Encyclopedia of Feanor Continent

Although each country has its own laws and taxes, one thing is the same. The churches and shrines under the Church of the Light God, as well as the land and personnel under the name of the church, do not need to pay any taxes to the country. Some places have too high tax rates. A large number of farmers and businessmen have taken refuge in the name of the church, and continue to farm and make money as monks. They only need to give a certain amount of "donations" to the church.

Of course, this has caused strong dissatisfaction in many countries, but they dare not speak out. After all, the church has a very important position in the hearts of the people. While collecting donations, they will also do things for the common people that the king and nobles would not do for them. , such as restraining and burying unclaimed corpses, taking in orphans, distributing food to beggars and refugees, and some places even teaching poor children to read and write for free. Of course, they read typical religious books. -- "Encyclopedia of Fei Nuo Continental Customs"

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The "Baron" was tied to a frame on the wall of the wooden house in a large font. This was originally a place where they hung and beat captives for fun, but now it was used by Evandel to hang this robber who claimed to be a Castile nobleman. , he was beaten black and blue, and all his subordinates were killed or wounded. More importantly, he had no idea how he had attracted so many evil stars.

Phils tossed a dagger in his hand, and on the low table in front of him was a table of various daggers found from them: "Do you have anything to say?"

"I'm really the Baron of the Kingdom of Castal!" said the bandit leader in a tearful voice.

"I've never seen such a shabby and rude baron like you. If you are dishonest in front of me, you will not end well." Evandel sat upright on the low table, picked up a handful The dagger was given to Alkai.

The silent Alkai took the dagger and threw it out, and nailed it next to the bandit leader's ear with a bang. Phils protested dissatisfiedly: "Hey! This should be my turn!"

Arkai ignored his protest, and the bandit leader was frightened half to death, and quickly said: "What I said is true! Once I ambushed a small team in Taida, and handed over their leader to the Kingdom of Castal. In exchange for some remuneration, they ended up giving me this title and this piece of land that no one wanted, and this place is too poor to receive any rent, and if I don’t do my job, my brothers will all starve!"

Evandel asked again: "What happened to the two female corpses in the warehouse?"

"That's the whore we hired..."

"Oh, is it common for prostitutes to wear coarse clothes and pretend to be country girls?" Evandel winked, and Phils, who had been waiting there for a long time, immediately threw out the dagger in his hand and nailed it to the robber. Between the leader's legs, there was a hole in his trousers. The bandit leader was so frightened that his legs cramped: "It's a village girl! It's a village girl! They escaped here and were caught by my subordinates. I didn't intend to kill them at first. Yes, I am only exercising the power given to us by the king, which is that... that... By the way, the right of the first night! But they struggled desperately and bit me. I was anxious, and I wanted to teach them a lesson, but the result was nothing. Just be careful..."

Evandel picked his nails with a dagger and asked, "Do you often go to small towns to rob?"

"No, no, that town is so poor that we have nothing. We just go to collect some rent. This is also the power given to us by the king. After all, I am their lord, and I still often fail to collect rent."

"You also collect rent from the church?"

"Absolutely not! Not only do we not collect rent, but we often confess our crimes in this only church, give them some donations, and support those orphans!"

"Go to the church to confess after the robbery, and donate some stolen goods in exchange for peace of mind. You really are a robber with faith." Evandel sneered, "Why did Cecil come to you in the morning?"

At that time, Natalie saw the little pastor heading towards the outpost. Evandel didn't know that there were robbers living in the outpost, so she didn't think much about it, but now she began to feel that this matter was not simple.

"He said that the townspeople have agreed to pay next month's rent, and told me to send someone to get it, so I let 'Baoya' go, I just let him collect the rent, I swear! I said everything It's true! I didn't want him to rob you..."

"But he did it anyway, which shows that your daily behavior is like this." Evandel handed the dagger in his hand to Alkai, and Alkai took it and threw it out. Cut off half of the Baron's ear.

Phils gloated and said with a smile, "Aha! Seeing blood, your skills are still not as good as mine!"

The baron screamed like a pig: "My ears! God! I'm disfigured!"

"People who are dying don't care if their ears are intact." Evandel handed another dagger to Ferrs, and Ferrs threw it out and nailed it next to the baron's neck, leaving a scar on his neck. A shallow bloodstain.

Alkai let out a disdainful snort from his nose, and Phils scratched his head and said angrily, "Well... it's normal to have a little mistake once in a while."

The baron struggled and screamed: "You can't kill me, I am the lord here, I really am!"

"Oh, then do you think the Kingdom of Castal will mobilize people to seek justice for you because of the death of a robber baron in this unwanted fief?" Evandel handed the last dagger to Alkai.

Palos has already packed the food and other useful things in the outpost into the carriage and is going to transport them back to the town as rations for the orphans. He is still a little uncomfortable with Phils and the others abusing the prisoners for fun, but think about that What happened to the two innocent village women, he still held back and said nothing, only telling Evandel that he could go back.

"Okay, let's call it a day." Evandel finally took his foot off the table, and Alkai threw out the last dagger, which was nailed into the baron's forehead until it lost its handle.

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Although there are only a few old, weak, sick and disabled people left in this small town, people spontaneously poured into the streets to welcome them back like heroes, and orphans in the church crowded behind the carriages, counting happily. Looking at the things they brought back, but the little pastor Cecil didn't show much enthusiasm, just watched from a distance, and turned back to the church when the carriage approached.

Palos, who had the best physical strength, helped the orphans carry the whole sacks of wheat and potatoes to the storage room of the church. After he finished these quickly, he went to Avondel and found that his companions were all gathered in the prayer hall. Ernes stood guard at the door to keep the children out, and when he saw Palos approaching, he opened the door to let him in.

Palos walked over inexplicably, and saw Cecil kneeling in front of the statue in a prayer position, and Evandel looked at him with folded arms: "Don't you have anything to say?"

"...Thank you very much for your kind deeds." Cecil's voice was almost numbly calm.

"Is this the only sentence?" Evandel said, "It's fine to accept the robber's donation and to explain the crime for the robber. After all, it is even more disgusting to sit and watch the orphans starve for the sake of blindness. I don't mind meddling in other people's business." It’s not a big deal to clear up the gangsters, but I don’t like being used by others.”

"Use? What's going on?" Palos asked in confusion.

Evandel explained to him: "This loyal servant of the God of Light went to the outpost early in the morning and recruited the baron's men. He knew that those people would definitely want to rob when they saw a fat sheep like me, and then they were provoked We will come to the door to kill those villains. Later, when you expressed your willingness to help, he said that he did not want us to take risks, but deliberately concealed the fact that the robber was actually a local lord. We If we succeed, it will solve his worries, and if we fail, there will be no loss for him anyway, am I right, my lord pastor."

"Is this true?" Palos looked at the young priest in disbelief, Cecil didn't deny it, just lowered his head with his eyes closed: "I'm sorry..."

"Why did you do this?" Palos still couldn't believe that a young man who looked so gentle and harmless was so scheming.

"Because you look very powerful." Cecil said calmly, "I never thought that you would be willing to help. After all, there are many people in this world who don't care about their own affairs and just ignore them. We can't pay enough. Come to the mercenaries to solve it, and no mercenaries are willing to take the risk of causing trouble to attack a nominal lord, only by getting yourself involved, can we have any hope of getting rid of those villains."

Phils interjected, "I really appreciate your style of doing whatever it takes to achieve your goals, but as the one being used, I still want to remind you that the consequences of playing tricks with the Master Mage may be very serious."

"I know," Cecil said.

Evandel sneered: "Do you think you are a clergyman, even if I find out, I won't do anything to you?"

"I didn't think about it that way, I know you don't care about gods at all." Cecil said calmly, "Since I did this, I decided to bear all the consequences, whether you want to beat me up or kill me I, I have no complaints, I just hope you don't blame other people."

Palos didn't know where Cecil saw that they didn't take God seriously, but he knew that there was a huge anger brewing under the calm surface of Evandel, Palos put his hand on the mage's shoulder and said: " He lied to us in order to get rid of the villain who deserved to die, and it's not that serious, forget it."

Evandel blocked his hand and asked coldly: "Why, do you think it doesn't matter if you use others or even send them to death as long as it's for a legitimate reason?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean that." Palos quickly apologized. He knew why Evandel was so angry. Cecil's actions were not so vicious and did not bring any serious consequences, but it reminded the mage In order to save the fate of the demons, he deceived him, used him, and almost killed his enemy.