Shameless Warlock - Chapter 52

Chapter 52: Offering Incense

The Lost Paradise was a magical plane.

The treasures and inheritances left here by Ron Warlocks were overwhelming. Some of the treasures even included true worlds or illusory worlds formed by mageforce.

For example, the Greysnow Forest, which he had entered during his first visit, was considered a real world. It was a pity that the smith couple had no choice but to guard there until an inheritor came by and successfully received Mr. Romand’s bloodline fruit.

However, all the Ron Warlocks from the Alter World knew about Mr. Romand’s impressive fame. The vast majority of them, even if they entered the Greysnow Forest, would surely choose to flee instead.

After all, there was some luck involved in the bloodline inheritance of warlocks. If they inherited Mr. Romand’s bloodline fruit, they would encounter the same situation for the next few levels. Although everyone was very envious of Mr. Romand’s mighty battle achievements, all warlocks were fellows who cherished themselves very well. For something crude like close combat, they preferred to leave it to those barbarians.

“We just have to maintain our beautiful, flower-like appearances.” Or so they would say.

Back to the main topic.

At the start, Xu Nan still wasn’t clear whether the Bone Burial Abandoned Village was an illusory or a true world. After all, his knowledge of the undead was limited. But from Jason’s behavior, the transformation to the court of law, and the circus performance stage earlier, he felt that this world was an illusory dungeon formed from mageforce.

However, the villagers were remarkably true to life. Given Xu Nan’s strength, he had no way to see through them at all.

Jason had indeed gained a portion of the clues regarding the trials, but Xu Nan had also managed to find a hidden clue.

From the first clue ‘This case has been in a suspended state for 19 years’, Xu Nan had deduced that it was a foreshadowing.

However, the real reason why Xu Nan decided to ask for the court to adjourn was because he saw the insignia on the necromancer. The insignia was the same as Mr. Lich, the grand justice’s mageforce insignia.

In a true world, three hours wouldn’t be sufficient to investigate anything.

However, in an illusory world where everything was already set, it was quite easy for a normal person to see through some clues, let alone Xu Nan who was quite proficient in gaming.

Just like what Jason had guessed, Xu Nan not only used the standard skills of warlocks, [Bluff] and [Negotiation], but he even applied [Threat] and [Bribery], including other extreme methods!

And the investigation result was just like what Xu Nan had conjectured.

The necromancer had arrived at the Bone Burial Abandoned Village 19 years ago due to a series of lucky events. This case was trialed since then, but every year, there would always be strange reasons that led to the case being adjourned again and again.

The most exaggerated one was when the emotions of everyone in the jury had erupted and the grand justice had used the excuse of ‘an upset stomach’ to adjourn the court!

Moreover, that adjournment had lasted for half-a-year.

Everyone knew that a lich couldn’t have an upset stomach!

The relationship between the grand justice and the necromancer were very clear, but the necromancer himself didn’t know about this.

Xu Nan guessed that this was a hidden clue left behind to warlocks who chose the [Defendant] side.

After all, from theory, the necromancer would lose for sure. Maybe, If it came to that, the grand justice would use his authority to convince the jury and lighter the sentence.

After carefully contemplating things, Xu Nan had chosen the most audacious route.

He had directly looked for the plaintiffs and used bribery, and it was very easy to coerce them. He had secretly told them the father-and-son relationship between the grand justice and the necromancer. Although all of this had just been his conjecture, he had used the specialty [Negotiation Expert] and the [Threat] skill, which he upgraded with 50 skill points at the last moment. With it, he successfully convinced the plaintiffs of the relationship between the grand justice and the necromancer. All of them were so frightened that they immediately trembled.

It wasn’t difficult to bribe them. What did the undead lack? They lacked entertainment. Thus, Xu Nan had given them a set of mahjong and taught them how to play it. After that, all the plaintiffs decided to drop the lawsuit.

As for dropping the lawsuit, there was naturally a need to find a logical reason.

The few plaintiffs patted their chests and told Xu Nan that they would find a suitable reason.

Xu Nan also hadn’t expected them to be so shameless as to go along with his nonsense, stating that they had a guilty conscience.

He still had much to learn from them!

As for that ‘femur’ old skeleton, Xu Nan had also visited him for a ‘friendly chat’.

In the Bone Burial Abandoned Village, any undead with half a brain would know the consequences of offending the grand justice. The single-legged skeleton immediately guaranteed that he wouldn’t file a lawsuit against the necromancer.

Xu Nan smiled in satisfaction.

In the three hours break, when his opponent was still watching the circus performances, Xu Nan had already finished his preparations.

Next, for the following scenes in the court, that was just a formality.

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“Young man, I admire your actions very much.

“You are not blinded by public opinion, you are not shaken by the accusation sonority of righteous words, and you hold onto the justice in your heart.

“With such a moral character, you are the exemplary model of the younger generations.”

At the corner of the village, in a black-hut, a filthy transaction was going on.

The grand justice touched the beryl on his thumb. His voice was very dry, but one could see his satisfaction from his soulfire.

Actually, the grand justice was frustrated too. This case had dragged on for so many years. He only wanted someone to give the necromancer a way out so he could conclude the case.

After all, as the grand justice, it wouldn’t be too good for him to abuse his power and bend the law for the sake of his son!

Sadly, all the undead in the village had wooden brains, and they didn’t know how to be flexible. That warlock named Jason was also extremely daring. Those who were ignorant were fearless; he thought because he had found some minor clues, he could climb all over the necromancer.

Hehe.

When Jason had been making his impassioned prosecutor speech and accusing the necromancer of some crimes, he hadn’t paid attention to the gaze of the grand justice, right?

“However, your actions caused you to be unjustly blamed. Those villagers are most probably very unhappy with you, right?”

The grand justice calmly spoke.

Xu Nan glanced at the system’s notifications. Indeed, his prestige in this village had dropped to the bottom of the valley. Many villagers were cursing him for winning the case and letting the necromancer go scot-free!

Since he won the second round, he wondered if the villagers’ emotions would affect the third round.

The lich could seemingly see Xu Nan’s worry.

The grand justice passed a box over. “This is your reward.”

“Don’t worry, no matter how unhappy the villagers are to you, they wouldn’t dare to act too over-the-top. After all, we are the law in this village.”

Xu Nan received the box and silently mused in his heart. “As expected, capitalism is the same everywhere. The capitalists in the Alter World can also make such a corrupt system!

The politics lesson in high-school wasn’t useful at all.

Naturally, there was an incomparably wide smile on Xu Nan’s face as he revealed none of his feelings. Simultaneously, he also said polite words like in the future, if the grand justice ran into any trouble, he could feel free to look for him.

What a joke, since Xu Nan had offended the villagers, he would of course hurry up and hug the grand justice’s thigh!

Xu Nan then left in a satisfied manner.

After that, he opened the box and discovered a bloodline fruit and a very small tombstone inside!

[Bloodline Fruit]

[Condenser: Kane Vandal]

[Effect: Awaken a portion of the Necromancy Warlock’s abilities]

[Restriction: Only stage 1 warlocks can use this]

Xu Nan wasn’t that interested in the inheritance of a Necromancy Warlock. After all, he had no interest in the undead.

However, he didn’t mind it if he could awaken some powerful ‘immediate death-type’ spells.

It wouldn’t be bad if he could summon a few pretty female ghosts as his servants too.

The tiny tombstone was a good item. According to its description, as long as he placed it in a graveyard, it would then begin to irregularly produce undead!

Xu Nan’s underground city lacked manpower. Although the undead looked unsightly, they neither had to eat nor sleep. Their loyalty was high too; they were simply the best subordinates.

As expected, bootlicking the grand justice had granted him a huge harvest.

Xu Nan silently decided his city’s development route in this Bone Burial Abandoned Village.

He then joyfully consumed the bloodline fruit.

A cool current of power flowed into his limbs and bones.

[Bloodline ability awakening: You gained Touch of the Dead]

[Bloodline ability awakening: You gained a Summon: white-robed vengeful spirit]

[Bloodline ability awakening: You gained the spell, Undead Incarnation]

Xu Nan’s eyes brightened.

Although the bloodline fruit didn’t allow him to rise in level, these three abilities looked not too shabby.

Touch of the Dead could paralyze opponents, causing fear to build in their hearts. Its only flaw was its extremely short activation range. Having learned this ability, Xu Nan was considering whether he should learn a few ‘touch-type’ spells to complement the Touch of the Dead.

Summoning a white-robed vengeful spirit… Alright then, the abilities of the white-robed vengeful spirits were close to the bottom in the undead hierarchy. However, the vengeful spirit would usually be a beautiful woman!

The important thing was the [Undead Incarnation].

Xu Nan attempted to cast the spell and discovered that his entire person suddenly felt very floaty. It was as though he had become a ghost.

“Can this ability be leveled up? It only has the most basic ghostify function now.”

Xu Nan discovered that he could pass through walls.

At this moment, Soupy walked over. When she saw Xu Nan’s undead incarnation, she didn’t say a single word and immediately ran out.

Xu Nan felt indescribable happiness in his heart. That fellow must have been frightened by his current ghost form.

However, he was just thinking too much.

Not long later, Soupy rushed back happily. There was a short bamboo stick in her hand, and she began to bow seriously to Xu Nan.

Xu Nan felt stumped. “What are you doing?”

Soupy chortled.

“Burning incense.”

[Activity points +500, from Xu Nan]

Xu Nan, “???”

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