Bond raised his hand and plunged a knife straight through the throat of the priest, without even blinking an eye.

Adela's face turned as pale as clay, and he let his raised right hand drop in despair.

Now, he was in trouble.

He was not only facing the lord's wrath but now most likely he would have to endure the regional bishop's fury as well.

Not far away, the president of the Silver Pine Town adventurer guild lying on the ground, shuddered uncontrollably from the shoulder, closing his eyes even tighter.

Without exposing the man feigning death, Luo Yan turned to the sheriff named Adela and said.

"I want to know who your superior is, and who is the highest official in Silver Pine Town."

"My superior is the Security Bureau of Thunder City, which is under the jurisdiction of the City Hall, serving the Governor, who serves the Duke Campbell. As for Silver Pine Town, it's a bit special. Administratively, it belongs to Thunder City, but it is also the territory of Baron Ges. If you ask about the highest officer... It's probably Mayor Muriel. However, many times, it's Baron Victor Gess who actually collects taxes and makes decisions."

As he spoke, Adela paused for a moment and continued nervously.

"It's a complex system... if you're interested, I can explain it to you slowly."

He had no idea why the Lord Demon King was interested in such matters, but if it would save his life, he didn't mind divulging some information about the Surface World.

However, it seemed the Lord Demon King in front of him had no intention of taking him captive but pondered for a moment before saying.

"So, you're essentially the head of security in charge of militia training and public order, right?"

Although he had no idea what a security head was, Adela hastily nodded in agreement.

"Yes, it's like that... But after this dismal defeat, I'm not sure if I can continue as the sheriff."

Luo Yan asked knowingly.

"Because of the heavy losses, right?"

Adela nodded with a bitter smile, then cast a glance at the priest lying on the ground.

"It's more than heavy losses... frankly, I'm not even sure if I'll see the sun tomorrow."

Luo Yan said with a slight smile.

"Do you want to see the sun tomorrow?"

Adela said with a bitter tone, "I'd be lying if I said I didn't... but as you can see, I'm finished."

"Good," Luo Yan nodded, speaking cheerfully, "I like honest people... So, Mr. Adela, are you interested in making a deal with a demon?"

Adela was stunned.

"...A deal?"

Luo Yan did not speak, he simply waved the magic wand in his hand, casting a green light towards the priest whose blood was almost drained.

What followed was miraculous!

The priest stood up from the ground, shaking as if nothing had happened.

Adela, with a shocked expression, looked at Luo Yan then back at the stiff-faced priest, Matt, and forced a smile that scarcely looked any better than a cry.

"What... what's the point of this?"

He knew what the Demon King had done: he had turned Matt into a zombie.

But such an act was no different from self-deception.

And that's not all.

Desecrating the body of a cleric was a serious crime, and it might even move his execution from the gallows to the stake.

Looking at the uglier-than-crying smile on Adela's face, Luo Yan, unconcerned, said.

"You know too little about Undead Magic. Even if it's a zombie, there are many types... Matt, say hello to your colleague, will you?"

The expressionless Matt turned to Adela who wore a shocked look and spoke.

"Hello... Mr. Adela."

As he spoke, blood still oozed from the wound on Matt's neck.

Adela, with an expression as if he'd seen a ghost, looked terrified at the Demon King and said.

"What is this? What's going on?!"

He had never heard of such Undead Magic!

One that could not only make the dead stand up but also let them retain the mind of the living!

What kind of joke was this?!

"This is called a ghoul, and it's somewhat different from the regular zombie, isn't it, Mr. Matt?"

Upon hearing Luo Yan's words, Matt nodded slightly, respectfully saying.

"You are correct... Lord Demon King."

In the Surface World, the vast majority of people's impression of the undead was that of mindless lost souls.

Because they weren't devout in life, couldn't be buried in consecrated ground or consume Holy Water, their souls couldn't enter the halls of Saint Sis to be reincarnated, and they had to wander the mortal world like monsters.

For such impure beings, most people wouldn't even try to communicate with them, and even to ignore their existence was seen as the utmost kindness... like how they treated Sarah, the half-demon.

But Hell was different.

Everything that mortals despise typically becomes an object of unity under the Demon God.

That included the "Undead"!

Among all the undead, ghouls were second only in number, and their social class was roughly parallel to the lower demons in the "Demon Tribe" – the demons.

They had many similarities to zombies, such as a lack of memory from life, an affinity for flesh — particularly bloody raw meat, a fear of Holy Light, non-healing wounds, and an inability to be healed by conventional healing magic, and so on.

However, their differences from zombies were also clear.

For example, the most significant difference is that they often have an independent mind. Even though initially this mind mainly relies on their obsessions from life and the information imbued by the Undead Mage, in the end, they often evolve independent personalities.

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