Big Capitalist

The Lord of Plague was furious and yelled at the group of believers: "You idiots! You are hopelessly stupid! Don't you understand why you were exposed? Because your every move is under the nose of the Arcane City! You openly communicate in the group set up by others, and even treat those civil servants disguised as elders as your own people. Tell me, what is this if not stupidity?"

The followers of the Lord of Plague were suddenly horrified. They looked at the communication crystal in their hands in disbelief, as if it was a terrible monster.

One of the believers said angrily: "How can the Arcane City be so despicable! They actually set up such a clever trap to deceive us devout believers. This is simply too much!"

"Yes, they are so insidious. They are plotting against us under the guise of helping us, and we are foolish enough to believe them." Another believer also echoed with gritted teeth.

"This is simply a conspiracy. How could we be so stupid to fall into their trap?" The believers expressed their anger and regret one after another.

The Lord of Plague looked at this group of believers and wanted to scold them for what they had done. However, he suppressed his anger and sighed, saying, "Quit the group immediately and tell the rest of the Ancient God Cult everything. But before that, I have to teach you how to disguise yourself, otherwise you will be caught sooner or later."

When the believers heard that the great being wanted to teach them, they immediately became excited and listened attentively, their eyes filled with expectation and awe.

The Lord of Plague cleared his throat and said, "First of all, you have to clean yourself up. Look at how dirty you are now. You smell so bad. Who wouldn't find you suspicious? Put on some clean clothes and don't be so gloomy all day long, as if the whole world owes you money."

The believers nodded in agreement. One of them asked cautiously, "Great Being, what kind of identity should we disguise ourselves as so as not to be tracked down by the Arcane City?"

The Plague Lord raised his lips slightly, revealing a sly smile, and said, "Good question! According to my observations during this period, the least noticeable and least likely to be suspected identities are the card player and the fat otaku!"

"Card player? Fat otaku?" The believers were puzzled and bewildered by these two unfamiliar words.

The Lord of Plague patiently explained, "The so-called card masters are players of the game Arena of Valor. They carry cards all day long and look for people to duel with. In order to compete for rare cards, they even fight each other. In the Arcane City, card masters can be seen everywhere, and the addition of you will not be conspicuous. You can pretend to be obsessed with this game, study cards all day long, and compete with others. This way, no one will easily doubt your true identity."

Then, the Lord of Plague began to describe the fat otakus: "As for the fat otakus, they usually wear loose clothes with various strange patterns. They are usually die-hard fans of Stacy, Lucy or Alicia. They don't like to go out. They stay at home all day. When they go out, they go to figure shops and blind box shops. They like to eat hamburgers and fried chicken. They giggle at the communication crystal when they have nothing to do. They are not sociable. There are many such people in the Arcane City. If you pretend to be fat otakus, and occasionally go out in a sloppy and indifferent way, others will naturally not pay too much attention to you. Do you understand?"

After hearing this, the believers nodded thoughtfully, as if they had a new understanding of how to disguise themselves.

“You must remember, as long as you don’t expose yourself voluntarily, there will be no risk of being discovered. Only divine power can sense the power of the ancient gods in your bodies, and those high and mighty gods will never waste their divine power to investigate you just because of a group of ants like you! Do you understand?” The voice of the Lord of Plague was full of majesty, echoing in the dark room.

"So that's how it is. He is truly a great being! Our eternal master!" The believers shouted in unison with pious faces, their eyes full of awe and worship for the Lord of Plague.

At this moment, in Merlin's room in the City Hall of Arcane City, the moon goddess Selene was lying on the windowsill, holding a telescope, staring at the people coming and going on the street.

She held a telescope in one hand and a pen in the other, and wrote something in the notebook from time to time.

"Well, another follower of the Ancient God Cult. That aura is really disgusting." Selene frowned and said with disgust.

"Hey, there's one more! Mark it, draw it, draw it." He said as he quickly made marks on the notebook.

Selene turned her head and looked at Merlin who was sorting documents. She asked in confusion, "Merlin, why did you record so many Ancient God followers? I've marked them all. Can't I just take people to catch them?"

At this moment, Merlin was holding a document that recorded a lot of information about the Ancient God's followers. He put it into the filing cabinet, then cast a magic lock and locked the cabinet tightly.

Merlin smiled and said, "Why arrest them? As long as these followers of the Ancient God Cult don't cause trouble, they are just like ordinary people. They are also working hard to survive in the Arcane City. Most of them are even my employees. In order to hide their identities, they never cause trouble, work hard, have low turnover, and are very hardworking. Even if they are assigned the most dangerous and difficult work, they are willing to accept it."

"Besides, marking them can also attract more followers of the Ancient God Cult. It's like playing the long game and catching the big fish." A hint of cunning flashed in Merlin's eyes.

"Of course, the most important thing is that these are all 'chips' that can be 'traded' to gain benefits." Merlin said mysteriously.

The Moon Goddess Selene was even more puzzled and couldn't help asking, "What chips?"

"Of course, it's a bargaining chip for civil servants in the Arcane City to be promoted." Merlin answered naturally, and then began to explain, "If civil servants in the Arcane City want to be promoted, they need to make political achievements. So what are political achievements?"

"Improving people's livelihood, promoting urban infrastructure construction, solving employment problems, reducing unemployment rates, improving urban medical standards, protecting citizens' health, promoting commercial prosperity, attracting more caravans to trade in the Arcane City, promoting local industrial development, increasing tax revenue, etc. are also important indicators for assessing the performance of civil servants."

Merlin shook the document in his hand and continued, "But these achievements are very difficult to achieve. They require a lot of manpower, material resources, financial resources, and time. And they may not be done very well."