Devil's Bible

This means that whatever they want to do, regardless of the profits, they have to hand over 94 percent to the shepherd and his growing army of commoners.

The beast did not die; instead, it took up residence in the shepherd's heart, and they unleashed an even more ruthless and unscrupulous monster.

During this process, they did put up a fight, but they were simply no match for the enemy.

Thanks to the divine gifts, the shepherd's strength has surpassed that of others, and during this time his methods have become even more ruthless and targeted.

The shepherd pretends not to see the other nobles who cooperate obediently, but he is very happy whenever there is resistance in the process.

He will make a statement, but it will only be directed at the person who is most vocal in their criticism.

And initially, it was only targeted at that one person.

Given the aristocracy's previous unbridled behavior, it would have been far too easy for the shepherds to find evidence of their crimes.

Even without evidence, the shepherd sees the existence of nobles as a sin.

Anyway, he's really capable of killing people now.

Under such measures, the fragility of the noble alliance is clearly exposed.

When disaster strikes, everyone flees for their own lives; they'll always only care about sweeping the snow from their own doorstep.

The nobles appear to be very powerful, but in reality, the strength of an individual noble is only so-so.

They couldn't come up with a good solution for the shepherd.

However, the assistance that other nobles could provide was limited.

In addition, these nobles also united to disobey orders and even tried to find the god Nia to take back the power in the hands of the shepherds.

Or they might simply disobey any of the shepherd's instructions, treating them as if they don't exist.

But none of it worked.

They had underestimated the shepherds too much before, and now they've come up with this idea.

The shepherd already has a large following.

A large group of princes and heroes, in the process, came to realize the 'rightness' of the world and then chose to stand on the side of the shepherd.

In this morally driven world, though it is rapidly decaying because of things like identity morality.

But there are always some parts that haven't rotted yet.

For example, the Hero system.

While the hero system has been tainted by corruption related to identity and morality, there are also quite a few individuals who act with pure moral principles.

Through the shepherd's hands, they saw the problems with the morality of aristocratic status and realized that too many people in the world were suffering.

Such suffering is unnecessary.

So these people chose to align themselves with the shepherds, thus forming a powerful force.

The most important point is that the kingdom's eldest princess chose to stand by the shepherd's side.

Since her moral compass collapsed, the eldest princess has paid extra attention to these matters.

She temporarily relinquished her status as a princess and chose to travel and witness the lives of those at the bottom of society.

She then discovered that those living in remote rural areas were doing alright.

Although the complex taxes force them to maintain a moral standard of happiness, they can at least still have a certain degree of 'happiness'.

However, the closer one is to big cities and the closer one is to the nobility, the lower the public's awareness and support for morality becomes.

Their situation has reached a point where even with the help of morality and law, it is difficult for them to survive.

After being repeatedly subjected to this situation, these people have completely abandoned morality.

They don't care about these things at all, and just live their lives as they please, cheating and swindling without any psychological burden.

It's a case of being infected by the nobility; it's a kind of collective moral decline.

Under this phenomenon, these people have changed externally, but because everyone around them is like this, it is as if nothing has changed.

In this morally bankrupt state, everything filled the eldest princess with despair. So she chose to stand by the shepherd's side and help him begin to restrain the nobility.

Faced with his daughter's betrayal, Charles III looked troubled and seemed hesitant to take action.

That's how things gradually turned out the way they are now.

It was at this moment that the Queen of Hearts began to regret her decision.

Because at that moment she realized that she was starting to lose control of the situation.

It will take her time to turn other people into card puppets.

However, in the process, the shepherds began to target their own kingdom with fervor.

Large numbers of citizens began to disregard the king's orders and started to act according to the shepherd's commands.

This led to the rapid decline of royal power.

Although the Queen of Hearts has gained de facto control of the country and has been able to begin to engage with the witchcraft 'in the name of God', she finds that her control over the witchcraft is extremely weak.

Given this situation, it would take her at least ten more years to decipher this witchcraft.

And ten years...

"I was about to die at that time!!" The Queen could feel the blatant targeting.

The country is rapidly spiraling out of control, and the resources she can mobilize are dwindling rapidly.

She used the king's orders, and no one was willing to listen anymore.

The orders never left the palace, or rather, once they left the palace, no one took them seriously.

The official explanation for the beast incident is that it was a spy planted by some evil force.

However, it is clear to anyone with discerning eyes that the problem was caused by the king and queen of the duchy.

If they can kill their own daughters, what wouldn't they do for power?

As a result, the royal family's reputation was completely ruined.

It was only then that the Queen of Hearts realized that she wasn't actually that outstanding.

This realization nearly caused her witchcraft to collapse.

She was able to be 'omnipotent' before because she had mastered witchcraft and disguised herself.

She doesn't follow the rules when everyone else does.

Now, once others discover that she doesn't follow the rules, she loses all her advantages.

Many people believe they are better than others, but this superiority is often based on their social class and status.

Once you're in the same position, it's really hard to say whether someone is good or not.

It was under these circumstances that the Queen of Hearts felt resentful.

She even killed her own daughter for this, but what she got in return did not satisfy her.

It was at this time that someone quietly came to the door.

"Who are you?" The Queen of Hearts asked warily as she saw two people with different identities and demeanors arrive.

"We are the people of the mind."

"Of course, according to your understanding, you can call us enemies from another world."

The moment the two men spoke, the Queen of Hearts immediately stood up and looked at them warily.

"Don't be nervous. I don't think you have much loyalty to this world."

"It's better than this."

"By choosing to become one of us, you will only gain greater opportunities for advancement." (End of Chapter)