Mage Lord: The Tech Tree is Skewed by Me

Leon did not stay long in the land of Gray Water Castle.

Because he believed that with Todd's ability, he could completely eliminate a single person from the land of Gray Water Castle.

As for Leon himself, he led a few close cavalry and galloped towards the city of Parma.

Along the way, countless refugees froze to death.

In this world, the differences between nobles and commoners are sometimes even greater than the differences between races.

In the eyes of many nobles, the lowest commoners should not be called human beings.

Therefore, no matter how wealthy the nobles are, they have nothing to do with the lowest common people. It seems that the reason why they exist is to serve the nobles and demonstrate the superiority of the noble masters.

Even after traveling for many years, Leon was still a little uncomfortable with it.

At present, he certainly will not betray his own class, let alone promote equal rights or the liberation of serfs.

But Leon is at least willing to do his best to make the lives of the civilians in Antolia better. After all, only in this way can Antolia gradually develop into Leon's ideal appearance under his plan.

Heading north from Gray Water Castle, after three days' journey, we entered the territory directly under the jurisdiction of the Duke of Galicia.

Leon deliberately led the guards around him to take a detour, passing by the cemetery where he had previously captured the shadow monster.

Of course, this move was not to reminisce about the past. After all, it had only been a few months since he left Parma, and there was really nothing worth reminiscing about in this city.

He came to this cemetery just to confirm one thing.

Quietly, the light blue eyes changed into the strange paleness when capturing the shadow monster, and the floating shadow monster suddenly appeared in front of Leon's eyes.

"The number really hasn't increased..."

Leon's eyes swept over the few shadow monsters floating alone in the cemetery, and he couldn't help but think to himself.

How the shadow monster came into being has always been a question buried in Leon's heart.

It's not that the indigenous people in this world don't know, but everyone has their own answer to this question.

The kingdom of Walrath to the north claims that only by killing more than one heretic can one avoid the fate of turning into a shadow monster after death.

The mountain people of the Lapluk tribe believe that tribesmen who are disgusted by the totem god will turn into shadow monsters.

The mainstream view of the Andal Kingdom is consistent with the church. People who do not believe in gods will turn into shadow monsters after death and have to wander around the world, making it difficult to go to heaven.

But Leon didn’t believe any of these claims.

Even though Leon has been away for several months, the number of shadow monsters in this cemetery has not increased at all, and is still about the same as before Leon left.

This shows that although the shadow monster is regarded by people as the embodiment of death and fear, human death is not the reason for the birth of the shadow monster.

Otherwise, Antoria, which has experienced fierce battles, and the vast cemetery in front of it, will not always be without the birth of new shadow monsters.

And this also fundamentally denies the foundation of the church - human beings without faith will turn into shadow monsters after death, unable to go to heaven, and will have to wander in the world.

The Antolians never believed in gods, but according to Leon's previous observations in the wounded barracks, the soldiers who died of serious injuries did not turn into shadow monsters, and even no shadow monsters were born in the cemetery in front of them.

"So, the reason why the shadow monsters gather in the cemetery is just because they feed on grief and fear, or because the shadow monsters prefer such an environment."

"And there are also shadow monsters gathering in Antoria because that land is close to the abandoned land filled with black mist!"

"As for the church's claims, they are simply nonsense."

The reason why he came to the cemetery to inspect it was not because of his feudal superstition, but because there were both magic and shadow monsters in this world. Although the Antolian people didn't believe it, they couldn't tell whether there were gods or not.

When I come to Parma this time, there will definitely be church followers blocking the city gate, urging me to pay the tithes that Antolia has owed for decades.

Taking a look at the cemetery, I confirmed for the nth time that the church was purely deceiving people. I would be more confident when I quarrel with the magicians later.

"Let's go into the city."

Without stopping for too long, Leon said to the guard beside him.

There are just a few lonely shadow monsters, and Leon really has no interest in stuffing them into his ancient archives.

You know, there are so many shadow monsters floating in the sky over Antolia.

As long as Leon switches to his unique vision, he can see countless shadow monsters floating in groups to the other side of the mountains every day.

Compared with those shadow monsters who traveled thousands of miles to foreign lands just to touch the black mist, these shadow monsters who were standing still and just wanted to lie down in the cemetery were really incomprehensible to Leon.

Several people rushed all the way towards the city gate of Parma City, and then as expected, they saw several magic sticks waiting at the city gate.

"Dear Viscount Antolia."

The priest, dressed in white robes, bowed slightly and extended his sincere greetings to the viscount who came from afar.

"Ah! Great God of Light, isn't this the pious Father Matthews?!"

"This must be the guidance of the gods, so that I can meet you here and feel the blessings of the gods!"

Leon turned over and dismounted very cooperatively, and crossed himself several times on his chest with both hands, as if he was more pious than the priest in front of him.

After all, Leon is a noble of the kingdom. In his opinion, he must at least be pious enough on the surface. He can't be like his dead alcoholic father, pointing at the nose of the church and scolding the mother, right?

Looking at the young viscount who was making the sign of the cross crazily, Father Matthews had a clear smile on his face.

Sure enough, the young man was easy to talk to, much better than his father, Arthur Jimena.

"Sir Viscount, Father Renato is dead."

"Who? Who is this person?"

Leon couldn't help being stunned.

He originally thought that the priest blocking the city gate was here to demand the payment of tithes, but he did not expect that he was here to talk about something else.

Does it matter to me if the priest dies?

Hearing this, Father Matthews' face couldn't help but twitch, but he tried to stay calm: "He is the priest of Antolia."

"Ah? Is that so?"

Leon couldn't help showing a surprised look.

This is not pretending, he really doesn't know about this matter, let alone the existence of this person.

"Sir Viscount, Renato said in front of the old Viscount's bedside that he died because he did not believe in gods, and he was hacked to death by Lord Todd with an axe."

The guard on the side came forward and leaned into Leon's ear and said.

Suddenly, Leon suddenly realized.

"What a pity. You are also aware of the chaos in Antolia. I hope Father Renato's spirit can rest in peace."

Leon shook his head, crossed himself on his chest piously, and sighed with regret.

"..."

You don’t even know who Renato is, so why are you pretending to be here? !

Although he was so angry that he wanted to jump, Father Matthews still said the words that Viscount Antolia would ask every time he came to the city:

"Lord Viscount, when will the tithes owed by Antolia be paid?"

Unexpectedly, Leon said immediately:

"Okay! Pay it now!"

"As long as you can bring the gods out for a walk, I will pay the tithe immediately!"

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