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"The laws governing mages clearly state that any mage has the right to kill on the spot any criminal who violates the magical covenant, abuses magic, uses violence, and causes serious harm," Lü Cheng said.
“They are my spoils of war, and everything they have should rightfully belong to me.”
Trophies?
Everyone was taken aback, but in the next instant, they understood what spoils of war meant.
Two members of the Red Ornament Guild were suddenly grabbed by an inexplicable force and thrown into the sky. Jingyun and Xiaotian, who were hovering above the port, ate them one by one with a crunch!
Human mages possess powerful bodies and souls, making them excellent tonics for demons and monsters alike.
However, whether it is a contracted beast or a summoned beast, they are just like ordinary animals raised in zoos. Once eating people becomes a habit, they become dangerous. Therefore, the Magic Association has strict regulations that, except in special circumstances, summoners must never allow their summoned beasts to eat people.
Upon seeing this, the members of the Crimson Ornament Guild were thrown into chaos, but as they tried to struggle away, they suddenly found themselves unable to move.
"Wait a minute! Didn't you just tell us to surrender?!" Casso roared.
"Oh, and then?" As he spoke, Lü Cheng tossed a few more up.
Having not had any meat for a long time, Jingyun and Xiaotian decided to shrink their bodies to just the size of someone who could swallow them whole, so they wouldn't be too small to even fill a tooth gap.
"And then??" Casso looked completely bewildered.
There are actually people even more shameless than him?!
"I never said I was going to let you go," Lü Cheng said calmly.
"Moreover, I didn't attack directly, but sent someone to persuade you to surrender, which was already very humane. But you actually resisted without saying a word, and even used your own body to attack my dragon!"
One by one, the members of the Red Ornament Guild on the ground flew towards the sky and then entered the stomachs of Jingyun and Xiaotian.
But everyone's attention wasn't on the sky; instead, they were drawn to Lü Cheng's inexplicable yet strangely reasonable words.
"I attacked?" Casso's expression froze.
Listen to this! Is this even human language?!
“So many people saw it, and you just charged at my dragon without saying a word,” Lu Cheng said.
"Although it looks fine, I know that my poor Jingyun has suffered serious internal injuries and needs to replenish his energy."
“This student, you…”
"You want to attack me too?"
Lu Cheng turned around and looked at the temple mage who had spoken.
"..."
Oluna, who was leading the team, twitched her eye slightly and stopped her subordinates from doing so.
They contributed almost nothing to this operation, so naturally they had no say.
Although the reporting work afterwards was a bit troublesome, it was somewhat embarrassing to have a prisoner killed right in front of you in your own jurisdiction.
However, the most important thing is that the Red Ornament Guild's problems have been resolved.
Moreover, handling it in this way has had a positive effect on maintaining order in the Caribbean Sea.
Some temple mages secretly feed captured criminals to their contracted beasts, since mages are excellent tonics for demons. However, this method is dishonorable and inhumane, so it can only be done in secret. If it were seen by others, the pressure from public opinion would be immense.
If this kind of thing is not regulated, those high-ranking summoners might be able to feed the prisoners in the jail to their contracted beasts!
Of course, if they were just prisoners, eating them would be fine, and it would even enhance the mages' combat power.
But the question is, what happens after the prisoner finishes eating?
Some loopholes should not be opened. They may seem to reduce consumption and increase profits, but in reality, they may sow the seeds of a greater crisis.
Moreover, if a mage, who appears as a guardian, allows his summoned beasts to eat people, how much psychological panic would that cause among the people?
While the possibility of summoned beasts and contracted beasts going out of control is very small, it is not impossible!
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The Red Ornament Guild's matter was quickly resolved. As for the ownership of the Dark Duke's Cloak, it naturally belonged to Lü Cheng, the only one who took action in this incident; the others could only be considered spectators.
The Japanese team was somewhat unhappy with the result, since they were the ones who provided the intelligence. However, considering Lü Cheng's gangster-like demeanor at the port, they remained silent and didn't say much.
Otherwise, they felt their heads would be forced to attack Lü Cheng's hands!
Mission accomplished, the Nationalist team embarked on their journey to the next destination.
"Mr. Su Lu, is this the end of it?"
After seeing Lü Cheng and his group off, Su Lu took Xi Zhe on a plane back to the Magic Tower in Dubai.
Su Lu closed her eyes and sighed, "My nephew is different from before."
If it were the Lü Cheng of that time, he would definitely be very excited to follow him in his endeavors.
As for what he might gain, the child didn't care; he would do anything that he found interesting.
But the current Lü Cheng is different from before. He has become uninterested in troublesome things. Can it be said that the child has grown up and become more mature?
"Excuse my frankness, Mr. Su Lu, but Lü Cheng's thoughts are closer to Miss Su Meng's; he may be more inclined towards the Holy City," Xi Zhe said.
"Something's not right." Su Lu opened her eyes.
"Why hasn't the Holy City taken any action yet?"
There's no reason why those heretical sorcerers wouldn't react to something he was able to find out!
Does the Holy City still not intend to give up on Su Meng?
Or is it that the Holy City plans to join forces with Lü Cheng, the living undead emperor, to deal with the unruly Khufu in the west first?
After all, although Lü Cheng inherited Sha Yuan, he is still alive.
Only the dead can become the true emperor of the undead!
Compared to the threat posed by Khufu, Lü Cheng, a living person, was clearly not a concern.
“Perhaps they don’t want a direct confrontation with Miss Su Meng,” Xi Zhe said.
He had a direct experience of Su Meng's power before; when he was in her presence, his life was not in his own hands!
It wasn't that my neck was being grabbed; it was that my whole body was being held in someone's palm!
There's always the risk of being crushed to death!
“It’s not impossible…” Su Lu frowned slightly.
"But I always feel there's another reason."
The Holy City will not back down so easily because of one victim!
In Lu Cheng's case, at the very least, he would be branded and placed under the control of the Court of Judgment, or even placed under house arrest in the Holy City like Su Meng was back then.
However, it has been so long, and Lü Cheng has never hidden his actions. The Holy Tribunal has not summoned him, nor has the Heinous Tribunal shown up. This is too unreasonable!
What other problems are there that he hasn't noticed?
It can't be...
Su Lu's expression froze. "It can't be that bad, can it?"
"What's wrong?" Xi Zhe asked, puzzled.
Su Lu closed her eyes, carefully recalling the people she had met during this time. "Xizhe, along this journey, have you sensed the aura of the Holy City?"
Xi Zhe was taken aback, then shook his head. "No, if I had to say, Lü Cheng does have a strange aura about him, very similar to that of the Holy City."
"what happened?"
"Do you still remember Wen Tai?" Su Lu opened her eyes.
"Wen Tai's death also brought about another major event."
Xi Zhe's expression changed. "Archangel, Remiel."
"what do you mean……"
"Isn't it?"
Lu Cheng's matter shouldn't attract the attention of those archangels who haven't shown up yet, right?
“I don’t think it’s that bad either, but there’s no other explanation,” Su Lu said.
If Lü Cheng hadn't already been targeted by the archangel, the Holy City wouldn't have remained completely unresponsive!
……
Upon arriving in Mexico, a training mission came to an end, and it was time for the National Team to rotate its members.
Because of Lü Cheng's meddling, everyone except him was caught up in the Red Ornament Guild incident, and they were all just spectators the whole time. So, this time, nobody really knew what was going on.
"Could it be you this time?"
Inside the hotel, Jiang Shaoxu looked at Zhao Manyan with great interest.