Devil's Bible

Chapter 219 Full of Doubts
Isabella walked down the street, her expression serious.

She exuded an aura that made her unapproachable, completely different from her usual demeanor.

This incident involving Nems made her feel a sense of unease.

At that moment, she suddenly realized that she seemed to have never really known this Nair.

It has been like this since the beginning.

Whether it's the garrisoned paladin in Backfin Village or the great knight in Tailtail Town now.

What she saw was always the facade that Nemus wore on the outside.

At first, in the village of Dorsal Fin, Isabella was wary of people she couldn't understand.

However, as time went by and she witnessed too much filth, Isabella gradually realized that not being able to see through things would actually give her and the other party some space.

But now, this delusion has been completely shattered.

She could condone Nemes's smuggling because it only sacrificed the future of a few floating whales to maintain the current order and did not cause much harm to humans.

Isabella's kindness stems from her fellow humans; she protects the phlox because the phlox are a habitat for humans.

She can distinguish between what's important and what's not.

However, Isabella could not accept Nemes's actions of imprisoning the Sibin family for the sake of historical records, and his sheltering of people like Op, who were associated with the old pastor.

In her view, people are equal, and it is wrong for someone to harm the rights of others for their own benefit.

It's true that Zovin's father, Xibin, was a criminal, but there's no such thing as being implicated in his crime.

If that's the case, then the Xibin family shouldn't be subjected to this kind of soft imprisonment.

Of course, this also involved a deal between Naimus and Sibin, with Naimus able to portray the soft imprisonment as protection.

This wasn't really a crime, but the way Nemes treated others during the process terrified Isabella.

This shows that Nemes doesn't actually care about other people at all.

This person is very likely an absolute egoist.

He treated the people well not because he was kind, but because it would earn him a good reputation.

He maintained order in the church only because it helped him gain profit.

From this perspective, there seems to be no problem.

But what if one day we could gain even greater benefits by mistreating the people?

So, will Nemes still do that?

But from this point of view, Nemes and she are absolutely at odds.

And this is even more evident from the fact that Nemes later sheltered Op and others.

Although the smuggling of whale skin ore was never confirmed, Isabella always remembered it.

Furthermore, she was fairly certain that when she and Jacques went to investigate, they did not find the existence of the mine or the miners.

Those miners were probably silenced; Op and his gang were absolutely ruthless criminals who treated human life like dirt.

Thinking this, Isabella once again retrieved some relevant files from the village of Dorsal Fin.

Although the case was mainly handled by Qiquan City, Baiwei Town also received a lot of people from Beiqi Village.

The more Isabella looked, the colder her heart became.

Most of Nems's testimony was quite reasonable, except for one point, which now seems somewhat inexplicable—why was the old priest driven to the brink of despair, and then, in his despair, suddenly realized the truth and took the pseudo-saint's potion?
According to the old pastor, he stayed in the village of Dorsal Fins for twenty years, during which time he established contact with most of the villagers.

He is able to transfer the damage through this connection.

As long as this ability remains unresolved, the old priest is unlikely to despair.

Isabella has seen many people who repent only because they were driven to a dead end after all their methods were defeated. So, how did Nemus, a paladin, handle damage transfer?

Isabella hadn't previously considered the darker aspects of human nature, assuming that Nemus possessed some special power.

However, since Op and his men are still closely associated with Nemes, she has to start thinking in that direction.

Isabella selected villagers from the backfin village who had been received by the tail-end town and found that there were far fewer than she had imagined.

With the list in hand, Isabella then went to find the survivors from that year.

Upon seeing Isabella again, many people seemed to have had their wounds touched, and were unwilling to talk about what had happened in the past.

However, some people also told Isabella about some of the things that happened when they woke up.

For example, when they were collecting the bodies, they found that many of them had died from swords and knives.

They were there, angrily denouncing the old pastor for transferring his hurt onto their family and relatives.

Although Isabella was embarrassed, she asked them to describe some of the wounds of the deceased.

After leaving these people's homes, Isabella seemed somewhat dazed.

Nemus is a highly skilled swordsman, and because of this, his sword techniques are very powerful, requiring many people to share the damage from the transfer.

Even so, the sword marks left should still be neat, not the rough appearance of a blade after being cut and chipped...

Although there were other possibilities, things gradually took a turn in a direction that Isabella least wanted to see.

"During my battle with the old priest, Nemus and Op, among others, cooperated. But once they discovered that the old priest could transfer damage, some of them directly attacked the villagers."

"That's why the old priest's damage transfer failed."

"The one who did it was most likely one of Op's men..."

Isabella felt a strong smell of blood rushing towards her.

Nemes's original image has now completely collapsed.

At the same time, all the doubts that had been lingering in my mind before surged up once again.

What exactly happened in Dorsal Fin Village?!

Besides killing the old priest, what else did Nemes do?

Is it true that Naims said Jacques was manipulated by the old pastor and died a gruesome death together?

A host of questions weighed heavily on Isabella's mind.

Excuses can be found for all of these things.

For example, killing those villagers in order to defeat the more dangerous old pastor.

But Nems was too ruthless.

Since he's hiding so much about this matter, what about the rest?
Isabella initially didn't quite believe that Nemus could be so cold-blooded, since he killed Zovin's entire family after he escaped.

But now, she is increasingly leaning towards that possibility.

"No, I have to figure this out!" After a period of silence, Isabella's resolve hardened.

If Nemes really did so many things, then his flaws will only become more and more apparent.

If you just look carefully, you can always find some clues.

And indeed, there were some things that Nems couldn't completely hide.

“Sissy Mary…” Isabella found another file.

(End of this chapter)