Chapter 487: Heretic Trial

A large-scale search in Luan City has begun.

The sabotage work carried out by the military intelligence operation team in the outer city finally pushed the chaos and division in the city to its peak, and the priests of the cathedral faced the order that was gradually losing control and took the measures they have always been accustomed to All effective countermeasures——

The Discipline monks and the Knights finally stopped holding back. They began to break into every house, interrogate every citizen, and take away all those suspected of being involved with heretics. Starting from the "Iron Cross Street" in the north of the city and continuing to the "White Pine Street" in the south of the city, the priests in black robes and the knights in armor seemed to bring fear together. The wave swept across the entire outer city.

When the wave rolled over, the unarmed civilians were all panicked and fearful. For a while, the knights’ scoldings, whipping sounds, and people’s cries filled every street. After the wave rolled over, the streets There was only a dead silence and a low cry hidden in the corner. On the surface, it seemed that this wave had flattened everything. However, as long as a slightly wise person took a turn in the city of Luan at this moment, , you will discover a disturbing fact:

In those streets and alleys, among the trembling citizens of Luan, among the most devout people in the entire southern region who believe in the God of Holy Light, there is no longer any Not a single prayer was heard.

However, it is a pity that at this moment, the Holy Light Cathedral can no longer hear or see the real situation in the outer city. The people in charge of the church have only one goal in mind at this moment: to conduct the heresy trial as soon as possible, although End this out-of-control chaos...

At the same time, outside Luan City, on the streets of the city in the central area of ​​the southern border, a large magic network terminal set up in the square was being projected over the sky. In the holographic image, the witch Jipri, who has gradually become a "famous figure" in recent times, is sitting in the image, and behind her is another dynamic picture: it is the chaotic streets of Luan City.

“…The city of Luan is falling into huge chaos, and the priests of the cathedral are arresting innocent citizens throughout the city… Anyone who disobeys the orders of the cathedral is labeled as a heretic, and the priests The knights fought against unarmed civilians...

"Our lords are still trying to find ways to communicate with the priests in Luan City, but the open letter sent to the city was confiscated by the cathedral and burned in public...< /p>

“The Holy Light Church in the city seems to have completely rejected our peaceful wishes. The armies led by the two generals Philip and Byron voluntarily evacuated to a few kilometers away from the city wall when they could destroy the Luan Cathedral at any time. Outside, the soldiers waited in the wilderness outside the city for eighty-six days, but only received unilateral resistance and hostility from the Louan Cathedral... We can't help but wonder, what do the priests in the cathedral want? What? We have managed not to send a single soldier, so why do you start killing your own innocent people?"

Accompanied by Jipri's heartbreaking words, the images in the holographic projection kept flashing.It shows a large number of leaflets and pamphlets being burned in public, brutal burnings, and scenes of church soldiers searching homes and intimidating people. In the last picture, it is an angry and ferocious church soldier who will A scene of civilians trampling underfoot, the roar of the church soldiers came from the screen: "...You dare to hide the Cecil people...Who gave you the courage to disobey the bishop's order?!"

All the pictures were obviously taken under very tense and secretive conditions, and many of the pictures were accompanied by seriously disturbing noises and color spots. The citizens gathered in the square looked at the cruel scenes in shock and fear. At the scene, the voice of Miss Witch continued to sound: "...This is the information sent by the messengers trapped in Lu'an City who risked their lives and used magic. I hope these brave messengers can survive this disaster safely..."

“Now, we have the editor-in-chief of Cecil Weekly, the respected scholar, Mr. Godwin Orlando, and several citizen representatives from Cecil City and Conde City. We will discuss Luan City live. What caused the current chaos? It will also explore an issue that a large number of viewers have been paying attention to recently: whether we should continue to wait for the priests in Luan Cathedral to make a rational response, and whether we should continue to respond to the current situation of the Holy See. The Church of Light remains looking forward to it - if we cannot wait for a rational and peaceful answer, is it necessary for us to use our own hands to establish a new order of Holy Light to avoid anyone continuing to tarnish the Holy Light..."

Gathering People in the square watched the pictures on the holographic projection with emotion, and looked at the current situation of Luan City that had begun to play in a loop behind Jipri as background images - the people gathered here expressed their opinions on the Holy Light Church's "punishment of heretics" In fact, the behavior is not unfamiliar. Everyone will interact with church pastors in their daily life to some extent, and will also see the scene of pastors or church soldiers whipping civilians for making mistakes. However, at this moment, the information densely displayed in front of them and their The experiences of the past were not the same at all. So many atrocities appeared together, stirring the nerves of everyone present.

As for what Miss Witch mentioned: a large number of viewers are paying attention to the issue of whether to establish a new Holy Light Order. There is almost no doubt.

Although most people have never thought about this level at all, but the witch lady said so, then this should be the case.

Although I am not paying attention to this matter, others may be.

People in this city are not paying attention to this matter, maybe other cities are paying attention.

Already, citizen representatives have come to the "program" and discussed this issue with the most famous scholars in the southern border. It seems that this issue has really become a hot topic and has become a topic that everyone is discussing. things.

"What are you waiting for! Those priests have gone crazy!"

I don't know who was the first to shout out in the square, and soon someone started to respond.

“The priests in Luan City will not open the door obediently.Dogs of the Northern Church! "The civilians in Luan City are also Cecils. We cannot let them suffer!" "Those priests are simply insulting the Holy Light!" Let our ‘white knights’ take over Luan City! ”

Before the security team who maintained order came to control the situation and reminded everyone to calm down and watch the show, similar calls were rang in almost every city and town with Magic Network terminal coverage. ...

However, the shouts outside Luan City could not reach the cathedral. Inside this "city of churches", preparations for the heresy trial were coming to an end.

The frightened people were once again driven to the square, gathering under the pressure of magic and swords - in this world with extraordinary force, the endurance of the lower class civilians showed a tragic strength at this moment. Even in this situation, they showed no signs of resisting the knights or priests. They gathered around the square like silent sheep, looking submissive and fearful.

However, they were in the middle of nowhere. Amber in the crowd could sense that there was an unsettling atmosphere in the silent flock. The atmosphere was intangible, but filled with the coldness and depression of an approaching storm.

It was too quiet, too silent, as quiet as death.

The wooden platform in the center of the square has been set up, and the ashes from the last burning have been cleared away. , but there still seems to be a lingering smell of burning in the square - since the establishment of Lu'an City, how many people have been burned to death here because of disobedience to the church, because of talking about the bishop, because of selfishness? Are they burned to death here for hiding scriptures?

The pungent smell of those burned to death as their corpses gradually charred seems to have soaked into the gaps of every stone brick, and today , these smells seemed to seep out little by little...

The side door of the church area opened, and the first to come out were a group of heavily armed church soldiers, and behind the church soldiers, Then came out a group of priests wearing gray linen robes, bare feet, and no crowns on their heads.

This is a sign of "discipline"

These are receiving. Those who punished were the clergy who had secretly hidden leaflets or discussed the bishop privately before. They walked behind the church soldiers, with black-robed monks on both sides maintaining the team. They lowered their heads and walked to the inner edge of the square. The one closest to the civilians stopped.

Some civilians quickly glanced at the priests who seemed to be being punished, while the latter glanced at the civilians in the square with the same curiosity.

Subsequently, the door to the church area opened. The Bishop of Luan Cathedral, Fran?Béran appeared in the square with his group of priests.

They are surging with brilliant holy light, their white robes are still neat and shiny, their steps are steady and energetic - even when food rations have been repeatedly reduced and the rations of civilians in the outer city have been reduced to semi-starvation. At this moment, their faces are still rosy, and their skin is plump and healthy.

Surrounded by the priests, Fran Béran came to the high platform, and then frowned slightly.

The atmosphere here made him very uncomfortable.

The too dead square... was filled with numb and stupid untouchables. However, those who used to just lower their heads and tremble now looked at themselves with strange eyes.

That look was neither awe nor offensive. Fran Béran could not tell what it was. He only felt that those eyes seemed to be those of a group of dead people, but they also seemed to be looking at dead people. Eyes.

Probably because of hunger...

France Béran suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and used great tolerance to forgive the offense in those people's eyes. He knew that today's The heresy trial was a very crucial ritual, and he had to endure it until it was completed.

A sound of armor scraping came from the side of the square. Another group of church soldiers escorted a dozen ragged people to the wooden platform and tied them to the ropes that had been prepared. On the pillar.

Fran Braun calmed down, then faced the square. He encouraged the Holy Light so that his voice could spread here: "People of the God of Holy Light - I know that you are here In fact, I am devastated by the suffering I have suffered these days...

"...It is the devil who has seduced and corrupted your relatives and friends, and implanted doubts and divisive thoughts into people's minds. ..."

The square was silent, no one cheered, no one objected, and there was not even a little commotion.

Such a cold and dead reaction was the result of Frank Bay. It was something Long had never encountered before. He seemed a little embarrassed for a moment, and then a little annoyed.

However, his preaching had begun, and he had to continue.

So he continued. Forcibly suppressing the unhappiness in his heart, he encouraged the Holy Light even more, letting the magnificent divine light around him create a huge momentum, and the momentum created finally caused some commotion in the square - these commotions finally Allow him to continue his preaching: "...Today, I am here to expose the devil's tricks and expose the shadows they lurk in people's hearts!

"Those who have been bewitched by the devil will undoubtedly be exposed and then purified, while those who have not been bewitched will naturally be fairly identified and released - I will promise to everyone, This trial is fair and effective!

“Swear to the God of Holy Light, the glory and justice of the Lord will be upheld! ”

Francan Béran raised the scepter in his hand high. Normally, after he finished shouting the exciting wordsAfter the trumpet, he had to wait for a while, waiting for people to cheer like a tsunami. However, at this moment, he had realized that such cheers were difficult to come, so he simply omitted unnecessary details in the ceremony and directly inspired The magic power in his whole body, while communicating with the voice of the God of Holy Light in his heart, released a wide range of divine magic.

Accompanied by a soft sound that sounded vaguely like a holy voice, a hazy white halo spread out with Fran Béran as the center.

Seeing such extraordinary power, the civilians in the square finally became a little commotion again, and on the wooden platform in front of the crowd, those who were tied to the pillars stared with wide eyes. With an expression of fear and nervousness, they watched the halo sweep across them with a seemingly unstoppable momentum——

Wherever the halo swept, a faint curtain of light immediately appeared on the bodies of those who were tied up. Immediately afterwards, the light curtain began to shake violently, distorting countless shadow-like cracks. Those hazy cracks floated beside and above them, looking extremely eye-catching.

Flan Béran looked at this scene with satisfaction: just as he expected, it is impossible for those who are in fear and self-doubt to pass the heresy trial.

The halo continued to spread outside the platform and gradually appeared to dissipate.

The crowd at the inner edge of the square looked nervous when they saw the halo approaching. Some people quietly took half a step back, but they did not dare to move too obviously for fear of being discovered by the priests on the stage. , and some people obviously stood too far forward - they fell into the scope of the halo.

France Braun was surprised to see a few bright and constant lights shining in the halo of the Great Divine Word that was about to dissipate.

Is there such a level of piety among the common people?

He originally just wanted to use the aftermath of divine magic to shock the civilians, but he didn't expect to see the Holy Light's response.

The temporary bishop looked at the direction where those groups of lights appeared with great surprise. However, the next second, he did not care to pay attention to what "those devout believers" looked like.

He discovered that the Great Divine Word Technique, which should have spread to its limit and then naturally dissipated, seemed to have been strengthened out of thin air, and the halo that was already dim in front of the crowd suddenly became extremely bright! !

The divine magic that was supposed to be limited to the area around the "Judgment Stand" seemed to resonate with some sacred instrument. It was re-infused with energy, and then began to spread towards the entire square with extremely rapid momentum. .

France Béran looked at all this in astonishment, and suddenly realized in his heart - Oh, it's over.