The street, packed with players, saw row upon row of Level 150 NPC guards lined up in perfect formation.
When the Level 150 Tier 3 patrol captain addressed Shi Feng, everyone present froze on the spot.
"How is this possible?!"
"Why aren't the NPC guards arresting him?"
"Who on earth is he?"
"Is this a system bug?"
Questions popped up one after another in everyone's minds. The members of Sin Domain were especially dumbfounded.
The scene before them completely overturned their understanding of the world.
In the Divine Realm, it was common knowledge that whoever dared to strike first in an NPC city was signing their own death warrant. This was practically an ironclad law.
Yet now that law had been broken, and even the stoic enforcers were treating Shi Feng with utmost respect…
"Brother! Am I dreaming?" Liang Xia tugged at Qing Fengxiao's sleeve, staring at Shi Feng in disbelief.
As a major stronghold of the Redbud Kingdom, Glory Stone Fortress's administration was second only to those NPC cities. Players killing other players within its walls was absolutely forbidden — at the very least, the killer would be executed on the spot and then imprisoned for two or three days. There was no way someone could get away without any punishment at all.
At that moment, it wasn't just Liang Xia who was stunned — Qing Fengxiao was completely flustered as well, having no idea how to answer that question.
Shi Feng himself, however, was not the least bit surprised by the NPC guards' behavior.
He was a Bronze Inheritor, and in any NPC city, he held the rank of Baron. Although a baron was not a high position — merely the lowest rank of nobility — the difference between having a noble title and not having one in NPC cities was night and day.
The Sin Domain assassin from before hadn't actually attacked him, but she had attempted to use a tracking skill on him. Such a skill was harmless when used on ordinary players in an NPC city, but when used on a player with a noble title, the system would classify it as a premeditated attack. Even if he had cut the assassin down on the spot, the NPC guards would have had no objections.
As for the other Sin Domain members who had launched attacks on him, that went without saying. Even though they hadn't hit him, the fact that they had committed acts of aggression against him meant he was well within his rights to cut them down. This was the true benefit of holding a noble title.
Of course, if both parties held noble titles, and one merely harbored hostile intent while the other actually inflicted damage, the NPC guards would rule the one who dealt the injury at fault and arrest them on the spot.
In a high-level settlement like Glory Stone Fortress, it was rare for players to hold noble titles — even most nobles didn't have one. So he naturally didn't need to hold back; he could simply kill them outright.
"These people attacked me. According to regulations, what is the maximum punishment they could receive?" Shi Feng pointed at Duan E and the others present, smiling as he addressed the patrol captain.
"Honorable Bronze Inheritor, for attacking a titleholder within the town, our local regulations allow for imprisonment of up to three days," the patrol captain replied, casting a cold glance at Duan E and the others.
"Good. Lock them up for three days, then." Shi Feng nodded.
"Yes, sir!"
The patrol captain acknowledged with a wave of his hand, and the other NPC guards sprang into action, moving to apprehend Duan E and his group.
The crowd on the street watched the NPC guards begin arresting the members of Sin Domain, their jaws dropping one by one.
Shi Feng had been the one to strike first and kill a player, yet in the end, it was Sin Domain's people who were all being hauled away. This time, Sin Domain had suffered a massive loss.
"Damn it! How could he possibly hold a title in Glory Stone Fortress?" Duan E's face darkened upon hearing this.