Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 379 The Church of Knowledge Will Be Empty-Handed Sooner or Later

The sun god shook his head helplessly and looked at Roland, saying, "Please have mercy and leave me someone who can do the work! After all, I can't let Urolius handle those complicated official duties."

"Can't you do it yourself?" Rowling asked a fundamental question.

The sun god did not speak, but just silently watched him, as if he had said nothing, yet as if he had said everything.

Under such scrutiny, Luo Lin felt a little guilty, after all, he was a true hand-off manager. So Luo Lin coughed lightly and said, "Alright, I'll give you face, but not a single one of the 20,000 assistants can be missing."

Upon hearing this steadily rising number, the Sun God glanced at Roland and chuckled, saying, "I remember Medici's initial request was for twenty assistants."

Although the sun god did not directly participate in that meeting, He heard Saslir's account afterward and naturally knew the origin of the 20 assistants.

"How fresh it is! The price has gone up!" Roland said matter-of-factly, "Does the Sun God think that one God of Knowledge and Wisdom is less valuable than 20,000 assistants?"

The Sun God glanced at him helplessly, without refuting, and simply said, "The Church of Knowledge probably can't spare that many people in a short time."

As one of the seven great gods, the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom could not possibly have only 20,000 members. Although the number of extraordinary individuals is limited due to the law of conservation of extraordinary characteristics, there are also a large number of ordinary people among the church members. Because of the atmosphere of the Church of Knowledge, even ordinary church members are basically academic geniuses, and there are definitely 20,000 assistants among them.

Even if it's just transferring ordinary people, 2 people is by no means a small number. Considering the positions these people hold and how to fill the vacancies after their transfers, it's not something the Church of Knowledge can accomplish in a short time if it wants to transfer so many people.

“It’s alright, I’m not asking Him to gather them all in a short time. We don’t need 20,000 assistants right now. Just give me 200 people for now!” Roland said with a smile. He looked at Helabogen and continued, “Can you do that?”

Hrabergen nodded without hesitation. Gathering 2 people in a short time might be difficult, but 200 people was really nothing.

So Hrabergen said, "I will give you the list as soon as possible. The relevant personnel will report to you within three days. I just don't know if you could give me a specific address..."

Upon hearing this, Rowling readily provided several addresses and then said, "Theoretically speaking, you are a member of the Sun God, and it is only natural for you to support the cause of change. I shouldn't be the one to pay you for it. However, considering that the Sun God is currently penniless and is working for me, and the assistant you provided is indeed working for me, is there anything you want, Mr. Herabogen?"

Rowling was not a stingy person, and he did not mind giving Hrabogen, who provided him with 2 tools, the corresponding compensation.

After all... these 2 people have come, and it's uncertain whether they will return.

Luo Lin still had some conscience, and if he didn't pay the reward, he would be indebted to the other party, and you know that debts of gratitude are harder to repay than anything else.

As for why Rowling didn't treat Osekus the same way, even though He had sent many people to join the cause of change, the reason is simple: in Rowling's eyes, the people of the Church of the Eternal Sun were just a bunch of fanatics and thugs. And thugs were something Rowling had no shortage of; he would use them when needed, but he wouldn't force them to stay after he was done with them.

But intellectuals are truly in short supply in Rowling's area. Leaving aside the assistant situation, the border cities are desperately short of teachers, a bunch of illiterate people starving for education. After all, in this era, although various churches have established some schools with rudimentary forms of compulsory education, most of the poor still cannot afford to go to school. Being literate is already considered good. In a bustling metropolis like Backlund, there might be more intellectuals, but in the border cities, university students are a rare breed. A high school diploma is already a mark of strength, and even a primary school diploma can be considered quite cultured.

And this is not an isolated case, but the situation in most cities of Rune.

In this situation, let alone 2 intellectuals, even 20 Rohrers wouldn't be too many, since when building a new world in the future, no amount of talent will be enough.

“How could I ask you for a reward…” Herab could have refused, but he stopped halfway through his sentence because he saw Roland’s attitude—Roland didn’t want to owe anyone a favor, and he wanted to settle the matter directly.

So after a moment's pause, Helabogen said, "But since you are so kind as to accept my request, let me make a few requests."

“Go ahead,” Roland said, pleased with His tact.

“I’ve heard that you are very knowledgeable in the realm of the Old Ones and the Outer Gods. I wonder if I could be fortunate enough to acquire this knowledge?” Herabogen said this with genuine anticipation in his eyes. If the Goddess of Night wanted this knowledge out of the mentality of “knowing yourself and your enemy and you will never be defeated,” then Herabogen’s desire was more for knowledge itself.

It can be said that knowledge was like honey to Heraborg. Others might be terrified of it, but Heraborg loved to immerse himself in the ocean of knowledge. Knowledge related to the Old Ones and the Outer Gods was something He wanted to explore, but He could not learn much of it due to limitations.

This was naturally a regret for Hrabogen, but now that regret can finally be made up for, Hrabogen spoke without hesitation.

"Did you discuss this with the Night?" Rowling asked with a smile. Knowing that Herabergen was probably just eager for knowledge, he nodded and said, "No problem. I will write down the relevant knowledge for you. If I make any new progress in my research on the Outer Gods, I will also share it with you."

“Thank you very much for your generosity.” Hrabergen was clearly satisfied with the result.

As for whether those He supported Rolin could return, Heraborg didn't really care—He believed in the character of the Sun God, so he believed that Rolin's place wouldn't be a bad one. In fact, considering the special nature of Rolin, it might be a good thing for His followers to be able to work for Rolin.

As for Herabgen himself, the church members were of little use other than maintaining order and providing faith.

Many church members, because they are not extraordinary, cannot participate in the field of mysticism. They have little opportunity to use their knowledge and can only spend their days doing exercises and taking exams.

Hrabergen felt that rather than letting these people continue to rot in the examination hall, it would be better to let them work for Rowling, so that they could at least realize some value in life and make a contribution to society.

And so, a deal was reached that satisfied both parties.

(End of this chapter)