Chapter 71 I Will Light a Bonfire
“Snap, snap—”
The chief guard cracked his whip in the air, forcing the people to retreat.
Once the decree with the king's seal was issued, no one dared to speak out even if they were dissatisfied.
There is no way. In the minds of most people, the king represents supreme authority, and the nobility is a mountain pressing on the people and can never be shaken.
Some people may find it strange. This world can be cultivated, and talented people can make their personal power greater than everything else and defeat the whole fucking world with their own strength. So why would they be afraid of worldly power?
What if I tell you that most powerful people are closely connected with secular power?
There may be strong people who do not submit to the king, but there are too few such people, and there is another important reason - the strength of the strong people is almost the same.
The strong ones are all very strong, and moving mountains, filling the sea and changing the weather are no problem, but there is a lack of strong men, just like the absence of Sukuna and Gojo Satoru in the Jujutsu Kaisen, and the absence of Baichou and Shaya in the early stage of Wushen. The remaining strong ones can tie in one-on-one, win for sure in two-on-one, and crush in three-on-one, forming a wonderful balance, and no one wants to provoke a dispute first.
Even though there are gold-level and legendary adventurers among them, the vast majority of them will not empathize with the lower-level bronze-level adventurers.
"hateful."
"This is too overbearing,"
"I thought the Bedards were helping to develop Food Paradise out of kindness."
The adventurers present retreated unwillingly, and the guards all showed mocking smiles and waved their hands casually. A large number of workers came and automatically divided into groups of ten to enter the dungeon. Even if only a hundred of them could successfully obtain the harvest, it would be a sure profit.
This was the idea of the third young master Sally. His wisdom told him that he should use his super financial resources at this time and exchange worthless lives for resources.
To some extent, this method is quite in line with Gong Qiying's wishes.
"That's too much," Malu said indignantly after seeing the guards' tyranny throughout the process, "As expected, all the nobles in the world are the same. What do you think, Boss?"
She turned her head to look, but was stunned.
Because Leon clenched his fists and had a horrified expression on his face, as if he would rush up and beat the guards up at any time.
I want to beat him, beat him, beat him, beat them.
Leon himself couldn't understand the anger in his heart. The Bed family's style of doing things was a bit overbearing, and he should be angry, but why was he so angry?
It’s strange, am I an angry young man?
At this moment, he thought of what Gong Qiying once said.
If the king disobeys you, beat him, and keep beating him.
"Boss, are you okay?"
Malu's voice brought Leon back to his senses. He looked at the other person's concerned expression, forced a smile, and said, "Of course I'm fine. You guys wait here first, I'll be back soon."
Leon walked up to the guard leader and said something, then showed him the letter of certification from the Adventurer's Guild. Although the latter looked impatient, he still waved his hand to stop the workers and let the strategy team and others go in first.
Even after entering the dark and smelly dungeon, Malu still followed Leon with a worried look on her face, which made him laugh and cry.
At this time, a magician from the Magic Association spoke up. He was a middle-aged uncle with an unkempt appearance, wearing a large pointed hat with a wide brim. He said in a joking voice:
"The lord here is quite foresighted and quick in action. Unfortunately, tsk tsk tsk, I'm afraid he will end up in a dismal situation this time."
"Oh, do you know anything about the inside story?" Melgar asked with interest, and even Stellan poked her head out.
Another younger magician who looked like a freshly graduated student elbowed the middle-aged uncle and said with a frown, "Mr. Roger, please don't say anything unnecessary. We don't even know whether the incident is true or not. It's too hasty to make a judgment now."
Roger shrugged, then squatted down, hugged Drew and said, "Brother Drew has seen it with his own eyes, how can it be false? Perry, are you doubting the best dwarf graduate in the history of the Magic Association?"
"That's because there are not many dwarves willing to learn magic," Perry muttered, and then he said loudly: "Before I saw the bonfire, I was skeptical about everything. I didn't believe that a mere dungeon could hide the secret of the birth of the world!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere around them suddenly fell silent.
"What, what's wrong?" He looked around and felt that everyone was looking at him strangely.
Roger laughed and said in a mean way, "You told me the whole truth, and you asked me not to say anything extra."
Perry's face suddenly turned red and he was speechless for a long time.
The Holy Light Knight still had a stern face. He was already in a bad mood, and now it was as if the whole world owed him money. He snorted heavily and said in a deep voice:
"You actually said that the world was created by fire. You spread such heresy. This dungeon should be cleansed thoroughly by the holy light. I will thoroughly inspect this place and send down the God of Holy Light to make a decision based on the situation!"
The Fire Monks of the Spark Church dared not speak out and could only glare at the other party secretly, because the words of the Holy Light Knight just now were an insult to the God of Fire, but who told them that the Spark Church was weak? They did not dare to challenge the Holy Light Church.
In fact, every church in this world claims that the world was created by the gods they believe in. Whoever’s church is the most powerful created the world.
Melgar smiled. She also knew that the bonfire would spread images that were suspected to be the "secret of the birth of the world", but she had never seen it with her own eyes. It was because of Stellan and for this reason that she accepted Sid's invitation and joined the exploration team.
Everyone present knew the image of the bonfire, except one person. Who was that person?
What are they talking about? Stellan had a bunch of question marks popping up above her head. She felt like an outsider and muttered to herself: Aren’t we here to find the Altar of the Sun?
Her mission was indeed to find the Sun Altar, but others had other tasks besides that: investigating the truth of the bonfire image and trying to clear the Thane dungeon.
Ever since he was killed by Soul Five that day and left the dungeon, Drew went to the Magic Association immediately to inform them about the bonfire. The association was currently dealing with the sudden increase in the number of demons on the border, and in the midst of their busy schedule, they dispatched Roger and Perry to conduct a preliminary investigation. If there are any gains, they will send experienced magicians over later.
After returning to Bed City, Drew went to see Sid, the branch president of the Adventurer's Guild. Unexpectedly, the other party already knew about this and proposed to set up an exploration team.
There is a traitor in the Magic Association! This was Drew's first thought. His second thought was: What does this have to do with me?
So I readily agreed.
Then Sid personally went out to find the Holy Light Knights and the Fire Monks.
The Holy Light Knight and the Flame Monk are both characters that have a strong connection with the bonfire. The former is from the most powerful church on the continent and is also a fanatical believer. He is familiar with all the classics of the Holy Light Church and likes to criticize heresy the most. The God of Fire that the latter believes in may have some connection with the bonfire, so we might as well call them together.
These people are all very strong, and when combined together they form a PRO strategy team, which will surely bring some surprises to the dungeon.
The conversation just now made the atmosphere in the team a little tense, especially the Holy Light Knight. He almost showed contempt for the God of Fire on his face, which made the Fire Monk tremble with anger.
In this uncomfortable atmosphere, the exploration team overcame all obstacles and finally arrived at the campfire.
The extinguished embers floated in the breeze, and the spiral sword stood there quietly, waiting for visitors.
"Here we go again," Leon sighed.
When everyone surrounded the bonfire, he lit the flames.
(End of this chapter)
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