In the early morning of the next day, the bell of the church bell tower was rung and was relayed in the central city, while the bell towers and watchtower bells of the other four districts in the east, west, south and north also rang two seconds later due to the guidance of the church.

The entire city of Zeber, immersed in the metallic sound of thirteen bells - that represented the beginning of the funeral.

As early as daybreak, citizens and guards, and even prisoners in prisons, gathered in five large squares, which filled the streets with water. All the squares together can be crowded to accommodate the whole city.

What is different from ordinary people is that the prison prisoners and the puppet soldiers of the Standy Kingdom who were found yesterday and disarmed and strictly guarded have taken off their armor and gathered in five squares, strictly guarded by guards, the former has no weapons, and their hands and feet are fixed with ropes, even if there are many people, they will not pose much threat to the guards for the time being.

Wooden frames were used to build high platforms in all five squares overnight, and in the absence of court mages, the clergy of the Church assisted in the construction with the help of magic, and the progress was much faster.

On the platform of the main square in front of the church, accompanied by guards and courtiers, the eldest princess Felicia wore a solemn black dress wrapped in a black headscarf—the formal dress for the funeral.

Rodney, Rupert and Jenny are on the side of the eldest princess, also dressed in pitch black.

The coffin, surrounded by white flowers, was placed in the center of the platform, and there was no body of the king in the coffin, as everyone knew.

In the tragic message sent yesterday evening, it was made clear that the traitor Palmer had brutally killed the king with a "sacrifice" magic, and that the corpse was not left in this world.

Mourning took place in five squares at the same time, and people clasped their hands and prayed for the king's soul to rest in peace.

At this time, the person who presided over the funeral ascended to the high platform - the church side.

The funeral in the church square was presided over by the bishop himself, while the other four squares were handed over to several priests and the friars and nuns they led.

The sky was overcast, which brought more depression to people's moods.

"I received God's will." At this time, the bishop came to the eldest princess and read the sermon to the crowd under the high platform.

"Your Excellency Bishop has received the will of God." In the other four squares, the priest also unfolded the scroll and made the same speech as the bishop, which was a pre-prepared line.

“... This is an unfortunate national calamity," the presiding officer of the five squares recited simultaneously, "and for this reason, we need more blessings from God Murray to bring us out of the haze of calamity, and pray that God Murray will guide His Majesty King Charles on a clear path to heaven." ”

Everyone looked up at the platform, their faces filled with sadness or fear.

"God Mori has told me how to communicate with him, and God Mori has important messages to convey to everyone."

"The god Mori told the bishop the way to communicate with him..."

As the hosts on the high platforms of the five squares spoke, they crossed their hands and laid them flat on their chests.

"Please join me in this action, pray for the blessing of His Majesty's dead, and listen to the teachings from the god Mori..."

The moderator indicated that the action would last for five minutes, making sure everyone was doing it at the same time before the god's interrogation began.

The eldest princess was the first to set an example, and the knight of Rodney next to her followed closely, and although Rupert and Jenny had doubts, they would not disobey the eldest princess.

The Church is always right, and everyone hopes that the unfortunate things will go away sooner, and that the souls of His Majesty's dead will have no bumps in the journey in that world, and they have raised their arms and crossed them over their chests.

However, there are some prisoners who are not afraid of life and death, and some of them foam at the ground, very disdainful... But such a person was hit by the handle of the guard's halberd, and under coercion and high pressure, he obediently cooperated with that gesture.

The camouflage captives, who had been ordered to do so by Rodney, seemed unusually cooperative—in the eyes of the guards. Without hesitation, he crossed his hands on his chest.

At this moment, in the blind corner of the field of vision near the roof, above the crowd, Rodney's portal circles appeared, and in front of those circles, the amplified magic circles that usually only existed in the gladiatorial arena were also generated.

The exit of the Ten Gates, one hundred and fifty meters away from Rodney, formed a large circle, and each exit corresponded to a amplified circle.

The entrance circle of the ten groups of exit circles gathered at one point - the large bell above the church bell tower, after the death knell was sounded, the golden bell was also blocked by the church personnel with a black curtain, and that kind of color seemed inappropriate for a funeral occasion.

The entrance circle densely surrounded Xia Zuo, who had climbed the bell tower at some point, and in front of Xia Zuo, another amplified magic circle was opened, which was the work of the enslaved gladiatorial arena referee beside him.

The Mithril vault is full of high-level magic, and it doesn't even have a practical but low-level "amplification", which is really troublesome. Xia Zuo had complained to the referee beside him before.

For this reason, Xia Zuo had to take the lead in enslaving the referees of the gladiatorial arena - from the prison where they were held, they had been temporarily taken down because of the attack on the gladiatorial arena, and after the king's death, it seemed that the castle had forgotten about them. Xia Zuo planned to find someone to get them out, and there he also met Grayveld and Kelsen, who were being imprisoned, and these two would not participate in the funeral for the time being, and Xia Zuo would deal with them separately afterwards.

Judging from the expression on the referee's face, he was not happy to be "rescued", and several other deputy referees were now serving Xia Zuo, going to the nearest place at the exit of the Gate Circle and opening the amplification array.

Xia Zuo thought that he was afraid of the "Harpy Banshee" who almost collapsed the dungeon in the previous battle, and had also comforted the other party, and now Long Ge was spreading his wings around the outside of the city wall of Zebel, checking if there were any lone people who did not attend the funeral.

But now it seems that the expression on the referee's face has not changed, Xia Zuo really wants to make him laugh by using a curse seal order, but unfortunately he can't speak at the moment, even if he coughs lightly, it will make the whole city know.

"Well done everybody," continued the presiding officer on the high platform, and then a roll of cloth was carried in front of the presiding officer, "now please look carefully at the stage, and pay no less attention to the god Maury, otherwise you may encounter another misfortune." ”

The host's voice fell, and the whole city tensed their nerves, swallowed their saliva, or their hearts throbbed strongly.

The eldest princess, Felicia, knew what was going to happen next, and if she could, she would stop it all by telling everyone to put their hands down and close their eyes and not look, but she couldn't, not even to open her mouth slightly under this intention - it was against the command.

When the long pole stands upright, the rope is pulled open, and the giant screen is unfurled, and a pattern of overlapping double water droplets is drawn on it.

Five high platforms were carried out at the same time, and before everyone could wonder what the pattern meant.

“blo ed liq！”

The strong and unfamiliar voice resounded throughout the city, causing the tiles to shake, the glass of the house to shatter, and those who were too close had to cover their ears, but it was too late, and the five giant screen patterns were already pouring out strong light.

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