newbobooks Chapter 861 Funding Scammer
Chapter 861 Funding Scammer
Chapter 861 Funding Scammer
"Young master, please calm down. That's not how you solve the problem."
Magtan began to persuade him.
"I'm very calm, Auntie. Besides, I believe my own way of solving problems is the simplest and most effective. All you need to do is give me a list."
People should use their strengths to attack others' weaknesses. Broly is good at fighting, so solving problems with force is the simplest approach.
Moreover, this has nothing to do with indiscriminately killing innocent people. After all, the people he wanted to kill were all those who harbored ill intentions towards Grey.
His wife is his bottom line; anyone who dares to touch her is already courting death.
"But this list is hard to provide."
As a gravedigger, Belsak had a keen sense of intuition and could feel a chilling aura of danger emanating from the boy, realizing that this young master was definitely not joking.
If he were to actually provide a list, the other party might actually dare to start a massacre in his village. And given the way he just vaporized the shovel, the strength of his village probably wouldn't be able to stop this person.
"What's so hard about giving it to me? Anyone here who wants to resurrect King Arthur, just write them down, and I'll take care of them one by one. Isn't that enough?"
Broly looked at the two men who seemed troubled and was puzzled as to why they were in such a predicament.
"Ah, if we really follow your standard, then apart from some half-grown children who can't remember much, I'm afraid there won't be many survivors in our village."
"Wait, are the people in your village really that wicked? They're all after Gray?"
Upon hearing this, Broly was also taken aback.
"It's not that the people in our village are bad, but that the people in our village have been serving and guarding King Arthur's body for generations. To the ordinary villagers, King Arthur is like a god."
The task of resurrecting King Arthur was entrusted to our people by the Lady of the Lake, who bestowed blessings upon our ancestors more than 1,500 years ago.
The Arthurian spirit, imprinted in our blood, has continued to flow to this day, becoming a symbol of faith etched into our bodies and minds.
If you go outside now and ask any ordinary villager if they want King Arthur to be resurrected, they will probably all say yes.
However, ordinary villagers in this village do not have decision-making power. They want King Arthur to be resurrected simply because the environment of our village has been like this for thousands of years.
Even Grey's mother, Magtan, was once one of these villagers, but for Grey's sake, she chose to abandon the mission that had been passed down in the blood and spiritual beliefs of the village for generations.
And if the children of the other villagers were also chosen to become the resurrected vessel for the king, they might very well make the same choice as Maghtan.
"So how am I supposed to write their names down on a list and hand it over to you, who wants to get rid of them?"
Bersak's words were actually a bit idealistic.
It is extremely rare for a mother like Magda to betray her ancestors' beliefs and orchestrate her daughter's faked death to escape, just like Magda did.
Most villagers would probably silently accept the outcome if their own child were chosen to be the vessel for the king's resurrection.
After all, sacrificing a child in exchange for the village's assistance is a worthwhile deal for most villagers.
Of course, if Magda hadn't lost her husband and only had her daughter Gray to rely on, it's hard to say whether she would have abandoned her ancestors' beliefs.
"Since ordinary villagers don't have decision-making power, why don't you just give me a list of people who have decision-making power and want to mess with Grey?"
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Broly thought Belsack had a point, and then said something to settle for second best.
"This is not easy to give."
"What, are you planning to protect those who have bad intentions towards Grey? Let me tell you, Grey is my future wife. Even if you are Grey's mother and the gravedigger's master, if you don't consider Grey's interests, then I won't be polite to you."
"No, that's not it. Rather, as the contemporary caretaker of the Brackmoya Cemetery, I am one of the people who now hold decision-making power in the village."
Bersak quickly explained.
"Alright, I know your gravedigger master is good to Grey, but what about others besides you?"
"Besides me, there were the village chief and the clan elders, but they also had no intention of making a move on Gray."
"They're already thinking of using Grey as a vessel for resurrection, and they call that not having any plans?"
Broly frowned, looking at the old man in front of him, feeling that the other man was trying to fool him.
"It may sound strange, but it's true. The decision-makers in Blackmore Village, the village chief and elders, didn't have any designs on Gray. They tacitly approved of Magtan and me faking our deaths to help Gray escape, and they even tacitly approved of Gray taking the Holy Lance away from the village."
The people of Blackmore Village have not yet gone to cause trouble for Grey, who is away from home, and this is not only because they are wary of Waver, the magician who can command the spirits of the living world, including Grey.
After all, this is a force known for its exorcism methods. Although some of their combat skills are not as good as those of practical magicians, they are still quite capable of dealing with spirits. Heroic spirits are also a type of spirit, just a more advanced one.
"So, there are actually no bad people in this village, and no one is after Grey?"
Even Broly himself found it hard to believe when he said that.
"No, that's not it. There are still people who have their eyes on Grey."
Bersak shook his head.
"Then give me the list of those people."
"Well----"
"It won't work again, right? Tell me, why won't it work?"
After failing twice, Broly gave up on the third attempt.
We'd like to hear what reason Bersac, Grey's gravedigger, can come up with.
"Those who have designs on Gray are mostly forces from outside the village. Not to mention the giants like the Mage's Association and the Holy Church, there are also other forces, large or small, including magician families or organizations —"
"So, these people have no relation to your village whatsoever, why won't you give me a list?"
"These people are indeed not related to our village, but they will bring a steady stream of money, supplies, and important people to our village —"
How did a village surrounded by swamps and almost isolated from the world manage to survive for more than 1,500 years without any interruption of its traditions?
It's because some forces are constantly investing money, resources, and even people into this village.
The reason these forces did these things was naturally because of the village of Brakmoia, which raised the banner of resurrecting King Arthur.
The ancestors of Brakmoia Village made a promise to all forces that helped their village in the distant past: if others helped resurrect King Arthur, the Brakmoia clan would not keep the glory of King Arthur's resurrection to themselves, but would share it with other forces that helped the village.
King Arthur is a deceased king, but the Holy Lance passed down in the village is real. In an era when mystery has faded, many people covet the power of the Holy Lance, not to mention the resurrection technology that the ancestors of Brakmoia Village promised to share if King Arthur were successfully resurrected.
If your rival invests while you don't, and if King Arthur is indeed resurrected, and your rival gains control of the Holy Lance while you don't, then Blackmore Village will receive investment from all sides.
"For over 1,500 years, even with constant conflicts in the outside world, our village has never been affected (due to the cross-shareholding of various forces). Although our village has been slow to produce results in its revival, leading to a decrease in support, no force has cut off its support for our village, unless that force has already disappeared into history —"
"So, you're worried that after I deal with those people, your village of Brakmoya will struggle to survive?"
In response to Broly's question, Belsac nodded, while Luvia and Grey beside him wore somewhat strange expressions.
The actions taken in Brakmoya Village gave them a sense of déjà vu. Upon closer inspection, they realized that these were the same actions that some magic professors at the Clock Tower would use.
First, propose a good project and make a grand promise. Then, attract investors and obtain funding. As for whether the funds are used for project research or for buying game consoles or fine wines, as long as the project accounts look acceptable, that's fine.
"The matter of resurrecting King Arthur isn't actually that important to the village; if it's just a pretext, then why can't I come back to see you, Master, and Mother?"
"Grey, you don't understand. It's one thing to use research projects to scam funding, but if you blatantly scam funding, the investors will definitely be unhappy."
Luvia's family had also invested in a lot of magician research, so they knew about this and started explaining it to her while holding her junior's hand.
"Yes, that's pretty much the situation."
A look of embarrassment crossed Belsak's old face. His village was being categorized as a funding fraudster, and even if that was the case, there were some things that could be done but not said.
Previously, when Weber brought Iskandar to this village, Belsak did not explain the specific details of the village.
This time, if Broly hadn't come with the intention of eliminating people and hadn't appeared to be incredibly powerful, Belsak wouldn't have been able to explain everything clearly.
Weber was unaware of the full situation and thought his disciple was in trouble. Gray was indeed in trouble, but the trouble was smaller than he had imagined.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, before Belsak dies, he will contact Grey and ask her to return to the village to take over the job of gravedigger.
After Gray takes over the job of the gravedigger, she won't have any worries about the resurrection vessel. She will probably continue the business of swindling funds that has lasted for more than 1,500 years with the village chief and elders of Blackmore Village, thus maintaining the existence of the village.
The continuation plan for the village of Brakmoya was perfect, but for Broly, it was a bit unsettling, leaving him feeling somewhat lost and bewildered.
"I don't really believe what you're saying."
"Then I can take you to see the village chief and the village elders, and they can answer your questions."
After Broly was taken by Belsak to meet the village chief and elders of Brakmoia, he directly asked some questions about the documents Weber had given him.
"Regarding your village, is there a continuous practice of using the Arthur gene to modify the bodies of future generations?"
"That kind of thing doesn't exist. It's just that some people in the village have changed appearances because of the Arthur factor in their bodies, so people outside are spreading rumors that we are doing human modification."
But in reality, our village doesn't even have a magician, so we don't have that technology at all. The so-called Arthur Factor modification actually came from the evil face of the Lake Fairy more than 1,500 years ago, and was bestowed upon us by the great Lord Morgan.
And we admit, it's just that—”
"Just to scam funding?"
"Um.
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Looking at the old village chief of Brakmoya Village, who was nodding shyly in front of him, Broly really didn't know what to say.
"One last question: if Lady Magdalene hadn't faked Grey's death to escape, would Grey have died during the resurrection ritual?"
As soon as this question was raised, the air in the village meeting hall of Blakemoya became somewhat stagnant and carried a slight chill.
A young man with a bruised and swollen face and purple marks on his neck, the village chief's son, looked nervously at his elderly father.
He was worried that if he gave the wrong answer, his elderly father would be killed by the person in front of him.
"Yes, if Magtan hadn't faked Gray's death to escape, Gray would have died in the resurrection ritual back then."
Even swindling funds requires investment; as the saying goes, you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. Compared to the continuation of the village, it's perfectly acceptable for someone to be sacrificed in a resurrection ritual with a high probability of failure.
"But if Grey really did die in the resurrection ceremony back then, we will take good care of Grey's mother and will not let those who sacrificed for the village die in vain."
As soon as he finished speaking, Broly snapped his fingers, and the old village chief was sent flying backward as if he had been hit by a car.
"Father!"
The young man ran over and picked up the old village chief, whose head was covered in blood. He breathed a sigh of relief when he found that the man was still alive. But when he looked up, he looked at Broly with some resentment.
"You should be thankful that your attitude towards Grey's departure from the village was one of tacit approval rather than pursuing the matter; otherwise, all of you here would be corpses by now."
Broly surveyed the area, ignoring the village chief's son's gaze, and asked directly, "In the future, if my wife Grey misses her mother and plans to come back to visit, what should you do?"
Help me up.
"Father----"
"Snap!"
The young man was slapped on the head, and the old village chief, whose head was covered in blood, was helped up. With all his might, he said, "We will wholeheartedly agree that this will always be Grey's hometown."
"Very well. If I find out later that you've broken your promise, even if I kill you, I doubt you'll have any complaints, right?"
The decision-makers in Blakemoya Village—the village chief and a group of elders—looked at each other, their faces bruised and swollen, and the answer was self-evident.
If other forces discover that a village has been defrauded of funds and its resources have been cut off, the village would at most face a suspended death sentence. But the person in front of them looks like someone who will be executed immediately. If they don't obey, their village might face annihilation.
Everyone can clearly distinguish between what is important and what is not.
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