Douglas is the chief knight of the Zell family, a true knight, not a half-knight like Hank. A noble family, how good it is, depends on whether it can have a large number of real knights.

In my personal feelings, Douglas doesn't like Hank very much, and thinks this person is too pompous and doesn't match the knight's calm way, but people can be changed, as a knight captain, Douglas hopes that the knights he teaches can grow up smoothly, pass the trial, and finally become a knight of the Zell family.

This time, he received an order from the head of the house to investigate a man named 'Beta', who was said to be the priest of an unknown shrine. For spellcasters, Douglas instinctively has some annoyance, almost all physics professions hate spellcasters, after all, that kind of weird, mysterious and powerful power, any physics profession will feel quite a headache.

The distance from Tonggu City to Reed Village is not too far, and if there are war horses, it will take about two hours. Douglas had visited Reed Village once a few years ago and stayed for a few days at the house of the Reed Village Chief, who was a descendant of the Brave. At that time, he did not have a good impression of Reed Village, it was dirty, and the villagers who had not bathed for ten days and half a month were running around, and the whole village seemed to be filled with a disgusting smell of feces and sourness.

But at this moment, when he stepped on the entrance of Reed Village, he wondered if he had gone to the wrong place, the original muddy road in the countryside had become a beautiful bluestone path, and although the children working in the village were wearing patched clothes, they were all clean, and there was no mud on their faces and necks, not only that, but their spirits seemed to be quite good, and in Douglas's eyes, these children were all good seedlings who could become knights' followers.

In addition, most of the adults in the village seem to have become clean. It used to look like it at first glance. You can see their oily and muddy necks, but now they look clean, and most importantly, the villagers have become less inclined to onlookers. A few years ago, when he came to the village, he went wherever he went. He would be followed by a group of villagers, following him with admiration and adoration.

But now it was different, the villagers just looked at him with a little curiosity, and then left to go about their business.

Reed Village has changed a lot! The dirt road turned into a bluestone pavement was a small thing, and what really surprised Douglas was that the whole village was changing. In the past, Reed Village was very ordinary, and like all other villages, everyone only cared about food and clothing in front of them. They don't think about other things, they don't have ideals, they don't pursue them. But now it was different, everyone in the village, even the old people, had a light in their eyes, and Douglas knew exactly what that light was.

In the past, when he selected knight apprentices, the chosen ones would have the same sparkle in their eyes. This light is hope, hope for the future life.

Become a knight. It's normal to have hope, but why do these villagers have hope? It would not be surprising if one or two people had such a look, but it was the case for almost the entire village, so it is worth exploring why.

Douglas rode around the outside of the village and went straight to the village chief's house. The village chief of Reed can barely be regarded as a nobleman, and he is also the de facto ruler of the village. Visiting there does not insult his knightly status, and he can also get more accurate information, and generally speaking, ordinary villagers often provide specious information because of their own knowledge and language skills. It is easy to be taken into the ditch, and he has suffered such a loss before.

Douglas was at the door of Reed's house, just happened to meet Kyle who was coming home, a few years ago Kyle was a child, although he is much older now, but his appearance has not changed much, he was about to say hello, but he was suddenly stunned, because he felt a breath in Reed's body, the breath of a fellow professional.

In the temple, Liang Lidong, who had sent away Belin and Kyle, sat on a chair, looking at his system interface with a tangled expression.

No wonder he felt a little weak just now, and now he has a negative state on him:

Foodie's Wrath: As a foodie, you actually swallowed pig food for three meals in a row, your body is violently protesting, and now all your stats have been reduced by 30%, and you have the random consequence of permanent irreversibility, your olfactory sensitivity has decreased by 10%.

Because after returning from the spirit world, he was so hungry that he subconsciously ate the dry food in the space backpack, forgetting that he had superimposed two layers of foodie negative status.

No, you'll have to find something good. Liang Lidong walked out of the temple, missing thirty percent of his attributes, and felt like he was walking with dozens of catties of things on his back, heavy.

He first went to the fisherman in the village to buy a few fresh river fish, the fisherman didn't dare to take his money, Liang Lidong didn't say a word, threw down a silver coin on the table and turned around, and then he went to the foot of the mountain behind the village to dig some moss and grass back, this thing can go fishy, and then he found a pot from the blacksmith Nicholas, and spent about half an hour steaming two fish for himself, after eating a few bites, the system prompted that the negative state of the foodie disappeared, but the negative state of a 10% decrease in olfactory sensitivity can never be eliminated.

Liang Lidong ate the steamed fish slowly, he hadn't encountered a foodie attribute talent in the game, so he didn't pay much attention to it, but he didn't expect that his ability would be permanently reduced if he was not careful. But this is also a great luck in misfortune, only the sense of smell is reduced, if it is the physical attribute, or the willpower attribute, or the endurance of a certain activity, then there is really no place to cry.

The two steamed fish are delicious, but if you eat them alone, it will be a little difficult. When Liang Lidong was about to summon Joan of Arc to come down to help, a big man wearing chain mail walked in outside the temple.

As soon as he entered the temple, he sniffed first, then saw Liang Lidong, and then saw two steamed fish on the small table in front of Liang Lidong, and his expression suddenly became quite exciting.

In fact, it's no wonder that this big man is so surprised, generally speaking, the temple is a rather sacred place, but Liang Lidong is sitting under the statue of the holy goddess, wearing a religious robe, eating steamed fish without any image, this atmosphere does not match the solemn image of the church at all.

Liang Lidong looked at the big man with a strange expression, raised the homemade chopsticks in his hand and said with a smile: "The person who came is a guest." Let's try it together, but unfortunately there is no wine. ”

The big man was Douglas, who walked in with a strange look on his face and looked at the two steamed fish, and traditional education taught him that it was not right to eat in the temple. But the two fish do smell delicious, and the priest of the temple is eating them himself, so if they eat them together, there should be no problem.

He walked up to Liang Lidong, sat down, and then spread his hands, indicating that he had no utensils. Liang Lidong took out a knife and fork from the space backpack, and when he went to the blacksmith to buy a pot, he also bought some tableware by the way. Putting it in a backpack now works.

Although Douglas was large and fit the image of a cavalryman, he ate with great grace, he gently cut a piece of meat from the back of the fish with a small blade, put it in his mouth, gently crushed it with the tip of his tongue and tasted it, and waited for more than ten seconds before he swallowed the fish into his stomach. Then he said: "It's a delicious cooking, but I didn't expect Your Excellency to be not only a spellcaster. A master of swordsmanship, and even a master of cooking, it's the most beautiful food I've ever had. ”

"Prize!" Liang Lidong smiled and nodded in gratitude, then he glanced at the white spear family crest on Douglas's shoulder armor, and asked, "The knight of the Zell family?" I don't know what your Excellency has to say when you come to our temple of Waukin? ”

Douglas put down his knife and fork. Said: "Lord Knight of the Zell family, Douglas! I just heard that there was a wise man in the village of Reed, so I came to take a look, and I thought it was an exaggerated rumor spread by the village barbarian, but I did not expect that your Excellency was more talented than the rumors. The whole village of Reed has changed because of you, and I think there will definitely be a lot of scholars in this village in the future. This is no longer the behavior of a wise man, but should be called a wise man. ”

"Passing the prize." Liang Lidong laughed, and then asked, "I just follow the teachings of my god and try my best to help believers stay away from ignorance, poverty, and disease, and I don't deserve the name of a sage." ”

"But Reed's village is too small for Your Excellency to develop here." Douglas said sincerely, "I have heard that Your Excellency has appointed an heir, and she can manage the village well. In that case, why don't you go to a bigger world, a wider world? For example, we are currently lacking a truth disseminator like you in Bronze Drum City, and if you can go to our Bronze Drum City to build a temple, I think the city lord will be very happy. ”

"But the problem is, there are already other shrines in Bronze Drum City." Liang Lidong shook his head, and then continued: "I have been to Bronze Drum City before, if I am not mistaken, the followers of the Storm Goddess should have already declared that it is the realm of the Storm, and if I go over again, it will be a religious war, which is not in accordance with the rules." ”

"Indeed, the followers of the Tempest Goddess have established a shrine in the eastern part of the city." Douglas said slowly: "But our Bronze Drum City has doubled in size, and the believers of the Goddess of the Storm alone can no longer meet the faith requirements of the residents of Bronze Drum City, and if there is one more believer from the Divine Mansion stationed in it, we should not mind." ”

What Douglas said does make sense, the bigger the city, the more power the Shrine can be stationed. For example, the royal city of Hollevin is huge, and there are six forces of gods there to propagate their teachings, and they are at peace with each other.

If the expansion of the Bronze Drum City is doubled, then Liang Lidong stationed in it will indeed not cause strong dissatisfaction among the believers of the Goddess of the Storm, but after thinking about it for a while, he still shook his head and said: "My god teaches us that a journey of a thousand miles accumulates in steps, and everything must be accumulated, and now I have not even completely transformed the villagers of Reed Village into believers, if I have the ability and experience to develop in Copper Drum City, of course, when I have the ability, I will naturally go there to spread the glory of my god." ”

"But I'm afraid that by then, other temple forces will have already intervened."

Liang Lidong said with an indifferent expression: "My god taught us that everything cannot be forced, it is ours, it must be ours, not ours, there is no need to be persistent." ”

I have to say that Liang Lidong still pretends to be quite similar, Douglas nodded, he stood up, and said, "I understand what Your Excellency meant." This time I came to Reed Village just to meet old friends, I didn't expect to meet Your Excellency, it is indeed a reward, I hope that one day, I can see the temple built by Your Excellency in Tonggu City. ”

Liang Lidong stood up and made a farewell gift: "Thank you, Your Excellency, for your good words." ”

Watching Douglas leave, Liang Lidong sat down. He knew very well that the knight must have come to Reed Village for another purpose, considering that Kyle had told him yesterday that Jerry's brother Hank seemed to have the intention of framing him, and after a little thought, he understood what was going on.

Originally, if Hank could come to the temple to apologize and admit his mistakes, he would still help this guy explain the divine punishment, but now it seems that Hank can only bear the title of poor ghost for the rest of his life.

Joan of Arc flew in through the window, grabbed a steamed fish, and flew away.

When Douglas returned to Drum City, it was already late afternoon, and instead of resting, he went directly to meet his master.

The half-elf was eating dinner, and when he saw Douglas, he immediately greeted him and said, "Douglas, it's just right to come back, and we will talk while eating." ”

Douglas was not polite, he directly removed the chain mail on his body, asked the attendant to take it away and put it away, and then he sat directly in front of the head of the house and said: "Master, I went to Reed Village to inquire according to my order, and the result surprised me. According to my judgment, the so-called Goddess Waujin is definitely not an evil god, she should be a very kind Guardian Camp Divine Residence. ”

"Why do you say that?" The half-elf's pale green eyes were tinged with interest.

Next, Douglas recounted what he had seen, and then said: "I absolutely do not think that a priest who can do this level for ordinary civilians is an evil god who can teach characters, and when I talk to him, I can feel that there is murderous and bloody smell in his body, but there is absolutely no anger. ”

The half-elf nodded: "Your judgment is indeed correct, Goddess Workin is indeed not an evil god, she was a very famous neutral god residence more than three hundred years ago, but I don't know why, she suddenly disappeared, and the names of many god mansions have also changed...... But this is a matter of the heavenly realm, a matter between gods and gods, and we mortals had better not to inquire into it, nor to inquire about it. ”

"By the way, this is my avatar." Douglas pulled out a picture scroll from his bosom: "Because of the rush of time, I only sketched his appearance roughly, but it is already eight points of appearance." ”

The half-elf took the drawing paper and looked at the portrait on it, with a look of surprise and nostalgia in his eyes: "Beta, is it really you?" (To be continued......)