204. What a miserable man
Well, why are there so many demon believers in this world? ”
After listening to Hong's narration, Merlin sighed in his heart.
He has only traveled for less than a month, and the demon believers he has encountered are all in the second wave, and it is really not easy for humans in this world to live.
But it has nothing to do with him, after all, he's just a fake demon king, and the life or death of those demon believers is none of his business.
To describe Merlin's position in the game terms of his previous life, then he who just wants to be an ordinary otaku and stay at home at home should be regarded as a neutral camp.
Therefore, he is also quite hostile to the demon believers of the Chaos Evil camp who are bent on doing things and may affect their ordinary daily lives.
Cornwallis was the capital of the former Empire, and after the collapse of the Empire, it became a borderland.
Of course, it doesn't mean that today's alliance looks down on this former capital, in fact, many big names are staring at this city, just because the Iron Throne, which symbolizes the orthodox royal status, is in the palace in the center of the city, but everyone wants it, but no one can obey the public, so under each other's skins, Cornwallis City has become a borderless land, and even the city lord who temporarily manages the city changes every few years, and the major forces take turns to send people to take charge.
Of course, the major forces secretly surround the intrigue of the city, and the open and secret battles will definitely not let the people know, so these are all because of the partition of the imperial heritage to have today's powerful big men in the official words that are explained to the people are surprisingly unified, and they have said that the ownership of the imperial capital is naturally the imperial family, and they will never dare to interfere as courtiers, as long as there are these old ministers in one day, then Cornwallis City will always belong to the imperial royal family.
Hawkers, how many of them are sincere, and how many are false, no one can say clearly, anyway, on the surface, everyone is all loyal ministers of the empire, and they all look like they are loyally waiting for the heir of the empire to return to the throne.
So, quite an interesting scene appeared, on the map of the distribution of the territories of the Union today, the owner of the territory of Cornwallis City and its surrounding former capital area is the little prince who no one knows whether he is alive or dead-Merlin. Cornwallis. Hayward.
It is therefore accurate to say that the city is now Merlin's private property, which is recognized even by the laws of the New Alliance.
Merlin, who first learned this, was actually quite surprised, how did you say that he, a former prince who stayed at home, suddenly became the lord of the alliance?
He just took it as a joke at the time, after all, he couldn't really jump out and claim that lord's identity.
However, it is undeniable that since he learned the news, he has become inexplicably closer to the city, and suddenly has a sense of belonging.
Well, Cornwallis City is his territory, territory is equal to home, and his activities in the territory are equal to his staying at home, and there is nothing wrong with this set of otaku logic.
And now those demon believers actually want to do things in Cornwallis City, which in Merlin's mind is converted to someone who wants to do things in his house, this can't be tolerated, you look down on my own house guard.
Merlin reached out and touched the gun he had just bought, what a coincidence, the gun he had just bought immediately came to the target for practicing marksmanship.
Thinking so, he also turned his head to look at Red, waiting for her to continue, only to see that the werewolf girl was secretly watching him.
"What are you looking at me doing, go on, when are those cultists going to act, where is the place of the ceremony, how many people are participating, and which demon is the sacrifice?"
Seeing that Hong always wanted to speak like this, Merlin asked angrily.
Seeing this, Hong was completely relieved, seeing that Professor Merlin was also so angry, then that group of demon believers should really have nothing to do with him, then she didn't have to worry about anything.
"Here's the thing........"
The werewolf girl opened her mouth to tell what had happened.
Just as Merlin had speculated before, the clothing store owner had already vaguely noticed that his wife was abnormal, and after some careful investigation, he was desperate to find that he really had an extra hat on his head.
This made the shopkeeper feel disheartened, but when he thought that even if he had no wife and two lovely daughters, he felt that he could still persevere.
However, after returning home, this man who was extremely sad because of his wife's cheating looked at his two overly cute daughters, but his heart was bulging.
To be honest, the twin daughters have always been his pride in the past, and everyone who has seen his daughters will sincerely praise them for their cuteness, and often acquaintances will laugh with him and say, "You look so frustrated, and I don't know where the shit luck came from to give birth to such a cute child, thanks to the fact that the children are not like you." ”
In the past, he had always regarded this kind of ridicule as other people's jealousy, and he wouldn't think much about it, but now.....
Thinking of the hat on his head, and then looking at the pair of daughters who really didn't look like him at all, his heart was completely messed up.
And then by coincidence, the little daughter fell and left a little blood, which was secretly hidden by the shopkeeper, and he then took the blood and his own blood to the black market to find a black doctor who was said to be able to identify the blood relationship for an examination.
The results of the examination showed that her youngest daughter was not related to him at all.
Such a blow completely shattered the shopkeeper's sanity, which had been so hard to calm down, and he completely fell into madness.
And it was during this time of his greatest desperation that a missionary found him ....
It became clear after that the missionary was a demon believer, and he had found the shopkeeper with the diffuse despair, and for the demon believer, this kind of goal that had fallen into despair and was on the verge of collapse of reason was naturally the best thing to start.
In this way, the shopkeeper also became a demon believer, and he decided to take revenge on his cheating wife, and he now has nothing but disgust for the daughters he once loved.
It just so happened that the Order was going to hold a ceremony to summon the Lord, and the ritual required a pair of pure girls with a common heart, and as soon as he heard this request, the vengeful shopkeeper thought of the two mongrels in the family.
And something even more coincidental is coming, it just happens that there is a serial disappearance case recently, so even if those two mongrels disappear completely, the shopkeeper can push everything into the hands of the murderer who has not been caught so far.
This is simply the revenge of the Lord's gift, and the man who has been occupied by hatred and anger really does it while thanking the Lord of his new faith.
It's a pity that he met Merlin the next day......
"Emmmm, what a miserable man."
Merlin felt a little numb in his scalp after listening to Hong's story, although he had speculated like this before, but now that the speculation had come true, it still made him feel a little sad for the shopkeeper who was originally an honest man.
But it's just sadness, but not sympathy, after all, when he decides to attack innocent children, he no longer deserves sympathy.
"And what about the cult?"