The Mythical Path of a Princess from a Destroyed Kingdom

To avoid being hunted down by Maginus, he didn't even dare to appear in other areas himself, but instead hid in a very safe place, leaving everything to his subordinates.

Unless it concerns another fear god, he would never go to other towns, nor would he want problems and disasters to occur in the cities under his control.

This is why his town presents a thriving scene of "kindness".

The demons flying out of the bodies of the two slaves caused a huge uproar in Dragonflame City. The local nobles were at least responsible, as they did not want to see their city devastated and their tax revenue and property threatened.

They refused the temple's help, and the city guards mobilized to surround the slave market, but after searching for most of the day, they were unable to find any trace of the demon.

Three days have passed since the demon first appeared, and progress has stalled. Meanwhile, the nobles and the temple are locked in a stalemate, neither willing to give in.

"Damn it, those useless nobles of Dragonflame City! If they can't find a demon, they should just send us! The city will be destroyed by these disgusting bastards sooner or later!"

Haru angrily denounced the inaction of the town's nobles. Since they were in a private room, no one could hear what was being said inside, so Wright let Haru vent his anger.

He didn't have much affection for these nobles who were stopping the church's actions, but he knew that the nobles were simply afraid that the church would turn around and check them once it gained power.

Gods have no need for power, but the Church does. Even if the War of the Saints begins and the gods fall to earth, affecting the Church's rule, they will eventually return to heaven after the war ends.

The Church is different. As a large organization, the nobles do not have the absolute power like Maginus to suppress the Church. They are afraid that divine authority will control the city.

"If every city's administrators were like Queen Nesserre, that would be wonderful."

Simi sighed. The close relationship between Nesery and the Church of the Three Gods was something no one had anticipated. The news had spread long ago and was common knowledge among the high-ranking officials in various countries across the continent.

Nesser's unique mode of rule is something many people aspire to, but no one has been able to replicate it.

Chapter 740 Exploiting Kindness

While complaining about the nobles in the tavern, before they had even finished their meal, a warrior from the Endless Light came running over excitedly:

"Gentlemen! The nobles have chosen to back down and have allowed us to inspect the slave market!"

"Ha, they're only allowing inspections now. I guess all the problematic slaves have already been removed."

Upon hearing this "good news," Haru sneered, his words filled with distrust of the Dragonflame City nobles. The naive Bellea, who had initially been happy, realized the treacherous nature of the nobles after Haru's explanation and couldn't help but ask:

"Captain, should we continue searching for any possible traces of demons?"

"Of course we'll go. We can't just stay here and slack off while everyone else goes. If we find any other clues, we can hold the nobles accountable."

Wright stood up. He had been through a lot with Captain Kent, so he understood very well that it wasn't just about following the traces of the demons. Since the nobles were worried about their shady dealings being discovered, they would definitely have to search more thoroughly.

If evidence can be found that is unrelated to demons but related to nobles, the offending nobles will still be unable to escape the Church's punishment.

Unjust laws are not laws. If the actions of nobles are too evil, and there is no law to punish them, nor is the state willing to punish them, the Holy Avengers of the Endless Light do not mind taking matters into their own hands.

After hastily clearing the food off the table, the four entered the slave market led by the warrior. The filth and stench of the low-end market made them wrinkle their noses, but the four-person team had been to all sorts of places and didn't feel anything about this little bit of discomfort.

They received their assignment from the local supervisor and immediately began their investigation, turning their assigned area upside down. They wanted to rescue the slaves around them, but they didn't have much money.

"Have they shown any unusual behavior in the past period of time, such as suddenly falling ill and then recovering, or being confused for a period of time?"

Bereya questioned the slave traders in front of her, making no attempt to hide her disgust. The traders were used to the church priests' aversion to her, knowing they wouldn't beat people randomly, and explained the situation with a smile, which only made them more repulsive.

While the girl distracted them, the remaining three explored the house. Wright quickly identified several suspicious spots, places where things could easily be hidden, such as ledgers, corpses, or medicine.

It's not easy to dismantle. If you find solid evidence after dismantling it, that's fine, but if you don't, they'll definitely be extorted.

A gentleman deceives others by reason. As members of the Church of the Endless Light, they must abide by the rules, unless they are like the Holy Avengers, who will stop at nothing to eradicate evil.

Out of the corner of her eye, she kept an eye on the traffickers, whose gaze and attention were not entirely focused on the young pastor Bereya either. They kept a close eye on these despicable church members, as if afraid that their problems would be discovered.

Wright approached a loose floorboard. The slave trader peeked at him but didn't react. Seeing this, the young man immediately changed his position. When he got close to a hole in a wall, a hint of panic flashed in the slave trader's eyes.

Maybe we've found the right one.

The paladin's eyes sharpened instantly. He strode to the wall, reaching out to smash it down. The peddler panicked, ignoring Bereya's question, and rushed to Wright's side, trying to stop him.

"Wait, paladin, you have no right to destroy my house!"

"No, I am qualified. The nobles have already issued a transfer order. The three churches, the Endless Light, the Sufferers, and the Loyalists, have been granted the authority to conduct a thorough investigation. Even if they demolish your houses, it is within the scope of the authority granted by the order!"

"Now, get out of the way!"

Wright roared with wide eyes, startling the skinny slave trader. Taking advantage of the moment, Wright punched the spot he had previously chosen, then pulled down a wall panel to reveal the interior: an account book on a shelf, and below it, a huge treasure chest.

The paladin reached out and pressed down on the slave trader, ignoring the treasure chest and grabbing the ledger to begin flipping through it. His gaze gradually changed, becoming angry and fierce.

He raised his hand and slammed it into the foot of the slave trader. Under the watchful eyes of his teammates, he explained the reason for the attack: "Nine out of ten slaves in your hands were kidnapped. You deserve to die!!"

There are many ways to acquire slaves, but trafficking is a method that cannot be tolerated by any law or reason, otherwise the entire city's population would face huge problems.

The investigation actually uncovered some information. What this slave trader was best at was abducting slaves from one place, brainwashing and briefly adjusting them through his organization, and then quietly taking them to another country or city to sell.

The land is vast and the missing are hard to find, let alone others.

"Tell me, who's behind you? Are you involved in the demon incident?!"

Wright contorted his face with a ferocious expression, his face surging with faith and magic, his terrifying aura pressing down on the slave trader. The intimidation was immediately successful, and the terrified slave trader spilled all the information.

He does indeed have an organization behind him, an organization sponsored by nobles, and there is one in Dragonflame City.

“But the devil has absolutely nothing to do with me,” he shouted. “We would never dare to associate with the devil!”

"They're all telling the truth, there shouldn't be any linguistic traps. It would be best to ask a few more questions."

Simi, who was beside him, had already activated her lie detector and confirmed the authenticity of the news. Wright frowned and took everything in the store to find the person in charge, intending to report the chaos.

"This should be able to trigger a conflict, right?"

In the slave market, numbers 12 and 13, disguised as slave traders, stared at each other. As former children of the God of Fear, they were adept at using intrigue. There was no need to use falsehoods to incite conflict; the real thing was sufficient.

"That's not enough. We need to add fuel to the fire and ask number 7 what other bombshells they have up their sleeves."

The two hid in the hut and, after questioning Number 7 again, came out to stand guard. When the paladin came to them, they immediately pretended to be timid and told the team of the Endless Light what they knew.

Having successfully deceived everyone, as night deepened and the slave market closed, the two immediately closed the gate, went to the empty basement, took out a crystal ball from their dimensional bag, and contacted Number 7:

"Number 7, we need to add more fuel to the fire."

Having learned of what had happened that morning, Number 7, a nobleman of Dragonflame City, smiled smugly:

"There's no need. The nobles behind the organization are quite powerful and won't stand by and watch their organization be destroyed. The two sides will definitely fight. Don't do anything unnecessary."

Chapter 741 Clash Between the Two Sides

"I haven't even been watching for a day, how did it turn out like this?"

Maginus, shifting her attention, looked at the current state of Dragonflame City with a sense of helplessness.

While she wasn't paying attention, the local nobles and temple staff started fighting each other, and it was a fierce fight that almost resulted in bloodshed.

Judging from the few points that Maginus had fixed, the Church was clearly unwilling to back down even a step. They were truly angered by the despicable things the nobles had done. She briefly recorded the conversation between the two sides and gradually determined the reason why the two sides had completely broken up.

That was after the church's team searched the slave market. As it stands, it seems that some nobles didn't completely clean up the market, which allowed the Church of the Endless Light to seize on their weakness. Then, they followed up by finding a whole string of evidence against a certain noble.

As members of the Light of No End, the temple members did not take any drastic action immediately. Instead, they sent someone to notify the nobleman, asking him to come out and give a reasonable explanation. At the same time, they guided the officials of Dragonflame City to prevent the entire city from siding with the nobleman who had committed the offense.

Unfortunately, Dragonflame City couldn't even meet such a request. There was a fixed quota; whenever a high-ranking noble was caught by the Church, a whole group of nobles would be dragged out, as they had done many things that violated human ethics.

The local nobles secretly relocated the discovered high-ranking nobles. If the relocation had been successful, there wouldn't have been so much trouble. Unfortunately, they were too unlucky and failed to relocate. Instead, the church discovered their presence.

The Triune Church was also furious. They couldn't meet any of their conditions, and now they were even stealing people. They were truly audacious.

In short, the two sides clashed a day ago and went to war. Even in this situation, the temple and the nobles have not yet revealed their true colors and are maintaining a last shred of dignity.

But only the last layer remains. If anything else goes wrong, the entire Dragonflame City will be engulfed in civil war.

Maginus sensed something was amiss; perhaps someone was manipulating events behind the scenes, guiding everything toward the worst possible outcome.

The methods were very familiar, and she felt that there might be a God of Fear hiding behind them.

As they observed the battles taking place, a power called fear rose up and lingered in the town for a long time. In Maginus's eyes, the tangible, aggregated mist, after rising into the sky, was guided back down by something.

Some people's actions are completely exposed under the perception of life. What worries Maginus is that neither the person who absorbs the power of fear nor the person behind the absorber is a divine child.

They were just ordinary people who used special tools to cause a huge impact on Dragonflame City and wreak havoc on the town, probably in order to take advantage of the chaos to seize the dragon bones and crystals below.

"Tell the news to the nobles who founded Dragonflame City and the Church of Benevolence; they should realize what's going on."

In the hotel, Maginot, with a pen and paper, wrote letters to both parties, picked up the envelopes, and gently waved them to the important person's desk.

The sudden appearance of the envelope caused Bishop Boundless Light, who was sitting at his desk, to frown. This frown deepened after he confirmed the contents of the letter. A moment later, the Lord of Dragonflame City also saw the letter. He took the matter of "someone coveting the dragon bones" very seriously.

He, who had previously intended to let things continue to develop, finally felt a sense of urgency and decided to meet briefly with several bishops of the church in a little while to find a way to resolve the current chaos and find out who was coveting the dragon bone.

However, the meeting did not go smoothly. The temple's request was simple, but the city lord could not easily fulfill it.

The Church of Benevolence demands that Dragonflame City cease protecting the nobles involved, conduct the most impartial trial, and either place them in permanent imprisonment under the Church's supervision or have them die in front of the people—the Church agrees to either option.

This is the minimum requirement. The church cannot keep backing down. It concerns the pursuit of God himself, as well as the pursuit of all those who join the church. If they compromise on everything, they are not worthy of existing as the church of a benevolent God.

The nobles, however, refused to back down. There were simply too many criminals. If they were to arrest or kill them all, as the church suggested, the entire city would be awash in blood.

In short, neither side was willing to back down, and the stalemate continued. They were aware of any potential rivals who might be eyeing the dragon bones, but not much else.

"Hahaha, that's great, it would be best to knock their brains out."

Besides doing their official duties, on the 7th, 12th, and 13th, they also observed the local skirmishes between the two sides. They were delighted by the infighting between the church and the local nobles, and were having a great time reading new intelligence every day.

They are collecting the power of fear and strife in special containers, and they are also confirming the exact location of the dragon bones, with the head and heart being the most crucial parts.

As dragons die, their essence, if not unexpectedly, will gradually be absorbed by the surrounding soil, causing a situation similar to whale fall. The essence of their bodies may also shrink inward, turning their bones into extremely powerful magical gems and magical metals.

The dragon beneath the city of Longliulin is even more special. According to records, in addition to gems and metals, it possesses a very special gem with the ability to "over-enrich".

The dragon's body itself produces ordinary gems, while other special properties continue to accumulate, and the energy is used to create two minerals similar to special crystals.

For this reason, after the dragon's body was completely mineralized, the noble family of the city lord hired a large number of dwarves and signed contracts with each of them, entrusting these experienced miners to dig mines and mine ore, hoping to find those special gems in the process.

Whether you use them to make weapons or give them to legendary professionals, they would be a great choice. Unfortunately, they haven't been unearthed for nearly several decades.

To date, no special minerals or colored crystals have been discovered. The Lord of Dragonflame City has been mining them and has now pinpointed their approximate locations. The three are located in the brain and heart, respectively, but their exact locations still need to be explored.

"Have our people already infiltrated? Have they gotten close to the brain and heart areas?"

"According to the information sent back, they are very close to the gem. They should be able to find its location in about five days. They probably won't try to escape with the gem."

"No, they're all being controlled..."

Eavesdropping on their conversation, Maginus's eyes flashed with anticipation. She stopped paying attention to what was happening here and quietly waited for things to develop.

Chapter 742 Mining

"Damn the Dragonflame City Lord! He said there was a special mineral we needed to mine, but more than ten years have passed and we still haven't found it..."

The dwarf miner muttered as always, expressing his dissatisfaction with the Lord of Dragonflame City, but it was just his usual grumbling. He didn't stop what he was doing; his pickaxe slammed into the rock wall with a loud bang, and a neat rock 1 meter long, wide, and high was smashed, scattering minerals on the ground.

“It’s not that easy,” another dwarf said with great emotion. “I still remember our tribe’s Earth Stone, which took our tribe nearly a hundred years to excavate.”

"If we can excavate two gems formed from the remains of a legendary dragon, along with a catalyst, it will be considered a success if a dozen or so of us can do so within twenty years."

As they spoke, the dwarves did not include the other laborers who were transporting the gems in their count. They were just laborers, and the amount of work they completed in a day of digging the mine was not even as much as what the dwarves could do with a single swing of their pickaxes.

Besides the fact that the pickaxe is a magical tool, strength is also a problem. The surrounding rocks and soil have been specially hardened, and even a dwarf with the strength of a mid-level professional needs to use a lot of effort to break the rocks with the magic pickaxe, let alone an ordinary person.

The biggest reason why mining is so slow is this. As for calling in high-level miners to mine, it's not realistic. They are already high-level professionals, why would they come in to suffer like this? Even these mid-level dwarf miners only come because they want to see the gems.

"It's not like we're really going to spend twenty years smashing the dragon's head and heart out."

The dwarf sighed and casually struck the wall with his pickaxe. To everyone's surprise, the pickaxe, which was originally only able to break through square areas, seemed to have hit a weak point in the strata and rock, and cracks appeared in the entire area.

"Retreat! Run!"

Seeing this, everyone quickly retreated. The dwarf, noticing a laborer who hadn't dropped his minecart, smacked him on the head: "This isn't yours! You're about to die, why are you helping push the cart?!"

The laborer, as if waking from a dream, habitually let go of the handle while pulling the cart and scrambled outside. Once everyone had run beyond the area where the crack had spread, the dwarves exchanged glances, walked to where the crack had stopped, and simultaneously picked up their pickaxes to strike the ground!

The impact and resonance created a 1+12 effect, shattering the area covered by numerous cracks and revealing the internal void. In the new mine route, a ring of ordinary gemstones encircled the entire mine.

Gazing at the gate made of gems, crystals, and metal, the dwarves suddenly realized something, their eyes filled with excitement.

"Could this be...the eye socket!?"

The eye sockets were enormous. Dwarves who were well-versed in terrain and arithmetic carefully calculated based on the eye sockets and were absolutely certain that these were the caves formed by the eye sockets of the dragon's remains.

"Finally found it! Quick, check if there are any magical fluctuations!"

The dwarfs cried out in surprise, their originally deep voices becoming much higher-pitched. Their eye sockets were already very close to their brains. They never expected to be so lucky, having been digging towards their eye sockets from the ground up.

Next, as long as they reposition the gemstone formed by the orbital bone, they will definitely be able to dig out the brain within five days.

A dwarf stepped forward to sense the magical fluctuations, and soon burst into laughter, opening his flask and taking a sip of strong liquor: "That's right, this is the spot. Compared to the group of dwarves near the heart, our speed is just as good!"

Two groups of dwarves began digging from inside and outside Dragonflame City, respectively. The dwarves digging for the heart completed their excavation a month ago and have now entered the atrium.

At this moment, the three gems seemed to resonate with each other, and their approximate locations were simultaneously discovered. It seemed that it wouldn't be long before the dwarves were able to admire their beauty.