Chapter 1,234 The Aftermath
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"What are you looking at? You are obsessed with me." Sensing someone's "eager" gaze, Azad crossed his arms and made a shy gesture.
Seeing the charming look of His Highness the Prince, Lin clenched his fists and wanted to punch them in the guy's eye sockets, turn the brain inside into a pulp, and then pull it out! But he still took a deep breath, suppressed the anger and fists in his chest, and kept saying like self-hypnosis: "I am broad-minded and tolerant, and I am a rare good person...." At the same time, he looked far away. Walk.
Realizing that he was being ignored, Azad followed someone bored. He was holding the back of his head and yelled, pointed somewhere and said, "Look, there are butterflies."
Lin subconsciously turned his head and looked in the direction Azad pointed. Then he lowered his head and stature, narrowly avoiding the sword aimed at his head. The movements were coherent and done in one go, as if Lin had already known to dodge the blow. He did not forget to say: "Aha! I stopped playing tricks like this after I was three years old. You still want to lie to me?"
"I'm not lying to you. I just saw that your head is on your neck, which is a bit annoying. I just want to help you fix it."
"I've heard of hair trimming, eyebrow trimming, and hair trimming, but I've never heard of head trimming. Can people still live if their heads are trimmed off?"
"I have confidence in you. It's not a problem to cut off one head and grow two more heads." Azad gestured with his thumbs and showed a bright and confident smile.
"You think I'm a hydra. Even if all the heads are chopped off, they can still grow back together." Someone couldn't help but complained again. After complaining about a certain prince, he said impatiently: "Forget it, let's go back. There are still many things to be busy with, and I don't have time to waste time here." After that, he flashed away.
Now it was the Demon Prince's turn to be dumbfounded. He shook his fist towards the empty place and said, "Hey, I'm still here. Damn that guy."
His Royal Highness, who had been let go, had no choice but to attack the great demon Starina who was following from a distance. This is a rare move. Most of the time, this big demon takes the initiative and clings tightly to this strong man who has been wandering the abyss for more than two years. I have never seen this person take the initiative to summon him. It's just that it walks limpingly and not very fast. It seems that it has not fully recovered from the heavy damage it suffered at the hands of the emperor's personal guards.
Azad jumped directly onto Starina's shoulders and sat down, grinding his teeth and said viciously: "Remember the location, let's go back to Estali. I'm going to kick that bastard's ass!"
Starina raised its head and roared, instantly returning to its tall true form. And the injuries caused before were quickly restored by the release of the devil's power. Such behavior is of course a serious provocation in the temple area surrounded by the Church of the Gods.
But with countless dead people in front of them, no one stepped forward to stop or punish this big demon. I just watched helplessly as it disappeared into a cloud of black and purple smelly smoke, carrying the beautiful and powerful person wearing a bright red robe.
As for the pair of eyes hidden in the sky... In fact, they were just showing off at the door, and they didn't come in. Could it be that the world does not allow others to show their authority in public areas? That would be too bully. Besides, no one called them, and it was not a simple matter to be lost in the mortal world, so the gods tacitly ignored what happened in the Imperial City of Nineveh.
However, lurking aside were not only the gods in the sky or the church personnel on the ground, but also a group of emperor's personal guards, and the black gauze army hiding in another place, observing the temple area. That army was composed entirely of noble women and was responsible for protecting female dignitaries.
The squadron of guards quickly gathered around their legion commander. They had no right to untie the legion commander's armor, and naturally they had no way to solve the problem of the armor continuing to compress his internal organs after being kicked to the point of deformation. Except for the heavy blow to the waist and abdomen, the other parts of the armor were as shiny as ever, not looking like they had experienced a battle at all.
However, the severe injuries to the waist and abdomen were not minor at all and needed to be treated as soon as possible. So the group of people scrambled to help their legion commander into a temporarily requisitioned carriage and took him to the palace. At the same time, following the carriage were members of the Muhashebesi family and the guard knights, the tax collector family that belonged exclusively to the emperor.
Where the Black Veil Army was hiding, there were several gaps overlooking the previous battle location. This group of women are all the most skilled in martial arts. They did not forget that a sister from the Black Veil Army died in that magician's home in order to protect and control the Marquis of Balan. So this time, they came for revenge.
Everyone brought the hardest crossbows, the best armor, and the best weapons. The original intention is to wait for the target and the emperor's personal guard commander to fight in full swing, then rush out in one go and grab the head! And the arrows still cleared the way.
Anyway, they knew that with the legendary armor of the Guards Commander, their arrow feathers could not cause fatal injuries, and flesh injuries were inevitable. As long as the legion leader survives, the emperor will have an easy explanation. But the magician without heavy equipment must die until he can no longer die. This is the initial plan of the sisters of the Black Veil Army.
When the battle officially started, an unexpected figure appeared, His Royal Highness the Fourteenth Prince. Although it is difficult for women in the empire to stand on the political stage, it does not mean that they are not informed. On the day when the crown prince was appointed as the new prime minister of the empire, the controversy that took place in the palace certainly reached the ears of these women.
However, this group of women will not have any scruples because of the emperor's attitude. The hatred between the fourteenth prince and the black veil army was earlier and more numerous. While that prince was still in the palace, he had already made countless friendships. The reason why they don't move is because they can't beat them.
There must be a victim who constantly consumes the prince's energy and physical strength and reduces his condition to the limit before it is possible to kill him. But the victims can't be the sisters of the Black Veil Army, they have to be the men who think they have control over everything.
Today's battle was originally a rare opportunity in the eyes of the sisters of the Black Veil Army. The enemy of the deceased sister was holding the imperial prince in check. There is also the strongest supporter around the emperor, who is also in the battle circle. His armor ensured that he would not die in the rain of arrows. As for the other two, they should report to the land of Styx under the irresistible army offensive.
But the development of the battle and the level of the battle were different from what they imagined. Maybe they can't understand it, and they can't understand how terrifying it is to be in the battle circle. But they would count how many Templars had forced their way in, and then, like the dolls they had given up and dismantled when they were children, they would be dismembered and scattered all over the place without any resistance.
Those Templar warriors who joined the battle circle were not all unknowns or weaklings. Many of them were young talents that even they admired. If the family didn't need them to marry a suitable partner and achieve a political alliance, those outstanding templars would actually be the best candidates for their husbands. Such people also failed.
Especially the weapons flying in the air, provoked by the sword tips of the two men, flew in the direction the instigator wanted. From broken arms and limbs to small pieces of metal, none of them could land safely. They were all thrown into the air and used as faster weapons to kill the other person! Then it continues to wear away and eventually turns into fly ash.
In this case, what different results will be achieved when the fine steel arrow feathers are fired from the hand? Any chance of shooting someone unlucky? At this moment, all the sisters from the Black Veil Army who came here were no longer so confident. They can only wait patiently for that opportunity that may not come along. Until the end of the battle, both targets disappeared from sight, and they were unable to take any action and could only leave sadly.
The seemingly peaceful street was filled with whimpers and occasional shouts, which could attract a group of people. That was when personnel from various churches began to search for the injured and tidy up the road that should have been used by people, but was now stained red with blood.
At the beginning, no one thought that this would be such a tragic battle. The most disgusting thing is that, as the magician said, it was not them who went to the temple to provoke the gods, so the templars had to launch a holy war to defend their lord. But this group of proud men with eyes on their heads thought they could sweep through everything, so they just broke in, and then broke their heads and broke their blood.
Not many unlucky people actually died, because the two fighting men didn't pay attention to the group of Templar warriors who entered the battle at all. But not even half of them were able to escape intact, and all of them had some degree of physical disability.
The least injured ones had at least their hands and feet twisted and deformed. The most serious injury was caused by being caught between the two people competing for strength, and his internal organs were directly turned into a ball of mud. Being able to survive is all due to the divine power brought by faith and holding on to that last breath.
Fortunately, the Church of Three Holy Lights is nearby, and there are plenty of life priests. Don't say that the person is not dead, even if he is dead, he can be brought back by using the resurrection spell. It doesn't matter if the body is mutilated or has serious internal injuries. Even if it costs a lot of money, every templar is worth saving.
This is the only one of the high priests at the bishop level who is sitting in the temple in the Imperial City of Nineveh. The rest are said to have gone to the holy city of Estali to learn new life magic. Otherwise, the injured could be treated faster. Now we can only rely on the help of the young monks to do some simple processing and take a breath, so that people will not be called by God so quickly.
But in the eyes of the elders in various churches, the biggest loss should be that the spirit of these young people has been shattered.
Their failure cannot be described in a tragic word. If the rescued people can get back on their feet, then they will be able to draw enough nutrients from this battle that they should not be involved in to allow them to transcend several realms. It can be said that even if this group of people cannot reach the same height as the two who are fighting, they can at least increase their original potential limit by several levels and have better prospects.
But there is probably only one out of ten people who can cheer up. More people will have their confidence shattered and will stagnate at their current level from then on, and may even regress. After living such a mediocre life, they will no longer see the wonderful life they once had as the proud sons of heaven.
Demon Prince Azad's strength can indeed bring despair to people, and the rumors spread by the royal family are true. What's even more frightening is that there is more than one such person. The same goes for the magician. Living in the same era as such a person, perhaps no one is qualified to call himself a genius.