Devil's Bible

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"But during this process, I received information from the client that they were about to capture Zovin when they encountered special external help, which is why they were unable to bring Zovin back."

"And that very night, I received this secret message with an arrow in it." Nems took out the whistleblower letter that was suspected to have been sent by White.

“I arranged for a secret investigation, and many people can testify to that,” Nems said, and several clergy members immediately nodded in agreement.

This is actually a skill. People tend to simplify things. When you tell a fact that everyone can confirm, most of the other things will also be believed.

"So I think there might be another possibility—there is a mysterious person hiding behind this, who also covets the destiny of history, so he encouraged Zovin to escape, and then killed Zovin's family, thus completely severing my relationship with Zovin."

Hearing Nems' calm words, even the previously extremely agitated Zovin had a moment to consider whether the truth was as Nems said.

After all, when the two fugitives were chasing him, they did receive some assistance from spatial forces, which caused his Polaris Sword to undergo new changes.

He did not actually witness Nemes killing his family. He only learned from Lillian that his family had been murdered, and naturally assumed that Nemes was the killer.

However, this idea only lasted for a moment before Zowen rejected it.

Nems is definitely not innocent; his relationship with Op is unclear.

Beneath his seemingly righteous exterior lies not a shred of justice!

However, Zovin regaining consciousness was not enough; most of the other clergy also basically believed that the deaths of Zovin's family had nothing to do with Nemus.

Of course, for others, this is not important, so what if it is?

Xibin committed such a serious crime, yet he possessed so much wealth and the legendary resource of fairy bloodline.

After Xibin's failure, his family should die.

Who the murderer is is irrelevant.

The most important thing now is the historical record!

“I have now reached the most critical period before extracting the historical numbers,” Nemus continued. “During this period, history will be turbulent, so many things will happen that are unfavorable to me.”

"Only then did I realize the truth of Lord Gotthard's words."

"I will try to stay out as little as possible during this period."

"Please maintain order."

Nemes said these things, but he was looking directly at Zovin.

It's as if they're saying, "Welcome to those of you who are hostile to me; come and cause me trouble during this time."

"Oh no, oh no!" Lillian flew beside Zovin, her voice much softer, and said anxiously, "This Nair is really different from ordinary people who covet the number of history."

"His state, his influence on history, has gone beyond the normal range. A historical trajectory centered on Baiwei Town would at most only involve the back region of the Azure Whale, how could it be..."

Lillian flew around somewhat anxiously, vaguely sensing that things were getting out of control.

Generally speaking, because we now live on the backs of floating whales, unless a super-major event is involved, the course of history will only focus on the back of one whale.

Lillian originally thought that the changes here this time would at most extract two or three tenths of the historical data, less than one tenth, which would not be enough to create a legendary species.

In other words, the historical changes here can at most reach the Gold level, which is enough to create a Gold-level hero.

Even if it further spreads and enhances its historical influence, involving the entire future historical development of the Azure Whale, the historical impact would at most reach five or six tenths.

At most, it's just a few golden races fighting each other, with one or two golden races dying.

However, the current historical fluctuations are quite unusual.

Nems's willingness to confront historical challenges head-on is something that most people don't possess.

The current situation has entered a period of historical transformation, yet there is still no golden opportunity; it should only resemble a local-level historical change.

Lillian had never witnessed such contradictory historical changes in her thousand-year history.

Just when Lillian was completely baffled, she suddenly sensed something.

She looked up at where Nemus was, and then saw Nemus's smiling eyes fall on her!

Chapter 217 Saints and Destiny

In that instant, Lillian flew behind Zovin, her back pressed against his, and began to pant heavily.

Then Lillian quietly turned around, peeked out from Zovin's shoulder, and looked in the direction of Nemus.

But Nems seemed completely unaffected, as if he hadn't noticed her at all.

"Is it just my imagination?" Lillian didn't know why she was afraid.

Her special life form is considered to be at the gold level of life.

Although their ability to interfere with external forces is small and their combat ability is far weaker than that of normal Gold-tier beings, their lifespan is dozens of times that of Gold-tier beings.

If she doesn't want to die, then it's practically impossible for her to die.

If that's the case, why be afraid of a human?

With this idea in mind, Lillian crawled out from behind Zovin and carefully observed Nemus's changes.

Nems then did not show much abnormality, but calmly announced some information to the other clergy.

For example, the existence of the Book of Time.

At this point, many people suddenly realized why Nemes was often flipping through a strange book.

By this time, most people had put aside their doubts about Nemes.

Since Nemus shared secrets like the legendary species and the historical numbers with them at this time, it's highly likely that Nemus doesn't have any other secrets.

This is actually a technique. By throwing out something important, most people will assume that the person throwing it out is related to that important thing, and will instinctively assume that the person throwing it out won't have any other problems.

It's like when you've been acting strangely lately, and a psychopathic killer appears around you, and people start to suspect that you're the psychopathic killer, you say you've broken up with your boyfriend.

Then most people's doubts about you will be drawn to the topic of breaking up.

At the same time, one might instinctively feel that since they've broken up, they won't be in the mood to become a psychopathic killer.

Under attribution, every anomaly can be explained by a single cause.

Nemes, too, all his current anomalies will be explained by the laws of history.

Why is Nems so powerful? Why are his whereabouts sometimes mysterious? Why does he spend so much effort promoting the system of smuggling benefiting the church?

Previously, Nemes was not fond of luxury and had little desire for anything else. He also invested most of the profits from smuggling whale products into the church.

As a result, quite a few people have doubts about Nemes.

Do such 'saints' really exist in this world?

When one's virtue is too perfect, it can also be a huge pressure on ordinary people.

This pressure can actually transform into a sense of doubt.

But things are different now. Nemus is also greedy for the historical number and wants to become a legendary species, which is why he is doing this.

It was precisely because Nemes revealed this information that the trial finally came to a conclusion.

Op was sentenced to ten years in prison for smuggling and contact with cults, among other things.

His subordinates, Aro and the two outlaws, also received varying lengths of imprisonment.

On the other hand, Zovin's suspicions have not been completely cleared, and he still has the potential to kill his own family, so he has been temporarily detained.

He might have been acquitted, but after the emergence of the Fairy Bloodline in history, it became impossible for him to be released from the Church's sight.

As the interrogation concluded, various messages began to circulate outside.

“In the course of history, during a period of historical transformation, all sorts of problems will arise… I see, I see!” Within the Dartmenley family, Dartmenley’s eyes shone, and his body trembled slightly, as if he had discovered some enormous treasure.

Dartmenley has a certain understanding of historical numbers.

"Quickly, quickly, bring that book... never mind, I'll go myself!" Datmenley gave the order, but seeing Daros's blank look, he couldn't wait any longer and hurried to the family's secret library.

This book contains all sorts of secrets, rare breathing techniques and meditation methods, precious swordsmanship and magic, as well as a lot of content related to alchemy.

Dartmanley rushed in and pulled out a book.

I excitedly opened the book.

Looking at the contents of that page, Dartmanley finally saw hope for the family's rise.

"The lifespan of a saint is limitless, and the existence of divine power makes it virtually impossible for a saint to die naturally." Dartmanley flipped through the contents bit by bit.

The Dartmenley family is a family of saints, but the problem is that their saints only existed for a few decades before they died.

This is one of the reasons why the Dartmenley family has fallen to its current state.

This family secret book records several ways in which saints died.

"A holy person, one drop of blood for one drop of gold." Even a golden seed can only break through the saint's skin at most, causing a little golden blood to flow out, resulting in some minor damage.

"Or perhaps divine retribution will finally come,"

"Or perhaps it's destined by fate,"

"Or be defeated by calamity."

The secret records contain several clear cases of the deaths of saints.

The first case is that of Saint Joe, who lived 1,700 years ago. He angered the gods and was stripped of his divine power, and was killed by divine punishment.

The second case involves an unknown saint from 1,200 years ago. He defied fate, and his divine power mutated at that moment, turning him into a monster. He was then killed by other saints working together, or rather, he died the moment his divine power mutated.

The third case, or more accurately, the third type of case, also occurred 1,200 years ago, when a great calamity appeared on earth. In order to suppress the calamity, many saints died at that time. There are many such cases.

These three types of cases of saints dying are accounts that have been passed down for a long time.

Following these three types of cases, the Dartmanley family collected many more cases, some genuine and some fabricated.

"Six hundred years ago, Dartman walked the earth, following the path of the gods, and finally received a miracle, becoming a saint."

"Five hundred and sixty years ago, Saint Dartmenti once again went to the earth, never to return. The holy road was filled with lamentations and has been full of obstacles ever since."

For many years, the Dartmentley family has been searching for the true cause of Saint Dartmentley's death.

Because this ancestor died, but left the family with a huge problem.

If the family's sacred artifact cannot be used properly, it will in turn hinder the aptitude of family members and interfere with their advancement to the gold level.

In all these years of the family, only Saint-Datmenley's grandson succeeded in advancing to the next level more than 560 years ago, before the obstacle appeared.

More than two hundred years ago, Dartmanley's only golden seed claimed to have found a way to solve the family's predicament, and thus used Saint Lu.

Unfortunately, they too never returned.

The 'assistance' that Saint Road had accumulated over many years was depleted, and the family once again fell into a predicament.

Until now.

Chapter 218 Curse

Dartmanley was now mainly looking at the second type of case.

About four hundred years after the saint of unknown identity died defying fate, around the time of the calamity, an 'unknown' hero appeared.

The hero was completely covered up and claimed to be a descendant of the unknown saint from long ago.

Because his ancestor defied fate, his bloodline was cursed, destined to suffer all kinds of misfortunes from birth.

To break the curse on his bloodline, the hero chose to complete the gods' mission, fight against the calamity, and buy time for all living beings to evacuate.

If he can complete this task, he will receive the blessings of the gods and thus break the curse.

As for what happened afterward, it's not clear.

All that is known is that this hero did not receive the blessing of the gods, but instead acquired the number of history and became a legendary being.

Through this method, he broke the family's curse.

Dartmenley was trembling as he looked at the case.

"Just as I expected, just as I expected, that's exactly how it should be!"

Prior to this, the family had always believed that the obstacles on the Holy Path were due to the Great Calamity.

After all, it can be confirmed that Saint-Datmenley ultimately died on the ground.

So they came up with many ideas to deal with the disaster.

It has some effect, but not much effect.