Chapter 49: The Rest of the Dead (Part II)
"You say you're persecuted?"
From between the words, Fein could vaguely feel the deep hatred of the Moon Sword Saint, and a certain secret hidden in that hatred.
With the sound of breathing, he subconsciously, with a half-expectation of confirmation, asked the piece of flesh with Perometheus's eyes, and then felt that Perometheus's revenant spirit seemed to have something to say.
So, he patiently closed his mouth again, waited for Perometheus's soul, which probably had only one breath left, to pour out the remaining bitter water that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time, and tell him about it.
Just as he thought, the eyes on the flesh looked up at him and blinked, and then continued to open and close the small slit in his mouth and said to him: "Listen to me, Holy Warrior of the Church, I think there is something wrong with the current Pope...... You may dismiss my remarks as mere nonsense to defend myself, but...... Trust me! Believe me, I think my judgment is not wrong in this place! Yes no...... Uh-huh! Ahem......"
It may be due to being too emotional, and a lot of dirty blood chokes out of the mouth of the meat piece.
Perometheus felt that his time was running out, so he finally had to make a long story short, forcibly pinched the thousand words buried in his heart into one sentence, and looked at Fein after a little relief: "Holy Sadoire of the Church, can you promise me one thing?" If you have access to the upper echelons of the church in the future, please find a way to prove my innocence...... If the high priests ask you why, tell them that Perometheus was wronged...... Please. β
So he pleaded-
Or rather, pleading.
Perometheus's plea is a bit unclear, he didn't make it clear what he wanted to say, the emotion in this sentence is full of very good sadness, but the clues mentioned are really limited.
Fein probably guessed what the Church's Sword Master was craving.
When death came, what Perometheus feared was not the journey to the land of the dead, but the glory of his own wrongs.
Thereupon. The young paladin closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then reopened his eyes and looked down at him and replied, "I promise you." β
"Oh, thank you, paladin of the Church...... In this way, all the slander I have received will be in vain. After hearing Finn's reply, his bloodied voice finally choked with relief, "Thank you...... Now, I can finally sleep peacefully...... Ah, Gaztex is on top. Even in the darkness of the night, I could still see a faint, fleeting, but precious light......"
As the words fell, the gaze of the two eyes that were glued to the piece of flesh left Finn, and he looked up at the moonlight pouring down from the night sky.
Finn took a deep breath and lifted the silver sword in his hand, flipping his wrist so that the tip of the silver sword's burning flame was pointed downward at the two eyeballs next to each other, where the soul of Perometheus was held.
And then there was a "poof" sound.
Restraining the unbearability in his heart, he stabbed the sword straight down. A few foul blood flowers splattered from the monster's flesh.
["Perometheus the Cursed" is killed by you]
[XP +1250 (Team Assignment)]
[You have found the clue to the hidden quest "Lost Glory"]
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[The quest "Lost Glory" has been added to your quest list.
"Lost Honor"
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Description: The soul of the Moon Sword Saint travels to a plane called the Land of the Dead with his tainted ideals, and his death is tinged with tragedy, but you realize from a series of events that the story behind it is much more than that, such as. What did Perometheus make in his initial compromise in the face of evil? What are the sensitive aspects of his heretical ideas that conflict with the ideas of the Church? You are aware of some suspicions that are still covered in a fog, but you are not able to restore the truth of the whole incident for the time being, but your future actions should not ignore this clue for which you must be held accountable for your commitments. Sum up. Do you think you should ......
Mission: Investigate the truth behind the events and have enough evidence to restore Perometheus's reputation within the Templar Church, or prove that he was indeed a depraved apostate.
Rewards: ???
The game system has a system prompt that emerges from below his retina. Prove that the soul of the Moon Sword Saint Perometheus has indeed been freed from the flesh and blood cage made of monster bodies through his hands.
The five fingers of Finn's right hand gripped the hilt of the silver sword, extinguished the dark flames on the silver sword, pulled the sword out of the two broken monster eyeballs, shook his hand to his side to remove the dirty blood stuck to the blade, and then skillfully returned the silver sword in his hand to its sheath.
He stood up from a half-kneeling position, noticing that Vercidis seemed to be standing behind him for a moment, before turning to meet the black-haired man's gaze.
"I hear it all." Versidis had also hung the black giant scythe back on his back, and at this time he looked at Finn's face with his ice-blue eyes, "Moon Sword Saint Perometheus...... I had a relationship with Roderick in the past, he taught us swordsmanship, but I later felt that another weapon was more suitable for me, so Roderick was the only one who learned from him, but that didn't affect my personal opinion of him...... He is a tragic hero, and your final reply may have succeeded in making him no longer ashamed of his own end before he went to sleep, but do you really have the confidence to fulfill your promise to vindicate his name under the authority of the church? β
"I'm not completely sure." Finn shook his head honestly, "But if a white lie can make this poor man sleep peacefully, then why not?" β
With that, he looked at Versidis' ice-blue eyes and was silent for a long time, and then saw that the leader of the Shadow Knights had a wry smile on his face.
Then, the man, the leader of the Templars, handed him something he had been holding under his armpit and handed it to him.
"What is this?" A hint of surprise flashed in the young man's eyes.
"Since you promised him his last request, then his relics are in your custody." Vercides looked at him with a smile, and when he reached for the object, he used his own hand to retrieve the silver sword from the young man with a sheath.
Then, he took two steps back and looked at the young man with the same look of surprise on his face as he had been holding the object with the same look of surprise on his face as he had been before.
The item he handed over to Finn was the Moonlight Greatsword that the Moon Sword Saint was proud of.
The rumored Holy Avenger lost in the dagger forest. (To be continued.) )