The so-called poaching was to go hunting in the forests that belonged to the nobles.
According to the tradition of this world, the noble lord had the ownership of the entire territory, including the land and the things that grew on it.
As for those man-made things, or things like crops that were grown by people, the people who did the work could get a share of the benefits, but the majority still belonged to the lord.
In the forests, no matter whether it was plants or animals, of course, they were not man-made, and no one contributed to their growth, so they belonged to the lord. No one could occupy them.
Therefore, except for hunters who were approved by the lord and paid the hunting tax, anyone who went hunting in the mountains was considered stealing the lord's wealth. This crime was called "poaching", and the lowest punishment was chopping off one's hand or gouging out one's eye, and the most common punishment was hanging. Some cruel lords would also use torture such as skinning to severely punish the untouchables who dared to encroach on their interests.
It was said that some powerful lords would even let their royal mages use magic to turn those farmers who poached into animals, and then hunt them. In this way, these reckless people would "reap what they sow".
All in all, poaching was a very dangerous and suicidal thing, and people who did not want to die had better not do it.
Sui Xiong certainly did not want to die, but he could not watch others starve to death in front of him.
The starving people lacked food, but there was food in the mountains, and he could borrow a good crossbow.
Wasn't it obvious what to do?
Growing up in a democratic society, he never felt that it was right and proper for the nobles to own everything in the territory. On the contrary, the words "serve the people" had long been soaked in his blood and turned into a smear of red in his bone marrow.
So he persuaded the owner of the tavern to take the crossbow and several men who were desperate to feed their families into the mountains.
The failure of the crops did not affect the lives of the wild animals in the mountains, at least from the deer they shot to death.
"Look, even the deer has oil on it, but the people are so hungry that they are skin and bones …" Sui Xiong complained and sneaked away with the others carrying the deer.
It was a very strong stag, probably weighing about seven or eight hundred pounds. From its body, they finally got about four hundred and fifty pounds of edible things, including skin, meat, bones, and some internal organs.
These things, along with some wild vegetables, should be enough for a few families to survive for about half a month. Although the antlers and some other things could be sold for a lot of money, Sui Xiong was very careful to bury them deep underground, not daring to see the light.
He knew that once word of this got out and the Lord found out, he would die!
But there was no such thing as an impenetrable wall in the world. After two or three days, other starving people knew about this. They were already hungry and cold, so they didn't care about the Lord's law and came to Sui for help.
Sui Xiong helped and went to the forest to hunt a deer.
Just like that, over and over again, the news spread quickly.
About ten days later, at noon, the Lord's guard captain brought a dozen soldiers to the tavern.
Of course, Sui Xiong would not be caught without putting up a fight. He tried to escape. Relying on his keen reflexes and decent strength, he actually managed to break out of the encirclement and escape towards the town gate.
An arrow pierced through the air and hit him from behind.
He staggered, but kept running.
So he was hit by a second arrow, a third arrow …
After a while, Sui Xiong's body was hung on a big tree at the entrance of the town, with a total of six arrows in his body. Blood soaked his clothes and dripped on the ground, dyeing a large area of grass red.
After a period of time, before it was dark, several other people who participated in the poaching were hung next to him one after another. Some were hanged alive, while others were hanged in public after being killed like him.
It was getting dark. In the winter night, the cold wind was whistling.
That night, a lightning struck the tree that was usually used as a gallows. The whole tree was burned to ashes, along with the bodies hanging on the tree.
The big jellyfish, invisible to mortals, floated in the air, thinking and sighing.
"As a god, I really don't pay attention to the mortal world!"
He said to himself, "When I heard that the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and the Church of the God of Wealth had a conflict and suffered losses, I thought it was very interesting … I didn't expect that behind this' interesting 'was such a heavy tragedy!"
Then he returned to the amusement park and ordered the Church of the Void Mask to help the starving people.
"Food will be a big problem," Rode said immediately. "We don't have enough food for a country!"
"I will think of a way," Sui Xiong said in a low voice.
"And … transportation is also a problem," Rode said. "To transport food to all parts of the Commonwealth of Gold Coins is beyond the current ability of our church. As for disaster relief to the Dhaka Business Alliance, it is impossible! "
"Try your best first," Sui Xiong said. "If you encounter any practical difficulties that you can't solve, come to me. I will think of a way. "
Everyone looked at each other, not understanding why he suddenly gave such an absurd order. But whether it was out of kindness or loyalty, they could not refuse such an order.
This order was quickly carried out, and all the food stored by the church was continuously transported south to the Commonwealth of Gold Coins for disaster relief.
At the same time, Sui Xiong fully opened the portal to the Commonwealth of Gold Coins and the Dhaka Business Alliance, so that more food could be transported as soon as possible.
"In this way, your food storage will only last a few days at most." Morani came to find him. "Where are you going to find food?"
"The Beast World," Sui Xiong said.
"I thought so too." Morani smiled. "Let me help you."
In fact, Morani was not the only one who was willing to help him. The Church of the Void Mask was not the only one who was willing to do disaster relief.
In that chaotic world where countless magic beasts proliferated, Sui Xiong saw many gods who came here to hunt. These gods were mainly the guardian gods of various places. Their priesthood determined that they must prevent large-scale disasters and famines in the areas they guarded. So even if they knew that they were going to be ripped off, they could not care less.
Of course, he also saw the ruler of this world, the powerful god known as the "King of Beasts."
The Beast World was a wild world, about one-third the size of the Main Plane continent. There were all kinds of beasts living here, from wild beasts to magic beasts. This world was ruled by a powerful god, and he was the supreme ruler of this world.
In order to get his approval to hunt enough food, all the gods had paid a heavy price.
But they had no other choice, because if they wanted to get enough food, hunting here was the relatively cheapest way.
Of course, they could also go to the Natural God System to borrow food. In the Holy Kingdom of the Natural God System, there were large tracts of golden wheat fields and trees full of fruit, which was completely enough to feed those disaster victims.
But the Natural God System had never liked humans. Most of them felt that the excessive expansion of intelligent races, including humans, had already destroyed the balance of nature. If they could cause a few large-scale natural and man-made disasters in the human world and kill more than half of the population, they would only applaud.
Borrowing food for a banquet was probably not a problem. Borrowing food for disaster relief? Then stop dreaming!
The other food-producing worlds were either too small in scale to supply such a large amount of food, or it would take too much time to do so, or it was occupied by powerful monsters that even the gods did not dare to step in.
After all, these local guardian gods were probably the lowest level of the gods, "weak Divine Power." Their power was not enough to go to those dangerous worlds and hunt in them.
Even in the Beast World, they had to get the permission of the Beast King before they could hunt safely.
In order to get the right to hunt in the Beast World, Sui Xiong also paid a big price to the Beast King and lost a lot of divinity, which was as important as blood for the gods.
However, he successfully hunted enough food and found quite a few valuable species.
Winter passed, and spring came, then summer and autumn.
When the long famine finally passed, the whole Church of the Void Mask was exhausted, including their gods.
And their efforts were rewarded. The influence of the church was greatly enhanced, and the number of believers also increased a lot. Even in many places in the Commonwealth of Gold Coins and the Dhaka Business Alliance, some small-scale churches appeared.
These churches often only had a few dozen, a dozen or even a few people, but their faith was extremely devout. For the gods who selflessly lent them a helping hand in times of crisis, even if it was just a big jellyfish, they were deeply grateful and devout.
Sui Xiong's gains were not only this. In this disaster relief, he got to know many gods and gained the recognition of many good gods.
The name "Void Mask" was not just "a big jellyfish who can fight but is not very smart," but "a big jellyfish who can fight but is not very smart, but is very kind."
Even more than one powerful good god had privately looked for the Master of Mystery, hoping to be a peacemaker and mediate between the two sides.
It might not be a big deal if these gods came out individually, but when they all came out, the attitude of the Master of Mystery was shaken.
"It seems that things have changed!" Morani told Sui Xiong happily. "I think maybe we don't have to fight this war anymore!"
Sui Xiong was very happy.
So when he created "Sui Xiong the Traveler MK5," he added a little extra ability to this doppelganger.
"Survival is the first priority," he said. "Whether it's making a mistake or upholding justice, you have to be able to survive. So, a traveler needs the ability to escape even in the face of danger. "
"He doesn't need to be very strong, but he needs to be very sensitive, able to sense danger, and able to make the right response in time."
"Also, when he needs to escape, he needs to be able to run very fast."
So, this "traveler" became a sports athlete who was proficient in both short and long-distance running.
Sui Xiong felt that such a person would definitely be able to live a good and long life in this world.
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