Outside the Silver Church's carriage.
Madeline knocked on the door in a frenzy.
However, the middle-aged priest remained unmoved.
The rest of the people looked at this scene in astonishment. They had no idea what was going on!
Who had provoked the City Lord? Who made her so agitated?
"What are you looking at?!"
Madeline turned around and glared at them. "Keep going!"
Everyone fell silent and continued to advance towards the Hall Mountain Range.
Collins, who was sitting leisurely in the carriage, said coolly:
"Madeline, your respected self, just wait for three minutes. It will be fine once I finish this business."
Madeline's face turned red. She was quite shocked by Isabelle's instincts.
Out of the entire army that was going to attack the Scarlet Monastery, only the people in this carriage could stop him.
It was that wretched Collins!
"That doesn't make sense. This guy is greedy for money. Did Ma Wen give him a high price?"
Madeline's thoughts also moved quickly. She immediately said, "Collins, hurry and open the door."
"No matter what he offers, I'll double it!"
From the start, Madeline did not believe that Marvin could compare to her in terms of financial resources!
As expected, Collins immediately pushed open the window and looked at Madeline seriously.
"A gold mine. Are you serious?"
Madeline was immediately stupefied.
Gold mine?
What gold mine?
Before she could react, she heard a loud bang. Collins had slammed the window shut.
"So it's fake," he muttered to himself.
"That damned guy …" Madeline stomped her feet in anger.
As the city lord of Riverbank City, she was almost the strongest fighter in the city. But it was still 'almost'.
Although Collins is also a quasi-legend, his strength is definitely not inferior to Madeline's. In this era where even the gods could not enter Fernand, only the Silver Church could flourish. Correspondingly, the priests of the Silver God were also very powerful.
Madeline had never fought with Collins before, but he gave her a lot of pressure.
She had spent a lot of money to invite him to come out of seclusion.
He didn't expect to encounter such a thing.
Without the Holy Grail in hand, she would be under Ma Wen's control in every aspect. This was not her personality.
"This won't do. Looks like I'll have to use force." Madeline had a strong personality. She looked at the sturdy carriage and was about to use magic.
Who knew that at this moment, the carriage door would suddenly open.
"Madeline, please come in."
"About today's incident at the Scarlet Monastery, I think we need to have a good talk."
It was Ma Wen's voice.
Madeline released a cold snort and made her way inside.
Who would have thought that what welcomed her was an entire page of parchment written in blood.
"Sign this contract, or I'll quit." Ma Wen hugged Isabelle and said calmly.
…
Madeline's face fell as she read the contents of the contract.
Marvin's demands were mainly the things that the two of them had previously agreed on verbally. After understanding Madeline's true nature, Marvin wouldn't easily trust her again.
This letter of blood had a special binding force on those with the Abyss bloodline. Fortunately, Ma Wen had memorized it by heart, which was why he could write it so quickly.
If Madeline didn't agree to his conditions, then he wouldn't take out the Magic Holy Grail.
He would also leave this army.
He believed that Madeline wouldn't dare to do anything to him. After all, she must have seen the legendary battle that night.
She wasn't a legend yet, so she didn't dare to go too far.
"Except for taking Isabelle away, I can accept everything else."
Madeline's face was very gloomy.
"Then don't talk about it." Ma Wen was calm and composed. "I must take Isabelle away."
"Why?!" Madeline said with a cold laugh. "Just because you saved her before?"
"Because I have the Magic Holy Grail in my hands." Ma Wen wasn't to be outdone. "What you did before has seriously hurt our cooperative relationship. I already have no trust in you. "
"This contract is the only way for our cooperation to continue. And Isabelle, she is my friend. She can be considered as compensation for trying to take the Holy Grail from me before. In short, I must take her away. "
Madeline clenched the contract tightly, her nails suddenly lengthening. "You really are too arrogant."
"A second grade professional dares to talk to me like this?"
Ma Wen said with a smile. "If your eyes aren't blind, you should see that there is another lord sitting next to me."
Collins promptly shrugged his shoulders. "Don't look at me. Right now, I am standing on his side, Madeline."
Madeline's eyes widened in disbelief. She couldn't imagine what kind of benefits Ma Wen had promised Collins to make this old money grubber change sides.
"There is a legend on the border of my territory. You know what she is capable of. "
Ma Wen continued, "You also saw the battle that night. Demon Hunter Constantine, Legendary Monk Inheim, Shadow Thief Owl, Endless Ocean, they are all my friends."
"Although I am just a small second grade professional, I still have the bargaining chips to negotiate with you. What do you think? "
After saying that, he looked at Madeline leisurely.
Madeline was a very realistic person. His act of borrowing the tiger's might would definitely be effective.
Sure enough, she gave Ma Wen a hateful look. Her expression was extremely ugly, but in the end, she nodded and agreed!
She carefully checked the contract to make sure there were no loopholes or traps, and then completed the signing!
The contract was established.
Ma Wen breathed a sigh of relief. This meant that in the following process, Madeline wouldn't do anything too excessive to him.
A trace of craftiness flashed through his eyes.
This contract was actually a very unfair one-sided binding clause. It restricted Madeline to ensure Ma Wen's safety and not to attack Ma Wen, but it didn't restrict Ma Wen from taking the initiative to attack Madeline. Even if Madeline had the right to counterattack if Ma Wen chose to take the initiative, the initiative was still in Ma Wen's hands.
On the surface, Ma Wen wasn't likely to pose too much of a threat to Madeline.
But in reality, there were some wondrous places in the Scarlet Monastery …
When he thought of this, Marvin silently put the contract away. He would soon get back at Madeline for the offense she had shown him.
…
After signing the contract, Madeline angrily left Collins' carriage.
Soon, a series of women's cries could be heard coming from her luxurious carriage.
Ma Wen directly pretended not to hear it.
For Madeline to give up on Isabelle and endure this humiliation, it was clear that there was definitely something in the Scarlet Monastery that was extremely important to her.
Ma Wen carefully thought about it and had an idea.
For Madeline, there was only one important thing, and that was to advance to the legendary realm.
She had been stuck at the peak of the fourth grade for a long time, and she longed for great power.
She was a woman full of desire and ambition.
And the Scarlet Monastery just happened to have such an item.
In his previous life, Madeline's expedition this time didn't succeed. In the end, she retreated due to the loss of too many people.
But this time, with Ma Wen's Magic Holy Grail, everything was naturally different.
Marvin began to ponder whether or not he should let Madeline obtain that item.
At this moment, Collins suddenly asked, "Let's talk about that gold mine."
"I'm very interested in what you just said."
…
That gold mine.
It was located at the foot of the Ogre Tribe's mountain. Unfortunately, these idiots didn't know about it.
Ma Wen had seen the records of the gold mine when he was reading the documents left behind by his father in the study.
He had once sent out scouts to investigate the area and finally found a vein of ore. There was a large amount of gold inside, and its purity was extremely high.
But the Ogres and the monsters on the mountain hindered Ma Wen's father's idea of mining.
He could only record it in the territory's records for future generations.
Ma Wen was never one to suffer losses. There was a reason why he was willing to promise the Silver Church first mining rights to half of the gold mine.
Right now, the White River Valley was still a little weak. The Silver Church was a good target to rope in.
The Silver God was an ancient god and didn't have too many requirements for the number of believers. As long as you used money, you would have reverence and faith in him. His divine power came from many sources.
The Silver Church was also one of the few churches that didn't have exclusivity.
Most churches required their believers to only worship one god, but the Silver God's teachings weren't like that. You could worship money and love at the same time.
There was no conflict between the two.
That was why Ma Wen wanted to rope in the Silver Church. Coincidentally, entering Collins' carriage was an opportunity for him to do so.
Moreover, Collins wasn't a fool. He must have noticed the battle that night. Faced with Ma Wen's empty promise, he still helped Ma Wen block Medeline for three minutes. This proved that his desire to work with Ma Wen was very strong.
Both sides hit it off.
Ma Wen wanted to use the Silver Church's power to eradicate the Ogres, but Collins naturally had other plans.
In the carriage, an old fox and a young fox were having an intense negotiation.
… …
Two hours later, the convoy arrived at the foot of the hill.
Everyone, including the knights, could only walk up the hill.
The majestic group of soldiers led the way, scaring away all the small monsters.
Ma Wen led Isabelle, who could barely walk, forward slowly.
The group finally arrived in front of the Scarlet Monastery.
The two Suffering Monks suddenly looked up.
"Baron Ma Wen!" Medeline's voice suddenly became unusually cold.
Without needing her to say anything, Ma Wen activated a halo ability on the Holy Grail!
[Dispel Curse]!
In an instant, at least a third of the curse on the Suffering Monks was dispelled!
Although the two Suffering Monks were only grade 3, their strength was close to that of a Legendary under the various curses of the Liches!
But once they found a way to dispel the curse, their strength would greatly decrease.
This was why Medeline wanted to find Ma Wen!
The Holy Grail's halo continued to shine.
Before the two monsters could react, the Head Wizard Group's people had already made their move!
… …
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