After this, Duanmu Huai had a rare leisurely time, Motarian was dead, and Torrell was no longer a threat, at least for the time being. Of course, this is only in the near future, but for Duanmu Huai, it can be counted for a while now.

Although Duanmu Huai is now like a salted fish in Arkham's castle, in fact, the entire Inquisition has begun to function in an orderly manner.

Lumiel and Eclair are responsible for monitoring the situation of the Star Alliance, Lumiel has been lurking in the Star Alliance network, looking for traces of possible Chaos invasion, and Eclair will be responsible for personally going to investigate——— they were originally doing similar work, but they are skilled.

In addition to this, there are other members who have been involved in similar actions.

Pupil of eye.

This Duanmu Huai originally bought the Star Whisperer slave from the Ronin of the Merchants, and he has almost always been a transparent person before, which is also normal, in order to avoid startling the snake, Duanmu Huai strictly forbade Hitomi to use her innate Star Whisperer ability to sneak into the Sea of Souls, but now it is different, the seal is gradually weakening, Motarian is the first, but it will not be the last demon primordial body that tries to counterattack the galactic material world again, so Duanmu Huai also canceled Hitomi's ban, and this girl's current job is to close her eyes and meditate in the Star Language Court, to detect anomalous fluctuations from subspace.

After all, even after all these years, the means of communication between the Chaos Fleets have not changed, so as long as they can catch the psionic reaction from the depths of the Sea of Souls, then they can almost guess what the other party wants to do.

Hitomi has also shown great enthusiasm for this task, and since coming to the Inquisition, she has spent most of her time studying. Of course, Duanmu Huai also asked Lani to be the teacher of the Star Whisperer, the former has a deep knowledge of the magic of the cosmic starry sky, and is also very interested in the Star Whisperer's extraordinary talent, so Lani teaches Hitomi the magic of the starry sky while studying the special spiritual abilities of the Star Whisperer.

Unfortunately, according to Hitomi, she didn't see the sparkle that shook people's hearts and illuminated everything in the Sea of Souls. The entire sea of souls was still dim and silent, as calm as the sea under the cover of a gloomy night.

The monitoring of the Internet and psionic energy is fully turned on, and although the current Inquisition is unusually calm, it is more like the calm before the great war. As soon as either side notices something wrong, the war machine will not hesitate to kick in, opening fire, blasting all targets to pieces.

The Inquisition seized on this gap and began to build warships in large quantities again to replenish the wear and tear of the battle between the Reapers. Of course, this is not without changes, such as Duanmu Huai's order to modify all destroyer energy cores from antimatter reactors to retraction furnaces. Although the energy supply of the retraction furnace is relatively limited, Duanmu Huai is interested in the miniature black hole generated by the retraction furnace during the retraction reaction.

To put it simply, if you can't beat it, send a few destroyers to infiltrate the network, rush directly into the enemy fleet and then retract to create a miniature black hole.

Of course, it is not easy to manufacture a retraction furnace, even with the strength of the Inquisition, it is very difficult to mass-produce it, but Duanmu Huai does not need to mass-produce something that can blow up the center of the universe into a large black hole.........

Well......... Maybe you should try it yourself, just in case?

After all, in the face of chaos, no matter how strong the firepower is, it is not excessive.

Duanmu Huai sat on the balcony, overlooking the scenery below, it was already early autumn at the moment, and as far as the eye could see, the trees in Arkham City were already red and green, and many people were walking on the streets, which seemed to be very peaceful and lively.

"That looks good."

Duanmu Huai picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, and Ogis sat beside him, staring at the book in his hand, while the melodious violin music echoed in their ears.

It wasn't from the stereo or the gramophone, but from the girl playing the violin on the other side. Mary's eyes were closed, her fingers gently pulling the strings, playing a melodious and soft tune.

I have to say that as a young lady, Mary is indeed versatile in this regard, and soon, the song was played, and Duanmu Huai also raised his hand and clapped his hands.

"Good performance, Mary."

"Thank you, Mr. Duanmu."

Mary put down her violin and smiled embarrassedly at the acacia at the end.

"It's hard, but I think I've caught the rhythm."

"Well, it's talent, I can't get this thing."

Duanmu Huai said as he spread his hands——— Mary is not just playing here on a whim, in fact, she is now trying her hand at her new career.

Minstrel.

This is one of the more interesting classes on the continent of Faeron, its combat effectiveness is average, but it is very comprehensive. But the most interesting thing is that the bard can release magic and skills through playing music, to be honest, this kind of seemingly cool way is really in line with the idea of the literary girl Mary, so after seeing the performance of those bards, Mary can't wait to be one of them.

After all, this kind of class that can play gracefully during combat, release magic to confuse enemies, and at the same time can fight in close quarters looks elegant and beautiful.

Duanmu Huai did not object to this, and it happened that there were many bards living in Arkham City, and he introduced one of the respected female bards to be Mary's teacher, and Mary was a quick learner.

The only flaw is.........

"Unfortunately, I can't use illusionary spells........."

At this, Mary looked very depressed. One of her favorite things about bards is that when they play with illusionary spells, they can create vivid illusions and bring music to life in front of the audience, which makes Mary very eye-catching.

Unfortunately, all of the illusionary spells Mary can't be used.

Of course, Duanmu Huai knew what the reason was, Mary's golden eyes were simply an enhanced version of True Vision, and all phantoms did not exist in front of her. So Mary is immune to illusionary spells, which is also something that can't be helped.

And of course, she can't cast illusionary spells anymore.

"But aren't you doing a great job in the plastic energy department?"

"Uh......... I actually don't like plastic energy ............... that much."

Looking at the depression on Mary's face, Duanmu Huai laughed, of course he understood why Mary complained so much, because the plastic energy system is simple, direct and rude, it is also called the Five Fireball God Cult or the plastic energy barbarian——— the so-called barbarians in the mage, it refers to the plastic energy department.

Of course, Mary doesn't set fireballs simply and rudely, but she is also highly skilled in sonic waves, and she can break stones and iron when she plays the violin......... Well, if you just look at the literal meaning, you can understand why Mary is obsessed with this aspect of herself, after all, isn't it like saying that she plays more ugly than you think?

It's like a fat tiger who can break through glass when he sings.

"That's right, Mr. Duanmu."

After a few small complaints, Mary seemed to think of something, and looked at Duanmu Huai with some embarrassment.

"Huh? What's up? ”

"I would like to ask......... Can I invite Charlie and Aselika to come to the courtroom? ”

Speaking of this, Mary was somewhat uneasy.

"Those two good friends of yours? Why did you suddenly think of this? ”

"Uh......... When I had tea with them before, both of them thought that I had changed a lot, so they wanted to see what I was doing........."

Saying this, Mary looked down at herself suspiciously.

"But I don't think I've changed much, huh?"

"It's hard for people to look at themselves objectively."

Duanmu Huai smiled, of course he understood what Mary was wondering, in Mary's opinion, she was still herself, cautious, elegant and polite, most of the time there was no change. But Duanmu Huai knows that this is not the case, in any case, Mary has followed her through several battlefields, faced the old dominators, destroyed the core of the reaper, such a person wants to say that he is an ordinary person, then the real ordinary person is basically a group of bugs.

Maybe Mary didn't notice it herself, but in fact, she already had a little more of the iron-blooded taste and temperament of the Inquisition, you must know that Mary is different from Ann and Guraya and others, she comes from a relatively peaceful world that has not experienced war, and people will not encounter danger in normal times. And now Mary can be regarded as a veteran of a hundred battles, even if her behavior is the same as in the past, but the aura exuded by her body is still easy to make people feel different.

It's like an ordinary person standing in front of an iron-blooded soldier, even if he is smiling at the other side, he is prone to feel nervous.

Maybe she still smiles and behaves politely when she drinks tea and chats with her friends on weekdays, but when danger comes, her friends may tremble and collapse to the ground, but Mary can calmly draw her sword to deal with it——— this is different.

"It doesn't matter, you look at it, it's not bad to take them to see Arkham City."

"Hey......... I still think the name "City of a Thousand Towers" is better. ”

Hearing this, Mary immediately complained, at that time, it was clear that Duanmu Huai said that Mary would name the city, but Mary racked her brains to come up with a bunch of names, and they were all beaten back by Duanmu Huai. In the end, Mary had no choice but to accommodate Duanmu Huai, and still used the name Arkham City.........

"It's just the name, it doesn't matter."

"But Mr. Duanmu, you didn't say that before........."

Mary complained slightly, and when Duanmu Huai handed over this task to herself, she also said that the name is the face of a city, and asked her to think carefully and not to embarrass the court.

As a result, it just became a name after using oneself, and it didn't matter.........

Sometimes this gentleman's ability to play tricks really amazes her.

"Report."

Just as Duanmu Huai and Mary were chatting, Mistrina walked in, and she first saluted the two of them before speaking.

"What's the matter? Mistrina? ”

Looking at the forest princess in front of her, Duanmu Huai also slightly restrained her expression and sat up again, after the initial chaotic period, Arkham City was now on the right track. Because the rules of the Inquisition are very clear, the laws are also very strict, and the double deterrence of night guards and angels, there are basically no people who dare to make trouble here.

So after Duanmu Huai decided the general direction, many things could be handled by Mistrina herself.

"There's a report, from the Blade of Judgment."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai lifted his spirits.

After the Inquisition acquired the territory, it was natural that the locals would be needed to maintain law and order, patrol and fight. Therefore, Duanmu Huai formed a force called the Judgment Blade based on the structure of the Inquisition, similar to the role of the Imperial Auxiliary Army. Their main mission is to assist in the defense of Arkham City and the entire Inquisition territory, as well as to investigate the surrounding situation and eliminate all evil that threatens humanity.

This force is basically made up of people from the native of Faerun, most of them are soldiers from other territories, some adventurers, and paladins, priests, and priests from various temples. After all, although the Inquisition seems to be a religious institution, they don't believe in gods, and Duanmu Huai doesn't need to draw strength from their beliefs, so he and the gods of Faeron have no essential conflict of interest.

This force is quite competent at the moment, the coercion of the Inquisition is not just talking, plus there are really gods in this world, no one wants their souls to be dragged to hell after death, and the Judgment Blade force is highly paid, so everyone is willing to stay here.

But for Duanmu Huai, this force is more like a scout, scouting around and seeing where to activate what events.

Now it seems, is this a reward?

"The Fifteenth Squad of the Blade of Judgment has discovered a strange cult in the nearby mountains, and they believe that their strength is limited, so they have requested the support of the Inquisition."

"Exactly?"

"There's a high probability they're going to face a true god."

"Oh? That's interesting. ”

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai's eyes lit up.

"Then I'll go over and see for myself."

(End of chapter)