Cooperation Is Possible, but You Have to Do Me a Favor

"Hmph, their thoughts are all filthy, their actions are all dirty. Rulers throughout history have all been like this. Bah, they are truly disgusting."

The red-haired, bearded Lisfir spat fiercely at his coach, Berios, who clearly disliked him. Not only that, but after spitting, he looked at Cheng Shi and added, "You too, you're disgusting to look at!"

"..."

Berios seemed to be used to Lisfir's attitude, so he ignored it, but Cheng Shi was unhappy to hear this.

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If you're going to swear, just swear. Don't attack someone's appearance. Is it wrong to be good-looking?

In this situation, Cheng Shi couldn't refute it. After all, it would be quite embarrassing to be exposed for trying to shift the blame to someone's face. So he could only stand there with his eyes down and accept the ridicule.

Seeing that Cheng Shi was no longer arguing, Berios didn't press the matter further. He, or rather the two [Birth] Believer in the room, seemed to be more interested in something else that the players didn't know than Dolgo D.

The sect leader scrutinized Cheng Shi Cheng Shi a moment with a serious expression, then spoke slowly:

"I don't care where you come from, or who you Faith, and I can even pretend that everything that happened yesterday never happened, but the condition is that you..."

"You need to do me a favor."

It's here!

As Cheng Shi expected, the fact that Berios allowed the two of them in meant there must be room for negotiation. However, he did not expect the progress to be so smooth, even after the lie was exposed, it still progressed to this point, which puzzled Cheng Shi.

Could this be a scam?

"Hmph, idiot, how can they believe you with that kind of expression on your face?"

Lisfir sneered, turned around to look at Cheng Shi, and frowned as he said:

"I can help you collect all that so-called bullshit fear in Dolgo D, so you can lick the stinking feet of those evil gods, but you have to prove to me that you're worth it."

Kid, this isn't a partnership, it's a deal.

I provide the money, you provide the goods, but the goods have to meet my standards.

Cheng Shi was stunned by these words. He had thought that Lisfir was just a pawn used by the head coach to manipulate power, but now it seemed that he was the head coach's partner.

Do they share common interests?

Cheng Shi didn't respond immediately, but instead tilted his head to look at the coach behind him. Berios didn't say a word, but his expression clearly showed that he agreed with Lisfir's statement.

Cheng Shi became even more curious, and he burst into laughter:

"I like trading. Tell me, bearded man, what kind of goods do you want?"

Lisfir was somewhat displeased with the nickname "Big Beard," but he didn't react and continued:

"The healing power of the evil god."

"I know you evil-worshipping wolves have some abilities, but I have a patient here. If you can cure her, then from now on in Dolgo D, I can provide you with as much fear as you want."

"Patient?"

Cheng Shi raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself, "Isn't this a clever trick? My specialty is treating illnesses."

To put it simply, there has never been a patient in the world who has given me a bad review!

Cheng Shi smiled, a happy smile.

"To be honest, if this weren't my first time in Dolgo D, I would have thought you two were setting me up."

How did you know that I have considerable knowledge about treating illnesses?

Enough with the small talk. I'm a practical person. Lead the way. The sooner we see the patient, the sooner we can relieve her suffering.

Upon hearing this, the two high-ranking church officials in front of him were both moved. Berios' pupils shrank sharply, and he clenched his staff with a cracking sound. Lisfir's eyes gleamed as he pulled out a broadsword and slashed it into his own shoulder.

"Come, heal me first. If you can heal my injuries, I'll take you to see her right away!"

His frenzied behavior really surprised Cheng Shi. Looking at the blood splattering in front of him, leaving a glaring line in the room, Cheng Shi frowned, thinking that he might have been oversimplifying things.

He didn't rush to make a move, and Scorpio behind him stepped forward and stood beside him, whispering:

"Brother Cheng, shouldn't we go back and discuss the treatment with Brother Zhang?"

Should we discuss it with Squinty Old Zhang?

In terms of stability, I may be slightly inferior to him, but in terms of healing, am I, a Clown and a Fate Weaver Priest, not as good as him, a Gravekeeper?

Scorpio keenly noticed Cheng Shi's disdainful look, and he immediately changed his tune after a moment of surprise:

"What I mean is, everyone in our team has their own role and strengths. Brother Cheng, you can fight; Brother Zhang, he can save people, so..."

I can fight... After all this time, has someone finally discovered my "shining point"?

Cheng Shi was pleased and readily declined Scorpio's suggestion.

What you said makes sense. To be on the safe side, we should bring in Squinty Old Zhang, but I've decided to give it a try first.

After all, even if you want to invite an expert to come out of retirement, you still need to have a preliminary diagnosis, right?

"So I've decided to give the Druid a try first!"

Cheng Shi smiled, then turned and cast a pure and powerful Healing Art on Lisfir in front of him.

The Fate Weaver's Healing Art, without any special talents, are sufficient for ordinary knife wounds.

Sensing a healing aura different from [Birth], Berios and Lisfir's eyes brightened for a moment simultaneously.

The bearded man touched his healed shoulder, then grabbed Cheng Shi's wrist and dragged him downstairs.

"Come on, follow me!"

Scorpio shuddered, twitched his lips helplessly, and immediately followed closely behind when he saw the big bearded man dragged away, fearing that the big bearded man would harm his brother Cheng.

With a deep, penetrating gaze, Berios followed at the very back, walking step by step downstairs—no, downstairs.

They went to the basement at the bottom of the church!

Not long after, Lisfir led Cheng Shi and Scorpion to the lowest level of the church's basement. After unlocking more than a dozen steel gates and pressing four or five solid wall mechanisms, the narrow underground passage suddenly opened up. Cheng Shi quickly walked a few steps and found himself in front of a pitch-black underground lake.

And in that lake rippling with ink-like waves, there was now one, no, there were countless enormous tentacles lying bloated and paralyzed at the bottom of the lake!

Countless enormous, pitch-black eyes, as dark as the night, were exposed on the surface of the lake, blinking weakly as they looked at the visitors in the underground passage.

Although Cheng Shi realized that something strange was hidden beneath the church when the bearded man opened the first underground iron gate, he never expected that what was hidden there was this strange!

Could this be the "Divine Descent" we saw last night?!

And it wasn't just one Divine Descent!

His pupils contracted sharply, his back tensed, and Scorpio behind him trembled slightly, clenching his teeth and not daring to breathe.

The moment he saw these tentacles, Lisfir, the bearded man, ignored the crowd behind him and rushed to the nearest tentacle by the lake. He tenderly stroked the eyelid of one of the giant eyes and said in a gentle voice:

"Golis, I'm back. How are you?"

That hateful Berios actually dares to order you around! He's harming you! He's harming you! How could you be so stupid!

But don't worry, this time I've really found a wild... evil god follower who can use healing power. He might be able to heal you. Once he's healed, we can be together like before.

Are you happy, Golis?

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Seeing this scene before them, Cheng Shi and Scorpio, who had imagined countless melodramatic scenarios, were both dumbfounded.

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