Devil's Bible

The beast was now in utter despair.

The event was so sudden and far beyond what normal people could have expected or understood.

The biological parents cruelly murdered their daughter simply because they didn't want her to marry.

This is something that wild beasts cannot comprehend.

And then, with the princess's death.

His chance to make amends to the other party will also be gone forever.

He could never make amends for the guilt in his conscience, and he would forever remain a beast in this state.

Most importantly, the beast knew how much this event would affect the shepherd's reforms to restrict the behavior of the nobility.

Although he didn't do it, he messed everything up.

This despair gnawed at his heart, and then at that moment his gaze met that of the shepherd who wanted to stop the fight and save him.

A resolute glint flashed in his eyes, and the beast charged at the shepherd.

The shepherd had a bad feeling when he saw this.

Sure enough, he then heard the roar of a beast: "I was lurking beside you from the beginning, you didn't expect that, did you?"

"I'm going to kill you now!" the beast said, charging at the shepherd with eyes full of desire.

Kill me!

Please, kill me!

Don't make me live like this beast forever.

In doing so, the authority of the shepherds as messengers of God is preserved as much as possible.

This may not be the best solution, but it's the only thing he can do for the shepherd right now.

The shepherd saw the resolve and pain in the wild beast's eyes.

Everything that happened was pushing the beast toward the abyss.

At this moment, the beast had lost all will to live.

The shepherd closed his eyes, and the fluctuating emotions in them subsided in that moment.

Then he extended his hand.

Limbs strengthened by divine gifts are the best weapons.

And now, in the blink of an eye, this weapon pierced through the beast's chest.

The shepherd gripped the wild beast's beating heart and held it tightly.

A powerful will caused this heart to stop beating.

The beast gave the shepherd a smile, then closed his eyes.

Beasts, death.

The shepherd did not say a word as he looked at the carcass of the wild beast.

He simply raised his head and glanced around at all the nobles.

At that moment, he understood something.

There's no point in arguing with these nobles about rules.

They appear civilized and polite, very elegant, and extremely friendly.

They are willing to acknowledge and follow the various reform measures and rules implemented previously.

However, those are all public knowledge.

Once they go into the shadows, they become the most despicable and shameless beings.

They will use every means to scheme and plot.

The nobility is the biggest cancer in the world.

“You are right, beast,” the shepherd said in a low voice.

The nobles present, who had initially smiled upon witnessing this scene, were pleased to see it.

How could they not see through the little tricks of wild beasts?

Friends turned on each other in the face of reality.

And one of them was even a so-called divine messenger.

This is so interesting. But for some reason, a chill rose in their hearts.

They felt as if disaster was about to befall them at any moment.

Looking at these shameless nobles, the shepherd had given up all his illusions.

These people are enemies, not partners, and it is impossible for them to truly cooperate sincerely.

They are obstacles to the external enemies, but these obstacles are now covered in thorns and connected to the load-bearing walls of the world, so they cannot be forcibly demolished.

"But we cannot have any compassion when dealing with these people."

"To deal with nobles, one must be more greedy, more despicable, and more shameless than them!" the shepherd thought, and at that moment, the blessing of 'simplicity' on him shattered.

Of the three blessings I carried with me when I left home, two have now shattered.

All that remains is the pure emotion related to love.

As long as you maintain a pure heart, you can obtain perfect love.

At this moment, the shepherd was somewhat dazed. It seemed that he had only one purpose in leaving his hometown in the first place—to find a beautiful bride, or even better, a princess.

However, at this moment, if he wanted to marry the princess, even though most nobles hated him to death, they would still be very eager to arrange a marriage with him.

Ignoring the chaos, the shepherd carried the animal's carcass to the place where they had first met.

Right there by that dead tree.

At that time, the beast was still a soldier, and he killed the old witch with his sword.

At that time, he was no different from most people and had no idea of ​​the truth of the world.

He just lived a muddled yet 'kind' life.

It wasn't until later, when his connection with the princess shattered all the peace.

The shepherd buried the wild animals here.

Standing beside his grave, his gaze became very somber.

He was fully aware that everything he was about to do would have very serious consequences.

The shepherd then sat down and pondered for the entire night.

Looking at the brightening sky in the distance, he then stood up.

He has made his decision.

The nobles in the city were still laughing and playing, holding a grand banquet.

It's certainly something to be happy about when one of those annoying guys dies.

They made merry all night, and it was then that they saw the shepherd returning in the distance.

Then, the shepherd gave an order.

Starting today, all nobles must begin paying taxes.

The tax revenue is not much, only one percent.

However, nobles were required to pay this tax during any major event.

For example, for this large banquet, one percent of the funds used to host the banquet must be paid in remittance.

"Why should I?" one of the nobles, who was completely drunk, immediately retorted.

“Because of the crimes you committed before, and I did not kill you for those crimes!” The shepherd grabbed the nobleman by the neck and calmly stated the problems the nobleman had committed.

Big dogs are very good at finding things.

He only needed to instruct the big dog to find evidence of the other party's crimes, and he could immediately find a lot.

"So, your tax rate has increased from one percent to two percent."

"Fine, I'll give it to you!" the nobleman scoffed, not caring at all.

A month later, he began to regret his attitude.

Because afterwards the shepherd went completely mad.

He began to rapidly use his money to arm those civilians, gaining a large following.

He then used this as a pretext to further increase taxes.

Now, most nobles and wealthy merchants hate shepherds to death.

Because in a short period of time, the tax rate has increased from none to 94%. (End of Chapter)