Alfonso looked at the cross on the altar of the room and said in a deep voice: "I am a clumsy man who does not understand the so-called philosophical and scientific principles. But I know that without His Majesty's protection, there would be no Twilight City today. Those who forget the past favors, and to deny the king and the Pope is betrayal!"

Emerson smiled wryly at Alfonso and said, "It's not as simple as you think, anyway...... Forget it, let's not talk about it. Can you tell me why Your Majesty sent this cross?"

Alfonso shook his head slightly: "Your Majesty just said that after handing over this cross to you, you naturally know how to do it." ”

Emerson spread his hands helplessly: "The reality is, I don't know. ”

Seeing that Alfonso was also unclear, Emerson slowly walked up to the altar and stretched out his hand to touch the cross: "Could it be that there is any mechanism on this?"

The moment Emerson touched the cross, his soul was suddenly sucked into it.

When Emerson opened his eyes, he found himself in a brightly lit palace, with Todd sitting on the top throne, smiling at him.

Emerson looked at Todd, his eyes lit up, and he shouted excitedly, "Your Majesty!"

Todd smiled and said to Emerson, "It seems that you have discovered the secret of the cross, and I was still guessing who will be the first to come in." “

"I also discovered this secret by accident...... Emerson looked at Todd and asked eagerly, "Your Majesty, the Heavenly Council has not been held for half a year!"

Todd nodded helplessly and said, "Indeed, I have been recuperating from my injuries for the past six months. “

"Is it because of that war in the North?"

"Yes, but in the end, I won. “

Emerson let out a long sigh: "That's good...... So, Your Majesty, when do you plan to return to Twilight City?"

Todd noticed the look on Emerson's face, "What?

Emerson sighed and turned to Todd about the events that had happened in Twilight these days, including land annexations and religious criticism.

After saying these words, Emerson looked at Todd and said, "Your Majesty, Twilight City is no longer the Twilight City of the past, everything has changed here. “

Todd was silent for a moment.

What Emerson didn't expect was that Todd suddenly said, "It's all going to happen." “

Emerson couldn't believe his ears: "What did you say?!"

Todd got up from his seat and walked over to Emerson's side: "Remember the conversation you and I had in the past? Everything that happens now is inevitable. ”

"Your Majesty, what is it inevitable that it will happen? There are faithful people in your kingdom who have been seized of their land by those treacherous merchants and have to live in the streets. Those bold scholars have devalued the Bible as worthless, and they have wantonly slandered religion and destroyed the faith of the people. Do you think that the Twilight City where these things happened is better and more perfect than the Twilight City of the past?!"

Todd shook his head helplessly: "Emerson, when the wheel of history begins to turn, when the pace of the times no longer stagnates, you will find that everything around you is changing. Land and wealth will be concentrated in the hands of a few, and the freedom of humanity restricted by religion will be gradually liberalized. Human beings will gradually put their own interests above other things, and in order to pursue higher personal values, people will continue to create, learn and enlighten, and these things will be like a snowball, rolling bigger and bigger. ”

Emerson looked at Todd with a bitter expression: "Is it the progress of the times to allow those rich people to deprive others of their wealth and happiness under the guise of enlightenment and freedom?"

Todd's eyes flashed with a hint of hesitation, and then he whispered slowly, "Sometimes, progress and fairness are not twins. When the times progress, exploitation and oppression will inevitably occur, no matter what era or world...... So, Emerson, I can understand your feelings. But if you want to see progress, you have to first find a way to adapt to injustice. ”

"I ......"

Emerson's face turned red, then turned pale, and there was no trace of blood to be seen.

Todd closed his eyes and said softly, "Emerson, the cross I gave you is buried with a part of my divine power, and anyone who touches it can enter this temple and see me." But I have a requirement that the people who touch this cross must be devout believers, and they must actively ask to touch this cross. Of course, you can't tell anyone the secret of the cross. ”

Emerson slowly lowered his head: "Do as the Divine Will." ”

Todd waved his hand and sent Emerson out of the soul space, turned back to the throne, looked at the void in the distance, and whispered to himself, "One is reality, and the other is utopia?"

Returning to Emerson between pilgrimages, he slowly opened his eyes, his face pale.

Alfonso, who was behind him, noticed something strange and asked, "Prime Minister, what's wrong?"

"No, nothing. “

Emerson seemed to age ten years in an instant, and he trembled down the altar and walked towards the door step by step.

Watching Emerson come out, Huggins, who had been waiting outside the door, poked his head in and asked Alfonso in the room, "What happened?"

Alfonso shook his head inexplicably.

"Those on His Majesty's list have already been sent to the carriage. Huggins walked into the room and said to Alfonso, "The Knights of the Twilight West will send an escort to take you to the border. ”

Alfonso lowered his helmet and strode out the door.

Riding in the carriage, Alfonso made his way down the wide road. The scenery along the way was picturesque and idyllic, but he always felt out of place here.

As the procession reached the city gates, a quarrel caught Alfonso's attention.

A group of students dressed as students, with leaflets praising science and attacking ignorance, shouted at everyone in the city and criticized the ignorance and ridiculousness of religious rhetoric.

Another group of clergy, dressed in clergy robes, approached the students and demanded that they immediately stop this blasphemous act.

The two factions soon got together and quarreled loudly.

Listening to the words that attacked Christ and slandered religion not far away, Alfonso burst into muscles.

He kicked open the door of the carriage, grabbed the hilt of the great sword behind him with one hand, and jumped out of the car in anger.

The quick-eyed Huggins got out of the car, grabbed Alfonso, shook his head vigorously and said, "Calm down! You can't attack those students here!"

"Why not?!!Listen to what those bastards have to say!" The parasite limbs emerged from the cracks in Alfonso's armor, twisting and wiggling in midair.

Huggins said to Alfonso in a three-point helpless and seven-point serious tone: "Your Majesty has personally ordered that everyone in Twilight City has the right to freedom of speech, and cannot use force to interfere with the freedom of others!"

Alfonso was stunned for a moment, gritted his teeth and shouted, "Then let this group of people talk nonsense there?!"

"In the face of other people's remarks, you can argue with others, you can give counterexamples, you can argue and analyze, but you just can't do it!"

Alfonso pounded the car door in annoyance, stomped heavily on the ground with his foot, and yelled, "Let's go!"

Huggins let out a long sigh as he watched Alfonso get back into the carriage.

Frowning at the noisy students, Huggins picked up a scattered flyer from the ground, glanced at its contents, his eyes widened, he gasped, and his hands were forced, and the flyer was torn in half by him in an instant.

The shredded paper slowly slid to the ground, with a line of large bright red letters printed on it.

"God is dead!"

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