667 Reward Part 2 (1/2)
Nicholas remained smiling, then said, ”If you choose to be angry, I can do nothing either.”
Nailisi had killed people on the street in the open, naturally some merchants would be unhappy. They recognized Saleen, they thought that the two Cloudflow merchants had bumped into the owner of the city and been killed for it. Nobody made any movements. Just as the crowd was about to disperse a fellow dressed like a Sikeqinyan emerged suddenly and yelled, ”City owner Saleen, you are such a violent person, we can no longer remain in this city!”
This time around, Nicholas sprang into action immediately. A bolt of black radiance flashed between his fingers, landing on the forehead of this merchant from Sikeqinya. A black symbol appeared at the top of this merchant's head, levitating in mid-air.
Nicholas took two steps forward and waved at this Sikeqinyan.
The Sikeqinyan's face was white as sheet, then Nicholas said, ”You are infected with an evil marking and your vitality will be burned as a result. This symbol will remain above your head, it cannot be concealed… unless you die. If you want to live, then tell me the reason for doing that just now.”
This skill was more ruthless than Nailisi's. If this man turned to leave his life would ebb away slowly.
That Sikeqinyan was terrified, he wanted to leave, but he felt that his vitality was decreasing rapidly. If this went on, he would die of old age in at most six months' time!
”Get this off me right now!” This merchant did not know what an evil marking was, he still tried to delude other people. Just as he was about to verbalize some threats, Nicholas opened his mouth again.
”You are from the Holy See, am I right, I can detect that familiar scent. Everyone, please be careful, spies from the Holy See have infiltrated this city. These people want to assassinate the city owner, otherwise this merchant wouldn't have taken the risk to offend the city owner. Is this person here to earn money, or to achieve some lofty ambitions?”
Nicholas was knowledgeable, this sentence from him was actually an altered version of a proverb from Sikeqinya.
To a Sikeqinyan, earning money would forever be more important than ideals. It could be said that most Sikeqinyans regarded money as their ideals.
The surrounding onlookers dispersed with some commotion, Nicholas' words were more potent than a weapon. Everyone had their doubts now, ”Since this person is a Sikeqinyan, what right did he have to stand up for a Cloudflow person? He had admonished the city owner to his face, doesn't he want to make money?”
Saleen felt a little awkward, ”The reputation of Sikeqinyans isn't too good.”
”You!” The Sikeqinyan pointed at Nicholas, then he realized that a tinge of white holy light had appeared on his finger.
”Trying to cleanse me?” Nicholas sneered. A black worm flew out from his hands, exploding on the Sikeqinyan's finger. The finger which was pointed at him was amputated.
The Sikeqinyan could not clear his name, the holy light was created by Nicholas.
Seeing this scene, Saleen could not help but be awed, ”This quack from the Holy See is powerful, he caused that Sikeqinyan to fall into a trap with a few words. Of course, that Sikeqinyan isn't innocent either, he must know some information. He is probably also an assassin. It is impossible to prevent assassins from infiltrating the city. Nevertheless, I have remained within the perimeter of the temple for most of the year. The patrollers there are either Caucasus people or spirits, outsiders will not be able to gain entry.”
Saleen was afraid that these people would assassinate merchants in the city and wreak havoc.
At this moment, another group of soldiers came by. When they saw Saleen, they bowed. Nailisi pointed at the Sikeqinyan and said, ”This is a spy from the Holy See, capture him.”
This team of troops was very fearful of Nailisi, because there were rumors circulating in the army saying that a maidservant beside the city owner was a demon.
While being full of respect for the city owner, they also became extremely scared of Nailisi.
”Luckily the city owner is a powerful mage, he must have tamed this demon.” Their fear of demons in turn increased their adoration for Saleen. These people did not know magic or understood the workings of a contract, an evil thought inevitably appeared in their minds; ”That demon must be fond of the city owner, that's why it submitted itself.”
Now that Nailisi had spoken, these soldiers acted furiously as they captured the Sikeqinyan. The Sikeqinyan wanted to resist, but whenever his actions became exaggerated or he exerted himself, he realized that he could not gather his strength. It was as though a small hole had been created in his head. The moment any strength was used, it would leak out from this tiny cavity.
He was a grade-4 assassin who got impacted by a level-7 depraved divine spell cast by Nicholas. It was basically a joke that he wanted to resist capture.
”Bring him to the academy to be interrogated by the mages.” Saleen gave a brief instruction, then began walking in the direction of the temple. The rest of the merchants had dispersed, none of them wanted to create trouble. They were smart to realize that something was amiss and they were afraid of attracting trouble to themselves.
After entering the area of the temple, Saleen smiled and said, ”Nicholas, that evil marking of yours is very interesting.”
”My lord, that divine spell… is indeed evil. As long as one is hit, they will lose their resistance ability. In the Holy See, this is the most common method to deal with heretics.”
”Heretics?”
”Mm, as long as one is hit by this divine spell, they become a heretic even if they weren't one originally,” Nicholas elaborated.
In astonishment, Saleen asked, ”Isn't that accusing people falsely?”
”For the god, whatever those in power do is righteous.” Nicholas' voice became increasingly anguished. The moment he was no longer the Holy See's associate, he discovered that his actions in the past were extremely nefarious.