My teacher is a deity.

Chapter 25 Finding a Friendly Scapegoat

After unleashing that astonishing punch, Vishi could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground, falling asleep.

The cultist opposite Vishi looked at Vishi in horror.

The blessing of the Child of Shadows is indeed powerful.

Let alone a first-tier mage, even a second-tier knight would not be able to withstand Vishi's fatal blow.

Even so, he could no longer move or cast any spells, because he was left with only a head.

"Damn it! It was a wrong call!"

"It must be reported immediately."

Just as he was struggling, hoping to squeeze out the last bit of magic power to warn his companions, a dark purple-black raven landed in front of him.

This thrilled him; he believed that if his blood were to stain the raven, he could come back to life.

"You beast, come here! I order you to come here!"

However, the raven merely looked down at him indifferently from its vantage point, and after a moment spoke in human language: "Heh, as a sparring partner, you're not entirely without value."

"What?"

A cold glint flashed in the raven's eyes, followed by an unprecedentedly powerful mental force that swept into his head.

This is not a raven!

This is an avatar of a powerful being!

And this mental strength... Ninth rank? Demigod?

He couldn't tell whether, to the insect, it was the lion or the dragon that crushed him; it made no difference.

But he still wanted to live, and he struggled desperately, even at the cost of revealing his secrets.

"My lord, my lord, I can do you a favor! I know many secrets. Don't you want to know what we're doing here?"

I can say anything, I can say anything!

"Shh, the dead shouldn't make a sound; your soul will speak for itself."

Shi Qing's mental energy pierced into the cultist's brain, and countless pieces of information surged out in an instant.

Moments later, the nameless cultist's head was burned by the flames and turned into charcoal.

After a long while, Shi Qing opened his eyes again, but couldn't help but frown.

This place is called Night City, the place where Lilith, the progenitor of the vampires, ascended to godhood, and the origin of all vampires comes from here.

But this is not the original Night City; it is just a replica.

These people, known as the Children of Shadows, are radicals within the vampire clan.

By offering a large number of lives to the altars of the Night City, one can obtain various divine gifts.

For example, in this night city, the Child of Shadows chose to throw a dead dragon into it.

The dragon's choice was not arbitrary. Ten years ago, the Child of Shadows received some kind of revelation and chose to sacrifice the creation of the 'Eternal' demigod in order to gain the ability to plunder the magical pathways of others.

"So, this is the birthplace of the Blood Demon?"

"That's interesting."

After a moment's thought, Shi Qing took some of the blood off the altar, then raised the sword box and began to wreak havoc.

It wasn't that he had nothing better to do; rather, he was looking for a scapegoat.

After finishing everything, Shi Qing took Vishi and left the underground city.

......

After an unknown amount of time, several Shadow Children looked at their companions, who had been beaten into a pulp, with grim faces.

"Priest Mansa, judging from the signs of destruction around here, the Law Hyenas arrived rather quickly."

"..."

Mansa's face darkened; she felt a little embarrassed.

No sooner had they left than the hyenas chased after them, and even brazenly killed them, placing the body beside the altar to provoke them!

How could this possibly make a high priestess like her look good?!

"How much time do we have left?"

"There's only a day and a half left. In a day and a half, the hyenas and locusts will swarm into the underground city. It's probably too late to move now."

"Relocate? Why relocate?"

Mansa sneered, his teeth grinding together.

"Since they've come knocking on our door, there's no need for us to hide anymore."

"It's time to settle scores from ten years ago."

"Pass on my command: merge them all and unleash the beast calamity."

As soon as Mansa spoke, all the Shadow Children present looked up and stared at her in astonishment.

"Deacon, this is an order only a bishop can give; you have no authority!"

"Launching a beast calamity now would be too risky; our reinforcements haven't arrived yet..."

"Well!"

The questioner had barely finished speaking when a sharp spike emerged from the ground and pierced his chest.

"Now I am the priest."

"Who else disagrees?"

Mansa's eyes swept over the crowd, and a powerful pressure immediately descended.

A third-tier mage, after merging various blessings, her strength is comparable to that of a fourth-tier mage!

"Very well, since there are no further objections, the meeting is adjourned."

......

at the same time.

On the edge of the Green Valley Underground City.

A large number of people surged forth.

The news of the Green Valley Underground City was even more exciting than Edith and Hegesius had imagined.

Within half a day of the announcement, it had attracted the attention of half the population of Gem City.

A large number of adventurers gathered here.

There were veteran adventurer groups, as well as rising newcomers, and along with them came many merchants, speculators, thieves...

All sorts of people from the five religions and six factions gathered here.

Everyone was trying to make a fortune from this opportunity.

Hegesius felt somewhat guilty about this.

"What are you thinking about, Great Knight?"

Edith entered the camp and looked at Hegesius.

"Are you perhaps wondering if your actions this time violated religious doctrine?"

Hegesius raised his head and looked at Edith.

"Protecting is our duty."

"No," Edith put down her glass of red wine and looked out at the crowds. "The doctrines of the law are always changing, but only protection is not; only justice is."

"Justice...I have also violated justice by making the innocent targets."

"Ha, what a kind heart you have. If only all my people had your kindness."

Edith smiled and put down a document in her hand.

"Hegesius, I have bad news for you."

"Still haven't been able to find Miss Vichy?"

"That's right."

Upon receiving Edith's reply, Hegesius felt even heavier.

It's been three days already.

Vichy's whereabouts have been unknown since they began plotting.

As a seasoned veteran, Hegesius had a bad feeling about him.

Behind the Blood Demon are the Children of Shadows, radical members of the vampire clan who are always capable of doing terrifying things.

He had assumed that Vishi, being a vampire, would at least hold onto their last line of defense.

But judging from the latest traces of the Blood Demon, they have crossed the final line.

Three more villages were destroyed, and large numbers of people were massacred.

This is the reason for Ryan's outburst and the key to bringing about this alliance.

But Hegesius felt it was his own problem.

"Miss Vichy was a very promising knight; it was my fault that she was ruined."

Hegeus sighed.

Edith said:

"Hmm, she might not be dead."

"possible?"

"Yes, some people told me that her soul lamp is still burning, uh, even more vigorously than before."

She must have already become a first-tier transcendent being; she is truly gifted.

I'm even thinking of recruiting her into the city defense force.