Devil's Bible

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No one can know what lies at the end of that road.

This reflection made her realize something she seemed to know nothing about.

The fear brought by the unknown made her feel a shiver run through her body at this moment.

However, the city lord quickly suppressed this impulse.

It wasn't that she fought against her instincts, but rather that Nemus stopped.

The city lord silently calculated that the time it took for him to release his pressure was the same as the time it took for Nemus to release his gaze.

In other words, Nemes was very 'restrained'.

"This is an opponent of equal caliber!" Knowing this, the city lord did not believe she would lose in a real fight, but she did not intend to confront Nemus head-on at this time.

So she pretended that the outburst had never happened, pulled out her chair, sat down, waved for the others to sit down as well, and got down to business.

"Regarding the ghoul incident that occurred in the commercial district today, I wonder if you have received any information?" The city lord asked, looking around.

The others were curious about what seemed to have happened between Nemus and the city lord, but they didn't dare to investigate further at the moment. Instead, they focused on what the city lord had said.

"I know, but my men are handling this." It was at this moment that the Lord of War spoke up.

Most of the others nodded in agreement.

The commercial street involves many things, with a large amount of goods, cards, and slaves moving around there.

It does not essentially belong entirely to any one company.

However, many factions have left their personnel there.

Generally, the events that refresh in the commercial street are mostly of the type such as [Mysterious Merchant], [Foreign Traveler], and [Slave Riot].

And something very important is that ghoul incidents mostly occur at night.

They usually spawn in places like cemeteries, slums, and mines.

This is not normal.

Most of the goods sold in the commercial street are legal and compliant.

That's how it appears on the surface, at least. Those irregular goods are mostly traded in the Broken Shoes Street area.

Although the Silver City allows the slave trade, this is because too many newly spawned people cannot adapt to the environment, food resources are scarce, and job opportunities are very limited.

Therefore, only by being sold can one have some chance of survival.

Even so, cannibalism and the sale of human corpses are not openly permitted in the City of Silver.

That's an extreme destruction of order; people still need to have some basic human decency.

At least on the surface, they still manage to do that.

That's why things on the commercial street are so abnormal.

Of course, anything is possible, no matter how abnormal.

Perhaps someone in the shopping district has pica, which quietly triggered the ghoul incident.

However, the city lord has now summoned all the leaders and specifically brought up this matter.

Some of the people present seemed to remember something at that moment, and their expressions turned rather unpleasant.

Especially the Lord of the Desolate Tomb, who immediately stood up as soon as he sat down.

"impossible!"

Whether it was testing Nemus and being countered by Nemus, or the various situations that followed, Lord Arazuka never panicked.

But right now, he was visibly panicked.

His black robe was trembling, showing that the Lord of the Desolate Tomb was truly afraid.

At this moment, another child, whose entire body was silver, also looked solemn. He was none other than Silver White, one of the five leaders.

His status in Silver City was extremely high, almost second only to the city lord.

In some instances, his status and position might even be higher than that of the city lord.

"Has the Netherworld Corpse awakened again?" Silver asked.

"Most likely," the city lord nodded.

Many people present were confused, but some people's expressions changed after hearing the words "corpse of the underworld".

"Perhaps some people don't know what a ghost corpse is."

"And that is why I came to see you today."

The city lord then told a story.

According to legend, the entire city was actually a collection of silver writings inscribed on something.

Many people dismiss this legend, but in reality, it might actually be true.

"Have you ever considered what the legend might be on if it's true? What is the Silver City inscribed on?" the city lord asked at this moment.

"It's a corpse." The city lord chose to answer his own question.

"Our city is built on a mutilated corpse."

"The identity of this mutilated corpse is unknown, its past is unknown, and its cause of death is unknown."

"We call them ghost corpses."

“Every so often, the corpses will ‘awaken,’ or more accurately, the decomposition of the corpses will begin to spread.”

"At this point, silver is needed to restrain it."

At this point, some people in the room who understood alchemy also realized what was going on.

In alchemy, corruption is decay and decomposition.

Albinism, on the other hand, involves purification and transformation.

Silver is one of the symbols of whitening, and it itself represents purification.

From this perspective, the Silver City's primary function might be to purify this corpse.

At the very least, we must suppress this decay.

"Lord of the City, I have lived in Silver City for more than ten years, how come I have never heard of this matter before?" someone asked at this time.

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"Because the problem of the underworld corpse is never once every ten or twenty years, but once every hundred years."

“You are all too young,” the city lord said without hesitation. “You don’t need to doubt the truth of what I’m saying.”

"Because it makes no sense."

"The awakening of the undead is a disaster for the entire Silver City."

"At this point, it's no use if you don't believe me. Event after event will drag everyone into the fight against the Nether Corpse."

"No one can escape it."

"At that time, you will still die."

"Since that's the case, then obey my orders and prepare for the awakening of the Nether Corpse." The city lord appeared extremely domineering at this moment.

However, this is not a problem.

She may not care about anything on ordinary days, but when faced with a catastrophe of this magnitude, she has to step forward.

The last time a corpse awakened was sixty years ago.

Given the rapid pace of change in Silver City, most people have already been replaced seven or eight times.

Those few who managed to survive also found it difficult to clearly explain what happened back then.

After all, back then, only the leader knew the true situation.

Those who managed to survive were mostly people in the rear or on the fringes; they were lucky enough to live.

In response to the city lord's words, most people began to continuously ask questions.

For example, how will the ghost corpse incident begin and end?

How should these people cooperate, and what benefits will they receive after cooperating?

"The benefit is not dying." The city lord had already realized this, but most people in Silver City were unreasonable.

Even in the most critical moments, all they think about is protecting themselves.

All the grand principles and missions were irrelevant to them.

If the fact that the ghost corpse incident would indiscriminately kill everyone is not repeatedly emphasized, these people will outwardly comply but inwardly disobey, even under her strong orders.

Even after saying it so many times, the city lord is certain that there are still quite a few people below harboring ulterior motives.

At this moment, the Lord of the Desolate Tomb seemed to have slightly recovered from his shock. He looked at the City Lord and asked seriously, "Are you sure this is true? Only sixty years have passed!"

The general pattern for the awakening of the undead is once every hundred years.

This time, however, it inexplicably came a full forty years earlier.

This anomaly made the Lord of the Desolate Tomb even more apprehensive.

He was a survivor of the last ghost corpse incident.

At that time, he was already a well-known and powerful figure.

It was that incident that laid the foundation for Arazuka-sama to become one of the five leaders.

Even if he hadn't successfully reincarnated as the city lord, he might have been able to compete for the title of the strongest in Silver City.

But the more this was the case, the more terrified the Lord of the Desolate Tomb became of the ghost corpse incident.

He survived that year largely because he disregarded his pride and, by sheer luck, managed to seize a crucial opportunity.

Ask him to do it again. Things that I thought I was gradually ignoring suddenly turned into a torrent of emotions.

The psychological trauma from back then remains a psychological trauma to this day.

"I don't know." The city lord shook his head. "Who can say for sure about such things?"

"How long has the Silver City existed? How many times have the ghost corpse incidents occurred? Does anyone have accurate information?"

"Even for me, I only received information from previous reincarnated individuals before my reincarnation, which said that the ghost corpse event occurs once every hundred years."

"Whether it's accurate or not, or whether it might be brought forward due to some special events, I have no way of knowing."

"The only way now is to defeat it, not to question it here."

As information was shared, several powerful leaders gradually reached a consensus.

The entire city of silver came to life.

Of course, even after the banquet ended and the various leaders left, the exchanges within the city lord's mansion did not stop.

The five leaders were left behind.

Besides those, there are Nems and Moro.

Cat Sister was essentially brought in by Nemus; otherwise, given her previous status, she should have already left the scene by now.

The others weren't too surprised that Nems stayed.

After all, Nemus had previously clashed head-on with the city lord by changing his aura, so in terms of strength, he was definitely qualified.

On the other hand, many people do not understand Moro.

They could basically 'read' Moro's strength; he was just a card user who wasn't even a Silver-ranked one.

Perhaps because they possess some special cards, they are able to unleash considerable power, but that's about it.

The strength of a card user lies in making up for its own shortcomings in all aspects.

One can lean towards a particular system, but the attack, defense, mobility, and adaptability capabilities provided by that system cannot be lacking.

Otherwise, in card battles, defeat can happen in an instant.

The five leaders and other mid-level leaders can all be considered silver-tier, however, the combat power of the five leaders is not on the same level as that of the mid-level leaders.

For example, if Cat Sister were to fight against Arazuka Master, her win rate would probably be 30% to 70%.