Devil's Bible

That's all the information available.

There wasn't even as much information as what the other side revealed today.

In Nemes's mind, today was nothing more than 'lifting the roof'.

It takes several rounds of discussion with the old pastor before the 'window opening' stage can begin.

For example, a Discipline Paladin who has his entire body nailed with holy nails and whose potential is fully unleashed can be transformed into a Disciplined Paladin with only one holy nail nailed into him.

However, after the old pastor learned that he came from the Dartmanley family and then began to talk about letting go, Nemus's plan became more radical.

They firmly confirmed that they would undergo full abstinence today.

The old pastor actually agreed, and throughout the process, he acted as if he owed Nair something.

“Interesting. It seems I need to investigate the old pastor’s information through other channels.” Nemus had a keen sense that the old pastor’s existence might represent some secrets.

This secret is very likely related to the Dartmenley family or even the Discipline Church!

Thank you for reading. If you're a student preparing for the college entrance exam, good luck!

Chapter 10 Demons and the Abyss

When we left the church, it was already noon. The sun was shining brightly in the sky, radiating an intensely high temperature.

Clearly, the levitating whale is sunbathing.

"It might get dark a little later today..." The long-standing routine flashed through Nemus's mind, and he then had an idea of ​​where to go next.

"The current trouble lies with Op and the village guards."

“Op secretly did something that violated the church’s taboos, while the village guardians are most likely plotting something in secret, to the point that they have to use the summoning of demons to cover it up.”

"The priest and paladin who will be coming to intern will arrive in three days, and they will most likely come to examine me."

"I need to find a way to resolve some of these issues within three days in order to better connect with the next phase of the plan."

Nemus rationally analyzed the current situation; what he needed most at the moment was the power of faith.

Only with sufficient faith can he continuously analyze the numbers of divinity and thus climb upwards.

“Given the current situation, I need sufficient assistance. Otherwise, even if I uncover all of Op’s secrets and transgressions on my own, I won’t be able to conceal or modify them, and the Church will still hold a grudge against me for it.” Nemus gradually made up his mind.

Aupu was relatively large and powerful; most of the more than one hundred households in the village depended on him for their livelihood and needed his resources.

He also has the financial means to support his mastery of many 'extraordinary' abilities.

The simplest point is caravans.

Given the dangerous environment outside the village, that caravan must have had multiple superhumans.

"Therefore, I still need to focus on what the village guardian is going to do and get enough 'power' from him."

Nems then headed out of the village, determined to find a way in through the village guards.

The village keeper usually lives on the edge of the village, and there are usually one or two reserve village keepers there.

They are people stripped of their identities, constantly teetering on the edge of danger.

Getting these kinds of people to talk is both easy and difficult.

The simple thing is that these people have nothing left; they themselves have become a kind of 'tool'.

The difficulty also lies in the fact that they have nothing left.

In a sense, the village guardians are ghosts bound by contracts; they lack the means to live and therefore generally lack the needs.

To get people who have no needs to speak up, you need to address their pain points.

When Nemus arrived at the edge of the village, he heard continuous howling coming from not far away.

There was a rustling sound in the bushes, and then a somewhat disheveled young man emerged from them, carrying a black-furred creature in his gloved hand.

The moment he stepped out, the young man saw Nemus. He instinctively stepped back, his hand already on his waist, but he hid the creature behind his back.

However, the young man quickly recognized Nemus, then lowered his guard and bowed his head, calling out, "Lord Nemus."

After exchanging greetings, the young man prepared to leave.

"What's your name?" Nems' voice interrupted his actions.

"The village guardian has no name..."

"Did you know that even demons have true names?" Nemus didn't wait for the young man to utter those meaningless words, but instead directly shared some knowledge about demons.

"The precursor to a demon may be a wandering soul from the material plane."

"Their existence was corrupted by the abyss, thus they were captured, and the abyss will later give them their true names when it transforms them into demons."

"So for wandering spirits, becoming a demon is actually a kind of rebirth!"

"Do you crave a name, young man?" Nems's voice seemed to possess a certain magic, stirring the young man's desires.

The villagers are not truly without desires; they are merely forced to be without desires.

Especially this young man in front of me.

The moment Nems saw the other person, he knew he would make him a target for manipulation.

His youth suggests that he was likely judged as useless not because of his own shortcomings, and it also means that he may not have resigned himself to his fate.

His immediate reaction to a problem—grabbing a weapon—demonstrates a strong fighting spirit and reveals a deep-seated resentment.

And before that, he was torturing and killing people; he could see that negative resentment clearly!

The black-furred creature in his hand was called a Nest Beast.

Nest beasts are creatures that threaten the safety of villagers.

They are covered in black fur and are skilled at camouflage. They will crouch in the dark corners, seize the opportunity to pounce on people, and then their black fur will pierce into the person's body.

Once these black hairs burrow into the human body, they begin to lie dormant and then turn the human into a nest.

So essentially, those black hairs are a biological embryo, which is also the origin of the name "nest beast".

The most important task for the village guardians is to guard against creatures like the Nest Beasts, which pose a great threat to humans.

They need to use their keen noses to search for the pungent smell of these little creatures on the outskirts of the village and then eradicate them beforehand.

However, the village guards would usually just shoot it dead with an arrow and then bury it on the spot.

But this young man did not do so.

Nemus looked at the hive beast's body. The hive beast was not dead yet. The young man's arrow, whether intentional or not, hit the hive beast's leg, and its body was covered with neat wounds cut by a knife.

Among the black fur, you could vaguely see some coarse salt powder.

“The village guardian…” The young man trembled, but still prepared to recite the village guardian’s code.

As reserve village guards, they were also bound by a contract, some of which stipulated that violating it would result in painful torment.

For example, they may be dissatisfied with their role as village guardians and harbor ulterior motives.

Once explicitly stated, it would violate the contract.

At that moment, the young man raised his head and looked directly at Nemus. Although he was talking about the rules, his eyes seemed to possess some kind of power.

The next moment, Nemus raised his sword and thrust it straight out, instantly striking the young man's body.

The sudden attack caught the young man completely off guard, leaving him no time to react.

The knight's sword easily pierced his body, leaving a hole.

Around Nemus, ropes emerged one after another, like segments of dark and deep tentacles.

One of the ropes wriggled, as if sensing something, and then crawled along the knight's sword into the young man's body, filling the hole left by the sword.

At this moment, the young man could clearly feel that the village guardian contract within him was being bound by another force.

He managed to free himself slightly from the cage.

"Pool, in the demon language it means 'raise your head,' and that will be your name from now on." The ropes that filled the sky retracted and gradually disappeared, and Nemus's voice rang out at that moment.

From now on, I will be your abyss!

The young man trembled all over, staring straight at Nems, but his feet had already fallen to his knees.

Thank you for reading. If you're a student preparing for the college entrance exam, good luck!

Chapter 11 Ambush

The precepts have been updated.

[Identity 1 Main Ring: Keeping the Oath]

[Discipline Feedback: New - (Resilience Increase): The resilience of the artifact has been strengthened.]

[Identity 2 Main Lawyer: Forgiveness]

[Discipline Feedback: New – (Pool): The Nature of Pain – You can imbue other individuals with the nature of pain, manipulating their perception of pain.]

As the two commands flowed by, Nemus raised an eyebrow and then raised his hand.

As the rope around Poole's wound turned, a surge of power was released, and his trembling body stopped shaking.

Because the pain has subsided.

The new feedback from the commandment of forgiveness gave Nemus the ability to manipulate the perception of pain.

This power requires a medium to be released.

Under normal circumstances, weapons can be used to harm others, and the pain of such harm can be amplified many times over under control.

Of course, one can also use a tool, which is closely related to oneself, as a medium.

Nems used this to adjust Poole's pain perception, so that he could not feel pain at this moment.

"Get up, I have some questions for you!" Nems commanded.

He was quite optimistic about Poole, seeing him as a promising young devil.

Of course, it's just a seedling.

If the opponent cannot grow and gain enough power in a short period of time, then his role for me will be limited to obtaining intelligence, and his value will be even less than that of Towns.

Towns was at least possessed by a demon, and in crucial moments he could be seen as a peak Blackstone being with extraordinary characteristics.

"What the adults should be asking about is the information of the village guardian!" Poole, however, took the initiative.

As a prospective village guardian, he naturally wanted to escape the fate of the village guardian, so he observed the only official village guardian currently in the village.

Although I don't dare to openly follow the other party, it's not difficult to pay attention to their movements during work.

Therefore, Poole did have some information about the village guards.

“I noticed that he would occasionally go out at night with food and stay out very late.” Poole lived not far from the village keeper’s house.

After noticing that the village guards were acting strangely, he observed their movements, and the faint glow of the candlelight provided the information.

"So I speculate that he probably still has family members!" Poole boldly speculated.

These people are all single men who messed things up; they generally have no relatives, or their relatives have long since died.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been chosen to be the village guardians.

Poole himself is an example; his father messed things up and ran away with the money.

He was killed during the pursuit, but he survived. Because he was still young and couldn't do much work, he became a prospective village guard.

The fact that the village keeper goes out every night with food strongly suggests that he has other relatives still alive, unknown to others.

Take Poole himself for example. If his father had not been killed but had successfully escaped and hidden in the wild, he would have been in a similar situation.

Poole would most likely feed the other person, because this close family member was his only chance to escape his previous fate as a village guard!

Therefore, Poole made this conjecture.

“Is that so?” Nems nodded, and then made a decision.

"Go home normally, and I will signal you to come out with a rope. We'll meet here, and then we'll ambush the village guards!"

Sometimes, ambushing the village guards and resorting to violence is the best solution.

Nems was aware of this, so when he learned that the village keeper would go out alone at night, he made this decision immediately.