Church of Waukeen

North Wind Fortress, Iron Dragon Wing Palace.

Sherwin·Montero looked around at the luxurious decorations, pushed up his pince-nez silver-rimmed glasses, bowed forward, and said with a smile:

"Your Majesty Keosius, I have to say that you have good taste. I believe you will like our Waukeen Church."

"We can bring you all the beautiful and luxurious things in the world."

Sherwin wears an extremely gaudy silk shirt, leather sleeves and short boots, with various gadgets tied at the hem with silk ribbons, and a heavy gilded red cloak - all using various bright and gorgeous design styles.

This is the standard equipment for Waukeen Church insiders. Their appearance is always so bright and flamboyant.

Keosius, who was lying on Iron Throne, tilted his head slightly and asked slightly contemptuously, "Oh?"

"Everything?"

"As long as you have enough Gold Coin."

Sherwin pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose again and quickly added.

Keosius is very clear about the nature of these guys - they believe in Waukeen and will use any means for benefit. When the benefit is big enough, they will even risk their lives.

For this kind of guy, blind forgiveness will only make them push forward. Hitting a stick and giving a sweet date is the correct way to use it.

Red Dragon opened his eyes and looked directly at the businessman with his pale golden pupils, almost substantial dragon power spreading.

"So are you questioning the empire's wealth? Or are you questioning my wealth?"

"Uh"

Sherwin was suddenly panicked, with cold sweat on his forehead, but he quickly calmed down and showed a flattering smile, "Of course not, Your Majesty, who would question the wealth of an emperor? What's more, this emperor is also a great dragon."

"A Bishop once said, never speculate on a dragon's wealth with mortal thoughts, just try your best to serve them."

"Your Majesty, in the eyes of our Waukeen Church, you are definitely one of the top and most distinguished customers."

As expected of Waukeen Church's envoy, Sherwin's response and eloquence are quite outstanding, and his words are rich.

If Keosius were an ordinary Red Dragon, maybe he would really be "joyed" by their flattery.

Sherwin felt his body light up, and the invisible pressure immediately dissipated.

Keosius smiled and mocked, "Are all you Waukeen Church people so glib?"

Sherwin forced a smile again, "Of course not, only when facing a distinguished customer like you."

"I don't like to hear unnecessary nonsense."

Keosius interrupted somewhat impatiently.

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty."

Sherwin nodded in response. He took out the gold handkerchief in his pocket in a slight panic and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Keosius used Limbs to support his huge body and stood up slowly. The wide spread wings almost enveloped the entire Waukeen envoy.

Red Dragon stared at the trembling people and asked, "Then let me tell you straight - you, and the god behind you, want to cooperate?"

Sherwin couldn't help lowering his head and adjusted his glasses with trembling hands. "Your Majesty Keosius, the empire's frequent commercial and trade activities in Anzeta attracted the attention of the goddess. The great goddess Waukeen saw the great potential of your empire."

"Ms. Waukeen believes that business transactions are the best way to get rich. If we can try to increase the economic circulation of the entire world, then all civilizations can be further developed and bring happiness to all intelligent creatures in the entire world."

"So the Empire is a good collaborator for us."

After he finished saying this, he peeked out of the corner of his eye and saw that Red Dragon's expression did not change, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Keosius grinned.

"Free trade, right?"

"This is of course a universal value. We at the Embers of the Burned Empire have always followed this principle and encourage all free trade."

he said.

"Your Majesty, your ideas are really enlightened and coincide with ours Waukeen Church."

Sherwin was suddenly pleasantly surprised. He seemed to see the dawn of cooperation—an opportunity that could bring huge benefits to the church and himself.

Keosius looked calm and asked again, "So... what kind of cooperation do you want to have?"

Sherwin suddenly became excited and said enthusiastically, "We Waukeen believers travel around the world to help merchants with their trading activities."

"We can build Waukeen Temple for you for free in the cities of the empire, becoming a local financing center, currency exchange center, and storage facility to help you earn more money, make your treasure house more abundant, and allow you to own it."

"No way."

Keosius interrupted him coldly.

"All financial and trade activities within the Embers of the Burned Empire must be controlled by Empire Bank and Empire Commercial Department, and no outsiders will be allowed to interfere."

Red Dragon sneered and took a few steps forward. The smoke from Sulfur Scent was about to spray onto Sherwin, making his whole body tremble like chaff.

Sherwin knows that he was a little carried away just now.

"Oh, do you think I don't know about your tricks?"

"If this is the sincerity of your Waukeen Church cooperation, then there is no need to discuss anything."

"This is contempt for the empire!"

By the end, his voice was almost like a dragon's roar, bringing terrifying pressure.

The envoys of Waukeen Church were unsteady on their feet, and some even fainted. Only Sherwin, the great Cleric, could barely stay awake.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

"Wait a minute, I think we still have room for cooperation!"

Sherwin repeatedly begged for mercy.

With his past life experience, Keosius understands Waukeen Church very well.

Waukeen has temples all over the mainland, although Waukeen Church on the table seems to disdain the use of rumors, monopoly, hiring bandits and other means to manipulate trade activities, and criticizes these methods.

But they privately require Clerics to use these techniques in the most secretive way.

Many players in the previous life were deceived by Waukeen Church and were even left with heavy debts. Later, tens of thousands of players who suffered similar experiences formed "Bankruptcy Alliance" and launched war against Waukeen Temple everywhere.

"The bold discover wealth, the cautious keep it, and the coward can only waste it."

This is their creed.

If Waukeen Church people were allowed to open a temple within the empire, it would be equivalent to handing over the economic lifeline to a group of cunning speculators.

And this is something Keosius will not allow - he needs to have absolute control over the empire, whether it is political, economic or cultural.

And even in this cooperation, he must occupy absolute dominance and in turn squeeze the value of Waukeen Church.

Sherwin wiped the sweat from his face and asked with lingering fear, "Your Majesty, then it is up to you to decide all this."

"I will try to get the best terms for you to promote a great and glorious cooperation."

Sherwin's words were almost trembling.

"Which bastard told me that Red Dragon are all idiots who only care about immediate interests?"

He cursed secretly in his heart, wishing he could beat the person who drafted the manuscript to death.