After a conversation with Michaela, Victor realizes a problem.

Even the church could be infiltrated by fanatics.

Isn't it more likely that this group of believers will infiltrate the more unalert inhabitants of the kingdom?

Ten years ago, the upper echelons of the empire had been infiltrated by cultists.

In the end, it was he who revealed it in public at the princess's birthday party.

Since then, the Empire has been working with the Council of Mages.

Order that each citizen's special identity verification information be entered into the Empire's Magic Library, in order to thoroughly investigate the followers of the Goddess of Justice.

But there is no such system in the Kingdom.

This makes it easier for outsiders to infiltrate the populace once they enter.

So Victor used the rumors spread by the residents to find an excuse to gather the residents.

After a simple test, clues were found among the residents.

Believers do not shed blood, because they can only live on the flesh and skin of others.

Therefore, the person in front of him, whether it is health or level, is much higher than the residents present.

It is almost certain that he is a believer.

However, when the flames behind Victor suddenly ignited.

The man, like the other inhabitants around him, showed extreme fear and cowering.

Residents huddled and clung to the cold walls of the basement, trying to distance themselves from the dancing flames.

They were afraid that the blazing waves and heat would scorch their fragile skin.

"Please, Master Mage.... No, don't kill me, it's us who are blinded by lard,"

"I.... We really know.... Wrong. ”

Stammering voices pierced the silence, feeble supplication crashing into his heart.

Seeing this, Victor gently leaned his cane towards the ground.

A dull sound of wood and stone clashing together rang out in the dark space.

The anxious flame was extinguished in an instant, turning into countless tiny sparks and completely dissipating.

As the light of the fire faded, the faces of the residents gradually recovered from their fear.

But they still tensed their bodies, and the shadow of fear seemed to linger for a long time.

Finally, after looking around, Victor said very calmly:

"Looks like I've mistaken someone."

So, calmly, he walked back to the darkness of the room, and turned back again,

Looking at the human beings whose faces were frozen and filled with horror,

Victor's voice was still cold, and he spoke:

"I'll teach you a lesson."

He raised his staff, pointed to the subhumans behind him, and continued:

"They won't hurt you unless you push them to a dead end."

"Because they're more afraid of humans than you're afraid of other species."

"If it weren't for my orders, who would have dared to tie you up?"

Hearing this, some sub-humans involuntarily lowered their heads.

Most of them were once subhumans enslaved by the human aristocracy.

As Victor puts it, their fear of humanity is still hard to dispel.

Those dark days of enslavement are their eternal nightmares.

"But I'm different, I'm human."

Victor put down his cane again, put his hands on it, and calmly continued:

"I'm your kind, so I know exactly what you're afraid of."

"I know your weaknesses and how easily you can be swayed by rumors. Therefore, I can manipulate you as I please. ”

Listening to Victor's words, the bound inhabitants gradually recovered from their initial fears.

They all bowed their heads, silent, full of shame and self-blame.

They lowered their eyes and faced the black ground, silently accepting the lesson, unable to make any sound.

"I'll tell you something more realistic."

Victor tugged at his collar and inadvertently showed the three stars on his chest that symbolized the status of the count.

For them as Kingdom people, the meaning of these stars is self-evident.

When the stars appeared before their eyes, everyone's pupils inevitably trembled.

"First of all, I am an aristocrat, with plenty of status and wealth."

"How many do you think I can buy for the price of your life?"

Victor remains unhurried:

"To put it mildly, your lords have more wealth than even many of the kingdom's nobles."

"But have you ever wondered what the other lords do?"

Other lords dealt with disobedient inhabitants or those who spread rumors far more harshly.

Disobedient? Then the first is deportation.

Spread rumors? The first connection is considered to be a violation of local laws, and it is enough to cut it off on the grounds that it is a cultist.

Kill a batch, sentence a batch, shut down a batch, and rectify a batch.

After going back and forth, see who else dares to disobey the lord's words?

This is not a casual statement, in the context of the kingdom, a large number of excellent warriors are still waiting to be posted.

And these residents are only the lowest part of the labor force.

You don't do it, some people do.

There will always be more obedient people to replace this group.

It's just that Prissis, like her own father, takes these residents too seriously.

She does almost her best to make life better for the residents.

It is even expected that they will not be overworked, and continue to believe in the abundant church like Laurien.

Shurben has the ears of divine power given by the Church in abundance every year, so that this territory can be harvested every year.

The inhabitants were unaware of the luck of having such a good lord, and were instead driven by several rumors.

Although, some of these rumors are true-

After all, Prisis is indeed a Blood, her father is also a Blood, and she does take in a lot of her kind.

Well, it seems like Prisis doesn't have much to clarify.

Except that she has never harmed humans, everything else is true.

However, these truths are not what residents need to know.

Eventually, Victor looked at the speechless inhabitants and spoke again:

"Do you want to live an involuntary life under the other lords, or do you want to continue to maintain the current harmony of Shulben?"

"It's up to you to choose."

With a wave of Victor's hand, the subhumans behind him stepped forward one by one and untied all the residents.

Seeing this, the residents' eyes widened and they stood in place full of doubt.

This, how can this be untied to them?

Then, when they were confused, Viktor's indifferent voice came to their ears:

"Now."

"You're free."

The sub-humans retreated behind Victor after untying the inhabitants, heading out of the basement.

Soon, all the subhumans left the basement, leaving only the residents full of doubts about untying and Victor in front of them.

The inhabitants looked at each other, still trying to make sense of the sudden change, looking at Victor as he prepared to leave.

Suddenly, Victor stopped, seemed to remember something, turned his head and said:

"By the way, I didn't want to arrest you in the first place."

"If you want to blame, you can blame him."

As he spoke, Victor's gaze directed the residents to the man in the center of the crowd.

They remembered that the noble lord had said to this man earlier, "Get out of here".

At this time, Victor had quietly adjusted his half-height top hat.

With the sound of crisp footsteps, I walked through the dim and mysterious passage and left the basement.

With Victor leaving, the eyes of all the residents of the basement widened.

They all stared angrily at the man in the center of the crowd.

"I remember, it was he who spread the rumor that Lord Prisis was a vampire in the first place!"

"It's he who deceived us, the lord was obviously so good to us, and as a result, we were all fooled by him!"

"That's right, he must have taken money from other nobles!"

As they spoke, the residents' emotions became more and more intense.

Everyone trembled uncontrollably with anger and roared and continued to vent:

"If it weren't for him, how would we have been arrested, he almost made us all lose our jobs!"

"That's him! It's all his fault! ”

Bursts of angry roars raged like fire in the basement.

Crashing against the cold walls, they all enveloped the man in a rage of indignation.

The inhabitants were indignant and hated to tear the man in the center apart at once.