So far, Karma is doing well. From yesterday to today, she has eaten many delicacies that she has never tasted before, and she has also slept well in the soft queen bed, waking up energetic in the morning. But the thought of being sent to the palace of Naborand in the evening to fulfill her wedding night dedicated to the lizard god in the place of the noble lady made Kama sick to her stomach, and yesterday's food seemed to have turned into bait. As soon as he escaped from the fire pit, he was about to fall into the ice cave again, and the most troublesome thing was that the chances of escaping from the palace were even slimmer.

But even so, Karma did not accept her fate. She planned to let them down their guard against her first, thinking that she would not resist or run away, and then take the opportunity to observe the route of the palace and prepare for the escape......

Of course, this was all just her own thoughts, in fact, she did not have the opportunity to visit the palace at all. Because, on the way to the palace, she had been guarded, and she could only see a long corridor with twists and turns and the scenery on both sides, and it was dark at that time, and she couldn't see the direction at all.

After the soldiers sent him into a spacious house, he immediately closed the door and left. Karma tried to push the closed door, but to no avail, presumably locked from the outside. It seems that the gate will not be opened again unless the king comes in.

This spacious and ornate room, said to be dedicated to King Naboland on behalf of the lizard god in exercising the right of the noble female to the first night of the wedding, is covered with various religious ornaments made of lizard skulls and precious stones. Karma walked around the room and found that the windows were so high that they could not be touched without a ladder, and there were no sharp metal objects in the room, apparently specially arranged to prevent accidents.

Looking at those gorgeous and exaggerated ornaments, Kama couldn't help but sneer: "Oh, it's ridiculous that they actually cut off the head of the 'god' and hang it everywhere, and swear that they are loyal believers!"

There was a large table on the wall, filled with food and wine, and a lizard skull for decoration, with two huge gems embedded in its eye sockets. Curiously, Kama reached out and touched the lizard's horns, only to feel sharp and cold, full of aggression, and there was no beauty to speak of.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise at the door. Kama was shocked, subconsciously retracted her hand, and sat down on the chair next to the table in a panic. Whether or not the king was really ugly to the point that even the noble lady hated it, in any case, he must not be suspicious under any circumstances, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Kama couldn't help but sneak a glance towards the door, and King Naboland happened to stride in. I saw that he had a fat waist and a fat body, gorgeous clothes, and a face that was not ugly, but the Lepelian people thought that the moon bones were shaped like a crescent moon, and if the moon bones were not in good shape, his appearance would be greatly reduced, so King Naboland could not be called handsome. And after being carefully dressed, Kama looked like a dignified lady of the nobles, and at first sight, even King Naborland, who had read countless people, couldn't help but feel itchy, unconsciously let down his guard, and walked straight towards Kama, and even forgot to close the door.

For the sake of her own life, Karma memorized all the etiquette that Soya had told her before. So, she hastened to put on a smile that she thought was perfect, invited the king to sit down, and then took a glass of wine from the table, and handed it to King Napole. Although it was a bit hasty, it was also a part of etiquette, and King Naborand did not doubt him, and reached out to take the cup. But the moment the two made eye contact, Karma was caught off guard by the unusually desolate and cold look that flashed in his eyes. Before he had time to think about it, at the moment when King Naboland raised his head and was about to drink the cup of wine, Kama, whose mind suddenly became blank, subconsciously picked up the lizard skull on the table, closed his eyes and smashed it hard......

It wasn't until he was smashed that Kama realized what he had done. Perhaps it was because of a moment of panic, so the instinct of self-preservation forcibly took away the initiative from the weak objective consciousness. But in any case, this is the first time in her life that she has committed murder, and the target of the murder is still a person at the peak of power in this country, and it is impossible not to be afraid.

Suddenly, I heard a muffled sound on the ground. When Kama opened his eyes, he saw that the sharp horns of the lizard had accidentally smashed between the legs of His Majesty, who was so painful that he could not even make a sound, but instinctively covered it with his hands, and lay on the ground trembling with his huge body...... This result was not expected by anyone.

The door to the room was open, there was no guard at the door, and Karma didn't think about it, she ran away, never daring to look back.

But this palace is too big, and the corridors are numerous and complicated, and the panicked Kama is scurrying around, and soon loses his way. She couldn't find the way she had come, and now she could only go as far as she could into the darkness, as the sound of the footsteps that followed became clearer and clearer.

It was just a moment of ghostly misfortune, which made Kama regret it, but it had already happened, and no matter how much she was upset, it would be useless. Gradually, the lights came on, illuminating the whole palace, and unless she could dig a hole in the ground and get in, it wouldn't be long before her whereabouts were revealed. Knowing this, she still didn't give up, and fled in hiding until dawn, only to be surrounded by a large number of soldiers. In this case, there is no way but to be retired. The most regrettable thing is that at the time of her arrest, she had actually seen a certain gate of the palace, about fifty paces in front of her.

Looking at the nearby gate, Kama couldn't help but lament secretly: "Alas, if I had known that this was the result, I should have eaten enough last night before running away, at least I wouldn't have been hungry until I was executed like now......"

King Naboland is the supreme messenger of the lizard god, so deceiving the king is equivalent to deceiving the lizard god, which is a felony. What's more, Karma also smashed and injured the person in power, and the subsequent fate can be imagined.

The day of her arrest coincided with Napole's most solemn annual pilgrimage, and congregants from all over the country had already arrived in the holy city a few days earlier. Today, all the faithful gather under the huge statue of the lizard god in the central square for a pilgrimage.

The pilgrimage to Naborland is usually carried out in three parts. The first part is voluntary fundraising, which is clearly stated in the teachings of the Lizard God: the land was created by the Lizard God, so half of the property on the land should belong to the Lizard God, and the nobles, the messengers of the Lizard God, should collect it in the form of taxes. In addition, each believer is obliged to give a portion of his or her wealth for the advancement of the Lizard God, and only those who willingly give their wealth to the Lizard God are eligible for the protection of the Lizard God; the second part is the king's speech, which is nothing more than the propagation of doctrine and criticism of atheists and blasphemous infidels, and then the believers swear allegiance; the third part is to drag out sinners who violate the doctrine and execute them for the purpose of warning certain dissidents.

There is also a high platform under the huge lizard god statue, which is very ornate and exquisitely carved. It was the place where King Naborland stood when he spoke, and it was called the Holy Altar, which was about one-third the height of the lizard idol. In addition, to the right of the lizard god statue, there is a large and modest platform half a person high. It was a torture table, filled with all kinds of torture instruments, and the traces of blood stained over the years were clearly visible.

In order to show their supremacy, some nobles would ride in a sedan chair when traveling short distances, but they did not ride or carry animals, but slaves. Although the strength of the slave was not as great as that of the beast, and the speed was far less than that of the mighty riding beast, the nobles generally preferred to use the slave to carry the sedan chair except for the expedition, because this would better show their superior status.

King Naborland's chair, inlaid with gold and jewels, glittered in the sun, was so large and magnificent that it required hundreds of slaves to carry it. He did not allow the slaves to stand up and carry them on their shoulders, but on all fours, crawling forward on their backs with a sedan chair on their backs. In this way, the movements of the slaves' limbs must be uniform, and the difficulty can be imagined. Therefore, whenever the king traveled on this large sedan chair, which was carried by manpower, he would be accompanied by two rows of soldiers with whips shouting slogans, and if any slave was out of harmony with others, the whip would immediately whip him.

Now, the giant chair in which King Naborand rode is slowly moving towards the central square. The slaves crawled forward with great difficulty, on all fours like livestock, and did not dare to slack off, and the whips in the hands of the soldiers, who were the slightest dull and constantly watchful of them, would be thrown mercilessly.

The square was already full of kneeling believers, their trembling heads against the rough ground, and they would not dare to raise their heads to disturb the holy car until the king ascended the high altar.

Red and black are considered the noblest colors by the Napolelanders, as they are the colors of the lizard. The sharp horns on the head of the lizard end in crimson and turn black at the roots, and the fur around the body is also dark. Therefore, the worshippers wore black robes during the pilgrimage, and knelt on the ground in black, and the atmosphere in the square was so thick that it was almost breathless.

The huge and ornate chair came to a steady stop by the altar. Then, the four slaves were replaced by a small sedan chair carried on their shoulders, and the fat King Napole was carefully lifted from the steep staircase to the towering altar.