The church knows this virus was researched by vampires, or at the very least knows it's related to vampires. But the money from selling the dicine is simply too much. Even if the church only gets a portion, it's still an astronomical figure.
One bottle costs ten silver coins. Buying two bottles a month, counting outsiders, Uridia has nearly a hundred million people. This number is even a bit hard for Loren to comprehend.
Because of this epidemic, Uridia's population has decreased significantly. The gods might not care about the feelings of their believers, but They do care about the number of believers. With such a large-scale reduction in believers, the church should intervene no matter what.
But the church is the church, and the church's higher-ups are the church's higher-ups. In the end, they still made a decision contrary to their duty.
"So the reason you ca to find is to have help you deal with the Bloodline Rebels?"
Seeing Loren finally stop talking about the church, the Bishop quickly nodded.
"Right, recently the Bloodline Rebels have beco increasingly brazen. Not only did they create the virus to poison Uridia's humans, they've also repeatedly hunted Uridia's vampires!"
Subconsciously, the Bishop placed himself on the moral high ground again. Although Loren had already seen through all his thoughts, this kind of thing was subconscious. Who knows how many tis he's done it already.
This is the church's true appearance. After all, clergy are not like Angels who have already lost their humanity; they always have personal motives.
However, he's sowhat misunderstanding the Bloodline Rebels this ti. After having new operations, the Bloodline Rebels' actions against vampires have decreased significantly. The vast majority of vampires were killed by Loren.
After researching ultraviolet magic wasn't enough, Loren also conveniently used vampires to stack Pluto's Mouth. Vampires are quite useful; any vampire with a title guarantees at least one attribute point increase for Loren.
"I've already reached a cooperation agreent with Vampire Marquis Ofemia, promising to help her deal with the Bloodline Rebels. Why trouble yourself to co find again?"
Regarding this, the Bishop had so difficulty speaking. He clearly understood why this was.
Loren's contract was essentially getting sothing for nothing. He did nothing afterwards, and the contract didn't specify a ti limit, so Loren wouldn't be violating the contract even if he waited until Ofemia died of old age before conducting research.
Regarding the things the church did, Loren could point them out, but the Bishop couldn't point out the things Loren did.
"Oh, I understand. You're here to show loyalty to the vampires. Recently receiving so much money, you feel a bit guilty not doing anything."
"The people living in dire straits doesn't make you feel guilty, but receiving vampire money without delivering makes you feel guilty. How laughable."
Loren's attitude like this was bound to offend many people. But as long as he didn't openly break with the church for a single day, all churches would have to treat him with respect for that day.
No matter how much they disliked Loren in their hearts, on the surface they absolutely had to praise him.
The Bishop was sowhat restless. If they weren't completely helpless against the Bloodline Rebels, they wouldn't have co to Loren.
"Alright, let's make a deal. State your conditions."
Hearing this, the Bishop finally breathed a sigh of relief and stated his request.
"I hope you can add a ti limit to your contract with the vampires."
"I agree. Let's make the deadline one month. What benefit can you give ?"
"I can give you the share the vampires gave us..."
At this point, Loren suddenly raised his hand, signaling him not to continue.
"You know, I, Loren, have no interest in money. Talking about money is too vulgar."
The money the King of Bardo previously allocated to Loren was far from spent. The foundation of a great family is terrifyingly strong. Moreover, even if Loren wanted money, he could directly intercept it from those vampires. During this period, Loren has already made quite a bit of money using this thod.
To the extent that Scarlett is now sowhat numb to money. Every day, a large sum of money is stuffed into her Life Thief space. Scarlett has truly reached that state of having no interest in money.
"Then what do you want?"
"That depends on your sincerity."
Loren crossed his legs, doing what he always liked to do—let the other party make an offer first, then increase the price based on that.
"Then... are you interested in a Night Amulet?"
After considering for a while, the Bishop proposed a new price.
The Night Amulet is the sa type of item as the Emblem of Bounty, a special accessory of the church with fairly good effects.
The Night Amulet's effect is to increase all one's attributes, including luck, when illuminated by moonlight. The increase is quite decent. Most crucially, this accessory is very compatible with Luna.
Loren turned to look at Luna, and at that mont Luna was also looking at Loren. When discovered by Loren, she quickly turned her head away.
He himself already has the Emblem of Bounty. The Night Amulet, like the Emblem of Bounty, occupies the brooch slot, so giving it to Luna would be perfect.
"Not bad. But I'm quite interested in the Church of Night and Thunder sequence magic. Give the magic as well and it's a deal."
Loren originally planned to actually research a thod to deal with ultraviolet light for the vampires. This transaction was essentially free profit for Loren. The Bishop being willing to give a Night Amulet was already a pleasant surprise for Loren.
"Deal!"
Fearing Loren might change his mind, the Bishop hurriedly took out a contract, handing both the contract and pen to Loren. The Bishop's na was already signed on it.
"You're a Church of Night and Thunder person, using Church of the God of Vows and Wind items. Is that appropriate?"
Before moving the pen, Loren suddenly ntioned this, causing the Bishop to break out in a cold sweat instantly.
This kind of thing could be big or small. So useful items are used by other churches too. He uses Church of the God of Vows and Wind contracts, but Church of the God of Vows and Wind people also use Church of Night and Thunder light bulbs. If these matters were taken to an extre by soone of Loren's level, it would be quite troubleso for him.
However, Loren didn't intend to cause him further trouble. He silently signed the contract. Afterwards, the Bishop felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted, scrambling and crawling out.
After the Bishop left, Loren opened his attribute panel to take a look:
Na: Loren
Level: 46 (50%)
Strength: 10
Stamina: 45
Agility: 26
Intelligence: 51
Mana: 5500/5500
Remaining Attribute Points: 0
Accessories: [Weeping Blood Wedding Ring] [Lurking Fangs] [Virtue Rings]*7 [Emblem of Bounty]
Blessings: [Truth Discernnt] [Pluto's Mouth] [True Sight Eye] [Clear Conscience]
Curses: [Shattered Love] [Scorn of All Beings]
Talents: [Sensitive Heart] [Necromancy Affinity] [Everything Has a Spirit] [To be selected...]
During this period, he continuously devoured vampires, increasing his attribute points by over twenty. But these vampires were all out of practice, not giving Loren a single point of Strength. However, the improvent for Loren was sufficient enough.
Not long after the Bishop left, Gwen passed through the wall and returned ho. Loren directly took off the dragon-skin black robe from Gwen and draped it over himself.
"I'm going out to hunt again. If anyone cos looking for , Gwen will temporarily transform into . No one can see through physical-level disguises."
Using Pluto's Mouth through a puppet has losses; this is a pattern Loren summarized during this period. So he plans to personally go hunt vampires.
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