Chapter 487: Heresy Trial

The big search in Luan City begins.

The havoc in the outer city by the O.I.I. operations team has finally brought chaos and division to the top of the city, and the priests of the cathedral are confronted with the order that has spiraled out of control, and they have adopted the plan they have always been effective in. ——

The Disciplinary monks and the Knights finally gave up their hands. They began to break into every house, interrogate every citizen, take away everything suspected and heresy, and take away all those who were suspected of being shaken by their beliefs, from the north of the city. From the "Iron Cross Street" to the "White Pine Street" in the south of the city, the priests in black robes and the knights in armor are like a wave of fear, sweeping the entire outer city all the way.

When the wave came, the unarmed civilians panicked and feared. For a while, the scolding of knights, the sound of whipping, and the cries of people filled every street. After the wave swept over, there was only a piece of space left between the streets. The dead silence and the low-pitched crying hidden in the corners, on the surface, it seems that this wave has flattened everything, but as long as a wise person walks around the city of Luan at this moment, they will find a disturbing sight. Disturbing facts:

In the streets and alleys, among the shivering Luan citizens, among the most devout people in the entire southern border who believed in the God of Holy Light, there was no longer a single prayer to be heard.

It is a pity, however, that the Holy Light Cathedral at this moment can no longer hear or see the real situation in the outer city. The person in charge of the church has only one goal in mind at this moment: to carry out the heresy trial as soon as possible, even though the chaos that has been out of control will end. ...

At the same time, outside the city of Lu'an, on the city streets in the central area of ​​the southern border, a large holographic image is being projected over the public magic net terminal set up in the square. The witch Jeep, who has gradually become a "famous character" in recent times Li is sitting in the image, and behind her is another dynamic picture: it is the chaotic streets of Luan City.

"... Luan City is in great chaos, the priests of the cathedral are arresting innocent citizens all over the city... All those who disobeyed the cathedral's orders are being labelled heretics, and the priests and knights are against the unarmed commoners. strike out...

"Our lord is still trying to communicate with the priests of Luan City, but the open letter sent to the city was confiscated by the cathedral and burned in public...

"The Holy Light Church in the city seems to have completely rejected our will for peace. The troops led by Generals Philip and Byron took the initiative to evacuate to a place several kilometers away from the city wall under the condition that they could destroy Luan Cathedral at any time. Soldiers After waiting for eighty-six days in the wilderness outside the city, only the unilateral resistance and hostility of Luan Cathedral... We can't help but ask, what do the priests in the cathedral want? We have done it If you don't send one soldier and one soldier, why do you start killing your own innocent people instead?"

Along with Jibry's heartbroken words, the pictures in the holographic projection kept flashing, and a large number of leaflets and brochures that were publicly burned appeared on the picture.

Cruel burning at the stake emerged, and a scene of church soldiers searching homes and terrorizing the people emerged. In the last picture, an angry and ferocious church soldier stomped a civilian under his feet. The church soldier’s roar Came from the screen: "...You dare to hide the Cecil people...who gave you the courage to disobey the bishop's order?!"

All of the footage was apparently shot in very tense, secretive conditions, and many were accompanied by heavily disturbing noise and color spots, and the citizens who had gathered in the square watched in dismay and horror at the brutal sight, listening to The voice of the witch continued to sound: "...This is the information sent by the messengers trapped in Lu'an City who risked their lives to use magic. I hope these brave messengers can survive this disaster safely..."

"Now, we have invited the editor-in-chief of Cecil Weekly, a respectable scholar, Mr. Godwin Orlando, and several civic representatives from Cecil City and Conder City, and we will discuss the current chaos in Luan City on the spot. Why did it come? It will also explore a question that has been paid attention to by a large number of audiences recently: whether we should continue to wait for the priests in Luan Cathedral to respond rationally, and whether we should continue to maintain expectations for the current Church of the Holy Light. - If we can't wait for a rational and peaceful answer, is it necessary for us to use our own hands to establish a new order of the Holy Light, so that no one will continue to defile the Holy Light..."

The people gathered in the square looked emotionally at the picture on the holographic projection, and at the current situation of Luan City that had started looping behind Jibry as the background image - the people gathered here were "punishing heresy" for the Church of the Holy Light In fact, the behavior is not unfamiliar. Everyone will deal with the pastors of the church more or less in their daily life, and they will also see the scenes of pastors or church soldiers whipping erring civilians. However, at this moment, the information and Their past experiences were not the same thing at all, so many atrocities appeared together, stirring the nerves of everyone on the scene.

And as for the thing Miss Witch mentioned: the question of whether or not to establish a new order of light, which a large number of audiences are paying attention to, there is little doubt.

Although most people have never thought about this level at all, but Miss Witch said so, that should be the case.

Although I didn't pay attention to this matter, maybe others were paying attention.

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

Some citizen representatives have already appeared on 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 it has become something that everyone is discussing.

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

I don't know who was the first to call out in the square, and then someone began to respond quickly.

"The priests of Lu'an City won't open the door obediently, they are all dogs of the Northern Church!" "The commoners in Lu'an City are also Cecilians, we can't let them suffer!" "The priests are insulting the Holy Light. Let our 'white knights' take over the city of Luan!"

Before the security team to maintain order came to control the situation and remind everyone to watch the show quietly, similar calls sounded in almost every city and town covered by magic net terminals...

However, the shouts outside Luan City could not reach the cathedral. Inside this "City of Churches", the preparations for the heresy trial had come to an end.

The terrified people were once again driven to the square and gathered together under the pressure of magic and swords - in this world where there is extraordinary force, the endurance of the bottom civilians showed a sadly powerful at this moment, Even in the present situation, they showed no sign of rebelling against the knights or priests, and they gathered around the square like silent sheep, looking submissive and fearful.

However, Amber who was in the crowd could feel that there was a disturbing atmosphere in the silent flock. The atmosphere was invisible, but it was filled with the cold and depression of the approaching storm.

This is an unusual silence - under normal circumstances, civilians gather quietly, no matter how obedient and awe-inspiring they are, they will have uncontrollable commotion and buzzing discussions, but at this moment...

Too quiet, too silent, quiet and silent like death.

The wooden platform in the center of the square has been set up, and the ashes from the last burn have been cleaned up, but the square still seems to have a lingering scorching smell - since the establishment of Lu'an City, the place has been burned to death. How many people have passed? How many people have been burned here for disobedience to the church, for talking about bishops, and for hoarding scriptures?

Those who were burned, the pungent odors produced by the gradually coking corpses seemed to have soaked in the cracks of each stone brick, and today, these odors seem to seep out little by little...

The side door of the church area opened, and a group of fully-armed church soldiers came out first, and behind the church soldiers came a group of gray sackcloth robes, bare feet, and no crowns on their heads. priest.

This is a "disciplined" mark.

These people who are being punished are the clergy who had secretly hid leaflets or discussed the bishop in private before. They walked behind the church soldiers, and there were black-robed discipline monks on both sides to maintain the team. They bowed their heads and walked to the inside of the square. Edge, stopped at the position closest to the civilians.

A civilian glanced quickly at the priests who seemed to be being punished, and the latter glanced at the civilians in the square with equal curiosity.

They all looked curious and surprised.

Afterwards, the door of the church district was also opened, and the bishop of Luan Cathedral, Fran Bertrand, appeared on the square with his corps of priests.

The brilliance of the holy light surged around them, their white robes were still neat and lustrous, their steps were steady, and they were full of energy-even when the food rations were repeatedly cut and the rations of the civilians in the outer city had been reduced to a state of semi-starvation, they were still The complexion is rosy and the skin plump and healthy.

Surrounded by the group of priests, Fran Berand came to the high platform, and then frowned slightly.

The atmosphere here made him very uncomfortable.

The deadly square... was full of numb and stupid pariahs, but those who used to bow their heads and shivered, now all look at themselves with strange eyes.

Those eyes were neither awe-inspiring, nor offensive, Fran Berenger couldn't tell what they were, he only felt that those eyes seemed to be a group of dead people, but they seemed to be looking at dead people.

Probably because of hunger...

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

A sound of armor rubbing came from the side of the square, and another group of church soldiers escorted a dozen ragged people to the wooden platform and tied them to the prepared pillars.

Fran Béran calmed down, and then faced the square, he encouraged the Holy Light, so that his voice could spread here: "The people of the God of Light - I know the suffering you have suffered in these days, In fact, I am heartbroken about it too...

"...It was the devil who seduced and corrupted your relatives and friends, and planted doubts and divisive thoughts in people's minds..."

The square was silent, no one cheered, no one objected, not even the slightest commotion.

Such an indifferent and deadly reaction was something that Fran Berand had never encountered before, and he looked a little embarrassed for a while, and then a little annoyed.

But his preaching had begun, and he had to go on.

So he forcibly suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and even more agitated the holy light, so that the magnificent holy light around him created a huge momentum, and these created momentum finally caused some commotion in the square-these The commotion finally allowed him to continue his preaching: "...Today, I'm 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, and those who have not been bewitched will naturally be justly identified and released - I will promise everyone that this trial will be just, It's effective!

"Swear to the God of Light that the glory and justice of the Lord will be served!"

Fran Berenger raised the scepter in his hand. Usually, he had to wait for a while after shouting the exciting slogan, waiting for the crowd to cheer like a tsunami. However, at this moment, he has realized Such cheers are hard to come by, so he simply omitted unnecessary details in the ceremony, and directly stimulated the magic of his whole body. While communicating the voice of the God of Light in his heart, he released a wide range of magical techniques.

Accompanied by a faint sound of a holy sound, a hazy white halo spread out with Fran Berand as the center.

Seeing such extraordinary power, the civilians in the square finally had a little commotion again, while on the wooden platform in front of the crowd, those who were tied to the pillars widened their eyes, watching with fear and nervousness. With that halo sweeping over them with as if unstoppable momentum—

Where the halo swept, a faint light curtain appeared on those who were tied up, and then the light curtain shook violently, twisting countless cracks like shadows, and those hazy cracks floated beside them. And the top of the head, it looks very eye-catching.

Frambérand watched this scene with satisfaction: as he expected, those in fear and self-doubt could not pass the heresy trial.

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

The crowd on the inner edge of the square looked nervous when they saw the halo approaching. Some people took a half step back quietly, but they didn't dare to move too clearly, for fear of being discovered by the priests on the stage, while some people were obviously Standing too far ahead - they fell into the halo circle.

Fran Berand was surprised to see that several bright and constant radiance lit up in the aura of the Great Divine Word that was about to dissipate.

There are still people with such a degree of piety among the commoners?

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

The interim bishop looked at the direction where the brilliance appeared, but in the next second, he couldn't care to pay attention to what "those devout believers" looked like.

He found that the Great Divine Word, which should have spread to the limit and dissipated naturally, 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! !

It is reasonable to say that the magic that will be limited to the "judgment table" seems to resonate with some sacred instrument. It is recharged with energy, and then begins to spread to the entire square with an extremely rapid momentum.

Fran? Belland looked at all this in astonishment, and suddenly realized in his heart——Oh, it's over.