Chapter 325: The Executioner
Until the abolition of the judgment by one of the patriarchs of the kingdom of Bryden, it stood as authority in the center of Theopharan. After saying that, Lin Qiu picked up the parchment in front of the judgment table with Prince Luwitt's guilt written on it, and there was only one reason for judging him.
Violating the taboo within the clan, he broke into the black abyss and loosened the seal left by his ancestors.
King Brydon and Eric were wanted for the same reason, according to the biography of Theopheran Bard, there were three people who had sneaked into the Black Abyss, and after Prince Luwitt was executed, one of them committed suicide by poisoning himself in fear of Theopharan's punishment, and the other fled the city overnight and disappeared forever.
The proponent of Prince Luwitt's execution was the Prophet, who prophesied the calamity that Prince Luwitt would cause and suggested that the king kill his own son and strangle all the dangers in the cradle. And Lin Qiu's position was the general who sentenced Prince Luwitt to the crime at that time, and after being found guilty, Prince Luwitt was hanged in the square that night.
Lin Qiu carefully observed the people of Theopharan who were gathered around, and their eyes were full of fear when they looked at Luwitt, as if they had regarded him as a monster itself.
"It was less than a hundred years after Ulusos was sealed, and people still remember the horror of that battle. Brydon understands people's fears.
Not to mention these people who experienced the battle, he himself couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine when he read the description of that tragic battle, and after reading the biography, his greatest fear was the revival of the monster of the Black Abyss, but at the end of his reign, this kind of thing fell on his head.
Seeing that Lin Qiu didn't act, the prophet shouted to the crowd: " O people of Theopharan, the prince you see has actually been corrupted by the monsters, his mind has been distorted, and the monsters will continue to eat away at his consciousness step by step, and when the monsters completely devour his will, the prince you know will become the minions of the monsters, maybe a few years later, maybe more than ten years later, but I did see it in my prophecy, I see that one day in the future the whole of Theopharan will be turned into a sea of fire in the hands of Louwitt!"
This slightly fanning speech immediately threw the people of Theopharan into a state of flux, and the prophet was like a messenger of fear, trying to use her prophecies to make all the people follow her intentions.
But throughout, Prince Luwitt's expression did not change, and he did not even glance at the Prophet, he looked straight ahead, calmly waiting for the verdict to be pronounced, the outcome already known.
"No wonder Urusus hates the Prophet so much......" it dawned on Eric.
The first thing Goebon did after seizing Theopharan was to find the prophet of this generation and kill her.
"Do you say, should we put this demon to death, as our ancestors did?" the Prophet asked in a loud voice.
The final judgment is in the hands of the general, and she is not sure about the general's attitude towards the matter for the time being. However, she naturally has her own way, if the execution of Prince Luwitt is the will of the people, then even the general cannot ignore the "will of the people". Theopharam's prophet was the most swayable person in the kingdom.
Because she can explain everything with "prophecy".
"Kill him!"
"Prince Luwitt has been deluded!"
"It's for Theophalan's sake!"
Fear and anxiety led the people to what the prophet wanted to see.
"Pronounce the sentence, General Tyre. The prophet took a step back and said to Lin Qiu.
"Luwitt, what else do you have to say?" Lin Qiu asked.
This time, Luwitt finally raised his head, his throat was a little hoarse, and even the guards who arrested him were afraid of the "demonic power" in him, and never looked at him again after sending him to the dungeon. He hadn't eaten a drop of water for two days and two nights, and every sound that came out of his throat made his throat feel like it was burning.
But even so, he still did not bow to the prophet: "Fear has blinded you, the battle is long over, the monsters in the black abyss have long since disappeared, and it is a coward's act to hide all secrets behind the seal." Fear may stop you, but it can't stop me, and I've proven that the monster is long gone, and that what you have been fearing is nothing more than your own fantasy!"
"Shut up!"
"You're crazy!"
Some of those who had been poked in the sore spot immediately retorted loudly at Luwitt, as if he could prove that he was fearless if he had just raised his voice loudly. The radicals even threw bottles and cans at Luwitt, even though they knew subconsciously that Luwitt was their beloved prince, but in the face of fear, that sporadic love was easily crushed.
Unmoved, Luwitt looked the prophet in the eye without flinching.
He knew why the Prophet was so afraid of his words and actions, because once the monsters in the Black Abyss were gone, she would no longer be able to manipulate people's hearts with fear.
"Pronounce the sentence, General Tyr!" the Prophet's face turned grim, and she urged again.
At the same time, a familiar echo rang in the depths of Lin Qiu's mind.
"Manipulate hearts with fear and let innocents die for them...... If you're like them, do your duty. ”
In fact, Lin Qiu had already seen some clues.
At least this generation of prophets was definitely not good, but he could only see a fragment of the event, not its finished appearance, but he could feel that Luwitt seemed to be fighting something.
"Guilty of him. Eric was the first to say.
Because the same voice echoed in his head, the familiar echo made him shake slightly, and it took him a long time to calm down, but at the same time, Eric felt such a strong sense of guilt for the first time.
"Urusos is trying to assimilate your mind, and when you identify with his mind, he will merge you with him...... Just like Goburn, Urusos' true power is not to earthquake and petrify, but to devour, which is why it bridges with us. ”
Hearing this, Lin Qiu couldn't help but look at Luwitt, who was kneeling on his knees, who was looking back at him with a death-like gaze.
"Doesn't that mean ......?"
"Yes, even if it is against your will, even if this sentence is wrong, in order to continue to exist, you must deny it and play the role of an evil executioner. ”
Lin Qiu was silent for a moment.
Then, under the gaze of all the Theophalan people, Lin Qiu raised his voice: "I sentence Prince Luwitt...... Guilty!"
Hearing this result, the prophet beside Lin Qiu breathed a sigh of relief and showed a smile of unknown meaning.
Lin Qiu watched the guards escort Lu Wei down from the high platform, and the echo in his mind rang again.
......
You don't know what it means to agree with me, so you easily take his word for it.
Sure enough, you're the same as them.
You're all the same.