One hundred and eighty-two. The commission of the ancient gods
Businessman Anthony took out the map from his backpack.
"Why...there is still...a deserted...map?"
Ophelia approached Lu Li who was spreading the map on the desk.
"Hide the true purpose."
Lu Li said while observing the map.
The route map is centered on Midnight City. The old sewers spread like spider webs in all directions, and the east side extends farther and denser - because the further east you go, the fewer human towns and the more weird nests there are.
The thickened main line is like a tree trunk entwining around Midnight City, the slightly thinner branch lines are like branches extending outward, and there are countless dark lines and deep, bottomless old sewers.
Known to man, the old sewer tentacles extend closest to the coast and end at the town of Luokou.
It's a coastal town.
…
"I hope Sir Lu Li can use it..."
Assistant Valendo said to himself.
He heard heavy and messy footsteps coming from the corridor outside the mayor's office, stopping behind the door.
Bang bang——
Assistant Valendo didn't move, they knew who was outside the door.
"Valendo, open the door."
Mayor Mateus said.
Assistant Valendo opened the door and allowed the trial guards to break into the mayor's office, control him, and walk towards Mayor Mateus.
"You have no right to do this!"
Assistant Valendo's feeble resistance ended with him being pinned against the wall unable to move.
"Mr. Mayor, where is he going?" the formal knight asked Mateusz standing in front of the desk.
"Who?" Matthäus picked up the main table filled with books and documents.
"The Fallen Exorcist."
"I don't understand what you're talking about."
The official knights of the Tribunal had no intention of engaging in language games and simply announced that because Mateus had come into contact with heretics, the Tribunal Guards would evaluate him physically and mentally. At the same time, all actions would be followed and protected by the Tribunal Guards.
Matthäus is the mayor, especially when the eternal night fog envelopes the ice-free port of Wiener. Suspending him is not only an overstep, but also a stupid move.
"I thought you would take me to the dungeon like a civilian," Mayor Mateus said.
Rather than protecting him, Mateus' behavior of following him wherever he went was more like stalking and interrogating him endlessly about Lu Li's whereabouts. To save trouble, he simply moved into the mayor's office.
Until the third day.
Knock knock knock——
There was a knock on the door of the mayor's office.
The personal knights did not take away the assistant Valendo's job to open the door as usual.
Looking away from the knight sitting upright, assistant Valendo opened the door and was surprised to see the person outside the door.
The old man outside the door is wearing a dark golden cashmere robe, with two striped ribbons on his chest, and a gorgeous and holy gold and gemstone crown on his head. His thin face makes people feel sharp, and because of his deep-set deep blue eyes,
melt.
"Bishop of Ursa."
After Assistant Valendo stepped away, Mayor Mateus called out his identity.
"You all go out."
Bishop Uzza said kindly.
The Knight Guards saluted him with their chests pressed and left the mayor's office.
Assistant Valendo was suddenly stopped by him as he followed him away.
"Valendo, right? Boy, you can stay."
Assistant Valendo looked back at the mayor, and Mateus nodded to him: "Stay. If you want to become a politician in the future, you must know how dirty and dirty the upper class is."
Bang--
The door closed again.
Mayor Mateus said at this time: "If you still ask about Mr. Lu Li, I don't know anything. Instead of wasting your energy on spying on me and trying to pry words out of me, you should protect the safety of the citizens in the Evernight Mist Tide.
"
"It is equally important to purify the fallen exorcist."
Bishop Uzzah took off his crown and held it face forward in his hands.
"Where is the exorcist?"
"You have asked me countless times in the past three days, but I don't know." Mayor Mateus answered with an answer he repeated hundreds of times in the past few days.
"Matteus, don't let the identity of the exorcist blind you... Maybe he was once the hope of the human world. But after the evidence that he colluded with cultists was found, he no longer belongs to our camp. If exorcism
When a person becomes a believer and returns to the ice-free port of Vina, all the upper levels in contact with him will be contaminated..."
Bishop Ursa stared at Mateusz with his deep blue eyes.
"The ice-free port of Wiener will be destroyed as a result."
Mateus was quiet for a moment because of Bishop Ursa's idea, but not because of fear——
Recalling everything he met with Lu Li, and his impressive sense and calmness, Mateus shook his head gently: "You don't understand Lu Li."
"We all know that the evil spirits believed in by the Shadow Church were once Lu Li's most important companions. He was also a legendary exorcist who dared to walk in the wilderness. As for the hypothesis you mentioned, it is completely impossible. You have never met Lu Li, nor have you interacted with him.
He communicated, right?”
"Matteus, the land we stand on is the ice-free port of Vina." Bishop Ursa said softly like telling a story: "This is the last pure land of mankind. For more than twenty years, we have been blocking any weird people from setting foot on it.
No one can violate this rule, not even you and me, not even the last exorcist."
Matthäus could not refute this statement, because recreating the past glory was the foundation of the ice-free port of Vina. He could only refute Bishop Ursa with low-level sarcasm: "The embassy of Midnight City is just a street away."
Bishop Ursa did not continue Mateus' topic and said slowly: "We have seen many people and gods lost because of their faith, and we could have used more radical actions to deal with this matter. You know, the crime of colluding with heretics
It’s enough to make you step down.”
"So at least you're not hopelessly pedantic."
Matthäus quickly regretted his words.
When both parties to a dispute are good people, there must always be someone who the other party thinks is the bad person.
"We will send four teams to the snowy mountains, old sewers, and Lennon Islands until we find Lu Li's whereabouts."
Matthäus stood up awkwardly: "You can't do this!"
Those dark blue eyes are still kind, but they have become something that Mateusz hates: "We have practiced the steadfastness of the trial, and the knights sacrificed their lives for their beliefs. And you... bear the sacrifices of the knights."
"It was you who killed them!" Mateus roared angrily, his always peaceful face covered with veins.
"No matter how dirty the means are, they are still for the purpose of exercising justice."
"Ridiculous-"
"Mr. Mayor!"
Assistant Valendo shouted to stop Mateus from blaspheming and insulting the court.
Staring at the calm Bishop Ursa with bloodshot eyes, Mayor Mateus fell into his chair and used all his strength to squeeze out an answer.
"...old...down...water...way."
"The old sewer...is he going to escape to Midnight City?"
"So you don't know Lu Li well." Mayor Mateus stopped pretending to be malicious towards Bishop Ursa and spoke bitterly and sarcastically.
"Thank you for your attention to the knights, I won't disturb you anymore."
Bishop Ursa put on his crown again, said goodbye, and turned to leave.
Mateus, trembling with excitement, stared blankly at the closed door.
After dragging it for three days, I hope Mr. Lu Li has left the old sewer...
At this time, Lu Li had just set foot on the deserted land.
