[Four chapters. I couldn't hold on any longer, but I found out that my monthly votes increased by more than ten votes … … So this thing is really like a stimulant.]
Glory City finally organized a decent attack. The remaining assassins were surrounded by the Knights of Light. Except for Byrne, the rest of the assassins retreated with the believers.
Byrne counted. Five assassins were still alive, but one of them was heavily injured. The other four assassins wanted to end their lives with their short swords, but they were stopped by the priests. A white light enveloped the assassins, and they all stopped moving as if their souls were taken away.
The altar collapsed, and the priest in charge of the ceremony was assassinated. This has never happened since Glory City was established.
The Cardinal Bishop in charge of Glory City had a splitting headache. He personally went to the scene and looked at the collapsed altar. He immediately ordered, "Seal the square. No one is allowed to enter. Knights of Light, be on guard. Call the two Knight Groups outside back as well! "
"Yes, Cardinal, but … …" The cardinals answered, but they didn't understand why the square was sealed. This square had thousands of years of history, and it could attract many believers. If it was sealed, it would be even more disadvantageous to Glory City.
"Do it!" The Cardinal Bishop's face darkened as he shouted.
The collapsed altar was surrounded. The Cardinal Bishop ordered the Knights of Light to completely seal the altar. He then walked to the edge and looked at the center of the altar.
There was a bottomless black hole there. Even a level 9 priest couldn't see the end of it.
Glory City had a history of more than two thousand years. It was one of the few religious cities that appeared in the Fourth Dynasty. This was the place where the Holy Church was founded. If the cardinals didn't follow the Cardinal Bishop to the edge of the altar, they wouldn't be able to see the big hole in the ruins.
All the cardinals had the same thought in their minds – we're rich!
They spent their entire lives in this city, but they never knew of such a place. This city was so old, and the priests of the Fourth Dynasty were much more powerful than they are now.
Ruins! A miracle!
The Cardinal Bishop thought for a while and finally said, "Send people down. Don't use slaves, in case … …"
The Cardinal Bishop didn't continue. He hoped that there was a miracle down there. If he sent slaves to investigate, it would be blasphemy. If it really was a miracle, then the Cardinal Institute's chance to turn the tables had arrived.
"Bishop, what should we do with these assassins?"
"Trial, start the atonement process. I want these people to regret coming here." The cardinal did not thank these assassins at all for obtaining a mysterious cave. The cardinal who was killed by the assassins was his student. The Cardinal Bishop hid his anger very well. It had been decades since he lost his temper in front of outsiders.
It was ridiculous and pathetic for a man who had lost his power to lose his temper.
The atonement procedure was one of the more severe trials, but the five assassins' expressions did not change. When they entered Glory City, they knew that they only had a ten percent chance of escaping.
There were too many professions among the believers, so it was impossible for them to retreat all of them. Now, less than one-third of them had been sacrificed, and the rest had already hidden among the believers, including Byrne.
Night fell. The trial was held in the Atlantis Cathedral, south of Glory City. Five stone pillars were temporarily erected.
The five assassins were stripped naked, their hands and feet pierced with iron chains, and tied to stone pillars. There was also a square in front of the Atlantis Cathedral. Now, there were more than two thousand believers of Glory City gathered here. These believers wanted to see how these five despicable people would be judged.
The Cardinal Bishop was a little absent-minded. The trial hasn't started yet. He stood in front of the stone pillar and looked at the five assassins who were covered in blood. These assassins' hands and feet were pierced by iron chains, and they were immediately healed by the priests with powerful divine spells. The iron chains were now embedded in their flesh. If they wanted to escape, they would have to suffer a lot more pain.
To an assassin, this kind of pain might be nothing, but a meaningless escape would make one feel despair.
The Cardinal Bishop really wanted to ask these five assassins why they did this. They knew that they would die, but they still came to Glory City to assassinate. They should have a purpose, but it looked like these five assassins and their accomplices were crazy.
Would people without faith sacrifice their lives like this?
Byrne was also among the people waiting for the trial. Not only him, but all the assassins who escaped were also here. Although the Holy Church had many ways to search the city and continue to find the accomplices of the assassins, because of the black hole that appeared under the altar, the Cardinal Bishop was a little numb, or rather, lazy. However, this hasn't happened in Glory City for more than two thousand years. The measures taken to deal with it couldn't be compared to the Holy City.
The cardinals were also completely focused on the bottomless black hole. Without these seventh-level mages to screen them one by one, the assassins easily deceived the low-level mages.
Byrne looked at the five people on the stone pillar with heartache. This is only the beginning. What comes next is probably the most tragic.
"You won't die, and I won't ask you to admit any sins." The Cardinal Bishop couldn't help but speak. He slowly said to the five assassins on the stone pillar, "To put it simply, the atonement process is to purify you and turn you into believers of God. From now on, you will repent for what you have done in the past every day. Of course, this will be very painful, because your souls won't approve of this. "
The five assassins sneered at the Cardinal Bishop's words. They didn't think about leaving this place alive, and they didn't even think about ending it like this.
"I have seen a lot of stubborn people. The luckiest all entered the Inquisition, and the unluckiest all became the Red Guards of His Majesty the Pope. They obviously hate, but they want to use their bodies to atone for their sins and protect. A human's soul can be cut into many parts, and they can oppose and clash with each other. Have you ever thought about this pain? "
One of the assassins finally couldn't help but say, "I have a piece of advice."
"Please speak."
"The shape of your head is really bad. It looks like old corn. Usually, when we are in the countryside, we would feed this kind of corn to pigs. When I see you, I think of pig feed. It's messy and stinky. That stinky smell is very similar to your perfume. So, you should change your hair style and perfume. Only then will your words be more convincing. "
The Cardinal Bishop laughed and said, "As an assassin, you aren't vicious enough. You disappoint me."
The assassin deliberately made a fiendish grin and said, "I will not disappoint you."
"Ignorant. Under the glory of God, there is nothing that cannot be changed. Once the trial is over, you will obediently go and scout the path for me. Then, you will understand what I mean." As the Cardinal Bishop finished speaking, he felt much better. He no longer spoke nonsense with the assassins and returned to his seat in the Inquisition.
Byrne's complexion changed. He had clearly heard the conversation between the Cardinal Bishop and his subordinate. He originally only wanted to send his subordinate off, but now he had no choice but to change his mind.
The plan had to continue.
In the small square in front of the Atlantis Cathedral, the divine runic arrays on the ground shot out over 100 beams of light into the sky, forming a dome in the sky. Like this, the entire square was shrouded in the radiance of the divine technique.
Only the five stone pillars were dark, as if they were swallowing the light. The assassins on the stone pillars silently prayed in their hearts. They also had their own beliefs. The belief of an assassin was to complete their mission.
If they did not become assassins, their lives would be mediocre and their children would not be raised by the royal family, nor would they have the chance to enter the high society of the nobles.
Everything had changed because of a single sentence from Emperor Chanak. Their mission had given their children an unlimited opportunity. Even though Emperor Chanak had died, these orders were still being carried out. These children would never know that they had a father. They had entrusted their lives to the Glükos family.
This was a fair and cruel trade. Even now, these assassins did not regret it.
In the Inquisition, there were cardinals on both sides of the Cardinal Bishop. The one in charge of the trial was a first grade divine official. This first grade divine official walked to the other side of the stone pillars. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly discovered that the faces of the five assassins on the stone pillars were all distorted. From their faces to their necks, chests, abdomens, thighs, all the exposed skin had purplish-red blood vessels bulging.
The ears of the five assassins swelled. More accurately, it was as if they were being stretched and became incomparably thin. In their eyes, the brownish-black pupils were spinning rapidly. Their bones made crackling sounds as if there was a magical potion burning and exploding inside them.
Before the collapse of the Fourth Dynasty, the profession system on the Myers Continent was very complicated. At its peak, there were more than 20,000 professions. As the power of humans declined, professionals became experts that were different from ordinary people. After learning swordsmanship, even if there was only a trace of sword energy, one could be called a beginner swordsman.
Now, these professions had basically disappeared due to the decline of human power. Only a few skills were still circulating in ancient books, being studied and explored by mages.
These five assassins were using an ancient skill — Summoning Possession.
To summon a powerful creature from another plane and fuse it into one's body, the key to activating this skill was Byrne. These assassins had a mysterious connection with Byrne in the depths of their souls. As long as Byrne allowed it, they could use this skill.
The skill provided by the Glükos Royal Family was short-lived, powerful, bloody, and terrifying.
The pupils of the five assassins spun rapidly. When the white-robed divine official felt the danger, the pupils of the five assassins shattered at the same time. Their bodies split from the middle, and inside their bodies, a creature from an unknown plane was forcibly fusing with the bodies of the assassins.
With a click, the iron chain that passed through the arm of the first assassin was torn off. His body had turned dark green, and his skin cracked and fell to the ground. His muscles had swelled to a terrifying extent. He turned around and hugged the stone pillar. With a forceful shake, the one-meter-diameter stone pillar issued a cracking sound, and just like that, he held it in his arms.
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