Chapter 690 Serge
With the reopening of the Lost Land, Arkham immediately became the focus of the entire Sword Coast and even the North. On the one hand, this city is indeed quite luxurious and majestic, even surpassing the capital of the entire world kingdom of Faerûn. On the other hand... many churches are in Arkham City and have begun to build their own church power.
Of course, generally speaking, it is not surprising that such a thing would happen, but the problem is that there are so many temples in Arkham City. It can be said that almost all good and neutral churches of gods have been built in Arkham City. Their temple. There are even rumors that there are temples of evil gods such as Shar and Lauvita in the dark underground corner of this city.
This is a very unusual thing for a new territory, because generally speaking, it is rare for a large number of gods and churches to appear together, which naturally arouses the suspicion and concern of many forces.
Of course Duanmuhuai knew that the nature of these churches in Arkham was actually equivalent to embassies. So he also followed the example of the embassy and approved sites for these churches based on their applications. Naturally, the buildings above were built by believers of each god themselves.
And this naturally made many chambers of commerce make a fortune, although generally speaking, people often don't particularly care about the size of churches and temples.
But...it's completely different in Arkham!
The holiness and majesty brought by this huge Gothic-style city make people's hearts tremble just looking at it. In this case, if your church or temple is not well built, then it is not for your own family. Is it a smear on the face of the gods?
Not to mention that this city is now crowded with various gods and churches. Although most of them are good gods or gods from the neutral camp, who wants to be compared to others!
So these churches also spent a lot of money, especially wealthy churches like Lathander and Woking, they just threw away gold coins as if they were free, hired the best construction teams, and purchased the best building materials. , demanding that the most gorgeous and noble buildings must be built.
If we use civilization as an analogy, then Arkham City is currently in a religious victory mode.
Not only that, Arkham City's unique lifestyle is also the envy of many poor people. Generally speaking, in other cities, it is difficult for poor people to find a job to support their families, let alone buy a house. However, Arkham City's policy is completely different from elsewhere. In Arkham's municipal center, as long as poor people find a job and sign a contract, they can automatically be assigned a room, similar to public housing. The rent is automatically deducted from the salary. For example, if a poor man finds a job as a street sweeper in Arkham, he can get a public rental house. As long as he works hard and saves money, he can live at a certain level. day.
Moreover, the security in Arkham City is also quite good. Although it is not as good as not picking up leftovers on the street and keeping the house closed at night, there are very few security cases. This is also normal. There are angels flying in the sky. How can ordinary thieves do this? How dare you do it in front of an angel.
Even if they are not afraid of angels, not everyone can withstand the ruthless iron fist of the Night Guard.
Because of this, Arkham City immediately attracted the attention of many wealthy businessmen and nobles, and many businessmen considered living here - after all, compared to the chaos and danger of other cities, Arkham City A place like this city has good security and is protected by a bunch of gods and churches. Apart from other things, it is at least safe.
"Many chambers of commerce have already applied through diplomatic channels, hoping to purchase land and build manors in Arkham City..."
"What's the purpose? We're not a resort."
"It is mainly used for the residence of children and their families."
"Oh, that makes sense. This is using Arkham City as a safe."
Duanmu Huai snorted coldly. Of course, those big nobles and big businessmen would not have such needs. After all, they were local leaders, the ones who could call the shots in their own territory, so they didn't have to worry about these problems at all. But it’s hard to say what’s second best, especially since the situation in the Northland is complicated. Many people are also worried about whether their family members will be affected. If they can live in Arkham City, if nothing else, at least they will be safe. It's guaranteed.
"As usual, tell them that the land in Arkham is owned by the Inquisition. It can only be rented but not sold. It can be leased for a long time. The construction blueprint must be approved before construction is allowed."
"Yes."
Mystrina nodded and shook the furry ears on top of her head. The long, silky golden hair and ears of Her Royal Highness the Forest Princess were really beautiful, and Duanmuhuai couldn't help but want to pinch them.
"Then there is the news from Bambi that Shar's church has been built in the underground block No. 13 and has been put into use... Is it really no problem? Isn't Shar an evil god?"
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"Fighting against the evil god is not as simple as a battle between justice and evil. Although Shar is a god from the evil camp...but she does not want the world to be destroyed. After all, if the world is destroyed, she will either run away or die. I don’t think Shar has any intention of becoming a slave to the Evil God of Chaos.”
In fact, those who hate the invasion of the Evil God of Chaos the most are the gods from the evil camp. After all, they are considered the local mafia. Your foreign gang wants to annex the local gang. Have you asked us?
If the gods of the good camp are like government intelligence agencies such as the police or the Secret Service, then the gods of the evil camp are basically mafia gangs. The former have to be scrupulous in doing things, while the latter will not give you anything. Black is good, and if you want me to bow down to you, don’t even think about it!
In particular, an evil god with powerful divine power like Shar is more similar to the nature of the big brother who takes the lead - other younger brothers may also act according to the situation or betray etc., but a boss like Shar has no choice but to choose one. Daoer walked into the dark.
Therefore, Duanmuhuai acquiesced to Shaer's behavior of building a church underground in her home. As long as she did not openly cause trouble and resist the Inquisition, Duanmuhuai would ignore her.
But if she dares to interfere with the affairs of the Tribunal... Haha, I hope this goddess of the night will not be so stupid.
"There are also applications from the Church of Heim..."
"Reject directly, no Heim."
Duanmu Huai waved his hand. Heim Church had applied for it several times, but Duanmu Huai would not let these bastards come in. The Church of Helm is loved by rulers in other cities because they can help each other maintain law and order and are good dogs.
But Duanmu Huai doesn't need these good dogs. Aren't the night guards under him better than this?
Tyr even came here to express his love for him, but Duanmuhuai really didn't like Heim at all. This thing is just a piece of shit. He stands on the standpoint of lawful neutrality, and what he does is totally lawful evil. He is acting like a bitch and setting up a memorial arch at the same time. It's disgusting.
In Duanmu Huai's view, Heim is really not as good as those gods from the evil camp. At least he has the words "I am evil" written on his face. If anyone is fooled, they deserve it. Just like those victims of phone scams, the police can’t stop them and they have to remit money. So what can they do?
Then she can only wait for her to jump off.
Heim is one of those people who is secretly full of male thieves and female prostitutes, but on the surface he claims to be for freedom and democracy.
So shameless. "There are also...applications from the Zhentarim and the Council of Red Wizards of Cyre."
Mystrina turned the page again.
"The Zhentarim request to establish a stronghold in Arkham City, and the Seer Red Mage Council hopes to establish a trading stronghold belonging to the red mage."
"Hmph, let them sneak in and engage in smuggling, right? No."
Duanmu Huai didn't want to get involved with the Zhentarim, a group of people who didn't even care about drow business as long as they gave them money, and those red-robed bald people.
Neither of these are good things.
"One more thing, the Red Robe Mage would like to have a magical exchange with Arkham City..."
"An is going to do it, right?"
Seeing Mistrina's troubled expression, Duanmuhuai immediately knew what the problem was. Things like magic exchange meetings, especially magic exchanges between different worlds, were An's favorite. Otherwise, Misty Trina would not specifically bring it up after she had already denied it.
"Yes, Miss An is looking forward to this and thinks it would be very interesting to have magical exchanges with the red-robed mage."
"That's because she doesn't know how notorious those bald heads are."
Duanmuhuai snorted coldly. The reputation of Serge's red-robed mage was not much worse than that of the devil in hell, but... this was also a good opportunity.
"Okay, I approve."
Duanmuhuai thought for a moment and nodded.
"I want to see what those bald-headed red-robed people will use to fool us."
"Next, there are some...well, not so good things."
"Huh?"
Seeing Mistrina hesitating, Duanmuhuai also looked at her curiously.
"Is there something so difficult to talk about?"
"No, ah, it's not that...it's just that there have been rumors recently about Arkham City's policy of not allowing aliens to enter..."
The Lost Lands is the territory of the Tribunal, and Arkham City is the city of the Tribunal, so naturally in accordance with the requirements of the Tribunal, aliens, heretics and demons are not allowed to enter Arkham City. The latter two are easy to say, but the aliens are a bit troublesome. After all, the standard used by the Inquisition to determine whether they are human is the skull, and there are many races in Faerûn with heads that do not look like humans. They are basically blocked when they try to enter the Lost Land. Turned away.
No wonder these races complain.
"To hell with them."
Duanmuhuai snorted coldly.
"This is an order from the Tribunal. What others say is their business and has nothing to do with us."
"Yes, finally...Intelligence collection is currently in progress, and there is no sign of an invasion similar to that of the Chaos Evil God."
"Not now, and not necessarily in the future."
Duanmuhuai sighed, and at this moment, the communicator suddenly sounded, and then Aikote's voice appeared in Duanmuhuai's ears.
"Report to Uncle Inquisitor that the reconnaissance fleet has locked the target!"
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai's eyes lit up and he stood up hurriedly.
"Very good, I'll go now!"
(End of chapter)