Nicholas only smiled and said, "If you want to be angry, I can't do anything about it."
Neris killed someone on the street, so naturally, there would be merchants who were unhappy. However, they recognized Sarlin and thought that the two Cloud Flow Merchants had offended their city lord. No one made a ruckus. When they were about to disperse, a person dressed in Skochenya clothes suddenly jumped out and shouted, "City Lord Sarlin, your people are so tyrannical. We can't stay in this city anymore!"
This time, Nicholas immediately took action. A black light flashed from his fingers and landed on the Skocia Merchant's forehead. Then, a black symbol appeared above the Skocia Merchant's head and hovered in mid-air.
Nicholas took two steps forward and waved at the Skochenya merchant.
The Skochenya merchant's face turned pale. Nicholas said, "You have the Mark of Evil. At the cost of burning your life force, this symbol will always be above your head. It can't be hidden unless you die. If you want to live, tell me why you are doing this. "
This move was even more ruthless than Neris's. If this person left, he would slowly exhaust his life force.
The Skochenya merchant was tongue-tied. He wanted to leave, but he could feel his life force quickly depleting. If this continued, he would die of old age in half a year at most!
"Quickly untie it!" The merchant did not know what the Mark of Evil was and still wanted to bewitch him. Just when he was about to threaten him, Nicholas spoke again.
"You are from the Holy See, right? I smell a familiar aura. Everyone be careful. There are spies from the Holy See in the city. These people want to assassinate the city lord. Otherwise, why would a merchant like him take the risk to offend the city lord? Is he here to earn money or for some lofty ideals? "
Nicholas was knowledgeable. His words were a different version of a Skochenya proverb.
To the Skochenya, earning money was always more important than ideals. Or rather, most of the Skochenya believed that money was ideals.
The onlookers dispersed. Nicholas's words were far more effective than his weapons. Everyone was puzzled. Since this person was from Skochenya, why would he stand up for a Cloud Flow person? Moreover, he was reprimanding the city lord in front of him. Did he not want to earn money?
Sarlin felt a little awkward. It seemed that the reputation of the Skochenya people was not good.
"You!" The Skochinyan pointed at Nicholas, only to find that there was a trace of white holy light on his finger.
"You want to purify me?" Nicholas sneered, and a black bug flew out from his hand, exploding on the finger of the Skochinyan, blowing up the finger that was pointing at him.
The Skokynyans were unable to defend themselves. The Holy Light was Nicholas' doing.
Seeing this, Salin couldn't help but sigh in admiration. The Vatican's scammers were indeed powerful. With just a few words, they managed to lure the Scottinyan into a trap. Of course, the Skochinyan was not clean either. He must have known something, or he was an assassin.
There was nothing that could be done about assassins sneaking into the city. But he stayed in the temple all year round, and the patrols there were all Gaugass and Undead, so outsiders couldn't get in.
Salin was afraid that these people would assassinate the merchants in the city and create chaos.
At this moment, another group of soldiers passed by. When they saw Salin, they bowed. Nelis pointed at the Skochinyan and said, "This is a spy from the Vatican. Arrest him."
This group of soldiers was extremely afraid of Nelis, because there were already rumors in the army that a female slave of the mayor was a demon.
While they admired the mayor, they also felt fear for Nelis from the bottom of their hearts.
Fortunately, the mayor was a powerful mage, so he must have tamed this demon. His fear of the Devil had turned into admiration for Salin. These people didn't know magic, and they didn't know what a contract was, so they couldn't help but have evil thoughts. That demon must have taken a fancy to the mayor, so she gave herself to him.
Now that Nelis had spoken, the soldiers were like wolves and tigers, and they tied up the Skochinyan. The Skochinyan wanted to resist, but when he moved too much, or even used a little force, he found that he couldn't gather his strength. There seemed to be a small hole in his head, and once he used force, his strength would flow out from this small hole.
He was a level-4 assassin, and it was a joke for him to resist after being hit by Nicholas's level-7 Fallen Divine Spell.
"Bring him to the academy and let the mages interrogate him," Salin said simply and continued to walk towards the godly palace. The merchants all left. None of them wanted to cause trouble, and they were smart enough to know that something was wrong. They were afraid of getting into trouble.
After entering the godly palace, Salin laughed and said, "Nicholas, that evil mark of yours is very interesting."
"Master, this spell … … is indeed evil. As long as you are hit, you will lose the ability to resist. In the Holy Church, this is the most common way to deal with heresy. "
"Heresy?"
"Eh, as long as you are hit by this spell, even if you aren't a heresy, you will become one," Nicholas explained.
Salin asked in surprise, "Isn't this framing?"
"For the gods, whatever you do is righteous." Nicholas' voice became more bitter. He realized that as long as he wasn't a member of the Holy Church, his actions could be said to be extremely evil.
After the group returned to the godly palace, Salin gave the blueprint of Duanren Pass to Nicholas and asked him to redesign it. He and Nelis went back to their rooms to rest. His left hand wasn't completely healed yet, and his movements were slow. It was very difficult for him to cultivate new spells.
In less than an hour, someone came to report that the Scochenya man confessed.
Salin didn't go see the prisoner himself. The situation was very simple. The Holy Church issued a bounty, and whoever could kill Salin would get 100,000 gold coins.
100,000 gold coins was enough for many people to work hard for their entire lives. All nobles below the rank of count would consider taking the risk for this bounty.
At the same time, Salin also learned that Dinicio wasn't targeting him alone. Many famous nobles of Qinyin were on the bounty list.
This tactic was effective against the Scochenya people, but it wasn't effective against the people of Qinyin. The nobles of Qinyin were all very reliable people. The credibility of the Holy Church had always been questioned in Qinyin, so not many people were tempted. However, Yun Liu and Scochenya were different.
Yun Liu had many assassins, and the Scochenya had many mercenaries who were on the run for their lives. After hearing this news, many people would try to kill Salin.
The bounty list of the Holy Church had been published for a while, but Salin's was newly added. These assassins had already entered Metatlin City before the expeditionary army arrived. However, Metatlin was tightly controlled, and Salin rarely showed himself. They never got a chance.
"Bounty? I can do that too! "Salin laughed. He did not take the Church's bounty seriously. As long as he stayed in the shrine, with so many strong people around him, even Byrne couldn't assassinate him.
"Master, why are you spending this money? Sacred Rock City also has a bounty for the heads of people from the Holy Church."
"Why didn't I know?"
"You're the mayor, the king. Are you going to assassinate them yourself?"
"Neris, let me ask you. Did you take all the heads from the corpses on the battlefield?"
"Master, I can't sell them for much. They're all low-level mages." Neris answered shyly. She knew that her master wouldn't care about such a small amount of money.
Salin obviously wouldn't. Neris was greedy for money, but different from humans. She basically occupied resources out of a demon's instinct. Moreover, there was something interesting about Neris. She liked to feel human. Today, she rewarded the first squad of soldiers for this reason.
"Yes, I'm not in danger. But the ordinary people in the city might be victims. You … tell Sicar to send more people to search."
"Master, assassins won't be able to stir up any waves. When will the arena that you've planned start?"
"July. Daniel still doesn't have enough people. I'm waiting for the nobles to provide more."
"We'll do it ourselves?"
"Yes, who told them to avoid this from the start. Don't underestimate the income of the arena. It's not as good as magic cores and ores, but it's real. There's income every day, and it can support many people.
Seeing that Neris didn't quite understand, Salin said, "There will always be some idlers in the city. If they have nothing to do, they'll become hidden dangers. They'll either fall into poverty, become bandits, or be bribed by the enemy to do things to destroy the city. The arena can absorb these people and make them our power. The operation of the arena itself can support these people. There's no need to come from the city hall. "
Neris said, "I still don't understand. I'm a demon anyway, so I don't need to understand. Master, you're working hard to become a Magic Shooter. What should I do during this time? "
"Neris, the city of demons can be built in half a year at most. Communicate with Sicar and teach her the knowledge of the Demonic Plane. Didn't you say she'll manage the city? "
"I'm just saying. The real management depends on the demons."
"Are you lying to Sicar?" Salin asked with some dissatisfaction.
"It's not really lying. Master, don't let Sister Sicar face a group of demons all day. She'll be the city lord in name, and she can also command the great demons under her. But it's best to find someone else to manage the city."
"Why?"
"Master, the demons with high intelligence are fine, but the demons with low intelligence are very bloodthirsty. Sister Sicar is a priestess. She'll be in a bad mood if she comes into contact with this all day."
"Then tell me, who will manage the city? It can't be me, right?"
Neris was also troubled. There were many loyal people around Salin, but there weren't many powerful ones. Everyone had their own things to do and couldn't be separated.
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