Chapter 224: It's Not the Storm's Fault

"We have understood." The people from the Police Station stopped recording; it was hard to say whether this matter involved Transcendental Power, and since it was the first time it had happened, it needed to be reported to the Municipal Building.

The scope of this incident's impact was somewhat large, and it had already made the news by the next day.

Seeing the news, Mofate frowned and said, "Tana City still has things like this? Why do I feel like it should be quite safe here?"

Seeing Mofate's worry, Amao reminded him, "This is all because this factory owner is truly too greedy. Right now, the entire Tana City is very short on workers, so the workers' benefits and treatment are quite good. They are afraid the workers will run away, so they made the entire factory like a prison."

"God, can't they improve the workers' treatment a bit? If this were in the Royal Capital, this kind of problem definitely wouldn't appear."

"If it were in the Royal Capital, there wouldn't be a shortage of workers either." Amao swapped a newspaper for him. "Currently, the people at the Government Building have no specific way to handle this matter, but that Mofate has already been detained for reasons such as illegal possession of firearms and enslaving workers."

"Then he is definitely going to lose a layer of skin," Mofate said according to his own understanding. "He accused the Storm Church like that; he will definitely be retaliated against."

The people of the Storm Church were indeed going to retaliate against Michael; this guy was publicly clamoring, saying that everything faced inside the factory was done by people from the Storm Church.

Heaven and earth are my witness, they had never sold any Charms at all.

After arriving in Tana City, they had even helped the official Extraordinarys of Tana City capture those Barbarians.

It was hard enough to be accepted by the Extraordinarys here; even if they couldn't spread the Lord's teachings, they could at least make the people of Tana City not so repulsed by them.

As a result, just because of this bastard Michael, people who originally had faith in the Storm Church were all discussing the problems caused by the Storm Church in the Factory District.

"Do you think it could be that we transported too many workers over? I heard Rierna is also very short on manpower."

"Yeah, it is said that the Storm Church doesn't even have enough manpower to build a church at the Mechanical Port; the price of workers outside is getting higher and higher now."

"The Mechanical Port should be very far from us, right? Can they even pin this on us?"

"Who can say for sure? Now that Tana City no longer has the Barbarian invasions, the population has increased too much compared to before, but no matter how it increases, it is never enough."

Inside the Rice Bowl shop, listening to these discussions, the face of Martin, a father of the Storm Church, turned black.

If it weren't for the fact that the food in front of him was delicious enough, he definitely would have thrown this Rice Bowl onto the other person's head and told them that the Storm Church doesn't just know how to use thunder Charms.

He felt it was necessary to go to the Municipal Building in person to explain that he had nothing to do with this matter.

His apprentice Tata, who was to the side, didn't care about those things at all; he only cared about what he was eating today.

Ever since he came to Tana City, he hadn't eaten a repeated meal.

Just in this one Rice Bowl shop, he hadn't eaten the same meal; every time it was a different combination, but every combination suited his appetite.

Looking at his apprentice who was eating for his life, Martin's face turned even darker.

Only he cared about the church's affairs; the few people he brought were not very reliable.

Then again, this kind of thing—spreading faith to a new region—was originally something only idle personnel would do.

"You don't need to worry too much." Ajia, who was to the side, persuaded Martin. "If we insist on going to explain, it will instead cause unnecessary trouble. The Storm Church itself is not a recognized church in the Federal; it is only because we are very close to the Port City that we were able to come in to preach. If it weren't for that, we would have even more trouble."

Clenched fists silently relaxed; Martin had to admit it.

Although most people publicly acknowledge the Storm Church as a Zheng Shen Church.

But in terms of official definition, the Federal does not recognize the Storm Church.

Instead, the Sun God Cult, Wisdom, War, and Wealth churches belong to the category of Zheng Shen Church and can build their own churches.

As for god cults like the Beauty God, they cannot own their own churches.

That is why the Believers of the Beauty God are concentrated in the Theater.

"There isn't much we can do, but we have to do something, right?" Martin shoveled a few mouthfuls of rice, then said with a look of satisfaction, "I thought of a way."

Martin's way was to apply for an embassy in the dock area.

He could see that Gannaer's embassy was actually composed of members of the Death Church.

Those young girls were all Priestesses of Death; besides helping these Tana People go to Gannaer to live, work, and do business, they also spread the teachings of Death to them.

Although there was no formal church, they still used this method to make a portion of people feel that believing in Death was also a good thing.

Then why couldn't he also build an embassy?

Anyway, he could write a letter back; this kind of request could always be allowed. It was just an embassy; not only could it spread faith, but it could also do business.

Thinking of this, Martin felt he was simply a genius.

As long as he did this, neither the Wealth Church nor any War Church would stop him.

Even if the Believers of Storm were all alcoholics themselves and very irritable.

Martin, who came out of the Municipal Building, looked refreshed.

Unexpectedly, he only needed to produce proof documents regarding his identity to be able to build this embassy.

Although it was a bit expensive, he felt it was no problem; the church still had this much capital.

Rier has a large amount of income every year that is invested in the church's Believers and the church's assets.

As long as his application was well-written, it shouldn't be a problem.

"I can just write a letter directly to Archbishop Stanting; he is at the Mechanical Port, and a round trip only takes a week. As soon as we have the approval, we can go to the dock area to build."

"Why must it be the dock area? Today it seems like there are more people on Store Street."

"Are you stupid?" Martin kicked his little apprentice. "Most of our Believers are fishermen and sailors; if you aren't in the port area, where would you be?"

"He just saw that the Store Street here is very prosperous, that's why. I think I just saw a shop for Mystical Items; should we go over and take a look?" Compared to Martin, Ajia was much more relaxed; he didn't have the mindset of doing a mission like Martin, but rather seemed like he was here for a tour.

Hearing there was a shop for Mystical Items, Martin became alert.

"Why is there a shop for Mystical Items directly here?" Martin frowned and said. "Isn't this telling those ordinary people directly that Transcendental Power exists in this world?"

"Even if you don't tell them, don't the people of Tana City already know? You also know that this place is ravaged by Barbarians and witches once every year; even Gannaer dares to stand on the border line to provoke. The people here should almost all know that Transcendental Power exists."

"It's normal for the nobles to know, but those ordinary people... won't it cause panic?" Martin felt that all of this violated his common sense.

No wonder those Tana People thought the factory being struck by lightning was because of the Storm Church.

And they wouldn't think it was just that the factory owner had bad luck.

Ajia also didn't know if this was good for the people of Tana City. "In any case, they should be used to it. The Grain in Tana City is the cheapest in the entire Federal; if you want to eat your fill, coming to Tana City is the best. But correspondingly, you have to bear some risks... and the wage level here is truly a bit too low."

"Yeah, with this kind of wage level, once you arrive in Tana City and can only get enough food and clothing but can't save money, it's impossible to walk out of Tana City no matter what." Money is needed everywhere; when you arrive in a new place, if you can't guarantee your own life and can't find suitable work, let alone having no savings, even if you have savings, it might not be enough.

Ordinary Tana People can only silently accept the fact that Transcendental Power exists.

With official Extraordinary individuals present, there was no need for them to panic.

Even if they did panic, it would be useless anyway.

Walking to that Mystical Item shop, Martin felt a strange spiritual power.

Although the Storm Church's identification of spirituality was not particularly clear, sensing whether the other party was an Awakened was still possible.

A young girl was tidying up things at the counter; to her left was an account book, and to her right was an abacus.

This was a specialty of Store Street; only the merchants here used abacuses.

However, some merchants had already begun to learn how to use the abacus; it was said to be very convenient, especially for calculating accounts.

"Hello." Just as Martin was thinking, Susan had already regained her focus.

Her business during this period had been simply, excessively good.

The Charms that the God of Calamity had her sell were almost sold out every day.

Even without things like Luck Charms or Health Charms, the common Charms provided by this deity sold very well; even the sales of Calamity Talismans were extremely high. The Xiahui People didn't know what they were thinking, often buying Calamity Talismans, seemingly believing that by giving others some bad luck, their own luck would improve.

"Hello, I wonder what Mystical Items are available for purchase here?" Martin also regained his focus; he knew this was not the Storm Church's territory, and the management of civilian Awakened was not as strict.

Moreover, this was Tana City, where Awakened were not rare.

Susan did not yet know that the other party had discovered her identity, and she smiled and said: "Everything sold here is officially permitted Mystical Items, such as some low-hazard Mystical materials, for example, various essential oils, Charms, low-level materials, dyes, handicrafts, etc. There are also some Formation Charms that lean towards defense and safety; in short, there are no offensive items here."

It had to be said that Martin was a little disappointed.

He hoped to find a Lightning Charm here, so he could clear his own suspicion.

But since the other party had clearly stated it was within the officially permitted scope, he had no way to find fault.

Susan, of course, saw that these people were not new Believers, and certainly not people who believed in the Calamity.

Their attire leaned towards those who came from the sea, and everyone had a very common red nose.

This was the state of people from the sea who had just arrived in Tana City not long ago.

"I wonder what you need?" Susan said with a smile.

"I just need some powerful Charms, um, I wonder what you have?" While looking around the shop and communicating with Susan, seeing that there were NPCs, several players simply stood at the door to watch the fun, seemingly not intending to go in.

Although he didn't know what was special about himself or why someone was staring at him from outside, Martin still straightened his posture, trying to project a good image to these people.

"The Charms we have here are all inclined towards defensive properties; what kind of environment do you want to apply them in?"

Before Martin could speak, the little apprentice Tata said: "We need a Charm that makes people unable to hear snoring."

"This..." It had to be said that Martin's snoring was a bit loud.

But this kind of Charm was far from being called powerful.

"I can provide a Silent Talisman for you, so you won't be able to hear the snoring, but the drawback is that you might not be able to hear any sound for a period of time." Susan kindly reminded the other party, "People who have used it say that sleeping like this isn't necessarily very good, because it's too quiet."

"I have to try it; I wonder how much it costs?" As soon as Tata heard that it really existed, her eyes brightened as she spoke.

"It costs 300 Tana each; if you buy 100, you can use 3 Silver Tana. These Silent Talismans are only effective for 20 minutes."

"As long as it lets me sleep, that's fine. Let me see, here are three Silver Tana, please give me those Charms."

His little apprentice really didn't give him any face; Martin's face turned dark, but he still braced himself and said: "Are there any other Mystical Items? I mean, I want to know if you have any Mystical materials here."

"There are some; Tana City is rich in Truth Frog eyes and Red-tailed Dragonflies, but most are bought up by the Wealth Church, and a small amount reaches my hands." In reality, it wasn't a small amount, but the current players almost never went to look for these two types of mystical creatures.

It was mainly because they were too hard to find. With players around, these two types of creatures had already hidden in the deep mountains. Going back and forth for several days was not as profitable as a trip to Port City.

So even new players were unwilling to risk wasting a 1-day cooldown to run into the mountains to catch those wild monsters.

It was very realistic, but too realistic, and players would also be repelled.

Neither of these were things the Storm Church needed to acquire. "If you have Merman bladders here, I am willing to pay a suitable price to purchase them."

"Such things are not common; after all, we are in Tana City, which is still some distance from the seaport." Susan answered reasonably.

Several players standing outside were whispering, especially the leader, You'eryuan.

His current shop belonged to a competitive relationship with Susan's.

But he didn't care, because it was easier to receive a Hidden Task at Susan's place, so he would often come here to look around, trying to find special Hidden Tasks.

For example, a task like Mofate's.

This time, it was hard to see NPCs come in, but these few NPCs were very strange.

It was as if they were here to interrogate Susan, rather than to buy things.

Looking like those people from the sea, You'eryuan quickly judged that these people were not from Gannaer.

(End of this chapter)