Evil God? My servants are players!

Chapter 160 Negotiation

This wasn't Shen Yuan being immature; it was an attempt.

After all, Shen Yuan's purpose in sending troops was to preach in the Rat Kingdom afterward, so he had to practice all sorts of cryptic rhetoric.

Otherwise, how will we know which approach is more effective?

But judging from Camellia's expression, this kind of talk doesn't seem to be very effective.

At this moment, the camellia was looking at the hyacinth with a blank expression, but the hyacinth was used to being a mouthpiece and had become thick-skinned.

Under the watchful gaze of the camellia, the hyacinth remained composed, maintaining its serious expression.

Feeling a little uneasy under the hyacinth's gaze, the camellia had no choice but to say, "I'm sorry, I have urgent business to attend to. If you have nothing else to do, I'll be leaving now."

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"But right now, you have no power by your side—I can help you find the power you crave." Shen Yuan decided to continue pretending.

Although she didn't know how a perfectly normal mouse had suddenly turned into a charlatan, Camellia didn't intend to continue arguing.

"I can summon adventurers to become your power, and I also know the Imperial Lord. As long as you crave power, this will definitely be of help to you."

Seeing that Camellia was about to leave, Shen Yuan called her back.

"So, I hope you can accept this power—"

Shen Yuan suddenly stopped halfway through his sentence, because Hyacinth was about to break free of her magic.

At this moment, Hyacinth was trying her best to control herself, forcing her attention elsewhere in order to continue reciting Shen Yuan's lines with a blank expression.

But her constantly trembling body betrayed her mental state.

To prevent the hyacinth from ruining the atmosphere that Shen Yuan had worked so hard to create, Shen Yuan had no choice but to temporarily stop writing his speech.

However, Shen Yuan's words successfully caught Camellia's attention. After all, when they first met, Camellia had noticed Hyacinth's clothes and therefore assumed that she was doing well.

So in the camellia's heart, the hyacinth is a "well-off" mouse.

Therefore, the idea that Hyacinth would summon adventurers and introduce them to the Imperial Lords naturally held credibility in Camellia's mind, and this was a lifeline that suddenly reached out to Camellia.

Then, the camellia asked the hyacinth with a hopeful tone, "Is everything you said true? Can you really find help?!"

As the camellia joined the conversation and stopped looking at the hyacinth with disdain, the hyacinth gradually recovered.

Shen Yuan then said, "—That means the deal is done."

To be honest, Camellia has had enough of Hyacinth's riddle-solving skills, even though she was a well-behaved and shy little mouse when they first met.

However, Camellia patiently asked, "You say this is a transaction, so what can you offer? And what do you need me to offer?"

"I hope you will accept the proverbs and let more people accept the guidance."

Are you willing to accept the conditions?

As he spoke, Shen Yuan handed Camellia the book "The Holy Covenant (First Edition)".

This book was hastily put together by Shen Yuan, as the situation was extremely urgent. He had assumed there would be no missionary work recently, so he had not yet formally compiled the canon of the Evil God Church.

This book, "The Covenant," was created by Shen Yuan by referencing "Our Principles" and "The Covenant of the Creeping."

It is neither as gentle as Our Truth, nor as harsh as The Covenant of the Creeping.

This is a version that most people can accept.

Camellia took the "Holy Covenant" and, after casually flipping through a couple of pages, realized it was a religious text, and that Hyacinth's purpose was to spread the faith in the Mouse Kingdom.

This transaction directly put Camellia in a difficult position. Although she was a guardian of flowers, she had no right to decide whether religion could spread among the rats.

However, as far as Camellia knows, the Mouse Kingdom is quite tolerant in terms of religion, allowing all orthodox religions to spread within its territory.

The reason for this is that the Mouse Kingdom cannot afford to offend any of the major orthodox churches, and the major orthodox churches are not interested in the Mouse Kingdom. Therefore, the first Mouse King enacted this law.

After reviewing the canon, Camellia discovered that it was indeed an orthodox legal code, as its contents were quite upright. In fact, the first precept of the canon was: "No one should weep because of hunger in the land of the Lord. If you have an extra piece of bread, you should share it with the person next to you who is hungry."

Camellia could easily agree right now, but as a businesswoman, she knows the importance of integrity.

Although we can currently use the hyacinth's ignorance of the laws of the Mouse Kingdom to trick the reinforcements, the consequences will be very serious once the hyacinth discovers the truth.

However, Camellia doesn't have any real bargaining chips right now, so she can only try her best to get Hyacinth's help: "I don't want to lie to you. Our laws don't prevent orthodox religions from spreading their faith, but I can help you spread the word. After all, I am the Flower Envoy, and it's easy to win people's trust in my name."

After hearing Camellia's answer, Shen Yuan could roughly guess her thought process.

"The Lord is moved by your piety—the transaction remains valid."

Before Camellia could respond, Shen Yuan continued, "Oh, right, there's one more thing. This item is for you. Use it if you crave another conversation."

Then, the hyacinth left the bewildered camellia behind and suddenly departed, just as suddenly as she had appeared.

Then, Camellia gazed at the strange object in her hand.

It was a small black box, one side of which was made of rough material and the other side was made of smooth material. The smooth side could even reflect the image of camellias.

Yes, it's a cell phone again.

Just as Camellia was about to examine this strange gadget, her phone suddenly lit up.

[Tomorrow, the Frost Adventure Team will set off with you. They will help set up the teleportation array, and a steady stream of support will arrive.]

At this point, Camellia finally understood Shen Yuan's plan. Hyacinth's sudden departure made Camellia think that the negotiations had broken down.

Although the hyacinth's strange attitude left the camellia puzzled, the camellia had no choice but to believe that what the hyacinth said was true.

But Camellia wasn't going to sit idly by and wait for her doom. Although she couldn't find out any news about Hyacinth, Camellia could find out about the Frost Adventure Team.

As the "star" adventure team of Hamlet Town, Camellia naturally knew that the team that had just bought the armor was the Frost Adventure Team.

The "magical items left behind by the hyacinth" also mention the Ice Adventure Team.

Although the Frost Adventurers had already left when Hyacinth arrived, as long as we find them again and confirm with them whether they will really set off with the traveling caravan tomorrow, we can determine whether what Hyacinth said is credible.

Although the answer could be found in a day, the camellia couldn't wait any longer.

After ordering the other mice to pack up the stall, Camellia chased after the direction the Ice Adventure Team had left in.

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