"Not all of the cultists were caught, and three of them who had been out to observe the situation escaped, two of whom fled to the Monarch's Square, believing that it would not be long before they were captured, and one of whom ran to the Osakah district.

"Would you like to join me in catching criminals? Enjoy the time you have to fight together. ”

As if on a whim, Poltus made an offer to Rogers.

"Your Royal Highness, I am a magician, and my magic power has been suppressed by the Imperial Capital Circle, so it may not be a good choice for you to invite me." Rogers didn't hesitate to simply refuse.

Criminals can run away after committing crimes in the central circle, and it is very likely that the sheriff of the imperial capital is fishing for law enforcement, trying to follow this clue to try to catch a big fish.

He had no interest in the trivial matter of seeing the process on the slightest thought, and he did not want to do unprofitable work.

"You have been the focus of the Imperial Capital Newspaper for a long time, and if you can help them this time, even if it is just to show your kindness, it will definitely be good for your reputation.

"As for the suppression of the magic circle, you can cast a spell at this moment to feel it, is there still suppression?" Pertus seemed to see that Rogers was not interested, and continued to persuade gently.

Bang –

A bright and scorching flame rose from Rogers' palm, and he looked at the flickering flames, and couldn't help but think about the Imperial Capital Newspaper in his heart.

He had no interest in improving his already messy reputation, but perhaps he could use it to connect with the empire's largest newspaper and pave the way for what he wanted to do in the future.

The basis for this is not that the prince proposed that he be rewarded for his good deeds, but that this sentence came from the mouth of the first prince.

Seeing Rogers bow slightly, Pertus smiled heartily.

Immediately, the carriage slowly turned around at the signal of Pertus and headed quickly towards the Osakah district.

After a long time, when the groom held the reins firmly, he tightened his hands together and pulled the reins to bring the carriage to a slow stop.

"Don't bother you." As Rogers got out of the car, he looked at the hand that Pertus had given him as he tried to hold him, and waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to bother.

Although he did not liberate [Praise of the Broken] at this time, he also stopped the activation of this skill and regained his sound mobility.

When the pitch-black cane staggered on the ground, he raised his eyes to a rather surprised scene.

At this moment, he seemed to be standing on the dividing line between two worlds, with clean streets and neat buildings on one side, and narrow and winding brick paths and haphazardly stacked shacks on the other.

"Devil's Stomach, this is the new name that the Osek district has just received. Many young people who wanted to come to the imperial capital to seek a future because of the Dawn Movement, and workers who had lost their jobs and had to rely on simple manual labor to make a living, filled the area in a matter of months. ”

Under the guidance and guidance of Pertus, Rogers followed him slowly into the place.

Both of them had run runes that covered themselves, and there were no attendants with them.

Rogers looked up at the staggered beams that jutted out of the wooden shacks, and then at the emaciated teenagers huddled on the side of the narrow road, clad in dirty, dirty, and numb.

A slight fishy smell appeared in front of his nose, and the quarrels and quarrels of several drunks came from not far away, rippling in his ears.

In this situation, he could not help but think of Dickens's city of London, the shining pearl of the empire on which the sun never sets, prosperous and rich because of industry, but also dirty and poor because of industry.

"Devil's stomach......" Rogers muttered in a low voice as his eyes calmed.

"It's not your fault, technology itself is not good or evil, it is the people who use them who show good and evil." Pertus looked sideways at Rogers' inexplicable expression and took the initiative to comfort him.

"No, Your Royal Highness, only people who know nothing about the history of technology will believe that technology is completely neutral." Rogers retorted dryly:

"Printing, for example, expanded the medium through which knowledge could be disseminated, allowing many people who had previously been unable to access knowledge to enjoy the baptism of wisdom and bringing them a new upward path.

"It is more like the clock you ordered the master craftsmen to make according to my ideas, the time, minute and second are not the creations of nature, but the result of our consciousness, which has nothing to do with the sun or the moon.

"I have fundamentally strengthened this new law of nature, and you may not realize it at this time, that sooner or later such a convenient and precise sequence of times will spread to the whole world, and the Pantheon will probably have to choose when to preach according to my clock."

He took out the pocket watch that Pertus had given him from his bosom, feeling the faint clicking sound of the hands and the faint glow of magic in them.

[Inform! The gods of the bottomless pit cast their gaze on you, expressing that they were extremely amused by your words and wished to occupy the symbol of the clock for a period of time. 】

"That's really ...... I never imagined it. Ignoring Rogers' rebuttal, Poltus' eyes grew brighter when he looked at him, and continued:

"But things will always get better, and together we can implement the New Conservation Act, and when things are prosperous, people will be happier, just in the time you create."

Rogers also turned his head to meet Pertus as he walked forward, staring at the unpretentious smile on his face, and suddenly understood why he had become disgusted with the other when he heard about it.

This is a guy who is completely opposed to him in many ways, and it is a resistance and bad feeling brought by nature.

He hated the other party's arrogant innocence to the extreme, and he also hated the other party's optimistic attitude.

"But people are also bound to time, nailed between minutes and seconds. I brought the best of times, but also the worst. Rogers looked back at the beam of light that fell from between the broken wooden planks, and replied in a flat tone.

Even after continuous refutation and denial, and even his own kindness was ignored, Pertus's face still did not show displeasure, but said in an emotional tone:

"I've never had such a strong urge to become friends with the same person.

"I have decided, I will abandon my previous thoughts, as long as you don't harm innocent people, even if your father sentences you to death, I will do my best to protect you."

Rogers tucked his pocket watch back into his pocket, and instead of bothering with Pertus's gibberish, he kept thinking about where this could be done.

For those who are struggling to make a living, the most precious thing is bread, and after satisfying the most basic needs for survival, they are then induced to learn knowledge and thus know what dignity is.

In addition to the grace of fertility, this is probably one of the greatest kindnesses that a person can receive.

The mad belief that Edith is the nobleman of the imperial capital, and it happens that he can be used to give favors, so the soil for the organization he envisions will be there, and finally the talented and qualified ones will be selected to enter the real group to form the backbone.

There was also the request of the gods of the bottomless pit, and he pondered what he could get in return for what would be beneficial to the matter......

As he pondered, he paused and turned to look at a drunken man who was lying on the edge of the diamond-shaped wooden window, holding a wine bottle in his hand.

When the big man saw him, the drunkenness in his eyes under the greasy and tied brown hair suddenly dissipated, and the big man's eyes widened, and his pupils dilated rapidly, staring ahead in disbelief.

"I saw you thinking, so I didn't bother you, I didn't expect your intuition to be so keen, and I immediately found out that this guy who is not badly disguised."

Poltus stood beside Rogus and said in an appreciative tone.

Rogers was noncommittal, it was not a question of sharpness or not, it was his instinct as the Son of God who walked on the earth in the bottomless pit, the king of the earth.

"My name is Conwayas, and I'm from the Harvesters Association, and I just went to the Imperial Capital Newspaper with my brothers from the Order to teach a few disrespectful fellows.

"The reason why I can see you is because I have a low-level [True Vision Bonus] item, and your beginner-level masking rune will not work for me."

Convis quickly climbed out of the window, and when he stood up straight, he tried to suppress his burp, and kept telling the information like an attendant's report.

But he didn't look directly at Rogers anymore as he spoke, but at Pertus, as if he knew His Royal Highness the famous prince, and quickly bowed in.

"You're really good at judging the situation, I would have liked to have the fun of hunting with my friends, but you're doing a good job, and you can save us from causing losses for this place."

Pertus was very satisfied with Conviaas's attitude, but in the next second, Conviaas instantly puffed up his muscles, and at some point he had an extra knife glowing with a faint green light in his hand, and stabbed straight at Pertus in front of him at a very fast speed.

"I said, I want to enjoy hunting with my friends."

Pertus looked at Convias, who was in an attacking posture in front of him, but suddenly stiffened and did not move, and a line of blood in the throat of the other party, and said with a little bored.

"I am willing to be punished."

A figure in a black robe kneeling down on one knee appeared out of thin air beside him, speaking in a humble tone.

"You don't blame you for choosing between me and my father, but as you wish, there will still be the necessary punishment." Poltus waved him away, then apologized to Rogers.

After taking the initiative to perceive it just now, Rutgers could clearly perceive that deep under the feet of the ground here, there were a large number of believers with the aura of a bottomless pit.

He retracted slightly, glanced at Pertus beside him, and after a little hesitation, he asked, "Are you often so nosy in the imperial capital?" ”

"You're saying that this cultist didn't attack me just to keep on the run, but someone ......," Pertus frowned, and for a moment understood the meaning behind Rogers' words.

Rogers didn't say anything more, and returned to the carriage outside the district with a silent Pertus, and headed for the Wizard's Mansion.

One of the small events that Alice will encounter during her time in the imperial capital is the assassination attempt of Pertus, and she helps the prince find the real murderer step by step, and experiences a series of thrilling battles during the process.

Rogers didn't feel like there were many rewards in this episode that were worth the effort to seek.

But it's good to be able to use this thing to entangle Poltus so that he doesn't run to annoy himself when he has nothing to do.

By the time he said goodbye to Pertus and returned to the villa of the mansion, it was already early afternoon.

Rogers leaned back on the sofa, his eyes swept over the progress of the Chinese report in his hand, until he saw a page of paper sandwiched in it, and his eyes slowly condensed.

Among the followers of the Discord Abyss in the Imperial Capital, the person in charge of running the "Endless Millstone" was a man named Hohai Rossello.

In addition to the biographies, the congregationists also made a point of mentioning that Hohay seemed to have a different set of plans for Rogers.

The other party was a small nobleman, who was kidnapped by a gang of robbers when he was a teenager, and during the robbery, because of his handsomeness, he was taken care of by many robbers day and night, and even livestock joined in the later period.

Because of this, the other party's personality completely collapsed, and began to have great malice towards the good-looking man, trying to make them both suffer the same tragic experience that the other party had.

Rogers didn't quite understand how Hohay came up with this wonderful logic, but the other party had already believed in Discord, so he couldn't infer it with common sense.

"I need to go out tonight, so you can help me do some preparations......

After a moment's thought, Rogers said as Alina, Lufia, and Alice were nestled together on the couch.

On the one hand, he wanted to push the matter of dividing the time symbols to the sects, after all, he didn't want to get into trouble by ranking the gods.

The second aspect is because he has already accumulated a chance to make a wish to the gods, if he can complete this mission, plus the contribution of the symbol of the hour, such a feat, how can he change a high-level bonus, and even if he changes the high-level bonus, he should be able to continue to ask for more more.

The third aspect, and what made him decide to do this, was the unstable factor of Khoha'i.

As the stars began to twinkle and the moonlight shone on the imperial capital, Rogeth, dressed in a black robe and a silver mask, urged the hidden runes in the magic book with unprecedented force, and beside him was Rufia, who was also dressed in the same attire.

Because of the Imperial Capital Circle, for example, the magic props that could be used to guide the way in the south could not take effect, so Rufia, who was extremely familiar with the Imperial Capital, had to lead the way, so as not to delay time by finding the way on the map.

The other two remained in the villa, with Alice holding the silver ring to lure Rogus and Rufia in, while Alina helped with the paperwork at the right time, creating the illusion that Rogus had been working in the villa all night, and finally the occasional proof of the Shadow Demon's appearance.

"When I used to sneak out to play, I would often meet the Night Watch on the street in front of me, and we would go that way."

Rufia leaned against the wall, poking around the corner for a moment, beckoning and whispering a reminder to Rogers behind her.

(End of chapter)