Chapter 1262: Pretentious Pope
Sam and Aiwa are on the road, she shopped around in the city and changed from her fur clothing, and after some rest and she got rid of all the effects of the antidote and the aphrodisiac. But they didn't go in the direction of the Holy City immediately, instead, they went deep into the forests in the surroundings.
"Where are we going? We have been roaming around for two days."
"Just wait." That is the only answer Sam has given her during this time. He is looking around for the traces of the beasts and their footprints.
After two days of search, Sam finally found one that he is interested in.
"I am not walking for such a long time. I need to find a beast that is fast enough." Sam finally replied.
He hopped on his one good leg and made his way towards a den on top of a hill. A head popped out of the cave and growled at Sam.
It is a Cougar and when he looked at its fur, he was delightfully surprised. He ran into the cave and after an hour, he finally came back with it as he rode on its back.
This is a large cougar. It looked like a normal cougar in every way and even its name was just that, a cougar. This is one of the beasts that have neutral energy without any elemental influence.
It is fast, agile, patient, and a perfect hunter. Even though many of the qualities of the actual cougar back on the earth are not present in this one, this is a good enough beast for Sam at the moment.
He picked up Aiwa and both of them moved to the Holy Church's headquarters.
Meanwhile, Sam started thinking about what kind of deal he needed to make with the Holy Church. He needs that potion named holy water in large quantities. Some of the medicine that he has now is of a higher quality but it is not exactly for curing things.
Most of them are for recovering the energy and the ones that are for injuries wouldn't work on the meridian network. They would mostly stop bleeding for him at best and clear him of physical exhaustion and muscle rejuvenation.
The holy water has pure light elemental energy that works perfectly for his situation. He could try to exchange the potions he has at hand for them, but he believed that they wouldn't fetch enough.
This Holy water potion is an all-in-one potion for the low-level cultivators, for mortal plane cultivators, this might as well be considered a complete resurrection potion.
While thinking, Sam managed to reach the holy city in an hour at full speed. The cougar is at the peak stage of Astral Plane Initiation. This might even be the second strongest creature in all of the realm or at least on this planet.
If only he had Sky with him. He would have made it a lot faster. But now, he had to travel for half a day at full speed to reach the destination.
After checking into an inn, Sam observed the situation for the next two days, while Aiwa once again went on a spree for shopping.
The Holy Church is actually the same kind of church that was present back on the earth. But instead of worshipping the god almighty and Jesus, the people here worshipped the angels directly.
The Archangel Michael, Gabriel, Azrael, and so on. They worshipped various angels and each angle has different buildings within the church estate.
Sam couldn't help but feel surprised. All this while, he has been touching various people and gods of different mythologies from back on earth. Many characters were something he was familiar with.
The only thing he didn't get to meet are the Characters from Christian Mythology.
Now, he did that as well.
Even the preaching of this place is similar to that of the church back on earth. Everything they say is about god almighty. Praising their gods and angels for every single thing. Every visitor that came from outside was encouraged to become a believer.
In the two days, Sam visited the church. The open area where he could see the angel statues. He wanted to see if he can find one for Samael or Lucifer. But there is none.
He went on to purchase some of the texts and go through with them and the teachings resemble extremely close to the biblical studies, the lucifer is marked as the fallen-one.
He couldn't help but smile about how uncanny all the mythologies are so close to the ones back on the earth. He always wondered what the connection between the earth and these realms are and now curiosity only grew more.
After the two days of basic scouting, Sam got the idea of the hierarchal structure and who to meet here in this place.
He went to the administrative area of the Holy Church where people with various serious injuries and illnesses register themselves for treatments. Healing is one of the most basic income sources for the church.
He revealed his cultivation directly and said.
"I want to meet with the person in charge."
The administrator took some time to recover from the shock and immediately ran in.
After a few minutes, a man with a large and luxurious robe which even made Sam take a second hard look came out with grace and an air of superiority.
He looked at Sam for a moment and said.
"May I ask, what brings Sir here?"
"I need to talk a business deal. Would you mind finding a private place for us?"
"I am in the service of the lord. I don't talk business with you. I will arrange a meeting with the administration, you can talk with them."
Sam looked at the high-grade silk robe hanging on the old man and noticing his gaze, the old man felt embarrassed.
Sam raised his aura and said in a deep voice.
"This is something only you can decide. A person with power and authority."
"I am but a servant sir. I am no man of authority or power."
"What is your position here?"
"I was rewarded with the title of the pope for my work."
"Even the titles didn't change…" Sam muttered a bit and continued.
"I may not be as wise as you and your lord, but I am pretty sure of one thing. The only type of person that is dangerous than the man who likes to flaunt his power and authority is a man who denies that he has the power and authority all the while using them to the fullest."
The pope looked at Sam with an embarrassed expression. Sam continued.
"You must understand by now, that I don't need to have this current discussion. I can just take what I want. So, take it when I am giving the respect. I have it in a limited amount and if you stretch it too much, you might not get any of it anymore."
Only after that did the pope stop being pretentious and led Sam inside.
"I want thirty doses of holy water potion."
The pope was dumbfounded. He doesn't even know what to say about that.
Sam knew he would get rejected with just this, so he already prepared a detailed plan.
"Before you reject me, hear me out properly…"
He went on to go through with the rest of his proposal.
"This is a long-term partnership between us. I will give you the most detailed construction plan in the next three days if you agree with this.
We can sign a soul contract."
Sam then took out a special token and continued.
"This is the exchange token. Someone will come here in a few years with an exact token that matches with this. You can pay my share to that person and they will give you a long-term business deal that could extend for a few more decades."
"Who is that person that will be coming here?"
"Either my subordinate or a friend. Whoever comes with this can get the share. Think of this as my investment here. When the time comes, my organization will be in full contact with you."
"We can only sign the deal after you show the plan. Until then all of this is but an empty talk."
"Sure. But I need a few light elemental inscription masters."
"There will be a residence arranged for you in the church estate, they will be sent there."
"Thank you."
With that, Sam went out and met with Aiwa.
"We are moving into the church estate. We will get out of here after three to four days."
"Into the estate? They just let you in?"
"Of course, they will let me in. It is all business. It is all about profits."
"But I heard that not many people can stay inside the estate."
"Yes, and you just heard that it is all about profits. Don't be too surprised."