Visiting Julie

"The Angel Legion trampled the land, the church of the God of Life, and almost all the native God-level beings were killed. Catarina left a subordinate God avatar of Light there, so she was lucky enough to escape. However, she was forced to join the Church of Light and become a saint. She said the Church of Light preached that all other beliefs were heresy and must be executed!"

"The God of Light issued an order to increase the population of the material planes and form forces to resist the invasion of heretical beliefs!"

Jess's words brought a touch of seriousness and solemnity to the atmosphere in the private room, but it didn't stop everyone from eating, drinking, and having fun. Most of them felt that such matters had nothing to do with them.

Only Linley was lost in thought... After a while, he said something astonishing: "Guess what happens when they attack the material planes and there aren't enough soldiers to fight for faith? Will the Blood Peak Army and the Prefecture soldiers arrest people in the city?"

"No way!"

"As long as we behave ourselves in the city, will the Blood Peak Army and Prefecture soldiers just arrest people?"

"I don't think it's likely. If they do that, wouldn't it be the Sovereign slapping himself in the face?"

Thomas and the others were startled, their faces turning quite grim. They all expressed that Linley was overthinking it.

Linley sneered a few times and didn't speak directly. Instead, he covered the private room with his Divine Domain and said, "What won't the Sovereign do for faith? Perhaps directly arresting people is a bit extreme, so they'll think of other ways, such as raising rent. Raising it ten times, a hundred times at once, and see how many God-level beings can afford it, forcing you to join the Blood Peak Army to explore faith in various material planes!"

Linley tapped his fingers on the table and said, "Didn't you notice? The price of the food and drinks on this table today is seventy percent more expensive than the last time we were here!"

"I'll give you Ink Stones later. Hurry up and buy houses, the cheapest ones will do, lest you say later that the houses under your name can only be lived in by yourselves, and others need to pay the average accommodation fee for the surrounding area each year!"

After Linley said this, Thomas and the others all realized the seriousness of the situation.

Although this was only a possibility, it was better to be prepared than to regret it. It was always right to make preparations early.

"My lord, what should we do!"

Linley, Corey, Thomas, and the others were fine. They were all God-level powerhouses with houses as a fallback. But women who depended on them, like Diana, were in a panic.

If things really developed to the worst possible scenario, wouldn't they risk being abandoned and driven out of the city!

Dennis said to his female companion in his arms, "Don't worry, that's just the worst-case scenario. For example, the houses we live in now, with so many rooms, they can't possibly allow only one person to live here, right?"

After dinner, Linley and the others arrived at Blood Peak Castle and coincidentally learned about the newly announced housing rules.

No matter how large the house was, only the number of rooms was counted. Each room could only accommodate two people. Any extra people would need to pay the average accommodation fee for the surrounding area!

"Holy cow!"

Corey and the others looked at Linley in shock.

Bad news: This was almost exactly as he had predicted.

Good news: They didn't need to buy extra houses.

On the way home, Diana and her four maids surrounded Linley, their faces filled with relaxed smiles.

Liko blinked her big, watery eyes and asked with a smile, "My lord, how did you guess so accurately?"

Linley shook his head and said, "I didn't guess."

The five women looked at him with confused expressions. "Huh?"

Linley revealed an evil smile like a demon capitalist and explained, "If I were the Sovereign, I would do the same, even more ruthlessly. For example, demanding property tax of one percent of last year's house price every year. If you want to stay in the city forever, you dream of not going out to complete missions and dying to free up space!"

"..."

Diana and the others.

The update to the housing rules in Red Stone City, after being passed on by a large number of God-level beings, became a hot topic within two or three days, known to everyone, with various people having different thoughts.

Linley did not participate in these discussions, closing his doors at home and living his own life.

After a period of peaceful time, he heard from Jess that the Fallen Angel Legion from the Dark God Plane had descended upon the Halkejinia Plane again. They were now fiercely fighting the Angel Legion for faith power, and the entire Enpas Continent was being torn apart.

The next day, news arrived that both the Angel Legion and the Fallen Angel Legion had lost many God-level powerhouses, and even four Twelve-winged Angels and Fallen Angels had perished.

The news on the third day was that Catarina's subordinate God avatar of Light had killed a Dark Element subordinate God from the Fallen Angel faction. She used the excuse of great divine power consumption to enter the rear headquarters of the Church of Light to rest.

In the following days, it was all about Catarina recovering her divine power and cultivating the profound mysteries of the Law of Light.

Until a month later, the latest news arrived.

The Fallen Angel faction had been completely wiped out. This time, the Angel faction had won the faith war.

In Catarina's account, the reason seemed to be that there was a High-God in the Angel faction who was skilled at setting up magic arrays. Relying on this advantage of pre-arranged formations, they gradually expanded their victories and eventually won, but they also paid a great price.

One day, seven years later, at dusk.

"Whoosh!"

A rhombus-shaped Metal Life arrived above Red Stone City.

"We're back."

Linley could clearly see the majestic Red Stone City, like a mountain, through the semi-transparent area in front, and feel its vast and great aura.

With a thought, he put away the Metal Life and slowly descended to the ground. Under the envious and jealous gazes of some God-level beings queuing, he directly entered the city through the Demon Channel.

There was a strict curfew in the city at night. As the sky was gradually darkening, Linley estimated the distance to the address Julie had left him last time and decided to return to his own mansion to wait until dawn before visiting her.

One night passed, and the next morning.

Linley got up early, first called Jess, and the two of them went to the west of the city together. After asking around and inquiring, they found Julie's residence, which was a quiet courtyard. Without hesitation, he reached out and lightly knocked on the door.

"Knock knock~"

After a short wait, someone came to open the door.

A head wearing a green straw hat with a white feather tucked into it cautiously poked out, its big, dark eyes carefully assessing Linley and Jess, the two strangers.

"Who are you looking for?"

Linley lowered his head and smiled, saying, "We're looking for Ms. Julie. We had an appointment."

"Please wait a moment, honored guests..."

The dwarf hurried off to inform her and soon returned, inviting Linley and his companion into the courtyard and leading them to the living room where they met Julie.

Julie smiled at the dwarf wearing the red hat and said, "Shefnian, go pour some tea. Use the tea from jar number twenty-six, and remember to add a spoonful of the milk candy from jar number eleven."

"As you command, my beautiful mistress."

The dwarf responded with great seriousness and quickly scurried away on his short legs.

Julie then turned to the dwarf who had guided them and said calmly, "Dimit, you're dismissed. Go and tend to the medicinal garden."

"Yes, my perfect mistress."

The dwarf bowed respectfully, turned, and left through a small door on the right.