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"It's actually boring, isn't it?"

"It's not boring, after all, that's how the world is."

In front of the small dessert shop on the street, Richard bent down and helped the elderly woman shopkeeper to lift the tables and chairs that had been knocked down by the chaotic crowd one by one, and wiped the dirt off by the way. Edward dug into the sundae in front of him with a spoon, his eyes on the crowd in the distance.

The old woman thanked Richard earnestly, and Richard waved his hand to say that it was nothing, and was finally presented with a small bag of biscuits.

She took the biscuits, pulled a chair and sat down beside Edward, watching the chaotic and grand procession.

"Do you know what that reminds me of this?"

Edward glanced at his watch again with little interest: "Think of the Highland Kingdom more than a hundred years ago?" I remember that at that time, you were either busy arguing or fighting every day, and you often couldn't help but collapse the intermediary who came to redeem people from the Northern Continent. ”

"What do you say?"

Richard's words are strict:

"As we all know, the 'Mummyin' culture in our highlands is just like the 'preserved bones' of Bailang, which is a national cultural characteristic that should be respected, so I let them become Mummyin, which is actually an expression of my most straightforward and highest respect for them."

"I'm good at languages."

"Ahem, off topic."

Richard untied the bow ribbon that the elderly shopkeeper had carefully tied up, opened the delicate and cute little bag, and took out a cookie from it and put it in his mouth: "I think this country, every country, is like boiling a pot of boiling water." ”

"In this way, the people could not survive any longer, so they marched and went on strike, and the nobles and administrators knew that they would have to share more money. As long as there is still a bite to eat, people will no longer march. It's like boiling water, add some cold water when the water is going to boil, add some cold water every time it is going to boil, over time, the water knows that as long as it boils, there will be cold water coming down, and the person who adds cold water also knows that as long as he operates it well, the pot of water will never boil. ”

The cookies were made in the shape of cute bears, and Richard ate two pieces, but in fact, he didn't want to eat more for the cuteness.

"So what happens when the water actually boils? It won't happen, just change the pot of water. ”

Hell joke, but Richard couldn't hold back a laugh:

"It seems that people in this world will eventually go in one direction, that is, to cut ties with people themselves, not to mention the acquisition of divinity, not to mention those ancient things of 'noble blood', it seems that as long as they become extraordinary and have power, even if they can only point a spark about the size of a match, they will subconsciously feel proud. It was as if he was no longer a mortal, above countless people. ”

"But it's strange that they need anchors again, they look down on people, and they need people, and they end up being distorted, right?"

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Richard was a little tempted to ask, "What does it feel like to kill God?" But then she felt that her question seemed to delineate "God" on another level, since it can still be killed, then whether it is a god or a man, death is the same.

"By the way, what are you looking at?"

The melee in the distance began to ferment, and Richard flicked his head, and a stray bullet grazed the edge of her glasses frame and hit the gas lamppost behind her. Edward slowly and leisurely dug a notch into the sundae in the glass goblet, and then pointed with a spoon:

"That man."

Li looked over: "Mr. X of the Aurora Society?" ”

"Then call him that."

Edward stared at Crane's back, but instead of reaching out for a hand, he thought of a new direction to strike at the true Creator: "Do you know him?" So what does that say about him? ”

Richard reminisced earnestly, and said very pertinently:

"A nice guy."

"One of my investors introduced him and said he might be able to work with me. According to the investor's description, she felt that the other party had a good moral standard and could go further. And I just saw him fighting with a demigod Amon, he showed human empathy in the battle, and did not transform other living people into secret puppets because his life was threatened, well, the wisdom of emergency is not bad, I don't know about the combat skills, but it shouldn't be too bad. ”

Edward scooped up a piece of cold cream and didn't immediately put it in his mouth:

"What do you think of the true Creator wanting to support him as a new god?"

Richard's eyebrows furrowed immediately, and the expression on his face seemed to ask why he couldn't support me with such a good thing.

She coughed and analyzed very seriously:

"I think that if he becomes a god with his character, it may be a good thing for his country. But after all, I don't know him well, and I'm not sure if he has other ideas. ”

As he spoke, Richard glanced at Crane in the distance, and saw that the other party seemed to be using his extraordinary ability to separate the torn civilians from the police officers, who were now angrily beating a cardboard box, and the unconscious police officers staggered away.

Richard's eyebrows furrowed again.

"Doesn't he have a position? I mean, what kind of person is he? All I know is that he is a rich man and that he has a tendency to get involved in politics. The Conservative Party and the New Party, he must choose one. Or is he actually a compromise moderate who doesn't approve of either? ”

Edward took a sip of lemonade and watched as Crane secretly maintained order and prevented the crowd from hurting each other:

"Probably the one that doesn't approve of either side. Or is his idea actually very understandable, that is, he doesn't want anyone to get hurt? ”

“…… Then he shouldn't be a god. ”

Richard put it bluntly:

"He should go and become a diocesan bishop."

"With his personality and ability, if he does not change in the future, I believe that he will definitely be able to be a perfect archbishop in his diocese who cares for children and the poor, and at the same time makes the nobility and commoners in his parish respect him."

But if he becomes a god...... I can almost imagine the deception and deception in his country, and the fact that he has been trying to avoid bloodshed. ”

"Hmm." Edward agreed with most of Richard's views.

"Like you said, I think it might be a good thing for his nation that he became a god, but I don't dare say how good it is. An overly moral god may become an obstacle to the state to some extent. ”

"Perhaps, but we've never seen that kind of god, have we?"

Richard smiled, she stopped looking at the fading crowd, and her gaze paused for a few seconds in the distant clouds. She had a hunch and stood up with a small packet of biscuits: "I heard a voice, go first." ”

"Sure enough, although I really want Beckland to ascend to heaven on the spot, I still can't completely stand by and watch the impending disaster."

Edward didn't respond, her eyes still following Crane to see what was so special about this kid.

……

"No, there are too many people, and they are in a collective frenzy, I can't let them leave spontaneously!"

Crane squeezed his way through the crowd and stood by the wall, watching with interest as the people poured into the West End.

Through various means, Crane saved dozens of people from the hands and feet of these people who had lost their minds, but he could not get these people to change their direction or regain their senses, some of them were instigated by witches because of the disappearance of their families, and fell into extreme anger, their minds were filled with hatred for the country and the king, and some of them were attracted by the emotions of the crowd on the road.

A large number of people gather in the streets, and they continue to attract other people who resonate. People can't think in a group, and some people don't know where the team is going, so they shout slogans and follow the crowd to the West End.

The West Velas Field and the patrols kept coming to stop them, but their weapons and uniforms made the people who had lost their minds even more frenzied, and the number of casualties continued to mount, and even Crane couldn't take care of every scattered bullet in the chaos.

Crane was helpless, and he had a way to reverse the direction of the army, just cast an illusion on the leaders in front of him. But where should he let them go? Walking back to your own home? Walking to the outskirts of town? Such a large group of people is dangerous wherever they are placed.

"At this time, if you want to get everyone back to normal as quickly as possible, what you need is the collective psychological influence of the 'audience', or the 'tranquility' of the night watchers...... But there are so many people, it must be Archbishop Anthony himself. ”

"It's been more than ten minutes since the crowd gathered, and the Night Church should have reacted......"

Crane pondered nervously as he observed his surroundings.

Jowood is the jurisdiction of the Church of the Storm, but when it comes to secular politics, the kingdom should be the first to respond. The Church will remain relatively detached, and it will only intervene in a protective posture when all the Kingdom's means of regulation fail.

People will also become very talkative at this time, after all, no one wants to go against their eternity after death.

So, many things are complicated by the kingdom and the law, but when the church intervenes, it becomes simpler.

The procession had already reached the edge of Queens, colliding head-on with the prepared members of the military. Blocked by extraordinary abilities and weapons, he shouted "Bread!" And "Family! The march of the procession finally slowed down a little.

Crane, who had been following the team, breathed a sigh of relief, but didn't feel any more relaxed.

"If the march is over and social order returns to normal, that's fine."

He hesitated: "But after the march is over, will George III make a public statement?" Will these people receive bread and food, or compensation for the families of the missing? ”

The answer is clearly no.

It had been almost half an hour since the witch's speech ended, but the royal family and nobles did not react at all, as if they did not take the anger of the people in their eyes at all, or even looked at it with contempt. There will always be marches, and most people will not get a response. Crane didn't know how to get the people to get what they wanted, but it was certainly not right to continue the violent march like this.

It seemed that the wind was blowing, and Crane's collar slapped on his cheek several times.

He thought it was the people from the Storm Church who had come to maintain law and order, but Huo Ran, the spiritual consciousness issued a subtle warning.

The wind is not blowing from the direction of the Basilica of the Holy Winds.

Crane slowly raised his head and looked at the sky.

He saw the clouds shatter in the sky, and dozens of giant whales wrapped in metal suddenly pressed on top of his head, and the fierce wind tore off the hats of countless people.

Many people noticed the large shadow that suddenly appeared on their heads, and when they looked up, the pressure and fear soared to the limit at this moment. Even Crane, who had become a demigod, couldn't control the panic of ordinary people when he saw the military airship group.

He looked at the airship in the sky, looked at the crowd paraded in front of him, and suddenly understood everything.

He suddenly understood why the church was standing still, and why the royal family and the aristocracy did not care.

Not just because of arrogance, but because of ......

…… There is no need.

In his gaze, in less than five seconds, the muzzle of the cannon, the muzzle of the machine gun, and the muzzle of the throwing of the airship opened one after another, aiming downward.

Cannonballs slipped through the openings and rained down on the earth and the people below.

Many of these shells suddenly exploded in the air, but the strength of one person was limited after all, and the rest fell to the ground.

Explosions, wails, interrupted slogans and accusations, everything is exploding, everything is burning, everyone is dying.

In an instant, Crane's world turned to hell.

Then, a howling hurricane took shape, blowing swiftly from the direction of the Basilica of the Holy Winds, and countless sharp blades of wind struck the airbags used by the airship team to balance, and after a short exchange, Fusak's army did not stop, and immediately turned to the West End.

……

22 Pacefield Street, the office building where the Rune Scholarship Foundation is located.

After working hard for a while, calming all the emotionally unstable staff and the students who happened to be nearby, Audrey finally had time to rest in her place and take a sip of tea.

She sat in the position of the director, although she was mentally exhausted and spiritually bottomed, but her mood was quite satisfied. She felt that she had helped others and was taking her duties as a director of the Foundation seriously.

She rested for a few minutes and then stood up, intending to open the curtains and open the window to let in air.

From here, you can directly see the Beckland landmark "Order Bell" in the distance, so you can easily check the time.

"When you get back, let's see what Mom and Dad and Hibbert think about it...... Of course, they wouldn't believe it...... Well, that's quite normal, and if I hadn't heard so much analysis and foreshadowing at the tarot meeting, and suddenly heard this speech, I wouldn't have believed that she was real. ”

Audrey thought as she reached for the half-open curtain and pulled it open completely.

She was just about to look for the "Bell of Order" in a familiar spot when suddenly, an iron-gray object passed through the corner of her eye and landed on the street to the left of the small building.

Bang!

The earth shook violently, and Audrey suddenly lost her balance and retreated again and again, until her legs were against the edge of the desk.

She subconsciously closed her eyes, stunned for a moment by the loud noise, and then looked down at her hands in a daze. I saw that her sleeves and collar had been torn, the glass exploded and shattered, and the scattered glass shards splashed on her face in an instant just now.

Realizing this, Audrey was afraid to reach out and touch her face, and found that her skin was protected by scales and was not really harmed.

The window, which had lost its glass, opened like a mouth with sharp teeth, and the world outside the window was filled with smoke.

What just happened?

Explode?

Before Audrey could fully comprehend it, her feet had already stepped out of the way and pushed the door out.

When she opened the door, she immediately heard countless screams explode in the small building, and Audrey pressed her temples and looked at them, her expression immediately frozen.

Many people were lying on the ground with their faces covered in blood, and it seemed that they were just as unlucky as they were just now, standing by the window, but without the power and defense of the extraordinary to protect themselves. Crying and screaming overflowed her ears, and the people who had finally been comforted by herself fell into panic and fear again, and the still rational ones were trembling while stopping the bleeding and exploding on the injured people, and a girl who was scratched by the glass slowly woke up, and after seeing her current appearance in the mirror, she suddenly let out a terrible cry.

"Don't be afraid, everyone!"

"Don't panic, don't be nervous, we're getting out of here now!"

Audrey shouted loudly, and the power of pacification was sent out along with her voice, effectively alleviating the fear in people's hearts.

A pair of expectant eyes immediately looked at her, Audrey swallowed a little nervously, she had never encountered such a thing, and she was a little expecting her parents to come and help her get out of here.

Bang!

There was another loud bang, and the people were unsteady on their feet, this time on the right, and seemed to be approaching their side.

"It's bombing!"

Audrey finally found the corresponding word from the history books, and her brain spun rapidly, and she immediately thought of a countermeasure:

"Lift the wounded up, let's go to the nearest subway station!"

"The underground area is safe!"

The building is in danger of collapsing, the basement is not safe, and it may even become a Jedi.

"Don't be afraid, we can get out! We can survive! ”

Audrey said loudly, and led by example, taking the initiative to reach out and pull up a staff member who couldn't stand up, and help the other person to lead the way to the stairs. Her actions are a powerful inspiration to those around her, if a pampered aristocratic lady can calm herself in the face of danger and find a way to survive, then what reason is there for others not to move forward?

People helped each other to stand up and walked down the stairs with great speed.

The process of going downstairs was smooth, like a gap between two explosions, nothing bad happened.

Audrey carefully watched the situation, then stepped out of the gate and walked against the wall in the direction of the subway station. She saw that the street in the distance was already in ruins, and that a large chunk had sunk in the middle of the good townhouse—and as for the people in it, she did not dare to think about it, for fear and anger would affect her judgment until now.

Bang!

A huge explosion appeared directly not far away, and the sand and stones flew like bullets. The wounded man who was being held by Audrey fell to the ground with a soft foot, and Audrey was also pulled crooked by the other party, and had to hold on to the wall to continue standing.

"Miss Audrey!" The people behind immediately stopped.

"Don't worry, let's keep walking."

Audrey took a deep breath, stood firm on her legs, strained her arms, and easily pulled the wounded up again with the ability of a mid-sequence extraordinary, she gasped slightly, although not tired, but already her heart was beating like a drum.

"Turn the corner ahead!" Someone in the back shouted like a morale booster.

That's right, just around the corner......

Audrey's heart was beating violently, and she suddenly felt that her skirt was too much of a way, and the skirt that kept her decent, which was now pressed tightly against her legs by the wounded, not only made it inconvenient to walk, but also made her skirt crooked into a strange shape. Walking with heels is also a little inconvenient, and although the extraordinary person is able to control his body perfectly, it is really troublesome to walk under the influence of the wounded and shake from left to right.

In this way, she led the small team all the way around the corner.

Bang!

This time the explosion was so close that it seemed to happen at the feet, and the moment it shook, the person seemed to fly weightlessly. The whole team fell to the ground in an instant, and even Audrey was half-kneeling, her eardrums buzzing.

"Ahh

"Upper!"

Audrey struggled to look up, just in time to see the scene of the collapse of the house next to her.

Time seemed to slow down, and she saw large and small masonry and building materials detached from the building itself, and smashed towards the small escape team from a building about ten meters high like rain.

Grit fell to her blonde hair, and the sand mesmerized her turquoise eyes.

Help us.

Obviously, there are still a few meters to the subway station......

Audrey closed her eyes and hugged the wounded man of her own age in her arms, and despair was stretched to the limit at this moment.

Smack.

Something smashed into her head, and there was no death she waited for, and there was no smashing into meat sauce that she waited.

Boom la la la......

More things hit the ground, and they hit the ground and bounced up, accompanied by the screams and cheers of the people.

Audrey opened her eyes in confusion, and she saw that beautifully packaged candies and chocolates continued to fall from the sky, and the sand still filled the surroundings, but countless gummies and hard candies crackled on the ground, fell on the stone slabs, and landed on her shoulders.

A hand reached out to her.

Li looked at the girl who was covered in dust and had a little tears in the corners of her eyes, and sighed at the other party's skirt that was worth a lot of money but was now completely scrapped. She reached for it, and in the palm of her hand lay the small biscuits that she didn't want to finish.

"Are you brave enough to eat a cookie?"

She praised the somewhat familiar little girl: "Don't be afraid, now you are safe." ”

Audrey wiped the back of her eyes as she looked into the palm of her hand, where the brown bear was smiling at her.

tbc

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It's late, but it's here.