Chapter 73: The Sun God Church's Compensation

"This..." Bell looked somewhat troubled. He glanced at one of his companions, and the young man, who was about the same age as him, gave a subtle nod.

Only then did Bell nod with a smile on his face: "That is no problem."

He turned toward the direction of the Sun God Church present and said sternly to the several Sun God Priests there: "I have already criticized you severely before, but this kind of method, used on one's own initiative without first obtaining the other party's consent, is extremely incorrect. But fortunately, Knight Jier does not hold it against you too much, yet your church must provide Knight Jier with sufficient compensation!"

"Have you prepared this compensation?"

The Sun God Church priests nodded awkwardly: "We have already had the church in town prepare it in advance; we started preparing the moment we received your letter of criticism, Young Master Bell."

"Very good. Knight Jier needs this compensation now. Once the meeting disperses, you shall hand it over to the Knight himself. Jier, after the Sun God Church priests give you the compensation, come find me; I have something to discuss with you privately," Bell said at last.

Subsequently, everyone relied on reliable maps to calculate the scale and supply requirements for the two groups of people in advance.

The group with more people led by Bell had convenient supplies because it mainly moved along the existing county merchant road. From the merchant road to Momona Cunzi, as learned from the people going to Momona Cunzi, there was also an existing dirt road, so it would be enough to set up a supply point at the intersection of the merchant road and the road to Momona Cunzi and station some troops there to support an offensive operation on the scale of several hundred people.

Jier's side, however, was much more troublesome. Starting from Blue Well Cunzi, they would head straight northwest to the edge of the mountain forest where monsters constantly emerged. Because the personnel on Jier's route needed to enter the mountain forest to withstand the monsters' attacks and push them back, the supply point could only be set up at the edge of the mountain forest at most. People also needed to be left here for protection, guarding against monsters circling around to attack.

At the same time, because the mountain forest was difficult to traverse, the number of personnel for the supply team could not be small.

Don't look at the fact that the straight-line distance from Blue Well Cunzi to Momona Cunzi on the map is less than twenty kilometers; moving in the mountain forest, an average person might not even be able to walk ten kilometers in a whole day.

The further away from the supply point at the edge of the mountain forest, the fewer combat-capable personnel Jier would have at hand, and the greater the proportion of guards needed to be invested in the supply line.

"So you must select your Refining Qi elites in advance, lest the warriors at your side end up being of no use," Bell reminded him.

Jier braced his hands on the table, looking at the map and nodding continuously: "No problem, I roughly know what to do. Rest assured, I have a special team for fighting in the mountain forest."

"Oh? What is it? Is it convenient to tell everyone about it?" Bell asked curiously.

Jier gestured: "It is a small squad of Long-Haired Lynx Beastmen. Don't look at the small number; they are all elite forces among the non-human races. Any one of them is more reliable than most of the warriors under my command. In the complex terrain of the mountain forest, they should be even more formidable."

"Non-humans..." Bell pondered for a moment.

Someone next to him asked on his behalf: "Non-humans? Knight Jier, are they reliable? In this counter-offensive battle, we must rely on the most reliable forces. We humans are naturally reliable, but if non-humans cannot complete the tasks you assign them, they will just turn around and slip away."

This young man from a Knight Family added, lest Jier, this outsider Knight, overthink: "My mother encountered such a thing when she was leading troops in battle before. She spent a large sum of money to hire a Beast Bear Tribe of non-humans, but they were fine at first, and just because a small task wasn't completed and a small amount of commission was deducted, they directly pulled out and retreated. It put my mother in a very passive position at the time; it was only thanks to her fighting desperately that she made up for the lack of manpower."

The young partners from the Knight Family with him also nodded; they must have heard of this incident.

Jier pursed his lips and gave a guarantee for Mao Mao and the others: "Rest assured, they have been with me for a while. In all the tasks, big and small, that I have entrusted to them, they have never let me down."

"That's good, you can weigh this matter yourself," Bell said finally.

After discussing the personnel to be dispatched, the scale of supplies, and the number of priests accompanying each team, they agreed to officially set off after dawn tomorrow. Bell told everyone to go back and rest early tonight to save energy for the subsequent actions.

Jier turned around and blocked the Sun God Church priests just as the meeting dispersed.

"Before the compensation for me arrives today, don't even think about going anywhere!"

Jier was not polite at all; after all, he was the one in the right, and the attitude of the Sun God Church priests toward him was also very strange, as if they had determined that after he had received the means of the 【Sun Child】, he had become one of their own in the church.

Therefore, even though they were blocked by Jier demanding compensation, these guys were still smiling on their faces, crowding up to say in a friendly manner: "Of course, of course. Knight Jier is our noble Sun Child, and he should receive compensation. Please come with me; the items are placed at the home of the believers where we are temporarily staying."

Weier and Zhongtusi wanted to follow Jier and go along with him to see what compensation the priests would give. But just as they stepped out of the meeting room door, Weier was grabbed by a young woman from a Knight Family guarding the door: "Hey, handsome! Come with me for a moment, I have something to tell you."

Weier just wanted to show an expression of disgust, but seeing that the person grabbing him was an Heir of a certain Knight Family in Sasi County, his expression changed, and he thought of something, so he gave a gesture to Zhongtusi beside him and followed the other party away.

Zhongtusi was stunned. No, he just left like that? Is being handsome that popular? I'm not bad either!

But the wailing in his heart was heard by no one, so he had to quickly follow Jier, who had walked far ahead.

The temporary residence of the Sun God Church priests in Celebration Cunzi was not a public village building, but the home of a Sun God believer in Celebration Cunzi. This family was naturally happy to have the Priest Lords stay at their home; this was the honor of their family!

Even if this family had to move into the storage room in the courtyard to sleep on the floor, they would still give their own house to the Priest Lords for temporary residence.

It must be said that the place where the Sun God priests were temporarily staying also had a strong church style. Even though there were no candles lit for lighting in the room, the whole house was 'brightly lit' from top to bottom. In the entire Celebration Cunzi, this villager's house was the brightest.

No wonder the parasitic monsters didn't deal with other routes but specifically targeted your Sun God Church route; you are all too conspicuous, it's hard for the monsters not to notice you.

A carriage was parked in the courtyard; it was the church's own carriage. The carriage was naturally empty, and the items and supplies on the carriage, as well as the priests' personal belongings, had all been moved into the house.

When Jier and Zhongtusi arrived, the other Sun God Church priests who had not participated in the meeting were scattered throughout the farmer's house, each doing their own work.

There was a young priest with a kind face at the courtyard gate, treating simple injuries for villagers and town guards who claimed to believe in the Sun God. Perhaps it couldn't be called an injury; some people just felt uncomfortable, but since the Sun God priest himself said the treatment was free, it wouldn't hurt for them to say a word of flattery to the Sun God against their will.

After all, for the ordinary people who made up the majority, as pan-believers, it was not impossible for them to change their faith because of some small immediate benefits.

Such small favors were also a simple means for the church to recruit new believers in Celebration Cunzi during this special period and at this special location.

As for some young priests, they would not focus their energy on new believers, but were in the courtyard discussing with this family of veteran Sun God believers the future development of the local church, how the Sun God's great power had increased tremendously following the ascension, and so on.

Deepening the faith of originally devout believers was, in the eyes of some more senior priests, far more important than young priests winning over new believers.

After all, a hundred pan-believers were far less reliable and useful than one devout believer.

Whether it was the firmness of faith, or whether they could be of use at some critical moments, etc.

As for Asmoru, who had used the 【Sun Child】 means, this original middle-aged lead priest of the Sun God Church, he was sitting alone and forlorn on the front steps of this family's house, holding paper and pen and writing something.

After Jier entered, he glanced at this person, and the other party also saw Jier. He originally wanted to say something, but neither side said anything, just exchanging a look.

Jier's eyes were full of disgust, while Asmoru's eyes were somewhat regretful.

People only realize the preciousness of things when they lose them.

"Knight Jier, please come in. You sit in the living room and rest for a while first; I will take people to bring all the things that compensate you." The new lead priest was Asmoru's former deputy. This person had been riding high recently; after all, Asmoru had taken full responsibility for their unfavorable actions on this route, and even paid with his own Divine Power and status within the church.

And he, having done nothing, had officially become the leader of the team, and after the situation turned, he had luckily taken over Bitter Water Cunzi and dealt with the newly promoted 【Sun Child】 Knight Qiao-Jier.

After Jier entered the house, he scanned the farmer's house and found that, unlike the farmers in Southern Sasi County, the first floor here was not used for raising pigs or livestock, but was a traditional house living room, kitchen, farm tool room, and other rooms.

Livestock were kept in separate livestock pens, and the farmer's courtyard was spacious, with both front and back yards, and even dedicated dry toilet facilities.

In general, it was not so cramped, and the space was more spacious.

This could be seen from the village population and village area of Northern and Southern Sasi County.

In these villages in Northern Sasi County, the smallest village had about six hundred people, ninety to one hundred households of villagers. For larger ones, the whole village had nearly one thousand people, about one hundred and sixty farmer households.

While most of the population in Southern Sasi County was four or five hundred, only Big Tree Cunzi was slightly more, and that was because of the existence of the wise and magical Dashu Bi'ao; that was an exception.

The key to the matter, Jier estimated, lay in the safety of the environment. Southern Sasi County was full of ponds and small lakes where Siege Fish were entrenched, and they would take advantage of heavy rains every summer to run out and breed. To avoid being targeted by such troublesome monsters, each village had to build sturdy wooden walls to protect the entire village.

At the same time, compared to Northern Sasi County, Southern Sasi County still had wild beasts and monsters appearing.

Northern Sasi County had many Knight Lords; at the slightest sign of monster activity, those knights in their prime would howl and gather a bunch of old buddies to kill the invading monsters with their own hands. They treated this matter as an honor to show off personally and a rare combat experience.

Therefore, the walls of the villages in Northern Sasi County were built relatively simply, and the scale of the villages was much larger.

The advantage is naturally that the living space for the villagers inside the Cunzi is much more spacious, but the disadvantage is that when facing the appearance of the Parasitic Vine Monster, unless there is sufficient manpower, the Cunzi is not easy to defend.

This is also one of the reasons why, after discussions, the people of the Sasi Family in Yemei Town initially had the tens of thousands of surrounding Villagers evacuate their Villages and gather in Yemei Town.

Especially after Sasi Baron, who served as the main force, and the various Knight Lords left Sasi County with their troops, the surrounding Villages found it very difficult to resist the harassment and attacks of the Parasitic Vine Monster on their own.

After entering the house, Jier casually found a wooden chair and sat down, also letting Zhongtusi sit to one side.

"Where is Weier? Did he go back?" Jier asked with a smile on his face.

Zhongtusi explained a bit, but the more he thought about it, the angrier he became: "I don't look bad either, so why do such good things never fall on my head?"

Jier smiled: "This shows that your looks are still a bit lacking, especially when standing next to Weier. Don't think so much; look at me, I don't care about these things either."

Zhongtusi muttered a complaint in a low voice, seemingly feeling that Jier was still young and didn't understand such things, which is why he didn't care. He, Zhongtusi, had long been married and knew how things were, so he cared more about this matter.

Jier pretended not to hear the other's muttering and looked at the glowing Sun God Emblem on the surrounding walls. It was these glowing little trinkets that lit up the entire house; the Priests were not afraid of trouble, actually setting up so many illuminating emblems in this temporarily occupied Farmer's house.

This also goes to show that although the believers are far fewer than those of the local Agricultural God Church, the Priests of the Sun God Church are never lacking in Divine Power.

Perhaps this also has to do with the number of Priests in the church; although there are few Sun God believers, there are only these ten or so local Priests, so each person gets quite a bit when divided up. As for exactly how many Agricultural God Priests there are in the north and south of Sasi County, Jier still hasn't figured it out.

It seems that every Cunzi under the autonomy of the Agricultural God Church in Southern Sasi County has a Cunzi Priest, while in Yemei Town in Northern Sasi County, judging by the scale of the Agricultural God Church, there are at least dozens of Priests present.

With many wolves and little meat, the Agricultural God Priests also have many places where they must use Divine Power, so it is not strange that they cannot accumulate it.

"My lord, what compensation do you think they will give you?" Zhongtusi twisted around in his chair, seemingly feeling that it was inappropriate for him to be sitting while Jier the Knight was sitting.

But Jier actually didn't care about this; he waved his hand: "It's only been a few days, what kind of compensation could they have prepared on such short notice? Don't worry too much about it; what I want is mainly their attitude. They can't just plot against me without my consent like this. Although I got a benefit from the result, it still leaves a bad taste. Especially since this matter made the Sasi Family, as the local ruling family, feel unhappy."

"Therefore, they must be reprimanded, and compensation must be given. Otherwise, if everyone does this, they can plot against me today, and tomorrow could they use the same methods to plot against Bell himself? You must know that Bell is the Heir of the Sasi Family and will inherit the title of Sasi Baron in the future."

Once these things were mentioned, Zhongtusi couldn't really understand them, so he had to pretend to understand and nodded.

"What Jier the Knight says makes a lot of sense. I only realized in the last two days why other churches almost never use the method of the 【Sun Child】, even though Priests who reach a certain level should be able to. I've thought it through and realized why this method is so rarely used."

The person speaking was the temporary team leader Priest who had come down from the second-floor stairs, and he was followed by several Priests carrying things.

Each of them had a look of lingering fear; clearly, while the method of the 【Sun Child】 made them believe they had gained Jier as a new Sun Child, it was also being guarded against and suppressed by the Sasi Family in various places.

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