I think you can't even imagine the happiness of a warlock.

From Rufus' point of view, the reason why Snow City has been able to exist for hundreds of years and evolve into its current virtues is definitely related to North City's rejection of the church.

The Kingdom of Norton, which prides itself on intelligence, technology and alchemy, does not welcome those blabbering churches, and its attempts at faith are at best superficial.

Although gods are worthy of respect, after respecting them, they care more about what they can do with their knowledge of the world.

Therefore, since ancient times, few churches and temples have settled in North City. Every time a church plans to preach or establish a stronghold, it needs the approval of the city lord.

Until now, there is only the Church of the God of Punishment in North City on the surface.

Fortunately, this god is a just person and will definitely seek justice without hesitation after learning the truth here.

Having said that, Teela, the Penguin from the Monopoly Alliance, has a somewhat subtle attitude towards Cuthbert.

"The God of Punishment is indeed absolutely fair. His priests will only punish themselves more severely even if they make mistakes, and will never tolerate crimes that violate order.

"But... do you really think that the Church of the God of Punishment has no knowledge of what is going on underground?"

Just like Chen Zhou in the past, alchemists who are more focused on their studies only have a well-read understanding of gods that are not related to their profession.

But Tira, who often dealt with gods like Cuthbert, was different. Her understanding of this church was even inferior to that of the low-level priest Cuthbert.

"The God of Punishment is absolutely impartial. He does not favor good or evil. He only maintains order, and this order includes both the order of the multiverse and the laws of the local rulers."

Lawful people must respect local laws. Even if there are claims that the laws are evil and illegal, they still need to follow formal procedures to protest and change.

Although the paladin of a kind god is most likely to directly seek justice, it will be determined later based on the situation whether to break the oath and whether atonement is required.

But Cuthbert's paladins will directly uphold the law when the local law is clear...including an obviously evil system like slavery.

There is no good or evil, only order.

In other words, if the laws of North City and the Kingdom of Norton included parts to safeguard the existence of Snowland City, St. Cuthbert would not necessarily object to its existence.

In extreme cases, he will even maintain order in Snow Dungeon, that is, assist the surface people in ruling the rat people.

After all, among the rat people in such a harsh environment deep in the depths, there will naturally be no pure and lawful people. Once the local order is destroyed, they will be punished by the believers of the God of Punishment.

"Maybe that's what they did originally." Xiao Hei suddenly said.

Then its gears buzzed crazily, and a moment later, a log called "Tomb of Wind Whispers" was extracted from the database of the automatic dwarf.

It is reported that in Diamond Lake, a mining town near the Free City on the plane of Greyhawk, St. Cuthbert's church will assist the local rulers in exploiting the miners. If four kind-hearted adventurers had not upheld justice locally, I am afraid that until Before being destroyed by the alien things, the local miners were exploited and squeezed.

After hearing this, Rufus finally understood why Mr. Zen suddenly cursed him... although the latter was actually just laughing at himself for his hindsight.

Reporting this matter to Cuthbert's church may put yourself in danger!

"In fact, they are already here."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Hei, with his keen senses, pointed at the figure approaching the alchemy factory in the distance. Based on its high-precision detection, he learned that it was the guards and steam knights of North City.

"Trouble, they must be here to catch me!" Rufus felt something was wrong and immediately reached for his pocket.

The Steam Knight possesses almost golem-like spell resistance and combat effectiveness, and can provide all-round bonuses to combat professionals within it. It is the crystallization of the alchemy of the Norton Kingdom.

After all, it is a cutting-edge weapon used to fight against orcs. Ordinary spells and alchemy cannot pose a threat to it. In close combat, it is superior to ordinary combat professionals.

Even though he is proficient in elemental alchemy, he can only try to escape when he encounters the other party, hoping that the three of them will not be implicated by him.

"Sorry, I still have to investigate the Alchemy Association's plan, so I can't be caught here."

After saying that, Rufus drank the potion he had prepared in advance, concealed his figure, and sneaked into the chaotic alchemy factory under the watchful eyes of the three people.

That's the alchemist's home turf.

The alchemist who saw the target left in a hurry. The guards and the steam knight decisively accelerated towards the three people who were still staying at the factory sightseeing spot and interrogated them.

"Who is that alchemist just now?" A dull voice came from the silver-white power armor plated with mithril, "He is a wanted criminal in North City. You three are very suspicious. Come with us to maintain security." Please come to the department to cooperate with the investigation."

After all, these three strange looking people do look evil.

Tila only felt that the other party's attitude was a bit ridiculous, and she didn't know how many secrets Rufus had just not revealed to them.

But she obviously didn't want to conflict with the local security department, so she simply took out the certificate given to her by the Alchemy Association: "Sorry, we are guests of the Alchemy Association."

However, before she finished speaking, she saw her teammate suddenly create a "frozen spear" out of thin air, and flashed behind the steam knight using the "trailing step".

After instantly casting "Ghost Strike" to enchant the weapon in his hand to penetrate physical armor, Chen Zhou did not hesitate to shoot out the head of the warrior inside the power armor without hesitation!

The ghostly spear easily penetrated the golem-like defense of the mithril alloy, and the pilot who was inside the armor and unable to dodge was penetrated by the ice spear on the spot.

Then, without waiting for the guard on the side to call for help, he punched it and sent it flying into a nearby rock wall, where his life and death were uncertain.

"There's no need to talk nonsense with them." Chen Zhou said impatiently, "It feels very troublesome."

He has always been too lazy to waste energy on things other than his interests, such as eating and playing.

"Yes, that's right, North City and Snow Dungeon will change hands tomorrow night anyway."

"They deserve it!" 』

Seeing that their teammates were so irritable and took action directly, Tira and Xiao Hei didn't think there was anything wrong. For adventurers, battles and life and death are common occurrences.

Anyway, a few of them happened to be in a remote corner because of Rufus, and Chen Zhou's quick and easy attack didn't attract much attention.

Compared with the life and death of outsiders, Tila and Xiaohei were more interested in the structure of weapons like the Steam Knight.

"To be honest, I have long wanted to dismantle the Norton Kingdom's steam knight myself." Tila has been very concerned about the performance and principle of this kind of armor since she first came here.

If you can understand the principle of this kind of armor that is extremely resistant to magic and sell it, you will definitely make a lot of money!