Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Su Li nodded. During this Radiant Competition Festival, there has been no instance of corruption among the knights who are believers in the Sun Goddess Church, and everyone believes this is due to the Goddess’s protection and the strength of the teachings.

As a result, in this Sunfire Church festival, it was the Champion Knight of the Sun Goddess who became distorted and corrupted. That was a real slap in the face.

So Su Li turned to look at Oliver and asked, "My minister, is there any way to solve this problem?"

Oliver thought carefully for a moment and replied, "I have three strategies, the upper, middle, and lower, to solve this problem."

"The lower strategy is simple and crude, manipulating and intervening in the finals. As long as a Divine Chosen Knight intervenes secretly, or adding some witchcraft potion to his water, ensures that he will be easily defeated. At least he’ll receive the runner-up treatment, and won’t have the chance to be seduced by Treachery, causing any impact."

Su Li decisively shook his head, "The lower strategy is really too unscrupulous! No, this goes against our principles. We have maintained our bottom line throughout so many days of competitions without secretly manipulating, winning full praise. But in the most crucial finals, we’re manipulating the match, and it’s against one of our own knights. If word gets out, what face will we have to continue hosting next year?"

This world truly has deities watching three feet above!

Nothing can escape their notice. If the truth really spreads in the Monastery, it would be an unparalleled blow to Su Li’s prestige. The support from the Territorial Knights and the favor from the Church Knight Order would drastically diminish. More importantly, the angry gamblers might publicly challenge, overturning the entire arena.

A knight with championship potential suddenly turns into a weakling, causing a balanced fight to become a one-sided crush. The angry gamblers will certainly suspect match-fixing, especially when the wager involved returns amounting to thousands of Golden Crowns.

So Su Li immediately asked, "What is the middle strategy?"

"The middle strategy is for you to spare no expense in purifying the Treachery corruption on him. Equip him with Wocatric’s Scale and gift him a batch of Star Dew Sweet Oranges. This will ensure he won’t face any incidents during the competition."

"The cost is too high!" Su Li frowned, "He is just an Official Knight, frankly speaking, not worth such a huge investment of our resources." This is enough to buy back a Champion Knight for Su Li, especially Star Dew Sweet Orange, which is an Extraordinary Material, and now there are barely any left.

Su Li had to ask, "So what is the upper strategy?"

"The upper strategy is to secretly execute Orlando, framing it on Rat People or Treachery, whatever works. This could forcibly cancel the finals, which would be beneficial to Ganser’s state, ensuring he won’t be blessed by Khorne in the competition. Of course, you could also choose to secretly execute Ganser, but this would somewhat affect the reputation of the Sun Goddess Church, and some spectators might question whether we’re ensuring the Sun Goddess Church’s believers win the championship."

In the dark style of this world, even if Orlando dies, the wagers won’t be refunded, and the casino will directly declare Ganser the champion.

This can ensure that Su Li still gains substantial financial profits from this competition.

In fact, this upper strategy is indeed very perfect. At least in the dark and despairing characteristics of this world, choosing this upper strategy is the most advantageous decision.

However, Su Li still struggled to cross this threshold, sighing, "Let’s choose the middle strategy. Spending some money is better than undermining the fairness of this festival. As long as we ensure the success of this festival, every year we can earn not just tens of thousands but tens of thousands of Golden Crowns."