Banner of the Evil God

Hylar was not born a businessman, but he lived for three hundred years and had dealt with countless businessmen, and had long learned the tricks of doing business.

Businessmen do not like to be straightforward, and generally have to beat around the bush, play some tricks, and use some means. The most common thing is that if your purchase price for a thing is fifty gold coins, then the quotation must not be directly changed to fifty-five with a ten percent profit. It should be adjusted according to the situation of the customer and the store.

For example, if you are a relatively stable roadside stall, selling on the streets of a small town for a long time, then you should quote eighty, let the customer bargain, everyone chats for a while, and finally sell it between fifty-three and fifty-eight.

And if you are in a big city like the High Tower, and open a luxuriously decorated high-end store on the most prosperous street, then you can't be so low-profile. You should directly mark the thing for two or three hundred gold coins and put it outside casually. There is no need to bargain, and put on a posture of "small things are not worth talking about, we should talk about big business".

With Hailar's current status and position, coupled with the current situation, it is almost the kind of "goods are good, but customers can buy or not, and I have to sell them", so he has to first throw out a bombshell to stimulate the top executives of Mill City, and then throw out a second bombshell to stimulate them again, and wait until they are shaken and want to agree, but really can't bear to pay, then tell them his real price.

In this way, the matter will naturally be settled.

To put it bluntly, this is actually similar to the bargaining of street vendors, and you can even copy the lines.

"Sister-in-law, what do you think of this fish? It's fresh and tender, very good!"

"Uh... it's good, how much is it?"

"Five silver coins."

"... this is too expensive, you can buy so many chickens with it!"

"Look at what you said, chickens are not rare, this is rare! This is a seawater fish, not found in the river. In order to bring it alive, I fed it with seawater all the way, which took a lot of effort! For this effort, it's worth the price!"

"... This is really hard work, but it can't be sold so expensive! Anyway, you have to bring something back when you go to the beach, and you can bring anything."

"You can't say that, it's especially hard to bring this. I want to bring some small groceries, which is much more convenient."

"But if I bring small groceries, I can't sell it at a high price."

"Yes, so you see this fish, how good! To be honest You said that this fish is actually a little different from ordinary fish."

"Huh? What's the difference?"

"Think about it, ordinary fish, no matter how well they are kept, will die after walking hundreds of miles and more than ten days, right?"

"That's for sure, fish are delicate."

"But look at my fish, it didn't die, and it's still very energetic."

"...Didn't you say that it's because you keep it well?"

"You think too highly of me. If I really had the ability to keep fish for so long, would I still be able to set up a stall on the street? I should have been the manager of a business long ago!"

"...That's true."

"So, the key is actually this fish - this fish, it has the blood of a monster!"

"Ah?! Monster?!"

"Don't be nervous! It has a little bit of the blood of a monster, just like the knight Those scaly horses of the old warriors are not real monsters."

"... You scared me! Then why are you selling this?"

"Don't you know? Eating something with monster blood may stimulate the power of your own blood."

"... It seems that there is such a saying."

"Of course, adventurers often eat monster meat. Monster meat is not delicious at all, but in order to become stronger, they only hate that their stomachs are not big enough and they don't eat enough. Just think about it, if your children eat this thing and stimulate a little bit of blood power..."

"... It's really a good thing!"

"Yeah, so although it's a bit expensive, it's worth it!"

"... But it's still expensive, I'll buy a few more chickens and give them to the children to replenish their bodies. "

"You can't say that. You see this is expensive, but go to the adventurer's shop and see how much the monster meat jerky costs. They all use gold coins to pay. A palm-sized piece is one gold coin! Look at my fish, at least three pounds, only five silver coins."

"...But that's monster meat."

"It's all made into jerky! Those who know the business know that it's better to eat it fresh! Look, just like my fish, you buy it back and kill it alive, it's best!"

"...But it's still expensive..."

"Okay! You are my old customer, I will make a concession and sell it to you for three silver coins. But there is one thing, if your child really stimulates the power of blood, you have to take care of me in the future."

"That's it! No problem!"

...The above paragraph is a scene that Hyrule accidentally saw on the street on his way back from the High Tower not long ago. At that time, he had an idea.

In fact, it is the same thing. The only difference is that they are selling "sea fish that can activate one's bloodline power after eating it", while he is selling "hope to live longer or enter the legendary realm".

To put it bluntly, everyone is buying the same thing, hope.

Hope is worthless to some people, but priceless to others. And the same person will disdain some things, but will desperately pursue other things.

Hylar himself is like this. In order to survive, he did not know how much effort he spent, how much hardship he suffered, and how many risks he took over the years.

Let’s not talk about the far one, let’s talk about the nearest one. If it weren’t for the sake of extending his life, he would be a good city lord and go to the northwest border to pursue the idea of ​​a powerful man with divinity?

Are you seeking death?

Generally speaking, people who seek death like this will definitely die. He is lucky, not only did he not die, but he also got benefits. But this benefit comes at a price. No matter how kind His Majesty Void Mask is, he will not tolerate a mortal who deceives Him. If he couldn't achieve results, the consequences... he didn't even dare to think about it.

So along the way, he was thinking and deliberating and perfecting his plan.

The final plan was just such a plan.

Judging from the actual implementation results, this plan should be considered a success. After a brief discussion, the top management of Mill City decided on strategies such as "inviting the Church of the Mask of the Void to preach", "establishing a temple of the Void God System", "strengthening communication with the Northwest Republic", and "working hard to promote mutual friendship".

Although it was worse than the best result, this result was enough for him to go to His Majesty the Mask of the Void.

And... in fact, this result may be the best and everyone can accept it. He doesn't have to worry about irritating the top leaders of the federation, especially the teacher who will get angry and clean up the door; His Majesty Void Mask can also smoothly spread the church to Mill City and surrounding areas.

As for the future, as far as the immortal gods are concerned, as long as the head is opened, the rest is nothing more than water and grinding.

Gods are never short of time.

In fact, Sui Xiong thought so too. When he received the report from Hailar and learned the results of the Mill City high-level meeting, he praised Hailar greatly.

"Very good, this is a satisfactory beginning." The shadow of the jellyfish floated in front of Hylar and said in a smiling voice, "Don't be anxious, just let it develop slowly. As long as the final result is Okay, I don’t care about spending more time.”

This was completely consistent with Hylar's guess, which made him finally breathe a sigh of relief and feel relieved.

After Sui Xiong ended contact with him, he began to think about another thing.

With his own ability, he can strive for the development of the church by helping those elderly lords to extend their lives. I believe that facing the temptation of living a few more years, a mere missionary mission should be nothing.

At least, it was nothing to most lords.

Of course there are people in this world who regard faith as extremely important and would rather die than compromise on this aspect. But among the nobles, there should be relatively few such people. Among the older nobles, there are even fewer like this - on the one hand, the moral standards of the noble group are generally a bit low, on the other hand, such upright and stubborn people often do not live long...

This situation of bad money driving out good money is definitely not a good thing for the territory, and it is also harmful to the entire aristocratic group. But for Sui Xiong, who wanted to carry out large-scale missionary work, there were only benefits.

As long as he sets the terms of exchange slightly lower, most nobles will be willing to make such a deal.

The only problem is... is it really good for him to help the nobles extend their lives on such a large scale?

This is what Sui Xiong is most worried about.

This problem is neither big nor small. Although he will no longer easily help people switch races and enter the legendary realm, extending lives on a large scale will always affect the order of the entire society.

It will also affect the attitude of the gods.

Among them, the one most likely to have a violent reaction is naturally the God of Death.

The doctrine of death holds that death is not a terrible thing, but just like birth, it is the inevitable destination of life. From birth to death, it is a complete cycle. Therefore, the God of Death and his followers are extremely disgusted with spells such as "evoking the undead" and "creating soul-bound corpses", and have been working hard to combat necromancers.

When Sui Xiong re-employed Tu Ya'an and used skeleton labor on a large scale, the one who opposed the most fiercely was the God of Death.

At that time, he was really worried whether the God of Death would launch a divine war against him - although the Lord of the Underworld rarely took action, he was extremely powerful. He himself is a powerful god. Although he is not a god, he has a large number of demigod-level dead souls under his command. Especially the underworld connects countless worlds. How many powerful people have been born in it since ancient times? How deep is the foundation? No one is sure.

Don’t you see, even though the Lord of Glory led mankind to defeat several races, he never had any conflicts with the God of Death?

Moreover, even the warlike Lord of War hesitated repeatedly before recruiting the servant god with the priesthood of death. He even went to the underworld in person and made that decision after careful discussion with the god of death.

This shows how powerful the God of Death is in deterring him!

Sui Xiong really doesn't want to have a conflict with the God of Death. They have already had a big conflict. If there is another time, they may really fight!

Moreover... his initial conflict with the Lord of Mysteries had already resulted in his ability to cast spells being blocked. If the Lord of Mysteries hadn't softened his attitude later, I'm afraid he would still be a barbarian who can't cast spells.

If there is a conflict with the God of Death, what will the God of Death do with his absolute control over "death"?

Sui Xiong couldn't remember it for the moment, and he didn't want to think about this issue in depth.

Because he absolutely, no matter what, must not mess around anymore!

Now his plate is getting bigger and bigger, and every move he makes is related to the lives and property of countless people. If he messes up something again, even if he can win every battle, he can't guarantee that the people under his command will not suffer bad luck.

For example, in a certain war of gods, a certain god casually hits a village or town in the Northwest Republic...

Especially, the god of death is not an ordinary god. The souls of most people in this world will go to the underworld after death. Even if all the gods are added together, only two or three out of ten can be fished out. The remaining seven or eight out of ten will eventually enter the sphere of influence of the god of death. If Sui Xiong angers the god of death, even if he doesn't come to fight him, as long as he slightly blocks the treatment of the people of the Northwest Republic after death, it will be enough to make him grin and have a headache.

I'm not afraid of the county magistrate, I'm afraid of the current manager!

Brother Xiong is immortal, but the people of the Northwest Republic will grow old and die!

This is like a famous saying, "It is better to offend a murderer than a rescuer," because a murderer may not kill you, but a rescuer will most likely save you.

Before Sui Xiong traveled through time, he had seen a real example: a middle school classmate of his went to a technical secondary school after junior high school and studied nursing. Five years later, he became a nurse and worked in a small hospital near Sui Xiong's home. Once, a medical disturbance occurred in the hospital, which made everyone feel uneasy and upset. I don't know how many people suffered from that bastard. Everyone endured it at the time, and only muttered secretly, "You bird man, don't teach you to offend me" - later, that guy really fell into their hands, and he himself fell ill, a very troublesome disease.

Let's not talk about the follow-up of that incident. In short, Sui Xiong learned two very profound lessons from it.

First, never offend doctors, and nurses.

Second, if you really offend them, it's best to move.

But in this world, if you really offend the god of death, it's useless to move anywhere!

So after thinking it over again and again, he finally made up his mind and set off for the underworld.

Although he might anger the god of death and even suffer a little loss, to just rush in and help people prolong their lives on a large scale without saying a word...

Hehe, it's better to go and ask.