Game of the World Tree - Chapter 860

860. Chapter 856 “Martyr”

“Catch this pagan who is bewitching the world!”

The black-robed priest looked at Cyber coldly and ordered the Knights of Judgment.

The poor people present changed their eyes and immediately became agitated.

Led by the old man who used to be a professional, many people took the initiative to protect Cyber, staring at the Knights of Judgment who rushed into the church with angry eyes.

At the same time, someone was faintly heard cursing:

“Bah! Running dogs of the Eternal Church!”

Seeing the behavior of the poor, Cyber was slightly stunned, and an inexplicable feeling in his heart emerged inexplicably.

He never expected that these poor people, most of whom were not even professionals, would actually stand in front of him at this moment!

At this time, a weak voice came from behind Cyber:

“Lord Cyber, follow me, the Eternal Church is catching life believers who are preaching everywhere. I know there is a secret path behind the church. Come with me and escape from the back door!”

It was a thin young man.

While hiding the fear in his eyes, he boldly pulled up the corner of Cyber’s clothes and pointed to the back of the church.

Cyber’s vision became more complicated.

He looked at the poor people around him and found that many of them were hinting to him to escape quickly with their eyes, and moved their bodies again to block him.

“Humph, anyone who blocks the law enforcers of the church will be arrested and taken away! Those who resist… will be killed on the spot!”

Looking at the little movements of the poor, the black-robed priest’s eyes sank and said coldly.

The commotion in the crowd became even greater.

At the same time, the trial knights drew out their long swords, and the swords pointed directly at the poor people who were blocking Cyber.

They had expressionless faces and were imposing. When the aura completely burst out, even Cyber’s pupils shrank.

These trial knights…are all gold professionals!

The poor looked terrified, but no one left.

The black-robed priest’s face became even uglier.

He gave the order to the Judgment Knights to attack, but as soon as the Judgment Knights took a step forward, a loud voice came from the crowd:

“Wait!”

It was Cyber.

He ignored the poor people’s eyes, gently pushed away the poor people’s hands, and walked out of the crowd.

His expression was calm:

“I will go with you, don’t hurt the civilians.”

“Lord Cyber!”

The poor people exclaimed.

However, Cyber just raised his hand to stop them:

“Don’t worry, I’m fine.”

As he said that, he turned around and smiled at everyone:

“Don’t be impulsive, please always remember that as long as there is light in your heart, there will be hope in the future.”

After that, he stretched out his hand to the Judgment Knights and surrendered.

“Tie him up!”

The black-robed priest ordered.

The Judgment Knights rushed forward and tied Cyber up with the magic-forbidden chains.

“Lord Cyber!”

The poor behind him became agitated again.

Cyber turned around, smiled at them, and shook his head.

“Take him away!”

The black-robed priest waved his hand.

After saying that, the Judge Knights roughly lifted up Cyber’s arms and took him out…

After being taken out of the slums by the Judge Knights, Cyber was chained up by them with a long iron chain.

Although it was daytime, there were not many people on the streets of the city. Only the Judge Knights and Eternal Priests in silver armor were searching for something.

From time to time, there were sounds of fighting with curses, children crying, and women screaming.

And in the distance, some figures who were chained up like him could be seen.

The other party was also escorted by the Judge Knights, and they looked at each other in surprise.

They looked at each other and soon saw the shiny green names above each other’s heads.

Cyber: …

He understood it in an instant. This was probably because the Eternal Church finally couldn’t stand their incitement in the human empire during this period of time, and began to hunt down the players who were causing trouble in the city on a large scale.

Soon, the players who were preaching in various parts of the city were caught and chained.

They were pushed roughly by the Judge Knights and taken to the city square.

Throughout the whole process, there were not many players who resisted.

Including Cyber.

There was no other way. The enemies here were so powerful that Cyber was doomed to not be able to escape with his strength.

And if he fought, there was no doubt that the poor would be affected.

Most of the poor in the slums had become believers of life. As the chosen one of the goddess, he had the responsibility and obligation to protect them… He

was just caught. At most, he would die. He

would be a brave man again in a minute. Maybe, because of his martyrdom, he could gain a few more fanatical followers…

Well…

If he thought so, he seemed a little too shameless.

Thinking of the worried eyes of the poor just now, Cyber felt a little ashamed.

However, judging from the expressions of other players, he suspected that they might have the same idea as him… There

were a total of about twenty players who were caught.

This was also all the players who chose to preach in this city.

In the square of the city, stakes had been prepared.

Seeing the stakes, Cyber immediately knew what their fate would be.

However, when he couldn’t help but look at the other players, he found that everyone’s eyes were dull for a moment, and then quickly turned into weirdness, and then from weirdness to righteousness…

Many people held their heads high, with proud expressions, like heroes who were ready to die.

Cyber:…

Damn.

These drama queens.

Cyber was shy, and he couldn’t help but cover his face, but soon realized that he was tied up and couldn’t move.

The next moment, he was roughly tied to one of the stakes by the Judgement Knights.

More than 20 players were tied up, and at the same time, the same number of Judgement Knights came to them.

Each Judgement Knight held a torch in his hand, and there was a bucket of translucent liquid in front of him.

A pungent smell came over, and Cyber recognized that the liquid was a highly flammable high-energy magic material made by alchemists in “Elf Kingdom”, called magic fuel.

Soon, accompanied by curses, one civilian after another was brought to the square by the Judgement Knights.

Cyber’s eyes condensed, because he saw many poor people he had preached among them.

However, the Judgement Knights did not hurt them, but only forcibly took them to the execution ground and forced them to watch.

Soon, more and more civilians gathered here, filling the square.

They stared at the Judgement Knights with angry eyes, but dared not speak.

At the same time, Cyber also noticed that many familiar eyes were cast on him.

“Lord Cyber!”

The believers shouted worriedly in the crowd.

Facing their anxious gazes, Cyber sighed slightly and smiled warmly at them.

At this time, the black-robed priest walked onto the wooden platform in the square.

He glanced coldly at the crowd, then took out a piece of parchment and read coldly:

“In accordance with the Holy Decree of His Holiness the Pope: Life believers have deceived the world, brought disaster to the world, and spread pagan heresy…”

“The name of eternity cannot be blasphemed, and the power of our Lord cannot be challenged. Today, the Holy See’s decree judges the life believers and pagan sinners – death!”

As soon as he finished speaking, he waved to the trial knights, and the trial knights poured the magic fuel in the barrels on the players.

The crowd of onlookers exclaimed again and called out the names of the players.

The order at the scene was suddenly a little chaotic.

Facing those familiar eyes, Cyber mustered up his courage and thickened his skin. Like other players, he held his head high and chest out, ready to die…

But soon, he found that his skin was still too thin.

Several players beside him suddenly raised their heads and shouted proudly:

“Death is not scary, as long as the faith is true, even if we kill the preacher, there will be others to come!”

“Everyone has to die, some are lighter than a feather, some are heavier than Mount Tai!”

“I die, but my faith lives on. My death is still glorious! ” “

Although I die, my faith lives on! For justice, for freedom, for a better future!”

“Praise nature, praise life, praise the great goddess Eve!”

“Hurrah–!”

Listening to their impassioned shouts, the crowd of onlookers became agitated, and many of them shed tears of emotion.

They clenched their fists, gritted their teeth, and looked sad.

Cyber: …

Ah…

After listening to the words of the players around him, he just wanted to die quickly.

He seemed to see himself on the opening plot animation again…

The flames were lit, and in a blazing light and strong embarrassment, Cyber’s vision fell into darkness…

…

Autumn of the Eternal Era 1072.

The Eternal Church launched a large-scale manhunt for the Life believers who were preaching in the territory. All the captured Life believers were tied to the stake and burned to death. For

a time, a large number of players who sneaked into the Holy Mania Empire and the Kingdom of Iris to do priest tasks all experienced the taste of being burned by fire…

During the manhunt, the Knights of Judgment encountered resistance from a large number of Life believers, most of whom were converted poor people.

However, after several bloody suppressions, it gradually subsided.

However, although the riots of the pagans were suppressed, undercurrents in various cities in the human kingdom have begun to surge faintly…

In the cities that worship the Lord of Eternity, the number of believers who enter the Eternal Church to pray every day has not increased, but has become increasingly scarce.

At the same time, a team of strange figures also arrived in Larona, the capital of the Northern Iris Territory.

“This is La Rona, one of the few cities in the empire that allows believers of other religions to preach freely.”

“John, the God-favored one of the Church of Life, preaches here, and a large number of believers come here to visit him every day…”

“Especially after the Eternal Church began to persecute the preachers of life, more and more believers of life have fled here.”

“You don’t know Lord John yet? Many people call him Saint John. He came here a few months ago and has been helping the poor, healing the wounded, and preaching the faith of the Church of Life. He has a very high reputation in La Rona…”

said the young man who led the way.

Frank, who was riding a white horse, nodded slightly, and asked curiously:

“I have heard of him more or less. Many people here seem to respect him very much. Maybe… I will visit him in a few days.”

“It’s just… can you preach here at will? If I remember correctly, Adam, the God-favored one of the Church of Eternity, lives in seclusion here, and this place is still under the jurisdiction of the empire…”

After speaking, he threw another silver coin to the other party.

“Thank you, Sir Knight!”

The young man took the silver coin excitedly and explained:

“Sir Knight, you are from the north, so you may not know the history here. Larona was once a city built by dwarves and humans. In the past, the mainstream belief here was the Dwarf Church.”

“Although it was later under the rule of the Empire, the mainstream belief was still the Dwarf Church, until the Dwarf Church gradually declined… the Eternal Church became the mainstream.” “

However, because this is still the belief area of the Dwarf Church in name, the Eternal Church did not interfere with the beliefs here, and the Dwarf Church has always been very open and does not care about other churches preaching here…”

Frank was thoughtful after listening to the young man’s words.

After they entered Larona and found the church of the Eternal Church, the young man left.

Looking at the sparsely populated Eternal Church in front of him, Frank’s eyes were a little emotional.

Along the way, even if he didn’t deliberately observe, he noticed that it seemed that the Eternal Church in every place was becoming more and more deserted.

He got off his horse and entered the church accompanied by his personal guard Roland and handed over a letter of visit.

However, when the pastor in charge of reception saw his name and introduction, his originally enthusiastic expression quickly cooled down:

“Frank? Are you the abandoned son of the Rosen family?”

Frank frowned slightly.

He suppressed the discomfort in his heart and nodded gently:

“Yes, but I have nothing to do with the Rosen family anymore.”

The pastor shook his head:

“You can go, Lord Adam is very busy and is not in the church now.”

“Can I wait here? Or, when will Lord Adam come back? I can choose a day to visit…”

Frank asked.

The pastor’s expression became more and more impatient. He glanced at Frank and sneered:

“Do you really want me to say it clearly? A sinner who has been deprived of the title of nobility still wants to see Lord Adam?”

“You!”

The personal guard Roland glared at the pastor.

However, he was soon stopped by Frank.

Frank’s original smile faded a little. He took a deep breath and said,

“I am not visiting as a noble, but as a mercenary, or in other words, an imperial civilian.”

“That’s even worse. Lord Adam is very busy. He will not see other guests except the nobles who have made appointments in advance, let alone civilians. You’d better go.”

The pastor shook his head.

Frank frowned slightly, but quickly covered it up.

“Really… can’t I just visit?”

He raised his head and looked at the priest seriously.

The priest sneered:

“You were once a nobleman, and you said you didn’t want to see him, but you’re still asking again and again. Where’s your dignity?”

Frank was silent.

After a moment, he sighed and nodded:

“I understand.”

“Roland, let’s go.”

As he said that, he turned around and walked in the direction he came from.

But just after taking a few steps, he heard the priest’s low laugh again, his tone full of disdain:

“A sinner who has been deprived of his title still wants to see Lord Adam? Tsk… What a wishful thinking…”

Frank’s body paused slightly.

Then, he continued to move forward.

However, the clenched and unclenched fists showed that he was not as calm as he seemed…

The personal guard Roland turned around and glared at the priest fiercely, and the priest quickly covered his mouth, pouted, and turned his head away.

Then, Roland looked at Frank and couldn’t help asking:

“Master Frank, should we still find an opportunity to visit Adam, the God’s Blessed One?”

Frank was silent for a moment, then sighed:

“Let’s go see the legendary God’s Blessed One John first…”

Sad.

(End of this chapter)