Chapter 320: A New Order

After wind and rain, the weather is often fine; after continuous turmoil, this city has also become much more stable.

Walking the streets of the dock district again, Li En felt somewhat unaccustomed. He walked all the way without discovering a single crime!

"You've worked hard."

"My lord, we heard about yesterday's incident; we are truly grateful to you."

"Is it Lord Li En? Please, by all means, accept this bag of apples."

Two patrol knight squads passing before and behind seemed to reveal the reason.

Li En's acquisition of the frontier town did not mean only that underground world area became his fief; the neighboring dock district also became his.

Indirectly gaining law enforcement and administrative rights naturally meant he effectively possessed this area.

The new order established by the Paladins was far better than the past. Especially for most ordinary people, life was much better; order often protects the weak.

Li En was somewhat surprised to discover he had unknowingly become a celebrity; shops he passed would give him small gifts. Unlike the protection fees before, this time, though it carried some flattery, Li En could see it was more heartfelt gratitude.

Did the improvement in security seem to make their business better?

"Dimon's Bone-Breaker Gang occupied one-third of the dock district. He collected very little protection fee, and truly provided 'protection,' causing other organizations to follow his lead."

The increase in safety naturally greatly boosted the economy, especially since the various factories of the Bone-Breaker Gang in the dock district had just opened, providing numerous job opportunities.

Many people's lives changed because of this; many saw the opportunity for change.

When everything flourished, the beneficiaries naturally thanked those who brought change, and Li En was obviously one important factor.

"Detect Evil."

Li En casually cast Detect Evil, and seeing no red light on the person, accepted the apples under the shopkeeper's subtle expression.

"Don't send them next time. Although I'm quite resistant to poison, casting Detect Evil is quite troublesome."

Li En was quite disrespectful, but it was to avoid trouble later.

Dealing with these things was troublesome and truly gave people opportunities to poison him.

However, others looked perfectly calm, which made Li En feel strange. But seeing a squad of passing Weaver Paladins casually casting Detect Evil as they passed, Li En understood.

"Uh, is this a bit much? Casting Detect Evil is too frequent."

Li En felt something was wrong. Ordinary Paladins only cast Detect Evil when encountering suspected "evil." How could it be used as a routine skill? In many cases, using this on a practitioner was basically a declaration of war.

"They learned it from their teacher." Among Li En's team, Larry was probably the first to discover this problem.

Her words hid a hint of resentment; she tried to correct them, but the effect was obviously not very good.

"Their teacher? Oh, me?!"

Li En fell silent. He didn't seem to cast Detect Evil recklessly; he only did so when confident the target was evil.

"In others' eyes, you abuse this divine spell more than anyone. Your stories, especially the two times you smashed the slave markets, made their style of conduct increasingly aggressive; they all like to smash doors and cast Detect Evil."

Larry sighed; this couldn't go on. Larry knew better than anyone that Li En was a resolute and decisive knight who did not lack strategy; every one of his seemingly reckless charges was a calculated result.

If these knights only learned the surface and played around like this, casting it casually in a bar and revealing an Evil God High Priest or a Dragon's Human Form Incarnation, they could just wait for their funeral feast.

Actually, it wasn't just those ordinary Paladins; even the Law Knights had developed bad habits.

Relying too much on supernatural power is not necessarily a good thing. If "Sin Domain Judgment" could solve all problems, the original Law Theocracy would not have collapsed. More important than the "Law Scale" itself has always been the person enforcing the law.