quicksilver blood

Chapter 418 The Greedy One

After two days of trekking, Joseph returned to the city of wealth after a long absence.

To his surprise, after a month, not many changes here.

A month ago, this place was in ruins; a month later, this place is still in ruins.

The city of wealth that was once extremely prosperous has now been burned to the ground.The wailing of the people in the raging fire had not yet dissipated in Joseph's ears.

...Do they know that they don't have to die?
There was a mocking arc on Joseph's mouth.

Unlike Roland, he has a considerable affection for this rich city.

What is the difference between the superior and the inferior?This question will have a hundred answers for a hundred people.For Joseph, the difference between the upper class and the lower class is that they have more needs.

Humans are social animals.Without the group, it is nothing.Whether it is the invention of the master wizard or the gadgets of the alchemists, they are all for human use.Isn't the significance of the existence of such new gadgets because of the needs of other people?

If no one needed something, it would never have been invented in the first place.

From this, it can be deduced that the source of the world's progress is people's "needs"-this kind of thing is no different from greed.

In Joseph's view, the people in the city of wealth may indeed be "sinners," but they are definitely not "inferior people."They were all quite great men in Joseph's eyes.

It is because they demand more that the world progresses.They needed more food, so there was more food in the world; they needed more entertainment, so theater companies and circuses were born.Their needs have directly promoted the progress of the world, and as for who the newly produced products are given to after the progress, what does that matter?
According to the concept of the God of Darkness, the strong should enjoy more resources.Moreover, mortals only live for a few hundred years, and when they die, the wealth they grab will naturally be dispersed.

Just like a king.In Joseph's mind, the perfect king should be a king with strong ambitions.Wang wants to have more desires than anyone else, to be happier than anyone else, to live a more realistic life than anyone else, and to be admired by all people.

Only in this way can people be led by the king.People yearn for a life after having higher power, and people yearn to be close to the king, so people will also have ambitions in their hearts, and there will naturally be a driving force in their hearts, and they will instinctively climb up, hoping to achieve a higher status , has a higher level of "needs".

From Joseph's point of view, the City of Wealth is undoubtedly the center of the world—it is by no means a city of despair or a hell of hell as rumored by the outside world, but a real holy place that promotes human progress.

Such thoughts never left Joseph's mind.This was the root of Joseph's dissatisfaction with Roland.

Such a holy place, the most prosperous city of mankind, the center of the world, was actually destroyed by that guy with such a frivolous reason?
What salvation, what purification... All these are nonsense in Joseph's view.

At first, he thought Roland was the kind of pure destroyer—some people just want to watch the world burn.Joseph expected that such an abnormal Roland could change something. The value he created, and the desire and response he loudly called out were boastful, abnormal, and dazzling.

But later, Joseph regretted it.

Roland was by no means the kind of king he thought he was.Rather than a crazy, demonic monarch who left his post, he wanted to be a somewhat extreme Templar.

Can knights save the world?Stop messing around, the world doesn't need knights for a long time.

Joseph stood at the gate of the city of wealth, looked at the light golden liquid spreading in the city, closed his eyes and prayed quietly for the city.

The world is sick.There is no cure, and it is on the verge of extinction.

If those fools who thought the world was always peaceful and happy would open their eyes and go to the coast south of Titan, they would know that the world was already on the verge of destruction.

"The ends of the earth" has been curled up since 800 years ago, and it has gradually collapsed, collapsed, and distorted.

The southern countries that existed 600 years ago have long been crushed and destroyed by the edge of the world that is gradually approaching.Until now, the fragmented sky that came from afar is still approaching Titan at a speed of several thousand meters per year—approaching this "civilized" world.

You can see it if you look south from the southernmost island of Titan.The sky in the distance showed a barren withered purple like a necrotic wound, and the sea level curled upwards, slowly collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In ten years at most, Titan will be crushed to pieces by the edge of the world.This is why the Titans are always eager to start a war.

Not because of their greedy desire for more, but because they don't want to die.That's all.

Just a bunch of cowards.

This is what Joseph said of them.

Thinking of this, Joseph couldn't help sighing.

Since Roland can't rely on him, who can he rely on in this world?

Although he hated Roland very much, and even vaguely hated Roland, he had to admit that he should be the protagonist of this era.With the support of his mentor, it is impossible for Roland to fail.Unless there is something terrifying in this world that even saints cannot contend with.

But is that possible?
Joseph smiled to himself.

I want to break away from Roland's constraints, I want to live according to my own ideas, but I don't want to lose the benefits that I lost after being away from Roland.After all, he is just a mortal, different from that monster Kakarit.

If the mentor hadn't asked him to assist Roland, Joseph would have betrayed Roland without hesitation.Born under the hands of the God of Darkness, he is well versed in the skills of betrayal, and has long been very proficient in it.

However, since that guy Roland paid the price of the cardinal, let's do this for him.

Joseph opened his eyes and looked at the water, which was shining with a golden halo under the morning light and rippled in circles by the wind. For a moment, he thought that the water was filled with gold.

"Wait until I become a cardinal..."

Joseph murmured, pale ambition gradually ignited in his pupils, and then he hid it well again, regaining his always muddled gaze.

Let's help Roland get the information first this time.Since he offered such an enticing price, Joseph himself would think he was stupid if he did not respond.

However, only this time.If you do one last thing for him, you will stop.

As a cardinal, if he goes out independently, he will probably be able to attract a lot of congregants, right?

Thinking of this, he stepped into the city of wealth full of flowing golden flames.

He walked on the water, but did not step out of the waves at all.He was like a phantom, without making any sound, his body gradually became transparent, and his sense of existence dropped again and again.At the end, even if you stare at him carefully, you will lose his trace in the blink of an eye.

It's just that he didn't notice that his shadow seemed to have become slightly heavier since last night.

(End of this chapter)