Chapter 1003 – #99. The Story of the Three Thousand Concubines and the Emperor (61)
The priests, who had not been caught in the explosion because they were prisoners, realized who had done this after feeling relieved that they had survived.
These bastards went crazy and openly used human sacrifice in war.
This was done by using a method called human sacrifice, which was secretly used only by devils and devil contractors.
It was impossible to recognize it because there was a familiar energy embedded in the remnants of power that the emperor had spoken of.
Other people in the temple were saying that the Geos Empire must be the culprit, wondering if they could have done such a terrible thing, and their faces turned bright red.
‘It’s a shame.’
‘Damn, aren’t you crazy? Flying that thing here doesn’t mean we’re all going to die too!’
They wouldn’t have been able to do this if they had shown even the slightest consideration for the people who were held captive in the temple.
Honestly, I was angry.
That attack was really meant to kill everyone.
It was as if the temple we had no doubt in believing would save us had abandoned them.
The captured priests all knew that they were thinking the same thing even without talking to each other.
‘These bastards…!’
‘You’re saying they did something like that knowing we were there?’
‘Plus, you used too much force that was noticeable! How do we deal with that terrible scene?’
‘No, why do we have to fix that? After all, they are the ones who tried to kill us!’
A deep sense of betrayal toward the temple.
Betrayal from someone you trusted was even more painful.
Still, he couldn’t spit in his own face, so he avoided the emperor’s words with a flimsy excuse.
But for some reason, I couldn’t make eye contact with the emperor.
‘Do you know everything?’
When you look the emperor in the eye, it becomes difficult to lie.
‘What kind of person’s eyes are like that?’
‘I feel uncomfortable because it feels like they are reading everything inside me.’
Wouldn’t it be embarrassing to make an excuse in front of someone who knows everything?
“Well, I don’t know.”
In the end, instead of lying in front of the emperor, the priest expressed his resentment and said he did not know.
Other priests also said the same thing.
“Didn’t we almost die too?”
“That’s right. We really don’t know.”
“We are victims too!”
The frightened priests started talking among themselves and saying suspicious things.
A very suspicious excuse, saying that we had nothing to do with this incident.
Why do the priests try so hard to prove that they are innocent of what the Geos Empire committed, claiming that it had nothing to do with them?
“Why are you doing that?”
Not knowing that the imperial nobles were tilting their heads in doubt, the priests desperately made excuses to the emperor like people hanging from a cliff.
And then the emperor said something that would make the priests’ hearts sink.
“It’s probably not related to you at all?”
“!!”
“Not really!!”
“Please believe me!”
“Isn’t it really ironic?”
“Now, wait!”
“Those who claim to follow God’s will have brought such a terrible hell into this world.”
“!!!!!”
The priests desperately shouted no, but the emperor mercilessly rejected their wishes.
The priests could not bear the horror and closed their eyes tightly.
“This was done by those who followed God’s will?”
“Does Your Majesty know who the people who created this are?”
“You just did that! The priests did this!”
“It doesn’t make sense. How could a priest do such a terrible thing?”
Why do priests catch and kill demon contractors?
This is because life is used as power.
However, it is said that priests use power as life
“Are you saying that this was not done by the Geos Empire, but by the temple?”
“Wouldn’t it be clear if we asked them directly? It just so happened that the road was clear like that.”
I looked at the direction the emperor was pointing.
“…”
There were no majestic castle walls or gates.
In other words, it was pushed cleanly.
There don’t seem to be any soldiers who can protect that open space.
The Geos Empire was defeated, and this man standing proudly before his eyes was triumphant.
All that remains is to capture Emperor Geos and make him pay for the war.
‘It’s clear that they will capture and torture the priest to find out who did that.’
In front of the emperor’s authority, the patience of the priests is nothing but a weak branch.
For well-bred priests, torture would be unbearable pain.
Soon their mouths will be opened, and everyone in the world will know what they did in the temple.
In the end, it is only a matter of time before it is revealed.
‘The temple will try to draw a line with this side and cut off the tail somehow.’
What can the temple do in the face of clearly revealed evidence?
Of course, we draw a line with the priests dispatched here.
They said we don’t know, and that there was just a problem with the priests who were dispatched.
In order to do something like this in the first place, it would only be possible if the conclusion was made that all the captured priests would be abandoned.
It’s already been thrown away, so it’s unsightly to hang on there.
‘What should I do?’
Considering the emperor’s usual attitude toward priests, there was no way he would treat the priests who had been abandoned by the temple properly.
This is an emperor who has already executed priests.
If the cause of human sacrifice is taken into his hands, he will have no hesitation in executing priests.
‘What if we are also executed for a scandalous crime at that time?’
‘It’s not like the emperor really needs priests…’
‘If I lie down flat, wouldn’t I be able to live as a priest in the imperial palace?’
The minds of the priests became complicated.
And the emperor told them the correct answer as if there was no need to think complicatedly.
“Of course, there may be a way for you to explain what happened without having to go through the complicated process of revealing it.”
People’s stinging eyes moved towards the priests.
I wasn’t harmed by His Majesty’s grace, but doesn’t the fact that I nearly died disappear?
Moreover, everyone was on edge as they heard that a priest who was supposed to protect life with great care was involved in that incident.
“So…”
Even though they thought they had to stand on the emperor’s side and at least save their lives, the priests could not easily open their mouths.
Isn’t it a situation where you can still see something black and rolling on the floor, writhing in pain?
Although it was gradually disappearing as time went by, it was not a very nice sight.
One soldier shed tears as he saw that scene.
Regardless of the fact that that power tried to kill him, the suffering of the sacrificed life was a sad and terrible sight.
“Can a temple really do something like that?”
The nobleman urged the priest as he hesitated, perhaps because his frustrating attitude was unbearable.
“My mouth isn’t blocked, so I don’t know why I can’t speak.”
“Tell me, is the temple really involved in this?”
“Is what your Majesty said true? That it was not the Geos Empire but the temple that committed this terrible act?”
As the emperor revealed, it was not easy to tell the truth that that black figure was a real person and that it was the temple that led this.
Wasn’t this something you did without knowing that it would be revealed to people?
I couldn’t take responsibility for the repercussions of revealing the truth.
The frightened priests glanced at each other and postponed it by saying, “You say it, you don’t want to do it, you do it.”
The emperor who was watching this said as if he was frustrated.
“Time is starting to become a waste?”
And the priest who had made a bold suggestion to the emperor mustered up the courage to open his mouth.
“There is something called offering in the temple.”
In a trembling voice, the priest asked what the offering was in the past and how it has changed in the present.
He spoke openly about how the temple was abusing this.
When that voice announced the end.
There was unprecedented silence on the battlefield.
I was so shocked that I was left speechless.
“Human sacrifice…!”
“These things called temples use people as materials?”
“I knew they were in trouble, but I never thought it would get to this point.”
No one knows that it has been a long time since temples became abusive and greedy for wealth.
Nevertheless, since it was a temple, I thought that some lines would be maintained.
However, the temple had already been crossing the line for a long time.
I can’t believe you were so cleverly lying to people about that fact!
When the crown prince found out about the situation, he seemed to be completely shocked.
“We really need to raise healers. I don’t think there will be an answer in a temple this corrupted.”
A healer will be the only way to reduce the power of the temple.
“What are you going to do now?”
“I’ll have to go capture Emperor Geos.”
“Abama, please give me a chance. I will do it!”
“You, the prince?”
“Please believe me.”
“… Okay. Then I’ll leave it to you.”
“Thank you!”
As soon as I gave my permission, the prince’s expression brightened.
“Jim… I need to rest a little.”
And I thought that if I could endure this much, I would have endured a long time, so I removed the shield.
The mushroom cloud and illusions have not yet disappeared, but at this level, I have shown everything I have to show, and it was improbable that I could endure any longer after using this much strength.
“Find Emperor Geos, the nobles, and the priests! Kill those who resist, and spare those who surrender!”
Wow!!!!!
What the temple did spread quickly among the soldiers, so there was no one who wasn’t angry.
When the anger against Emperor Geos and the temple reached its peak, the Crown Prince was leading his soldiers toward the Geos Imperial Palace.
The soldiers opened their eyes without any sign of fatigue and ran wild to find Emperor Geos, nobles, and priests.
Beetle-!
“Are you okay, Your Majesty?”
“Umm… I’m tired.”
Then, acting to those who remained next to me, I entered the tent where I was staying.
If the Crown Prince organizes Geos Imperial Palace well, then he can move to the Imperial Palace leisurely.
However, from now on, it was necessary to show evidence that he was suffering from the side effects of using excessive abilities multiple times.
[It hurts! It doesn’t hurt!]
There was something I had prepared for this moment, an item that faked my physical condition as if I was actually sick. ‘I’m sick!’ It doesn’t hurt!’
To put it simply, it helps people who are tricking.
If you are sick even though your body organs are fine, wouldn’t your persuasiveness inevitably decline?
You might think that as time goes by, you will get better and wake up like you used to.
Using this item, I was able to manipulate my body condition as I desired.
In particular, this item was a must-have item for me because it allowed me to postpone death.
Now, I was thinking of using this item to let people know that my physical condition is not normal.
