A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

Farmers may be ignorant, but they are by no means stupid. The so-called "peasant cunning" is a common phenomenon.

So many horses and carriages are definitely a huge asset for this village, the kind worth the risk.

Without much thought, the villagers made their choice.

Thomas loaded all the equipment and money carried by the deceased into the car and drove away.

The villagers will take care of the rest.

Of course, Freya was also in the car.

I originally thought that I would owe a large sum of money this time.

Ten thousand florins was a large sum of money for Thomas. If one took into account the Jewish usury, he would probably not be able to pay off the debt in eight or ten years.

But now he is making a lot of money.

I can only say...divination is simply cheating.

Thomas has been cheating all the way until now, and he himself feels very uneasy.

"Sir, do you want me to help you with divination?" Freya asked.

"No...wait, Freya, not for now." Thomas replied.

From his past life memories, he knew the philosophical saying "when things reach a certain point, they will eventually change in the opposite direction."

With the help of Freya's divination, Thomas has been able to cheat all the way to where he is now.

According to Gandalf, divination is like "plucking the strings of fate". If you pluck them occasionally, you will win, but if you pluck them every day, you will suffer the backlash.

Thomas is not even playing normally now, but strumming the piano so randomly that the strings are about to smoke.

I can’t tell what price I’ll have to pay for this nonsense in the future.

So dial as little as possible.

"Let's go check on Giuliano first," Thomas said. "See if he needs any money."

Although it was dangerous to get close to the army, Thomas wasn't afraid of a few cavalrymen at the moment. He just needed to watch from a distance, and it should be fine.

Thomas didn't sleep on the way, but Freya slept in the car all night.

In the morning, we will arrive at the area surrounding Chomutov Castle.

Thomas had lived here for a long time and was familiar with the terrain around the monastery. He chose a small forest to hide his carriage and horses, and planned to sneak in after dark.

It was not difficult for him to pass through the camp as the discipline in the camp was relaxed.

Just as I hid the car, I suddenly saw a column of smoke rising into the sky in the distance.

It was not the ordinary smoke from burning wood, but the smoke that lingered in the air for a long time.

“What is that…!?” Thomas was shocked.

This thing should be a signal smoke. It is used by the military as a signal.

Was it the signal from the army outside the city to attack? Or was it a signal from the traitor? Or something else?

Thomas wanted to ride over to take a look, but finally looked back at Freya.

"Freya, help me with divination."

There was no other way. It was too obvious in broad daylight. Riding alone against a large army, even just observing from the outside, was extremely dangerous.

Who knows if a musketeer will jump out of the bushes.

"You can move freely, there will be no danger." Freya said.

Thomas felt relieved and rode forward.

Just like before, we reached the edge of the siege camp smoothly. Further ahead was the camp area, and we would be attacked.

Thomas stared blankly at the castle in the distance.

A large number of soldiers were pouring into the familiar city wall.

The attacking soldiers climbed over the city walls like a swarm of ants, and it was unknown how many of them had already entered the castle.

A huge fire had already broken out in the former monastery.

Although it was impossible to see due to the city walls, one could tell from the limited vision that most of the buildings inside were engulfed in flames.

I wanted to move forward again, but I couldn't.

With the lesson learned from the last time, the besieging army was equipped with the necessary vigilance and defense forces to prevent the rear from being attacked.

Although Thomas was an elite soldier, even an elite soldier could not withstand bullets and heavy crossbows.

Don't be impulsive. If you rush in now, you won't accomplish anything and will just end up wasting your time.

Thomas could only stare blankly at the monastery in the flames.

But... there are still some strange things.

Because it can be clearly seen that the attacking party is climbing over the city wall, which means that the city gate has not been controlled at this time - otherwise there would be no need to go through the trouble of climbing over the wall.

And fire broke out in the castle.

Although setting fire is a common practice during battle, the range of this kind of fire is too large, right?

Or rather, it's too early.

If you say that all the fires were set by the siege troops or traitors, that doesn't seem likely.

Combined with his previous conversation with Giuliano and the results of the divination, Thomas felt more and more that the fire might have been set by Giuliano himself in order to cover up any traces of his retreat.

In other words, have you prepared a retreat early on?

Just as he was quietly gazing at the burning castle in the distance, he suddenly felt the ground shaking.

Something suddenly emerged from the ground about ten meters away from Thomas.

It was a huge monster fish.

It was a very large fish, roughly the size of a car that Thomas remembered from his past life.

The overall appearance looks like a catfish.

Chapter 69 Farewell 2

The strange fish has a mouth full of sharp teeth and several strange long whiskers growing around it, like tentacles.

It used these tentacles to dance, supporting its body and moving on the ground, moving towards Thomas.

Thomas immediately drew his sword and touched the butt of his musket.

This monster...

Although it was the first time he saw it, Thomas immediately determined that it was not a normal creature but a remnant of the old times.

It was obviously not moving very fast on the ground, so Thomas spurred his horse to try to put some distance between it and the thing.

"Wait!" A voice sounded, and Thomas noticed that there was a figure next to the catfish.

A man wearing a black cloak, looking very suspicious.

"Are you Thomas?" the man asked.

"Who are you?" Thomas stopped his horse and asked.

"It doesn't matter who I am. Giuliano sent me here to deliver a message," the man said.

"This is... what is this?"

"If you must give it a name, you could call it the ground catfish," the man said. "It can swim freely in the soft ground."

"You are... a magician?" Thomas came back to his senses.

"Haha... I actually recognized you." The man lifted the hood of his cloak, revealing a slightly pale face.

But apart from his pale complexion, there really wasn't anything distinctive about this person's facial features.

This was the second magician Thomas had met.

"Okay, what's Giuliano's message for me?" Thomas was now completely relaxed.

If Giuliano had brought a message, it meant that his guess was correct. The fire in the castle was set by Giuliano himself.

Since Giuliano chose to set the fire and had the energy to send someone to deliver a message, this in itself shows that his current situation is not critical.

"He said, thank you for your help. Don't worry about the rest."

That's exactly what Giuliano would say... Thomas sighed. It was as if Giuliano had sent him to Kiev.

"By the way, is this catfish... a remnant of the past?" Thomas asked. "This is church territory. Is your aboveboard action...appropriate?"

"Yes, it's a beast-like creature from the remnants of the Old Ones, somewhere between lethal and terrifying," the magician explained. "As for the Church... haha, the Church isn't omnipotent. With it, the Church's threat is negligible."

He jumped onto the side of the catfish, and the giant beast stretched out a tentacle and wrapped it around him.

"Well, farewell, young knight."

The body of the catfish seemed to become ethereal and turned into a shadow, and it sank into the earth with the magician and disappeared from Thomas' sight.

Thomas looked at the castle in the distance again and turned his horse around.

Giuliano obviously still doesn't want him to get involved... Now that Giuliano is fine, it's time to consider returning.

……

In a small house behind the castle.

Giuliano led a team of people and quickly entered the tunnel entrance in the small house.

A spacious and well-ventilated tunnel that is easy to walk through and even livestock can be taken along.

To maintain ventilation, the tunnel also has several vents. At this moment, Giuliano was standing in a vent hidden under the bushes, looking at the burning castle in the distance.

In fact, the battle is still going on in the castle.

That was under his deliberate control and misleading, and several rebel forces were fighting the enemy involuntarily.

And those who evacuated with him were his trusted and reliable subordinates.

With the delay of these rebels and this passage, they could escape quietly and then transform themselves into a mercenary group and return to Italy.

The relevant preparations have been completed. In fact, the real difficulty is not how to leave the country afterward, but how to escape the castle where they are trapped.

"Commander?" someone called from behind.

"It's all right," Giuliano replied. He thought of Thomas.

Actually, this was a very unexpected gain.

Just with the mentality of being excited about the hunt, I accepted a student in my spare time, and I didn’t expect that I would actually find a treasure.

These days, there are really not many people who can achieve this level.

However, if we want to meet again as master and disciple, we may have to wait for a very long time...

"Commander, everyone else has left." Another person behind him reminded.

The tunnel is spacious and flat, so walking speed is naturally very fast.

"Ah, I'll be there right away." Giuliano thought of Thomas and felt relieved.

It only took one year for him to reach his current level after completing his apprenticeship. So, who knows what the situation will be like in another three to five years.

He turned around and followed the others.

There is nothing left to remember. Everything that can be taken away has been taken away, and everything that can be destroyed has been destroyed in this castle.

In the distance, within the castle, shouts of killing shook the heavens. The castle gate, locked tightly until now, was finally opened. Now, the enemy troops outside poured in like a tide.

……

After lasting for more than half a year, news finally came that the civil war in Bohemia was over.

Two counts, Count Jaromil and Count Svitopelk, eventually concluded a peace treaty.

Count Świtopelk gave up his claim to the County of Litoměřice in exchange for a series of border territories and trade rights.

Although he was the winner of this war, it was only a small victory.

In this war, Count Svetopelk had a fantastic start. He directly destroyed the enemy's border forces at the beginning, drove a nail into the enemy's vital position in the rear, and even marched directly to the county capital of Zatazhi, almost achieving a complete victory.