Chapter 166 "That's it?"
It was easy to tell that Pet and the others were not from the refugee camp.
It’s not just about dressing up.
What is even more obvious is the spiritual aspect.
Their mental state is completely different from that of refugees.
Wayne has been in the refugee slum for several years, and he has seen what most of the refugees look like.
The most miserable refugees have little hope for life. They dig through garbage and receive relief every day, as long as they can survive without starving to death.
Those who are slightly better may still have a little savings in their hands, hoping to survive this period and return to their homes after the pollution in their homes dissipates. Occasionally, there will be a glint of hope in their eyes, but most of the time they are still His eyes were dull and tormented by the hard days, and he was just getting by.
Peter and the others are different.
His eyes are piercing, and he is obviously the kind of person who is full of hope for life and lives a fulfilling life.
When these people come to the refugee camp, they will most likely do nothing good.
"Your Excellencies, no matter what happens to you, please come back."
Before negotiations even started, they hit a snag.
Peter was a little depressed.
The goblin Hugo did follow his request and found him a "refugee" who knew architecture, but this guy named Ray Wayne was difficult to deal with.
The other party's attitude was very resistant.
From the very beginning, he acted like he refused to negotiate and directly issued an order to expel the guest.
If it were Peter who had met him before, he would have given up on this guy.
It's different now.
Peter's temper also rose.
He still doesn’t believe in this evil!
After having faith in the God of Knowledge, there is nothing in the world that he cannot do. The so-called inability is nothing more than not putting in enough effort or working in the wrong direction!
He is able to reach this day and become an upright level 3 battle mage, all because of his own efforts!
God of knowledge, please add... Oh, no.
It should be: "Please show me the way forward!"
Pet thought silently in his mind, and then the prompt came down:
[Requirement: 5 knowledge points]
After destroying a large number of monsters in the dark forest, Peter now has dozens of knowledge points in his hand. He can accept this consumption!
Pay directly!
[Wayne’s interest in recruiting issues: 0%]
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In the "big update" after activating the Altar of Creation, Norwin also integrated and opened up another way of using his priestly authority to believers:
That is a certain "mentality" that temporarily displays the goal.
The targets are specifically mortals who are not followers of Novin.
Believers can get a chance to query the target's "mentality" by consuming their knowledge points.
Multiple queries require multiple consumption.
Until now, Novin has not fully understood how his clerical authority achieves this.
Because this is different from directly acquiring knowledge or displaying fixed information such as learning progress.
Things like knowledge are clear and objective.
"Mindset" is an extremely vague and abstract concept.
Novin speculated: This is probably a result that is infinitely close to the truth obtained by his authority after a lot of deductions based on various information?
In essence, maybe just like he can provide believers with a progress display when learning knowledge or repairing airships, is it actually some kind of "calculation" on mortal minds?
Noven can only make such a guess based on the information he currently has.
This way of using authority consumes much more divine power than other ways.
And depending on the target, the consumption is also different. At the beginning, this trick was used to gain Bahamut's trust in the interrogation room, allowing Pate to see in real time the extent of Bahamut's "trust" in him.
Of course, at that time, Noven had just a single believer seedling, and let him use it for free.
Now that the number of believers has increased, Novin has naturally switched to a fee-based model, and even added a slight commission to it.
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Pate has experienced the effect of knowing, and at this moment he decisively used it to show the extent of Ray Wayne's "interest" in recruiting.
As long as you can see the progress bar, it's easy!
The worst thing is to try the conditions one by one and see which condition makes Ray Wayne's heart beat.
Pete organized his speech and took the initiative to introduce the other party:
"Mr. Wayne, please introduce yourself. My name is Pete Chinner. I was told that you have architectural skills."
“We are in dire need of architects right now.”
"You can mention the remuneration. If you want anything, we can discuss it and try our best to meet your needs."
"For example, with gold coins, we can entrust you with a remuneration higher than the market price!"
After saying that, Peter paid another 5 knowledge points.
Let's see if his words interest Ray Wayne.
[Wayne’s interest in recruiting issues: 0%]
"Fake!" Peter's face darkened.
It's a waste of time.
After saying such a series of words, the other party was stunned that he had no intention of being moved at all, and his level of interest was still zero.
Obviously, the trick of using inducement is not easy to use.
Pat decisively changed his statement:
"Actually, it's like this, Mr. Wayne."
"Let me tell you the truth. We are developing territory on an ownerless land, and many of the people participating in the development are refugees from the refugee camps."
"Although there was a problem with your design back then, I believe it was just an accident."
"We have put in a lot of effort to build a new home, but now we don't even have a shelter from the wind and rain. Life is very difficult. Could you please lend a helping hand and help them?"
It's not possible to lure them with benefits, but change them with love.
Ray Wayne has been in the refugee slum for so many years, maybe he is willing to help for the sake of the refugees?
Return the points to see the effect of negotiation.
[Wayne’s interest in recruiting issues: -17%]
Pete was about to burst.
Can the number of co-authors be reduced to a negative number? !
Looking at Wayne carefully, Pet could feel that the other person was just not interested in what he said at first, but after mentioning the refugees, his attitude towards Pet and others began to change to disgust!
He said the wrong thing!
Ray Wayne angrily gestured for Peter to leave, and said rudely:
“I’m not interested in helping refugees now, and I don’t have the ability to help them.”
"You also said that there are problems with my design, and there may be problems with future designs."
"Don't force me to drive people away. Just leave. I don't want to see you again."
This guy can't get enough of oil and salt! Don’t eat soft or hard!
It was a waste of 15 Pate points. Not only did it fail to create any effective progress, it seemed to have the opposite effect.
Just as Pet's brain was spinning rapidly, he was trying to say or do something to save the situation.
Reina, who had sneaked into the shack at some point, suddenly said:
"That's it?"
Hearing a voice from behind, Ray Wayne turned around in surprise.
He saw that Rena was holding several pieces of parchment filled with writings and drawings in her hands. Those were his things.
Lena looked directly at Wayne calmly.
She repeated it again, even with a hint of ridicule in her tone:
"I said, that's it?"
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(End of chapter)