Chapter 5 (1/2)

Chapter 5: Chief Justice (G)

Translator: StarveCleric Editor: StarveCleric

Sulfur Mountain City was a good place This was a coround World

In order to understand what kind of place Sulfur Mountain City was, one round World was like

‘A land for exiles’ This was probably the co on the surface

The Underground World was a crevice under the continent of Eich The total size of the Underground World was iraphy far too complex to be mapped out properly It was even said that there was a route in the Underground World that led straight to the Chaos Abyss

Initially, there weren’t many residents here, but as eras passed, it beca for the exiled

The elves had exiled the dark elves, the dwarves had exiled the gray dwarves, and the gnonomes 40 of the beastround World Even the powerful great dragons chased the brutal Red Dragons and cunning Black Dragons into exile here This was also where the titans had exiled the Volcanic Giants

The dominant race of the surface, the huh it was all their brethren they exiled, it was thewitches, extremists, cultists, necromancers, revolutionists, deh the Underground World was a disposal ground

As tiround World became far too complicated to be calculated, but there was one coround World, there was no order Strength spoke the loudest The winners earned it all while the losers were enslaved

Even in the chaotic Chaos Faction, this was one of the ht wars all year round

They annexed land, stole rations, attacked cities and enslaved the population Of course, the countries on the surface were no better, but due to the restrictions by the different religions worshi+pping the Gods of the Order Faction and the different Councils of each country, it was still mainly peaceful there However, in the land abandoned by the Gods, the Underground World, the war had never stopped

Those ere able to survive in the chaotic Underground World, when placed in co weaklings

Well, if ere to use the analogy of a gah-leveled, opened later on in the game Only players above LV40 were able to form parties to enter

In round, due to the presence of diverse races, there would nor the others

But, Sulfur Mountain City was different

This city lay next to the Sulfur River but did not have a long history It was slightly younger than 130 years, and in the eyes of those tribes blessed with longevity, that was no more than a blink of an eye

But they accoround City Lords had been unable to achieve for a few millennia

There was no war here, no nobility or oppression

In fact, there was no ruling race here The City Lord Ada the City Lord Despite Ada the City Lord here, humans were the scarcer race within the city Further-class nobility present here

And, the fellow being was jokingly said to be muscle-brained The City Lord was eventotally no interest in power or land

Contrary to the arround Cities, which numbered in the tens of thousands, Sulfur Mountain City only had a few hundred people in the reserve arest of them was the Town Order Security Army, better known as Town Security, which mainly comprised of dark elves Yet even so, their scale didn’t even cross the 800 round World, pacifists were synonys With their backs to the mines in Sulfur Mountain coupled with their weak defense force, they naturally attracted aggression froround City Lords

But, after a couple of battles, no one dared to set their gazes on theh

No army? In actuality, there was no need of one

Ein Mezus, the ancient Red Dragon as titled Disaster of Veron, lived in the sulfur on once laid waste to dozens of huuardian beast of this city

Adam Han was one of the most renowned heroes of this era; he had once killed Undead Eye [1] ¹ and saved the world After coround World alone, he destroyed a city of dark elves with just brute force That was 40,000-50,000 dark elves and a hundred thousand of other races He himself was probably the most faaret, nicknamed ‘The Child of Heaven’, was coye She was ru an arels by herself

It was said that there was once an Underground City Lord hile on his way to attack Sulfur Mountain City, was ‘persuaded’ to leave by a proht of the city walls…

It was said that as long as the three heads of Sulfur Mountain City existed, it would renable fortress

In my System, these three felloere LV200-300s perfect super boss level characters Not ah database, they were still extremely powerful characters, far beyond the reach of those LV80-90s barely Legend-ranked Underground City Lords in the surroundings

It was due to their strong protection that this city had turned into the only clean land in this chaotic Underground World

However, having only th was insufficient The Great Saint took up the role as the Head of Internal Affairs and kept the city in good order, while the Chief Justice Wumianzhe—yup, that’s me—even went on to create the most equal and fair laws in the entire Eich

As for the City Lord Ada a useless lucky charm

Coincidentally, I, as rather close to the 3 heads of Sulfur Mountain City, became one of its founders

Previously, when I was questioned by the Town Security, I didn’t lie I really aood employee with a proper job—the Chief Justice of Sulfur Mountain City!

Although my memories had been ed to retain e

As a lawyer and judge in islation far beyond that of this era The legislation I had written for Sulfur Mountain City had becoround World, and the surface dwellers even sent scholars to study from us

The conflicts due to the diverse races? I carved Martin Luther King Jr’s ‘I Have A Dreaates such that everyone entering or leaving the city would see it And this was only the first step

I established racial discrial, and offenders would be severely dealt with I then came up with a series of policies to tackle racial tensions, and I severely dealt with a couple of fools who crossedto others

As soy, I understood that society would get used to the presence of a rule as long as it gained recognition and agreement on the surface After sufficient ti morally correct

As an is I didn’t lack were tie other people’sthe ideas of racial harmony in the minds of the citizens of Sulfur Mountain City

The comparatively harmonious relationshi+p between different races was the basis of Sulfur Mountain City’s prosperity, and the next step would be security

Killing a person and stealing his iteround Cities, one could pay his way through his cri rich merchants and nobilities to not treat folks of other races with proper dignity and respect Here, however, it was a non-negotiable death penalty Under the threat of heavy punishment, the security of the city turned for the better

Of course, there islations into action, and a group of queer dark elves, ere driven out of their clan for believing in the Holy Light, beca a lot of resources, I ed to turn them into a team of Public Security Officers trusted by the citizens

Soood equip the my daily quests twice as difficult and the frequency of h—let’s not talk about how Iabout how the blood and tears of a transcender ushered in a new era for the Underground City

The religious conflicts that resulted in the splitting headaches of the leaders of other parts of the Underground World? This was indubitably a difficult problem for other cities to handle due to the physical round City Lords were often believers of certain Gods, so how can they be trusted to be iainst certain races would cause endless conflicts in the city

In this city… aold coins, the City Lord Ada a faith, while the Great Saint believed in knowledge and Ada The Great Saint has had a ‘crush’ on the Great Hero for very long and this was a well-known fact throughout the world However, the blockhead seenorant of it Little Red and I couldn’t stand looking at the situation any longer so we trashed his wedding reception twice [2] ²

Of course, I couldn’t deny my ulteriorutter chaos, looking at Ada

Alright, looks like I’round World

The faiths of the three heads weren’t reliable and if I, arguably, were to have a faith, it would probably be ‘to give those who sinned what they deserve’ and ‘to grant the innocent the protection of the law’ and such, in the spirit of the justice innever seen before in the history of Eich—I granted the citizens of Sulfur Mountain City the freedom of faith

“Faith is an individual choice While ill allow one to spread their faith within the city, no religious organizations are to force others to convert to their beliefs Those who break this laill be exiled from Sulfur Mountain City”

In Sulfur Mountain City, there were people who believed in deht and even those who believed in Gaia and such There was an incredible number of altars and shrines in the city However, if any of the to oppress others, they would face severe punishround World coped with internal conflicts, wrestling over political power, the frequent war of faith between different churches, and the casual plundering of the weak by the strong, our Sulfur Mountain City’s was exceptional in the fact that it was politically stable with suitable laws put in place We had great efficiency in governance, peaceful and orderly We attracted countless talents andour city a prosperous one that eventually becaround World

In reality, the city wasn’t all that good It was just that the other Underground Cities were too chaotic—the city looked s

Chaos had already becoround World, which resulted in many resources andits prosperity

On the surface, even the Holy Light Church was so taken aback by the peaceful city within the land of chaos that they sent Holy Knights and Priests to receive teachings frohts were stu, and the majority of them chose to be stationed in the city for extended periods of ti their tiifted by the Holy Light’ while they tried to spread the greatness of Holy Light and enlighten the ‘evil Underground World residents’

As a lich, the natural enereat At times, I would be tempted to peel off ifted by the Holy Light’ was the creation of an evil lich to see if the faith of some people would crumble from that fact

Let’s come back to the present This facade had become my best cover while under pursuit

No one would have expected the fair, impartial, and infallible Chief Justice Wumianzhe to actually be Lich Roland, who often stirred up trouble and was known to ‘have a loose screw in his head’

When I took on the responsibility as the head of the Supre on my mask Due to the unreliable Evil Lich Systenity, and as a judge ould take law into his own hands, dignity and authority were crucial

After all, any legislation without authority or fear was just another piece of scrap paper

At this hout the years worked its wonders

Right now, despite only standing there silently, theunderdown to their feet

I turnedthe team, Diana Syfan

“Lo—lo—Lord!!”

There was no doubt that frouilty conscience

I was the superior of their superior of their superior of their superior, and this does not only her than theirs They were members of the Town Security, and the Town Security was a subsidiary of the Subordinate Court, and the Subordinate Court was a subsidiary of the Supreme Court, while I, Wumianzhe, was the head of the Supreislation that I drafted, as a subsidiary of the Subordinate Court, the Town Order Security Arhts to authorize an arrest They could only listen to the orders of their superiors They had to request for an approval from the Subordinate Court to carry out an arrest, ould then send a report to the Supreme Court This was especially so if they wanted to carry out a large-scale event along the lines of ‘Swiftly and heavily, we shall severely punish those co crimes’ to enforce law

As the head of the Supree-scale arrest warrant

“…Insubordination?”

Of course it was an act of insubordination I had just bombed the base of the Town Security yesterday but they had started with the operation today—hoas it possible for them to request for an approval and receive the approval within such a short period of ti the request, they would have to first gather the documents required fro project!