Chapter 35: The Call of the Sword

More than two months have passed, but what happened at that time has become a nightmare that haunts Julian, repeating itself every night. Please use this site.

With the destruction of the core members of the "Woods" organization, the Inquisition expanded its investigation and arrested people everywhere in the Papal Dominion, and it is said that there were more than 400 people implicated in the "Woods" case, involving all strata of Papal Dominion society, including beggars, artisans, farmers, merchants, teachers, clergy, officers and soldiers of the Knights Templar, and even the Holy Inquisitors of the Inquisition...... Its wide distribution, deep penetration, huge scale, and tight organization are rare in the world, and even the Pope himself was greatly surprised, and if it had not been dug up, it was impossible to predict how severely this spy network would have caused to the Central Church.

Most of those implicated were arrested by the Inquisition, or shot or killed or committed suicide before being arrested. Although some of them succumbed to the brutal torture of the Inquisition, feared death and confessed, these people were either insignificant peripheral personnel or new members who had just developed and had no access to the core secrets of the "woods", and their confessions were not enough evidence to prove that Duris was engaged in espionage in the papal Dominion.

Of course, many of those arrested by the Inquisition were innocent people who had nothing to do with the "woods" organization, but considering the "glorious tradition" of the Inquisition, the tragic fate of these innocents can be imagined. In fact, more than 400 people were directly or indirectly killed in the "woods" case.

At this time, Julian Rousseau, the "culprit" responsible for this tragic situation, lay on the cold floor in a large zigzag shape, motionless. He had reached the limit of his unrestrained use of his sword and sword, and he could no longer squeeze out any strength in his body, but the five fingers of his left hand were still wriggling like a dying caterpillar, struggling to grasp another wine bottle lying on the floor.

The spicy liquor is poured into the dry, hot throat, creating a vertigo sensation that rushes straight to the door of the head. But Julian didn't care about it, and during these more than 60 nightmarish nights, all he had was sword and alcohol.

Most of the night has passed. In a little while, the dawn of the sun will appear from the eastern sky, but it is darkest before dawn, as it is now.

Suddenly, Julian had a vision in front of his eyes. The first is the face of a girl, the girl he wants to save her day and night, and in the end he succeeds, but in the end he also fails. Hagen's face was followed by "Jack", Selina, Yutanko...... In the end, the phantom was fixed on the face of the girl at the beginning.

"I'm a hopeless, hopeless lost dog. I'm hopeless. Even death is a reward, not a punishment. Julian thought dejectedly.

Don't be confused, don't sink, I'm here, referring to you.

A strange, unfamiliar voice suddenly rang in Julian's head. "Hallucinations?" Julian, who had been dazed and dazed, suddenly became quite conscious under the influence of this voice, but for the past two months, Julian had been soaked in alcohol every day, and his nervous system had already been damaged, and he had repeated auditory hallucinations, so Julian ignored the voice that suddenly appeared in his head.

Do not doubt it, I know your pain, I make your wish, I am here.

The voice rang in Julian's head again, as if in response to his earlier suspicion that it was an auditory hallucination. Julian sat up with a "huo", and Julian, who was already dead, was rekindled a little flame in his heart after hearing the words "I will make your wish".

"Who? Who are you, or what?" asked Julian to the voice.

I am your friend, I am your teacher, I am your arm.

"Mess, why should I believe you. ”

I can do what you want, I am here, and I will go quickly.

"I don't know who you are, but ......" It's very rare that Julian actually took the initiative to get up from the ground, instead of lying on the floor until he woke up in the middle of the afternoon. He pushed open the door to his room and walked out into the cold night.

I'm here.

Guided by that mysterious voice, Julian walked in an unknown direction, not even knowing where he was going. In normal times, Julian would never let an unknown voice fiddle with him, but now, he is like a patient who is suddenly ill and rushed to the hospital, all because of the mysterious voice's "I have made your wish", he no longer needs any reason to follow the other party, and Julian's wish is actually only one.

Julian lived in a house in the courtyard of the Papal Palace. Alcohol is forbidden in the Holy City for the most part, and even during the short period when drinking is permitted, the only thing that can be consumed is low-strength wine, which symbolizes the Holy Blood after Mass, and things like spirits are prohibited in the Holy City, but there are always exceptions. It is hard to imagine that in the most sacred and solemn papal palace, there could be such a place with a smell of wine and a foul smell. The nuns and priests who passed by here all hid their noses and avoided this house, they did not know who lived in the house, and for more than two months, they had never seen anyone who lived in it come out, and even the food that was delivered every day was only placed at the door. According to some people in the Inquisition, it was a knight who had committed a crime. But the nuns and priests couldn't understand why they were not locked up in prison and allowed to live in such a sacred place as the Papal Palace, since they were guilty of crimes, and why they still had to send contraband such as liquor to the food they brought every day.

On the surface, these nuns and priests who can't get in touch with the secrets can't understand it at all, and they naturally won't know that in this papal palace with a bright vein, there are many hidden corners that no one knows, and dozens of pairs of eyes are hidden in these hidden corners, monitoring the house and the people who live in it 24 hours a day. The man who had never stepped out of the room suddenly stepped outside tonight, and the watchers, who had been bored by the long-term surveillance mission, suddenly came to their senses, and they immediately informed the sleeping Pope of the news.

Following the guidance of a mysterious voice, Julian made his way to a place he would never want to come again: the mountain behind the Papal Palace. To be precise, it is the Tower of the Seven Sins that stands in the back mountain.

Now, the tower is empty, and its own destructive power is gone. Julian looked up, in the deep darkness, the weight of the tower that gave him a heavy pressure that was silent. Julian hesitated, his feet unable to take another step.

Do not stop, I am here, waiting for you.

The mysterious voice sounded in his head again, and seemed to be unhappy with Julian's hesitation, and hurriedly urged. Julian felt himself getting closer to the source of the mysterious voice, and that voice was coming from the tower. "Who called me in the tower? Could it be that the Pope has brought back a new guard of the Seven Sins?" With this guess in mind, Julian pushed open the arched stone door at the base of the tower and stepped into the Tower of the Seven Sins.

**;

Wrath;

Greedy;

Gourmand;

Lazy;

Envy;

Arrogant.

Julian passed through the seven floors representing the Seven Original Sins one after another, but each floor was empty, and it seemed that the Holy See had not carried out any repair work on the Tower of the Seven Sins, and the traces of the battle between his companions and the Seven Sins Guards that day were still vivid. Finally, Julian made his way to the eighth level, the place where he once ruled the Tower of Seven Sins to slaughter thousands of lives.

The feeling was already very strong, and Julian knew that he was extremely close to the source of the mysterious sound, but the eighth floor was still empty. Julian looked up, and he knew that the mysterious voice was coming from the top of the tower. He followed the path Sophia had walked that day, and climbed a ladder to the top of the tower.

It was a pitch-black sword, carved with runes on its body, half-obliquely inserted into the top of the tower.

"I should have thought it was so. Julian looked at the sword and said coldly. Before stepping into the tower, Julian had already vaguely guessed that it was the mysterious magic sword brought by Owen and inserted by Sophia on the top of the tower to stop the calamity caused by the Tower of the Seven Sins: "Tears of Repentance".

I am your friend, I am your teacher, I am your arm.

The sword said to Julian.

"I know, 'Tears of Repentance,' did you call me here to make me repent?" Julian held on to the hilt of his sword, and in that moment, he killed, betrayed, and deceived...... The scenes of sins he had committed flashed through his mind like a horse's eye. If it is a confession, when has Julian not repented in more than two months? but never so strongly.

Before he knew it, a tear mixed with blood dripped from the corner of Julian's eye and landed on the black sword.

"Buzz" ...... The black magic sword, which had endured Julian's blood and tears, emitted a cheerful sword roar, as if it had suddenly regained life, and a strange magic power was transmitted to Julian's body along the right hand that was in contact with the hilt. It didn't seem to take much effort, Julian pulled the "tears of repentance" from the top of the granite tower, and he raised the magic sword above his head.

The dawn of dawn was just in time, and the light pouring from the eastern sky illuminated the Tower of the Seven Sins and the man and sword on the top of the tower.

At the highest point of the Papal Palace, the Pope's dormitory. The unmasked Pope stood on the circular balcony and saw a qiē happening at the top of the Tower of the Seven Sins in the back mountain. "Julien Rousseau, you have finally picked up the sword. The Pope was muttering to himself.

The Pope then put the silver mask back on and left the circular balcony and returned to his bedchamber.