Half-step Purgatory

Durin stroked the black cat on the armrest of his chair, sitting on the black leather sofa. Through the glasses perched on his nose, his gaze passed over the long table in front of him and settled on the man kneeling on the carpet:
"I understand, you've made money in Naples, your business has been very successful, and you've led a happy life. You've had those secret police, friends in both the law and the underground, and even the Royal Family speaking on your behalf."
"You don't need a friend like me, I know that. You're afraid of owing me a favor, and you don't want to get involved in troubles."
"But now you come to me and say, 'I beg you, Mr. Durin of the Corleon family, please help me seek justice, so that my life and my family will not suffer and sink into despair.'
Yet, in your eyes, I was nothing more than a second-rate artist involved in movies and music. Even at the brink of death, you still show me such disrespect, not even willing to call me by my title... Keeper of Secrets."

Durin's Diary

Weston District was in complete disarray.


Durin entered in his Lich form, accompanied by Lord Bishop from the Church of Suffering. Although the followers of the Church didn't recognize Durin, they definitely recognized the old bishop. Noticing that this Lich, with pure white Soul Fire in his eye sockets and wearing the Double Mother Goddess Golden Laurel Leaf Crown while carrying a short sword similar to No-name's by his waist, was Durin Alsh, they immediately dropped their guard against him.


As he walked, Durin shook his head at the sight of bodies being incinerated in a small roadside garden.


The industrial revolution led to a population explosion in the cities, with appalling sanitary conditions in slums. Coupled with the possible interference of the Evil God, trouble was bound to arise.


Big Orange sighed at the sight — burning bodies was quite common in this world, which perhaps explained why the situation in the Weston District wasn't as bad as Durin had anticipated.


Chapter 289: Difficulty