Chapter 6

Leiwen sighed, "Although I feel bad for the cat, I'm sorry."

He quickly put the two empty bottles back in their original positions. Due to the lighting, at a glance, the dozens of vials of holy water were densely arranged, and it was impossible to notice that one was missing without a careful count.

Then, Leiwen firmly covered Karin's mouth with his hand.

Karin, puzzled, did not resist but only stared at Leiwen with wide eyes.

Leiwen extended his hand through the air vent, following the light, and gently made a hand shadow.

The deceived cat was attracted by the hand shadow on the wall, let out a sharp meow, and pounced onto the wall. Directly below it was a large pile of vials of holy water.

A certain unscrupulous person took the opportunity to secretly tip the table over.

Clang! Clang!

"Oh! My God! Elizabeth! What did you do!?" the servant screamed in horror.

Well! The poor cat took the blame for Leiwen and Karin!

At this moment, Leiwen quickly evacuated with Karin. They survived, while their savior was brutally beaten...

Back in the sewer, Karin panted and asked, "Brother, you're a genius. How did you think of framing the cat?"

"Uh, I originally planned to tip the table when the servant came over."

"..."

Most players were thorough egoists. Leiwen was the best among them. Such selfish acts were not limited to framing cats; even if it were humans, Leiwen would do it without hesitation.

At worst, the servant would be beaten half to death, and then Leiwen would find a way to make amends.

As for going to the Church of Wealth to express gratitude, Leiwen never even thought about it.

This was the Church of Wealth.

Mouths claiming that fair trade generates wealth, secretly controlling nearly half of the continent's black market, and even the souls were obsessed with money.

No priest of the Church of Wealth would suffer a loss just because someone was grateful.

If he really took Karin to express gratitude, the only result would be being caught on the spot, beaten as a thief, and finally branded as a slave, and in a few days, sent to the slave market.

This was the harsh reality of the Aotu world. If mortals made a mistake, they would be completely destroyed by the gods or their so-called spokesmen. Fairness and justice had long been overshadowed by the powerful divine authority. In the face of divine violence, mortals either numbly learned to submit repeatedly or die.

This world was not without so-called benevolent deities. The tragic part was that the doctrines of the benevolent deities and their churches only applied to their own people. When faced with other deities, they became hesitant, and what they upheld was not necessarily justice, often just tyranny in the name of justice. Such hypocrisy, no matter how many times he encountered it, Leiwen could never adapt.

This was also why, in both his past and present life, Leiwen was Lawful Evil.

Following his own heart, doing what he liked.

Originally, he only had a vague idea, but now Leiwen firmly resolved—this life, he would absolutely not rely on any deity! I will ignite the divine fire myself!

"Brother! Brother!"

"Hmm?"

Karin's call brought Leiwen's thoughts back to reality.

"Brother? What should we do now?" In the sewer, Karin looked around blankly, the dark environment instinctively making her shudder.

"Find a place to settle down first."

"We have no money left."

"…Find an empty house in the slums and make do for the night."

At this moment, Karin's stomach let out a loud protest.

Indeed, the Holy Water of Life could regenerate internal organs, but as a cost of rebirth, it also consumed a large amount of human energy. Both of them had recovered mentally, but their hunger was even more intense.

"Brother… I'm not really that hungry." Despite being extremely hungry, Karin stubbornly held on.

Leiwen gritted his teeth and ultimately suppressed the urge to steal.

In the City of Wealth, all restaurants, taverns, and valuable items had alarm traps. The patrolling guards were modeled after mercenaries and elite swordsmen. In front of these traps and high-level professionals, attempting to steal or disable traps without 100 points in the relevant skills was courting death.

Not to mention, he only had assassin skills. Leiwen, a civilian, had never learned stealing or trap-disabling skills. Even with the memories of his past life, starting now was too late.

"Karin, bear with it a little longer. Trust me, everything is up to me. I swear I will find food safely by tomorrow afternoon at the latest."

In his fragmented memories, the two had already been hungry for two days before coming to the City of Wealth, eating only some grass leaves. Leiwen knew that this was too cruel for a thirteen-year-old girl. He had no choice; it was midnight, and the city gates were tightly closed.

Hearing Leiwen's words and recalling his actions today, Karin felt that Leiwen had changed a lot. Upon careful thought, it seemed very reasonable. A boy who had crawled back from the brink of hell had instantly become a man, taking responsibility and exuding a manly aura... This was perfectly normal.

Although she wanted to tell him about what her father had said on his deathbed, for some reason, she couldn't bring herself to say it. The feeling of being protected was really nice... So, she would leave everything to him!

Karin pursed her lips and nodded heavily, "Brother, of course I trust you. Everything is up to you."

After leaving the sewer, they found an empty, dilapidated house in the slums to settle Karin. Leiwen began to think quietly.

There were two things that needed to be done now: get food and get money.

And someone had almost killed him... This grudge had to be avenged!

Daring to touch his girl and trying to kill him three times? How could he let this go?

Leiwen's teeth itched.

On the other hand, his memory and reason also reminded him. He couldn't beat that guy now.

【Black Erosion】as the most disgusting force in the beginner area, naturally had its strengths. All believers were granted two church-specific divine spells after joining:

One was the first-level divine spell, Corrosive Tooth, which almost dominated the Black Iron tier.

The second was the even more insane Hardened Skin spell, a passive skill that provided a 4-point armor bonus to believers 24/7, and 8 points for fanatics. This meant that even a beginner could permanently wear a thin leather armor without any other equipment.

Relying on these two advantages, Black Erosion dominated the City of Wealth. Except for the Church of Wealth and property, Black Erosion extorted protection fees from all major and minor forces and every caravan passing through the City of Gold. Their methods were even more ruthless than those of a gang.

At one point, Leiwen had considered joining Black Erosion but later abandoned the idea.

When the truth was revealed, Leiwen laughed for a whole day.

The leaders of other churches were deities, or at least powerful devils or demons. The leader of Black Erosion was actually a middle-aged black dragon that had accidentally obtained a fragment of a divine essence and delusionally aspired to become a god. It must be said that this black dragon had some talent and had figured out some ways to use faith power through its wild imagination.

Unfortunately, it was just a black dragon that spewed acid. Among the five evil dragons, it was only slightly better than a white dragon, a weakling that players could easily slaughter in groups after reaching level 100!

The Black Erosion Church was destroyed three months after the game's launch. That day, the dragon's head was hung on the city gate, and all players who had joined Black Erosion were utterly ruined.

No matter how weak the boss of Black Erosion was, for Leiwen at this moment, he was still a god-like existence. With ordinary white weapons from the blacksmith shop, Leiwen couldn't even harm a Black Erosion fanatic.

So, Leiwen's first goal was to get a good dagger.

Civilians did not count in class levels. Before reaching level 20, known as the Black Iron tier, there was only one suitable and obtainable top-tier weapon in the City of Wealth.

This was the easiest and most difficult weapon to obtain.

But with the experience of a god-level player, this was not a problem.

The question now was whether he should just seek revenge on one person or target the entire Black Erosion Church.

Leiwen thought about this for only a second.

Since he was seeking revenge, killing one was the same as killing a group. Since the Black Erosion Church was not a good organization, why not go big? The name of a god-level assassin would weep otherwise!

Leiwen's mind raced, and soon a perfect plan formed in his heart...

Under the cover of night, Leiwen arrived outside a mansion belonging to the Church of Wealth. This 300-square-meter luxurious mansion belonged to a personal guardian knight of Serias. This guy was a knight during the day... and a knight at night.

His mansion was extremely luxurious, with even the spikes on the walls to prevent intruders made of glass.

In the game, a bored player used the identification spell on each piece of glass, unexpectedly discovering that one piece was not glass but a crystal that could serve as a dagger.

Thus, the most luxurious dagger obtainable by a beginner wanderer was born.

This dagger was not easy to obtain.

Every gold coin of the Church of Wealth was imbued with a tracking spell. Without a third-level dispel spell, it was impossible to remove the tracking effect.

Even the wall decorations were enchanted with a trace spell. Anyone who damaged them would leave their scent.

The Church of Wealth was like this: your gold is mine, and my gold is still mine. Anyone who dared to steal or rob from the Church of Wealth would face a huge bounty.

Therefore, the patrols around the Church of Wealth were relatively lax.

Knowing this, Leiwen still decided to steal!

PS: New book, please recommend, rolling on the ground for all kinds of support.