Francis watched the carver chisel into the unformed statue and watch the birth of a great work of art, thinking that it would take a lot of time to carve such a large marble material.

"What's the name of this statue?"

Hearing his words, the engraver looked back at Francis, who continued to add, "Every work of art has a name, and your statue should have a name as well. ”

Without much hesitation, the carver replied: "Hercules, Francis, the church wants it to be called Hercules." ”

"I have met gods, and they do not radiate light and justice like the ones you have sculpted."

"Oh? I always thought that God only existed in the Black Temple. —the engraver's tone was a little surprised.

Francis stood up and continued what he had just said: "Sometimes a mad princess, sometimes a monster with seventy-eight eyes, but they all seem to be gods, or the Most Exalted. ”

After that, Francis looked at the carver's portrayal of Hercules' half face, and the image of the god in front of him was not in the mouth of the bull he had experienced.

God may love everything but the world.

The carver looked thoughtfully at the statue, he hadn't really seen a god, and the Supreme Gauguin was a legendary thing.

People think that the church will redeem itself, not only because they believe so, but because they think it should be.

What the carver didn't figure out was that the gods were no different from the Supreme, mostly terrifying and aberrant things. They have no interest in redeeming human beings with two legs, two hands, and one head, and there are many 'gods' who prefer to drink enough human blood.

The world hasn't given up on illusions, Francis thought, or maybe there's no other choice but to trust the church.

"Francis, don't keep saying things to the engraver that he doesn't understand." Alice winked at Francis and continued, "God loves the world, and that's enough. ”

Seeing this, Francis said well, and did not say anything more to the engraver.

Alice has little interest in revealing the truth to the world, believing that ordinary people who know about it will only add to their annoyance or cause mass panic. Now, Alice needs to find her stage three potions, and she is already a little anxious.

"Then go and see the female guard chief, the news I get is not as good as what people have seen and heard firsthand. But I'll give you a reminder, if you don't feel good, forget the potion and go home quickly, you can't afford to mess with the demigod stage guys now. ”

After the carver finished speaking, he picked up the tool and made some changes to the face of the giant statue of Hercules, and Francis's words just now caused the carver to think a little.

He no longer cares about the opinions of the church, he wants to create a supreme image that is close to the truth.

What Francis said, yes, seventy-eight eyes, thought to the engraver, it would take a long time.

Seeing that the engraver was concentrating on her own art, Alice turned back to Francis and said, "Then please go to the chief of the guard with Richard." ”

"Why didn't you go?"

Alice laughed a few times, and explained as she walked to the foot of the statue: "That female guard captain looks a little familiar with you, you go and talk well, if you have any accidents, contact me as soon as possible." ”

"Why do you know me so well, I've never seen her before."

"Who knows, I think you probably got into a newspaper or something like that, so people saw it."

Francis didn't say anything more, even though he was helpless, but after seeing that Alice really didn't mean to follow, he had to take his weapons and equipment to find the female guard chief.

But on the way to find the female guard, Francis did not find Richard, and stood on the marble street looking left and right, and was stunned that he did not see a figure like Richard.

If something goes wrong, Richard should inform him and Alice.

In this way, Richard probably went somewhere else to rest, or maybe something else.

But just then, there was a commotion in the streets, and Francis followed the sound and realized that it was the female captain who was in trouble.

A shattered stone statue - a slain demon statue, a richly dressed man lying in a pool of blood, the chief female guard being questioned by the victim's friend-like person.

"Lisa, Chief of the Guard, do you realize how much fault you have caused by your dereliction of duty?"

The man called out the name of the chief of the female guard, and his tone was not good.

It seems that the young master of a certain nobleman accidentally encountered the demon stone statue, and then before he could breathe, the captain of the guard named Lisa failed to protect it.

"I'm going to tell the Senate the truth about this matter, and get ready to feed the monsters in the Colosseum."

The victim's friend threatened viciously, and Chief Lisa Guard remained silent, and Francis stepped forward.

He pulled out the black sword, spread his arms, and said in a loud voice: "There are many demon statues in this city, even I, a foreigner, know that I have to pay attention when I go out, so it doesn't make sense to blame the chief guard like this." ”

Lisa looked back and realized that it was Francis who had come to help her, and her expression was rather surprised.

She whispered to Francis, "Mr. Francis, you don't even know how to use a sword, so let's go away and leave me alone." ”

Francis froze for a moment when she heard Lisa's misunderstood, and then whispered, "You may not know, but I want to say - I know how to use a fucking sword." ”

Now it was Lisa's turn to be stunned.

When the nobleman saw that the two were constantly talking in a whisper, and that Francis was a foreigner, he said angrily: "She killed the son of the Celtic Count, and I, as his bodyguard, demand a duel of justice and vengeance from you, an accomplice!" ”

Hearing the word accomplice, Francis looked left and right, and found that there were only passers-by who stopped to watch, and it turned out that the accomplice was talking about himself.

"I accept your duel." Francis grabbed the hilt of his sword, looked at the nobleman and said calmly, "If I win, don't trouble the chief of the guard again." ”

The nobleman also drew his silver sword neatly, and replied with anger in a serious tone: "Don't worry, I will cut off the heads of both of you with my own hands!" ”

Lisa tried to dissuade Francis from provoking the nobles in the city, but Francis looked fearless and sure of victory, and suddenly remembered why he was so familiar with Francis. Then he asked, "You can't really be the new king of Thebea, right?" ”

Francis explained, with a complicated expression and a very troubled look:

"Some people say that, but I never think I am."