Chapter 45

Shanz and Catherine looked at Chu Nan in surprise. In the past, he had always used either water or fire elemental magic and yet, he was now using a Heaven Grade light elemental forbidden spell scroll? Could it be that he was not a magician of two elements but instead, a Heaven Realm magician that was capable of casting three different elemental magic?

‘Dear Druid(Barbarian) God, what kind of prophet have you bestowed upon us druids (barbarians)?’

At that moment, the whole Dolunga City was enveloped by a gentle sheen of holy light, as the holy light shone upon their face, vitality was restored, sickness was cured, symptoms were alleviated, and even the animals and plants within the city were now filled with liveliness.

Chu Nan looked at the kneeling citizens and relaxed his tense shoulders. ‘With my act, I reckon my head won’t be chopped off. Now maybe some good results will finally come my way.’

Efran bitterly looked at Chu Nan as an extreme amount of regret flowed through his heart! Why did he agree to his last wish? Why did he exchange so much rubbish words with that b*stard? Why did he kidnap Chu Nan into the city? Why didn’t he directly kill him outside of the city?

“I was too arrogant…”

Efran released a deep sigh as he regretfully looked up into the sky. The euphoric feeling of controlling the entire city and his incoming bright future had clouded his thoughts.

‘Arrogance is really the recipe for failure.’ Efran regretfully shook his head. Looking at the current situation, there was no way he could salvage his control over the city now. The cityfolk weren’t idiots, even if he tried to downplay the man’s achievement, no one would listen to him since in their minds, it was a miracle bestowed to them by the God of light.

There were four major temples in the Continent, namely the Temple of Light, Temple of Darkness, Temple of War and the Temple of Multitude

The influence of these four temples were on equal footing. All four of these temples were currently attached to different countries, trying their hardest to convert more people into followers of their own faith to compete against one another. For numerous years, although there were some changes, not a single one of those temples could surpass their competitors.

The Temple of Light was attached to the Dulraze Country and the Wyeth Country. In order to gather more followers, they had dispatched a large number of priests to Dolunga City to aid them from the plague they were suffering from.

Even if they were unable to save them, at the very least, they had shown that they were willing to provide their assistance to the unfortunate which would certainly attract more followers through good faith. And that was the current development direction of the Temple of Light.

Right now, one of the followers of the God of Light had suddenly performed such a miracle in Dolunga City, accomplishing the feat of saving half a million citizens in one go.

Anyone who had the slightest political sense would know that it was an opportunity for the Temple of Light to surpass the other three temples in one single step.

As such, the Temple of Light would certainly protect Chu Nan at all cost and ensure his safety as the beacon of hope of the masses. Even if he was a rural person who just walked out from the Chaos Forest without even the slightest trace of light magic, he would definitely be highly favored by the Temple of Light.

Even though the Temple of Light had to depend on the Dulraze Country, it was also the same for them as well since they required the doctrine of the Temple of light to have their citizens be submissive to the country.

What’s more, Efran clearly knew that after the miracle happened, that rural elf would not only have great influence in the Temple of Light, but also in Dulraze.

To reduce the risk presented by a plague, Dulraze had confined half a million citizens who were confirmed or suspected of being infected into Dolunga City. By doing such actions, they had been heavily condemned by its own citizens and the international community. Towards the criticism, Dulraze had been extremely passive but to safeguard its citizens safety, they had no choice but to swallow all the criticism coming their way.

The lives of half a million citizens! It was a number that even the king would get a headache if he heard of it.

And right now, that rustic elf had saved half a million people in one magnificent swoop! His Majesty, Afray of Dulraze, was not a muddle-headed king by any means, so how could he possibly let an opportunity to raise his already tarnished reputation be ruined?

With the Temple of Light’s protection and the king’s personal protection, Efran could only sigh with regret. Even if he wanted to use his family’s influence to his advantage, they would not be willing to offend this rustic elf who had performed a miracle that saved half a million people.

At that moment, even though Chu Nan was still a rustic who just came out from the Chaos, Efran could see the incomparably bright future ahead of Chu Nan, a bright star that was currently rising at high speeds.

“It’s God’s will… sigh…!” Efran sighed again and thought, ‘Well, it is still good for my family to contribute in saving half a million citizens.’

Saving half a million citizens and killing half a million citizens would give entirely different results. Even though he would be rewarded by the king regardless of the outcome, the impression of him in the people’s heart would be vastly different.

The Efran Family was considered a second-rate noble family in the country. In order to increase their standing in politics and to develop their families’ influence even further, they took on the risk of being a scapegoat of the king for the inevitable death of 500,000 citizens.

Now, there was no need for them to be involved in the deaths of half a million citizens, instead they had saved 5 million citizens of the country. With such a result, Efran naturally knew that the benefits his family would obtain would be much greater than what he initially expected.

‘Sigh! Since this is the will of God, I can only use this opportunity to get more credit.’ Efran calmed himself. He was definitely not an idiot since he was able to be the commander-in-chief of an entire city. Moreover, he had been dispatched by his family to undertake such an important task; all the more proof that he couldn’t be a fool.

Efran was clear that his failure was due to the fact that he had belittled Chu Nan. At the same time, it was because Chu Nan’s handsome appearance had injured his pride as a handsome man. Due to an impulse, he had given that rustic man an opportunity to reverse the situation.

“This can be considered a miracle, right?” Chu Nan looked up at the increasingly bright restoration magic in the sky and muttered to himself, “Gosh, won’t I be famous overnight?”

He clicked his tongue and sighed. “It’s just that the cost of getting such renown is a little too expensive. It was a Heaven Grade forbidden light magic spell, and I only had two of them in total. I guess I’ll treat it as an investment this time, but I really have to be prudent in the future.”

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Very soon, the incident of Chu Nan releasing a forbidden spell had spread throughout the entire city. In a short amount of time, a crowd of 5 million had flooded the streets where Chu Nan was at.

Quickly, Chu Nan gained firsthand experience of what was called being the focus of attention. Dolunga City usually had no more than ten thousand people, but the millions of citizens, who had been forced to migrate here due to the plague, were all cheering for Chu Nan.