Chapter 56: The Wind Rises
Although the Church of Light was doing everything in its power to cover the cover, the news still spread, and not one or two slaves escaped that day, and some other slaves who escaped still leaked the news.
Rumors of the discovery of the tomb of the King of Gold in the Bull Mountains instantly spread throughout the Cretan Empire, and even many surrounding countries knew about it, but more secret and terrifying news was also hidden.
The Cretan Empire, the Imperial Capital, also known as the Lion City, is located in the center of the north of the royal palace, which is the cultural center of the entire human race, although not the richest city on the mainland, but also the most culturally rich city.
This can be seen from the architectural culture of the city, as well as the dress of the people, the density of population and the activity of commerce, you can see the crowds everywhere, the system is perfect, most people can be regarded as living above the level, but even so, there are slums hidden under the darkness and a large number of slave living quarters.
The construction of the royal palace is very atmospheric, the whole body is built of white marble, tall and magnificent, it is the Cretan Empire to raise the national craftsmen, on the basis of the original palace of the Nia Kingdom, after three generations of emperors, it took decades to slowly complete.
A young man carrying a long sword, poured straight into the palace, unloaded the long sword at the door, and walked all the way to the depths of the palace, through the gorgeous corridor and palace garden, to a small courtyard at the back, and saw a middle-aged man in civilian clothes taking a nap in the palace next to him, drinking milk tea!
"Your Majesty the Emperor!"
The young man stepped forward and wanted the emperor to salute, and Emperor Iliad VII put down the book in his hand and looked at the young man: "Count Evans, why do you have time to see me today?" ”
Count Evans looked at the book in the emperor's hand, raised his head and asked, "Your Majesty is reading the epic of Dodd?" ”
The Iliad VII nodded: "Many of the ancient rumors recorded in the Dodd epic, especially the stories and rise and fall of the three dynasties of gold, silver, and bronze, are worth learning from!" ”
Evans immediately said, "Then does Your Majesty remember the person Ahnadon?" ”
The Iliad VII laughed at once: "The first king in history, the epic hero who inspired mankind from obscurity, the king of gold, Akhnadon, no one will forget him!" ”
The Iliad VII frowned: "Why did you mention what the King of Gold did?" Also, you came to me today with something serious to say, right? ”
Count Evans immediately said: "What the minister wants to say is related to him, Your Majesty, the Bull Mountain Range of Castro Province has discovered the tomb of the Golden King Ahnaton, Viscount Turner dug up the tomb of the Golden King and stole the sword of kingship in the mausoleum, Your Majesty the Emperor, the legendary sword of kingship has appeared, and at present, the Cardinal Priest of Hodepp of the Church of Light has gone to Castro Province and blocked the Bull Mountain, should we also act!" ”
The Iliad VII frowned, without the joy and joy he imagined: "It's just a sword, those legendary things can't be taken seriously, if the Church of Light wants, let it be given to them!" ”
"But Viscount Turner actually did such a thing as robbing the tomb, which simply disgraced the face of the nobles, and must be severely punished!"
Count Evans immediately said: "Viscount Turner is dead, and all the knights of his bloodline and a dozen official knights have all died in the mausoleum, as if cursed, only a few slaves have escaped, one of them has brought out the sword of royal power, we are looking for him with all our might, he has been found in a small town in the province of Castro, and is currently arguing with the church about the ownership of the personnel!" ”
"But that's not the most important thing, from the mouth of this slave, we got a more important news!"
The Iliad VII became interested: "What news? ”
Lord Evans took a breath: "They found divine blood in Akhnaton's coffin, it is said that when Akhnaton received divine revelation, the archangel Pharos sealed a drop of his divine blood in a gem and gave it to the King of Gold, and it was with the borrowing of divine power that the King of Gold was able to defeat the orcs and unify the human race!" ”
"And according to the slave, from the gems, they also saw the image of the Golden King receiving divine revelation, and they saw the appearance of the gods, and the words of the gods!"
"Say what?"
"Those who drink the blood of the gods can become the descendants of the gods, and borrow my divine power!"
Iliad VII's hand suddenly tightened, and his eyes shrank: "At all costs, find that slave for me!" ”
Evans became excited, didn't he come here this time just to show in front of the emperor? If he succeeds, he will be able to further his position: "What about the Church of Light? ”
The Iliad VII waved his hand: "Don't worry about them, the affairs of our Cretan Empire can't tolerate their Light Church meddling!" ”
Evans immediately retreated and began to act, and in addition to the Church of Light and the Cretan Imperial Family, the major families in private, and all the hidden forces, also received the news and took action one after another.
Rumors about the blood of the gods are spread everywhere, especially the one that says: "Those who drink the blood of the gods can become descendants of the gods and borrow my divine power!" ”
It was even more agitated that everyone could not help themselves, all of them hoped to become the blood of the gods, to become a complete spokesman of the gods, to master the power of the gods, and for a while, the legend of the blood of the gods and the king of gold was infinitely exaggerated, and even the children in the countryside sang this prophetic word.
Even other countries have received the news, and the forces in the Cretan Empire have also begun to act, the sword of royal power has been robbed several times on the way back to the imperial capital Lion City, countless people are acting in secret, and even the army on the border is secretly moving, and countless perspectives are cast on a subordinate province of the Cretan Empire.
All of a sudden, a slave named Mark reached everyone's ears and attracted everyone's attention, and the news that he had taken the blood of the gods from the tomb of the Golden King also spread, and the entire province of Castro searched for him like a whole world.
And at this moment, in a small village in the countryside of Castro, on the hillside, a large flock of sheep gathered together to gnaw on the grass, a girl who looked to be eleven or twelve years old at most was driving the flock, she was a slave of the lord, a shepherdess, wearing a rag that could not be called a garment at all, I don't know how many layers of patches there were, but it was very clean, her skin was slightly dark, and her face was freckled, with a girlish youthful and active atmosphere!
The sun was setting, the afterglow of the sun shone on the hillside, the sheep bleated and screamed, it was a beautiful and harmonious scenery of the countryside, but at this moment a bloodied man climbed out from the foot of the mountain.
"Kelly! Kelly! ”
When he began to drive the sheep back, he was counting the numbers, but he found the figure of his father Mark, but at this moment Mark was hit by a sword and looked dying!