Chapter 48: Simply too evil!

"Bang—!"

The crackling gunfire rang out; the players' faith in caliber pierced through Moerlage's faith in the Dragon God without suspense.

The golden scales were pierced by lead bullets, and scalding blood sprayed into the air.

He widened his incredulous pupils, finally falling to the ground in humiliation.

With the passing of the life force, the swollen body withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon, like a punctured balloon, became even smaller than before.

It looked like a sun-dried gecko.

Looking at the High Priest fallen to the ground, the extremely furious Zerik suddenly calmed down as if experiencing a return of light.

He knew.

He had no chance of winning; although he was still alive, it was no different from being dead.

"Zerik... remember my name; even if I become a ghost, I won't let you go."

"Is that so."

Luo Yan smiled faintly, saying the sentence that made Zerik feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

"Then I will grant your wish."

As the words fell, Okto's scimitar pierced Zerik's chest with a squelch.

The latter struggled for a while, then lost his breath, falling onto his brother's body without a sound.

Facing Alakto's flattery, Luo Yan raised his hand indifferently, drawing a period to this fratricidal battle, then used necromancy to awaken Zerik's corpse.

Luo Yan wouldn't sympathize with them.

From his standpoint, all the monsters in the labyrinth were traitors. They not only set themselves up as kings, attempting to split, but also betrayed the faith of the Demon God.

That he had actually given them a chance to surrender was already unprecedented mercy in hell.

If another Demon King had come, the first thing would have been to kill them all.

However, if it were another Demon King, they might have been tricked to death by that teleportation array in the first episode...

The only thing Luo Yan regretted was that the experience points of these two big and small BOSSes had to be shared by dozens of people.

If he had enjoyed it alone, he might have gained another hundred thousand or so.

But even so.

This two hundred thousand plus experience was enough for him to level up.

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ID: Luo Yan

Race: Human

Soul Tier: Steel (Level Cap LV50)

Level: LV. 34 (+1)

Experience: (1141/34W)

Constitution: 14 (+1)

Strength: 13

Agility: 13

Intelligence: 39 (+1)

Spirit: 40 (+1)

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"Leveling up three times in a few days... sure enough, compared to cultivation, killing, killing, killing is the fastest way to level up."

Luo Yan, still feeling unsatisfied, cast his gaze toward the human commander kneeling on the ground.

That evil smile scared the latter half to death, his entire face losing its blood color at a speed visible to the naked eye.

However, Luo Yan didn't make a move on him, even calling a halt to the eager players.

He was a reasonable person.

As long as it wasn't a guy who had itchy hands and attacked him, or didn't stop when told to, he basically let them live.

"Your name, position, and... the tier of your transcendent power."

The man swallowed his saliva, not daring to hide anything, answering with a trembling voice.

"Adlai... I am the Garrison Commander of Silver Pine Town, I know a little swordsmanship... my strength is only Bronze."

Same as Jack.

It seems Bronze strength is already the ceiling for the youths of the small town.

Souls stronger than that either wouldn't be reincarnated here at all, or if they were, they would quickly stand out and be poached by the lord or the church.

Luo Yan looked at him and continued to ask.

"Why are you and your subordinates in the labyrinth, and who sent you?"

This was the question Luo Yan cared about most.

"I... actually... it's actually a misunderstanding..."

Adlai stammered for a long time, finally telling the whole story.

Everything started from a drunken sentry who bumped into skeletons at the entrance of the labyrinth.

Because undead appeared on the first floor of the labyrinth, the Adventurer Guild raised the commission weight of Silver Pine Town, and the entire Silver Pine Town was spreading rumors that the Demon King in the labyrinth had come back to life.

As the Garrison Commander of Silver Pine Town, and also the person who heard the first-hand news, Adlai naturally couldn't sit still, fearing that the Demon King's army would spawn on his face.

Then, the lizardman army happened to gather at this time.

Being nervous, he thought long pain is worse than short pain, so he simply took the militia down into the labyrinth.

As a result, no one expected that these lizardmen were unexpectedly strong, acting like two completely different species compared to when they were cannon fodder under the Demon King.

By the time he realized the severity of the problem, both sides were in a state where they couldn't stop.

Then, he lit the gunpowder barrel, not expecting to blow up his own people as well.

Hearing this series of dramatic twists, Luo Yan almost couldn't hold back his authority.

He had originally intended to lure that group of four-legged snakes to the bottom of the Demon King's territory, using the advantage of local combat and the skeleton sea tactic, relying on faith power and players to pile them to death.

As a result, he didn't expect these guys to start fighting with the nervous humans, which actually let him pick up a leak.

He was at a loss for how to collect this toll.

How about...

Just play a big one?

Just as he was pondering, the priest lying on the ground suddenly opened his eyes slowly.

The moment he met Luo Yan's gaze, his two eyes widened round.

"Saint Xisi above, please send down divine punishment—"

To be honest, Luo Yan felt this old man really wasn't smart; not only was he slow at chanting spells, but he also didn't know how to hide it while chanting.

"No!"

Adlai roared in grief and indignation, wanting to stop this fanatical religious lunatic's suicidal behavior, but it was already too late.

Bond raised his hand and stabbed, directly piercing the priest's throat without even blinking.

Adlai's face turned ashen, despairingly dropping his raised right hand.

That's great now.

He was now bearing not only the lord's wrath but likely the regional bishop's wrath as well.

Not far away, the shoulder of the Silver Pine Town Adventurer Guild President lying on the ground shook uncontrollably, his eyes closing even tighter.

Not exposing this guy who was playing dead, Luo Yan looked at the Garrison Commander named Adlai and said.

"I want to know who your superior is, and who is the biggest official in Silver Pine Town."

"My superior is the Garrison Headquarters of Lei Ming City; the Garrison Headquarters belongs to the City Hall, the City Hall serves the Viceroy, and the Viceroy serves Prince of the Blood Campbell. As for Silver Pine Town, it is quite special; it belongs to Lei Ming City in terms of administrative division, but it is also the territory of Baron Gess. You ask who the biggest official is... it's probably Mayor Muriel. However, in many cases, Baron Victor Gess is the one who truly collects taxes and makes decisions."

When he said this, Adlai paused for a moment, continuing with a nervous expression.

"This is a complex system... if you are interested, I can tell you slowly."

He didn't know why Lord Demon King was interested in such things, but if he could save his life, he didn't mind selling a little information about the surface world.

However, the Demon King in front of him didn't seem to have any intention of taking him prisoner, but said after pondering for a moment.

"I roughly understand; in other words... you are just a security chief in charge of militia training and public order, right?"

Although he didn't know what a security guard was, Adlai nodded hurriedly.

"Yes, that's right... but after this disastrous defeat, whether I can continue to be a Garrison Commander is hard to say."

Luo Yan asked knowingly.

"Because the losses are heavy, right?"

Adlai nodded with a bitter smile, then cast his gaze toward the priest lying on the ground.

"More than just heavy losses... to be honest, I'm not sure now if I can see tomorrow's sun."

Luo Yan said with a smile.

"Then do you want to see tomorrow's sun?"

Adlai said bitterly: "Saying I don't want to would be a lie... but as you can see, I'm finished."

"Very good," Luo Yan nodded, saying in a cheerful voice, "I like honest people... then Mr. Adlai, are you interested in making a deal with a demon?"

Adlai was stunned.

"... A deal?"

Luo Yan didn't speak, just waved the magic wand in his hand, shooting a green light at the priest whose blood was almost drained.

Immediately after, a miraculous scene happened!

The priest stood up from the ground, swaying as if nothing had happened.

Adlai looked at Luo Yan in shock, then looked at the stiff-looking Priest Ma Te, squeezing out a smile that didn't look much better than crying.

"This... what is the meaning of this?"

He knew what this Demon King had done; it was nothing more than turning Priest Ma Te into a zombie.

However, this behavior was no different from deceiving oneself and others.

Not only that.

Desecrating the corpse of a member of the clergy was a serious crime; if things went wrong, he might be moved from the gallows to the stake.

Looking at the smile on Adlai's face that was uglier than crying, Luo Yan said indifferently.

"Your understanding of necromancy is too shallow; even if they are all zombies, there are many varieties... Ma Te, say hello to your colleague."

The expressionless Ma Te looked at Adlai, opening his mouth in the latter's shocked gaze.

"Hello... Mr. Adlai."

While speaking, the blood hole on Ma Te's neck was still oozing blood.

Adlai showed an expression as if he had seen a ghost, looking at the Demon King in shock and saying.

"This, what is the situation?!"

He had never heard of such necromancy!

Not only can it make the dead stand up, but it can also make the dead retain the mind of a living person!

Are you kidding me?!

"This is called a ghoul; it's still different from an ordinary zombie, am I right? Mr. Ma Te."

Hearing Luo Yan's words, Ma Te nodded slightly, saying respectfully.

"You are right... Lord Demon King."

In the surface world, the impression most people have of the undead is that of wandering ghosts without self-awareness.

Because they were not pious in their lifetime and could not be buried in consecrated land or take holy water, their souls could not enter the hall of Saint Xisi to be reincarnated, and could only wander in the mortal world like monsters.

For such unclean things, most people wouldn't even try to communicate with them, and even ignoring their existence was the greatest kindness... just like treating half-blood demons like Sarah.

However, hell is different.

Everything mortals hate is usually the object of unity for His Majesty the Demon God.

This includes the "Undead"!

And among all the undead, the number of ghouls ranks second, and their social class is roughly parallel to the low-tier demons among the "Demon Race"—that is, the Demon-men.

They have many similarities with zombies, such as having no memories of their previous life, such as loving to eat meat—especially raw meat with blood, such as fearing holy light, wounds being unable to heal themselves, and being unable to be treated by conventional healing magic, etc.

However, their differences from zombies are also obvious.

For example, the most significant difference is that they often possess independent minds. Even if this mind mainly relies on their obsessions in their previous life and the information instilled in them by the necromancer at the beginning, it often evolves into an independent personality in the end.

For another example, the contract they conclude with the necromancer who awakened them is not a master-servant contract, but more like the relationship between parents and children.

Looking at the breathless Garrison Commander Adlai, Luo Yan continued in a slow and deliberate voice.

"Now, the priest and pastors of Silver Pine Town are all here; they are the only people in the entire town who have the right to interpret the doctrine of Saint Xisi. Only the undead they recognize are undead; no one else can strip off the priest robes on them... Ma Te, will you admit that you are undead?"

Ma Te shook his head, saying in a hoarse voice.

"I have no reason to do so... I am a servant of His Majesty the Demon King; my task is to hide myself."

"Very good, in a while I will sew your wounds properly, and then get you some perfume."

Luo Yan nodded approvingly, looking at Adlai and continuing.

"Not just Mr. Ma Te, those four pastors will also be awakened by me... in this way, we will monopolize the church of Silver Pine Town."

"This is too crazy..." Adlai looked at Luo Yan in disbelief, muttering, "What if someone is sent from above?! All the pastors in a church are ghouls... this, this will be exposed sooner or later!"

"That's not necessarily true," Luo Yan shook his head, continuing in a persuasive tone, "This is Silver Pine Town on the outskirts of Lei Ming City; who knows the name of this small town outside of Lei Ming City? Not to mention that it is far away from the Holy City... even the omnipotent Saint Xisi himself would absolutely not notice that a small church of his had a small accident."

"As for what you said about what to do if someone is sent from above, it's actually easy to handle... I'll just deal with it."

Adlai stared at him, instinctively feeling that this idea was too crazy, but couldn't help but sweat in his palms.

Indeed.

Just as this Lord Demon King said, the possibility of being exposed wasn't actually that high.

In this god-forsaken small town, usually only adventurers come. And those guys who talk nonsense, no one would believe what they say, and instead, it could become a smoke bomb to blur the truth!

Controlling the church of a small town...

He had never thought of such things before, and never dared to think of it so blasphemously!

"Can you... really guarantee that they won't be exposed?" Adlai looked at Ma Te hurriedly, then looked at Luo Yan hurriedly. "But why do you want to help me? Or rather, what do you want to get from me?"

"Everything of yours."

"Ev, everything?!"

Adlai took a step back in fear, but only took one step back.

This sounds terrible...

But it doesn't seem bad?

Anyway, he had nothing left to lose.

And the demon in front of him could not only grant him secular power but also allow him to obtain eternity.

Especially the latter.

Something even Prince of the Blood Campbell couldn't get!

"That's right."

Luo Yan looked down at the face changing between greed and fear, appreciating his rich facial expressions, step by step leading this young officer into the abyss of depravity.

"I want everything of yours... from now on, you are my servant, and I am your lord; you will swear allegiance to me and offer me all your piety. And in return, I will give you things you never dared to think of before... not just secular power, but also the glory of still being loyal to me after death."

Adlai's palms were soaked with sweat, finally making that difficult decision in his heart.

"How do you intend to give me... the power you mentioned."

Luo Yan smiled lightly.

"How do I give it to you? Does such a thing need me to teach you? Both church power and military power are in your hands; tell me, who is the master of Silver Pine Town?"

"Mayor? Baron? Haha."

"It seems you already have the answer in your heart... that's right, it's you; from now on, only you are the person who truly has the final say in Silver Pine Town!"

The rest of the words didn't need him to say; anyone would know what to do.

And the subsequent development was just as Luo Yan expected; Garrison Commander Adlai finally chose to grasp the future.

Afterward, Ma Te and the four accompanying pastors would return to the ground with him, unify the external narrative, and take over the church of Silver Pine Town quietly.

Especially the latter.

It was the top priority in Luo Yan's plan.

To keep the official hat on Adlai's head, the church's appearance was necessary.

Including comforting the families of the soldiers who died in battle, and paying a certain compensation to the local lord.

Luo Yan took out the recording crystal, let Adlai make an "unbreakable oath" to the crystal, then rode Alakto to the Adventurer Guild President who was pretending to sleep.

"What about you? Do you want me to send you on your way, or get up from the ground yourself."

The expression of Adventurer Guild President Chell stiffened, then he climbed up from the ground with a sheepish smile, then hurriedly knelt down as if remembering something.

"De, Demon King... I didn't see anything, I didn't hear anything."

Luo Yan said with a smile that wasn't a smile.

"Do you think my mount believes it?"

Looking at the giant spider rubbing its mouthparts, Chell's face turned pale, and bean-sized sweat oozed from his forehead.

However, he was a smart man after all, and his brain turned around quickly.

"What... what do you want me to do?"

Luo Yan said slowly.

"I want you to continue to be the president of the Adventurer Guild of Silver Pine Town, and at the same time help me collect some information about the Adventurer Guild... also, help me issue some commissions when necessary."

Chell nodded like a garlic-pounding machine, hurriedly agreeing.

"No problem! Leave it to me..."

That look without any piety made Luo Yan think of the warning Headmaster Aiwen gave him.

These citizens were indeed a group of soft-footed shrimps, not even thinking of resisting him.

Luo Yan handed over the crystal ball in his hand, and Chell repeated what Adlai had said without a word, then looked at the Demon King flatteringly.

In fact, what Luo Yan didn't know was that the reason why this Adventurer Guild President was so cooperative was partly because he was different from Lei Ji Delagong.

A Demon King who can make deals is not annoying to the smooth-dealing citizens of Lei Ming City.

What they are really afraid of is the kind of guy who kills the whole family if they disagree...

Not far away, two eyes hidden in the explosion ruins were secretly observing the Demon King riding on the back of the cave spider.

They were little demons from the second floor of the labyrinth, and they were a "Demon-man" variety different from the Demon Capital; specifically, they were more like humans, and their status was also similar to Demon-men.

Except for their human-like appearance, they also had a pair of red horns on their heads, bat wings on their backs, and tails with barbs; they were shorter than dwarves, and their bodies were more slender than elves... but the bad water in their stomachs was not less at all.

Usually, these guys wouldn't come to the first floor of the labyrinth because there were annoying spider webs here.

But the previous explosion was too exciting, directly blowing up a section of the corridor, so they were sent here to see what was going on.

As a result, no one expected that they would have an unexpected discovery after coming here... the distant hell had actually sent a new Demon King!

His Majesty the Demon God hadn't given up on this Demon King territory yet!

This is simply incredible!

And this new Demon King seems to be more to their taste than Lord Delagong!?

He is not only insidious but also cunning enough!

Especially when seeing the Demon King forcing humans to pray and swear to the Demon God toward the crystal ball, they almost couldn't hold back their treacherous laughter.

Is this something a human would do?

Simply...

Too evil!

"Damn, is this the new Demon King?"

"Damn, damn, this is simply too evil!!!"

Updating at dawn on the first day of the launch, tomorrow will resume updating at ten o'clock, everyone sleep early~ ===== CHAPTER 49 =====