"All right, very good! It seems you really are a capable scholar-artisan! This strange drawing, and the pulley machinery you designed, and that great bell for breathing underwater, have all opened my eyes!..."
"Main God as witness! Though your knees are very soft, your head is truly clever, just like a long-headed Maya noble!... As long as your design works, and we can salvage the 8-pounder Cannon from the seabed... not only will I spare you from sacrifice, I will also give you ample rewards, enough for you to live a comfortable life!"
After looking over the three sketches, Xiu Maoying was instantly overjoyed. This captured demon scholar truly had some ability, and he possessed quite a bit of precious knowledge from the demons' inheritance!
His elder brother had once told him that although demons were greedy and evil, their knowledge bore no distinction of demon or not! Their exploration of knowledge was the root of all strength!
All "knowledge" came from exploring the world created by the Main God, from deeply understanding the essence of the world, then summarizing and refining it! And among the demons, "scholars" were the small handful of people with the "greatest value," worth spending great effort to absorb, to turn their knowledge and thoughts into the knowledge and thoughts of the Rubber People!
Thinking of this, Xiu Maoying's gaze toward the scholar Martin at once became much kinder. It was impossible for him to let this scholar go; impossible in this life. And with the priests' methods, naturally it was a big stick in one hand and corn in the other. First cut off the other party's path of retreat, then drive him to contribute, and finally win over his heart bit by bit, making him obediently spit out all his knowledge willingly!...
"Haaha!