156. Decay under prosperity
The temple square, the size of two football fields, is all paved with white marble, and at noon, the dazzling sun reflects the stone floor into a white color, and there are more than a dozen springs of all sizes, and some craftsmen have built some gorgeous sculptures on top of this spring, but among all the sculptures, only the clear spring water flowing at the feet of Lady Liberty is the so-called holy water, and almost all the residents of El City will take some holy water here and take it home to drink. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
It is said that these holy waters have the effect of eliminating calamities, removing diseases, strengthening the body, and prolonging life.
I stood by the pool, and finally knew what methods these priests in the temple used to make these ordinary springs have divine powers, in fact, the reason is very simple, the whole spring water is full of the magical effect of 'restoration', that is to say, there are priests who are proficient in magic potions, and a large number of ' The recovery potion is mixed into the spring water, so that the whole spring water is diluted countless times of recovery potion, because the dosage of the recovery potion in it is very small, it is almost impossible to make people detect, some people who are slightly sick drink these spring water with magical power, and naturally the body will slowly get better, over time, many people have benefited from this spring water, which will make countless believers feel that this is the holy water given by the goddess to the mortal world.
There is always an endless stream of clear water in other circular pools, and these sculptures of different shapes of holy water flow down, and among those sculptures, there are beautiful girls holding up jugs, and the spring water is flowing out of the jug carved from white jade, and there is also a bunch of giant lilies, and the spring water is sprayed from the stamens of the lilies, forming fine droplets of water in the air, and a beautiful seven-colored rainbow will appear in the sunlight, and there are fountains in the shape of beluga whales, etc., these exquisite sculptures such as works of art can always attract many pedestrians to linger, I was shocked by these sculptures, not how exquisite the artworks carved by the craftsmen are, but I can always find some magic patterns hidden in these sculptures, which are some natural textures, but if I pick out these lines one by one, some simple magic runes can appear.
I was thinking at this point: Could it be that the runes on the magic tree were all comprehended from nature?
Countless devout believers were in this square, kneeling in front of the Statue of Liberty and praying, and I stood in the center of these believers, wearing a black magical robe, which stood out in particular. Every magician has no faith, magicians worship the magic they have, those elements and magic patterns, magic runes are what magicians pursue all their lives. So the black-robed apprentice of magic would look very different here, and I looked up at the Lady Liberty in front of me, and remembered that Su had once performed a simple divine 'healing' in front of me, and I don't know if she had learned a new prayer these days.
It is said that almost every afternoon, there will be a bishop in the temple in this square, these believers will spread the gospel, they will tell some stories of Lady Liberty walking in the mortal world, what she has experienced, and these believers will understand some truths, how many things are skillfully handled by Lady Liberty. When I came to this square, I actually heard that the bishop who preached the gospel today was Bishop Andua, so I came here to find Bishop Andua and ask him about Sue's current situation.
I couldn't stand the eyes of the faithful, who looked at me like a strange animal, and I emerged from the crowd at the edge of the square and waited quietly for Bishop Andua to appear. A flock of white pigeons flew around the edge of the square, they were not afraid of the pedestrians in the square, and it was here that occasionally there would be children carrying a piece of black bread, standing in the flock of pigeons to break the black bread in their hands little by little, and throwing those crumbs into the flock, which would always provoke some pigeons to scramble.
The more it was noon, the more crowds gathered in the square, until the priests of those temples appeared, there were nearly a thousand believers gathered in the entire square, and I didn't expect that there was such a grand occasion in front of the temple.
Finally, on the stone steps at the entrance of the main hall of the temple, a group of priests, dressed in white silk and ornate gold thread, with a high crown of hair on their heads, aroused the cheers of the whole square, and at the front were two old men in red robes, each holding a scepter in their hands, slowly walking into a table under the Statue of Liberty in the center of the square.
The whole square began to become fanatical, and there were people who kept thinking about the priests throwing flowers, and there were people cheering in the crowd, and there were people chanting prayers loudly, and the whole square was boiling, and I was crowded in the crowd, trying to squeeze forward, trying to get to the front of the aisle, so that I might find an opportunity to say a few words to Bishop Andua.
At this time, I finally realized that the potential of people is endless, and no matter how much I kept pushing forward, I was still left behind, and I couldn't grab the best position no matter what. At this time, I realized that even with magic, it would not solve anything, and I tried to squeeze in, but I was a little scared when I saw those people stacking people.
A beautiful woman with long hair like flames stood in the crowd, so conspicuous, she was still wearing the skin armor of the salamander that never left her, and she was not carrying the magic sword that emitted flames, I was surprised to see her quickly burrow into the barrier from the crowd, ran directly to the front of the group of priests, and asked pleading to a red-robed old man in the front, "Bishop Andua, can you tell me where my sister Su is now?"
I covered my mouth, I didn't know what to say for a while, this girl was a little too bold, she dared to stand on the street in front of thousands of believers and question a bishop face to face, and it was in front of the Statue of Liberty, the strange red-robed archbishop's face was so gloomy that it seemed like it was about to drip water, and the priests who followed behind the two bishops reacted quickly, and the two priests who stepped forward couldn't figure out anything, so they said to Anne: " Get out of the way, this is the precious time that the Bishop gives the faithful to spread the Gospel, and don't stand in the way. ”
As he spoke, two more priests rushed over, stood on Anne's left and right, and grabbed Anne's shoulders directly.
"What are you going to do!" Anne yelled loudly, Anne's body was very nimble, dodging the blow of the two priests, and her body took a few steps back.
Another cardinal pointed to Anne and said to the two priests, "Take her away, find a room and rest for a while, and when we are done, Bishop Andua will deal with her affairs." ”
Two more strong priests came over, carrying black blood-stained flails in their hands, trying to seal the angle that Anne wanted to escape, and the other hand grabbed Anne's arm again, but the stubborn Anne did not want to escape, but clenched her fists tightly, and with a bitter smile of confusion on her delicate face, she looked at Bishop Andua angrily and said: " You told me last time that my sister would follow you to learn the precept arts, but I haven't seen her for two months, and you're still teaching the priest apprentices in the temple, you're a complete liar, tell me, where did you get my sister?"
Bishop Andua's face was already black and purple, his slightly puffy eye circles were a little iron blue, under the pointed hooked nose was a thin lip, the blue purple lips were slightly pursed downward, and his gloomy eyes stared at Anne like a stinger, and then said in a hoarse voice: "What nonsense, when did I tell you that I would teach your sister the precept magic, learning magic requires talent, only children who can feel the light power of the goddess can learn magic magic." Moreover, it is impossible for me to say such irresponsible words to anyone!"
Hearing Andua say this, not only Annie was dumbfounded on the spot, but even I was completely stupid standing in the crowd, Sue suddenly seemed to disappear from the air, she didn't leave any message, I don't believe that Sue would be such a girl, her heart is more detailed than each of us, at least there will be some definite news.
At this time, the four priests had already caught Anne, after all, they were four powerful priests, Anne's struggle was to no avail, and she was dragged out of the square by these four priests all the way, and the direction of the four priests was not the main hall of the temple, but directly wanted to take Anne outside the square.
I had a vague feeling in my heart that things were not so simple, so I followed closely behind the four priests and followed behind.
A group of five of them left the temple directly, and Anne didn't even look like she was struggling along the way, and was dragged away by the two priests from both sides.
The believers were busy listening to the people below, and no one cared that Anne had been kidnapped by the four priests, and everyone had fallen into obsession.
I also hurried out of the temple......
...... Beautiful Dividing Line......
The dense black pine forest is located on the northern slope of the Antian Mountains, where the snow and ice melt slowly all year round, even in the hottest summers, a section of the northern slope here is cool and pleasant, but it seems to be very remote, I hid in a tree hollow, which is full of oak seeds, probably a squirrel's nest, and now I lurk here, staring closely at the group not far away, the two priests brought Anne all the way here, but this silent dense forest is obviously not their final location.
Three men passed under my oak tree, and I even felt the urge to rush down and save Anne.
I don't understand what reason the two priests used to deceive the other two priests, now Anne's hands and feet are shackled, the salamander leather armor on her body has also been torn, and there are tearing marks on the neckline, and the neckline shows a large area of snow-white chest muscles, and the messy long hair is scattered, looking very embarrassed. The only magic belt on her body had been confiscated, and she had a disgraced expression.
I think she must have regretted her recklessness at this point.
The priest didn't care whether Anne was uncomfortable or not, he directly held the silver chain, dragging Anne all the way to stagger, the priest who walked in the front cursed Anne viciously along the way, it seemed that Anne's appearance, but he had to work hard to come out, it is said that he still has to walk a long way, if Anne is not honest, it does not mind using a leather whip to teach her the truth of being a man.
The cruel words of the priests, even I hid in the hollow of the tree, could hear them clearly.
The soil in the black pine forest is very fertile, there are piles of pine needles everywhere, they have rotted in the woods for too long, and the whole shoe will sink deep into the soil when you step on it, Anne's neck looks very slender, the black eyes like purple grapes look a little blurred and dazed, and the rouge on the plump lips has been rubbed, but it still looks so delicate, she is undoubtedly a purple grape that has become very ripe, both in figure and appearance are exuding the softness of a woman.
The priest who followed Anne was even more obscene, although he walked behind Anne without saying a word, but at this moment he hunched his waist, put his head behind Anne, and kept sniffing Anne's body fragrance with his nose behind her back, like a hyena man obscene and disgusting.
"Gunther, don't hit her!" said the priest who was walking in front suddenly stopped cursing, but turned his head to stare at the face of the priest walking behind.
"No, I just want to smell her, it's really the fire rose of El City! It's a beautiful mess, it's not in vain that the eldest young master took such trouble to get her hands, it looks like it's really worth the money!" said the priest who walked behind him with a dry laugh and said indifferently.
"Shut up, be careful to be heard, it's no joke. The priest in front looked around nervously, and the pine forest seemed quiet.
The lewd priest named Gunther said indifferently, "It's okay, this is the private domain of the council master, and no one has the guts to break in!"
The priest in front of him tugged hard at the silver chain in his hand, causing Anne, who was about to struggle, to slam into a dog and eat, and her white face was covered with dead leaves.
The priest said fiercely: "Be honest! I've seen a lot of you like this, don't imagine that I can pity the jade, I like to whip other people's buttocks, the more white and plump I am, the more I like it, don't let my last bit of endurance be eliminated." ”
"Where did you hide my sister?" Anne couldn't help but ask, it didn't seem like Sue's situation was too good!
"Actually, you don't need me to tell you, you will know, because you will go back there at once, and the most professional people will train you well, and teach you to be humble and submissive when you speak to people, and they will turn you into a beautiful slave like your sister. Gunther laughed as if it was squeezing out of his throat little by little, making it so uncomfortable to listen to.
The grumpy priest sitting in front continued: "Take a good look at the outside world, maybe when you enter the manor, you will never have a chance to see the outside scenery again, hum......"
The sound became smaller and smaller, and I came out of the tree hole like a squirrel, squatting on the horizontal branch of the oak tree, quietly looking at the three people shuttling through the pine forest, the fists in my hands clenched tightly, I didn't expect that someone would really pay attention to the two sisters of Sister Guoguo, it seems that they are still the young masters of the council of El City, but no matter what, I must rescue them, maybe the days of peace in El City have come to an end......
I touched the bulging magic waist bag, looked at the 'Time and Space Breaker' stored inside, and felt a little more at ease, even if I was in a desperate situation, I should have one last way to escape, thinking of this, I resolutely decided to continue tracking, I not only want to save Anne, I also want to rescue Sue......
(To be continued.) )