Chapter 501 - Worshipped as a Saint (2/2)

He didn’t care what the demons were saying. Keeping his face expressionless, he pointed at the small town and started walking over. The mixed demons exchanged glances and followed behind him.

When they got to a stone wall, Link decided to impress them with a spell. Waving his hand, a string of runes appeared on the wall. Then he patted the wall. Like a stone crashing into water, a door opened up in the wall.

Carrying Gretel, Link walked in. When the demons followed through, the simple portal had already disappeared. The demons touched the smooth wall, looking side to side, up and down. They just couldn’t find a crack that could allow someone through.

By now, many people were gathered by the wall—all mixed demons. Seeing this, they all cried out. Link could hear shock and reverence in their voices.

The streets inside the town were very dirty, like the outer city of Scorched City. The ground was covered in mud, feces, shattered bones, rotting vegetables, and more. The entire town reeked of garbage.

Gretel furrowed her brows. She knew that she couldn’t show her disgust, so she forced it in.

Link wasn’t accustomed to this either. He cast a Levitation spell for them and put Gretel down. Then he cast a cleaning spell in the air. They wouldn’t have to smell the disgusting odor anymore.

After that, he cast a force field that pushed the two forward. They floated slowly towards the city center.

The mixed demons in the town clearly hadn’t seen magic before. Seeing the two floating above the ground, they were all shocked. The result was that wherever Link and Gretel passed, the townspeople all knelt down in worship, disregarding the dirtiness on the ground.

After floating like that for a few minutes, the two saw some Warriors with dirty leather armor and steel spears. They walked over, escorting an old demon with a head of white hair and a face of wrinkles.

This elder was clearly of high status. He walked over unsteadily with his cane. The others all followed him respectfully.

After he saw Link and Gretel, he squinted and studied them for a long while. Then he tossed his cane to the side and fell to his knees.

Seeing him like this, the Warriors behind him followed him and knelt without hesitation. This made Link feel something was wrong.

The people they saw before were all commoners. Bluntly put, they were ignorant country bumpkins. As long as they looked similar, it was easy to mistake Link and Gretel for someone else. This elder was different though. From looks of things, he should be smarter. He might not be very knowledgeable, but should at least know more than the regular citizens. He’d studied them carefully before kneeling too. This meant that Link and Gretel looked very, very similar to the man they worshipped.

“This doesn’t make sense,” Gretel also whispered. She found it odd too.

But they had a language barrier right now and couldn’t communicate. Though they had doubts, they couldn’t say anything. What could they do?

Link looked around and saw some smaller demons kneeling in the crowd… They should be the kids. They clearly didn’t feel as reverent as the adults. Though they were kneeling too, they kept sneaking glances around.

Link also saw many smoked vegetables and meat hanging from the houses on the side of the street. There wasn’t much though. The clothing of the villagers was very shabby too. The men were mostly naked with a rag around their waist. The women were slightly better, but only with an extra rag around their chest. The kids were basically all naked.

The mixed demons here had horrible living conditions and lacked much material wealth.

Thinking of this, he got an idea. He would learn the language first, but he didn’t want to learn from adults. Their thinking was less innocent and could be troublesome. He would learn from these kids and know many things that the adults weren’t willing to say.

Link kept his expression stern. First, he waved at the elder’s cane, and the plane wooden staff flew to his hands.

He sneakily took out a piece of Mithril and used enchantment to fuse the Mithril into the cane. He added a Level-5 strengthening spell and then used the Mithril to draw many elegant patterns.

This way, the cane became beautiful like a piece of art. Something so beautiful had never appeared in the town before. Link could see the desire clearly in the elder’s eyes.

Link didn’t give him the cane immediately. He pointed at some kids and then pushed the cane forward a bit. His meaning was clear: exchange the kids for the cane.

The elder hesitated and looked to the children’s parents. Link followed his gaze and pointed his fingers at them, casting a dragon healing spell to all these demons.

Link could tell that they all had some sort of ailment due to long years of labor. With the spell, all their problems were cured. Many men had been hunched over, but now they stood up tall, full of energy. They seemed to have aged backwards instantly.

This action was like a god’s hand. Instead of punishment, it was healing. It was also showing that the kids wouldn’t be treated badly with him, let alone be in danger.

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