"Do you hear? The canyon is safe now!"
"A man with tiger stripes eats the monkeys and the Gudiao!"
"We should build him a temple! What was his name again?"
"Marek."
Nikola walked through Danyang and listened in as best he could. Marek should have kept to the shadows, and yet his presence was known. At least he was doing his job now.
Although, this talk of worshiping him didn't sound good. Belief was a powerful weapon, and something told Nikola that the demon knew how to wield it. He made it back to the inn at noon to see his children and the crowd gathered around them.
"What happened here?" He asked a woman who beamed at him.
"These tree young Masters are helping Han Shanyuan present his essay to us all," Nikola looked at the stage and found Han Shanyuan frowning and hidden behind Wei Zhaohui.