I think you can't even imagine the happiness of a warlock.

Chen Zhou had never seen such a shameless person. They had just had a conflict a few months ago, and now he was proposing cooperation.

He thought that he and a certain legendary wizard who was just passing by were not so close that he could solve all problems by just saying "come out for dinner" after a conflict.

Perhaps for Alphonse, profit is everything, but in Chen Zhou's opinion, the partner must at least be someone he likes.

"Did the pastor agree?"

"The Industrial Pastor is not stupid, how could he agree to such a thing?"

Chen Zhou sighed and said that industry is the cornerstone, which means that it is the premise of all development, not that the former must unconditionally accommodate other aspects or even subsidize the development of the other party.

His pastors are very smart and not so easily fooled.

"Bruoto was going to refuse directly, but I asked him to play Tai Chi at the last minute. He neither agreed nor refused, so he just dragged it out like this."

It is so ambiguous that it seems that as long as the neutral Industrial Church can see sufficient profit expectations, it will take action, but in fact Chen Zhou has privately instructed them to guard against it.

Unlike Alphonse, Chen Zhou, who is still more mortal in nature, can walk freely in Isandria.

As long as time goes on, he will have plenty of opportunities to resolve the opponent's plan - such as assassinating Prince Nost who is about to succeed to the throne.

However, this table-turning strategy should be used in the middle game, and Chen Zhou still has many other options.

such as……

"Why don't we just get ahead of the game and build the network?"

"No, the emergence of a network in Ethandia is a huge benefit to it. To develop things in his domain in order to stop Alphonse is just a temporary solution."

Chen Zhou then realized that he could not operate according to the mindset of a business war, but instead he had to stop the opponent's development from the source.

But how exactly are they supposed to stop the “net” from appearing?

It cannot be stopped at all. In theory, the development of the Industrial Church will provide Alphonse with room for growth.

In order to completely eliminate Alphonse's possibility of development, it is necessary to destroy the Industrial Church and set back the civilization process of this plane by hundreds of years.

Whether Chen Zhou was willing or not, Alphonse took a ride with him.

If he didn't really dislike this mage, he would have applauded the man who had chosen to take advantage of him.

"So the only option is to rush into Asta and kill him."

"Calm down first, you can't beat me."

Shushu didn't seem to be in a hurry. He was not so anxious about someone putting pressure on Chen Zhou. After all, he had long discovered that the latter could only perform normally under high pressure.

"Now that the legendary wizard wants to cooperate with us, why don't we let him pay back our losses first?"

Lily suddenly thought that Alphonse still owed them a huge debt.

"You mean...oh, that legendary spell and the Great River Territory."

Since he didn't take it seriously at the beginning, Chen Zhou was stunned for a moment before he reacted: "You are right, he should at least compensate me for the output value of the Dahe Territory that disappeared because of him, as well as the resources consumed by casting legendary spells."

Then he quickly checked the property of Dahe Lord at that time, as well as the funds they invested in creating and performing legendary mind image barriers and online game magic.

You wouldn’t know the result unless you checked, but the total amount of these various investments added up to no less than one million gold coins!

"Did we really invest that much money back then?" Chen Zhou asked in surprise. How come he didn't feel anything at all?

"Have you forgotten that many of the materials were given to us for free or at a bargain price by friends and friends of friends in Paradise? And the revenue expectations of the Industrial Church are quite good. If we can get some from each church, we will make a lot of money."

The celestial creatures in Paradise have endless lifespans, and any part of their bodies has value. Even the stones on the roadside can probably be sold for money.

During their long and happy lives, most of them accumulated wealth that is unimaginable to ordinary people.

These wealth and resources will not be used for unjust causes, but the ideas of preaching given by Chen Zhou are interesting and novel, making it difficult for many local residents to refuse.

The useless Dharma transmission given in "Life Planning" requires 810,000 gold coins. Chen Zhou's demand is extremely high, and the difficulty and funding of the research on the Dharma transmission are also beyond the average level.

Dungeons, mindscapes, online games... the investment and consumption of these three combined is such that even a wizard who prides himself on being rich cannot afford them all at once.

Realizing this, Chen Zhou found a legitimate way to delay and immediately sent a letter to the industrial pastor of Rexenlund.

The other party was required to repay the loss that Alphonse had caused to Chen Zhou's legal property a few months ago, and to have it notarized by the Trade Church under the Goddess of Trade.

Otherwise, before that, they will not limit themselves to any reasonable and legal means to recover the losses of their own church.

How much more money could the God of Online Games owe? Couldn’t he pay it back by just spending some time?

Nost thought so. Being caught between the two parties, he had to get a notarization with the three-party church due to the current situation.

As a result... they received a bill that was approved even by the goddess Woking. It was foreseeable that even if the Dundarion Empire and the Online Game Church operated normally for decades, they would never be able to pay off the bill!

Even Alphonse himself, when he learned that he had inexplicably incurred such a debt, had the idea of ​​rushing into Paradise and killing Chen Zhou at all costs.

A demigod who owns an entire demiplane naturally has enough property to repay.

However, due to the time he had spent studying magic, creating and spreading magic, and running businesses over the years, he had not accumulated much material wealth.

After becoming a god, he has invested most of his property in developing the church.

Once this debt is repaid, his savings and family assets will be wiped out...

Therefore, Alphonse currently has only three options:

1. Rush into Paradise and kill Chen Zhou, or destroy the Industrial Church of Ethandia... but he can't get in.

2. Use your own savings to compensate the other party.

3. Otherwise, in the planes where the Industrial Church exists, the Online Game Church can only use all its funds for development and activities after paying off its debts.

"Damn it, where on earth does a warlock get so much money!?"

He, he is definitely collecting debts maliciously!

Alphonse couldn't figure it out...

……

Just when a certain demigod was in confusion and entanglement, Chen Zhou took advantage of this small victory to find the best strategy to fight against Alphonse - economic warfare.

Relying on the money-making ability of the Industrial Church that grew out of the ground and using money to pave the way, the Industrial Church has countless ways to suppress the other side.

As a feasible course of action emerged, Chen Zhou, who was full of evil intentions, finally decided to start his own all-round blockade.

So he immediately set out and embarked on a journey to Rexenrent as an adventurer.