Chapter 8: The Tiger's Mouth and the Wolf's Lair
The priests were grateful that they had saved their jobs by abolishing the missionary part of the surrender treaty. Therefore, those who reciprocate the favor send the holy scriptures of Hades as a sign of respect, and are willing to concentrate around the Sun King to increase the cohesion of religion - this kind of thing is only appropriate for the normal Sun King, who is in real power.
He is not a puppet king who has been singled out to block guns, and he does not have a single soldier in his hands, how can He De let the sacrificial group that has always been unruly bow down?
How many catties and taels he has, Ivan is still a little forced in his heart.
"Sacrificing Your Excellency, an eagle that has lost its wings cannot deter a flock of birds, a big house without beams can only be regarded as an empty shell, and abolishing Article 7 is already the limit of what I can do. The Order does need a leader, but that person is not me, it can only be you. β
He took the Holy Book of Hades with great self-knowledge and poured out the 'Ecstasy Soup'.
"Your Majesty, it's not the ...... now"
Ozmandis sighed, his eyes drooped, and the spirit of the whole person instantly declined, as if two hundred years of wind and frost had accumulated to this moment and surged into his body:
"After the suppression of Her Royal Highness the princess, the strength of the order has long been gone, and the reason why it was able to save His Majesty was because of the selfless help of the accompanying officials. Now that there are strong enemies outside, traitors inside, and the foundation of the Order is crumbling, where can we dare to have dissenting intentions, which is not good for Your Majesty? β
β......β
When Evan heard this, his body suddenly shuddered - even among the accompanying officials there were people from the sacrificial group, this was the result of their repeated suppression, and the power of these gods was too great.
"Doesn't Your Majesty feel the same way?"
The high priest looked at him with eyes sunken under his sockets, and his tone suddenly became impassioned:
"That witch controlled the royal court and acted perversely, but the battle situation was unfavorable but coerced you to surrender. And this ruined and disgraced death situation was used by His Majesty to pull back a game and save millions of believers, which is enough to prove that His Majesty is wise and martial, and he is worthy of being a descendant of the God King. β
"It's not that exaggerated, I'm just a little bit of a wit. He quickly denied it.
"Your Majesty is humble. β
Seeing that Evan didn't eat oil, Ozmandis glanced at him with deep meaning, and then chuckled lowly:
"I am the culprit of the murder of King Ehnatun, and it is normal for you to be wary of me. But do you really think that you can live safely without the help of the Order now?"
The old fox's tail is finally revealed!
Seeing that his words suddenly changed, Evan immediately became vigilant and asked tentatively:
"Your Excellency means that someone is trying to harm me?"
"The reason why the Blood Witch (the Order is a bad name for Eru Romei) who supported Her Majesty to ascend the throne was to make you take the responsibility for the defeat, and now that Your Majesty has completed her mission, that is to say, there is no use for her anymore!"
The high priest raised his head, and the wrinkles on his face squirmed violently, squeezing into a hideous and angry face:
"Do you think that you will be able to get the forgiveness of the people by desperately saving the interests of the country? No, no, no, my majesty, the people are not as smart as you think, they are just a rabble. As long as Eru Lomme conceals your blood, the truth will disappear, and black and white will be reversed! In the history she wrote, you are just a coward, and she is the hero who fights for the good of the country!"
The vigorous and powerful drink, like ice thorns, pierced into Evan's heart, and almost suffocated him.
"In that case, the officials who helped you save me will also be disposed of......" He lowered his head and clenched the futon tightly with both hands - I have to admit that what the other party said was still somewhat convincing.
"Yes. β
The anger on Ozmandis's face gradually calmed down, as if his face had changed, and he showed a kind smile again:
"Luckily, we were able to save two of them, and we were able to obtain the original draft of the treaty stained with your sacred blood. With the help of the power of the congregation, we have the ability to restore the truth, and only need Your Majesty to make a rational choice. β
Evan looked at the smile on his face, and felt as if a cold blade was slowly scraping the back of his head along an arc - sure enough, it had just come out of the tiger's mouth and entered the wolf's den, and these bastards didn't have a good thing.
"Of course!"
He picked up the Holy Book of Hades, put it on his lap, and looked at each other calmly:
"The relationship between the royal family and the Order is like that of the gods Osirid and Atum, we are independent of each other, yet we are one and the same. For the sake of Menes, for the sake of the entire Hyperion Star, I will fight to the end with Your Excellency!"
"If only Your Majesty could understand my painstaking efforts!"
The high priest finally showed a heartfelt smile, looked at the holy scriptures of the underworld, lowered his head, and said respectfully:
"Your Majesty is kind to the Order, and we also need you to be strong and harness the power of darkness against that witch. There is no attempt to be disloyal in offering the holy scriptures, and I hope that Your Majesty will dispel his doubts and study the holy scriptures as soon as possible. β
"I understand. He nodded lukewarmly, indicating that he understood.
"In addition to the Most High Holy Scriptures, as a sign of respect for all believers, we will also offer His Majesty a holy baptism that will grant you an immortal body. β
"What!?"
When Evan heard this, he couldn't stay calm anymore, and looked at each other with wide eyes, his face full of expressions of hell.
"Then, I won't bother, please rest well and recover your strength as soon as possible. β
When the high priest saw his expression, he did not explain, and withdrew with an amiable and kind smile.
......
Immortal and immortal?
It's ridiculous!
If the Atum Order really has such a blessing, why doesn't he use it for himself?
Evan knew that there was a supernatural power on Hyperion, and studying the Sun Sutra could also prolong life, but he had never heard of any supernatural power that could make people immortal, and this kind of nonsense could only deceive fools.
Since it can be concluded that the blessing of 'immortality and immortality' is fake, what is the intention of the old fox, could it be that he wants to harm himself by changing the law?
β......β
He looked at the black iron door, his heart was full of disdain and vigilance, and the corner of his eyes swept around suspiciously from time to time, as if there were demons hidden in the shadows of the furniture, and he could rush out of the darkness at any time to murder himself.
"I still have value for him...... There is no danger to life for the time being. β
Ivan forced himself to calm down, turning his attention to the holy scriptures of Hades, turning the title page with the image of the god of Hades, and the lines of the sleek scripts came into view. The sacred script is the official script of Menes, which belongs to pictographs, and the grammatical structure is very close to that of Chinese, so he did not encounter much difficulty in learning this language.
I don't know if it's a problem with ancient grammar, Evan looked at the contents of the temple, and only felt that he knew every word, but he didn't know what it meant when they were connected.
β...... I won't even give a translator, so is the old fox teasing me?"
Evan thought about it for a while, and felt that the old man should not be so boring, so he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt a slight cold feeling in his hands.
What's going on?
He looked down and was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him, the Holy Book of the Underworld flickered with countless twists and turns of cold light, and on the surface of the opened page, all the holy books became three-dimensional, and quickly twisted into large and small precision gears.
Gurgle - cluckββ!
The gears rotate forward or backward from each other, slowly opening from the inside to the outside, like an open mechanical door, revealing a core surrounded by cage-like elevated pipes. The dark green core is covered with a network of metal pits hidden in a dark gold elevated pipe, like some kind of mysterious and magnificent gem.
β......β
Ivan stared at the core in a daze, and faintly, he felt like he was being watched, the core was like the eye of some kind of living being, and the metal pit line was the bloodshot in the eye.
He didn't know if this was an illusion, but his body was trembling involuntarily, and there seemed to be an invisible door hidden in the depths of the core, and behind the door, through the dark and bottomless Hadesβand peeking into his own sight, it seemed that he was still in the depths of Hades.
"Darkness, darkness, supreme darkness!"
At this moment, a frenzied chant exploded from his ears, and each syllable was full of explosive power, as if it had gone through countless turns in distant time and space to reach here, and the infinite echo was endless.
Countless thin white threads spread out from the core, wrapped around Evan's arm, penetrated the skin, pierced into the muscles, and connected to the neural network.
"Huh!?"
He felt his surroundings change suddenly, the air seemed to turn into a shallow stream of water, and everything was covered with a layer of transparent gelatin. At the same time, the sound in my ears disappeared, and it felt like ............ Isolated from the world. Only a large number of information elements are like tadpoles, flowing overwhelmingly towards themselves, silently entering the body.
Soon, Evan felt that he had a lot of knowledge in his mind, which he had just mastered, but like the instinct to eat and drink, it was engraved in the depths of his memory, and it seemed that he had already understood it.
How does it feel...... This holy book of the underworld is the same as a hard disk.
He chewed on the knowledge he had just received, and discovered that the function of the Hades Temple was really like a hard disk on the earth, a storage medium for information. And those thin white lines are like data cables, which, as long as plugged into the right device, can transmit the knowledge hidden in the core.
After a few minutes, Ivan felt a numb wrist and the space in his vision returned to its original state, realizing that the white lines were detaching from him and slowly retracting from the inside of the core.
At the same time, the cold light flowing on the Holy Book of Hades also faded and disappeared, restoring its original color. The gears rejoined and rejoined in the rolling room, reverting to a three-dimensional bronze door, hidden into the pages, and once again becoming an obscure holy book.
In the dancing candlelight, Ivan lowered his head and stared at his left hand, the shadow of the candlelight on the wall was dispelled by his pupils, and his eyes seemed to be flowing with lava.
"From Hades...... Dark...... Is this book real?"
He silently looked at the sky outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and then at the Holy Book of Hades lying beside him.
......
Elorome stood in front of the glass window, looking out in a daze, she was the only one left in the huge council room. The sky was overcast as dark as night, the torrential rain was still washing the ground, all the lights in the space were on, and the pale candlelight was shining behind her.
On the desk, in the ivory-white cup, there is a pale golden halo of tea, and in the lace fluttershy next to it, there are a few delicious melons and fruits.
"Your Majesty. β
At this moment, a crisp voice interrupted her thoughts.
"What's the matter?"
Her eyes moved slightly, and she turned to look at the red-haired girl who was coming behind her.
"The latest news, His Majesty Evan is likely to be in the hands of Ozmandis. β
"Really...... That damn old fox!"
Eru Lomme picked up the cup and sipped the tea in the cup, her eyes lowered, as if shrouded in shadows, no longer the pure silver-gray, but like the undulating sea under the wind and rain, deep and cold.
"I'm sorry......" Renee saw that she was silent, and lowered her head, showing a shy expression.
"I don't blame you for this, I was negligent, I didn't expect that old fox to sacrifice half of the Holy Sect Army for a puppet king...... It's really powerful. β
Eru Lomme gently put down the cup and glanced at her lieutenant:
"He's definitely made a big move lately, and as he continues to search, remember to observe the movements of the entire Order. As soon as these magic sticks surface, uproot them!"
"Yes. β
Rennie's jaw leader ordered, silently raised his head, and asked hesitantly:
"That'...... What should Your Majesty do?"
"He did a great job and I was impressed. β
Eru Romei looked at her, her eyes calm, and the corners of her lips raised a shallow smile:
"As a son of the god Atum, I happen to lack a good assistant, and if possible, try to save him alive. β
"Yes!"
The female adjutant immediately breathed a sigh of relief, immediately bowed to her command, and quickly retreated.
"It actually fell into the hands of that old fox, what a bad luck guy...... Just let me see...... How much potential do you have......"
The princess walked lightly to the window, leaning against the glass wall on her shoulders, looking at Evan's bedroom, the light in her silver-gray eyes seemed to be able to pass through everything and go to the infinitely distant distance.