Chapter 134 No Response from the Gods

Yao City.

A man in black slowly emerged from the temple. He was thin and completely covered by a large black cloth.

Directly in front of him stood a tall gray statue.

The god's face was blurred, and he remained sitting in front of the stone table, as if he was overlooking the myriad creatures beneath his feet.

Below the statue stood a man in a red cloak.

She wore a white visor with two curved antlers. This strange helmet looked like bone, marble or white jade, with a smooth surface that reflected the cold light under the campfire.

In the eye holes of the helmet were a pair of sharp and indifferent red eyes.

"What's the matter?" asked the red-eyed apostle.

The cloaked man lifted his hood, revealing a skeletal skull underneath.

Philus opened and closed his jaw, and said awkwardly: "Ms. Salina, Yancheng is in complete chaos. The slave traders have transformed the city beyond recognition..."

"So what?"

Salina didn't care: "That's the business of mortals. As long as they still believe in Lord Yao and offer their faith, even if they kill people and blood flows like a river, it has nothing to do with us."

"I'm just...afraid that things will get worse."

The Skeleton Man chose his words carefully: "You see, a second sun appeared in the sky, which is very strange in itself. Moreover, some of the citizens have mutated, and it is not certain whether orcs have mixed in or they have become orcs..."

"Lord Yaoshen and Lord Baishen have not returned to this world yet."

"I wonder if you can help sort these things out? Population and faith are what the gods care about..."

The female tyrant looked at the skeleton in front of her with disdain: "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

"I dare not, I dare not!"

"Then shut up."

Salina said in an almost reprimanding tone: "Remember. We only serve the gods. Mortals have nothing to do with us."

"yes."

"Where is the snowman?" asked Salina.

"I don't know where it is either...Jimmy is always traveling all over the world...I'll go back first then."

Philus sighed, turned and left the temple.

Suddenly, Salina's voice came from behind.

"When the need arises, I will take action."

Philus felt a little relieved.

This tyrant was not easy to deal with, after all, he was a noble demigod. She condescended to be an apostle because God Yao was powerful enough.

Philus missed Miss Isabel and the Blood Knight Navid very much.

You don't know what you once had until you lose it.

The former chief apostle, Miss Isabel, was gentle and approachable, while the blood knight Navid was silent but reliable.

My Lord God, when will you come back...

After leaving the temple, Philus drove the Skeleton King from underground all the way to the outside of Yancheng. He wrapped himself tightly in a cloak, walked on the street, and observed silently.

The city is a different place now.

Many people on the street had chains around their necks; they were slaves. Slave owners and slave traders nearby would occasionally whip these numb-looking human assets.

Twenty years ago, after YC Mayor Shang Li died in a shipwreck, businessmen took control of the government and deleted and revised a series of Yancheng's policies.

Among them, two are the most important.

The first is to abolish Yancheng’s mayoral management system and replace it with a citizen council, which will decide on the management of the entire city.

The second is to legalize the slave trade.

The Citizens' Council was just a cover, and most of them were merchants and the Salt Clan. The Salt Clan was the most powerful tribe in the city because of their superior bloodline and blood relationship with Commander Yan Geer and Ascetic Elder Yan Jiu.

Merchants and salt tribes took control of the citizens' council and launched a whole plan centered around the slave trade.

First, they required every citizen to pay taxes, and everyone had to bear the expenses of building and maintaining the city.

Different occupations have different taxes. Merchants pay the least, followed by scholars, and farmers pay the most.

As a result, a large number of farmers fled Yancheng and went to Yaocheng in the east, where they settled down and farmed again.

Unlike Yancheng, the Temple of Yaocheng does not force everyone to pay taxes.

However, due to the strong theological atmosphere, the citizens there would donate a sum of money to the temple every year, and the temple would keep it clean and solemn, and maintain the various expenses of this holy city. This was also an unwritten custom there.

Once the tax policy was introduced, the population trends in the two cities became more obvious.

The citizens of Yaocheng were mainly farmers, hunters, fishermen and scholars, while the citizens of Yancheng were mostly merchants, craftsmen and wealthy people from various industries.

If this continues for a long time, Yancheng will face a serious shortage of labor force.

Therefore, the legalization of slavery was introduced.

Slaves could quickly fill the labor gap in all walks of life in the city.

The buying and selling of slaves was allowed in Yancheng, and free citizens were also allowed to sell themselves into slavery. The sources of slaves were mainly natives and islanders of overseas heretical beliefs, criminals, and debtors.

Slaves, as a common commodity, began to become popular in Yancheng, and the cultural atmosphere of the entire city quickly changed.

The rich bought a large number of slaves, who could not only clean, carry goods, grow crops, and serve as guards, but also beat and scold them at will.

And since slaves were private property, just like livestock, slave owners did not need to pay additional maintenance fees.

Therefore, the large-scale exodus of farmers did not reduce the number of people in Yancheng. Slave traders brought in a large number of slaves and sold them to the rich. These cheap labor forces filled the vacancies in the city.

Philus witnessed all these changes.

He always suspected that Mayor Shang Li's death was related to them.

Unfortunately, the evidence is lacking.

Businessmen never mentioned this topic, as if it was some kind of taboo, as if Shang Li had never existed.

Another key figure is Commander Yanger.

It was hard to say anything was wrong with Philus.

Yanger still patrols with the Corrupters, day after day, without slacking off.

Unless supernatural forces invade or cause chaos in the city, Yanger never interferes in conflicts within the human group.

Slavery itself was not the problem.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Philus worried that the slaves and the second sun might create a chain reaction.

Suddenly, a panicked voice came to his ears.

"The sun is out, hurry, go back!"

"Oh my god, why is it so early today!"

The people on the street were in chaos at this time, fleeing for their lives towards their houses, and the street was in a mess.

Philus looked up.

Although only bones are left, this does not prevent it from observing the world with the fire of faith. This is the power bestowed by God on the apostles.

In the sky, behind the normal golden sun, another sun suddenly and slowly emerged.

The second sun was like a shadow of the former, completely dark.

It slowly moved out from behind the sun, and the black shadow it released spread all over the sky, as if black cracks appeared across the entire sky.

The appearance of the black sun, accompanied by wisps of black fog in the air, made the whole world dark.

At the corner of the wall, a stray dog ​​lying on the ground suddenly arched its body. Its fur swelled, its body became bigger, and a crackling sound of bones crisscrossing came from its body.

Black lines that looked like blood appeared in its eyes, and saliva was flowing from its mouth as it searched left and right for prey.

The frenzied wild dog looked towards the eaves not far away, where there was a half-grown child who was missing a shoe.

The child was so frightened that his face turned pale, but his body froze for some reason and he was shaking all over. He watched helplessly as the dog monster came back quickly, the sharp teeth in its mouth getting closer and closer, and the stench of decay rushed into his nostrils.

However, the next second, the ferocious dog monster that rushed towards him was caught by a bone claw that emerged from the ground and gently squeezed. The dog monster immediately collapsed to the ground.

Philus picked up a shoe from the ground and handed it to the child.

"Go home."

The child took the shoes and put them on hurriedly.

"Thank you! Although I have no home..."

"Can you tell me your name? I think I can at least remember your name." The child said courageously.

"Just a guy passing by by chance."

Philus' hood was suddenly blown by the wind, revealing the hideous skull face inside.

The child's eyes widened, and a look of joy appeared on his face: "It's you! Lord Philus, the King of Bones!"

Philus quickly pulled up his hood and said, "You are mistaken. I am just a passerby. Go away."

"Yes, thank you, Master Firus!"

The child ran and peeked back.

Phyllis sighed.

What am I doing? Initially, he just wanted to investigate the relationship between the second sun and the beast. This way, when Lord Yao returns, he can also take credit for it.

The apostles under Lord Yao were too strong, which put a lot of pressure on Philus. He was becoming more and more marginalized, so he had to think of a way to win the attention of the gods.

What he didn't expect was that because he killed many beast monsters during the investigation, he was praised by people from all over the place, and was also given the nickname of the King of Bones, and his fame became more and more famous.

Now when he sees civilians being attacked by monsters, Philus can't help but take action.

One wrong step, all wrong… There’s no turning back now.

The Skeleton Man looked up at the sky.

Lord Yaoshen, please forgive my vanity and weakness.

…

The other side of the world.

The snowman was running wildly in an ice field, his snowball body rolling wildly on the ground, and the red velvet hat on his head was blown back by the wind.

Behind it was a group of ice and snow monsters running towards it. They used the whole tree as a weapon, waving it wildly left and right, wishing they could smash the little snowman in front of them into pieces.

Jimmy yelled, "Stop chasing me! Stop chasing me!"

"It's just a dragon egg. It's not one of yours. Can't you just go find another one? This is a gift to the Lord God!"

The ice and snow monsters behind were furious and threw the big trees in their hands at the little snowman in front.

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