Devil's Bible

Chapter 212 Prelude
Time passed day by day, and soon the summer heat seemed to have reached its peak.

Nemus has been serving as the Grand Knight of Tailtown for ten months.

However, in just ten months, his influence permeated every aspect of Baiwei Town.

As the rain and clouds dispersed, the slight coolness quickly turned into muggy heat.

It felt as if I were inside a cage of fire.

On the back of a whale, the temperature varies drastically with the seasons.

Winters can be as cold as they want, and summers can be as hot as they want.

It's currently the hottest time of the year.

Even so, as the rain and clouds dispersed, many people quickly appeared on the streets.

They were shirtless, and with just a few movements, sweat poured down their faces like rain, mixing with the still-wet puddles.

Zuo Wen, shirtless, mingled in the crowd, carrying goods on his back, walking along the street with uneven steps.

He got a tan and shaved his head, which was almost like a plastic surgery.

She has become completely different from her past image.

After leaving Granny Bird's place, Zovin was hunted down, but not by Nemus's men, but by bounty hunters.

These bounty hunters weren't particularly strong, but their sheer numbers made up for it.

Most of them have other professions, and there are not many who make a living solely as bounty hunters.

And because they are not strong, their methods are even more insidious and vicious.

Poisoning food is a minor issue.

After discovering that Zovin possessed a certain sense of justice, their methods became even more despicable.

For example, when Zuo Wen approached a baby abandoned on the roadside out of pity, he saw that the baby's face had turned purple and its breathing was almost stopped.

He immediately picked it up, but felt a sharp pain in his palm the instant he did so.

Only then did they discover that several extremely well-hidden poison needles were concealed in the baby's swaddling clothes.

If Lillian hadn't immediately summoned the historical spirit of Little Giant Melo, he would probably have been poisoned to death by the roadside long ago, or his strength would have been greatly reduced due to the poison, leading to him being hacked to death by the bounty hunters hiding in the shadows.

After failing to kill him in their first direct attack, these bounty hunters generally avoided direct confrontation and instead attacked him from the shadows.

After that, Zuowen tried his best to hide his identity.

Aside from not wanting to expose himself too much and thus clash with the dutiful and good people in the church, the bigger reason was that he didn't want innocent people to be implicated by him.

He hadn't been able to save the infant in swaddling clothes during the previous ambush by bounty hunters.

After that, those people were more willing to involve ordinary people in order to lower his guard.

That's why he completely changed his image, hid his identity, and then searched for his goal.

After delivering the goods to its destination—the South District Dance Hall—Zowen wiped away his sweat and glanced at the woman dancing a striptease on the dance hall stage from afar.

However, out of the corner of his eye, he was actually looking at the other two people next to him.

It was the same duo who had attacked him before.

Unlike the previous bounty hunters, the two outlaws gave him the pretext of stealing and escaping, and their strength was also vastly different from those bounty hunters.

Therefore, it can be roughly determined that these two people are very likely to have a direct relationship with Nems.

However, they didn't have much of a connection with the church, so it's almost certain that they were doing shady work for Nemes.

If he wanted to cause trouble for Nemus, then starting with these two people and using them as a breakthrough point was the best direction he could find.

However, there are still some problems.

Zuowen had fought the two outlaws and knew their fighting style. Given their disregard for their own lives, it seemed unlikely that torture would be very successful in extracting information from them.

All he could do seemed to be monitor them and then, when they made contact with Nems, touch Nems's black territory.

"Lillian, how is it?" Zovin didn't dare to look at the two of them for long and handed over the main task of monitoring to Lillian.

“They’re still not making any moves, spending their days playing with women in dance halls or pubs.” Lillian didn’t dare leave Zovin for too long, fearing that Zovin might encounter danger during that time.

Furthermore, if she is away from Zovin for too long, her connection with the world will weaken, thus reducing her ability to observe the outside world.

Therefore, after only keeping a brief eye on the two fugitives for a short time, he left.

Zuowen was not discouraged, but went back to work.

He has now integrated into the South District and is no longer the pampered young master who had everything done for him.

Everything seemed eerily calm.

The temperature gradually dropped, and although the weather was still hot, it wasn't so hot anymore.

At least there are fewer people fainting from the heat on the streets now.

Perhaps because of this, many ordinary people in the southern district also showed more joy.

Although in three months we will have to face the bitter cold again.

But at least for now, they have survived a calamity and are alive again.

Of course, many of them survived this time not because of their own efforts, but because of Isabella.

In the sweltering heat, during the hottest period, Isabella led the Redemption Department, which had completed its initial reforms, to launch a proactive attack.

They walked the streets of the South District, distributing water to people and providing magical treatments for those suffering from heatstroke.

That's why the number of deaths decreased significantly during the hottest days.

As a result, Isabella's reputation in the South District even began to surpass that of Nemes, and she became a 'revered angel'.

Countless people admire her good deeds.

She was even pursued by many nobles, and invitations poured in like snowflakes.

However, Isabella rejected them all.

She is now focusing most of her energy on reforming the Redemption Department.

Although we have achieved initial success, there are still significant problems.

In addition, she can sense these people's desires and all sorts of filthy thoughts simply by sensing their emotions.

Furthermore, these people thought their methods were discreet, so they used various means to create trouble in order to bump into her, which instead interfered with her work.

In comparison, she still thinks Nemes is a more suitable choice.

Having determined that Nems was outstanding, Isabella took the initiative to learn more about him; she was not the kind of woman who would simply wait passively.

However, even now, there still seems to be some distance between them.

I feel like something's missing.

She could see her own reflection in Nemus's eyes, but the reflection was too illusory.

“Perhaps he didn’t mean it that way,” Isabella shook her head, setting aside these personal matters.

Life is not just about love; there are many other pursuits. For example, she is now planning to go to the South District to provide treatment for the elderly and injured who have difficulty moving around.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Isabella turned her head to the side, her brows furrowing slightly.

(End of this chapter)