The Lich of Glory Knight Spirit: Moving towards Krimasha!
Chapter 100 - 31: Gray’s Reforms (Second Release)_2

Chapter 100: Chapter 31: Gray’s Reforms (Second Release)_2

"Thus, regrettably, Gray truly could keep distributing money."

"Events unfolded with great momentum, shaking the entire continent."

"During that time, no matter where he rode his horse, he could see crowds kneeling on the ground, bowing to him as if he were a saint. His prestige was no longer confined to Lion King City or Isaac."

"He became known as the ’King of others’ in the mouths of the people of neighboring countries, even though he was not truly a king."

"This directly led to residents of surrounding countries starting to migrate to Isaac, even forcing some countries to follow suit in reform to avoid rebellion. Although these efforts yielded little result, as they could not enhance welfare as extremely as Gray did."

"After handling the finances and welfare, next in line was the law."

"During the day, Gray would go to Lion King City to continue perfecting Isaac’s welfare system and address various issues encountered in its implementation. Bob would always follow him closely to ’supervise.’"

"At night, Gray would return to Pearce Cathedral, where a large group of nobles in charge of judicial matters would usually be waiting for him in the hall."

"Undoubtedly, Gray’s legal reforms also proceeded unimpeded. After all, no one wanted to challenge a Holy Knight who held both political and ecclesiastical power. In fact, the influential figures of Lion King City even adjusted their schedules to stay awake at night in coordination with Gray’s work, hoping to secure a favorable position in the new government."

"In just a month, the draft for the legal amendments was released, a set of unprecedentedly lenient laws."

"This was the same old trick."

"Just like distributing money to the people, many kings had done this. They would reduce penalties or pardon imprisoned criminals to gain public favor. However, this was usually done to a small extent, primarily focusing on pardoning inmates. After all, adjusting laws was a massive project that could lead to many unforeseen consequences."

"However, like giving out money, Gray took it to an extreme. Apart from special severe crimes, he massively reduced penalties, to the extent that people initially found it hard to believe."

"’I thought a Holy Knight would introduce stricter laws, but... even a Holy Knight is powerless against evildoers?’

"’Maybe the Holy Knight just felt that following the old laws was too strict. After all, the Silver Moon Knight Order is different from the previous enforcers. No evil can escape their eyes.’

"’No evil can escape? Do you know how many crimes go undetected from start to finish? Without any reports, how can he investigate?’

"Count Gruglu thought the same, *’Did he handle these two matters too hastily? Did the success at Absburg make him arrogant? This is no different from indulgence. Kindness doesn’t always beget kindness, it hardly ever does. Lenient laws require strict enforcement, or they fail to deter. Currently, the level of enforcement is far from stringent. The Silver Moon Knight Order only has a hundred members; they can’t be everywhere.’*

"Unlike before, skepticism about the legal reforms was not limited to opponents; even his allies were generally doubtful, except Shelley."

"However, what happened next left everyone dumbfounded."

"Gray dug up a case from sixty years ago. Yes, sixty years ago, with irrefutable evidence, he arrested an old woman over eighty years old. He demonstrated through his actions that not only could recent events in Lion King City not escape his eyes, even cases from sixty years ago could not."

"One could say the residents of Lion King City were simply too naive. They knew nothing about this new ruler."

"No reports, no knowledge? Sorry, as an undead, there are undead enforcement methods."

"During the day, Gray was busy dealing with welfare matters. In the first half of the night, he worked on legal reforms. In the second half, didn’t he still have four hours of ’sleep time’?"

"Gray used these four hours of ’sleep’ to meet the city’s ghosts. Or more accurately, he revived a large number of dormant ghosts using magic power and extended their lifespans, making them his free informants."

"Ghosts had almost zero strength, almost no deterrent power, but one advantage: the living couldn’t see them, but they could see the living. They consumed very little magical power, making them the perfect spies."

"During that time, Andrew felt the entire Lion King City had become eerie."

"Watching the ghosts drift by outside the window, he softly said, ’There is at least one Undead Mage in Lion King City, reviving dormant ghosts. Probably tens of thousands of them.’

"’Tens of thousands of ghosts! That’s a powerful Undead Mage?’ Dean was shocked.

"’Not really, ghosts are intrinsically useless. Just a tiny bit of magic can awaken them.’ Andrew said casually, ’Ignore him, focus on your tasks.’

"’Yes... yes.’"

*As a compulsive and energetic Lich who saw time and money as worthless, it was impossible for him to allow a huge loophole in his plans. Unless he didn’t see it as a loophole. Or perhaps, he had long prepared a patch for it.*

"’Sir, are you saying your neighbor dumped trash in front of your house late at night?’

"’Uh... actually no. I just died in that house, my family moved away years ago, so it’s not really my home. But the guy next door did dump trash, I saw with my own eyes.’

"’Okay, I understand. Thank you, sir. Carl, send someone to handle it.’

"’Yes!’

"The pale, translucent old man’s ghost fluttered away. There was a long line of ghosts waiting behind him. All these ghosts were Gray’s free agents who had come to love their daily task of reporting others with Gray’s magical support."

*The Black Cat was stunned. It was a chill, a real chill.*

"Unquestionably, the residents’ privacy in Lion King City was utterly gone, though they themselves had no idea."

"Although the Silver Moon Knight Order no longer followed people day and night, people soon found that law enforcement had not weakened but strengthened, directly to the maximum."

"Here, no matter what law-breaking activities you engaged in, no matter how hidden, the next morning, members of the Silver Moon Knight Order would be at your door, even for littering. Those intending to commit murder would be intercepted midway. Even if someone committed a crime of passion and fled Lion King City, they would soon be caught with pinpoint accuracy. No case took more than forty-eight hours to solve."

"In just three months, Lion King City had become the continent’s city with the lowest crime rate, the best security, the most fairness, the most justice, and the most wealth. And Gray was undoubtedly the strictest, hardest-working, most upright, and most generous ruler on the continent."

"Truly the ’King of others.’

"Each achievement was like a whip, solidly lashing against the face of the church. Whip after whip."

"’If Holy Knight Gray represented justice, what did the church, so starkly different and divided from Gray, represent?’

"’He must... he must be stopped!’

"’How do we stop him? Should we stand up and say he is wrong?’

"’That would make our situation worse...’

"The cardinals of the Cardinal Court were in an uproar, feeling not just a sense of crisis but a severe urgency."

"Anyone could see that the rift between Gray and the church, and even the surrounding countries, had not healed with the temporary end of the war. Instead, the chasm was widening, the conflict intensifying."

*If anyone didn’t see this, it was probably only Gray himself. The Lich Knight might not have known or cared, relentlessly changing Isaac, striving to turn Lion King City into his ideal utopia to prove he was right.*

The Holy Father, with his eyes tightly closed, spoke with a grave tone, "Send word to Grand Master Andrew, we need a result. Immediately. No more waiting, even if we’re not fully prepared, no more waiting."

"As you command, Holy Father," the cardinal beside him responded respectfully.