Devil's Bible

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As things stand, it's highly likely that Zovin will get involved with White. To bring him back in the short term, Nemus would have to personally intervene or send Angel A to carry out the operation.

and so……

Let the challenges come even more fiercely.

There's no need to do anything useless; just develop quietly on your own.

Since he could tolerate Isabella and the Holy Son, Zovin was nothing. He would let him develop and wait for him to stand in front of him again and challenge him.

Angel A, this trump card, cannot be revealed casually at this time.

He must play a crucial role when necessary.

Fate is both a driving force for one's upward climb and a giant wave that can crush one at any moment.

You must have an 'existence' that can help you manage all of this.

This being is currently Angel A.

Its original form had unique and unconventional precepts, and the resulting feedback made it difficult for fate to anchor its existence.

In other words, Angel A is a variable that can influence the course of fate at crucial moments.

After Nemus made his choice, things seemed to calm down on Zovin's side.

When Anse arrived again, he came to urge Zovin to hurry up.

“The bounty hunters have found this place. I now order you to leave.” Anse’s unfriendly words did not anger Zovin.

He nodded, found Granny Bird, said goodbye to her, and left.

Walking along the road, watching Granny Bird and Anse getting further and further away, Lillian also sensed that something was very wrong.

“Something’s not right.” Lillian’s palm-sized body flew up, seemingly searching for something.

Zovin looked at Lillian with some confusion.

"You should have been attacked by Nair's subordinates while Granny Bird was recuperating."

“Grandma Bird, that good person, is dead. Now that you’ve confirmed that Nair is a bad guy, after your conflict with Anse, you should have persuaded Anse to go with you to seek revenge on Nair!” Lillian said to herself.

“This is the most reasonable development. Otherwise, Anse would never have gotten involved in your affairs, and you would have lost this companion.”

“I think this is great.” Zovin paused for a moment, then laughed.

He knew that Lillian meant no harm and that fairies shouldn't be viewed from a normal human perspective.

She treats individuals outside the heroic epic as merely symbols.

This symbol serves only one purpose: to motivate heroes to grow stronger.

Therefore, in Lillian's view, it's okay that Granny Bird died; she died a worthy death. Even if she hadn't died, it wouldn't have been a big problem.

But the biggest problem is that Anse, who is the hero's 'hit teammate', didn't join the team.

He didn't have much contact with Granny Bird, and during this time, Zovin almost mistook her for one of Nemus's subordinates and wanted to kill her.

However, it was the old bird who inspired him and brought him back to his senses from his chaotic thoughts.

There are many things that don't need to be taken too seriously.

If you're sure it's a good thing, then just do it.

Grandma Bird wasn't without saving bad people too.

Some people, after being injured, deliberately come here seeking the protection of the old bird.

After surviving the period of weakness, he immediately left and continued to commit evil deeds outside.

There have even been victims who came to question Grandma Bird about why she saved the bad guy who killed their family.

They believe that the old woman was also an accomplice in the other party's evil deeds.

However, Grandma Bird never suffered from internal strife; she would not blame herself, but would only comfort those people.

Of course, if those people want revenge, she won't blame them.

"Because saving people is the right thing to do, you are right too. Don't complicate things."

Zuowen gradually came to understand that when it comes to things, one should focus on the matter at hand and not get involved in other aspects of the situation.

Otherwise, there will never be anything right in this world.

If wanting to be a hero is the right thing to do, then continue. As for the other mistakes you make along the way, then admit them, take responsibility for them, and carry them on forever.

It's right for me to want revenge on Nemus. Regardless of whether Nemus is a good person to others, he is the enemy who killed my whole family. If I succeed in my revenge, a group of people will hate me, and I will bear that hatred!

With this belief, Zuowen felt at peace.

Grandma Bird is a good person, so it's good that she didn't get into trouble.

Even if it means losing Anse as a potential teammate, it doesn't matter.

After seeing Zovin's performance, Lillian tilted her head in surprise, feeling that Zovin at this moment inexplicably had more of a heroic aura than before.

Regardless, this is a good thing, so let's leave it at that.

What Zovin didn't know was that shortly after he left, the bounty hunters who had been guarding the perimeter also left.

Just after the bounty hunter left, a black object rolled on the ground and entered the courtyard.

The black thing jumped into the water tank, washed away the black filth from its body, and revealed its huge white egg-like form.

It was the egg that came out directly from the Arhat realm.

The church has been looking for it for over a month.

However, this egg seemed to be able to hide, and there was no trace of demonic aura or any other clues.

They found some signs of fighting and some blood that had not yet been cleaned up near the initially estimated landing point.

"Who is it?" Granny Bird's questioning voice rang out. Anse had just left, and usually, the children she had saved wouldn't come to see her at this time.

As soon as she opened the door, Grandma Bird saw the giant egg that had jumped out of the water tank.

Prelude to Chapter 212

Time passed day by day, and soon the summer heat seemed to have reached its peak.

Nemus has been serving as the Grand Knight of Tailtown for ten months.

However, in just ten months, his influence permeated every aspect of Baiwei Town.

As the rain and clouds dispersed, the slight coolness quickly turned into muggy heat.

It felt as if I were inside a cage of fire.

On the back of a whale, the temperature varies drastically with the seasons.

Winters can be as cold as they want, and summers can be as hot as they want.

It's currently the hottest time of the year.

Even so, as the rain and clouds dispersed, many people quickly appeared on the streets.

They were shirtless, and with just a few movements, sweat poured down their faces like rain, mixing with the still-wet puddles.

Zuo Wen, shirtless, mingled in the crowd, carrying goods on his back, walking along the street with uneven steps.

He got a tan and shaved his head, which was almost like a plastic surgery.

She has become completely different from her past image.

After leaving Granny Bird's place, Zovin was hunted down, but not by Nemus's men, but by bounty hunters.

These bounty hunters weren't particularly strong, but their sheer numbers made up for it.

Most of them have other professions, and there are not many who make a living solely as bounty hunters.

And because they are not strong, their methods are even more insidious and vicious.

Poisoning food is a minor issue.

After discovering that Zovin possessed a certain sense of justice, their methods became even more despicable.

For example, when Zuo Wen approached a baby abandoned on the roadside out of pity, he saw that the baby's face had turned purple and its breathing was almost stopped.

He immediately picked it up, but felt a sharp pain in his palm the instant he did so.

Only then did they discover that several extremely well-hidden poison needles were concealed in the baby's swaddling clothes.

If Lillian hadn't immediately summoned the historical spirit of Little Giant Melo, he would probably have been poisoned to death by the roadside long ago, or his strength would have been greatly reduced due to the poison, leading to him being hacked to death by the bounty hunters hiding in the shadows.

After failing to kill him in their first direct attack, these bounty hunters generally avoided direct confrontation and instead attacked him from the shadows.

After that, Zuowen tried his best to hide his identity.

Aside from not wanting to expose himself too much and thus clash with the dutiful and good people in the church, the bigger reason was that he didn't want innocent people to be implicated by him.

He hadn't been able to save the infant in swaddling clothes during the previous ambush by bounty hunters.

After that, those people were more willing to involve ordinary people in order to lower his guard.

That's why he completely changed his image, hid his identity, and then searched for his goal.

After delivering the goods to its destination—the South District Dance Hall—Zowen wiped away his sweat and glanced at the woman dancing a striptease on the dance hall stage from afar.

However, out of the corner of his eye, he was actually looking at the other two people next to him.

It was the same duo who had attacked him before.

Unlike the previous bounty hunters, the two outlaws gave him the pretext of stealing and escaping, and their strength was also vastly different from those bounty hunters.

Therefore, it can be roughly determined that these two people are very likely to have a direct relationship with Nems.

However, they didn't have much of a connection with the church, so it's almost certain that they were doing shady work for Nemes.

If he wanted to cause trouble for Nemus, then starting with these two people and using them as a breakthrough point was the best direction he could find.

However, there are still some problems.

Zuowen had fought the two outlaws and knew their fighting style.

Given their fighting style of disregarding their own lives, it seems unlikely that they would succeed in extracting confessions through torture.

All he could do seemed to be monitor them and then, when they made contact with Nems, touch Nems's black territory.

"Lillian, how is it?" Zovin didn't dare to look at the two of them for long and handed over the main task of monitoring to Lillian.

“They’re still not making any moves, spending their days playing with women in dance halls or pubs.” Lillian didn’t dare leave Zovin for too long, fearing that Zovin might encounter danger during that time.

Furthermore, if she is away from Zovin for too long, her connection with the world will weaken, thus reducing her ability to observe the outside world.

Therefore, after only keeping a brief eye on the two fugitives for a short time, he left.

Zuowen was not discouraged, but went back to work.

He has now integrated into the South District and is no longer the pampered young master who had everything done for him.

Everything seemed eerily calm.

The temperature gradually dropped, and although the weather was still hot, it wasn't so hot anymore.

At least there are fewer people fainting from the heat on the streets now.

Perhaps because of this, many ordinary people in the southern district also showed more joy.

Although in three months we will have to face the bitter cold again.

But at least for now, they have survived a calamity and are alive again.

Of course, many of them survived this time not because of their own efforts, but because of Isabella.

In the sweltering heat, during the hottest period, Isabella led the Redemption Department, which had completed its initial reforms, to launch a proactive attack.

They walked the streets of the South District, distributing water to people and providing magical treatments for those suffering from heatstroke.

That's why the number of deaths decreased significantly during the hottest days.

As a result, Isabella's reputation in the South District even began to surpass that of Nemes, and she became a 'revered angel'.

Countless people admire her good deeds.

She was even pursued by many nobles, and invitations poured in like snowflakes.

However, Isabella rejected them all.