Silas walked slowly down the stairs, facing the mountain of corpses in the hall and reciting scriptures from the Book of the Dead.
The bodies of the servants turned into dust after the scripture ended. The wind blowing in from the main gate carried them away. They would become nutrients to nourish the land, and their souls had been liberated.
The servants who died tragically let go of their resentment, after all, the culprit who murdered them, Hohen, had already died.
Silas saw the souls of his servants lined up, bowed to him, and then descended into the underworld.
Although the underworld has been broken, it is still the final destination of the dead souls.
Silas smiled sadly and walked out of the castle that made him sad.
It was already evening outside, and the cold moonlight shone on Silas, making him look even more lonely.
He walked aimlessly and looked back at the castle in the distance.
The mourner saw that the sorrow in the world was still going on. This was his beginning, not the end.
In this age of witch hunting, there are many innocent souls in need of redemption.
Silas cannot save everyone, but he will travel the continent to bring rest to the sacrificed souls.
"If it is this era that is wrong, then I will do my best to correct it."
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May 9, 1879
A shocking incident occurred in the city of Umr, which made the headlines of the day.
People who have learned the truth are reluctant to talk about what happened in detail. It was a strange event that made people feel unknown and unfamiliar. Driven by curiosity, those who are not aware of the incident try to get some words about the truth from those who know the truth, but those who know the truth often uneasily reject things that are beyond reality and cannot be understood by ordinary people.
Those in the know all understood one thing.
There is still an unknown dark side in the world. It is the evil that makes people feel disgusted and nauseous, and it is also the unknown that makes people confused and crazy.
If the truth about the incident were told to the world, they would certainly be regarded as patients suffering from group delusion, and what they said would be regarded as crazy; because no one is willing to believe that such absurd and bizarre events could happen in the world.
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May 2, 1879
In the evening, the city of Umr gradually gets rid of the hustle and bustle of the day. After get off work, people drag their tired bodies home to eat and rest, and then prepare for the hard work of the next day, but some people have just started their day's work.
They are the lamplighters of the city of Umr, who bring light to the city every night and dispel the darkness on the way home.
At this time, Yudkao was walking leisurely on the street. He was now in the eastern district of Umr City.
This is where the slums are; the upper-class aristocrats will never appear here because they discriminate against these low-quality playboys who idle away their time all day long.
The slums are a mixed place, where some strange, weird and disgusting people live.
For the residents here, law and morality are just topics of conversation at the dinner table; some people can't even take care of their daily food and clothing. At this time, discussing noble virtues is not as good as thinking about which poor fat sheep to steal some lovely gold marks from.
Several cute little guys ran past Youdekao, and one of them accidentally bumped into him.
"Oh, sorry, sir, are you okay?"
He was a clever little rascal with a round face with some freckles. He tried hard to stare with his big eyes and pretend to look pitiful in order to deceive the fat sheep in front of him.
Youdekao's wallet was already in his hands, and now he only needed to fool him with some sweet words and he could leave smoothly.
"This is a big fat sheep." The little rascal thought to himself. He just shook the weight of the wallet with his hands behind his back. The heavy feeling made him realize that today's harvest could allow his family to eat delicious fresh bread and tomato soup for three days.
Yudkao saw through the trick played by the little rascal in front of him, but he still replied politely,
"Polite little guy, I'm fine. But I hope you can return the things I gave you for temporary safekeeping, otherwise it will be very troubled for me."
The little rascal was stunned when he heard this, and then immediately ran away.
"This rare big fat sheep actually saw through it! But... for my brothers and sisters, I have to fight for it."
The little rascal thought so.
He ran towards the most complicated road in the slums, where there were countless secret passages that ordinary people would never think of. As long as they went around a few times, people with poor sense of direction would never find the way out.
The various large and small building structures in the slums form this unique maze structure, and only people living here know the correct direction.
The little rascal was very confident about this, so he increased his speed when thinking of this.
While running, the little rascal did not forget to look back to see if Youdekao was chasing him, but he saw Youdekao standing firmly in the same place.
Yudekao acted confident, as if he knew the little rascal would definitely stop.
Yudekao disappeared from the little rascal's sight. He slowed down his running speed and wiped his eyes with his hands.
"A living person is gone! Oh my God, am I dreaming?" The little rascal thought confusedly, but the heavy wallet in his hand reminded him that all this was real.
"Hey, where are you looking?"
Yudkao's figure appeared from behind the little rascal, eating a biscuit.
This was the first time he tested his own strength after completing the trial set by the priests of Elphis, and he no longer needed to recite the spell.
He can now cast the spell of invisibility by silently reciting it, and at the same time his body seems to have been reborn.
Yudekao ran at full speed and caught up with the little rascal in just two breaths, and went around behind him.
The little rascal was stunned. He realized that he had met a tough guy today, so he knelt down on the ground obediently.
He pretended to be sad, buried his head in his knees, and cried,
"Sir, I had no choice but to do this. Please forgive my recklessness and my offense against you. I have three younger brothers and two younger sisters at home. Please spare me."
After saying that, he picked up Yudekao's wallet with both hands.
Yudekao couldn't help laughing at the poor acting of the little rascal in front of him.
He remembered that he had once used the same method to deceive that stupid dog Jobtran. Yudkao, who had already decided to kill him, was amused by the little rascal's performance, so he decided to spare his life.
However, he was spared in Yudekao's way.