Chapter 78: A Comprehensive Plan

Of course, from the perspective of the Lord of Justice, he at least did not lose out, and he might even have made a huge profit. After all, the other party was the Lord of Justice, not a Lord of Loss, and a god’s shrewdness and wisdom made it impossible to do such a losing business.

Of course, if the Lord of Justice made a huge profit, it did not mean that George lost out. There is a saying that there is no such thing as true trash, only misplaced resources. This was especially true for knowledge, a special kind of wealth, because only those who could truly use it could create more wealth.

For George, he was not someone who could truly and fully utilize these legal knowledge. Among the divine roles, there were power ful divine powers in fields like law, order, war, and protection. The Lord of Justice was the one who could bring these knowledge to the fullest extent in this world. Of course, there might be other unknown beings with such abilities, but since they were unknown, why would George go out of his way to seek them out? Besides, not every transaction by a superior being was as fair as the Lord of Justice.

Let me give you an example, like the various data involved in the process of making nuclear weapons. For an individual, this data was useless nonsense used for bragging, or else there would be no other use. But for a country with a strong desire to master nuclear power, such data was a true treasure. After all, the general principles and methods of making atomic bombs were basically common knowledge. What was truly key was these specific data, the massive professional equipment, and the stable sources of raw materials.

So, if the two parties could trade, it would be beneficial enough for both sides. For an individual, the gains were basically material enjoyment like money, which was generally enough to ensure a worry-free life. For that country, it would greatly reduce the detours, development time, funding, and chances of being discovered during the research process. In the end, it would achieve a comprehensive improvement in national defense security and international status.

In a situation like this, no one would think that the person selling the data lost out, even if the money he got was just a small fraction of what could be saved in experiments. Of course, he might also be hunted by some organizations that claimed to maintain world peace but were actually aiming for domination. But I think, for the sake of investing in talent, the country that benefited would grant him asylum after he applied for refuge.

Therefore, whatever results the Lord of Justice could achieve based on this knowledge had nothing to do with George anymore. For example, whether the other party would perfect their dogma, develop new Divine Arts, or create a comprehensive strengthening method like the Blessing of Order. Further, new exclusive advanced professions and career paths for the Clergy under his name might appear. Or perhaps he would deepen his understanding of rules, gain the favor of the world’s primal force, and even upgrade his divine rank to create new domains and divine roles. All of this was the other party’s own ability.

This trade could be called a win-win situation, because George did not have enough capital to play this game, while the other party had capital but lacked this specific knowledge. Moreover, if this trade produced any unforeseen serious consequences, such as the Lord of Justice’s strength increasing greatly, and his enemies turning their weapons against George, wanting to kill a chicken to scare the monkey and vent their anger, then without some defense, George would only have one way left: to tightly hold onto the Lord of Justice’s leg. Although the chance of this happening was not very high, after all, the enemies of the Lord of Justice were mostly gods who loved tyranny, Evil, and chaos. In human society, they were not popular on the surface. Although it was hard to say what happened behind the scenes, Bolerum Territory was not a place that just anyone could easily control. Even if George did not hold onto the leg, the Temple of the opposing Church would try their best to strike back.

As for planning to deal with it after becoming a god in the future, George never thought he was a child of destiny or anything like that. He had no plans for things like becoming a god, at least not in his mind right now. If fate ever gave him the chance in the future, he might take a risk. But such a distant thing, with no shadow of it yet, was not something a pragmatic person like him would consider.

Moreover, even if George had the chance to become a god later, it did not mean he would follow the path of the Lord of Order. There were already powerful divine beings with good reputations fighting for similar or identical sources of faith. It might not be considered suicide, but one should still pick the soft persimmons to squeeze.

Even more importantly, as an orthodox cultivator, becoming a god was not their goal; becoming an immortal was George’s ambition. The legendary War of Godhood had such origins. But the world was different now. George had seen the gods of this world, but had he seen any immortals? It was still unknown if such a thing even existed! Of course, in reality, he did not have too much hope for this.

Instead of dreaming about the distant future, it was better to focus on the present. This was the conclusion George had drawn from years of experience. This did not mean that foresight and planning for the future were unimportant. But relatively speaking, if one did not walk the current path step by step, no matter how beautiful the future might be, it would just be a flower in the mirror or the moon in the water.

Taking the current situation into account, George’s main task was to finalize the specific framework for the follow-up cooperation between him and the Church of the Just Lord. While trying to secure as much benefit as possible for his side, he also needed to consider the time spent and find suitable people to handle the follow-up details of the negotiations.

As Viscount Bolerum said, George still had many things to do in Karada. He could not spend too much time and energy on just this one matter. So, the matters here needed to be resolved as quickly as possible.

Led by High Priest Virginia, George followed him to the room where they had met last time. The furnishings were still simple and plain, but that was completely enough for discussing matters. After all, negotiation was not like a banquet; as long as the environment was undisturbed, that was the most important thing.

As soon as they sat down, High Priest Virginia impatiently asked: “You mentioned earlier that you need our Clergy to participate in the law enforcement agencies within the Territory. It would be best to give a specific charter on this matter soon. I still need to discuss this with the High Priests of other Dioceses before I can make a final decision.”

“Can’t you make your own decision about sending a few people? Or is there some other reason?” George started to mutter to himself.

“It’s also a matter of no choice! If the Clergy of the Church openly became officials of the Territory, it would be a rather taboo thing. If they were just consultants without actual power, that would be fine. But what you said earlier was about administrative officials with certain powers. To prevent our rival Churches from spreading unfavorable rumors or taking unexpected actions against your Territory, all these preparations need to be considered comprehensively.” High Priest Virginia held his head, looking very troubled.