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The so-called poaching means hunting in the mountains and forests belonging to the nobles.

According to the tradition of this world, noble lords have ownership of the entire territory, including the land and the things that grow on the land.

As for those man-made things, or things that someone contributed to during the growth process, such as crops, the contributors can share part of the benefits, but the majority still belongs to the lord.

In the mountains and forests, no matter the plants or animals, of course they are not man-made, and no one has contributed to their growth, so they belong to the lord, completely and completely, and no one can attempt to occupy them.

Therefore, except for hunters who have the lord's approval and pay the hunting tax, any hunting in the mountains is a theft of the lord's wealth. This crime, which is called "poaching", has the minimum punishment of chopping off hands or gouging out eyes, and the most common punishment is hanging. Some cruel lords will also use torture such as skinning to severely punish untouchables who dare to encroach on their own interests.

It is said that some powerful lords will also ask the royal mage to use magic to turn poaching farmers into animals, and then hunt them, in this way, these people who do not know whether to live or die will "come to their own devices."

All in all, poaching is a very dangerous and life-threatening thing. People who don’t want to die are best not to do it.

Of course Sui Xiong didn't want to die, but he couldn't just watch others starve to death in front of him.

The hungry people were short of food, but there was food in the mountains, and he just happened to be able to borrow a good crossbow.

What should we do? Isn’t it very clear?

Growing up in a democratic society, he never felt that the aristocracy's possession of everything in the territory was natural. On the contrary, words such as "serving the people" had long been soaked in his blood and turned into a trace in his bone marrow. bright red.

So he persuaded the tavern owner and went into the mountains with his crossbow and a few men who were desperate to support their families.

The failure of the crops did not affect the life of the wild beasts in the mountains, at least judging from the deer they shot dead, it should be so.

"Look, even the deer has oil on its body, but the man is so hungry that he is skin and bones..." Sui Xiong complained and sneaked away with everyone carrying the deer.

It was a pretty strong stag, probably weighing seven or eight hundred pounds. From it, including the skin and flesh, I finally obtained about 450 pounds of edible food, including skin, meat, bones, and some internal organs.

These things, combined with some wild vegetables and so on, can probably keep several families through for about half a month. Although the antlers and other items might be able to sell for a lot of money, Sui Xiong carefully buried them deep underground, not daring to see the light.

He knew that once this matter got out and the lord found out, people would die!

But there is no airtight wall in the world. Two or three days later, other hungry people knew about this. They were already hungry and cold and could not care about the laws of the lord, so they came to Sui Xiong for help.

Sui Xiong helped and went to hunt a deer in the forest.

Just like that, again and again, things quickly spread.

About ten days later, at noon, the lord's guard captain led a dozen soldiers to the tavern.

Of course Sui Xiong would not surrender and tried to escape. With his sharp reflexes and good strength, he actually broke out of the siege and ran towards the town gate to escape.

An arrow pierced the air and hit him from behind.

He staggered and continued running.

So he received the second and third arrows...

After a while, Sui Xiong's body was hung on the big tree at the entrance of the town. There were six arrows on his body. His clothes were soaked with blood, dripping to the ground, dyeing a large piece of grass red.

After some time, before dark, several other poachers were hung up next to him one after another. Some people were hung alive and hanged, while others were hanged for public display after being killed like him.

The sky is getting dark, and the cold wind is howling in the winter night.

That night, a bolt of lightning struck the tree that was usually used as a gallows. The entire tree was burned to ashes, along with the bodies hanging on the tree.

A large jellyfish that cannot be seen by mortals floats in the air, thinking and sighing.

"As a god, I really lack attention to the mortal world!"

He said to himself: "When I heard that the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and the Church of the God of Wealth had a conflict and suffered a loss, I found it very interesting... I never thought that behind this 'fun', there was such a heavy tragedy!"

Then, he returned to the amusement park and ordered the Masked Void Church to make every effort to rescue the hungry people.

"Food will be a big problem." Rhodes immediately said, "We can't produce enough food to provide disaster relief to a country!"

"I will find a way." Sui Xiong said solemnly.

"Moreover...transportation is also a problem." Rhodes added, "It is beyond our church's current ability to transport food to all parts of the Gold Coin Federation. As for providing disaster relief to the Dhaka Merchant Alliance, it is simply impossible! "

"Go ahead and do your best," Sui Xiong said. "If you encounter practical difficulties that cannot be solved, come to me. I will find a solution."

Everyone looked at each other, wondering why he suddenly issued such a ridiculous order. But whether out of kindness or loyalty, they could not refuse such an order.

This order was quickly implemented, and the food stored by the entire church was continuously transported southward and sent to the Gold Coin Federation for disaster relief.

At the same time, Sui Xiong opened the portals to the Gold Coin Federation and the Dhaka Merchant Alliance to allow more food to be transported as soon as possible.

"In this case, your food reserves will only last a few days at most." Morani came to him, "Where are you going to find food?"

"Beast Realm." Sui Xiong said.

"I guess so." Morani smiled, "I'll go and help you."

In fact, there were far more people willing to help him than Morani. There were far more people willing to provide disaster relief than just the Void Mask Church.

In that chaotic world where countless monsters were bred, Sui Xiong saw many gods who came here to hunt. These gods were mainly the patron saints of various places. Their duties determined that they must prevent large-scale disasters and famines from occurring in the areas they guarded, so even if they knew they were going to be blackmailed, they couldn't care less.

Of course, he also saw the master of this world, a powerful god called the "Beast King".

The Beast Realm is a wild world, about one-third the size of the main plane continent. There are countless kinds of animals living here, from wild beasts to magical beasts. This world is ruled by a powerful god, who is the supreme ruler of this world.

In order to get his approval and hunt enough food, all the gods paid a heavy price.

But they have no choice, because if they want to get enough food, hunting here is the least expensive way.

Of course, they can also borrow food from the natural gods. There are large tracts of golden wheat fields and trees full of fruits in the kingdom of the natural gods, which are enough to feed the victims.

But the natural gods have never liked humans. Most of them think that the over-expansion of intelligent races, including humans, is already destroying the balance of nature. If they can let a few large-scale natural disasters and man-made disasters happen in the world, killing more than half of the population, they will only applaud.

It's probably okay for them to borrow food for a banquet. Borrowing food for disaster relief? Don't dream about it!

Other worlds that produce food are either too small to supply such a large amount of food; or they take too much time and are not enough to meet the urgent needs; or they are occupied by fierce and powerful monsters, and even the gods dare not easily set foot in them.

After all... these local guardian gods are probably just the lowest level of "weak divine power" among the gods. Their power is not enough to go to those dangerous worlds and hunt in them.

Even in the beast world, you have to get the permission of the beast king before you can hunt safely.

In order to obtain the right to hunt in the beast world, Sui Xiong also paid a considerable price to the beast king and lost a lot of divinity that is as important to the gods as blood.

But he successfully hunted enough food and found many valuable species.

Winter passed, spring came, and then summer and autumn.

When the long famine finally passed, the entire Void Mask Church was exhausted, including their gods.

And their efforts were rewarded. The influence of the church was greatly enhanced, and the number of believers increased a lot. Even in many places in the Gold Coin Federation and the Dhaka Merchant Alliance, some small-scale churches appeared.

These churches often have only dozens, a dozen or even a few people, but their faith is extremely devout. They expressed deep gratitude and devout faith to the gods who selflessly helped them in times of crisis, even if it was just a big jellyfish.

Sui Xiong's gains were not only that. During this disaster relief, he met many gods and was recognized by many kind gods.

The name "Void Mask" is not just a "big jellyfish that can fight and has a bad brain", but has become a "big jellyfish that can fight, has a bad brain but is very kind".

Even more than one powerful and kind god has privately approached the Lord of Mysteries, hoping to be a peacemaker and mediate between the two families.

These gods may not be a big deal if they come forward individually, but after they come forward one after another, the attitude of the Lord of Mysteries has also wavered.

"It seems that things have taken a turn for the better!" Morani told Sui Xiong happily, "I think maybe this battle can be saved!"

Sui Xiong was very happy.

So when he made "Time Traveler Sui Xiong MK5", he gave this clone some extra abilities.

"Survival is the first priority." He said, "Whether you make a mistake or insist on justice, you must be able to survive. Therefore, a time traveler needs the ability to escape even when facing danger."

"He doesn't need to be very strong, but he needs to be very sharp, able to sense danger, and able to make the right response in time."

"Also, when he needs to escape, he must be able to run very fast."

So, this "time traveler" became an athlete who is proficient in both short-distance and long-distance running.

Sui Xiong felt that such a person must be able to live well and long in this world.

Died again... I always feel that Brother Xiong is going to break the death record of time travelers...