More than ten female elves with marks on their bodies … It was unrealistic for them to walk back to the Forest Elves on their own. It was very likely that they would become the spoils of war of other slave hunters along the way.
If it was Beta who brought them back to the Forest Elves, it would not be a problem, but the journey was too far. A round trip would take at least a month. It would be fine if there were teleportation nodes, but the problem was that he did not participate in the Forest Goddess massacre in the game. In the latter half of the game, he had been managing his territory and had never been to the Forest Elves, not even to the countries near the Forest Elves. It was impossible for him to teleport to the Forest Elves.
He was still in the middle of an Epic-level quest, and there were many things waiting for him to deal with in his territory. He did not have the time to escort these elves back to the Forest Elves.
He did not have the time, but someone did.
Grinton … the half-elf.
Beta rested for a while and recovered enough mental strength. He activated the teleportation spell again and returned to the outskirts of Bronze Drum City in a few seconds.
It was already late at night. Because of his relationship with Alice, Beta easily passed through the city gate. He did not need to waste any time reporting and soon met the Legendary Master, Grinton.
Grinton hid the murderous intent in his eyes well when he saw the female elven slaves lined up in front of him. He smiled and asked the butler to bring these elves to the best room to rest. He also sent almost all the maids in the castle to serve them, helping them bathe and change clothes.
After all the female elves left, his murderous intent exploded without any restraint. The porcelain in the room shattered one by one.
Beta, Shirley, and Emma sat quietly in the middle of this shocking aura, drinking sweet fruit wine.
After a while, Grinton finally calmed down. He did not ask where Beta had saved the elves. He only said, "I was planning to go to the Forest Elves. I will bring these elves back. Not a single one will be left behind."
Grinton was a Legendary Lancer. With such strength, he would be a guest no matter where he went. However, if he could bring a dozen female elves back, not only would he be welcomed by the elves, he would also receive their gratitude.
Although Grinton did not care for such gratitude.
"Didn't you go on a quest? Why are you back so soon?" Grinton knew the function of the Round Table Knight System. "Or, saving these elves is part of the mission?"
Beta waved his hand. "It's just on the way. After resting for a while, we will immediately teleport back. "
"So urgent?" Grinton frowned and said, "Then there's something I have to tell you … The Temple of Woking has been acting strangely for the past two days."
Beta's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard this. The Woking Temple was an important part of his strength, and now that he had a good relationship with Shirley and the Woking Goddess, he could not allow anything to happen to the Woking Temple.
"How so?"
Grinton said calmly, "Then you'll have to investigate it yourself. You also know very well that there are some things that I can't participate in. "
He nodded slightly to show that he understood. Beta got up and stored Shirley and Emma in his mansion, before he left the mayor's residence.
Compared to the night in the desert, the temperature in Bronze Drum City was obviously much warmer. The main streets here were still very lively even late at night.
Beta did not stop and went straight to the branch temple controlled by Katie.
The Church of Woking had now taken root in Bronze Drum City. Even late at night, there were still believers praying outside the temple.
Beta walked straight into the temple. The guards in charge of guarding the temple were all Katie's people. Two newcomers saw Beta and were about to stop him from entering the temple, but an old member next to them shook his head and let Beta swagger in.
The orange candlelight illuminated the entire study. Katie was bent over the desk and correcting the plans. She was having a hard time. After all, not long ago, she was just an illiterate assassin. Now that she had suddenly become a Dark Consul, it was normal for her to be under a lot of pressure.
The Goddess of Woking had forcibly raised her level to Master. A higher level naturally brought an increase in intelligence, so her learning ability had been qualitatively changed. Learning to read became a very simple thing.
However, the increase in intelligence did not mean that her knowledge, experience, and knowledge would be rapidly improved. Those things still needed time to accumulate. At best, she could learn new knowledge more easily than ordinary people.
At this moment, she was going through the income and the payout table of the Church of Woking during this period. There were also some other trivial matters that she had to deal with. Those matters seemed simple, but they would be somewhat troublesome if she considered the big picture. In other words, Katie did not have real practical management experience. She could not directly see clearly what the future of the temple would be like after she made a decision, or what kind of reaction it would cause to the surrounding forces, large and small.
She had to think about those things one by one, so it was very exhausting. It was only at such times that she felt that Beta was even more remarkable. She really did not understand how he made decisions that seemed so wise to her.
Just as she was sighing inwardly, there was a knock on the door behind her. Katie was a little unhappy. She had already told them not to disturb her after tonight if there was nothing important.
Could it be that something troublesome had come? With such doubts, Katie opened the door, and when she saw the person outside, a slight joy appeared on her pretty face.
"Sir Beta, you're finally back." Katie's eyes brightened. "Come in and sit down, I have something very important to talk to you about."
In the Mystra's Mansion, Emma looked at Katie's pretty face and said with some dissatisfaction, "It's so late now, and this woman is still so happy to invite Beta into the house. It's obvious that she has bad intentions."
Shirley laughed. "I don't know who it was, but she ran into Beta's room late at night and ended up being thrown out the window."
"Ah … don't talk about it again." Emma's face was flushed, and she danced with joy, even a little flustered and exasperated.
Beta didn't know what was going on in the Mystra's Mansion. He generously found a place to sit down, looked around, and smiled. "You're still so simple. Our goddess is the god of wealth, and if your Dark Archon place is too simple, it might damage the goddess' reputation if word gets out. "
Katie chuckled, knowing that Beta was joking. Although the place where she handled affairs did look ordinary, her personal income wasn't low. And this income wasn't black income, but a rule set by Beta. In fact, everyone in the Temple of Woking had a good income, from the lowest level of small priests to the highest level of bishops. This money came partly from the offerings of believers, and partly from the "rewards" of the goddess Woking.
In the small vaults of every temple, a small amount of gold coins would suddenly appear on a regular basis, and there really wasn't anyone but the goddess who could put a sum of money in the temple without anyone noticing.
"I know you came late at night, and it must be about temple affairs." Katie sighed slightly. "Actually, I also feel that something is wrong, and I've been trying to find you, but your whereabouts are so difficult to track, so it's been delayed until now."
From Beta's point of view, Katie wasn't a very qualified manager, because she still lacked the necessary big-picture perspective for the time being. But if even Katie felt that something was wrong, then things must be very serious.
"What the hell is going on?" Beta's expression turned serious. "Tell me about it. Something that even a Dark Archon like you thinks is wrong must be troublesome."
Katie leaned forward slightly, revealing the bulging curve of her chest. "Isn't the main temple built in the slums? But now, there are fewer and fewer poor people there, and more and more nobles are moving in."
Hearing this, Beta's fingers moved slightly. "What about the houses we helped those people build for free? Those houses are very ordinary, and the nobles can't live in them … Or rather, they bought the houses of the poor, demolished them in large numbers, and began to build their own mansions? "
Katie nodded. "Indeed, many nobles suddenly bought houses and land, and they gave a lot of money to the poor. Now a large number of houses have been demolished, and the land is concentrated in the hands of a few people, who are building mansions. "
"This happened all of a sudden?"
Katie sighed. "It should be! Because there are other people in charge of the main temple, I didn't pay too much attention. By the time I realized something was wrong, at least half of the land had fallen into the hands of other nobles. Now, it's probably almost two-thirds. "
If it were any other religion, it would be a good thing to have a large number of nobles. After all, the nobles had a lot of money and influence, and could donate a lot of money.
But the current Woking Temple was different. The goddess in charge of wealth didn't lack money, but faith, and now its doctrine had been changed by Beta to follow the path of the masses. If the main temple was surrounded by the nobles and turned into a rich area, then a large number of poor people and the masses would be excluded, then the speed of the temple's missionary work would definitely be greatly affected.
And most importantly, Beta smelled a conspiracy in this matter.
In addition, Grinton's reminder was another indication. An elf who had lived for nearly four hundred years definitely had a better sense of politics than most people. Since he had spoken up, it was very likely that someone was targeting the Temple of Woking.
Who knew if it was just the temple or the Goddess Woking?
If it's the former, then it was just a competition between pure believers among the temples. If it was the latter, hehe, things had to develop in the direction of life and death.