Volume 2: The Golden Covenant and the Dispute Between the Golden Covenant and the Divine Promise Chapter 10: The Sacrifice (2)
The other carriage that left the crowd sped through the forest in the direction of Redcliff City to the north. On the carriage sat a disgusting witch.
The carriage drove into the marble walls of Redreeve City. Towering minarets and steel flying buttresses carved with dragons flash through the carriage windows, while the gilded old houses in front of them look like dismantled clocks due to the moving copper gears on the arches.
In the center of the city, in the majestic hall of the lords. A Shinno in a green silk cloak with his back to the door of the hall was embroidered with white feathers. On the weapon rack not far from him, there was a silver spear engraved with the word "thousand".
"Lord Dolores Sasmu, everything is going according to plan, don't forget to prepare the promised gold. Mary looked down at the burly lord in front of her.
The wind blew Dolores' brown hair, and the tips of her hair, dyed green by the years, fluttered. "Mary, look at me like this. Being a lord is really tiring enough, not only to obey the orders of the King of Order, but also to find ways to make the people below the rank obedient. Take those two girls as sacrifices this year, and continue to do so in the future. He said. He pressed his thick arms against the window frame, and the glass reflected his square face.
"After this is the case, ensure that all men will worship the god of order, and that there will be no more shouts for the prince," Mary chuckled, and then said greedily, "what will happen to the fruit that your lord has secretly transferred by magic?"
Outside one of the minaret's overhanging arches is a rotating steel passage that connects to another towering minaret. Dolores disdained the ugly witch and kept her back to her, staring at the swirling steel passage outside the tower. "The old rule, half of it is yours, and half of it is for the night church. He said.
"The sacrifice is held tonight, and you are there for you?" the witch's eyes sparkled and she flattered, "If the adults were to come, the untouchables might be convinced." ”
"No need. I have more important things, so I'll leave this matter to you. ”
Dolores didn't really like the flattering witch, but when it came to loyalty, Mary Campbell was more reliable. Then he walked out of the main hall and meditated in the courtyard with paintings carved on the walls. The image of a few days ago came to his eyes.
"Mistress Dolores, you understand," Pike the Night Stalker swirled around the gilded pillar in the courtyard, then looked at the maid in front of him, then held the pillar with his sharp claws and licked the gilt on the pillar, "In a few days, Lord Cada Austin will be here." If you haven't gotten a clue from the half-dead prince, you'll be dead even more miserably than these handmaidens. ”
The sword-wielding maid next to her was frightened by Pike's staring gaze, and her body trembled and shrunk into a ball. As Pike's claws approached, the maids fled in a panic, "Sir, help us, Lord Lord!" and Dolores remained in place, not daring to move forward, just watching as Pike stretched his paws towards the maids.
"Ahh The maids burned to ashes in the pitch-black flames, and the ashes mockingly floated over the green banner embroidered with the word "thousand". Pike then left the pillar satisfied.
"Hmph, demon!" Dolores clenched her teeth, unusually angry, but didn't dare to trespass, "That's good. I'll let him speak, by all means!, but you'd better not delay our sacrifice tonight, for it's something the King of Order would be happy to hear. ”
"Tsk...... I know about it, and I'm not going to bother you. Pike dissolves into a black mist and disappears.
Darkness had come, and the announcement of Redleaf City had already spread, and there was a lot of discussion on the streets. More and more people lit torches and followed the witch's carriage to gather in the town of Sacred Fruit. And the inhabitants of the town of Holy Fruit have already set up an altar at the wolf king's cave. The three Shennuo guards walked back and forth outside the sleeping stone house, waiting for them.
"Looks like the time is almost up. Glori, who hadn't slept all night, was a little tired, and didn't even notice another familiar magic. On a tree not far from the Wolf King's cave, he rested one foot flat on the trunk and the other on the branch, crossed his arms on his chest, and continued to wait, yawning, but every figure in the sacrifice was in his eyes, not to mention the number of guards. "Last night, I really shouldn't have gone to the lord's hall to find out the news. He said.
"Strange, how can there be mechanical guards from the Thousand Feather Legion?" said a Terran resident who had been overtaken by a carriage and returned to the gravel path, confused.
"Haha, you don't even know? It's a mechanical guard made with the skills of the craftsmen of the Kano clan. "The young man with the flaming sword on his back jumped from the tree.
"You know a lot, but why don't you go to the lord's hall to ask for an errand?" said the man with a look of disdain, "That's one of the reasons why you and I are hiding in the Forest of Dreams. ”
The owner of the flaming sword shrugged. "Well, hiding from the Orderly? But what about such a thing that is not afraid of swords?" he said to himself, "no, it feels? He relied on his senses to find the source of the subtle fluctuations in magic that he cared about.
Just then, the witch's carriage arrived. The witch got out of the carriage and walked slowly to the altar. She said, "Then, everyone be quiet, the sacrifice is about to begin." Guards, bring those two sinful girls up!" the witch's face looked even uglier in the reflection of the torches, and her long nose was more curved than the owl's beak.
"Let go, you cowards who have betrayed your faith!" Zoe struggled angrily as she was dragged out of the stone house.
Next to Zoe, Iris Flore, was a little scared. She shouted, "Come and save us." Didn't you make an appointment to come and save us?"
"God of Order, bless, how dare anyone rob the sacrificial ritual?" the witch smirked sarcastically, "Mechanical guards, keep an eye on the altar." ”
"Alright, the witch's show isn't over yet, is my show about to begin?" the speaker heard the shout and pulled out the flaming sword in his hand. He was going to squeeze through the crowd and go up to the rescue.
Under the protection of the mechanical guards, the witch didn't have anything to worry about, just wanted to complete the planned thing as soon as possible. "Hold the girl to the altar. She said. She looked around. Then, she stretched out her arms, "Guardian of the Dream Forest, I am here to respond to your wrath by offering you this heavy sacrifice. ”
Just as planned, the wolf king, who had been spelled by psychedelics, came out of the cave in order. Its eyes glowed blue. It's just that...... Watching its swaying steps makes people laugh. It stumbled to the edge of the altar as if drunk.
"Haha...... Haha......" In the crowd, someone finally covered his mouth and laughed.
"Quiet! Hurry up and bow down, don't stare at the wolf king. Otherwise, you will be cursed for life. "Witches fool people.
"Do you believe it? these onlookers are crazy!" Glori was worried about the two mechanical guards who had arrived. He clenched the hilt of his sword, and he couldn't even look at it anymore. He thought to himself: this wolf king who was under a psychedelic spell has no lethality at all.
The Fantasy Wolf King looked at the two beautiful girls in front of him dizzily, and couldn't help but touch them with his paws a few times, but without a murderous expression, and then lowered his huge body. Irris, who had been crying and mourning, was rubbed a few times by the wolf king's claws, and then raised her courage, glanced at the wolf king's round eyes, and laughed, while Zoe yelled fiercely at the wolf king, preventing the wolf king from approaching them. The wolf king looked around in a daze, a little aggrieved, almost choking back tears.
The scene in front of her was unplanned, and the witch was a little caught off guard. "Eat them!" she urged. She watched the wolf king, who was not angry, accidentally said something wrong, and quickly corrected it, which made people sound very lame. She continued: "O great wolf king, please partake of our offerings, appease your wrath, and keep the harvest of the orchard forever. ”
The wolf king was still lying on his stomach, touching the faces of the two girls with his paws. The witch couldn't help it, she didn't want to consume it, so she simply shouted, "Guard, put the girl to death!" and the two mechanical guards walked up to the altar.
As the guards stepped forward and raised their spears, a flaming sword of flame sliced through the night sky and landed firmly in the stone bricks of the altar between the two girls and the guards. Another sword appeared at the same time, stabbing the ground in front of the witch.
The frightened witch took two steps back and hurriedly shouted, "Guards, come and protect me!"
The guards stopped what they were doing and leapt down from the altar.
"Stop! I can't stand it anymore, this witch is even more ridiculous than those courtiers!" The owner of the Flaming Sword jumped from the top of the tree and laughed. When he turned to look at the witch, he was surprised. "The sword...... Is that Glori Carlos?" he recognized the message on the sword.
Then, the sword in front of the witch's eyes vanished in a burst of blue light. "Dylan Borez, you're still alive!" said Glori, jumping down from the tree. He had an indescribable look on his face.
"That's wonderful, how have you spent all these years?" said Dylan excitedly. He almost forgot what was in front of him.
"Witch yours, mechanical guards mine," Glori planned to rescue the two girls before catching up, "Dylan, after that, let's have a drink and talk, shall we? ”
"You guys!" the witch felt a little tricked, "Guard, catch them for me!"
"No, the mechanical guards me, the witch yours. And I've already tasted the food and wine in the wagon. Dylan thought back to the delicacies that had been sent to the stone house, and the corners of his mouth furrowed. Before he could finish speaking, he had already rushed towards the mechanical guards.
"You robbed those two girls of their food? You're still the same, and you can never resist the temptation of food. But don't be tough, these mechanical guards are dangerous. Glori didn't know if Dylan had fought the mechanical guards, and gave Dylan a reminder.
"Nothing can stop me from going to another table after this. And you're here, I'm at ease. Dylan ignored it and swung his sword straight up. Glori, on the other hand, ran towards the witch's magical light curtain.