Chapter 119: Satisfaction
Pers was the second subordinate to die and the second victim of the Soul Pact. He had disappeared into the church without a trace, leaving only a bronze canon with smooth corners.
Qingyi picked up the canon and called out as he put it into the storage bag, "Frankie." β
"Yes." Without hesitation, the Red Devil Hound came to his master's feet and protected his master with his body, even if he would be hit with a hammer in the next second.
"Do you feel ashamed when you play dead?"
Franji's bones and armor exploded, and he said, "Yes! A lifetime of shame! β
"Well, then, I'm sorry, I'm going to ask you to do a second shame now." Qingyi threw the heart-shaped blue agate over, with a smile on his face: "Escape with it, you must not let it fall into anyone's hands." β
Hearing this, Frankie's tears came out of his eyes. It bites the gem, bends its body backwards, and in an instant turns into a red shadow, about to jump out of the window!
Jonny didn't think about it, and the hammer staff was like a thunderbolt! Qingyi also stretched out his arm as if he was a prophet and grabbed the hammer staff, although the arm bones and palm were shattered, the hammer staff was always slowed down for a moment, allowing Frankie to escape. Shaking off the excess bones, Qingyi smiled: "If Frankie is killed by you here and now, it will be its third shame. I'm not going to let that happen. β
"Go after it." Jonny's voice, a low, loud voice echoing through the church, as if the will of a saint had descended. Several Knights of Judgment immediately jumped out of the window, and the heretics were so stunned by Jonny that they didn't intercept them in time. "Now, do you still think my side has no chance of winning?"
After fighting again and again, Jonny has melted all his knowledge into one furnace, condensed the [Arrow of Light β’ Cemetery of Heresy] into a higher-end [Rotten Snow], and promoted to the hero level to master the law. On the other hand, after losing the "Will of the Necromantic King", Qingyi's character attributes have undergone drastic changes, except for the equipment that requires "the equipper is the Necromantic King", even 90% of the skill icons have turned gray, showing "unusable". Although he can still activate Xue Duo's skills, he can't compete with heroic NPCs at all. Who wins and who loses, you can see at a glance.
However, Qingyi smiled and said: "My side has won, hahaha!" The six attendants were stunned, and they were also very cooperative hahaha.
"It's sad." Jonny sighed.
The twilight war ghosts laughed loudly and scurried to kill! At dusk, the Zen masters smiled and opened the scriptures and chanted the holy names! That's their answer!
It was night, and the twilight elite was killed.
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Tuesday, morning.
Qingyi came to the company and sat down. Although he also played the game of catching a ruler, the ruler kept slipping from his fingers and falling to the ground. After several successive failures, he stopped playing and only browsed the web.
"What's wrong with Zhang? Broken out of love? Still is...... A family member has died? No matter how you look at it, he should take a leave of absence. Lucy asked in a whisper as she grabbed Edward, who was going to make coffee.
"Ask him yourself."
"How do you ask......
After a while, Qingyi's phone rang. He answered the phone, said a few words without being salty, hung up, and then got up and said to everyone: "Everyone, stop the work at hand for a while." I have decided to add another business to our company, and Mr. Smith supports it. Next, I will briefly introduce the new business, please listen carefully, and feel free to put forward any comments or suggestions. β
"I was at home last night and wanted to eat potato chips, but I found that all the snacks were gone, but it was too cold for me to go out. I thought, if someone brought a snack to their door, I would be 100 percent willing to pay for it. So, we're going to launch snack delivery, there's a lot of business opportunity here, and most importantly, in Cambridge β no, in the United States, I'm afraid we're the first company to dare to try this kind of business, and it's a unique business. The requirements for express snacks are lower than those for express fast food, and snacks do not need to be kept warm, so there is no additional difficulty in this business. As for pricing and discounts, we can refer to the standard of fast food delivery. β
"When we work, we have to collect and organize orders and understand the needs of customers, and the tables we make can be seen as the results of questionnaires. We can sell this survey results to the distributors or supermarket stores of each snack company, update it monthly, and the money earned is included in the company's accounting entries to increase the treatment of employees. We can also approach large warehouse supermarkets such as Wal-Mart and Carrefour to purchase goods at a discounted price and waive storage fees. β
"We're also going to launch ads to open up the local market and capture 80% of the market share. According to the most optimistic expectations, the brand of Little Bee Express can gain popularity, attract investors who want to join, and become a chain store; And even the least optimistic forecasts could increase everyone's pre-tax wages by 30% or more. β
"As a result of the addition of new business, the company has to expand its recruitment, and it is expected that in the future, we will have three to four new colleagues and even rent an additional office. Okay, do you have any opinions? β
There is no opinion from everyone (who would have an opinion on a plan to increase their own salary). Qingyi sat down and continued to be quiet.
At noon, everyone went to eat fast food.
"Hey," at the dinner table, Lucy asked Qingyi, "Did you go to the countdown last night?" β
"Countdown? What's the countdown? β
"Countdown in the morning! It's already a new year from today, isn't it? Todd frowned.
"Oh yes, yes." Qingyi suddenly realized, and scratched his head embarrassedly: "I forgot." No wonder everyone says Happy New Year today. β
Edward put down the napkin, and his always cynical face was a little more nervous: "Zhang, what happened?" β
Qingyi buried his head in eating: "Sorry, I don't want to talk about it, but I'm fine, thank you for your concern." β
Even if someone close to him dies, can the "chess player" cover it up seamlessly? If that's the case, I really want to be a "chess player".
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In the afternoon, when I returned home, Qingyi heated the egg fried rice, finished the share of this meal, and then went online. He looked at the web page, and his mind gradually wandered, remembering the dream he had last night. In the dream, Perls raised his hand and made a triumphant gesture; And all the clergy behind him also followed with expressionless faces and made victory gestures in unison.
"Come on, Miko-sama!"
Qingyi shook his head, closed the webpage, and put on his helmet.
After going live, he hired a carriage and rushed to the Blackstone Valley. Because of the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries, there is an endless stream of carriages between the two countries, although the people sitting on them are adventurers who are not afraid of death. It is said that Saramonroe's merchandise was very popular with the Twilight Empire, perhaps because the people of the empire used it during their lifetimes.
At the Gukou ferry, Frankie held the jewel and quickly came to Qingyi's side, raising his head. It also waged its tail, but unfortunately it was too short, and those who didn't know thought it was a handful of hair.
"Thank you."
Franji handed the gem to Qingyi, silent, only wagging his tail.
After retrieving the source of strength, Qingyi and Frankie took a boat and headed for the "City of Waiting". Because of Frankie's weight, the boat had a deep draft and went relatively slowly, but Qingyi didn't care. His eyes were fixed on the distance.
He saw the blue fire.
The World Tree (the Underworld) is bright but not dazzling, illuminating a wide range and has become a landmark of the "City of Waiting". Any returning necromantic creature will naturally feel a sense of security when they see itβfinally home. It is always there, guiding the dead, like a mother.
The sound of oars was swallowed by the water, and the boatman and passengers were silent. The voyage took a surprisingly long time.
(Xerdo: "Is this a journey to death?!!") It's so quiet that I want to kill myself! βοΌ
Back in the "City of Waiting", Qingyi didn't even have time to rest, so Brian sent a large number of documents that needed him to go through them. There are some things that even necromantic scholars cannot make their own decisions, such as economic exchange plans with a country, or military strategic deployments to a country. In this regard, Brian is quite measured, and will never dare to go beyond the slightest.
"Receiving information from Oskol, Seruva seems to be on the verge of declaring war on our country, and they have recently started military exercises. For the sake of future wars, Field Marshal Skaul applied for a replacement of armaments. β
"Maybe there is, but we don't have to be too nervous." Qingyi waved his hand: "After being harmed by the funeral mold pit, all countries must have this wind direction, no need to make a fuss." β
Brian reported a few more things before he cautiously asked, "Your Majesty, has something big happened to the Twilight Sect?" β
"Huh? No, I don't. Where did you hear that? β
"Last night, a miracle suddenly appeared on the altar of the Shadow of Sunset: the soul god announced to us that the Dusk Wisher had fallen, and that he wanted us to pick out the successor as soon as possible."
"Well, let's pick it. Summoning the order, select the highest-ranking person from the Twilight Sect, and let him manage the affairs of the Sect first. β
"Yes."
Brian had just exited when another man came in.
"Your Majesty, don't come unharmed? Remember your old friend? Schroeder Bray smiled and took off his hat and saluted. His etiquette is very standard, if his real identity is a dragon, I'm afraid no one will believe it, right?
Qingyi also smiled: "Of course I remember." β
"First of all, congratulations, the Twilight Empire has become a sovereign state, and trade with other countries is officially protected. What does this mean? Money, money, money! Lots of money! Money that you can't spend in a lifetime! I'm glad you were able to do all of this in a short period of time, proving that I was right! β
"Thanks for the compliment."
"But have you stopped your desire to win? Defeat the bald eagle and you are satisfied? Protect your land and your people, and you will be satisfied? Get a sovereign status that is more symbolic than practical, and you are satisfied? Yes, maybe you are satisfied, but others are not satisfied, millions of people are not satisfied! Because you are not satisfied, you want to fight for me, and you want you to live and die! I've been a businessman for so long, and I know this all too well. Everyone says that money equals sin, hehe, if everyone likes to grab mud, then mud will also equal sin. The real evil is in the human heart! β
Schroeder approached Qingyi and persuaded him step by step: "You have killed a subordinate, but he doesn't have to die." If you turn all the humans you see into necromantic creatures, let alone save your subordinates, you can conquer the entire kingdom! But you didn't, and that's why your subordinates died! If you want to talk about human rights, peace, and development, but others don't talk to you, what can you do? β
"Don't threaten me." Qingyi spoke tiredly.
"I didn't threaten you! It's your freedom to do whatever you want, dear majesty! Schlauder's tone suddenly became agitated, a relatively mild agitation, like the occasional torrent that catches the tourists off guard on the beach, but then disappears for a long time. The merchant patted the tyrant on the shoulder: "It's all your freedom, Your Majesty." I won't post any more quests to you, you don't want to kill, whatever, you want to kill, whatever. Follow your heart. β
With that, he left with his coat on his back.
Qingyi raised his head, and his heart was full of mixed feelings: "Follow my heart? 'Good' and 'evil' are intertwined in my body, so how can I follow them casually? It's better not to think about anything and just listen to your command. β