Chapter 10: Nine tries hard to make you deafeningly loud
At the moment he saw the man, Ulu felt his entire mind buzzing, but he forced himself to stay calm and showed a "surprised" expression, "Kelsay, what are you doing here?"
"Ah, isn't it because the disaster is more severe than anticipated, so Bishop Corey arranged for me to come down for an inspection?" Kelsay walked up to Ulu, complaining, "This is only the second stop. After finishing here, I have to visit several other town churches to check whether the relief food has reached the disaster victims' hands."
"Is that so."
"Yes ... haha, what's with that expression? Are you worried about something? Stop joking. Don't I know what kind of person you and Priest Lu Ji are?" Kelsay gave Ulu an "ambiguous" look, "The most devout believer of the Rhein God, the most capable man under Lord Bishop, if even you guys have issues, what would the Rhein Divine Sect do?"
Ulu forced a smile in agreement.
He was indeed very worried, but not about the distribution of the disaster relief food being exposed, since Kelsay was one of their own. The food had already been skimmed by this guy by ten percent by the time it reached them.
But the problem was, this guy was too much one of their own.
Kelsay's relationship with Lu Ji was much better than with Ulu.
And if Kelsay found out that Ulu had already killed Lu Ji, his life would likely be over.
"So, are you sending a letter to Bishop Corey?" Kelsay noticed the letter in Ulu's hand again and casually took it over, "You could just give it to me, and I'll deliver it to Lord Bishop, definitely faster than the post office ... ah, but Lord Bishop's eyes aren't great anymore, and reading letters is quite troublesome. Tell me what it's about, and I'll pass the message to Lord Bishop for you. I might as well read your letter while I'm at it, it's troublesome to carry around."
Saying this, Kelsay was about to open the letter.
"This isn't my letter," Ulu said somewhat guiltily, hastily adding, "It's Priest Lu Ji's letter, I'm just helping him send it."
Though he wasn't sure why he felt guilty.
Hearing it was Lu Ji's letter, Kelsay stopped tearing the envelope, "Priest Lu Ji's letter, huh? Hmm ... then I won't open it."
He then carefully put the letter away.
Ulu asked nonchalantly, "You just mentioned you're busy? How long can you stay here?"
He hoped Kelsay wouldn't even stay a day and would just leave quickly.
Unfortunately, Kelsay's response was, "I should stay at least two days. Since I'm here, I should definitely meet Priest Lu Ji. Is he in the church?"
"Possibly."
Kelsay raised his eyebrows, "Possibly? What does that mean? Where else could he be?"
"Haha, you're not looking at the situation here," Ulu made a "you understand" subtle expression. "This famine has left many families unable to feed their children, some can't even muster the strength to come to the church for relief food. How could Priest Lu Ji stand to see this happen? So he's personally delivering food to those families in need."
A very normal thing to say, but Kelsay subtly caught another meaning in Ulu's words, and his expression turned strange, "Really? He's gotten to that age and can still be so ... conscientious?"
Ulu shrugged his shoulders, "Who knows?"
" ... Haha." Kelsay patted Ulu's shoulder, "Alright then, you go back first and see if he's there. If he is, tell him I'll come to find him later."
Ulu said indifferently, "He might come back very late."
"Then I'll wait for him until then." Kelsay had already turned away and, without looking back, waved his hand, "Anyway, I don't have anywhere to stay tonight, so I'll just bunk with you."
Ulu smiled slightly, "Then I'll prepare the tea for you in advance."
Kelsay waved his hand again, and the knights in the post office also left with him.
Ulu stood in place, watching them leave.
Just watching, watching.
After they completely vanished from his sight, Ulu sprang up like a tightly wound spring suddenly released, quickly dashing toward the church.
At this moment, his body was drenched in cold sweat, and he kept muttering, "It's a disaster, a disaster, a disaster."
Bai Wei's voice timely echoed in his mind, "Why are you so nervous?"
Ulu was slightly taken aback.
Kelsay's sudden appearance had terrified him, and he had forgotten that a great god resided within him. So, grasping at straws, Ulu shouted in his mind, "Lord Visas! That guy, that guy knows Lu Ji. If he finds out Lu Ji is dead, and that I killed him, he will certainly, certainly kill me."
"Quiet down, your mind is too noisy," said Bai Wei, rather displeased.
Ulu immediately shut his inner mouth.
Then Bai Wei asked, "Are you very afraid of him?"
"He and Lu Ji are different. Lu Ji was just a Priest, and the Extraordinary Magic he knew were only a few," Ulu said. "Kelsay, he's the Knight Master, he's much stronger than Lu Ji. You should be able to feel it too, he..."
"To me, there's no difference," Bai Wei calmly interrupted Ulu.
Ulu froze.
Yes, no matter how formidable Kelsay might be, compared to Visas... no, it's incomparable. Comparing Kelsay and Visas is an insult to Visas.
Only the Lord, the Rhein God, could be compared to Lord Visas.
Thinking this, Ulu felt a significant weight lift from his heart.
He glanced down at his left hand, and the image of him snapping his fingers last night to obliterate Lu Ji flashed through his mind.
If it really came to that...
"Then kill him," stated Bai Wei indifferently, finishing the thought in Ulu's mind.
"I...understand," Ulu took a deep breath, a glint of resolve and ruthlessness flashing in his eyes.
Ulu's change was naturally noticed by Bai Wei.
Bai Wei was very pleased.
Bai Wei knew why Kelsay had come, and it wasn't for the disaster as he claimed, but to seek a Forbidden Item.
That was, the middle finger of Visas.
Which was Bai Wei.
In the game, this also marked the start of the main storyline.
In the storyline, Ulu was just a minor character, who got a bit of a role only because he acquired the finger of Visas, and was finally disposed of like an extra.
But the arrival of Bai Wei would inevitably rewrite Ulu's ending.
Bai Wei wouldn't let this guy die noiselessly.
He would let him die,
with a deafening impact.