The origins of Baron Dahl's wealth had always been a huge mystery. The surrounding lords had always been investigating this matter, but had never found any reliable clues.
Of course, there were still some clues, and all of them pointed to smuggling. But "smuggling" was not just a matter of words. It required caravans and the circulation of goods on both sides. Among the lords around the Dahl territory, there were some who had connections in big cities like the capital, but they could never find any evidence of Baron Dahl buying and selling goods.
It was not that Baron Dahl did not do business, but the businesses he did were very normal, and there was nothing wrong with them.
But this was not a problem for Sui Xiong. Just because mortals could not find any clues did not mean that Brother Xiong could not.
As long as he used a little divine power, he could read Baron Dahl's mind...
Then he felt a little awkward.
He could not read it.
Baron Dahl was not strong, but he carried an extremely advanced protective device on him. Mental attacks below the legendary level had no effect on him at all. Even if he increased his strength to the legendary level, although he could break through the protection of that device, he might not be able to read minds very well.
Of course, Sui Xiong could continue to increase his strength. As long as he was serious, not to mention a mere mortal level of mental protection device, even those divine weapons that were specially used for mental protection might not be able to withstand it. But if he did so, it would be difficult to not leave traces, which was not what he wanted.
Leaving traces was not a big deal, but leaving traces would be very easy for others to find out. If other gods found out and mentioned it, how embarrassing it would be!
Gods were almost immortal. Unless they were defeated in a god war, even if their faith was exhausted, they could solve it by creating a new race and opening up a new world. In most cases, it was just a matter of face that the gods were fighting over.
Of course, Sui Xiong was not willing to take the risk of losing face for such a small matter, but how could such a small problem trouble the great Void Mask? He rolled his eyes and came up with a solution.
Tracing back time!
No matter how Baron Dahl did it, as long as he traced back time from the present to the past, he would be able to find clues sooner or later.
In the face of this kind of magic that could be said to be shameless, any kind of concealment method was meaningless.
In fact, there was no need for "sooner or later". Sui Xiong only needed to trace back to ten days ago to find clues.
"Haha! This guy is really … creative! "
After seeing this, Sui Xiong couldn't help but laugh. It turned out that Baron Dahl had dug a very long tunnel under the castle, all the way to the suburbs. His smuggling business was done through the tunnel, and the people who cooperated with him were impressively two organizations that were not small in scale. One of them was from the Commonwealth of Gold Coins, and the other was from the Great Marsh.
In fact, Baron Dahl played the role of a middleman in the smuggling industry. Whenever the two parties needed to sell something or wanted to buy something, they would come to him and leave a deposit or goods. After that, he would contact the other party and either buy or sell it, and the matter would be settled.
At first glance, this matter seemed a little strange. It was as if he was superfluous, and the two parties could completely disregard him and trade on their own. Even Sui Xiong felt a little puzzled, so he continued to investigate. This time, he spent much more time and magic power than before. After investigating for almost 50 years, Sui Xiong finally sorted out the cause and effect of the whole thing and completely understood what was going on.
It was a long story.
Ever since the first Baron Dahl, the Dahl family had been operating a smuggling business. They did business with the tribes in the Great Marsh, buying some rare goods and selling those important war supplies.
Without a doubt, this kind of business was illegal. In particular, they sold things like military heavy crossbows. Once they were found, it would often lead to the destruction of the entire family.
However, as the saying goes, the greater the risk, the greater the profit. Relying on this kind of business that was on the tip of a knife, the Dahl family quickly accumulated a large amount of wealth.
About 30 years ago, the grandfather of the current Baron Dahl, the old baron, had accidentally obtained a treasure. This treasure could not be used for attack or defense. Its greatest use was to hinder divination spells.
By right, such a treasure should not belong to a mere baron and a smuggler. The most appropriate way was to present it to the big shots in the capital. However, after thinking for a long time, the old baron finally decided to keep this treasure, which should not have been kept in his hands, and specially set up an underground secret room for it.
This work took almost 10 years to complete. Since then, the Dahl family expanded the scope of their business. Not only did they smuggle for themselves, but they also provided a place for other smugglers to trade. As long as they traded in that secret room, they could effectively avoid divination spells.
Divination spells were what smugglers feared the most. No matter how well-prepared they were, how meticulous they were, or how careful they were, they could not prevent others from using divination spells to track them down. Because of this, all treasures that could resist divination spells were priceless, and there was no market for them. Not only did smugglers need them, but those big shots needed them even more!
The Dahl family's secret room had a strange origin, but its origin was not important. What was important was that it was indeed effective.
A few years later, the Dahl family began to transform from smugglers to middlemen of the smuggling business. Not only was this business profitable, it did not involve the import or export of goods, and was rather secretive. Thus, even though the lords of the surrounding areas had been eyeing them covetously, they could not find even the slightest trace.
Just like that, over a dozen years passed. The Dahl family accumulated more and more wealth, and their lives became increasingly luxurious.
From Baron Dahl's point of view, this was the result of his family's wisdom and luck, and could be enjoyed for a long time. However, from Sui Xiong's point of view, the wealth left behind by Baron Dahl's ancestor was not only a great benefit, but also a great danger.
He did not have a deep understanding of things like 'fate', but just from the evil black Qi rising from Baron Dahl's castle, he could tell that the future of this family was probably not very bright. Although the saying that good would be rewarded and evil would be repaid was just a beautiful hope, one would eventually run into a ghost if they walked too much at night.
Even without any methods of divination, Sui Xiong was willing to bet that there was definitely a big shot with great authority who had their eyes on the Dahl family. The reason why they had not made a move yet was perhaps because they were waiting for a perfect opportunity, or perhaps they were discussing how to split the spoils.
However, no matter what, if the Dahl family did not find a way to sell off this treasure that brought both wealth and danger as soon as possible, it would definitely not end well for them.
Although this had nothing to do with Sui Xiong in theory, Sui Xiong could not help but be curious. As a result, he decided to stay for now and see just when the Dahl family would meet with misfortune.
Of course, he could also help his clergies, lest they become unfamiliar with the place and suffer a great loss by themselves.
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