Blood of Mercury

Jeno couldn't remember how he left the temple, and how he returned to Roland and the others.

His mind was in chaos. The bishop's voice echoed repeatedly in his ears

"There is no plague. Remember, there is no plague."

Although he couldn't see the bishop's face through the red curtain, Jeno always felt that he should be smiling when he said this.

The corners of his mouth were raised high, and his eyes were squinted gently, but there were no wrinkles at the corners of his eyes—that kind of smile without warmth.

Killer smile. The executioner's smile. Alien smile.

——That is the smile of the monster.

"How is it, Jeno? What's going on?"

Roland, who was standing outside the cordon, looked concerned.

"I……"

As soon as Jeno opened his mouth, he felt a numbness rise from the base of his tongue. There was sand in his throat, and he couldn't help coughing twice, choking back on the words he almost uttered.

What should he say?

No plague? Is it all the work of the blighters? Do not make jokes!

Blighters are also Druids, they can't harm the forest at all!

Jaeno hates the Caral. Very annoying since childhood.

But, because of this, he knew the Kalars better than the average Bansa. He clearly knew that Druids were not barbarians who danced around stones in animal skins. Witherers wouldn't let trees wither at all, and Druids couldn't transform into beasts at all.

Maybe the bishop's words can fool others, but it will never fool him.

From the bishop's words, Jayno knew that something big was going to happen to Banza.

He watched those people in the Iris Swamp contract the plague a little bit, and then die - not only him, but everyone in his team clearly saw the whole process. From the cold, dizziness, weakness at the beginning, to the nausea, vomiting, convulsions at the back, then the bloodstains surfaced from the body, and finally the rapid death.

By the time he and his friends entered the Dark Forest, only a quarter of the village's talents had died. But less than three days have passed. There was no one left inside. Even the traces of their existence have been wiped out.

Then, the officials seemed to know nothing. Not to mention that there was no declaration of war on Caral, no diplomatic rhetoric, or even a search.

It's like they knew and acquiesced in this from the beginning.

If the official compromise can be made, then who did it? Geno understood after a moment's thought. And felt a chill all over his body.

This almost upended the worldview that Jaeno had cultivated for fifty years. However, the fact was placed in front of him like this, and he couldn't bear to believe it.

It is clear that the gods will do whatever it takes to hide the plague—in other words, to show that even the gods have nothing to do with it. Otherwise, His Majesty Ke Lanwo will definitely expel the plague.

Since even the gods can't dispel it. Undoubtedly, it also means that this cannot be the punishment of the gods on Caral.

Maybe now the gods are expecting Caral to develop a solution to the plague first, maybe they want to watch Caral melt in the wind from **** - but no matter what the answer is, it is the same as his imagined **** of mercy impression is completely inconsistent.

...kill them? Cut off their tongues? Bantha can't have a plague? This is more noble than a noble, more like a murderer than a murderer, how can it be said by a bishop!

At that moment, he was extremely grateful that the confessional room had a red curtain. At least it kept the bishop from seeing the almost contorted look on his face.

But even though he was almost carried away by indignation and dissatisfaction, Jaeno was ultimately hesitant.

His comrades, none of them, Jaeno, didn't want them to die. It is not easy for them to recover a life from the shadow of Longyi. They still have parents, children, and siblings to support. That's why they work so hard to earn money. if they die. Or if he loses his fighting power, there will never be only one person who will die.

For the first time, Jeno felt a heavy burden of his life on his shoulders.

If it were his own personality, Jaeno would never give up the opportunity to reveal the truth to the public. But this time is different. This time, his bet is no longer his own life, but the lives of his partners, and even the lives of innocents that are several times as high as theirs.

One is to make the truth of the plague public at the cost of dozens of people's lives, so that people can recognize the truth as soon as possible; or to swallow sugar with poison and choose silence in exchange for a stable life.

It's not a choice at all...

Jeno opened his mouth. He swallowed the words that came to his mouth again.

"……fine."

Facing Roland's gaze, Jeno hesitated for a moment, then replied: "The merciful Lord Bishop has decided to forgive my sin..."

Of course, after taking the money.

Jay Nuo added the second half of the sentence in his heart.

"Hey? Is it? But I don't think you look very good. Did he make some harsh demands on you?"

Lilia asked bluntly.

"It's fine. As long as..."

Halfway through speaking, Jeno's face suddenly stiffened.

At this moment, he suddenly realized something.

Even if he could shut up his mates, he couldn't interfere with the three of Roland. Whether in terms of position or force, he had no possibility of interfering with Roland's decision.

……Do not. Before that, which side was Roland on?

He told Roland about the plague at first. It seemed that Roland was unaware of the matter.

However, the bishop said that the opinions of all the temples of Banza have been unified...

Is Roland acting, or is the bishop lying? In other words, Roland hasn't learned about this yet? So do you want to tell him?

The thoughts that kept coming up made Jayno's brain a mess. He couldn't think rationally at all.

However, Roland's silver-gray pupils kept staring at his face, and an illusion that he was seen through made the hairs stand on his back.

Suddenly, Roland showed a gorgeous smile.

He put his face close to Jeno and asked softly, "As long as...the plague in Banza is concealed?"

The sudden great fear instantly made Jeno's pupils shrink to the limit.

As if getting the answer he wanted from Jeno's face, Roland raised his face and laughed heartily three times.

The expressions of the surrounding guards suddenly became a little serious, and the right hand was unconsciously placed on the waist, but he did not dare to pull out the weapon.

However, what happened next made everyone including Lilia's eyes widen.

"If I see the sun shining in the sky, my heart will rejoice."

Roland prayed loudly without warning: "This light is born from the four realms, rises from the east, disappears to the west, and the **** is endless."

Immediately, a strong golden flame poured out of him.

After switching the domain to [Sun], Roland's flame also changed its attributes immediately~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The scorching, dazzling flame made the surrounding Order Guards extremely horrified and retreated.

It would be fine if it were an ordinary person who had no relationship with God. It was precisely because they were Templars that they could perceive the brilliant light that was shining on Roland at this time.

It was a holy fire far beyond the scale of a bishop. Roland's whole body melted into the golden flames, and the three-meter-high holy human figure stood majestic and mighty. The Guardian of Order couldn't even breathe, and could only kneel tremblingly, kneeling on the ground.

"Bold!"

An old and angry voice sounded from a distance: "This is the protection of the gods..."

"—You are bold!!"

A roar that was far louder than that of the old man rolled through the air like a rolling thunder, suppressing the man's voice with ease.

"To take bribes, to conceal the plague, to distort the will of God, to harm the innocent—you are the one who is daring! Daring! The sin is unforgivable!" (To be continued.)