Dharma Ring: Selling dung beetles at the border

Teleportation arrays were established in the Lake District and Airei Church, and more and more employees began to travel freely between the two places.

Nameless scheduling is more convenient.

Work was quickly arranged for the employees.

The workers who were originally responsible for the construction of the Ailei Church were sent by him to the entrance well of the Shivla River in the fog forest.

The Entrance Well is a huge well that extends down to an underground river bed and is one of the entrances to the Eternal City.

What Lani wants to get is the secret treasure there.

But going down from the entrance well cannot reach the eternal city that Lani wants to go to.

The underground environment is complex and there are many faults. Even if some places can be seen with the naked eye, there are natural chasms in between that cannot be passed.

Lani's idea in the past was to disable Latarn's gravity magic and let the meteorite fall above the Eternal City, directly breaking the sky of the dungeon and entering from above.

Wuming is not so violent. He plans to use gravity magic, collect gravity stones from Celia, and rely on Latan's help to build a floating bridge to connect the two places.

He arranged for workers to survey and select the site, and construction could begin after the gravity stone on the Seriya side was mined.

In addition to miners and construction workers, a large number of immortals also need to be arranged.

With the portal, the immortals finally no longer have to sit at home and watch the endless ashes doing nothing.

The lake area still has considerable vitality, as well as a variety of brand-new animals and plants that need to be collected urgently.

There are many dung beetles here, and there are also many turtles.

Wuming was overjoyed when he heard that there were turtles reported back by the Immortals, and ordered a large number of hunts.

The matchmaking business that Wuming envisioned has always been put on hold due to insufficient turtle neck meat. The large number of turtles in the lake area gave him hope of restarting the business.

However, this hope was dashed by the dangerous environment of the Lake District.

This place is full of ghosts, resentful ghosts, and fierce lobsters and crabs. Unfortunately, these things overlap with the turtle's living territory. The immortals came back with injuries all over their bodies.

Even if demi-humans and Kaidan mercenaries were sent to hunt the guards, the effect would not be very good.

Those ghosts with crowns are quite ferocious. They will dive into the water to ambush and spit poison. They have many hands and feet and are extremely ferocious when attacking.

There are also the little attendants who ring the bells and throw the souls of the dead towards the mercenaries.

Mining work in the lake area can be said to be difficult and difficult.

Wuming sat on the earth bag and stared at D buried in the earth:

What can you do?

D was soothing his brain that was concussed by Wuming's slap, and after understanding Wuming's words, he said in a muffled voice:

You put me out first.

Wuming immediately called the Kaidan mercenaries, dug up the dirt bag, and helped D out.

D shook off the Kaidan mercenary's hand, dusted himself off, and looked at Wuming coldly.

Don't hold on. Wuming said, Is there dirt inside the armor? Isn't it uncomfortable?

D and Wuming were in a stalemate for a while, and finally gave up their reserve and solemn attitude. They jumped up unsteadily, took off their leg armor, and poured out the soil that had entered the armor along the opening.

Would you like to take another bath? Wuming was concerned about D kindly.

No need. D said, You want to get rid of the royal ghost? Is this why you released me?

It's just one of the reasons. Wuming said, Don't these also look like dead people? Do you have any solution?

D said: The royal ghost is not a dead person.

Aren't those born from death the ones born from death? Wuming asked.

In the definition of the Golden Law, no. D insisted on his own laws and dogma.

Oh... Wuming thought thoughtfully, waving to the Kaidan mercenaries, Bury it, bury it.

Wait a minute. D backed away repeatedly, But I know how to deal with the royal ghost.

You should have told me earlier. Wuming immediately smiled again, How to deal with it? It's best to be economical.

The royal ghosts are not born from the Golden Law system, but are the product of Kallia. D said, They are similar to the Platinum Sons, and are mutually exclusive with blessings. You can solve it with healing prayers.

How to solve the problem? Wuming didn't understand.

The healing prayers for the golden people are extremely poisonous to the ghosts and can cause a lot of damage. D said, One priesthood can eliminate the ghosts.

It's really economical. Wuming's eyes lit up.

Wuming felt that it was much more economical and more cost-effective to use magic to solve the problem than to use consumables.

D sneered and mocked him:

Do any of your men have any priesthood?

D followed Wuming's motorcade and had already seen Wuming's various subordinates.

It's just a collection of blasphemy and all sorts of messy employees.

But there are no normal people, let alone clergy.

This caravan is simply a large gathering of pagans, which perfectly fits D’s imagination of the merchant group.

Then can you? Wuming asked.

D said proudly: Of course I can, I just don't have to—

Very good, I have decided that it is up to you to complete this arduous task. Wuming said.

D was stunned: Didn't you say let me go?

Didn't you just want to leave?

Seeing that D was silent, Wuming comforted him:

Don't worry, I'm a very fair person. You give me a job and I'll give you a salary. Don't you really like to give blessings? Rune, it's just a blessing.

I--

D still wanted to argue, but was ruthlessly interrupted by Wuming:

Okay, now let's solve the second question - what is a sinner?

I think you are the sinner. D said.

Stop making trouble, you're being serious. Wuming said, This is why I dug you out - in the Golden Law, how do you define sinners? How do you deal with sinners, how do you punish them, and how do you forgive them?

Seeing Wuming's serious and studious look, D was a little unsure.

Could this guy really be trying to become a Golden Law fundamentalist? Are they our comrades? Why else would he want to know this?

D asked Wuming: Why do you want to know this?

Wuming hesitated when he answered: ...My cook is a sinner. I heard him say some things in prison.

So? D asked.

Wuming glared at him:

Don't ask if it's useless, it's a trade secret!

D had no choice but to tell Wuming.

From the high crimes under the Golden Law, to the misdemeanors, to the sinner's punishment, and the means of atonement.

Wuming listened and took notes:

I see, sinners will be entangled in thorns.

D nodded: Thorns are evidence of sinners. Those who commit misdemeanors will have spiked branches wrapped around their necks, and those on death row with serious crimes will have rusty iron thorns wrapped around their necks.

Some serious sinners will have thorns of sin piercing their eyes. As a result, the sinners find a new faith after their eyes are bathed in blood. They are indeed hopeless guys.

Rusty Iron Thorns... Wuming thought of the bell bead hunter who attacked him repeatedly.

That guy has this kind of thorn in him.

D saw Wuming's small notebook full of memories and couldn't help but ask again:

You know this, what exactly do you do?

Business secrets. Wuming closed the small book, as if the contents told to him by D himself were some kind of secret, and put it away carefully.

Wuming waved his hand to dismiss D:

Now it's time for you to clean up the lake area.

D glanced at Wuming, turned around and walked towards the mist.

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Millicent walks in the mist of the Lake District.

She is helping to find test subjects for the limb replacement experiment in Platinum Village.

Of course, she would never kidnap an able-bodied person and chop off his hands and feet - she was looking for volunteers.

In this era of war and chaos, there are many people who are missing arms and legs.

Especially in the Lake District, this place is extremely dangerous. When ordinary people encounter lobsters or royal ghosts, those who survive will always leave something behind.

The only problem is that Millicent herself can't defeat these monsters, so she's walking on thin ice while searching.

For herself, she would not go to the lake area, but in order to save others, she would give up part of her safety.

With a certain sense of empathy and responsibility, Millicent touched all the way to the heart of the Lake District.

There are more broken walls and ruins here, many flooded ruins, and broken bridge remains.

This was a good thing for Millicent. As long as she stayed close to the edge, she didn't have to worry about being pierced by a water cannon from a distance.

Here she met a group of frog-like people, with stooped bodies, swollen heads, protruding eyes, and silver bodies.

The silent frogs patrolled around something armed with various weapons.

Millicent spotted a woman in silver chain mail lying on the ground among the frogs.

Some frogmen crawled next to the woman and touched the woman, but never received a response.

Millicent stood up and no longer hid her figure.

When the frogs saw Millicent, they immediately became alert and aimed their weapons at her.

Millicent raised her only hand in greeting.

What prompted her to come forward were the legs of these frogs.

She noticed that some of the frogs' legs, which had turned black and combined with pale skin, resembled those she had seen in Platinum Village.

Are you the Sons of Platinum? Millicent asked.

The frogs seemed unable to speak, but they could understand Millicent's words. They hesitated for a moment, looked at Millicent's broken arm, put down their weapons, and slowly backed away.

Millicent observed the big-headed frogs. Judging from their reactions, it seemed that they relaxed their vigilance when they noticed their broken arms.

Millicent stopped thinking about it and stepped forward to check on the woman lying in the water.

Women have died.

Millicent had never seen red blood before, and she thought she might be saved, but when she got closer, she realized that this woman was also a child of platinum. The light white blood smudged in the water below her, became transparent, and then disappeared completely.

Is this the young platinum son that Mr. Elpas said? Millicent murmured, touching the lifeless face of the young woman, and the red hair fell on the pale face.

A very cold feeling came from my fingertips.

This temperature is much cooler than the lake water in the Lake District.

Millicent's fingertips moved down along the cold place and took out a flower from the arms of the Platinum Son.

A bud to be precise, like the Sanguinea buds that once grew around the Church of the Corruption.

This wooden bud is all white, like an ice sculpture.

Ice crystal wood bud, the name appeared in Millicent's mind.

Millicent not only knew the name of the plant, but she also knew where it grew—the northern snowfields—where she was heading.

I heard Mr. Elpas say that the young Platinum Son went to that place.

Is this back? Millicent thought.

But why did he die here?

Millicent turned over the body of the young platinum child, searching for wounds and the cause of her death.

Suddenly, she froze.

There was a tiny wound on the body of the Platinum Son. The wound was neither deep nor vital, but there was a hint of scarlet at the wound.

Millicent suddenly retracted her fingertips and stared at the body.

She froze for a while, then stretched out her hand to the corpse, lit a flame in her hand, and completely cremated the son of platinum.

Millicent stood up, doubt lingering on her brow.

A son of platinum who came back from the snowy plains and died of scarlet corruption?

Millicent tried to ask those silent big-headed frogs, but she was never able to form effective communication.

She had no choice but to return to Platinum Village first and tell the sons of Platinum the news.

Millicent didn't go far when she noticed that the shallow water beneath her feet was trembling with waves.

The frequency of this ripple...

The ripples are quite chaotic, with uneven density and intensity.

Millicent judged that these were not marks caused by giant beasts such as lobsters and crabs, nor were they like ripples that could be created by royal ghosts.

It's more like a large army fighting.

Millicent walked in the direction of the ripples.

Where there is fighting, people are bound to be injured and maimed. She can drop by and find volunteers.

More importantly, after seeing the body of the Platinum Son, Millicent had a disturbing thought.

Through the direction of the water pattern, Millicent judged that the large army was moving very fast.

She calculated her speed and blocked the path that the opponent would pass by.

In order to rush forward, Millicent no longer hid her figure, and her slender legs exploded with amazing power, causing waves of water on the ground.

The loud noise alerted many monsters, and while dodging the dangerous lobster water cannon, she started a race with giant crabs and royal ghosts.

When Millicent finally saw the two parties fighting, her pupils suddenly shrank.

The uneasy thoughts were confirmed.

A platinum son was riding a large wolf, chasing behind a large number of cavalry.

This Platinum Son is similar to the dead Platinum Son. He wears silver chainmail and a pale silver dress. He holds a bow and arrows and continuously shoots magic arrows to the rear to thwart the pursuit.

The cavalry at the rear were not to be outdone, and dense arrows fell around the big wolf. Occasionally, the arrows hit the wolf, causing the giant wolf to wail.

The knight pursuers behind were the same group of people who attacked Platinum Village before. The armor they wear has eye emblems.

Millicent no longer hesitated and stepped in between the two sides, throwing away the flames in her hands to interfere with the sight of the cavalry.

The flames were too scattered and not powerful enough, and the horses' eyes were covered with cloth. The knights were not hindered and broke through the line of fire.

The cavalry did not hesitate, and prepared half of their arrows to kill Millicent.

Millicent was naturally not afraid of arrows.

She raised a wall of fire, burned through the arrow curtain, rushed out of the arrow rain, and threw herself in one direction.

This pounce was not to avoid the arrow.

The fire curtain just now was not intended to kill.

The ferocious water cannon penetrated the layers of people and shot towards the position where Millicent was just now. The royal ghost and crab also arrived and collided with these people.

The cavalry were caught off guard and were knocked off their feet by these ferocious beasts in the lake area.

Millicent turned around and rushed to the running wolf, grabbing the wrist of the Platinum Son on the wolf's back:

Walk.

The Son of Platinum was still a little overwhelmed by the sudden reinforcements, and subconsciously looked down at the giant wolf on his crotch:

my buddy……

Millicent took a look and saw that the front paw of the giant wolf had been pierced by an arrow. Every step caused the wound to tear open and blood to flow out.

Even if he could escape at this rate, the pursuers would follow the bloodstains and find him back.

There is no other choice but to...

Millicent grabbed the wolf's wrist and made it stand upright:

Walk.

Eh? The son of platinum was stunned.

The Platinum Son on the wolf was directly at a ninety-degree angle with the ground, and was unable to be deflected by the sudden gravity.

The son of platinum had no strength in his legs and almost fell off the wolf's back. He quickly grabbed the bow and arrow, strangled the wolf's neck with the bowstring, and hung himself.

Ouch——

The giant wolf let out a long howl. I don't know whether it was hurt by the bow string, or because it was too tired to push back and forth with its two short legs.

The giant wolf was led by Millicent, running quickly on two legs and leaving the chaotic scene.