because you are still here to provoke me, how can I tell that it happened after I killed you?"
Someone immediately became dissatisfied: "They said they wanted to live."
"You have to catch it alive. You're not very capable, but your tone is quite good."
There seemed to be differences among the people again. It would be better to say that they had never been united.
At this moment, the monster suddenly said: "Well, I have a good idea."
"Don't let it talk anymore. Extraordinary thinking creatures are a problem."
Monster: "Are you that impatient to listen to what I have to say? In fact, I don't have much patience either."
"I don't like people pointing weapons at me. It makes me feel very insecure. And isn't the reason for your disagreements because you think the distribution is uneven? I can think of a way to make your distribution more even..."
As the half-human, half-snake monster spoke, its pupils suddenly shrank, its body was wrapped in countless pitch-black tentacles, and it quickly changed.
Seeing this, the hunters retreated one after another. They found that the monster had turned into an extremely huge snake at some point, and the size of this snake was still growing, getting bigger and bigger, and there seemed to be no end.
"Hahahahahaha, doesn't it have to be distributed evenly? As long as you kill me, the flesh and blood will be enough for you to make a fortune, so why do you want to run away?"
The giant snake spit out its core, opened its huge mouth with fangs, and directly swallowed the fleeing bounty hunters. The only bounty hunter on the scene who escaped was probably Joseph.