The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

"Your Highness... your generosity will illuminate this era! Once this great work is completed, I will inscribe your name in the most prominent place on the title page, so future generations will forever remember your grace! Working with you is my greatest honor!"

"That is unnecessary, Mr. Locke."

Luo Yan picked up his teacup again and took a sip, looking at this down-and-out yet idealistic gentleman, and said with a gentle smile.

"Just put my name alongside yours, for my name will be honored by your achievements."

The gilded edge of the title page might be seen as cumbersome and reduced, but the collective authors will be immortalized.

Just a few hundred gold coins can leave a "was here" on a masterpiece destined to be remembered in history, there's no better deal than this.

...

Hasty footsteps came and went in a hurry.

The only difference was that when Mr. Locke left, the sound of his footsteps carried noticeably less restraint and anxiety, replaced by joy and expectations for a new chapter in life.

From today onward, he was a man of the Prince of the Empire.

Until he stepped out of the manor gates, the middle-aged man holding a thick stack of manuscripts still wore a dazed expression as if waking from a dream.

"Mr. Locke, it's time to get in the carriage."

Seeing Locke standing motionless at the door, the servant dressed in a steward's uniform gently reminded him.

"Ah, sorry, I was just thinking... about the task Prince Colin gave me."

Locke came back to his senses and noticed the carriage with the open door before him, blushing as he explained, and then quickly got in.

The carriage soon set off, heading to the distant suburbs a few miles away.

That's where Locke was currently staying, at the home of a distant relative. There lay his luggage and the remaining manuscripts, which were his only possessions.

Prince Colin not only funded his career but also supported his meager livelihood.

After grabbing his luggage, they would head to the tranquil eastern suburbs of Thunder City and look for a spacious detached house to serve as an office.

According to Prince Colin's plan, it would not only be his residence in Thunder City but also the future headquarters of the Encyclopedia compilation committee.

Not far from there is the main campus of Thunder City University under construction, as well as the Thunder City University library being renovated.

At the same time, inside Colin Manor.

With the visitor's departure, the side hall returned to the afternoon's tranquility.

Having maintained a lady's decorum for a long time, Vivian finally tossed aside the feather pen and elegant posture, freeing her playful nature.

"Kukuku... As expected of my dear brother, truly cunning and sly!"

Luo Yan picked up his teacup and took a sip, then picked up the unfinished magic book again.

"Tell me, how am I cunning?"

"That human bookworm!"

Lounging in long white socks, her legs swayed beneath a skirt blooming like a violet, and Vivian's crimson eyes sparkled with mischievous insight, thinking she'd seen through it all.

"I finally understood that you didn't fund that bookworm to disseminate knowledge, but to use the Encyclopedia to dismantle the authority of the Holy Word Book in the Mortal World!"

A surprised arc formed on Luo Yan's lips.

"Oh? You can see that far?"

"Of course!"

Vivian's lips curled into a mischievous smile, as if uncovering a monumental conspiracy, and she continued confidently.

"When everything about the mortal world's rules can be explained from sources outside of the Divine, the Holy Word Book's woven lies cease to exist! Those priests always grasp the power to explain the world, defining its black and white, telling people what's right and wrong. Once people find answers in books, who will listen to those charlatans' nonsense?"

"This is undermining the foundation of Saint Sis, destroying the monopoly the Holy Word Book has on truth! When this set of books is published throughout the continent, the foundation of the Church Court will cease to exist!"

Vivian grew more animated as she spoke, as if she could see Saint Clement Cathedral crumbling down.

To her, a river of blood might be thrilling, but being able to eliminate an enemy from its roots without spilling a drop also equates to shrewd tactics.

Much more thrilling than casting Forbidden Curse Magic!

No wonder he is the brother she admires the most!

Luo Yan wore a calm smile, neither affirming nor denying her naive take, although such a matter, even in extreme instances, could take hundreds of years to be realized.

"You've only got half the story, Vivian."

Half might be overstating it, about ten percent, perhaps.

The ghost hovering over the Holy Word Book is the New Testament; the Encyclopedia is more like a ghost haunting "feudalism."

Even when the world enters the next epoch, Saint Sis will not be utterly eliminated, much like the Elemental Gods of the First Epoch.

At most, it returns to its original position, becoming a specimen from the old era alongside other Elemental Gods sitting on cold benches, as cultural heritage passed from one era to the next.

But for Vivian, understanding this layer was already enough; she needn't start from scratch, only maintain the inheritance from her ancestors.

Luo Yan turned a page in the book and continued in a leisurely tone.

"The Encyclopedia is indeed the second flame I ignited, but its purpose is not to destroy, but to build."

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