So I'm a sheep.

Annoying bedbugs

"I've had enough of you! Die!"

Fred froze, suddenly feeling incredibly cold.

'W-what happened?'

"Close your eyes and don't look into the eyes of the devil."

A warm sensation came from the back of his hand, and the city lord finally felt the existence of his own body again.

He closed his eyes and suddenly squatted down: "My Lord, what just happened to me? Suddenly, my body felt like it was frozen!"

"Demons are very dangerous; even a single look from one of them could cost a mortal his life."

“He had been holding back on you, afraid that if he accidentally killed you, Jinxi City would fall without a fight, and then the church people wouldn’t come.”

"Now that we've arrived, he's been able to act freely."

Volume 1: Chapter 44 Hide and Seek

'She seems to have gotten a lot stronger?'

While surprised that the little angel had so easily banished his power, Simon finally felt a sense of relief.

Hmph, that incessant babbling bug, it's finally learned to fear me.

"President, the guards have been deployed. Should we retreat as planned or...?"

“Give them a lesson. You guys have been cooped up for days, haven’t you?”

With the devil's permission, the Black Hand Brotherhood's weapon users all revealed sinister smiles.

"All personnel, attack!"

"Breakthrough, breakthrough, breakthrough!"

"The church's madmen haven't escaped yet, let's kill them all while we can!"

The weapon wielders unleashed a bloody storm, and their mere fifty-eight riders routed the guards.

"My lord, something seems amiss down there."

The soldiers' screams unsettled Fred, but the city lord dared not stand up at all.

"The weapon wielders are slaughtering, and the guards have all lost the will to fight."

The little girl said with some dissatisfaction, "Lord City Lord, courage is the key to defeating the Demon Artifact Wielder. You won't succeed this way."

"Slaughter, massacre?"

Fred felt a chill run through him. He had previously thought Simon was overrated, and that the Black Hand Brotherhood's weapon users were just more troublesome.

To my surprise, they never actually showed their true abilities!

"My Lord, please send forth the church's warriors at once!"

"Okay... um, they retreated?"

(Is he just here to confirm if I'm here?)

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After what happened in the afternoon, Fred's attitude towards Sasha, the messenger of the gods, completely changed.

He used to be outwardly attentive to the church but inwardly looked down on her. Now he's going to great lengths to win the young girl's favor.

"Oh dear, Lady Sasha, why aren't you eating anything?"

"Is it not to your liking? What would you like? I'll have the chef make it for you right away!"

"You're too kind, Lord City Lord. I'm a little angel, and I can't eat anything except the Heavenly Seed I carry with me."

"this......"

"As expected of an angel!"

The little girl glanced at Fred, who was full of admiration, with a puzzled look on her face.

"Compared to the heavens, our mortal realm is definitely a terrible place."

"Even so, Lady Sasha, you still resolutely descended to the mortal realm to save us sinners!"

Fred wiped away non-existent tears and began to frantically flatter.

"I think there is no other angel as noble as you in the entire heavens!"

"Ha~"

"Lady Sasha, I've heard of your deeds. It's said that when you descended, five-colored rays of light descended from the sky?"

"Uh"

"The devil Simon is ignorant of his own limitations, how dare he offend your divine might!"

"I've heard about the battle at the church headquarters..."

After listening patiently for a while, seeing that Fred was talking nonstop and showed no sign of stopping, the little girl had to interrupt him.

"Lord City Lord"

“Fred! Lady Sasha, you can just call me Fred.”

"Well, Fred, you'd better be prepared."

"...Huh?"

"We all thought Simon was going to launch a full-scale attack on Golden Creek City in order to further complete his 'Gates of Purgatory' plan."

"But now it seems that his goals go beyond that."

The little girl said seriously, "Simon wants to capture us all, and we've already fallen into his trap."

"I will do everything in my power to thwart the devil's plot. In the meantime, Lord Fred, I hope to have your full support."

"Definitely, definitely!"

Fred nodded repeatedly: "I'll do whatever you say, without any objection."

"Okay, I need to make some amulets now. Please prepare the materials for me right away."

"These amulets are limited in number. Keep one... no, keep three for yourself, and distribute the rest to important figures in Jinxi City!"

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As night fell, a strange drumbeat echoed throughout the entire city of Jinxi.

The little girl suddenly opened her eyes, and sensing that a familiar evil force was heading straight for her.

I knew it.

What method will Simon use to kill himself and, incidentally, conquer Golden Creek City?

After thinking it over, the only thing that came to mind was his specialty, the "drumming technique."

After absorbing a large number of tiny light spots, Sasha is now much stronger than before.

She directly mobilized the power within her body to form a shield, which remained unmoved no matter how the evil force attacked.

"what?"

In the forest outside the city, Simon couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "How could his strength have increased so much all of a sudden?"

The demon was somewhat incredulous, but he quickly gave a cold laugh.

"Hmph, the total amount has increased, but the methods of using power are still so crude."

"What incredible power! And all you've used it to build is a leaky 'protective shield'?"

"Little angel, let me teach you a lesson."

Sasha, who was in the room, suddenly widened her eyes. She felt the evil force attacking her suddenly become 'thinner'.

If it was originally in a liquid state, then this force is now transforming it into a mist state.

The seemingly impregnable protective shield became riddled with holes in the face of the atomized evil forces, which quickly seeped into the little angel's body.

Sasha's composed expression vanished, and she dared not lie there any longer. She immediately assumed a praying posture.

Well, assuming a prayer pose won't make the little girl stronger.

However, it was in this posture that her mind was most focused.

'Go away, go away, bad things, go away!'

The little angel's power surged, and the misty evil power was instantly 'evaporated' as if it had encountered the sun.

Simon clicked his tongue in the forest and reassembled his scattered power.

'It's definitely much better than last time.'

Thinking this, Simon actually smiled.

'Just like last time, you're using up your strength bit by bit.'

'I'm not in a hurry. Let's take it slow and see who outlasts whom.'

Sasha's brows furrowed as she realized that the evil force was playing hide-and-seek with her, running amok!

She was no match for her opponent in terms of the use of power. Even though she had the 'advantage' of fighting inside her own body, the little girl still had to spend a lot of effort to completely expel that power.

Before she could catch her breath, Simon launched a new offensive.

Atomization, invasion, hide-and-seek, expulsion.

Atomization, invasion, hide-and-seek, expulsion.

After several attempts, the little girl clearly felt that her strength had diminished.

'No, this is too exhausting. I can't keep up with his pace!'

Volume 1: Chapter 45 Retreat

The inability to stop the invasion of evil forces is due to the poor quality of one's protective shield, not a lack of power.