I'm supposed to be beheaded right at the start, but I'm immortal!

Chapter 19. The dragon is a symbol of emperors!

St. Petersburg's city hall is located in the inner city and is built in a rather luxurious and grand manner.

According to Dr. Raven, every few years St. Petersburg holds a round of parliamentary elections to elect 12 members to form the Senate, which is responsible for various affairs in the city from the city hall.

Although it was an election, most of these councilors were powerful nobles and aristocrats in St. Petersburg; very few were truly elected by the citizens. Even those who were elected would be recruited by various parties after becoming councilors.

The mayor's authority was to approve the proposals submitted by the councilors. The mayor was personally elected by the emperor and rotated every three years.

"In short, he's a high-ranking official. As long as the academy and the tribunal don't intervene, he and the count are the bosses in the city. I know the current mayor of St. Petersburg very well, but I wouldn't dare ask him for more. It'll be up to you then!"

Looking at the Raven Doctor's confident and eloquent manner, Green thought to himself, "You think you're a shy person?"

The Bull-Slaying Knight was also pulled out by the Raven Doctor and followed behind the two with a limp.

Green asked, "Do the Academy and the Tribunal also handle matters in St. Petersburg?"

Today, when Dr. Raven came to City Hall, she was no longer wearing her signature bird-beak mask. Her face was delicate, her nose was straight, and her long silver hair was flowing freely over her shoulders, which was quite in line with the classical Eastern aesthetic.

She said:

"St. Petersburg has a special geographical location. It was the first city where the Emperor and the Nienya Academy cooperated. If they have any opinions about St. Petersburg, the mayor has to listen to them. This is permitted by the Emperor."

Generally speaking, the academy doesn't concern itself with St. Petersburg matters except when developing new products or during the annual student recruitment season.

As for the Tribunal, although they are an affiliated force of the academy, they also possess considerable independence. Like the Clock Tower, they were established during the era of the Second Hero.

Greene understood: "I see. No wonder the tribunal can monitor all parties for acting first and reporting later. Its power is so great that no one has objected."

The Raven doctor added:

"Not just St. Petersburg, but cities large and small across the three continents of the east, west, and north are all under their jurisdiction. Aside from the appearance of major criminals, they take action to crack down on organized crime and eliminate evil forces, which is highly praised."

However, St. Petersburg has been ranked as the safest city in the Southern Continent for several years, making it difficult to spot members of the Tribunal.

With each of them saying something, the three of them arrived at the front of the city hall.

Before even entering, I saw Mabel talking to a middle-aged man in a suit, who was over 1.8 meters tall and exuded an air of authority.

This middle-aged man, who exuded an imposing aura without anger, now had a somewhat worried expression on his face, like a stalk of wheat bent over by the weight of an ear of wheat.

"Mabel, what are you doing at City Hall?"

"Uncle Philip, I'm here to collect my reward. I've done a great job this time, so remember to give me a generous reward later."

"A reward? Don't be ridiculous, go home. I still have work to do," Philip said helplessly. "And how many times have I told you, you should use your job title when you're working. It looks so inappropriate for others to hear that."

Mabel nodded: "Okay, Uncle Plant, remember to give me a good reward later."

Philip clearly knew his friend's daughter's temperament.

To achieve great merit?

Don't joke around. When this little guy was a kid, every time he went to his house to play, the yolks of the eggs laid by his dragon dog would be shaken apart. The dragon dog would always feel very aggrieved.

Given Mabel's greedy and lustful nature, what merit could she possibly achieve?

It's a miracle she doesn't make any mistakes and end up in jail. Maybe that's the downside of being born with black flames. But how come her father is so much more mature than her?

Ugh.

Philip clearly didn't want to get entangled with Mabel any longer and was about to turn around and leave when he heard an extremely arrogant voice coming from outside the hall.

"Hey, isn't this Philip? He's gotten so tired after all these months!"

Philip was startled, as if he had seen something dirty, and quickly backed away:

"Han Naixi, what brings you here too?"

"Heh," Doctor Raven sneered, "I've come to see my old friend. What, can't I come?"

Philip was exasperated. "I've said it many times. During the pharmaceutical competition back then, I only asked the referee to stop the competition because I saw the person who was testing your drug was about to die from poisoning. I really didn't mean to target you."

No matter what you say today, the most I can give you is 100 gold pounds.

Han Naixi's eyes lit up; she hadn't expected such an unexpected gain.

"Okay, 100 it is, give it to me now."

"Um?"

Philip suspiciously handed over one hundred gold pounds, only to see Han Naixi stuff the money into her pocket as if afraid he would snatch it back.

Philip: "..."

Seeing that she didn't continue to cause trouble, he wondered when Han Naixi had become so easy to talk to.

"Dr. Raven, you've arrived?" Mabel approached Han Naixi and the other two.

"Mm." Han Naixi nodded gently.

She looked at Green and the bull-slaughtering rider behind her and said:

"This old man was my classmate in medical school back then. He was the one who helped me when I was forced to leave the medical field. You three can ask for whatever you want later and rip him off as much as you can."

Green and the other two nodded, indicating that they understood.

Philip frowned as he looked at the outspoken Raven Doctor:

"Han Naixi, I've given you all the money. If there's nothing else, stop making trouble here. Besides, your decision to leave the medical field was entirely your own fault, okay?"

"Heh," Dr. Raven sneered, "Unreasonable? I'm not being unreasonable this time. I won't waste my breath with those long-winded words. Green, you go and tell him!"

As everyone knows, Nienia had three scourges back then, and Han Naixi was the leader of the three scourges. She put all her intelligence into medicine making. If she couldn't reason with someone, she would start sticking rusty scalpels and needles that had been used countless times into their bodies.

That would be fine, since everyone here is a superhuman and getting injured is commonplace.

However, the scalpel and syringe contained residues of Han Naixi's medicine. If one was injured by her, at best one's strength would increase greatly, but at the cost of only being able to fight back against each other's left and right brains from then on. At worst, one would grow horns of dragons and demons, becoming extremely terrifying.

But then someone else grew horns and went to this guy to demand compensation, while he was still grinning and saying something:

"The dragon is a symbol of emperors!"

Not a penny of compensation!

How can someone be both evil and strong?

Fortunately, the wicked Han Naixi was eventually punished by heaven and expelled from the academy; otherwise, who knows how many more people she would have harmed.

And this is still the unreasonable Han Naixi. If Han Naixi had an external brain and started to reason... I don't even want to think how terrifying it would be!

Philip hesitated, then looked at Green and said:

"Are you... Han Naixi's external brain?"

Green: "?"

Green shook his head and simply told Philip about the abandoned factory and the Iron Cross.

Listening to Green's account, Philip frowned, glanced at Dr. Raven with surprise, and said seriously, "This is not the place to talk. Let's go to my office."

The group, led by Philip, arrived at his office.

"Your office is quite luxurious, isn't it?" Dr. Raven didn't act like an outsider, casually picking up an apple from the office and eating it, then turning to the three of them, he said:

"Please sit wherever you like, don't be shy, make yourself at home here."

Philip's vision went black. Is this your office or mine?

Forget it.

He shook his head and asked Green:

"If what you say is true, and someone wants to endanger the whole city, then you have really done a great job this time."

"Of course it's true. Here's the proof." Dr. Raven tossed an Iron Cross to Philip.

"You also graduated from medical school. Although your talent and grades aren't as good as mine, you can't possibly not even recognize an Iron Cross, can you?"

Green added, "The Mafia called the police from the abandoned factory, and the police should have records of that."

Philip nodded. "It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that Han Naixi came with you."

Doctor Raven: "What do you mean? Are you looking down on me?"

"Heh, who looks down on you? I didn't say that."

After Philip finished speaking, he turned around and went out to call someone to go to the police station to retrieve the files and check the situation.

Soon, the man Philip sent returned to his office and whispered in his ear, clearly confirming that the information was accurate.

As for the tube of Iron Cross virus, he studied it briefly and discovered its extraordinary nature, confirming that Han Naixi had indeed not lied to him this time.

That's really true...

"The sun has emerged from the abyss, it's incredible!" Philip exclaimed.

Mabel sneered, "Ha, now you know it's for real, right? Apologize!"

Philip sighed again, "...I misunderstood you before. I never expected you to actually do such a good job."

The probability that Mabel can make a great contribution is about the same as the probability that Han Naixi can speak reasonably and kindly.

I never expected that all of this would happen today?

Philip felt that he was probably hallucinating before he died.

Dr. Raven tossed the vaccine and formula to Philip, saying, "I've given you the vaccine. You can decide what to do with it."

Philip nodded and said seriously, "The Iron Cross Plague is related to the turmoil of the Outer Gods, so I naturally cannot allow such a thing to happen. I will arrange for people to mass-produce your vaccine in case of emergency... Anyway, thank you."

"If there's anything you want, as long as it's not too unreasonable, feel free to tell me. It's just a small token of our appreciation from the St. Petersburg City Hall."

I thanked them very reluctantly.

"Let's get this straight, for this great service, I want your surgical manual," said Dr. Raven.

"In the end, they just happened to stumble upon this while helping you collect the debt. They deserve the credit, and it has little to do with you, Han Naixi, right?" Philip clicked his tongue.

Dr. Raven: "How can it not matter? If I hadn't sent them to collect the debt, St. Petersburg would probably be ravaged by the Iron Cross Plague by now."

"Sigh," Philip sighed, "Fine, fine, you can have that book, okay?"

As he spoke, he rubbed his temples and looked at the three of them:

"What kind of reward do you three little ones want?"

Mabel chuckled and raised her hand, saying, "I'll go first. I want your treasured Pegasus Meteor Gauntlets!"

Compared to the "Surgical Master" manual that Han Naixi wanted, this one, while still painful to buy, wasn't as bad.

"These Pegasus Meteor Gauntlets were crafted by the giant craftsman Yhorm according to the ideas of the Fourth Hero. It is said that the gauntlets can not only increase the wearer's attacks with golden energy, making them extremely sharp, but also make the wearer's attack speed faster and faster, up to a hundred punches per second, with each punch resembling a meteor shower."

After Philip finished his introduction, he nodded:

"I didn't expect you to have your eye on this treasure. Alright, go get it from the storeroom later."

The Bull-Slaying Knight bowed, saying with embarrassment, "Although I haven't contributed anything in this matter, I still want to ask, do you have the Heart of the Ocean here?"

"The Heart of the Ocean?" Dr. Raven nodded in satisfaction. "That's right, that's right, go for the expensive one."

Philip pondered:

"The Heart of the Ocean is extremely rare, even in the capital of the empire."

The Bull-Slaying Knight thought to himself, "Just as I expected. If you don't have it, fine. Just replace it with something else; I can accept that."

The Raven doctor slapped his thigh. "Foolish! How could you just exchange it for something else? Even if he didn't have it, you could have exchanged it for an equivalent amount of gold pounds!"

"Heh," Philip glanced at Han Naixi and said:

"What a coincidence! As a key economic center in the south of the empire, St. Petersburg is nestled between mountains and the sea, and has always maintained a good relationship with the underwater tribes. We do indeed possess one of these Hearts of the Ocean."

However, in terms of practicality, unless it's a siren, its ornamental value outweighs its functional value. Are you sure you want this?

The Bull-Slaying Knight exclaimed excitedly, "Of course! To tell you the truth, my lover is a monstrous sea monster. Before she met me, many people called her... the Sea Witch."

Philip looked enlightened. "No wonder. Then come with me to the storeroom to get this."

"The Sea Witch?" Green wondered.

The Bull-Slaying Knight explained, "The so-called Sea Witch is a variant of the sea monster race, appearing once every hundred years. The Sea Witch possesses extremely high extraordinary talent; even without cultivating any skills, her extraordinary power will increase with age."

Every adult Sea Witch is at least at the Middle Three Realms. However, the price is that as they age, their power becomes increasingly violent and uncontrollable. If it gets out of control, it could lead to the deaths of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people.

Previously, my lover was on the verge of losing control. We did not want to hurt anyone, so my lover took the initiative to ask the bishop of the Holy Light Church to seal her in a black coffin.

The power of a witch is extremely difficult to control. In order to seal my lover, I sacrificed half of my extraordinary power, and my cultivation level dropped from the Sea of ​​Illumination to the third level of the Lantern before I could barely succeed.

This Heart of the Ocean can stabilize the witch's power to a certain extent.

None of them expected that this Bull-Slaying Knight was so weak, being severely injured by the Peter Pan brothers with a single slap. They never imagined that he was once a powerful expert in the Illuminating Sea Realm. But that makes sense, after all, have you ever seen a royal guard knight with only the strength of the third level of the Lantern?

After hearing the story of the bull-slaughtering knight, the group was even more surprised to find that he was actually an honest and kind man.

After his reflection, Philip looked at Green.

Green thought for a moment.

I don't lack the skills for now.

As for weapons, during my last battle with Dao Ge, although I shattered his Razor Slash, the dagger with fur from the monster was also chipped and could only be used with difficulty.

He then spoke:

"I want a weapon, preferably a dagger."

Philip said, "Then I'll give you the Illusion Moon Dagger from the storeroom; it'll be enough for you until you reach the middle three realms."

"No, I disagree!"

Dr. Raven's words made Philip sigh inwardly, "Here it comes, here it comes, there's no escaping it after all."

The Raven Doctor sneered:

"What kind of trash is the Phantom Moon Dagger? If you want to play with something, take out the Frostflower Dagger that the Third Hero once used."

When he heard that the Illusion Moon Dagger could be used up to the middle three realms, Grimm was satisfied and didn't want more.

Who knew that the Raven Doctor would use the same weapon that the hero once used as his first words?

Grinner bowed down.

"The Raven Doctor is so kind! If you don't mind, I'd like to become your godmother!"