The Villain Saint is my secondary account

"No." The girl denied softly.

Ye Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly, but saw that the scorpion-tailed lion that should have been dead on the ring suddenly stood up. A metallic light shone on its bloody chest, and the hole was restored at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if a thick layer of steel armor was added. The pair of eyes that had not yet closed suddenly turned like glass beads.

By the time Thompson, who was facing the scorpion-tailed lion, reacted, it was too late. The whistling claws of the beast tore the burly big man into pieces almost instantly.

There were waves of sobs and roars in the audience, but they were probably not mourning for poor Thompson, but hating the gold coins they had lost.

"The skills of the Institute of Industrial Design have improved again." The girl made a brief comment.

"What is the Institute of Engineering?" Ye Xiao asked puzzledly.

"If you're interested, just go and defeat it and you'll find out." The girl pointed delicately at the manticore on the field, "If you become the champion among the challengers, the Institute of Craftsmanship will naturally invite you."

Looking at the scorpion-tailed lion showing off its might after its victory in the ring, Ye Xiao's mouth twitched slightly, "That's not necessary."

Chapter 24 Dangerous Transaction

"Not everyone can get in." The girl clenched her palm and a gold coin suddenly appeared in her palm. However, unlike the gold coin made by Loren with the lion family emblem printed on it, this gold coin was printed with a double-headed eagle. "You need a guarantee from the manager."

"You are investigating the Institute of Industrial Design. I am also interested in it." She continued, her voice had a kind of attractive magic, different from Tuta's illusion, this was a temptation that seemed to come from the soul, "Why don't we make a deal."

"I can be your manager and apply for your qualification to perform." The girl said, flicking the gold coin in her hand towards Ye Xiao with her thumb.

Ye Xiao didn't want to take the strange gold coin, but he still opened his hand and grabbed it.

[Trigger Mission: Beast Fighting Champion]

[Mission Brief: As a challenger, defeat the monsters in the underground arena of the Imperial City]

[Mission Difficulty: Extremely Difficult]

[Quest Rewards: Gold Coins*2000, General Points*1400, Mammon's Crown, Underground Colosseum Reputation*1000, Original Sin Society Reputation*1000]

"If you defeat that monster, you will know what you want to know, and I will know what I want to know. It's a perfect win-win deal, isn't it?"

"That sounds nice," Ye Xiao was not very convinced, "Don't you just want me to work for you?"

"So I paid the reward." The girl was not dissatisfied with Ye Xiao's refusal. "What you are holding in your hand is my spiritual contract."

Spiritual contract? This thing...

Ye Xiao was shocked when he looked at the double-headed eagle gold coin in his hand.

[Item: Mammon's Crown]

[Introduction: With this item, one can exercise the authority of the Witch of Greed and apply all contract spells whose contract objects are Mammon. It is also a symbol of her followers.]

Damn, false divine authority...

Ye Xiao had heard of the name Witch of Greed. In the mixed association of players and sorcerers called "Society of Original Sin" in his previous life, one of the high-ranking beings they served was called the Witch of Greed.

He didn't know the details. This notorious player association had always maintained its activities in secret, and most of the news that came out was about some peripheral player group blood-sacrificing a city-state or their involvement in a certain incident.

But it is said that in the final battle against the blasphemous witch, the rebels even asked for the assistance of this mysterious society.

However, Ye Xiao didn't know what the assistance was exactly. But as a villain organization that was not destroyed by the Blasphemous Witch and finally joined the crusade alliance, it should still have some respect.

If Ye Xiao was just an ordinary player, he could take this gold coin and ascend to heaven overnight, becoming the chosen one of the Greedy Demon God and doing whatever he wants.

But... Ye Xiao already has a Big Brother above him. Even though this Big Brother is his own small account, he does not need the contract of other gods - "Ragnarok" and "The Witch of the End", these are not more famous than the "Witch of Greed"!

Everything has a price, let alone a gift from the devil.

In order to win over others, you may throw out an olive branch, but there is no guarantee that it will not become a collar around their neck after you catch it.

"You have a point. Indeed, I also want to explore this strange Institute of Engineering." Ye Xiao handed the gold coin back to the girl. "I can accept the deal, but forget about this gold coin."

"..." The girl seemed to be surprised that Ye Xiao would choose to return the gold coins. She was stunned for a moment, but then she seemed to understand something. "You... have a god to serve?"

Ye Xiao shrugged and said nothing.

"But I don't see any blessing from God in you... You are not His chosen one, or even a high-level follower."

Huh? Why do I remember that my position in the believer panel was "God's Messenger"... But the blessing... It seems that I didn't ask Ella to give me any blessing.

And Ella's blessing... To be honest, Ye Xiao doesn't want to grow tentacles on his body or something. Just imagining that scene makes him feel a little sick.

"Well, it seems that I have not been blessed with any blessing." Ye Xiao admitted it readily.

“Even so, you still choose to serve Him?” The girl seemed a little unbelievable. She did not take the gold coin, but moved her masked face closer. “I have always felt that it is a shame for a god to show off my status... But my power is greater than you think.”

No matter how strong you are, I will never let anyone steal my girl away from me.

Ye Xiao was too tired to complain, but he thought he had to find a reason, otherwise this guy might not let it go.

"Well... she's very beautiful, so I choose to be with her." Ye Xiao then replied, "As for you, I don't know. You wear a mask, so who knows what you look like."

This answer didn't seem to be perfect, because the greedy witch in front of him was stunned.

She probably didn't expect there to be such a strange reason.

The air fell into silence for a moment, this time it was an awkward silence.

Ye Xiao coughed twice and handed the gold coin to the girl's open hand: "Then, the deal is done. But I have something else to do today, I'll come back tomorrow."

Seeing that the girl didn't respond, he stood up tentatively, trotted back to the door of the box, waved politely, opened the door and walked out.

"Wait, you..." The girl came to her senses. As a demon, how could she swallow this?

As soon as these words were spoken, the door of the box that was about to close stopped.

But Ye Xiao opened the door, smiled apologetically at the girl on the sofa, then trotted to the black-robed magician Tuta who was lying on the ground, grabbed the magician's heels and shook him hard.

"I almost forgot, give me back my money!"

After picking up the gold coins that had fallen on the ground with a ding-dong sound, Ye Xiao stood up, waved his hand, and slipped out the door again.

This operation was so magical that the girl was stunned again.

"Stop!!!!"

This is intolerable! The Greedy Witch jumped up from the sofa and ran to the door, but Ye Xiao had already disappeared.

……

Wow, that’s scary, a demon or something.

After many twists and turns, Ye Xiao finally returned to the pink hall of Ji Le Fang. He followed the route to find the room where Freya and Cecilia were and knocked on the door.

"Open the door and check the ward!"

The response to him was naturally silence.

He couldn't help but knock on the door again. After a while, he saw that the door was slightly open.

Freya's eyes were sleepy, her long golden curly hair was draped around her waist, and she yawned as she looked at Ye Xiao through the crack in the door, "You're back."

"What do you mean 'you're back'? Are you really sleeping here?" Ye Xiao was shocked. "It's time to leave, sister!"

"Ah..." Freya seemed to realize something, her face turned slightly red, and then she slammed the door shut.

"Hey, what are you doing, hey!"

Chapter 25 Freya's Analysis

After a while, the door was opened again. Freya, who was dressed neatly, was standing beside the bed, while the succubus lady Cecilia was curled up in the quilt with a drop of saliva hanging from the corner of her mouth. She seemed to be sleeping soundly.

"It seems like you guys get along pretty well." Ye Xiao walked in, took out a few silver coins and placed them on the bedside.

"I just had a brief chat with her." Freya returned to her cold tone, "She's a very pitiful child."

"As a clergyman, how could you sympathize with a succubus?" Ye Xiao was a little surprised.

"The Holy Temple... probably not." Freya looked back at the pink-haired girl sleeping soundly, "It's just me."

"It's a bit beyond my expectation. I see that your level of Holy Light practice is not low, and you actually have such an idea." Of course, Ye Xiao didn't dare to say directly that he knew Freya. Ella knew her, but he, Ye Xiao, should not be able to know Freya's status in the Holy Temple of Loren.

"The Holy Temple just doesn't care, and doesn't consider them enemies." Freya didn't think it was a big deal. "My Lord divides life into nine levels. Succubi are not in the level that must be eliminated as enemies. Although they are also 'demons', they are very different from real demons in terms of bloodline."

"I thought that from your perspective, even if there is a drop of impure blood, everyone should be slaughtered." Ye Xiao tried to imitate the Templar Knights he had met before, "If you see a cat with goblin blood, you should shout 'Holy Light, this enemy is worth fighting' and then rush up to chase the cat and chop it."

"There are such cases." Freya did not deny it, "but the faction to which the Loren Cathedral belongs advocates indifference rather than killing."

"Are there different factions within the temple?" Ye Xiao seemed to have noticed some interesting information.

However, Freya did not intend to explain this, but changed the subject, "After entering the inner door, what did you find?"

Ye Xiao shrugged and told everything that had happened.

There are a lot of things that require Freya's help to answer, and there is nothing that needs to be concealed.

"He can directly summon and command demons, and he calls himself a god..." Freya frowned, "We must inform the Holy Temple. Such a person is not something you and I can handle."

Ye Xiao picked up the water cup on the table and took a sip. His mouth was dry after talking so much. "To be honest, I think that guy is just as relaxed in the imperial city as he is at home. Did you really not know about his existence before?"

Freya subconsciously wanted to refute, but suddenly seemed to think of something, and just opened her mouth without saying anything.

Just as Ye Xiao said, did High Priest Evans and the elders really not know that there was a demon god in the imperial city? Or even... was there really only one demon god in the imperial city?

And there is also the strange Society of Engineering, which stitches life with alchemical machinery to achieve the ability to bring the dead back to life and defy the laws. Doesn't the high priest know about this?

Even a group of adventurers can easily follow the clues, but the Holy Temple, whose influence spans across the continent, has no information at all?

If it was before those conversations, Freya would definitely and firmly ask the Holy Temple to launch a crusade against the Demon God, but now... she hesitated.

She was confused. Was it because her faith was not strong enough, or was it because she was not firm enough in the Holy Temple? She doubted the Holy Maiden chosen by the God of Light, and she also doubted the actions of the high priest... So what on earth did she trust?

Seeing Freya's expression, Ye Xiao realized that something seemed amiss. "Actually, I've always wanted to ask, most of the investigative officers or judges of the temple act in groups, why are you running around alone? I see that your level of holy light spells must be quite high, you don't look like an ordinary investigator, do you?"

Ye Xiao was also confused. Freya was, after all, a candidate for the Saint. Even if she had lost her position as the Saint, there was no reason for her to be sent by the Holy Temple to act alone like a lone wolf.

Freya was speechless. She didn't know how to answer Ye Xiao. To her, this guy was just a strange adventurer who happened to work with her on the investigation. What could she tell him?

Seeing the girl fall silent, Ye Xiao thought that there might be some unspeakable secrets that were inconvenient to disclose, so he stopped asking and changed the question: "Or can you tell me your speculation about the information of the demon god and the Institute of Craftsmanship? There shouldn't be anything inconvenient to disclose about these two."

"I don't mean to hide it, but I just... forget it." Freya glanced at the sleeping Cecia and whispered softly. She just clenched her hands and a golden magic circle opened between her and Ye Xiao and covered them. "Just in case, let's build a soundproof magic circle first."

This magic circle with simple effects actually has an extremely complex structure and spells. Ye Xiao observed it for a long time before he roughly recognized that it seemed to be an upgraded ring and a soundproof magic circle rebuilt with holy light.

This kind of easy operation of high-level holy light spells seems a bit outrageous no matter how many times you watch it. The God of Light did not choose this person to be the saint, but chose Ella, a genius who almost stretched out his tentacles in order to accumulate some holy light energy. Even he himself found it strange.

"The two-headed eagle you mentioned should be the image of Mammon, one of the seven demon gods of hell," Freya drew casually, and golden dots of light gathered in the air to form an image outline that was exactly the same as the two-headed eagle that Ye Xiao had seen before. "He symbolizes the incarnation of treasure and greed, and already belongs to the category of the original sin demon."

"If it is really Him, even if it is just an incarnation projected into the real world... it is a threat to the entire imperial city."

"Can one incarnation destroy a city?" Ye Xiao murmured. Now, even Ella, who possessed three divine powers, didn't know if she had the strength to do so. However, she was still in her developmental stage, with few believers and none of her divine powers had been fully developed.

"At least even if we use all the power of the Loren Holy Temple, we may not be able to defeat them," Freya sighed. "Now that I think about the idea of ​​launching an attack, I feel that it is somewhat ill-considered. If a fight breaks out, it will definitely not be a good outcome with countless lives lost."

"Well, your ability to reflect is better than most of the clergy I know." Ye Xiao nodded in admiration.

"Hmph, I don't need your approval."

"Okay, okay, please continue, Master Priest."

"Mammon's purpose is not stated explicitly, but judging from the fact that he had his men distribute statues to gamblers, it should be equivalent to spreading faith." Freya continued to analyze.

"That's it. It doesn't seem like it did anything bad."

"...Isn't this considered a bad thing?" Freya's eyes widened. "This kind of evil belief eats away at people's souls and spirits. It will lure more and more people into the abyss of greed."

"They are all gamblers. Without Mammon, they won't gamble anymore." Ye Xiao didn't care. "Mammon just gave them another reason to get deeper and deeper into it."

"How can you say that? They could have been redeemed."

"The Holy Temple Handout divides life into nine levels. Are gamblers within the scope of salvation by the God of Light?"

Freya was speechless, then began to clench her fists.

Seeing that Freya seemed to be getting anxious, Ye Xiao hurriedly tried to make amends, "Uh, I didn't mean to shake your faith or anything, it's just that things like religion... Never mind, this is my fault. I shouldn't have argued with you about this. It's all Mammon's fault, that bad guy."

There is no way. In the face of modern people's thinking, it is normal for this kind of feudal religious thought to be imperfect. Moreover, different people have different opinions. Freya looks only sixteen or seventeen years old. She only knows to believe in the holy light but may not have figured out why she should believe in the holy light.

Of course, it was also because Freya's young mind had not formed a fixed pattern, and she was still trying to use reason to understand and deconstruct. If it were the high priest, he would not argue with Ye Xiao about this, and would directly swing his staff over: "You blasphemous heretic, damn it!"

This is religionism.

"Mammon's actions at least have clear motives, and he may have been doing this for a long time. According to your analysis, it will not cause any major disasters in the short term." Ye Xiao helped Freya sort out the topic so that she would not be confused. "The Institute of Engineering is much more suspicious and dangerous. The technology that blasphemes life is no different from the pollution of the evil god."

If it was just an alchemical transformation of the body, it would at most be considered a copycat cyberpunk, and Ye Xiao didn't think there was anything wrong with it. However, those strange meat puppets were obviously not just simple physical changes.

"Well... I have investigated some related incidents before." Freya pursed her lips, "but I don't know much about them. At least in the library of the Holy Temple, there is no record of such a file that can cause alchemical metal mutations in living organisms."

"I don't know what kind of magic this is, or even whether it belongs to the category of magic." Ye Xiao sighed, "In the end, it seems that I have to go out and fight that thing."