Since Justice Points became an important resource, the wood spirits learned how to use Justice Points to make adventurers work for them. They could sell fruits that increased their basic stats for a high price, and they could also issue quests that required Justice Points to make "greedy" adventurers work for them.
At the very beginning, there would always be some imbalance between income and expenditure. However, I believed in the market's ability to adjust itself. As long as there was a certain amount of trade, eventually, every major faction would be able to achieve self-balancing, just like the trade between countries in a certain world … Even if the trade was always imbalanced and ended up going bankrupt, it wouldn't be my fault.
At that point, whether or not the Aillé faction, which had the sole authority to "print money," would be like the hegemon of a certain world, using petrodollars to indirectly control the world, would depend on the individual. Of course, the prerequisite for this was that the Aillé faction had the military strength to protect it. After all, we were not without opponents and competitors.
To be honest, not long ago, our Justice Points also had an opponent — the Holy Church's "Holy Points."
I don't know if the Holy Light servers had calculated that it would be impossible for the Aillé Faction to spread its influence by itself, or if the Holy Light Faction's Follower Gods had racked their brains to come up with a countermeasure, but the Holy Light Faction's Holy War system and "Holy Points" had already been introduced. However, they had been hastily started, and there were obvious flaws in all aspects. It would be impossible for them to threaten the growth of Justice Points in the short term.
The Holy Light Faction didn't have the Dwarf God of Craftsmanship's "Hero's Armlets," nor did they have the God of Contracts as a witness. They could only record Justice Points and achievements based on the adventurers' words and evidence. The judges were only Holy Light job class members. Their personal desires, judgments, likes, and dislikes would cause huge fluctuations in both the rewards and the rewards. The Holy Light Faction was nothing more than a different type of mercenary.
The most obvious difference was that the Holy Light Faction's current "Holy Points" treasury was mostly filled with holy swords, cultivation experiences of Holy Light job class members, super-pure holy water, and so on. Even the "Holy Bearers" who had the right to exchange for Justice Points were mostly members of the Holy Church or trusted believers.
It seemed like there was indeed nothing wrong with doing this. However, it was still the same as before. If we preset the participants and rewards, all we did was create an army that was closer to the church. We didn't truly understand the use of our "Justice Points" — to mobilize the power of the masses and have as many people participate as possible in order to create the overall situation.
Of course, it was also possible that the True Gods had already thought of this. However, when it came to the level of the Church's implementation, they did not want to let the goodies flow into the hands of outsiders. It was also possible that the Pope and the Church's headquarters thought this way. However, when it came to the basic level and the specific implementation, it was still "How can we give these treasures to outsiders?" "Those evil, blasphemous items must be sealed in the forbidden warehouse forever. How can a contract that can be terminated at any time guarantee loyalty? At the very least, you have to have a lifetime contract. "And so, it became a new type of Holy Knight Squad and mercenary squads. However, while it raised the bar for all sorts of things, it also lost the most important aspect of being popular.
"Hmph, stupid. With how they're doing things, they've fundamentally lost all fairness and balance. No matter how much they invest, it'll still be a small circle in the end. "
Also, due to the Holy Church's tremendous numbers, it was likely that they wouldn't be able to discover the disadvantages of doing things like this in a short period of time. Before we had enough Contract Heroes, just the Holy Church's branches across the entire continent would allow them to have just as many God's Favorites as we did. However, once we truly became powerful, there would be a huge difference.
After all, no matter what the Holy Church did, they would only be excavating their own potential from their own strength. Meanwhile, we would be borrowing the strength of the entire world. The former might be limited, while the latter was limitless.
What we needed to do was to properly manage this platform and then have the platform automatically earn benefits for us. We shouldn't use the platform as a tool for our own selfish desires. Only when this platform had a sufficient market share would it be time for us to speak up. That was why we were willing to invest so much in this platform. Meanwhile, the Holy Church was calculating over every ounce, deeply afraid that they would waste their resources or give them to their enemies.
"History" had already proven that being calculative over every ounce was foolish. When Armageddon truly arrived, even the Gods used their treasures to arm their believers, but it was already too late.
"The most important thing in this world is talent. It's not that many people don't have potential, it's just that they don't have the opportunity to take the first step. As long as the number of people increases, not only will there be talents, there will even be geniuses and freaks. This definitely won't be something that can be accomplished in a single day. We have sufficient patience to wait. "
In this aspect, we had far more foresight than the Holy Church. As long as the number of people participating increased, there would naturally be geniuses and heroes who would rise to the top. What followed would be a long and arduous night. This was also destined to be an era where heroes would appear. What we needed to do was to make the "Justice Points" platform a place where heroes would appear and obtain their trust.
Once they believed that this platform represented "justice," at that time, the Aillé faction that controlled this platform would naturally have the loudest voice and become incomparably powerful.
In a few days, I would also announce that "God's Favorites" could also participate in the "Contract Heroes" program. Although this would be providing resources to fatten up the Holy Church's warriors, it would also be a form of poaching. I wanted to see whether or not the Holy Church would be so generous. If the Holy Church refused to treat us equally, there would likely be people who would resent us.
Of course, nobody was an idiot. Perhaps there were already people in the Holy Church who noticed the problem. However, judging from the policies they adopted, it was obvious that this wasn't the mainstream view. By the time most people or the higher-ups of the Holy Church discovered the problem and made amendments, the situation would likely already be set.
Cough — cough — I seemed to have gotten off topic again. Let's get back to the main topic.
It wasn't like there weren't any disadvantages to doing this. It would indeed be difficult to guarantee loyalty if the barrier to entry was too low. This was especially true in the early stages of the game, where spies would be far too common. If we set up a 24-hour surveillance system, that would probably be able to guarantee loyalty. In the end, we would be no different from the Holy Church.
However, as long as we discovered any spies or traitors, as long as the Justice Points system operated fairly and properly, not only would the spies or traitors forever lose their status as Contract Heroes, there would also be a "surprise" waiting for them.
Would it be easy to discover spies or traitors in a normal situation?
Of course it wouldn't be. If we casually pointed out spies or traitors without sufficient evidence, not only would it be easy to alert the enemy, but as long as the enemy refused to admit to their crimes, not only would it be quite easy for disputes to arise, it would also affect the fragile trust that the adventurers and the wood spirits had worked so hard to establish.
But who was I? I was a professional law creator, a judge … the famous detective Roland!
"Roland's fingerprint extraction technique."
With a wave of my hand, a silver light extracted the fingerprints from the letter and envelope and imprinted them on another piece of white paper. The fingerprints on the letter should belong to the writer, and it was highly likely that it belonged to the high-level spy himself. Apart from our fingerprints on the envelope, there were also fingerprints from the letter's sender and writer.
Judging from the two completely different fingerprints, at the very least, the sender of the letter had a companion, and it wasn't the same person.
"Next, we'll check the most recent medical records and see if any thieves have been injured recently. If there aren't any, we'll start with the snake-shaped dagger and dark job class members, and investigate them repeatedly … Don't worship me too much, I'm a professional!"
I proudly waved my hand when I saw Samantha's expression, which showed that she wanted to say something but didn't. I was confident that when it came to investigating cases, investigating methods, and investigating methods, I was at least three hundred years ahead of the current generation!
In the end, Samantha shook her head and didn't say anything. However, Jill couldn't bear to watch this any longer.
"Idiot father, what Big Sis means is that there's information at the entrance. Yesterday, there was only one black-cloaked thief who went out by himself, and he just happened to fit all the criteria. Did you forget? We can use the magical vines to monitor the situation 24 hours a day. "
Alright then, so the Seven Virtues already knew who the thief was. So it was a rare moment of filial piety, and they found an excuse to gift me points.
"That's not the case. With these fingerprints, we'll have enough evidence to make it difficult for the thief to refute. As a neutral party, I hope that you'll appear and directly testify against the thief. "
"Of course, I've wanted to say that line for a long time."
"Line?"
"There's only one truth! You're the murderer! "
I was already making a gesture of pointing out the murderer, but unfortunately, the wood spirits only calmly looked at me. The most tragic thing in life was that even though you used a joke, no one understood what you meant, and they all commented on me.
[Where did the murderer come from! Nobody's dead yet, right? Are you the rumored dead elementary school student? Just what year is this joke from? You've probably used it too much. System Notification: Commenting on someone's crime at your doorstep will cost 5 Justice Points.]
"Pfft, you're actually providing such a service!? Wait a moment, it's Justice Points, not Fate Points? What do you need Justice Points for? "
[I also have beauty products that I want to exchange for. Do you think that your system can't exchange for beauty products from other systems? Hmph, let me tell you, this is called racial discrimination! No, this is racial discrimination! You actually dare to discriminate against a system? Do you want to challenge the ultimate death quest?]
Pfft, why would a system like you need beauty products? You're forcing me to comment on you! Let me say this first: I'll charge for commenting as well!
…
"'Poison Dagger' Fayne, a Silver-ranked thief and the captain of the fourth small party in the Wind of Cass adventurer group. He possesses an elite poison dagger, 'Snake's Curse.' He's skilled in stealth and assassination. He doesn't have any famous deeds or evil deeds, but it's said that he really likes to gamble. His gambling luck isn't good, and he owes a lot of money. "
When I saw the name list of the messenger, I wasn't in a hurry to arrest the messenger.
In this case of being a traitor, the most important person wasn't the messenger, but the person who wrote the letter.
There didn't seem to be any difference? Actually, there was a huge difference. Based on my past experience with cases, it would be quite difficult to catch the truly sly criminals directly. They were quite skilled at hiding behind the scenes and ordering others to do their bidding. It would be quite easy for problems to occur, and the executioner might not even know why he or she was doing the mission. The executioner would only indirectly receive orders from the mastermind, such as a letter, a message from a middleman, a strange pattern on a wall, or a strange menu from a certain restaurant.
In fact, it was even possible that the messenger was only bait sent out by the true mastermind. As long as the messenger became passive, the true mastermind would immediately cut off all communication, eliminate the middleman, and erase the information that was highly likely to be exposed before vanishing without a trace.
Fayne's gambling personality was also the best weakness. As long as the mastermind was willing to pay a large amount of gold coins or was Fayne's creditor, it wouldn't be difficult to make Fayne work for the mastermind.
That was why it would be quite unreasonable to directly make a move on Fayne in such a situation. It would be more appropriate to keep an eye on Fayne's surroundings and investigate his social connections step by step. Then, after making thorough preparations, it would be possible to rein in the net …
"Someone reported Fayne and him as spies! We know who the traitor is! "
Judging from how Rosa, who had excitedly reported the news, hurriedly took a step back in fear at my expression, my current expression was quite twisted.
"… How could it be like this!? I got reported so easily! What's the point of having a famous detective!? Can't we just play by the rules? What happened to the mastermind and the sly criminal? I got reported just like that? Isn't this too second-rate? Can't we just have fun together? "
"Haha, famous detective? More like a mysterious detective. "
Alright then, the news soon arrived. The person who reported this was someone I was familiar with. He was the leader of the large mercenary group Westwood Guardians, the "Black Guardian" Kaise Elovan … a subordinate of his.
"I'm Mullane, a Bronze-ranked Bandit. Our boss sent out a Bandit Squad to patrol the surrounding area. In the end, that kid went out alone suspiciously, so I followed him. In the end, I found out that he was meeting with the Undead in private. Then, we beat him up, and that kid was done. It turns out that he owed someone money, and a black-clothed person threatened him with this, forcing him to deliver a letter for him. The black-clothed person was also arrested. He's a Bronze-rank undead mage named Dion. "
"Impossible! I swear on my grandfather's name that he's definitely not the real culprit. Someone must have pushed him out to be the scapegoat! The main culprit on the surface definitely isn't the real culprit! That's how all detective novels are written! "
"Haha. You should just admit defeat, mysterious detective Roland. "
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