Chapter 902: Seems They Aren't Here to Hunt You Down
Just then, Silver Coin rushed in riding a construct bipedal bird, and before even landing, he exclaimed in shock, "My lord, did you really catch the God of Gale? Are the gods here really this weak?"
The rabbit's fur instantly stood on end: "Where did this green goblin come from? You're the weak one."
"Green goblin?" Lord Nai Ge Li Si asked in surprise.
"Yes, my lord. Here, they are accustomed to calling goblins 'goblin spirits,' normal-height ones 'spirits,' and particularly tall ones 'highland spirits.' Those are actually trolls. I simply cannot understand why they would lump goblins, spirits, and trolls together."
After explaining, Silver Coin hurriedly asked, "What did he say? My lord is too amazing. I was just having a headache about how to gather intelligence within the circle, and immediately you've captured the God of Gale."
Lord Nai Ge Li Si asked in confusion, "Is there intelligence inside and outside the circle? Isn't it only divided into high value and low value?"
Having mixed with Anthony for a long time, he knew a bit about all sorts of chaotic things, but he had never heard of anything like "intelligence within the circle."
"I don't know about other aspects, but commercial intelligence certainly exists, corresponding to different circles. If one doesn't understand some terms within the circle, that is, industry jargon and slang, I wouldn't even know where to start gathering intelligence. For instance, things like 'landing,' 'pain points,' 'conversion rates,' 'emotional value,' and so on. People outside the circle wouldn't understand them; ask one question and you'll expose yourself," Silver Coin explained.
Lord Nai Ge Li Si and the rabbit exchanged a glance and decided not to ask further, lest they expose themselves.
Previously, when they were asking this and that, they were mainly waiting for Silver Coin to return. As Silver Coin said, their understanding of this world was very little; they were equivalent to outsiders and simply didn't know where to start asking. One question and they would expose themselves.
For instance, the question and answer just now about the "green goblin" exposed them. It's just that the God of Gale didn't guess boldly enough; he only dared to guess they were from the Divine Light Merchant Association, and when mentioning the Divine Light Merchant Association, he deliberately said "you, the Divine Light Merchant Association."
"Ever since you, the Divine Light Merchant Association, withdrew, these mages have freed up their hands and launched a massive cleanup targeting all religions and gods. Some were registered, others were exterminated, making a complete mess of things," the God of Gale said.
Silver Coin asked, "Why did they want to clean you up? Didn't you resist?"
The God of Gale said with a bitter smile, "How would I know why they wanted to clean us up? Other things aside, even a god like me, who loves peace and never causes trouble, they wanted to exterminate just because I refused to register. Did we not resist? We resisted fiercely. Several holy wars were fought, but we couldn't win."
Silver Coin pressed on, "Impossible, right? Was there no reason at all? At least some high-sounding excuse? Even if it was absurd, it could work, like 'you stepped through the door with your left foot first' or something."
The God of Gale pondered for a moment and said, "If we're talking about absurdity, there were indeed some very absurd statements. When they notified us, they said something like religious organizations had too low an organizational degree, were inefficient, believers were not striving for progress, and spent all day praying for the protection of deities. We gods didn't engage in production or pursue inventions and creations, dragging down the entire empire."
"It was precisely because of this that we couldn't defeat the Divine Light Merchant Association, that we couldn't continue like this, and so on. Isn't this a joke? If they want to exterminate, they just exterminate. Why find such childish excuses?" the God of Gale complained.
The Monarch sneered, "You can't defeat them anyway. No excuse is childish. Even if you just look at them one extra time, they can say 'what are you looking at?' and wipe you out. Who asked you to be unable to defeat them?"
The God of Gale nodded somewhat dejectedly. Yes, just like now, being held up like this, whatever they said was what it was; he could only nod. Who asked him to be unable to defeat these guys?
Silver Coin asked many more questions, all questions that Seeing Ange and the others would never care about, such as what the main staple food was here, what major holidays existed, how the transportation situation was, and so on. Although these were very trivial questions, Silver Coin often seemed lost in thought.
After finishing the questions, Silver Coin turned to Seeing Ange and said, "My lord, when I came just now, I discovered some people of an unknown organization active nearby. They seemed to be searching for something. Everyone on their faces was wearing a monocle..."
When Silver Coin mentioned the monocle, the God of Gale immediately started kicking his legs excitedly: "Not good, it's the God Catchers, it's the God Catchers. They've caught up. Run, run!"
The Monarch immediately became alert: "My Phantom Sentinels detected no abnormalities. How far away did you see them? Did they notice you when you came?"
Silver Coin nodded: "A few kilometers away. They noticed. They even asked who I was. I said I was from the Commercial Federation, and they didn't pay any more attention to me."
The Monarch asked in confusion, "They couldn't tell you were a projection of a god?"
The God of Gale widened his eyes: Is this green goblin also a god?
Silver Coin said, "They probably couldn't tell. I'm not a projection now; it's a soul connection."
The God of Gale was confused again. Soul connection? This green goblin was clearly alive; how could he have a soul connection with an undead creature? What exactly is the background of these guys? How are their abilities so complex?
"Didn't they see your strangeness? Or did they ignore you just because you were from the Commercial Federation? Riding a construct bird on the road in the pitch-black dark of night, and they only asked once before letting you leave? That's too strange," Lord Nai Ge Li Si asked curiously.
Silver Coin blinked and said innocently, "Isn't it not strange at all for merchants to run on the road late at night? Besides merchants, who would run around everywhere in the middle of the night?"
Lord Nai Ge Li Si asked in confusion, "Is that very normal?"
"Of course. You wake up in the morning and can buy food, melons, fruits, vegetables, and the like. Weren't all those transported to the market by merchants late at night? Merchants running around everywhere in the middle of the night is too normal," Silver Coin said.
Lord Nai Ge Li Si said awkwardly, "I have never bought vegetables in the morning before. They are all grown by ourselves, grown by ourselves."
Watching them chat casually as if nothing was wrong, the rabbit kicked his legs in frustration: "Do you still have the leisure to talk about this? Run quickly, run quickly! If you won't run, let me go. I'll run myself. Don't drag me down."
Lord Nai Ge Li Si said in a bad mood, "If I let you go now, which direction would you run?"
"Of course, this way," the rabbit extended his short little arm, pointing in the opposite direction of Wang Cheng: "The God Catchers must have come from the city. The farther we get from the city, the better."
As soon as the words fell, the Monarch suddenly looked in the opposite direction of Wang Cheng and said in a deep voice, "This way. My Phantom Search detected some humans."
"Ah!?" The rabbit's face turned bright red, but his fur was too long to show it. This was precisely the direction he said he wanted to escape. Could it be that someone was already guarding it?
"Have you already sent people to scout?" the rabbit asked to cover his embarrassment.
Lord Nai Ge Li Si sneered, "Did we need your reminder? You are currently with the person who has the most experience fighting in the entire Void. If he tells you to run, you run; if he tells you to stop, you stop. It can save your life."
Although he mocked the Monarch all day for not understanding this or that, when it came to combat, his confidence in the Monarch was even greater than in Seeing Ange.
From the very first day the Monarch arrived here, he had already set up Phantom Sentinels. Ordinary enemies could not possibly approach silently, so the Graveyard of the Unburied was still safe.
Hearing that the God Catchers had arrived nearby, the Monarch immediately ordered the sentinels to move forward and expand the search range. Soon, some people were discovered, except that: "These guys don't seem to be here to hunt you down."
As soon as the words fell, a beam of light shot up into the sky from a distant cliff, heading towards the Graveyard of the Unburied.
Immediately, some God Catchers flew up, attempting to intercept this beam of light, but they were blown apart mid-air by the figure within the light. The released shockwave was clearly felt by Seeing Ange and the others several kilometers away.
End of Chapter
