Chapter 41
Gravis continued on his way to Body City. He didn’t keep what happened in mind. Even though he had learned much and now knew more about Heaven, that didn’t change a thing. He was still without luck, and he still had to create his own lucky chances. He could know as much as he wanted about Heaven, but he couldn’t do anything without enough strength.
“Stop!” Another bandit jumped out from a nearby bush. Why were they always hiding in bushes?
This time, Gravis actually stopped. He was interested in how this whole thing worked. He looked at the bandit with a curious glint in his eyes.
“I have paved this road! I have planted these trees! I have watered this grass! I created everything here! Pay a toll to pass or receive judgment!” the bandit shouted loudly and imposingly to the heavens.
To be honest, Gravis was a little impressed by the sheer magnitude of the bandit’s boasting. Many of the trees were at least a hundred years old, yet the bandit was only a young man. He wondered if anyone would actually believe that.
“How much is the toll?” Gravis asked. He wondered how expensive all those tolls actually were that the bandits always wanted.
“I see that you are a man that follows the law. I am also a man that follows the law. The toll is the same for everyone. The toll is 50 copper coins,” the bandit narrated.
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