Green Monster Epic

Chapter 41: Reward

When Alan led Dasha, Black Head, and ten other tribesmen to the temple, he was warmly welcomed by Priest Clay.

No deity would ever complain about having too many believers. Although most of these wilderness tribesmen were only pseudo-believers their entire lives, simply to avoid the tragedy of their souls being stuffed into the Wall of the Faithless after death, they could still provide a certain amount of faith power, helping the Father of the Oak to advance his godhood, right?

Moreover, no one could guarantee that these seemingly ignorant fellows couldn't become believers, or even devout believers!

Spending 10 gold coins to have 10 tribesmen's strength quantified could not be said to be a profit or a loss.

Back at the simple inn, after spending a lot of effort explaining, Alan finally made the tribesmen understand how to check their levels. After another round of arduous conversation, Alan finally figured out the true strength of his ten warriors.

Among the 10 warriors, Dasha and another hobgoblin named Hua She were the strongest, both being level 7 warriors. The other tribesmen were all level 6 warriors. In terms of feats, almost all hobgoblin warriors possessed the Darkvision and Keen Scent feats, and most tribesmen also had the Alertness feat. Besides that, only the young warrior Hua She had an additional feat: Agile Athlete.

In order to verify the effect of the feats, Alan even had Dasha and Hua She fight each other. After a competition, the young Hua She narrowly achieved the final victory, which allowed Alan to obtain first-hand information about the Agile Athlete feat: Compared to Dasha, who fought with wide-open attacks and unwavering forward momentum, Hua She was more agile and versatile in combat, and he reacted faster in critical moments, dodging Dasha's powerful attacks by a hair's breadth before retaliating.

But as for how heaven-defying the effect of this Agile Athlete was, Alan didn't think so. At least, from his perspective, his own agility might be slightly inferior to the opponent, but it was not much different. At this time, Alan remembered a sentence Regis had said unintentionally before: as long as you have perseverance and continuously strengthen the training of a certain skill, you can always achieve proficiency.

This so-called proficiency may be the result of mastering a certain feat.

With this realization, Alan felt less regret about the lack of feats among his tribesmen. However, Hua She's possession of this feat also showed that he was a promising talent, and his starting point on the path of a warrior was higher than Dasha and the others. Perhaps he could be cultivated into the next advanced professional in the tribe.

Of course, Alan still had some regrets, namely that Stone was not brought along. Otherwise, as the one in the tribe whose combat strength was second only to himself, perhaps he had already reached the threshold of advancing to a berserker.

Having seen the hundreds of advanced professionals in Thunder Town and the reportedly thousands of advanced professionals in Thornsburg, and then thinking about how the Green Field Tribe had no other advanced professionals besides himself, it was enough to explain the tribe's position in the wilderness.

Manager Philby was very slow in selling and purchasing goods. It had been more than half a month since arriving in Thornsburg, and he had only completed most of the transactions. It was at this time that Alan, at Regis's suggestion, approached Philby to cash in the reward he had promised to hire Alan and his people. The tribesmen, who had never been away from the Green Field Tribe for so long, were now a little dazed and began to miss the familiar wilderness.

Even Alan, who considered himself rational and had even thought about abandoning his tribesmen and staying in Thornsburg and Thunder Town alone, had to admit that he was still worried about Stone, Camellia, and the other tribesmen, especially those seemingly dull, silly, and pitiful little ones in the tribe. No matter what, Alan could not have survived in the tribe all these years without the help of the tribesmen. Alan deeply remembered these bits and pieces of kindness in his heart, hoping to repay the tribesmen in the future.

"Even if you didn't mention this matter, I was going to discuss it with you in a few days."

Philby, who was approached by Alan, replied with a thick face, as if he had been prepared for it, but in reality, he had completely forgotten about Alan and his group.

The profits from transcontinental trade were indeed substantial. Although Philby was exploited by the local chambers of commerce to some extent during the buying and selling due to his unfamiliarity with the area, it was only a drop in the bucket compared to the profits he earned. The more than 7 carts of goods transported to Thornsburg cost the Silver Flash Chamber of Commerce more than 4,000 gold coins that were hard to come by in the Rose Duchy. When they were sold in Thornsburg, the profits exceeded the principal, reaching more than 6,000 gold coins.

For the Silver Flash Chamber of Commerce, which was not very large in the first place, if it could use this to transport another batch of goods from the Elven Kingdom back to the Rose Duchy, not only would the original debts of the Silver Flash Chamber of Commerce be wiped out, but it would even have sufficient funds for the Chamber of Commerce to expand.

"The most sold grain in the Elven Kingdom is hazelnut flour. Because of harvesting and other factors, it is much more expensive than the flour in our Rose Duchy. Therefore, I am afraid that I cannot give you the full amount of grain according to the contract signed before."

As a merchant, Philby's haggling nature may have been integrated into his bones. At this time, he couldn't help but find some reasons to deduct Alan's grain. Along the way, just by learning some common-sense knowledge, Philby unknowingly reduced the amount of grain that the Father of the Oak gave Alan and his people by more than 500 pounds.

"That's impossible. The contract we signed stipulated that we should be paid 2,000 pounds of grain. Excluding the reward given for asking questions before, you now need to pay us 1,463 pounds of grain. As for the grain price fluctuations you mentioned, that is not a problem that our contract should consider. If you didn't consider these issues yourself, then it should be considered your fault."

Alan had learned a lot, and at this time, he unyieldingly fought for the benefits they should have received. While Philby was busy doing his own business, Alan was not idle either. After becoming a believer of the Father of the Oak, he often wandered around the temple, actively trying to get acquainted with Priest Clay. At the same time, he flattered the other party and introduced him to several priests and priest colleagues who often went out to purchase daily necessities, asking them to help him build a connection with a grain merchant in Thornsburg.

From this connection, Alan had learned a lot of information about grain, and he had also spent 100 gold coins to purchase 2 carts, 4,000 pounds of grain, including transportation vehicles, which he temporarily stored in the temple warehouse, waiting for him to extract it when he set off back to the wilderness.

Having stayed with Philby for so long, he would no longer be fooled by the excuses in Philby's mouth.

"If you violate the contract, then I will take this contract to the priest of the God of Justice and ask him to adjudicate the contractual relationship between us."

"Okay, okay, give me a day, and I'll prepare the grain for you, but you need to prepare your own transportation. The contract doesn't stipulate that I have to prepare transportation, oh."

Seeing Alan's firm attitude, Philby knew that the matter was impossible, so he gave up continuing the dispute, but still deducted a loophole in the contract to save himself an expense.

"... You're ruthless, fine!"

Alan stared at Philby hatefully, giving a reply with a heavy nasal tone.