vstars Chapter 153 The Boy Who Became an Angel
Chapter 153 The Boy Who Became an Angel
The next morning, as the flames gradually died down, the once magnificent Pantheon was reduced to a scorched earth overnight. Except for the well-preserved city walls, other areas including the central Pantheon had turned into black charcoal, and only a few remaining columns and some broken sculptures could prove to the world that this was the last city of the ancient empire.
"Hurry up and don't slow me down!"
On the main road in the city, the natives, with their families, lined up and rushed out of the city under the scolding and kicking of the Midlan people. The chiefs were left behind, as the main initiators of the war, they would be sent to Wendam to be presented to the king. If the king was in a good mood, he might only execute them, but if he was not in a good mood, his whole family might be sent to the Inquisition as pagans.
But before that, there is one very important thing, which is to find the remains of the Son of God.
"Are you sure that the native son of God died here?"
Looking at the Pantheon that had become a ruin, the legion commander asked Charlie, this guy really didn't help at all when Blackwatch was sieging the city, even when Charlie went back to call for help, he didn't send anyone to support.
"Of course, how could I remember it wrong when I fought with him?" Charlie, with a bandage on his head, said as he looked at the ruins in front of him.
Last night, after he fell down with the Son of God, he was sitting on the Son of God's back so he didn't suffer much injury. Instead, the Son of God who was pressed under him was seriously injured. While the Son of God didn't react, Charlie immediately picked up the battle axe and ran outside. He didn't suffer much injury at that time, but his helmet fell off and caused the top of his head to be burned by fire.
"Come on! Go in and search!" After hearing Charlie's admission, the legion commander immediately ordered his mercenaries to search. After all, presenting the head of the enemy leader to the king was a great achievement.
However, when the mercenaries entered the burned Pantheon, all they saw were some burnt pillars and some charred objects scattered on the ground. They couldn't even tell which were wood and which were human bodies.
The mercenaries had no choice but to drag the charcoal out and let the captured chiefs identify which was the body of the Son of God.
Outside the ruins of the Pantheon, the chieftains knelt in rows, with the high priest at the front. When the Son of God turned into a monster, the high priest immediately took his family and money and ran into the secret passage of the Pantheon. However, when he came out of the tunnel, he found that all the Mitlan mercenaries were watching him. Since the exit of the tunnel was flat, a Mitlan mercenary group set up camp here to save trouble.
When they saw an old native man in fancy clothes emerging from a hidden entrance on the ground, the mercenaries immediately swarmed over, captured him and sent him to the legion commander's camp.
"Hey, you bunch of natives, this is your last chance to reform. Look among these corpses and see which one is your so-called son of God." The legion commander said to the chiefs who were now covered in dust and looked lonely. Thinking of how these arrogant chiefs had knelt down in front of him, a happy mood filled his face, as if he had defeated these chiefs alone.
Looking at the charcoal in front of them, the chiefs were also confused. Is there any point in looking at the people who have turned into charcoal? Unless they are very familiar with them, they cannot tell at all.
Thinking of this, the chiefs all looked at the high priest next to them, attracting the attention of the legion commander and others.
Feeling that someone was looking at him, the high priest looked up and found that everyone around him was looking at him, especially the Mitlan officials, so he immediately begged for mercy:
"Although I am the high priest who has the most contact with the Son of God, I don't know which of these bodies is his. Perhaps he has been burned to ashes in the flames."
However, the legion commander who was still unwilling to give up did not believe the high priest's words. After all, if he missed this great opportunity, it would be gone in the future.
Charlie also followed the legion commander and others in to search. After all, this was the man he defeated personally yesterday, so he wanted to see what he looked like.
In the ruins, driven by profit, everyone was busy searching for the body of the Son of God. However, as time passed, all they could find besides wood were piles of charcoal made of unknown substances.
When Charlie was about to leave, a burnt ruin attracted him, because he found that under the ruins, there were several unknown flowers growing. You know, this place was still burning last night, and no plant could survive the fire.
Seeing the strange scene here, Charlie immediately pushed away the coke on top. As the coke was cleared, some branches and vines appeared from inside. What was different from before was that these branches and vines were covered with many colorful flowers, and these plants were intertwined with each other, as if they wanted to protect something, as if it was a tomb.
"Someone! Take a knife and chop these things off." Following Charlie's instructions, several Black Watch mercenaries took swords and chopped off the branches and vines. Slowly, the head of an indigenous child appeared in front of everyone.
"Captain, it's a human head!" The mercenaries were very scared because this was the first time they discovered that plants could grow human heads. Such a strange thing really made them feel scared.
But Charlie didn't believe in these things. He just grabbed the hair on the head with his hands and pulled the head out without much effort.
In Charlie's opinion, the head in front of him was indeed somewhat similar to the monster from last night, and seeing the vibrant plants around it, Charlie concluded that this must be the Son of God.
At this time, the Son of the Earth God quietly closed his eyes, and his white cheeks were covered with all kinds of dust. The most eye-catching thing was the two tear marks on his face. I don’t know whether he was sad because he had not completed the so-called revival of the empire, or he was crying because of his impending death.
"What a pitiful child! He was bewitched by his own people when he was alive, and his remains will be used by the enemy after his death." This was Charlie's only comment on the child, but his emotions ended there. After all, this native and his native army killed too many Midland people. Even if Charlie didn't kill him, other Midland people would have wanted to hang his head on the city gate.
Just as Charlie was about to leave, he found a strange stone hidden under the skull.
"What is this." Looking at the stone with human facial features in front of him, Charlie suddenly remembered that John asked him to pay attention to a stone similar to this one, so Charlie put the stone in his pocket and waited to give it to John together with the bounty later.
Outside, since they could not find the corpse of the Son of God, some chiefs who still dreamed of establishing an ancient empire believed that their Son of God had successfully escaped. As long as the tribesmen continued to endure, they would have the opportunity to revive the empire in a few decades.
"Hey, hey! What do you mean? Do you want to rebel?" Seeing the dissatisfied looks on the faces of these natives, the legion commander who came out early immediately walked up and slapped one of the chiefs.
"Foreigners, don't be proud of your temporary victory. Our Son of God has turned into an angel and returned to God's world. God will punish you soon!" The chieftain still shouted indignantly after being slapped, causing the legion commander to curse angrily:
"You bunch of heretics, there is only one god in this world, and that is the God of Light. You will eventually fall into hell with your false god, and endure the pain of burning in flames forever."
This statement immediately aroused the hostility of the chiefs. For them, faith was the only important thing besides interests. This group of Midlan people had left them with nothing, and now they were going to deprive them of their faith. This was the most unacceptable thing for them.
"You're talking nonsense! Our god is not called something as vulgar as the God of Light, and we don't have only one god!"
Seeing that these natives were so ungrateful, the legion commander ordered someone to get a whip. When the servant brought the whip, the legion commander, who was extremely angry, immediately took the whip from the servant and swung it directly at the stubborn natives.
Just when the legion commander was having fun, Charlie came to him holding the head of the Son of God.
"This is the Son of God, but he has only his head left."
"Okay, okay! What I want is the head." When he heard that the Son of God was found, the legion commander immediately threw the whip aside, then happily took the head from Charles' hands, and after looking at it for a while, he ordered his men to put it in a cloth bag and present it to the king when the king summoned him.
Seeing that their Son of God had been killed, the chiefs who wanted to revive the empire collapsed on the ground as if they had lost their souls. Some chiefs even cried loudly into the bag containing the Son of God's head.
After seeing the tragedy in front of him, Charlie did not say much. After all, for him, the war was over and all he had to do was wait for the bounty. As for the subsequent competition for interests and political struggles, they had nothing to do with him. Even if some people with ulterior motives wanted to drag him into the political struggle and become a victim, they had to consider the power of the person behind him.
"Captain! Look what I found?"
At this time, a mercenary holding the high priest's golden scepter said to Charlie.
Charlie took the golden scepter. The glittering golden light was indeed attractive, but after weighing it carefully, Charlie found that the scepter was very light.
So Charlie exerted force and broke the scepter into two parts. Through the broken part in the middle, Charlie discovered that the inside of the scepter was actually made of wood.
"Tsk, it's fake again."
After throwing the scepter aside, Charles ordered the mercenaries to pack up and return to Saint-Remy, while he himself discussed the bounty with the legion commander.
As the Mitlans and the natives left, the ruins fell silent, just as they had been hundreds of years ago.
As the night deepened, a fog emerged from the depths of the dense forest. The fog gradually spread, and soon the entire Pantheon ruins were shrouded in fog.
At this time, a skeleton wearing black Gothic armor rode an undead horse wearing a tattered black robe and with blue flames flashing in his eyes into the Pantheon.
Looking at the scattered branches and the empty branch grave, the blue flames in the Skeleton Knight's eyes flickered noticeably, as if he was surprised that someone would take away the Behelet inside.
"It appears to have been taken away."
Feeling the surrounding atmosphere, the Skeleton Knight looked into the distance. After making sure that there was no problem with the direction, the Skeleton Knight rode out of the Pantheon on his horse, and the fog also went with him.
As the last wisp of fog dissipated, the ruins of the Pantheon returned to peace.