Chapter 39: Black Town End

Black Town is a place outside the law.

What is a place outside the law? It's the unspoken rule of "what happens in the black town stays in the black town". All the sins that occur in this place will not be held accountable by the empire and the church in the future, as long as they have a legitimate purpose. Therefore, like the battle nun who asked Shen Yan to open a house on the street, the church acquiesced.

What else to do?

The nuns also have to carry the holy canon in one hand and the war gavel in the other, and fight side by side with their companions on the front line, and they are also under a lot of pressure! The hammer is a large stick with a thick front and a thin back, and is studed with rivets the size of a bottle cap. Because it is too thick, this weapon cannot be used for anything other than combat...... Therefore, it is safest to find a man, and it is unreliable to rely on faith to relieve pressure, after all, not everyone is a religious maniac......

The battle nun was very unhappy that she couldn't hook up with the little handsome guy, she hesitated and took two steps, and suddenly thought - wait! What does it matter to me if he pays the public rations? I have magic skills, so it's a big deal to help him heal him first...... But as soon as she turned around, she saw that the handsome little guy who was still a weak chicken just now suddenly turned into an ape, and climbed the wall of the lord's mansion more than 20 meters high after a few rubs against the stone! If she hadn't turned her head just now, no one on the crowded street would have seen Shen Yan's movements just now!

As if sensing her gaze, the handsome little man smiled at her on the wall, made a secret gesture, and disappeared without a trace.

The nun was dumbfounded.

*****

After some twists and turns, the blood of the Moon Elf finally merged with Shen Yan. His natural flexibility allowed him to run upwards on tiptoe through the cracks in the stone wall while still maintaining his balance. The whole person curled upwards like green smoke, and then silently climbed onto the roof of the City Lord's Mansion.

There are no elves in this world, and the battle generally follows the floor flow route, and there are really not many characters like Shen Yan who fly on the wall, so they have no vigilance about this. The roof of the City Lord's Mansion was equipped with a watchtower and an alarm bell, but the two guards standing guard looked into the distance with dull eyes, ignoring Shen Yan who was huddled under the watchtower...... Apparently using this place as a lookout post.

Shen Yan simply tiptoed open the small door and followed the guard passage into the City Lord's Mansion. There are a lot of people coming and going in the house, and Shen Yan can barely be one step ahead of others by relying on the perception of 17, and there is no excitement in tossing and turning along the way.

……

“…… Our lord Matilda will always stare at ......" The two men who were talking in the house suddenly stopped and turned their heads to look at the door. Shen Yan jumped up at the last moment, stuck himself on the ceiling of the aisle, and held his breath with all his strength to eliminate his sense of existence.

Shen Yan never expected that the two people talking in the mayor's room were all high-level professionals! The middle-aged and elderly man who looks like a knight in the church year is just that, after all, the church must send some real elite forces. The old knight is almost a level 17 high-level knight, and he is only one step away from the peak of his career.

What really made him unbelievable was that the noble heir who served as the mayor of the town - despite the fact that he was only in his thirties, with a short sword and three short spears stuck in his waist, and on the surface he looked like a noble child who relied on equipment to defend himself - in fact, he was also a 16th-order high-level professional who could not see his profession! Shen Yan was careless and was almost discovered by the two people in the house.

“…… Your righteous deeds and your sacrifices will be remembered by history. The old knight withdrew his gaze and continued.

"Righteous act, hehe~" The heir smiled a little miserably, and his expression was obviously angry. "Knight Chief Cecil, I wonder if you are talking about the edict of the crown of Matilda, or the edict of the crown of Benedict VII?" With the departure of the gods and the cessation of interfering in the affairs of the world, the power of the church became more secular after losing the restraint of the gods, competing with the aristocratic class for power and profit, and even secretly tampering with the teachings of the gods to serve themselves!

Like indulgences or something...... The words of the Pope are sometimes better than God's instructions!

It was a dark time when the church was plundering in the name of God, and the whole world was shrouded in the "light" of the church. Although it is a high magic world, real magicians and magic research have been greatly suppressed! And the conflict between the church and the imperial power was almost white-hot. But the gods tied their hands and feet because of the covenant, and it was very difficult to punish unless it was a real blasphemy.

Obviously, Blacktown is also involved in the whole environment.

The heir's obvious offensive words failed to provoke the anger of the white-haired knight. The old knight simply picked up his helmet and stood up, signaling that the conversation was over. However, when he went out, he changed the subject and said, "You should learn from your ancestors and keep a few more illegitimate children." You should understand that both the empire and the church need the Shan family to exist for a long time! The Shan family, who are in solidarity with the country, is not a joke......"

After saying that, when entering the corridor, the eyes of the old knight Cecil scanned all corners and found nothing unusual. "Was it just a delusion?" He kicked off with iron boots.

didn't know that Shen Yan was standing in the corner of the flower pot, with one hand facing him. And Cecil Knight, under the influence of the "suggestion technique", chose to turn a blind eye to Shen Yan.

Inside the room, the heir of the nobility collapsed on his chair in a somewhat dejected manner. He picked up a bottle of wine and took a few sips, then placed the handcuff on the table, dismantling it and wiping it down one by one, trying to calm his restless heart.

Magical research is suppressed, and the only magicians are trapped in the Imperial Academy, but the world continues to move forward. As a result, medicine and science were separated from alchemy and embarked on the path of independent development, the steam engine appeared, and gunpowder and firearms became one of the mainstream weapons and equipment. This single-shot musket used by the heirs uses an alchemy powder as an instigating medicine and uses olive bullets, which is quite powerful!

I can't drag it anymore, I have to find a way!

The noble heir frowned and pondered. Most people thought that his strength was in those pistols...... But no one knew that his real strength was actually a level 16 alchemist! Of course, this ability was not suitable for the present at a time when the power of the church was almost at its peak, so he disguised himself as a scholar obsessed with science. A deep-rooted aristocracy, even if it is an illegitimate child, has some inheritance. What's more, this is still a family with illegitimate children as a tradition.

He wiped his forehead...... Ostensibly, the church came ostensibly to purge the realm of darkness and evil; The deep goal is to destroy the plot of the previous duke to unleash the evil gods. Actually? Not at all!

Drawing the attention of all mercenaries to the wasteland, the underground, and the seashore is the work of the Church! The heirs who issued the executive order were mere puppets. The purpose of the Church is the opposite, they are not here to stop the plot of the previous dukes, but to get the last heir to complete the ritual! Not only to be done, but also to be done under the arrangement of the church!

Because everyone ignores the fact that the evil god who has been devoured by power and combined with mortals is still an evil god?

The power of the evil god has entered the main plane in a grand manner, and it is certainly so powerful that no one can defeat it! But at the same time, the gods also lost their eternity and became slayable...... Can also be controlled!

"You look distressed, do you need help?"

A voice rang out in the room abruptly.