At some point, some people began to talk that John was the Messiah prophesied by Elijah, and especially the vast number of low-level Salemites and many Samaritans were full of anticipation for this, and the news gradually reached the ears of King Herod. John himself never failed to claim this, he simply remembered what Joshua had said: "The Messiah is not a title, but an achievement." Only with such a vow and the completion of such a mission can we achieve the achievement. He can be you or me, it's not about who we claim to be!"

That's what John did, and people couldn't help but talk about it. King Herod knew, so did the Marese, and the gods of Olympus certainly couldn't have known it.

John was an upright man who often rebuked the elders of Salem for their pedanticy and arrogance and for King Herod's greed and wickedness in his public preaching. Finally, one day, King Herod ordered a man to be found guilty of slander and blasphemy, and John was arrested and imprisoned in an underground prison.

John himself was the son of a priest and had many believers among the people, and although Herod put him in prison, he pretended not to do so and explained to those around him that it was his queen Herodias, and he still admired John's honesty and courage in his heart, and he was willing to respect him despite John's guilt.

Although John was imprisoned in a dungeon, many of his followers could still hear the voice of the guide during their quiet night meditations. John was already a great achiever of the power of the source, but no one knew what kind of state he already had? Such a person could not be locked up in an ordinary prison, and although Herod locked him in a gloomy dungeon, he did not add special guards, and his purpose was probably to let John escape himself.

Herod knew that many of the Salem and Samaritan believed that John was the prophesied Messiah, and he didn't want people to think that he wanted to kill him. But if John escapes from prison, the other charges will be aside, and the crime of escaping from prison will be confirmed, and he will always be a fugitive. On the other hand, Herod also knew that the Olympian gods would not let this man go.

The satrap of the Marose had already sent a message to King Herod, and Apollo sent an oracle to punish John. King Herod also knew about what had happened twenty years earlier, when the governor of Maro had conveyed to his father, King Herod the Elder, an oracle from Apollo that he would search the area around the city of Salem for newborn babies who might have evil spirits among them.

In fact, the old Herod knew very well in his heart that what the Maroites were searching for was the Messiah prophesied by Elijah. But he did it anyway, for the simple reason that he did not want to lose his dominance, and now the younger Herod thought the same. If it is believed that John was the son of Aroha and would be the king who would lead the new kingdom of Salem, then it means that Herod's rule would be overthrown before the rule of the Maroites could be overthrown.

Whoever the prophesied Messiah was, the only person Herod could accept was himself, but he had to hide his selfishness. Recall that John had escaped the search because he was the son of the priest of the Salem Temple, and now it seems that the Olympian gods were looking for him most likely to be the man he was looking for!

...... As time passed, the birth of King Herod arrived, and all the nobles of the city of Salem were invited to the celebrations in the royal palace, and Herod prepared a great feast for his guests. After a full meal, of course, there are various performances, folk artists with unique skills come to the palace to perform, and bards make poems on the spot to praise God and the great king, and ** is a sword dance.

To cheer up the feast, Herod's wife, Herodias, ordered her daughter Salome to dance for Herod and his guests. Salome was the daughter of Herod's younger brother, but Herod later married his brother's wife, Herodias, and Salome became his stepdaughter. The young and beautiful dancer walked into the hall and danced with a long sword in his hand to the sound of a castanets like war drums.

Her eyes are tan, her facial features are very beautiful, her eyes are as clear as water but slightly cold, but when she smiles, it is like a spring breeze melting ice and snow, and she looks so gentle and charming. Salome doesn't just hold a sword as a prop and dance slowly, obviously she knows real martial arts, but it is integrated with Miao Man's dance to show the moving beauty of strength and softness.

The soundtrack rises and falls, and the sword in the girl's hand spills into a silver light, setting off the graceful figure, and sings a psalm in a gentle voice: Please tell me that God is my light, my salvation, and the guarantee of my life.

Tell me, in the light of God, fearless of the sword and spear of the enemy.

So who am I afraid of, who am I afraid of, and whose injuries will I suffer.

When the enemy's chariots and horses rushed on, his heart was not afraid, and behind him was the tent of God.

He had raised his head to his enemies, sacrificed himself to God, and listened to the chanting of the heavens.

O gods, the gods who save me, do not forsake your people.

I seek you, hear and have mercy, and do not hide your face from me.

Whose forsaken is this, whose sin are you forgiving? Strengthen my heart, and I will see you at last!

It is a hymn to the gods that has been passed down for a long time on the Celestial Pivot Road, and for hundreds of years, the people of Salem have sung it as a sign of reverence for Aroh. The girl was so charming, her singing voice was so moving, and the sword dance was so breathtaking, that the audience was so intoxicated that they forgot to cheer.

When the song ended, Salome saluted Herod with grace, and the audience realized that the dance was over, and they all applauded enthusiastically!

King Herod, who had drunk a lot of wine, and his face glowed red with excitement, and he shouted to Salome: "You deserve the heaviest reward for this peerless dance!

Salome was about to speak, when a voice suddenly came to her soul: "Listen, dancer of the palace, this is the will of God. You will answer that you will go to your mother, and your mother will tell you that your reward is the head of John the Baptist. ”

The light in Salome's eyes dimmed, and she saluted Herod and said, "Father, I will go and ask the queen mother." He turned and exited the hall.

...... In the dungeon, John was sitting and meditating with his eyes closed, but suddenly he heard an ethereal song in his soul, as if he had traveled through many distant memories. He opened his eyes in the darkness and remembered a person, the former flower of Mefex Themis. The baptist had already passed the trials of life before returning to the city of Salem, and during those many rebirths, a man named John had also enjoyed this chant in a temple in the city of Eyjumfilth.

His name in this life also happens to be John, and the name John is very common in the Celestial Continent, which is not a particularly surprising coincidence.

The song was apparently deliberately sent into his soul by the troubadour, from the palace to the distant dungeon, without the jailers guarding the dungeon being unaware, indicating that the troubadour had also achieved great things. John already knew what was going to happen next, and it seemed like he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

As expected, it didn't take long for a glimmer of light to suddenly appear in the dark dungeon, and the gloomy aura dissipated without a trace, as if it had become a warm and peaceful world, and was separated from the outside world by spatial magic. Salome's figure appeared in front of John's eyes out of thin air, looked at him and said, "John, do you remember me?"

John stood up and looked at her with a gentle smile: "I remember the song, there was once a girl named Themis who danced and sang to a general named John in the city of Memphas in Eju. ”

Salome's eyes sparkled: "It seems that I don't need to tell you anything, your achievements have reached the end of the road on earth, and this little dungeon was originally unable to lock you up." ”

John nodded, "I have witnessed that life is endless, and when I see you, it will be the final test." But I'm not General John anymore, and you're not the Flower of Meffil. ”

Salome looked at John, her face and aura were changing, no longer Salome looked like she had not become the flower of the Dream of the Year, but revealed the true face of the goddess Themis, and said slowly: "But you are still you, I am still me." ”

There was a magical message in her voice, imprinting into John's soul the origin of the Flower of Memphels and a series of events that happened later. John stepped forward, took one of her hands, and said, "I know, Moses and the angels have already told me, how can I describe my gratitude? Three hundred years later, you have left the kingdom of Olympus and found me!"

Themis looked down at John's hand and whispered, "I don't need your gratitude, can't you just be more proactive?"

John smiled, took her into his arms with open arms, stroked her waist and said, "It seems that no one here knows that Salome is the goddess Themis who left the Olympian god line." ”

Themis said to his chest: "I have never revealed my identity, so naturally I will not be known. Today in the royal palace, someone has delivered such an oracle to me. ”

John asked, "Do you know who is behind this?"

Themis replied, "This time it was Apollo, who had lost the bet and would always retreat before Amun." Later, Amun fell into the human world and was no longer his original identity. Naturally, Apollo wanted to prevent Amun's quest for confirmation, and even hoped that Amon would never return to Heaven. ”

John sneered: "Foolish Apollo, he really mistakenly thinks that I am the god Amun in the rotation! I deliberately misled him, but what is the point of him doing this? Even if he gets rid of Jossu, the god Amun will not fall, but will continue to reincarnate." When Amun returns to heaven, does he still want to have a good end? The next time he meets Amun, he will probably fall. ”

(To be continued)