The defeated saint is also on the way to tame the evil god today

"The pollution might be hidden between the lines of these poems, in some form that we can't guess..." Alice whispered. "If you ask anyone, maybe..."

At this moment, Alice suddenly had an idea and thought of a person in her mind.

"Oh right! Xiaomo mentioned in our previous correspondence that she had crossed paths with an old scholar from the empire, whose research area was ancient texts like 'Song of the Sand'."

"Do you suspect these poems contain information related to the 'Song of the Sand'?" Merlin raised an eyebrow.

"Intuitively, that's right," Alice nodded. "How about I write a letter to Xiaomo?"

"No problem, Xiao Huozi can help you deliver the letter, but you have to buy it some sausages or something."

Merlin smiled elegantly and snapped his fingers. A ball of fire emerged from nowhere and took the shape of a parrot.

"I am Xiao Huozi! I am Xiao Huozi!" the parrot cackled.

"......" Alice suppressed the twitching corners of her mouth and nodded.

"I'll bring the mail shortly."

"No, Alice, come with me to the dessert shop. You haven't had lunch yet, right? I'll treat you today." Merlin smiled.

"It seems that you really take this matter very seriously. Even the stingy ones are willing to pay the price."

"What are you talking about? I've always valued your intelligence."

......

Seawall Area-Singara

"Phew, this lunch was really enjoyable."

Facing the sea, Xingmo stretched lazily with a lazy look.

Aurora, with a round belly from eating, was leaning back in her chair with a peaceful look on her face.

She showed off the entire bag of oysters.

"I want to go back and take a nap~" Aurora murmured.

"Don't slack off. Don't forget, we're going to see the artist this afternoon."

Xing Mo said, covering her forehead with her hands and looking up at the blue sky:

"Hopefully he'll live until then."

"Don't worry~" Aurora waved her hand lazily, "His life and death are completely under our control~"

These words really sound like those of an evil god... So scary... Xingmo muttered to herself, stretching again:

"Hey—okay, time to go!"

The two of them went shopping in the seawall area in the afternoon, which was a good way to help digest their food. It was still early anyway, so they had the chance to explore the city more.

If you want to understand a city, the best way is to walk into it and feel its atmosphere on the streets.

Singara is scorching hot in the afternoon. Although winter has washed away the scorching sun, it is still as warm as a stove.

The pedestrians on the street were still wearing silk and scarves on their heads, and most of them were in a hurry.

From time to time, the cries of seagulls can be heard from the coastline, comfortable and ethereal, like a child playing the violin in the corner of the stage, clumsily but diligently expressing the shapes of the sun and white clouds.

After walking along the slightly sloping street for a long time, Xingmo and Aurora arrived at the corner of the wall surrounding the city.

At the end of the street in the distance is the checkpoint where the New Garo army is stationed to control the flow of people entering the ring city.

In the ancient Garo Dynasty, the meaning of the ring city was to "divide the boundaries".

At that time, the Golden People were slaves and were considered inferior creatures by the Garo people. They were not qualified to enter the Ring City.

Even those women of the Golden People who were kept as concubines by the Garo nobles could only live in settlements near the Ring City and were not qualified to enter the Ring City alone.

During the Golden Sands Revolution in 2934, the Garo people were the first to abandon the outer ring of the city under the attack of Ugaen Tukakankion, and before leaving, they killed as many local golden people as possible, leaving behind a sea of ​​blood and a mountain of corpses.

Therefore, even after the "Golden King" unified the Machiavelli Empire and pardoned all the Garo people, allowing them to intermarry with the Golden People, those Garo people with higher blood purity are still excluded from the Ring City. When trying to enter the Ring City, they will be harassed at every turn and unable to move forward.

For example, Elsie in the desert camp...she seems to be a girl of pure Garo descent...she grew up at the foot of the Ring City...

Thinking of the girl's face, Xingmo looked around and looked at the houses at the foot of the ring city.

She did see many people with Garo features, most of them dressed in rags. Children were throwing stones and knives at the drainage ditch at the foot of the city, seemingly oblivious to the stench in the ditch.

"......"

Xing Mo did not make any comment on this. She just raised her head and glanced at the high city walls surrounding the city.

"One thing leads to another," she whispered.

Aurora looked at those poor children, and some thoughts began to arise in her mind.

"......"

The process of passing through the ring city was not difficult. After showing the invitation letter provided by the "artist" Letus Agomont, Xingmo and Aurora were almost immediately allowed to pass.

The scenery inside the city is much better than outside. Here, the architectural style of the Golden People is more prominent. The magnificent buildings on both sides of the street mostly have features such as domes and pillars. The totems carved on the sandstone mostly express images such as "divine birds" and "suns".

"Look, that building with a big sphere on top," Xingmo pointed into the distance. "That's the Hall of Wisdom, the world's largest gathering place for scholars... No, that was in the past. Nowadays, the Nefera Beta School of Magic is just as good as them."

"I'm still more partial to my alma mater~" Aurora chuckled.

"Oh, objectively speaking, that's true," Xingmo puffed up one cheek, "but it's said that building has the largest collection of books in the entire empire. If I have the chance, I'd like to go in and take a look..."

"How much can there be? I can finish reading it in a day or two."

Aurora muttered, her eyes sweeping across the city streets, then stopping on a pyramid-like building.

“That’s pretty cool…”

Following Aurora's gaze, Xingmo also saw the pyramid-like building.

It is half a head taller than most buildings in the city. On top of the spire is a circular structure made up of polyhedrons, like a blue crystal.

When Xingmo set his eyes on the "crystal", it suddenly slid into the interior of the pyramid and disappeared from sight.

"Huh? He went in?" Aurora's eyes widened. "Little Saint, what is that for?"

"'Gold Storage Pavilion,'" Xingmo said, "the bank of the Empire."

The "Golden Treasure" is the largest bank in New Galo and has a huge customer base all over the world. Whether it is Messina, Faru, or even the users in Yanxia, ​​they will all trust it to store their treasures in it.

The biggest feature of the "Gold Pavilion" is the polyhedron crystal-shaped building that briefly appeared on the top of the pyramid.

That is the "Crystal Treasure House" in the "Gold Pavilion", the most solid safe in the entire bank. From the top of the pyramid to the hundreds of storage layers underground, it is the only movable module.

Every day, it cruises through hundreds of floors at an uncertain speed, sometimes docking, sometimes rising, and sometimes descending.

That is, even if someone tried to break into the prison, it would be untraceable because no one would know which floor it was on.

Only the important customers of the "Golden Pavilion" have the key to stop it.

"..."

After listening to Xingmo's story, Aurora fell into deep thought for a short time, as if she was thinking about something.

Then she asked a crucial question:

"Then why don't we steal the treasure house when it reaches the outer layer?"

"Impossible," Xing Mo shook his head, "Look over there."

At the finger point, the giant shadow of the "Hanging Gardens" stood, and a huge circular structure unfolded in mid-air.

And below the ring, Aurora saw some...weapon-like structures.

"The 'Gold Storage Pavilion' is under the fire protection of the 'Sky Gardens,'" Xing Mo sighed. "If someone tried to rob it, I'm afraid not even ashes would be left."

"Furthermore, the people in the Hanging Gardens are constantly monitoring this vault. If anything unusual occurs, the army will immediately blockade the entire city and place those inside..."

"Alright, alright," Aurora waved her hand. "I'm not planning on robbing a bank, so why are you trying to dissuade me from doing so?"

Xing Mo was stunned for a moment, then chuckled:

"Who knows about you? What if you want to go in for a walk one day and make a big deal out of it?"

"I'm not that unreasonable~"

"Oh? You're the evil god who wants to enter even the White Tower? What if you want to enter everything..."

"Do you believe me, let's go inside you?"

"...Don't."

......

8) Flowers, the Sun, and You (Part 9) -1w- (Level up and more)

Soon, Xingmo and Aurora arrived at the residence of the "Artist" Letus Agomont.

I didn't know this before I came, and I was shocked when I arrived. This guy's mansion was like a rich man's villa, with three floors and a huge back garden and swimming pool.

The gorgeous decoration is not inferior even in the surrounding city, and can basically be compared with those of the local nobles.

It’s not that I’m against the rich or anything, it’s mainly because... it’s a bit beyond my expectations.

"......"

Xingmo and Aurora stared at the outline of the mansion for a long time, and then they looked at each other almost at the same time.

"I can make so much money just by writing his poem which is 70% plagiarized?" Aurora murmured.

"This... is indeed a bit outrageous," Xing Mo rubbed his head, "This is within the Ring City, every inch of land is worth a lot of money."

Although it does take some chances for a literary or artistic work to be a hit, in most cases the quality of the work is still very important.

And that so-called artist...who even has to write lyrics by stitching together other people's words, how could he get such wealth?

Just when Xingmo was feeling very confused, suddenly, a strong psychic reaction appeared on her side.

The next second, a ball of flame emerged from nowhere, burned rapidly, and quickly turned into the shape of a parrot.

"Ga!" cried the parrot.

"Hmm?" Xing Mo tilted her head. "A letter from Principal Meilin?"

"quack!"

The parrot flicked its claws, and a letter accompanied by flames fell into Xingmo's hands.

"Let me see... Is this from Alice-senpai?"

Xing Mo glanced at the signature on the envelope, muttered, raised her head, and then smiled at the parrot:

"Thank you, Xiao...Huozi? Right? Do you want to rest on my arm for a while?"

Xingmo stretched out her arms and invited the parrot to come on board.

Xiaohuozi seemed very happy to take a short break, but just as it was about to approach, it suddenly came from the side... a gaze.

"......!" The parrot was suddenly excited, and flames all over its body were burning, like a cat's fur standing on end.

It saw the "thing" beside Xingmo, the green one... that seemed to have six wings...

With a "pop" sound, accompanied by flames burning, the parrot disappeared in a ball of fire.

"...Huh?" Xing Mo lowered her arms in frustration. "Why do you seem to dislike me a little? Is it because of what happened last time?"

"No, it's just its own weird personality~"

Aurora whistled twice as if nothing had happened:

"Quick, look at what's in the letter."

"Um..."

Xing Mo opened the letter gloomily, glanced at it quickly, and his expression immediately became solemn.

"What's wrong?" Aurora stretched her neck.

"I think I know why this artist's 'talent' is worth so much money."

Xing Mo raised her head and her eyes fell on the beautiful decoration of the house. The light in her emerald green eyes became sharper.

She handed the letter to Aurora, who glanced at it quickly and found the key words:

"...The works of Letus Agomont have obvious spiritual pollution tendencies and have already caused large-scale memetic contamination in the Citadel..."

"Wow..."