Chapter 34: The Turning Point
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The two stood still, staring at each other on the bleak gray wilderness.
Lecio scanned the burly young priest carefully—the black robe, the black hammer, the black horse, and the armor of dark gold. This is the hallmark of the Church of the "Lord of Eternity".
"Big liar!" he scolded first, "I didn't expect you to have two more hits." I thought they were all soft-footed toads that would only croak!" As he spoke, he drew a pair of short swords, his eyes burning with bloodthirsty fighting spirit! The strength and equipment of the other party are far above him. There is no victory in this battle, but even if you lose, you cannot be humiliated! Isn't the heroic destruction of Miè the teaching of the god of Sebranda? He prayed in his heart: "O Supreme Sebranda, behold your servant to make the last sacrifice for you on earth!"
The priest on the other side spoke: "You madmen of the evil gods of Sebranda, how dare you dare to act in the land of the Lord of Eternity's shepherds! Throw down your weapons, or the wrath and curse of the Lord will come upon you, a lowly creature!"
"Hahahaha. Lecio almost bent his waist with a smile: "Who do you big liars fool? Do you think I don't know the details of your church? What can you do but seduce the brainless fools and fools with horrible doomsday rumors and exaggerated promises? Can you let the mountains collapse? Can you let the storm rage? You can't!"
He went on to say in one breath: "What can you do but be in cahoots with those noble lords, and use the so-called will of God to force the poor peasants to give up their will to resist? Have you ever destroyed civilization? Have you ever reshaped mountains and rivers? No, what can you do but buy cheap hearts and bribe insatiable officials with money of unknown origin?
"Shut up!" exclaimed the priest in exhortation, "You madmen who collude with demons and will only destroy and ruin Miè, today I will purify you once and for all on behalf of the Merciful Yahweh!"
"Hahaha. Lecio laughed fearlessly: "Collusion with demons? hahahahaha." When the Supreme Ser Pagoda God wants to destroy something, he still needs to collude with the demons? Hahahaha, you hypocritical fellows, full of kindness and love, but in fact full of intrigue and selfishness! Don't think that your rhetoric of deceiving the ignorant can deceive others! Do you think that others don't know about your collusion with demons, the elimination of dissidents, and the buying and selling of souls?"
"Shut up!!" the angry priest snapped a few incantations and pointed at Lechio.
A strange force pierced his ears, and he saw the priest's lips move again, but he couldn't hear a sound—he had been "deaf"!
Before he could react, the priest's second magic followed!
Suddenly, it was pitch black all around, and you couldn't see your fingers even if you put your hand to your face! The deep darkness seemed to isolate the human soul in an infinite void space.
But Lecchio knew that this was an illusion, and that this "deep darkness technique" could only cover a radius of 120 feet (about 40 meters). He was 30 feet away in one leap, and it only took a few jumps to get out of this range!
There was a thud and the ground shook. He couldn't hear, but with the power of the wanderer, he could feel a slight vibration with his steps. Now the ground shook so fast and violently that the priest was already behind him on a dark horse that had performed an acceleration!
Hurry!
He was shrouded in darkness and couldn't see, and he was deaf. There is no way to dodge the priest's high-speed attacks.
Fight! He turned his heart sideways and jumped back!
The howling wind crashes with the body!
The bones crackled and shattered, and the internal organs cracked.
Palik rode out of the depths of the darkness, and he had a special ring that allowed him to see normally in the darkness. The hammer just now slammed into the Assassin, and he was finished!
Suddenly, he felt the hammer in his hand sink a little heavier than usual, and glanced back.
The emaciated assassin actually held the hammer between his hands and feet! His nose and mouth were covered with horrific blood, and his eyes were wide open, but he still had no breath!
Suddenly, he raised his hand, and a short sword turned into cold light and shot dazzlingly!
Palik's head deflected as hard as he could, and the dagger slashed through half of his ear and shot it through.
"Die!" Angry, Palik slapped the Assassin's head, and the power of the "Fatal Damage Technique" rushed into the Assassin's body.
Lecio fell to the ground like a broken pillow, and his life flew away.
"O Supreme God of Thalberta. He prayed feebly, "I've done my best." In a trance, God rejoiced in his soul.
He died of exhaustion.
Palik turned and dismounted, hurrying to heal his wounds. Then he went to the corpse and scolded him viciously: "Mortal who has died ten thousand times! How dare you be so presumptuous to the messenger of the Lord! I ought not to have killed you! I should have roasted you on a slow fire for a whole morning! Let me hear your wonderful wails and begs for mercy!"
He cursed in the most vicious words of all kinds, and swung his hammer at the corpse, smashing the torso into a ground of blood and flesh. If he hadn't had to go back with the head, he would have trampled it into a rotten watermelon.
Hamon Welltown, inside the Baron's room.
Palik offered the head of the Assassin.
The old baron, who was lying listless on the bed, showed a good spirit of returning to the light, and he gasped excitedly: "Great, great. Palik, you're a talent, and I used to blame you wrong. ”
Palik was secretly happy in his heart, but he caught a glimpse of Grimm next to him with a hint of hatred.
The old baron's body was already weak, and now he had lost so much blood that he could no longer support it. At this moment, his face turned unusually flushed, and he said to the old butler out of breath, "Go and get paper and pen." ”
The pen and paper were brought, and the old baron wrote a few words with trembling hands. As soon as he finished writing, the breath was relieved, and the person passed out.
Palik, Grimm, and the old butler came up to see that it was a will—after my death, my nephew Palik would take over the territory and inherit the title of baron.
Grimm's face turned pale for a moment, and he stepped forward, trying to grab the will to see what was going on.
Suddenly, the old butler grabbed the will and flashed to the side and shouted, "You can't tear it up!"
Palik was also taken aback, for fear that the will would really be torn up by Grimm, so he hurriedly grabbed Grimm. The strength of the strong priest was so great that he almost tore the emaciated mage down.
The two of them stared at each other!
The atmosphere in the room was extremely solemn.
After a long time, Grimm said in a trembling tone, "I, I'm not trying to tear it. I just want to see what happened. ”
Palik sneered: "Don't look any further, everyone saw clearly just now that I am the heir of this territory." Grimm ** Division. The word "big" was said awkwardly and sarcastically.
Grimm trembled uncontrollably and shouted violently, "Why?!Why is this happening?!"
He frantically shouted, "O gods, why is that?!" and rushed out the door.
"When-when-when-" a distant bell rang in the town, a signal to everyone to assemble in the small square. The people, who had just been ordered to return to their homes so that they could hunt down the Assassins, walked out in confusion and slowly converged towards the small square.
There is a small platform in the small square that is one and a half high, where the lord can make announcements, announce decrees, etc. Standing on it now was the future heir of the realm, Palik, though the old baron was in a deep coma and had died. But he could no longer suppress his impulses, and immediately ordered the old bell to be rung on the lord's small castle and gather all the people in the town. He's going to announce a heavy order!
He stood quietly on the platform, watching the crowd slowly gather, from a few people to a crowded group, from a quiet look to a buzzing noise.
What a glorious feeling—— these people, their bodies will be dominated by me as lords! These people, their souls will be under the control of me as priests! What a great union of power and church!
What a wonderful feeling that the worldly lords and the heads of the church are about to be gathered together on me! Words cannot describe it at all! No wonder the archbishops are meddling in secular politics, desperately trying to exclude other churches, and even other parties—think of it, all the people here are about to kneel at my feet, and my will will will be above their bodies and minds, and I will be the supreme lord of this land! Great Lord! This excitement, joy, and supreme glory is almost unbearable! Yes! Perhaps only the Lord could have felt more wonderful. Then I will have happiness second only to the Lord.
"Hehehehe-hehe-" He couldn't control his excitement and laughed quietly. It was as if the Lord of Eternity was raining down a golden light over him, imprinting the divine blessing in his soul. It seems that he has incarnated himself as a twelve-winged angel standing on the side of the mighty gods, above ten thousand people under one man, and is about to lead countless armies to conquer the distant pagan kingdoms, turning their countries into infinite scorched earth, turning their lives into red dust, and sending their souls into the deepest purgatory!
Frik was accompanied by a small group of people to the small square. Now that she has obtained the second-order divine skills bestowed by the water elemental god Eliqia, coupled with some medical techniques she learned from Dong Hezi's mentor, she has been able to deal with most of the diseases and injuries in the territory, and has won high praise and support from the people. As long as you go out, there will always be someone curious or enthusiastic to accompany you. Of course, there are also people who want to have a good relationship with her in order to get more benefits. However, she didn't care about this, and even wanted to take the opportunity to use the goddess Elichia's canon to educate them.
The priest standing on a small platform not far away cast a fierce and arrogant gaze at him. It looks like we're going to have another fight with him today. But the old baron had always disliked him, so why did he order the bell to ring for us to-day? and the soldiers next to him bowed down to him? Could it be that the old baron is dead?
The thought surprised Flich herself, but she didn't have time to pray to Goddess Elikia. The priest above waved everyone to be quiet, and then began to speak: "Today I would like to announce to you two important news on behalf of the baron! The first is that the baron has been assassinated by the conspiracy of the despicable, and their plot has almost succeeded. But the merciful Lord of Eternity has saved our Baron, and the head of the Assassin has been given to the Baron by me!"
The crowd was in an uproar, and the small square was noisy. This news surprised everyone, they did not know who would come to murder a little baron in the middle of nowhere, but the news did not shock them too much, and the spirit of gossip spontaneously appeared, and everyone began to talk and speculate among themselves about the conspiracy of the lord and the entanglement of interests between him and the baron.
Palik was very dissatisfied with the appearance of the townspeople, who were like aunts who had nothing to do after dinner, gathering to inquire about people's private affairs and spread bizarre rumors. Treat this kind of heavy political zhì incident as a child's play, as if she has become a long-tongued woman who is the source of rumors!
So he loudly announced the second astonishing news: "Because of my merits! The Baron has made a will, and it has been decided that I will inherit his title after his death!"
The crowd was in an uproar! Exclamations, stunned expressions, and violent arguments erupted together.
Palik was very pleased with the effect, and watched the crowd surprise him, talk and even quarrel, as if he had let a layer of light illuminate him. He raised his head proudly, and squinted down with cold eyes at the priest of the water element ** god-Flik.
You and your God are finished! He couldn't help but think with joy: Now that I have gained power, will I give you a chance to stand on your feet? I will redouble the humiliation you have secretly humiliated me! The Lord Almighty is the most righteous of all!
Then he uttered an even more astonishing remark: "Now I command you! renounce your faith in the water elemental gods, throw yourself into the name of the one true God, the Lord of Eternity, and become her most humble servant!"
He proclaimed in a loud voice, "Otherwise, I will take back your fields with the power of my lord, and drive out those who do not believe in the Lord from this land! Listen, I will now announce a decree that whoever wants to convert must expel a cult of the evil god! Destroy the idols, altars, and related things of the evil gods! Otherwise, you will be disrespectful and infidel! So now take your tools and destroy the altar of the water elemental god outside the city! Do it immediately!"
The crowd exclaimed in unison. Because the decision was so crazy! They stared angrily at Palik on stage, and a few of the young people almost spoke out against it. But their mouths squirmed a few times, but they held back, because the lord did have the power to drive the disobedient out of his domain! Although they were extremely dissatisfied, they did not dare to offend the future lord.
So they all turned their heads to look at Flich and put her in the center of the maelstrom! Some looked at her expectantly, hoping that she would be able to intervene to stop her, some looked at her anxiously for fear that she would be persecuted, and of course a few looked at her gloatingly, seeing how she ended miserably in the shadow of the power of another god.
It is not uncommon for people to be forced to convert. It's just that they all rely on abnormal violent means such as war. Such a blatant use of power to coerce is indeed very rare. In general, in order to balance the interests of all parties, the lord will not favor a certain god too much. Even if there is a bias, it will not do things absolutely, let alone expel all other gods from the territory. But there is no law that says you can't be evicted!
Palik looked at Flich more and more triumphantly: "Get out!" Get out into the wilderness and feed the gnolls! You lowly faiths are worthy of someone else's rations! Only the Most Holy and One Eternal Lord is the Supreme God! You cultists of evil gods should be burned at the stake, and let the fire burn your filthy bodies, and let the devil take away your lowly souls!
He was cursing viciously, but the priest of the water elemental god below shouted loudly, "How do we know if what you say is true or false?
Palik sneered in his heart, but his face was full of "humble" smiles. He called the old butler from the audience to the stage, told him to tell the townspeople about the situation, and took out the will.
When everyone learned the truth, they all looked at Flick in despair. The Shui Yuan ** God's favor here is still vivid, and they are really unwilling to give up. But they really don't have the power to resist a lord's decree.
Flick seemed unusually calm, unaffected by the feelings of the crowd. She thought for a moment, and suddenly said loudly, "You don't have the authority to issue any decrees now!"
Palik's face was calm, but he snorted coldly in his heart: I didn't? This old woman has a fever in her head.
But Flich said loudly again: "The lord's will is that you can only become a baron after his death, and then you have the right to issue decrees. But now the lord is only unconscious, not dead! and the lord once delegated his power to Master Grimm. The lord didn't revoke this authorization before he fell unconscious, so there is only one person who has the right to pronounce decrees now—and that is Master Grimm! You!
Everyone was beaming with joy and laughing loudly in celebration with each other's eyebrows. Some people cheered quietly. Yes, the power is still with Grimm.
The shape shì turned sharply, and Palik looked at this qiē with a grim face, and he took a few deep breaths, trying his best to maintain a "humble" expression. Then he said seemingly calmly, "You're right, ma'am." I do not have the authority to command you, now. He focused heavily on the word "now" and hurried away alone.
"What? am I still the acting lord?" Grimm asked the old butler again in ecstasy, and the ups and downs of life from the heaven of hope to the hell of despair in one day, and from the cold hell back to the heaven of power, were so thrilling!
"Yes. The old butler resisted his disgust for the little mage and said unusually calmly, "Now you still have the right to exercise the powers of the lord. He reminded: "Before the death of the baron!"
Grimm laughed and said happily, "Then I'm announcing that I'm going to blast Palik out of this town!"
"No!" said the old butler calmly, "he is the nephew of the baron, and no one else has the right to expel him at will except the baron himself." Unless there is a special reason. ”
Grimm was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "Of course there is a special reason! I suspect that he is plotting to murder my uncle so that he can become a baron here as soon as possible!
"I'm afraid it still doesn't work. The old butler still objected: "This is just your own idea, it may not be so." Besides, the soldiers didn't have the guts to expel a priest with a fourth-order divine skill from the city. ”
Grimm paced back and forth anxiously, cursing incessantly, "Is this a dead man! Do you want to let him stay here like a ghost?" I want to beat his head when I see his hypocritical expression!"
The old butler sneered in his heart: It's almost the same as him beating you flat. But if the two of you stay in the same castle, you're going to be in a lot of trouble. Let the two separate, and wait for the baron to wake up before making a decision. Then he spoke: "If you really suspect that the priest Palik has the intention of murdering the baron, then you can ask him to move out of this castle and guard the castle and the baron's room side by side, and forbid him to enter and leave." ”
"Good!" Grimm was overjoyed, and shouted again and again, "Get him out of this castle at once! and order Tivedes to bring men over and guard my uncle's chamber in the castle at once!
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