quicksilver blood

Chapter 455 Absurdity and Waiting

The holy city of Frankfurt has lost its former glory.

As people waited for the news of Jupiter IV's return day by day, the people in the city gradually began to become chaotic.But there are still people who pray to Tire every day, and bless their Pope to return safely.

However, that was all ruined two days ago.

That is the Holy Spirit worshiped by them. 900 years ago, he set fire to Mount Mochas with his life and blood, and killed 32 [-] pagans alone, the unknown saint Saint Mochas.He suddenly appeared as the spokesperson of Tyre, announced the death of Jupiter IV, and withdrew all the rights of the Cardinals in the holy name of the Holy Spirit who lived in the kingdom of Tyre, and he was to succeed him as the new ruler of Tyre. Pope, proclaimed himself Musa III.

Just when people haven't reacted to the impact of the continuous bombardment news.St. Mochas immediately issued the first oracle.

He ordered that all believers and all women in the city who had no Bansa blood for more than three generations be expelled from the city, and those who did not comply would be shot.

"Only by sacrificing the blood of Tyre can the glory witnessed by the holy city--" he said frantically, killing a pregnant woman with a big belly as if nothing had happened, and built a simple altar.

The Bansa woman with Tyre's blood flowing in her body was killed by him together with her unborn child before she could react.And a great elemental full of holy light hatched from her corpse.

The altar equipped with the concepts of "young Tyre", "breeding", and "the sun that has not yet risen" produced the effect of a bishop-level divine spell without consuming any divine grace.But being illuminated by the warm holy light, people can only feel chills from the inside.

At this time, people just remembered that, regardless of the issue of position, the unknown saint named after the mountain range where he died was once a murderous executioner.And the age he lived in was the age when Tyre's beliefs reached the most fanatical.

At that time, the undead had just announced their surrender, and Elcate was disarmed and fell into a long-term internal strife.The war between the gods and the undead has just come to an end, and the gods have carved up the land not covered by the frozen soil west of Erqat, which was burned to the desert.

It was the time when the power of the clergy was at its highest.A priest can judge the crimes of the viscount or even the earl at will. They can choose any civilians to sacrifice, and they have no sin to kill at will.The 30 years before and after that were the darkest period in the calendar of the gods.

Many people unite, believe in false gods that do not exist, and try to fight against the gods.But in front of the gods who have the backing of the true god, their resistance is ridiculously weak.Although because of the barrier of the wall of Aum, Tire did not actually receive any sacrifices, but the spirit that became fanatical and extremely excited when the believers performed the ceremony brought Tire a more pure power.So he also acquiesced in this behavior.

In order to appease the increasingly frequent riots, in the 119th year of the gods, the gods announced the prohibition of any form of human sacrifice, and defined it as the key difference between evil gods and righteous gods.

At that time, women were considered unclean by foolish people, and only pregnant women were holy.Children, old people, and women were not to bow down to Tire in full view, or they were to be summarily executed for desecrating an icon.They can only pray secretly to their gods for protection after the sun goes down, and wash the gods before the sun rises as atonement.

It was not until 691 in the divine calendar, under the call of the goddess of life, Coni, that women in Bansa achieved a relatively equal status in the religious sense, and it took a full 20 years before people got used to this change.

And when people finally saw clearly the true character of St. Mochas, who they had worshiped as a hero for 900 years and became the embodiment of courage and piety in various legends and myths, fear, regret and disgust came in like a tide. Some not so devout people's faith in Tyre began to crumble.

What made people even more absurd was that it was their cardinal who stood up at this time—that is, the host of the ceremony of evoking the saint.

What does it mean?They were actually attacking the saint they had summoned with their own hands—did they regret that they had performed this ritual?Doesn't even the cardinal know what kind of cruel and stupid murderer he is worshiping?Did they even deny their faith?

So, what is the meaning of your own beliefs?Is Tire really as loving and wise as the book says?

Before, the believers had never doubted.

At this time, they began to doubt Tire and the gods for the first time.

After an avalanche is created, it is difficult to stop it.

Hearing the news of the death of Jupiter IV, he was splashed with blood on the street by Mr. Saint, who was completely out of touch with the times hundreds of years ago, and then watched helplessly. They join forces to kill - all this is more absurd than any absurd drama.

Starting yesterday, the order in St. Frankfurt began to slowly collapse.

Some villains who could never enter the city before also mixed in. The place closest to the sun began to be mixed in with the smell of homeless people, beggars with sharp knives, and murderers who had never had faith.They walked in the streets of this holy city that they were never allowed to enter in a novelty, and felt a sense of pleasure similar to defiled pure girls.

Accompanied by the most chaotic and evil gang, after Roland twisted the wrist of the third man who tried to tear Roland's skirt with a knife, they got it in exchange for showing a short knife stained with fresh human blood. A warm gift from the innkeeper.

"Is this Frankfurt?"

Lilia asked for the third time: "This place, which is more criminal and chaotic than the city of wealth, is the holy city of Frankfurt?"

"Sin and chaos are not synonymous, Miss Lilia."

Gaharad responded nonchalantly.

Roland also nodded: "That's it for a while, just bear with it. After the cardinals send people to start cleaning up the dross, the rest of the people won't go crazy."

"So, brother Roland, when are we going to the temple? We've been waiting all day."

"No way, the time has not come yet. Even if we wait another week and a half, we have to wait." Roland replied softly.

"Well, the time has not come... The chaos here is indeed a bit too much."

Lilia sighed helplessly.Gahalad shrugged his shoulders, Jeno's eyes were full of faint sorrow, and a relaxed smile was forced out on his face.

However, no one, including Gaharad, knew that Roland's so-called "time has not come" did not mean waiting for the chaos to end.

Instead, wait for his ring to randomly come out with a high enough level, the unique magic of the Sun Domain——

(End of this chapter)