Chapter 294

Termiboros returned to silence and didn't make a sound again.

Lu Mian continued to listen to the bishop's sermon and the general situation of the 'Fool's' Church.

He therefore learned that there was a continent called the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods' in this world, which was a place cursed and banished by the gods.

The gods abandoned that continent, but Mr. 'Fool' didn't. He sent the 'Redemption Angel' Gehrman Sparrow to lead the surviving humans in the lost city-states out of the 'Forsaken Land of the Gods' and rebuild their homes on the islands of the sea.

Therefore, the current headquarters of the 'Fool's' Church is in the New Silver City of the Sonia Sea.

The other two holy lands are also located in that sea area, which are the Crescent City and the capital of the Roselle Archipelago, Bayam.

Lu Mian listened with relish and had a preliminary understanding of the 'Fool's' Church.

After the sermon ended, the bishop and several priests distributed holy communion.

It was a glass of transparent, colorless liquid and a giant fruit shell covered with scorched black marks.

Lu Mian first picked up the glass and took a gulp. He felt the liquid inside tasted slightly sweet, very much like dairy products, but more fragrant.

Immediately after, he used a wooden spoon to dig out the food contained in the giant fruit shell.

As soon as he put the food into his mouth, Lu Mian revealed a surprised expression:

It's meat!

This is too extravagant, right?

The holy communion of the 'Eternal Blazing Sun' Church couldn't do this; it was just red wine and unfermented bread.

Lu Mian's spirit lifted, and he chewed the food in his mouth with great interest, feeling it was both delicious and had the texture of meat and the sweetness and slight acidity of fruit, even emitting a strange fragrance, completely different from the various dishes common in Trier.

While eating, he listened to the bishop introduce the origin of the holy communion:

That was the food that 'Redemption Angel' Gehrman Sparrow liked the most when he walked on the earth, and he was my Lord's horn, preaching my Lord's divine oracle.

That liquid is called 'Teana,' named after a giant fruit native to the Roselle Archipelago, extracted from its pulp.

The Teana fruit shells, which had lost most of their pulp, were stuffed with mashed mutton and fish meat and finally baked into the holy communion 'Teativa.'

Of course, the 'Fool's' Church couldn't transport that kind of giant fruit from the Roselle Archipelago to Trier just for distributing holy communion. That would require crossing three major oceans, and even green fruit would ripen until it rotted, wasting money and resources.

With the help of a certain botanist, the 'Fool's' Church cultivated an improved Teana tree that could grow and bear fruit in southern Intis, and it had a richer milky taste.

"Very maritime-style delicacy... If it weren't for Mr. 'Fool's' church not being able to go out to preach and give sermons, otherwise, with such holy communion, I don't know how many people would convert... That wouldn't be good either. Too many people believing in Mr. 'Fool' would make the cost of holy communion an astronomical figure..." After worrying about the 'Fool's' Church for a few seconds, Lu Mian, who hadn't had dinner yet, ate the 'Teativa' clean and finally drank the Teana juice.

"Praise the Fool!" Lu Mian stood up and bowed very sincerely, walked slowly out of the church lit by candles, and stepped into the night outside.

Under the light of the coal gas street lamps, Lu Mian, wearing a linen shirt and black vest with his sleeves rolled up, walked along the port area toward the other side of the wharf, intending to take a public carriage to the Boulevard District.

At this time, Lavigne had become much quieter, with only groups of three or five sailors passing by occasionally, either singing or shouting.

Suddenly, a commotion came from not far away, and someone let out a scream.

As the scream echoed, Lu Mian saw a figure running toward him at high speed.

He turned his body to the side, clearing the road, looking like an irrelevant passerby.

However, if the other party was disgusting or had really done something bad and was being chased by the victim, Lu Mian wouldn't mind sticking out his right foot to trip him, not for anything else, but mainly wanting to watch the fun.

In a few breaths, the figure had reached the edge of the street lamp light, making Lu Mian's eyebrows move slightly.

Such fast speed!

Doesn't look like an ordinary human!

The next second, with the illumination of the coal gas street lamp, he saw the specific appearance of the figure clearly:

It wasn't a human, but a monster!

Only its head, full of wrinkles, looked like a human's. It was wearing a torn linen shirt and brown trousers. Everywhere on its body that was exposed was covered with dark green scales. Its feet weren't wearing shoes, and there were thin but tough membranes between its fingers, dripping with slippery dark green mucus, and its palms and mouth were full of blood.

Lu Mian, who had seen many monsters in the ruins of Cordu Village, didn't panic, just frowned slightly:

This is very similar to the mermen mentioned in mystical magazines. Its dark green scales seem to have very strong defensive capabilities...

As Lu Mian's thoughts raced, the monster also saw him, who had retreated to the side of the road, and its protruding eyes became even more violent and crazy.

It turned its body suddenly and pounced on Lu Mian.

Lu Mian arched his body instantly, not retreating but advancing, and took a step to get in front of the suspected merman monster.

Bang!

His right hand, clenched into a fist, carried sparks and hit the target's abdomen heavily.

Immediately after, he lowered his body and drilled under the armpit of the monster, which was covered in dark green scales and dripping with disgusting liquid, both avoiding the other party's counterattack and successfully changing his position, arriving behind the attacker.

Lu Mian turned around rapidly, swung his arms, and smashed his fists, which emitted sparks, alternately into the back of the suspected merman monster, hammering it to the ground.

With the 'clanging' sound echoing, Lu Mian retracted his hands, stopped the attack, and watched the flesh that was still struggling and creating quite a few corrosive marks on the ground.

A dull, 'weak' explosion sound followed, and red sparks sprayed from the monster's eyes, nose, ears, and mouth. Its body expanded slightly and then sank inward, losing quite a few dark green scales.

It twitched all over a few times and completely lost movement.

Lu Mian withdrew his gaze, cast his gaze toward the few figures chasing over, and swung his hands nonchalantly to relieve the corrosive pain brought by the dark green liquid.

He was injured very slightly; after all, it was a continuous heavy fist bombardment, and the time of each contact with the other party's dark green scales and viscous liquid was very short.

Soon, those figures arrived at this coal gas street lamp pole.

They were all dressed as sailors, and the leader was a mixed-race person from the Southern Continent with braided hair and brownish-red skin.

He was thirty-something, with thick lips. His gaze first swept over the merman-form monster lying silently on the ground, then looked at Lu Mian with surprise, suspicion, and fear.

After a few seconds of silence, the sailor with many braids looked vigilant and said in a deep voice:

"This is a merman we caught at sea. It hurt a partner, and it escaped."

Sure enough, it's a merman... Is it really caught? Why not turn it into various materials and transport it to Trier, but risk it in a living state? Lu Mian muttered silently for two sentences and asked in return with a smile:

"Are you planning to apologize for it and give me mental damage compensation to soothe my frightened soul?"

The leading sailor and his companions looked at each other, unable to grasp the real thoughts of the young man in front of them.

Just at this time, the sound of neat running came from afar, mixed with the movement of firearms rubbing and colliding.

That was the patrol soldiers who heard the scream and rushed over.

The sailor with many braids felt tight in his heart. While subconsciously trying to grab the monster's corpse, he observed Lu Mian's reaction, intending that if the other party showed any dissatisfaction, he would stop the attempt.

At the same time, he kept saying in his mouth:

"No problem, we have no problem."

He meant we would give mental damage compensation.

Lu Mian felt that they mainly wanted to take away the Beyonder characteristics precipitated by the merman, but the monster was too weak, and he didn't have the interest to risk discussing the distribution plan with these guys.

It didn't deserve the 'Shadow Branch' at all!

If this group of guys who did things roughly and didn't care about traces were lucky enough to get rid of the official tracking, and they could meet again later, collecting some mental damage compensation would be fine.

Lu Mian watched the group of sailors carry away the merman monster, while he walked forward nonchalantly, just like before.

Not long after, a few of the patrol soldiers caught up, examined his state, and asked if he had encountered anything unusual.

Lu Mian pointed to the direction where the group of sailors left very frankly:

"I heard a scream and saw a group of people running in that direction, wearing what looked like sailor clothes."

The sergeant leading the patrol nodded with satisfaction:

"Thank you for your cooperation."

"No need to thank me, this is what a qualified citizen should do." Lu Mian responded with a smile.

Soon, the remaining soldiers discovered the corrosive marks on the ground and multiple scales, discovered the viscous liquid that hadn't completely evaporated, and followed them into the wharf.

Lu Mian clicked his tongue and continued to walk toward the public carriage station.

'Pa-pa-pa,' he heard a round of not-so-enthusiastic applause.

Lu Mian turned his head with a tense spirit and saw someone sitting on a pile of cargo boxes at some point.

That person had scorched yellow eyebrows, hair of the same color, deep blue but bright eyes, wearing a linen shirt and brown vest, and a pair of black leather boots hanging on dark brown trousers.

Lu Mian was shocked in his heart and recognized the other party's identity:

'Flaming' Danitz, a great pirate second only to a few Pirate Kings!

Lu Mian calmed down immediately because the other party had another identity:

He was no longer a pirate and was now Mr. 'Fool's' divine messenger!

As a holder of a Minor Arcana card, Lu Mian believed that as long as he revealed his identity, the other party would definitely not make things difficult for him.

'Flaming' Danitz looked at Lu Mian for a few seconds and jumped easily from the top of the wooden box pile to the ground.

He laughed twice and said leisurely:

"Being able to choose the most effective, most targeted, and most likely to quickly solve the prey attack method in a very short time, perfectly avoiding the enemy's body surface defense strengthened by scales, your combat wisdom is quite good. I appreciate it very much.

"How about it, are you interested in joining my team and becoming my subordinate?"

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