When the meeting ended and they left, Speaker Hart and Minister Duke quickly caught up with Rudolf.
Speaker Hart said: "Mr. Furnace, I heard that you need a 7th level Druid relic?"
"Yes, I only need a Druid relic for my third Beitian Secret Rituals."
Minister Duke calculated in his mind that 3 Beitian Secret Rituals required 9 relics, and Furnace had already obtained 8 different 7th level Apostle relics.
If someone else said this, he would definitely sneer. The death of so many 7th level Apostles in a short period of time would shake the entire North Continent. This wizard would definitely die, and the various forces would not allow the loss of so many 7th level Apostles.
Speaker Hart and Master Lubio are both level 6 alchemists. Level 7 alchemists are very prestigious in West Elba. If the smelter said that he had obtained 8 level 7 relics, everything would become much more reasonable.
After all, the furnace...
Speaker Hart said: "You judged that the evil god cult will make a comeback in more than 20 days. I can assure you that we will be able to deliver a level 7 druid relic to you within a week."
"You'd better hurry up." Rudolf emphasized: "After I get the relic, I have to go to the secret place to complete the secret ceremony. This will delay a lot of time. If you want me to catch up with the battle with the evil god cult, the sooner the better."
Rudolf also had to make a request, otherwise these alchemists really thought he was doing good things.
It's good to have the support of the alchemists. There is no need to hunt for the chosen relics. They have saved a lot of them themselves. There must be a level 7 Druid relic in the Garon Region, otherwise Hart would not have made a promise here. In the fight against the evil temple, Rudolf is the main force, a main force that is more useful than the Constitutional Army.
After leaving the City Hall, Rudolf came to the hotel reserved by the Volcano Trading Company.
There is not much business in Belfort City now, and many hotels are empty. It doesn't cost much to reserve an entire hotel.
After Rudolf entered the hotel, he first found Michaels and asked Michaels to gather everyone together to go to the hotel's conference room.
In the conference room used exclusively by large companies, more than 50 Volcano Trading Company employees poured in.
Rudolf did not sit on the podium, but sat on the table in the first row, watching the members of the trading company sitting down one by one.
Pilot, Samon, Ig, Zakari, etc., these people have been with Rudolf for two years, and Rudolf has a lot of feelings for them.
Pilot is a rebellious druid. No druid tribe took him in, so he has been wandering on the sea.
Samon is the chief engineer on the ship. He followed Rudolf to become a level 5 alchemist and has a deep understanding of alchemy machinery.
Ig is Michael's deputy. If it were in the past, he would be more than enough to be the captain of a ship.
Zakari has always been Rudolf's intelligence chief. This level 4 Silver Snake has never been promoted and his level is lower than Yanila's. It's a pity that Rudolf can't help him with his promotion.
Everyone saw the solemn expression of the captain of the furnace and was very confused. They didn't know what happened.
After seeing everyone sitting down, Rudolf said to the people from the trading company:
"I have some unfortunate news for you. The evil god cult has built the first temple in the northern continent. A month later, they will build the second temple, and then they will build temples one after another at a very fast speed.
This process can only be delayed, but cannot be stopped.
The era of pirates has officially ended, and there will be no more pirates on the Salagu Sea. The era of smugglers has also passed, and there will be no more smugglers on the Salagu Sea.
I tried to fight against the temple, but I have to admit that this is a very stupid behavior. I am not fighting against those priests, but the evil god. Fighting against the temple is fighting against the evil god.
In this matter, I am only a level 7 wizard and can do nothing.
So, my friends, I have to announce a decision. The original Furnace and Green Skull Pirates, now the Volcano Trading Company, are disbanded. "
Cooper is not sensitive to these major changes. He was surprised to hear about Rudolf's decision. But on second thought, Rudolf is the one who directly fights against the evil god priests. Rudolf knows the strength of the evil god cult best.
Ivonna looked at Rudolf with distressed eyes. Rudolf must be very upset when he announced this decision.
Poor sailor Drake, one of the former pirates, asked loudly: "Furnace, even you can't fight against the evil god?"
"You are insulting the evil god by saying this. What qualifications do I have to be compared with the evil god?" Rudolf shook his head:
"All I can do is delay the expansion of the evil god cult, and then wait for the real big men on the continent, those knight emperors, kings, prime ministers or chancellors. We must make a decision, so as to change the bad situation. In this catastrophe, everyone's power is insignificant, this is not something I can solve. "
He continued: "I will sell the Volcano, the Giant, the Pisces I and the Pisces II, and sell these ships to the Constitutional Army. These ships have no chance to go to sea. As long as the evil cult creates a sacrifice, the sea between the two temples will be There is no safe zone, and everyone is within the attack range of the evil god cult. The evil god will appear directly above the Volcano with his true body full of rotten flesh, which is too terrifying. "
Cooper suddenly remembered something: "Rudolf, didn't Fabro City also build a temple? Why was that temple easily destroyed by Fabro City?"
"Because the construction of that temple was an accident, that temple only There is the power of faith from the sacrifice, but not the power of the evil god.
For example, the Worm Nest Temple that is about to be built, the Worm Nest Church brought the mother nest larvae, which is equivalent to a part of the evil god's worm nest.
The temple in Fabro City is too far away from the southern continent, and the power of the evil god is limited, unlike the Eagle's Mouth Peninsula, which is very close to the evil god. "
Cooper has never faced the temple directly, so he can't feel the pressure of facing the temple.
After everyone slowly digested the news, Rudolf continued: "Just taking this opportunity, I want to talk about the transformation of Volcano Trading Company."
Everyone pricked up their ears, wondering what Captain Furnace had planned for the future.
Rudolf said:
"I am not a pirate in the traditional sense, nor a smuggler in the traditional sense.
You have been following me for several years. I have always forbidden you to rob merchant ships and to buy and sell people like other smugglers.
As a melting pot, I have a bad record, but I also have a bottom line.
I, Ivonna, and Cooper, the three of us originally lived in a small town in Fabro City. If there were no wolf tide, we would have lived an ordinary life and perhaps would not even have the chance to become an apostle.
I still remember that if I wanted to become an alchemist, I needed 500 gold shields. I might not be able to save that much money even if I worked as a patrolman for 200 years. I thought that kind of life was also good. I had some goals, and every silver shield I earned would make me happy for several days.
However, that kind of life was destroyed by the wolf tide and the sacrifice of the evil god cult, and even our hometown Leman was destroyed.
I have been away from Leman for a long time, and I am more and more certain of one thing. "
Rudolf's expression was very serious, and the others listened more and more seriously.
"The thing is, there are too many apostles in this world, there are too many evil apostles like the evil god priests or werewolves in this world!" Rudolf's eyes turned cold:
"Apostles with superpowers are like giant beasts that devour resources.
The luxury they enjoy is wealth that farmers have never seen in their lives.
Level 1 and 2 apostles are better, starting from level 3 apostles, the resources required for each apostle's promotion are exaggerated.
Even at the level of evil gods, the resources required are astronomical.
What just happened in Danny City is that half of the population of Danny City was sacrificed just to build a temple for the evil god Annihilation.
In order to maintain the operation of the Annihilation Temple, the other half of the population of Danny City was brainwashed into believers.
The evil god's nest wants to build a temple on the outskirts of Danny City. All the farmers in the suburbs are imprisoned together, waiting for half of them to be sacrificed to build the temple, and the other half to be brainwashed into believers to maintain the operation of the nest temple.
Around Danny City There are dozens of towns like my hometown, Leman. In those towns, there are countless ordinary people like me who are happy for a long time after earning 1 silver shield, countless ordinary people like me who think the world is only as big as the town, and countless ordinary people like me who have never heard of the names of distant cities.
Those towns have become broken bubbles because of the sacrifices to the evil gods. They either died in the sacrifices or lost their souls and became believers who pray three times a day. .
The reason for all this is that the apostles need too many resources, so many that an ordinary person needs to sacrifice his life to stop the apostles from taking. It is not because the apostles are kind, but because the apostles cannot take from the dead.
80% of the resources in the northern continent are in the hands of the apostles, in the hands of the alchemists and the knights. In the southern continent, it is conservatively estimated that 98% of the resources are in the hands of the church and the evil gods.
This is wrong and terrible.
I When I was in Fabro, I discussed this issue with two of my students.
I think these are wrong behaviors. Apostles should not be so greedy and demanding.
Therefore, I once established a small organization, the Scavengers. This organization now only has me and my two wizard apprentices.
I hope that there will not be so many evil apostles who only know how to take in this world, or even too many apostles.
Let ordinary people Take a breath, so that ordinary people can fight for 1 silver shield, instead of being minced into meat as a sacrifice one day, or being used as food to fill the stomach of a werewolf.
The Furnace and the Green Skull Pirates have become a thing of the past, and the Volcano Shipping Company has also become a thing of the past.
If you agree with the philosophy of the Scavengers, and that there should be no evil apostles in this world, and there is no need for so many apostles, then you can join the Scavengers.
Of course, I absolutely won't I will force you.
If you want to leave, I will bless you.
It is dangerous to fight against evil gods and werewolves. You may die because of it. I will not force my ideals on you and let you die because of me.
If you want to leave, I will let Michael give you a generous severance pay. Then you can go back to your hometown or go wherever you want. "
Rudolph fell silent. He He struggled and said:
"Yesterday, I was still in the station criticizing those Belfort executives who sent their families away.
People are selfish. If you choose to leave, don't stay in the Eagle's Mouth Peninsula.
The Alchemy Council wants to abandon the Eagle's Mouth Peninsula. This news is confidential and ordinary people don't know. There are dangers everywhere here. Leave the Eagle's Mouth Peninsula as soon as possible."
Rudolf waved his hand and took out a lot of cash from the stern space of the Starlight South Ship: "I I will give you the gold shield of the Kantar Union. Kantar Union looks very safe now. If you want to find a place to settle down, it is a good choice.
You have been promoted many times, and you are all level 5 or 4 apostles. If you are careful, long-distance travel is not a problem. "
The crew looked at each other. They used to think that the two captains, Furnace and Green Skull, were kind and refused to rob others. Unexpectedly, Captain Furnace had such an ideal.
It sounds childish and a little ridiculous, but thinking about Captain Furnace's behavior all along, he seems to be really fighting against the evil god cult and werewolves. These two apostles are regarded by Captain Furnace as typical evil apostles.
The crew discussed to their heart's content, and Rudolf did not rush them.
Finally, the crew came forward one by one and received severance pay ranging from tens of thousands of gold shields from Michaels. This was a huge sum of money, enough for them to have a prosperous second half of their lives in the United Kingdom of Cantal.
After receiving the money, they came to Rudolf one by one, and Rudolf hugged them, hoping that these sailors could adapt to life away from the sea.
In the end, Michaels stayed.
"Captain, I am very old and have enjoyed everything I should have enjoyed. I am very interested in the scavenger concept you mentioned."
Pilot stayed.
"Captain! Your philosophy is so cool! I think it's much more interesting than the Druids' worship of nature! I will also join the Scavengers with Michaels."
Drake stayed.
"Well, I used to think that you restricted your pirate group from plundering because you looked down on the money of merchant ships. Later, after roughly understanding the scale of your wealth, I thought my judgment was right. Now it seems that you are actually a pirate with ideals. The era of the sea is over. I will also join the Scavengers."
Rudolf suddenly said: "Drake, think about it, you can create an epidemic in the wolf tide and use the werewolf plague to advance. I can help you."
"Okay! This is good!"
Zakari also stayed.
He walked up to Rudolf and said, "Captain Furnace, I will also join the Scavengers, and I am willing to continue to provide you with intelligence."
"Okay, but you will have to set up the intelligence network from the sea to the land, which is equivalent to opening up a new territory. I can't support you much, so I will give you 10 million gold shields."
The boss was really generous. He actually allocated such a large sum of money to him to build an intelligence network. Those alchemists must beg to provide intelligence to Zakari one by one?
Of the more than 50 people in the Volcano Trading Company, only 4 people stayed.
Cooper walked up to Rudolph and said, "You secretly established an organization, but you didn't even invite me! I'm not even a veteran!"
Rudolph smiled and said, "It was originally an organization of three people, but it was just an academic discussion between me and two students. You will be the vice president, what do you think?"
"We have always been equal, so why am I the vice president? At least I'm one of the two presidents."
"One step at a time, you will be the president of the Scavengers, and I will be the vice president."
"Okay, I reluctantly accept it."
Ivonna took Rudolph's arm and said, "I will join the Scavengers too!"
"Okay, the Scavengers now have 9 people, but I don't know if my two unlucky students have been promoted, and why they haven't come back yet..."