strictlysupreme Chapter 250 Paladin 14
Chapter 250 Paladin 14
If Ling Yi's shock at the gates of the Demon King's castle was a hundred, then the shock she felt after entering was a staggering ten thousand.
This royal city, composed entirely of warlike and bloodthirsty demons, is now peaceful...
Not picking up lost items on the road and leaving doors unlocked at night are just basic gestures. When you walk on the street, kind people will hand you fruit; when you eat, kind shopkeepers will give you a free meal; and even if you stumble slightly, passersby will come to help you.
Of course, the last one was mercilessly separated by Sereos.
"Either I'm crazy, or the world is crazy."
Ling Yi stepped onto the ground of the royal city, which was paved with some kind of mineral. She felt that her worldview had been shaken by the fact that there was no dust on the road and no homeless people or garbage in the city.
Among the memory stones hidden in the Church of Light, there is one left by a paladin who risked his life to infiltrate the Demon King's castle.
On that stone, Ling Yi saw blood and slaughter, and saw demons living in harsh environments resorting to cannibalism to survive.
That was a cruelty that humans could never accept, and a law that the demon race had upheld for millions of years.
But now it seems like everything she saw in the past was fake; the demons seem to be much more civilized than humans.
In this world with magic, productivity has not yet been fully unleashed.
Even in the holy city where the Church of Light exists, there are still beggars, disabled people, or homeless elderly people.
All the Holy See can do is occasionally engage in charity work to prevent them from dying too quickly.
This is how the reputation of the Papacy's benevolence spread throughout the continent, since nobles would rather let the grain rot in their warehouses than allow the poor to have a single bite.
After Ling Yi came to this world, even though she knew that the actions of the Holy See of Light were partly for show and only treated the symptoms, she still believed that, based on the principle of judging by deeds rather than intentions, they had ultimately done good deeds, and their charitable work that saved countless lives was worthy of their holy name.
Looking back now, it seems she was short-sighted when she first arrived.
Compared to the demons, the actions of the Holy See are nothing.
It's a pity that such a kind person appeared in the demon realm.
He should inform both humans and demons to turn the world into such a paradise.
In the previous sentence, Ling Yi was joking.
Her real thought was: "Is the Demon King crazy?"
The Demon King's lips, which had been slightly upturned due to his achievements, flattened at this moment.
He calmly took Ling Yi's hand and asked, "Yi Yi, why do you say that? Isn't the royal city good?"
He was built according to the Kingdom of God in that damned Bible of the Holy See, how could she not like it?
“Excellent…” Ling Yi suddenly looked up and saw the demon who had just been spying on her giving her a friendly and approachable smile.
His jagged teeth, when he smiled, gave off a somewhat creepy vibe.
Ling Yi felt as if she had stepped into a false painting. Everything she saw was beautiful, but upon closer inspection, every detail was full of flaws and great horror.
This city, filled with love and peace, is about to transform into a man-eating beast, chewing her up until not even bones remain.
Something unusual must be going on. Ling Yi suspected that she might have accidentally entered some strange world disguised as a royal city.
or……
She gazed at Sereos with a wistful look.
There are bad people around her who are putting on a show for her.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Sereos, under her intense gaze, didn't even flinch, but instead smiled broadly: "Have you finally realized how good I am to you and want to be my partner?"
"Shut up." Ling Yi squeezed Sereos's hand, stopping him from spouting nonsense in this city full of truth, goodness, and beauty.
I'm really afraid that someone will come out with a notebook at any moment, say something indecent, fine me, and make money off Sereos.
After passing through a series of eerie demons, Ling Yi arrived at an inn and checked in.
The moment she closed the door, a faint commotion arose in the royal city.
Those demons who survived the massacre over the past few dozen days, whether clever or cowardly, all breathed a sigh of relief.
I finally passed the test in front of the strangers.
Although they didn't know why the king had gone to such lengths to stage this charade, they knew they had survived another day.
The young demon who was helping the old demon cross the road put the old demon aside, who wished he could eat him to prolong his life, and looked up at the sky.
He watched for about ten minutes, and then a giant purple eye appeared in the clear sky.
Those cold, indifferent pupils surveyed every demon in the royal city, monitoring whether they had defied its will.
The demon's face turned pale the moment he saw those purple pupils, and tears of blood streamed from his eyes.
When passersby saw his face, they all avoided this unfortunate fellow.
This guy is really not smart enough to dare to spy on the existence of the King.
"Heavens, what exactly does His Majesty want to do?"
The Lava Lord, who was also in the royal city, was so frightened by the scene of bloodshed and superficial beauty that he even shed lava.
She deeply regretted arriving in the royal city so soon.
Even if it's delayed by a few days, His Majesty might recover by then.
Your Majesty, are you sure you're not out of your mind to try and play the "beautiful" card in the Demon Realm?
Especially when you've eliminated all the bad people, and the number of demons you've eliminated in a single day might be more than you've eliminated in the past year.
Don't you think your behavior is utterly hellish?
Compared to her breakdown, Lucius was much calmer.
Perhaps in his worldview, demons were an incomprehensible race, so he was not surprised by any horrifying scenes he saw.
Watching the demons help each other and even pass around a tiny magic crystal with great interest, Lucius even laughed.
Lava Lord: "Lucius, have you finally gone mad?"
My boss has gone mad, my lover has gone mad, is it even possible to stay in this demon realm anymore?
So this is how the Demon King protects the Demon Realm?
This is even worse than when the Demon Realm blessed the Demon King.
“I’m not crazy.” Lucius smiled, a smile he hadn’t shown since arriving in the Demon Realm, his golden hair shimmering. “I just find it amusing.”
He turned to look at the agitated woman, his demeanor utterly calm: "Darling, do you know where I've seen a scene like this before?"
"It couldn't possibly be anywhere; this goes against instinct." All the demons don't live for their own desires, but for something like truth, goodness, and beauty—this is practically a horror story from the demon realm.
"Yes, I have seen this scene in the Kingdom of God in the Bible."
Lucius smiled sarcastically: "All people are born selfless, born loving, without disaster, without strife, and love others as they love themselves. This is part of the characteristics of the Kingdom of God in the Bible."