quicksilver blood

Chapter 448

Jeno no longer remembered how he left the temple, and how he returned to Roland and the others.

His mind was in chaos.The bishop's voice echoed in his ears repeatedly
"There is no plague. Remember, there is no plague."

Although the bishop's face could not be seen through the red curtain, Geno always felt that he should be smiling when he said these words.

The corners of the mouth are raised high, and the eyes are gently squinted, but there are no wrinkles at the corners of the eyes - just that kind of smile without warmth.

Killer smile.The hangman's smile.Alien smile.

——That was the smile of a monster.

"How's it going, Jeno? What's going on?"

Roland, who was standing outside the cordon, showed a concerned look.

"I……"

As soon as Jeno opened his mouth, he felt a numbness rising from the base of his tongue.As if there was sand in his throat, he couldn't help coughing twice, choking back the words he almost said.

What should he say?
No plague?Is it all the fault of the Blighter?Do not make jokes!
The Blighters are also druids, there is no way they can harm the forest!

Geno hates the Carals.I've hated it since I was a kid.

But, because of this, he knew the Karal better than the average bantha.He clearly knew that Druids were not barbarians wearing animal skins and dancing around stones. Withered people would never wither trees, and Druids could not transform into wild beasts at all.

Maybe the words of the bishop can fool others, but definitely not him.

From the bishop's words, Jeno knew that something big was going to happen to Bansa.

He watched those people in the Iris Swamp contract the plague little by little, and then died—not only him, but everyone in his team saw the whole process clearly.From the cold, dizziness, and weakness at the beginning, to nausea, vomiting, and convulsions later, bloodstains emerged from the body, and finally died quickly.

When he and his friends entered the Dark Forest, only a quarter of the people in the village had died.But after less than three days, there was no one left inside.Even the traces of their existence have been erased together.

Then, the officials seemed to know nothing.Not to mention that there was no declaration of war on Karal, no diplomatic remark, and no search was even sent.

It's like they knew and acquiesced to this from the beginning.

If the government can compromise, Jeno will understand who did it after a little thought.And felt chills all over his body.

This almost subverts the worldview that Jeno has cultivated for 50 years.However, the facts were right in front of him, and he couldn't believe it.

It is clear that the gods will do whatever it takes to hide the plague—in other words, to show that even the gods have nothing to do with this plague.Otherwise, His Majesty Ke Lanwo will definitely get rid of the plague.

Since even the gods can't dispel it, it undoubtedly means that this cannot be the punishment of the gods on Karal.

Maybe the gods are now expecting Kalal to develop a way to eliminate the plague first, or maybe they want to watch Kalal melt into the wind coming up from hell - but no matter which answer it is, it is consistent with the compassionate god he imagined. impression is completely inconsistent.

...kill them?Cut off their tongues?There can't be a plague in Bantha?These words are more aristocratic than nobles, more like murderers than murderers, how can they be said by a bishop!
In that moment he was grateful that the confessional had a red curtain.At least it kept the bishop from seeing the almost contorted look of anger on his face.

But even though he was almost dazzled by indignation and dissatisfaction, Jeno finally hesitated.

His buddies, whichever Geno they were, didn't want them to die.It is not easy for them to recover a life from the shadow of Longyi.They still have parents, and children, and brothers and sisters to support.Because of this, they desperately took on tasks to make money.If they die, or lose their fighting power, there will definitely not be only one person who will die.

For the first time, Jeno felt the weight of his life on his shoulders.

If according to his own personality, Jeno would never give up the opportunity to reveal the truth to the public.But this time is different, this time his bet is no longer his own life, but the lives of his partners, and even innocent people who are several times their number.

One is to make the truth of the plague known to the public at the cost of dozens of lives, so that people can recognize the truth as soon as possible; or to swallow poisonous sugar and choose silence in exchange for a stable life.

It's not a choice at all...

Geno opened his mouth and swallowed the words that came to his mouth again.

"……fine."

Facing Roland's gaze, Jeno hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "The merciful bishop has decided to forgive my sins..."

Of course, after taking the money.

Jeno resentfully added the second half of the sentence in his heart.

"Hey? Is that so? But I think your complexion is not very good. Did he make some harsh demands on you?"

Lilia asked bluntly.

"It's okay, as long as..."

Halfway through speaking, Jie Nuo's face froze suddenly.

At this moment, he suddenly realized something.

Even if he could shut up his partners, he couldn't interfere with the three of Roland.Whether in terms of position or force, he has no possibility of interfering with Roland's decision.

...No, before that, which side was Roland on?

He told Roland about the plague at first.It seemed that Roland didn't know about this matter.

However, His Excellency Bishop said that the opinions of all the temples in Bansa have been unified...

Is Roland acting, or is the bishop lying?Or in other words, Roland hasn't heard about it yet?So should I tell him?
The thoughts that kept coming up made Jeno's brain become a mess.He couldn't think rationally at all.

However, Roland's silver-grey pupils kept staring at his face, and the illusion of being seen through made the hairs on his back stand up.

Suddenly, Roland showed a brilliant smile.

He put his face close to Geno and asked softly: "As long as... the plague in Bansa is hidden?"

The sudden great fear made Jeno's pupils shrink to the limit in an instant.

As if he got the answer he wanted from Jeno's face, Roland raised his face and laughed heartily three times.

The surrounding guards suddenly looked serious, their right hands unconsciously resting on their waists, but they didn't dare to pull out their weapons.

However, what unfolded next made everyone, including Lilia, couldn't help but widen their eyes.

“If I see the sun shining in the sky, my heart is happy.”

Roland prayed loudly without warning: "This light is born from all around, rises from the east, hides towards the west, and never ends."

Immediately, intense golden holy flames surged out of his body.

After switching the domain to [Sun], Roland's holy fire also changed its attributes.

The scorching and dazzling holy flame made the surrounding order guards extremely frightened, and they retreated again and again.

It's fine if it's an ordinary person who doesn't have a relationship with God.It is precisely because they are Templars that they can realize what kind of brilliant light is blooming in Roland at this time.

It was a holy fire far beyond the size of a bishop.Roland's whole body was melted in the golden flames, and the three-meter-high holy figure stood majestic and mighty.The guard of order couldn't even breathe, so he knelt down tremblingly, kneeling on the ground.

"Bold!"

An old and angry voice sounded from a distance: "This is Rashenpi..."

"—You are the one who is bold!!"

The roar that was far louder than that of the old man rolled through the air like rolling thunder, easily suppressing the man's voice.

"Taking bribes, concealing the plague, misinterpreting the will of the gods, and killing the innocent—you are the one who is bold! Brave! The crime is unforgivable!"

(End of this chapter)