Chapter 3 The Number of Demons (3)

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Gregory shouted excitedly: "To approach God with human wisdom? It's simply arrogant!"

Clodis seemed to have anticipated Gregory's reaction. He took big steps, crossed the sun, moon and stars, and stepped into Gregorian space.

He walked all the way to Gregory and whispered in Gregory's ear: "Gregory, don't you know? The Old Testament does not include all the documents about Yahweh. Some documents seem to have been deliberately copied. It is excluded from the outside, and is only in the hands of the ancient church of Abraham. From what I know so far, there are "The Art of Enoch", "The Ascension of Isaiah" and the like."

"Isaiah? The great prophet from more than sixteen hundred years ago?"

The doubts in his heart made Gregory's strength suddenly weaken a lot. The starry sky of Clodis once again swallowed up his little house and surrounded the whole world.

But Gregory's focus was no longer here. He asked Clodis: "Claudius, tell me, where can I find these documents?"

"What? Are you interested? I heard that it contains methods for people to become gods. Do you want to destroy it, or do you want to see the wisdom in it?"

"Wisdom? No - I just want to see how many ridiculous fallacies are there, and then refute them completely!"

"Well, where is it?" Clodis pretended to think. When Gregory was already a little impatient, he said, "Let me think about it, the one closest to here should be in the village of Brizania, a man named Gottfried Believers in the ancient church of Abraham.”

Gregory immediately lowered his head and closed his eyes. He was not napping, but sensing the "location" of Brizania Village. Brizania Village is a missionary land, and he can transfer his "location" from Cologne to Brizania Village in an instant.

However, before he was about to leave, Clodis reached out and grabbed him.

"Those conservative believers don't like our Abrahamic Orthodox Church. If you want to get any secrets out of them, it's best to hide your identity."

"I have my own sense of discretion. As for why you came here to tell me this -" Gregory glanced at Clodis, "When I come back, I will definitely let you explain it clearly."

Brizania village. This is a small, inconspicuous village on the plains, no different from most other villages. If it is more famous than other ordinary villages, it is because of its radishes.

The radishes produced in the village of Brizania are crisp and sweet, and can even be eaten as fruit. Unfortunately, Brizania Village only has about fifty households and cannot produce many radishes a year. Although these radishes taste good, they are not delicacies and are not worth a few dollars.

Some businessmen once purchased radish seedlings from villagers at high prices, hoping to cultivate them on a large scale outside the village. But for some reason, as soon as they left the land of Brizania Village, these radishes became bitter and astringent, and they could only be fed to pigs.

The villagers didn't think much about it. In the eyes of hard-working and simple farmers, radishes are just radishes. The radishes grown at home are more delicious than those in other villages, and being able to sell them for a little more money is enough to make them proud and satisfied.

And this village is Ella’s current destination.

After intercepting the Count of Île-de-France's joke about the turnip bill, Ella started asking around for nearby turnip origins. There are many radish-producing villages, but most of them are invisible to people. When a group of bandits suddenly appeared and asked where radishes were produced, people's immediate reaction was only to Brizania Village.

Valley shrew

"We took advantage of the opportunity when this bill was intercepted by us to buy radishes at a low price. When radishes really become the currency of the Alemannic Federation, the profit will be more than ten times, and we may be able to pay off our debts in one fell swoop. indefinite!"

Of course, Ella also considered whether this crazy law could be implemented smoothly. But after careful thinking, she came to the conclusion that "even if there is no law, it can be sold as an ordinary carrot."

As a result, her goal shifted from selling goods to purchasing radishes.

"In order to prevent the villagers from running away, we need to surround the village of Brizania first. Then we will secretly ambush until night, wait for the villagers to sleep, and then launch a surprise attack. When we burst into the village at once, they will all be killed. Can’t run away!”

Ella states her plan to Amy.

"Your Majesty! Are you really here to buy radishes? Are you really here to rob your family?"

Amy complained on the side. However, she had to admit that under the current circumstances, in terms of the number of radishes to acquire, Ella's proposal was the best one.

"I also heard that there is a famous mathematician living in the village of Brizania. I think he may be a member of the Pythagoreans. After arriving in the village of Brizania, I want to pay a visit first. He, Amy, you should hide far away from the village first. You have to keep an eye on these soldiers and don’t let them get close to the village before it gets dark!”

The Pythagoreans were the earliest magical societies in history and a very mysterious society. They believe that "everything is number", and all members of the society focus on mathematical research, and it is said that their magic system is also based on numbers.

"Your Majesty, don't you think about your own safety at this time?"

"It's just a small village, what danger can there be?"

Even the soldiers spoke to Ella on the side: "It doesn't matter, this is the brave King of Sweden. Not to mention a small village, even the capital of Alemanni can come and go freely!"

Amy choked suddenly. After a while, she sighed and said, "Understood, Your Majesty. I'll go pick out a gift for you to take with you."

Amy knew that the Scipio family had been powerful magicians for generations. As a descendant of Scipio, it was impossible for Ella not to regret that she did not know magic. In fact, Ella has been begging Amy to teach her magic, but no matter how hard Amy tries, Ella can't learn it.

Ella has almost no awe of God, which is probably why she doesn't know magic. But if it were Pythagorean magic based on numbers... maybe her Majesty would be able to learn it.

Amy took out a jar of honey from the cargo for Ella. If sold in the world, its value would be around three Nomis horses, equivalent to two years' income of a farmer. Considering that the other person may become Ella's magic mentor, a gift of this value is absolutely necessary.

However, Ella was not satisfied with such a gift. She rummaged through the goods and took out another large fur coat. Its price is about fifteen nomis horses, which is an average farmer's ten years' income.

After having the soldiers ambush far away from the village as planned, Ella walked into the village of Brizania holding furs and honey in her hands. She didn't let any soldiers accompany her because she understood the moral character of these pirate-turned-soldiers. She didn't let Amy follow because only Amy could control the soldiers after she left.

In Ella's mind, the Pythagoreans were probably her last chance to learn magic, and she hoped to take this meeting more seriously.