In a room in the government district of Beckland.

Hugh organized his belongings and put them in a paper file bag. On the side, a young man in military uniform looked at Hugh, who was about to leave, stood up, and said with some respect:

"Sir, go slowly."

"See you tomorrow." Hugh replied to his colleague with a simple etiquette, and then walked out of the room in a hurry. Of course, she didn't forget to take that file bag with her before leaving.

She hesitated before leaving, but turned around and walked back. Looking at her subordinates, she closed the door first, and then gently knocked on the empty desk in front of her.

The sound was not loud, but it immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's put aside the demon murder case we investigated for the time being. I'll report it up, and I don't want anyone to investigate it until I'm notified. ”

"This is an order, and investigating privately is not only easy to startle the snake, but also easy to cost you your lives."

Hugh is now the "Knight of Punishment" in Sequence Five, and after receiving a prompt from Mr. "Fool" this afternoon, she made a plan to report upwards - to cooperate with the church to ensure the progress of the mission and the safety of the personnel who carried it out as much as possible.

After all, most of these military extraordinaries she brought with her were low-order extraordinaires, and they had no way to fight against a real demigod.

Not to mention that Mr. Fool also reminds her that they may have more than one demigod to deal with, and it is likely that it is a group of out-of-control "devils".

After the petite but unexpectedly dignified lady spoke, the others in the room immediately nodded in reply, and the female officer, who was sitting by the wall on one side, asked cautiously:

"Do you need me to write this document to submit to it?"

"No, you don't." Hugh showed the file bag in his hand: "I have found some clues, there is no substantial evidence, but this matter may be more egregious." ”

"So, I'll go there myself later and see if I can get more support."

Armed with a file bag on her hand, Hugh quickly walked towards the rest of the government district, and with the official identification, she submitted the document without any hindrance, and after doing all this, she prayed to Mr. "World" in her heart.

"Mr. 'World', I have submitted a demon investigation case that Mr. 'Fool' handed over to me. I hope to get an official warrant. ”

Soon Mr. World's response was heard in Hugh's ears, and it was a relatively low male voice:

"The search warrant will be sent to your Special Operations Unit tomorrow, and now that Beckland's extraordinary power is tense, we have no way to help you above the demigod level until you discover the traces of the demon."

"Since the 'Magician' lady has no way to help you for the time being, you can recite my honorific name after encountering an invincible demon."

Folth...... Hugh sighed in his heart, remembering that Furth's teacher had come to the door earlier today to drag Furth from his home, who was still bouncing in Sequence Four, from his home, and shook his head slightly.

When Firth's teacher first came, Firth was ready to "open the door" and escape, but unfortunately she didn't run away, but was directly grabbed by the back of fate's neck after Gao Wei blocked the permission to "open the door" with dimensional authority, and "transformed" into a fish with brown scales to strengthen training.

"Furth is so talented that it's exaggerated, but why is she so lazy?" Hugh sighed with emotion, and prepared to continue investigating the demon after eating. The reward given to her by Mr. "Fool" for this mission is quite generous, and it is a demigod's potion recipe.

In addition, because Hugh was not very religious in her belief in the gods before, after she decided to convert to "The Fool", Mr. "The Fool" also gave another reward - although the current Church of the Fool has not yet been established, as a member of the current government of the Republic of Rune, she already knows some things about the Church of the Fool.

For example, the Church of the Fool will be established around the Church of the Night and the Church of the Creator, forming a triangular posture that wraps around the original palace of the Rune Empire, which is now the central government of the Rune Republic.

Having suffered many devastations and destructions, Beckland is now being rebuilt piece by piece, from the inside out, for example, the entire government area is basically a city with the three major churches and the government as the main structure.

Hugh was walking home and saw that certain lines were now being buried on the side of the road. These lines extend from the original palace center to the outside world, and the first city has now been buried, and the wiring is now being routed towards the current business district of Beckland.

Hugh didn't know what it was, but had heard that it was a new product from the Aurora Company and the Rune government, similar to the gas pipes of the past, but cheaper and safer.

Accompanying these lines is a new product called electric light.

Except for the most stubborn followers of the Lord of the Storm, no one will refuse these convenient little things to their families. Even those low-level workers who are more embarrassed will grit their teeth and buy a small electric light to put in their homes, because as long as it can be used for more than a year, it is cheaper than gas lamps and candles.

Workers are now being treated much better than before, and with higher wages and Beckland's mandatory enrollment of children in the church's new schools, the standard of living of workers has risen to the standard of living of the middle class that once resembled that of the Moretti family at the beginning.

Of course, the old-fashioned enterprises represented by the original businessmen and entrepreneurs were not prepared to provide good treatment to workers at the beginning, nor were they prepared to increase wages - but Aurora was different.

The company's factories began to recruit a large number of workers, and in batches moved workers from Beckland to other cities, so that other factories could not find cheap labor, and either raised wages or closed down.

The other factories are not unaware of boycotting Aurora, but as long as they comply with the law, Aurora will not lose the case in the court of Rune.

Now the company is like a spider's web in the territory of the Republic of Rune, producing cheap industrial products in large quantities.

And, from time to time, some products with an effect close to those that originally only existed in the story will be produced, but unfortunately the price of these goods is higher, and the time of use is low, and it is not yet available to the people at the bottom, and is only sought after among the middle and high classes and the old aristocracy.

Hugh withdrew his gaze from the man who was laying the cables and continued in the direction of his home. Her home is in a residential settlement next to the business district, and she has taken her brother and her mother over.

As he passed by the Aurora Company's clock tower, the most iconic in the business district, Hugh suddenly noticed that the clock tower above his head had been dismantled and replaced by a huge crystal screen.

On the crystal screen, some lines that seemed to be a little messy first appeared, and then a picture slowly condensed - it was a row of electric lights, industrial machines, and factory construction scenes......

Hugh stood there silently, and after all the images slowly faded away, she saw lines and lines of Rune words emerge on it:

"Join Aurora and embrace a better future!"

She heard someone next to her whispering: "Aurora has made another big thing......

"I heard that the student of Miskatonik University, which was originally an engineering college, can directly enter Aurora after completing his studies, and as long as he passes the assessment, he can get a good technical or management job!"

"Hey, don't say it, life is much better now than it was three years ago......" On the other side, another person naturally picked up, and when he saw that the person who spoke just now noticed him, he raised his eyebrows:

"I'm afraid it's only the nobles and unscrupulous businessmen who are angry, hey, in Beckland, every day people go bankrupt and people commit suicide."

"According to my son's words, they are neither willing to honestly analyze the country's policies, nor willing to take the initiative to keep up with the times - then they can only be abandoned by the times!"

How do I feel about this...... Well, what did Russell the Great say? A pedestrian on the side touched his beard and thought with some seriousness.

"Come on, Russell the Great is a real god, and he has also beaten some evil god believers who pretend to be his identity and slander his image. Hey, do you think someone like Russell can say something like 'witches taste so good'? Last time I went to Intis, and under the leadership of that emperor, I was about to develop......"

"Except that the divided Fersak is still unwilling to accept this era, you just call an archipelago and everyone knows that this is a good era." A young man wearing monocles took over the conversation and said to the people gathered next to him to speak, and someone next to him suddenly answered:

"Yes, haha, this is the best of times, those parasites who live by sucking our blood, it is better to burn to death in the flames of the old times as soon as possible!"

"We have a good Führer, and a good Emperor next door...... Let's go to the bar for some drinks, and I'll keep you going. ”

"Let's go, I don't have a job at night, so stay at home and stay."

"I heard there's a bar over there called 'Alone', where are we going?" The young man who had said that he was going to call the Archipelago suggested to the others, and after thinking about it, they decided to go and see what the prices were first.

It's similar to the workers who used to get a beer after a day's work, but they look much more laid-back...... Hugh let out a deep sigh and muttered to himself:

"It's the best of times......"

Everyone's wages have risen dramatically, everyone's standard of living has risen dramatically, this is not the best era, what era is this?

Hugh turned the corner and hid his body in the darkness. The magical object in her hand shimmered faintly, and she stood here quietly, sensing whether there was any trace of a demon here with the help of this extraordinary object.

Beckland's security is much better than it used to be, and the places where demons can hide now are those subtle corners of the former city. Hugh has investigated many locations and set up official signaling devices there, and if a demon reappears, they will be quickly spotted by the official signaling device.

However, at this moment, Hugh smelled a smell of wine, and when she opened her eyes, she found that in the dark, at her feet, lay a drunkard who was as drunk as mud, and the drunk opened his eyes, looked at Hugh in front of him, and said with some unconscious struggles:

"You say, why do you want to raise the wages of those workers? This doesn't make sense......"

"I used to have a factory with a plantation...... It's always been like this......"

"The emperor is gone, and my family is completely gone in my generation, this is really the worst, the worst era......"

Hugh, dressed in military uniform, looked at the drunken man who looked like an old-fashioned aristocrat or a merchant, and sighed:

"It's the worst of times......"

She shook her head and continued into the darkness.

(End of chapter)