Devil's Bible

The city lord did not keep Nemus waiting for long.

Soon, the sound of footsteps came from not far away.

The footsteps were heavy, like giants stomping on the earth, as if the person coming would surely be able to blow the entire palace away.

It gives the impression that what's coming might not be a person, but a giant dragon or a mountain.

But then, the person who came out of the passageway in the inner hall was not particularly tall.

She looked like a very ordinary person.

She was neither pretty nor ugly, neither tall nor fat nor short nor thin.

Her clothes were nice, but they weren't the kind that were flashy or jewel-encrusted.

She looked like an ordinary woman with some money.

Yet this ordinary woman became the strongest in Silver City, and her power was terrifying.

As soon as she appeared, the people who were doing their own things immediately stopped what they were doing, stood up, and waited for the city lord to take her seat.

At this moment, the only person who didn't stand up stood out conspicuously.

The city lord's gaze instantly shifted and landed on Nemus.

She, who was originally an ordinary person, now carried immense pressure, pressing down like a roaring dragon.

However, all the oppressive force dissipated like a gentle breeze.

Naims seemed to be a beat slow before standing up.

Not standing up before is not bowing down, but standing up after overcoming the other party's intimidation is a sign of politeness.

The next moment, the city lord felt another kind of pressure.

She seemed to be stared at by something unfathomable.

This gaze, dark and profound, seems to have no end.

No one can know what lies at the end of that road.

This reflection made her realize something she seemed to know nothing about.

The fear brought by the unknown made her feel a shiver run through her body at this moment.

However, the city lord quickly suppressed this impulse.

It wasn't that she fought against her instincts, but rather that Nemus stopped.

The city lord silently calculated that the time it took for him to release his pressure was the same as the time it took for Nemus to release his gaze.

In other words, Nemes was very 'restrained'.

"This is an opponent of equal caliber!" Knowing this, the city lord did not believe she would lose in a real fight, but she did not intend to confront Nemus head-on at this time.

So she pretended that the outburst had never happened, pulled out her chair, sat down, waved for the others to sit down as well, and got down to business.

"Regarding the ghoul incident that occurred in the commercial district today, I wonder if you have received any information?" The city lord asked, looking around.

The others were curious about what seemed to have happened between Nemus and the city lord, but they didn't dare to investigate further at the moment. Instead, they focused on what the city lord had said.

"I know, but my men are handling this." It was at this moment that the Lord of War spoke up.

Most of the others nodded in agreement.

The commercial street involves many things, with a large amount of goods, cards, and slaves moving around there.

It does not essentially belong entirely to any one company.

However, many factions have left their personnel there.

Generally, the events that refresh in the commercial street are mostly of the type such as [Mysterious Merchant], [Foreign Traveler], and [Slave Riot].

And something very important is that ghoul incidents mostly occur at night.

They usually spawn in places like cemeteries, slums, and mines.

This is not normal.

Most of the goods sold in the commercial street are legal and compliant.

That's how it appears on the surface, at least. Those illegal goods are mostly traded in the Broken Shoes Street. While Silver City allows the slave trade, this is because too many newly arrived people can't adapt to the environment, food resources are scarce, and job opportunities are extremely limited.

Therefore, only by being sold can one have some chance of survival.

Even so, cannibalism and the sale of human corpses are not openly permitted in the City of Silver.

That's an extreme destruction of order; people still need to have some basic human decency.

At least on the surface, they still manage to do that.

That's why things on the commercial street are so abnormal.

Of course, anything is possible, no matter how abnormal.

Perhaps someone in the shopping district has pica, which quietly triggered the ghoul incident.

However, the city lord has now summoned all the leaders and specifically brought up this matter.

Some of the people present seemed to remember something at that moment, and their expressions turned rather unpleasant.

Especially the Lord of the Desolate Tomb, who immediately stood up as soon as he sat down.

"impossible!"

Whether it was testing Nemus and being countered by Nemus, or the various situations that followed, Lord Arazuka never panicked.

But right now, he was visibly panicked.

His black robe was trembling, showing that the Lord of the Desolate Tomb was truly afraid.

At this moment, another child, whose entire body was silver, also looked solemn. He was none other than Silver White, one of the five leaders.

His status in Silver City was extremely high, almost second only to the city lord.

In some instances, his status and position might even be higher than that of the city lord.

"Has the Netherworld Corpse awakened again?" Silver asked.

"Most likely," the city lord nodded.

Many people present were confused, but some people's expressions changed after hearing the words "corpse of the underworld".

"Perhaps some people don't know what a ghost corpse is."

"And that is why I came to see you today."

The city lord then told a story.

According to legend, the entire city was actually a collection of silver writings inscribed on something.

Many people dismiss this legend, but in reality, it might actually be true.

"Have you ever considered what the legend might be on if it's true? What is the Silver City inscribed on?" the city lord asked at this moment.

"It's a corpse." The city lord chose to answer his own question.

"Our city is built on a mutilated corpse."

"The identity of this mutilated corpse is unknown, its past is unknown, and its cause of death is unknown."

"We call them ghost corpses."

“Every so often, the corpses will ‘awaken,’ or more accurately, the decomposition of the corpses will begin to spread.”

"At this point, silver is needed to restrain it."

At this point, some people in the room who understood alchemy also realized what was going on.

In alchemy, corruption is decay and decomposition.

Albinism, on the other hand, involves purification and transformation.

Silver is one of the symbols of whitening, and it itself represents purification.

From this perspective, the Silver City's primary function might be to purify this corpse.

At the very least, we must suppress this decay.

"Lord City Lord, I've lived in Silver City for over ten years, how come I've never heard of this before?" someone asked at this moment. (End of Chapter)