Section 303: Incidents at the Execution Ground
North of the Carlos Pahn Mountains, frosty tundra.
The bitter cold wind howled, the wooden execution table rattled like a wail, and Carlos Pahn's flag was blown by the cold wind.
Bataf had been in the dungeon for a few days, but when he came out of the dungeon, he saw a dark cloud covering the sky.
The damp ground was so cold, but Bataf did not complain at all, his face was expressionless, his eyes were blank, and his whole person exuded a mournful aura.
Arriving at the execution table located in the main square of Sky City, Batav was pushed to a wooden stake, and there was silence below.
His name, Bataf, is a symbol of wisdom and heroism among the people, and people only think of him as a legend, and now people want to witness the fall of legends.
Batav seems to be able to hear people's inner thoughts at this time, some lamenting for him, some questioning it, and some complaining......
Public executions began.
"The scholar Bataaf, who attacked the capital of the empire with weapons of mass destruction, caused serious damage to the city in the sky, and deliberately murdered the Supreme Speaker, the sinner confessed to the crime, and after investigation and study by the Presbyterian Council, it was determined that the scholar Batav was guilty of treason and sentenced to death. ”
As soon as the judge's voice fell, a biting cold wind like an abyss and hell blew through Bataf's body, but at this moment he no longer felt anything.
A person's heart is dead, even if the body is still alive, it is just a corpse with blood flowing down.
Ten executioners armed with long-barreled muskets raised their spears, their pitch-black muzzles mercilessly pointed at the alleged traitors.
"Prepare for execution!"
The executioner gave the order, and the fingers of the ten musketeers pulled the trigger together.
In many legendary stories that preach justice, the unjusted hero always dies so heroically, or someone sheds tears for him, or someone avenges him.
But under Batave's execution ground, there was no other sound except the cold wind howling, and people lowered their heads one after another, not wanting to see him shot to death with their own eyes.
Aside from the cold-blooded musketeers and executioners, there were only elders with all sorts of thoughts.
"So..."
"Wait a minute. ”
As the executioner was about to order the execution, a loud shout came from the elders' seat, and the executioner was stunned for a moment, and then he stopped the execution.
The elders, who had temporarily stopped the execution, stood up and said, "Elders here, the status of the criminal executed this time is special, and I hereby propose to postpone the execution and retry the prisoner..."
"Retrial? Everyone is on the execution ground, what else do you want to mention for a retrial?"
"The evidence of Bataaf's treason is conclusive, and there is no need for a retrial. ”
"If he stays to murder the Supreme Council, he will be in trouble! This is not only treason, but also an armed coup!"
"Needless to say, the elders who support the retrial please stand up. ”
The cold wind blew, and no one stood except for the elder who had risen to ask for a retrial.
The silence lasted for nearly ten seconds, and then the elder who had proposed a retrial sat down helplessly under the malicious gaze of the other elders.
The presiding judge nodded, then turned and raised a hand to signal the musketeers to prepare for execution.
"Ready!"
Rumble!!!
An earth-shattering bang sounded in the east, and a bright red and white pillar of light that broke through the surface of the ground rose into the sky and then dissipated at a height of several thousand meters, and then the huge shock wave directly caused the sky city without shield protection to shake to the west, and the entire sky city fell into a brief chaos as if an earthquake had occurred.
Bataf, who was already weak and weak, fell to the ground because of the tremor, and the musketeers who had recovered from the "earthquake" were about to step forward to pick up their prisoners, but they were all attracted by the exclamations of the crowd.
The elders in the elder table facing due east stood up in surprise, and Bataf, who had fallen to the ground, regained some sense of consciousness after hearing such a movement, and he raised his upper body with difficulty and looked up at the east.
The glow of the setting sun shone on the behemoth in the distant sky, and the huge aerial ship was moving at an extremely fast speed approaching the city in the sky, which was the alien civilization's Star Destroyer battleship - Hades.
At this time, the front half of the Hades's hull had been separated from the left and right, and many metal mesh plates with lightning visible to the naked eye had risen on the separated foredeck, and the huge gun muzzle exposed at the front of the hull was emitting bursts of white mist.
The Hades' main cannon pierced through the surface of the ground and went straight to the vicinity of Sky City.
"What the hell is that?!"
"Is there such a huge man-made flying object besides Sky City?"
"Where the hell did that thing come from!?What are the city guards doing!?"
"You see I'm useless! I haven't received any reports of enemy attacks here!"
"Calm down, everyone......!
The elders' seat, which had fallen into chaos, suddenly fell silent at this time.
The elder who said the Supreme Speaker was also suddenly stunned, and all the elders buried their heads in mixed feelings.
The Council of Elders had never been in such a chaotic state when the Supreme Speaker had been in charge of the entire Council of Elders, and even a little restlessness would not last long under the nose of the Supreme Speaker.
Now that the Council of Elders has lost its supreme leader, it is like a swarm of headless flies, and when there is no unity of opinion, it will fall into chaos, and when an unexpected emergency occurs, as it is now, everyone will seem helpless.
"Report!"
An anxious report focused the elders' attention, and a defender sweated profusely and ran around the execution table to the elders' seat.
"Say!"
"The city defense communication network has been paralyzed because of the impact just now! It is being repaired, and the defense system cannot work normally because of insufficient energy supply!"
"Which country's aircraft is that thing approaching us?"
"According to the report, it has been observed that the intruding aircraft ship is of unknown nationality and type, and first a pillar of light broke through the surface and then it rushed out directly from the large hole in the ground, and is currently trying to advance the city. ”
The soldier looked at his pocket watch and said, "I expect to arrive in the city in fifty seconds." ”
"What!"
"Fifty seconds!, that distance can't even be done by our fastest aircraft ship in Carlos Pahn!"
"That's right, and given the size of the behemoth, this speed is too unrealistic for Carlos Pahn's current technology. ”
"There is no magic guide technology in this world that is more advanced than us!"
"You mean it's a magical creation?"
"Magical creations, don't be kidding! No country can afford the magic of that behemoth! I guess it would take half a fleet's energy just to move!"
"So we don't know anything about it now..."
The elders' helplessness caused the crowd of onlookers below to panic as another city guard soldier ran through the crowd to the elders' seat.
"Report! Unidentified battleship has risen in altitude..."
The soldier's unfinished words stuck in their throats as the sky turned red, and the people looked up to see that the huge figure was already above them, and the light of the setting sun shone beneath it, reflecting half of the sky city crimson.
"It's coming......"
The city in the sky, there is a dead silence.