Valon: Even a supporting character can change his fate.

So, in the following conversation, Valon asked the other party indirectly why he wanted to become a priest.

But after hearing the other party's answer, Valon completely gave up the idea of ​​​​making him change his beliefs.

Different from the identity that Valon is using now, he is a latecomer.

This pastor was once an abandoned baby, dumped at the church door, at least that's what he said.

He was raised by the church since he was a child. Not only did he receive a good education, but he was also granted magic by the church many times because of his piety to the God of Light.

After he became an adult, he became a traveling priest, traveling around the world, spreading the faith of the God of Light while also shouldering the responsibility of saving the dying and the wounded and eliminating dark creatures.

Even though he now has his own church and has become the person in charge of this area, this combat priest will occasionally enter the Dark Forest to defeat some less powerful dark creatures.

This is also the reason why, in such a large dark forest, there are so few dark creatures except for those mad hatters.

As for this fanatical believer of the Church of Light, perhaps the three bishops under his command had the ability to change his faith, but Valon could never do it.

So, after chatting with the other party for a few more words, Valon got up and left.

Since the church didn't work, Valon decided to go to the castle where the lord was.

As long as the lord can be captured and he takes the lead, the scope of faith of the Holy Heaven Sect can also be expanded.

However, Valon's behavior caught the pastor's attention. Looking at Valon's back as he left, the pastor couldn't help but frowned.

Valon didn't know that the priest had begun to doubt his identity.

The lord's castle is not difficult to find. It is the most conspicuous building in the entire town except for the church. It is located in the center of the town and can be easily found.

In other words, there should have been no town here originally. It was because of the construction of this lord's castle that the current town gradually emerged with the castle as the center.

At this moment in the castle, a fat man was sitting on a soft sofa, and on the table in front of him were several official documents.

This person was none other than the lord of this area, Scone.

This scone perfectly fits many people's stereotype of the lord: fat, lazy, and greasy.

dong dong dong ......

Just as Si Kang was eating fruit and reviewing the documents in front of him, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

After getting permission, a soldier in full metal armor walked in.

He came to Scone, bowed and said, "The stones needed to repair the castle have been delivered, but..."

"Just what?"

Si Kang raised his eyebrows, his tone clearly showing some displeasure.

"It was only one-third of what was expected. The people who were transporting it said they encountered an attack by a mad hatter on the way, so they lost a lot."

"Trash! They're all trash!"

When Scone heard the word "Mad Hatter", he instantly became furious and picked up the documents on the table and threw them at the soldier.

The soldier did not dare to stop it and let the documents fall on him.

It's no wonder that Scone was so angry. Compared with other lords, his life as a lord was quite frustrating. Not only was his place in a remote area, but there was also a group of powerful mad hatters in the dark forest nearby.

Those caravans heading towards the royal capital that want to do business with them have to pass through this dark forest. Coupled with the existence of the Mad Hatter, now there are very few caravans willing to take the risk to do business with them.

This also meant that his income was much less than that of other lords.

If the lack of money alone was not enough to make him so crazy, what really made him unbearable was that this remote place was not rich in resources, and many luxury goods and delicious and juicy fruits were not produced here.

You can only buy it from a caravan when it passes by.

But now there are fewer and fewer caravans, and even if he has money, he has nowhere to buy it. He can't let himself eat the same food as those ordinary people.

Then he would have been the lord in vain.

Of course, the above is only one of the reasons why Si Kang was angry. There is another important reason, that is, as a lord who is in line to inherit the throne, Si Kang values ​​his life very much.

Although the Mad Hatters in the forest usually only wander in the dark forest and attack passing caravans and travelers, they also have a history of sneaking into towns and killing townspeople.

At that time, in order to catch the hidden Mad Hatter, all the young and strong men in the city were mobilized to conduct a carpet search.

There was even one time when the Mad Hatter's target was his own castle. If he hadn't been discovered in advance by a patrolling soldier, he would have been doomed.

It was because of this experience that Scone was so scared. He was afraid that one day when he opened his eyes, he would find the Mad Hatter's Little Red Riding Hood appearing in front of him.

To this end, he spared no expense every year to repair the castle, strengthen and raise the walls, and increase the number of soldiers patrolling. The soil and rocks sent this time were what he would use to repair and strengthen the castle.

"Get out! Get out of here!"

The soldier was scolded, but he had no choice but to turn around and leave. However, he was stopped by Si Kang after taking only two steps.

"return."

Looking at the confused soldiers, Si Kang scratched his hair irritably and said, "Go tell the people who delivered the soil and rocks to deliver them again. Give them a commission of... 30%."

After the soldiers left, Scone slammed the table in anger, but there was nothing he could do.

Compared to the silver coins, his life is more precious. If the city wall is not strong enough and gives the Mad Hatter an opportunity to attack, Scone will have neither money nor life to spend.

Just as Scone was angry about the loss of silver coins, a voice came into his ears.

"Instead of hiding in a turtle shell, it is better to take the initiative. As long as you become strong enough, you won't have to be afraid of the Mad Hatter."

"It's easy for you to say. If it were really that easy to become stronger, I would still..."

Si Kang instinctively wanted to answer, but when he was halfway through his words, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

I quickly looked in the direction where the sound came from.

I didn't know when, but I saw a person sitting on the window.

"who are you?"

“It doesn’t matter who I am, what matters is what I can give you.”

"Pretend to be a ghost, sir..."

The windows here are more than nine meters above the ground. The person who can appear here is definitely not an ordinary person.

Si Kang was just pretending to be calm to hide his inner fear, but when he wanted to call for help but found that he had lost his voice, he really panicked.

"Don't be so scared. If I wanted to kill you, you would have died long ago. Besides, I told you, I'm here to give you strength."