The Demonic World I designed-Chapter 54 - 52 The Gate Deity Shows His Might!
54: Chapter 52: The Gate Deity Shows His Might!
54 -52: The Gate Deity Shows His Might!
It wasn’t just Gu Bei who had this strange feeling; the others also harbored a sense of doubt in their hearts, as if, as they neared the city gate, the wolf heads affixed there were scrutinizing them.
The sensation sounded rather eerie, but for reasons unknown, it didn’t make them anxious—instead, under that scrutiny, they felt an added sense of security, especially the crew who knew about the Water Ghosts among them, their unease strangely steadied.
But on the contrary, some darker presences in the group reacted differently; the moment they were touched by the gaze of the wolf heads, they tensed up, feeling an impending disaster!
“The city gate is just ahead…”
A carriage leisurely followed behind Gu Bei’s merchant convoy; it was Wei Gongcheng and his party who had just arrived in Lyuzhou.
Now, seeing several merchant brigades entering the city sparsely, they became curious.
Especially the white-robed female Magician, who had dealt with many supernatural incidents alongside her master.
According to her experience, when such events occurred, it was extremely difficult for the common folk to accept, and those in the know would move away en masse.
In severe cases, some northern counties turned into ghost towns due to such disturbances, desolate and uninhabited to this day, with the Imperial Court powerless even after several years.
The incident in Lyuzhou was so severe that the Imperial Court could not cover it up; how many days had Chen Qing been in office to achieve such an effect?
Upon further inquiry, they learned that Lyuzhou had already declared tax exemption, and Wei Gongcheng nodded in satisfaction upon hearing the news.
Even the white-robed Magician, who was seldom complimentary, praised after a brief stupefaction: Quite audacious indeed.
“Is this what the gates of Lyuzhou…
are supposed to look like?”
Because the merchant brigade ahead was undergoing inspection, the carriage of Wei Gongcheng and his group also stopped.
Lifting the curtain, all three were startled upon seeing the city gate, with the Thousand-Faced Fox Ali being the first to murmur curiously.
Could it be that her memory was also failing her?
She didn’t remember Lyuzhou having such an imposing city gate.
Wei Gongcheng was also stunned; after all, he had left Lyuzhou just half a month ago—had the city gate changed too much?
Wasn’t it said that all the tax silver and account books of Lyuzhou had been sealed?
Where did Chen Qing get the money to fix the city gate so ostentatiously?
Besides, by the standards of this city gate, it would be at least a six-month project, right?
“There’s a Demon!”
The white-robed woman gazed at the merchant brigade ahead, her eyes flashing with a cold light.
“In the midst of this large crowd, do not engage…” Wei Gongcheng frowned: “Don’t scare off the merchant convoy that they have finally managed to attract.”
The white-robed woman nodded upon hearing this.
Although she disliked Chen Qing, she would not take action to spoil things as it went against the principles taught by her master.
But even though she held back, something atop the great gate did not!
“What vile creature dares to transgress upon Lyuzhou?!”
The voice resonated majestically, imbued with dignity and solemnity; Wei Gongcheng and the others, standing a hundred meters away, could feel the profound authority it carried!
Right at the city gate, the three metal wolf heads appeared to come to life, pairs of golden eyes staring fixedly at something surreptitious within the merchant brigade!
The very next moment, a phantom White Wolf, easily over ten meters tall, materialized atop the city gate, majestic and splendid, leaving all onlookers dumbstruck in place.
What…
what is this?
However, despite the grandeur of the giant wolf, it did not inspire fear but rather gave off a protective vibe; even the distant white-robed Magician felt only shock at first, her heart strangely devoid of any hostility.
But it was different for those Water Ghosts hiding among the crowd.
They experienced an intense discomfort of oppression as if they were being roasted over flames!
In fewer than a few moments, they knelt down, drenched in cold sweat, their muscles involuntarily bulging as the human skin they wore split apart.
Only then did the crowd realize that the ranks harbored so many Water Ghosts; there seemed to be at least a dozen!
Gu Bei himself was taken aback!
He had thought at most three or four had infiltrated, but there were so many, and one of them was even from his hometown.
If they had slipped into his birthplace and harmed his fellow villagers, he would have become a true criminal!
Cackling evilly, the leading monster, unable to hide any longer, let out a strange laugh and actively tore off its human skin to reveal a body covered in sharp, spike-like scales!
Seeing this, the other creatures also stopped hiding, tearing off their skins and rising up, their fierce gaze fixed on the people around them!
There weren’t many soldiers here; it wouldn’t be difficult to break through!
“Shark People!”
A cold light flashed in the distant white-robed Magician’s eyes; these Demons weren’t powerful, but they were incredibly troublesome, often wearing human skin to wreak havoc.
Many coastal cities had to deal with these kinds of creatures, plentiful and widely scattered, with any merchant ship at risk of harboring a few, nearly impossible to guard against!
Yet she did not take immediate action because she was curious about what on the city gate had revealed the Shark People?
Demons dressed in human skin are difficult to detect, unless a Magician is always using the Spirit Eye at the entrance.
But at a glance, that was not the case; there were not enough Magicians to begin with, and moreover, even Magicians couldn’t keep the Spirit Eye open all the time—doing so for a day would even exhaust a Grand Sorcerer like her master to death…
And whatever was on that city gate was clearly not a Magician!
“Back off!” urged Gu Bei, hastening to cover Manager He as they retreated.
Upon seeing this, the Water Ghosts attempted to capture some hostages, but just when they were about to make a move, the White Wolf in the sky issued another stern rebuke!
“You dare to commit violence, Demon?
Where is the Gate General?
Execute on the spot!!”
“As ordered!”
Above the city gate, seven or eight soldiers clad in armor leapt down directly from the top of the wall!
From a distance, Wei Gongcheng nearly bit his tongue in disbelief.
What were those soldiers doing?
Jumping from a wall tens of meters high just like that?
And wearing armor?
Did they not care for their legs?
But a strange scene unfolded – the soldiers’ eyes lit up with a green glow.
Although they descended with fierce momentum, they landed gracefully, without making a sound….
Before a group of Water Ghosts could react, their heads were chopped off!
“What agility!” Wei Gongcheng couldn’t help but exclaim.
These soldiers were indeed swift, their angle and strength of attack even sharper than those of the Personal Soldiers from the northern noble families.
What was key was their extraordinary strength.
Although Shark People weren’t particularly powerful demons, their constitutions far surpassed that of ordinary humans; they possessed a natural scale armor that ordinary soldiers might not be able to penetrate even if they slashed until their palms split.
Yet these soldiers beheaded with each strike.
In terms of strength alone, they might even surpass the bloodline-tinged Personal Soldiers of the Weichi Clan.
Whose elite troops were these?
At this time, Chen Qing, watching from above the city gate, finally showed a hint of satisfaction.
The hunters that Ma Erniang brought had good constitutions, achieving such results with just a day’s training, indeed stronger than ordinary folks.
As for the strength that shocked Wei Gongcheng, Chen Qing naturally wasn’t surprised – this was the innate talent of the Gate Deity.
Gods and ordinary demons were different in two ways.
First, they could grow stronger through faith.
Second, they could transfer their power to believers!
The Gate Deity was half a War God, capable of transferring combat strength.
The ability to leap from the city gate in heavy armor without injury belonged to the Wind Control talent of the demon wolf.
The power to decapitate the strong Shark People with a single sword strike was muscle strength transferred from the demon wolf.
The attributes of the Gate Deity were simple: the ability to detect any disguised demon of a lower rank and to grant divine power to the Gate General.
Just two functions, but at the moment, they were precisely what Chen Qing needed to cope with the situation in Lyuzhou!
“The demons have been beheaded!” shouted the tallest soldier in the group, turning to salute, “Please, Gate God, return to your position!”
“Please, Gate God, return to your position!” the other soldiers shouted after learning the phrase.
“Permission granted!” The White Wolf in the sky nodded slightly before dissipating into specks of green light, vanishing into thin air.
The three metal wolf heads on the city gate also returned to normal, and the golden light in their eyes ceased.
Everyone watched, dumbfounded, as the thick smell of blood on the ground constantly reminded them that what had just happened…
was no illusion.
“All right, all right!” The soldiers, who had been covering their noses in disgust, spoke up, “Clean up a bit, and let’s all quickly enter the city.
Don’t block the people behind.”
The merchants nodded vigorously, rushing to gather the goods they had scattered in their panic.
“This…
General?” Gu Bei quickly approached him, politely bowing to ask, “What was that just now?”
“General is too grand a title…” The soldier chuckled, “I’m just a humble soldier atop the wall…” But as he spoke, he paused, then laughed, “Oh, isn’t this Gu Bei?”
“Maozi?” Gu Bei was stunned and completely dumbfounded.
The man who had just donned dozens of pounds of armor and leapt from the city gate like a War God, chopping down more than a dozen Water Ghosts with a few swift strikes, was Maozi, the guy from his village who hunted wild rabbits?
What was happening?
“Heh heh!” Maozi chuckled at Gu Bei’s shocked expression, clapped him on the shoulder and said, “Get in quickly, and we’ll have a drink later tonight, brother.
It’s been a long time!”
“Sure, sure, sure!” Gu Bei nodded again and again, itching like a cat’s scratch to have Maozi explain right away, but knowing it wasn’t appropriate at the moment, so he had to wait until evening.
“Everyone, there’s no need to panic!” Maozi turned to the crowd to reassure them after a brief word with Gu Bei, “The White Wolf you just saw is our Gate Deity of Lyuzhou, a consecrated item Lord Chen had specially invited from a Grand Sorcerer in the Capital City.
With its presence, no demon can conceal themselves, as everyone has just witnessed.
Those demons couldn’t even get close to the city gate!”
“There’s such a thing…?” asked Manager He, the first to recover his wits.
His eyes glinted with excitement as he pieced together the details.
If such an item existed…
then Lyuzhou…
“So please enter the city without worry!” Maozi smiled, “With the Gate God here, no evil spirit dares to invade Lyuzhou City again!”
Everyone paused for a moment, and Gu Bei was the first to react, immediately kneeling down: “Your humble servant pays homage to the Gate God!”
“Your humble servant pays homage to the Gate God!” the other merchants quickly followed suit and knelt down.
These sea merchants, most fearful of returning from the treacherous seas only to find no peace at home and to be tormented by demons, were terrified at the thought of so many Water Ghosts in human guise nearby. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
The more frightened they were, the more grateful they felt now.
If the officer was right, and the Gate Deity could keep all demons out of the city, this was truly a god worth worshipping!
“This one knows his place…” Chen Qing, watching from the city gate, saw Gu Bei kneel first with approval.
As he watched hundreds kneel, little strands of faint faith turned into beams of white light, entering the three wolf heads.
Chen Qing glanced at his palm where wisps of green light flickered and strands of wind force spun.
The power felt more refined and made him smile even more.
His efforts over the past few days had not been in vain; at last, he had gained his first wave of faith.
“Magician?” Just as he was feeling elated, a white figure suddenly appeared on the city gate, staring intently at Chen Qing.
Chen Qing paused, taking a defensive step back.
Who was this woman?
“Gate Deity?” The woman eyed the faint wind force in Chen Qing’s hand, her brow furrowing as she asked, “What exactly is that thing?”
