The Whispering Verses Chapter 2330: Sacrifice and persistence
Shad looked towards the direction of the source of the cat's meow, and saw the light of fire appearing in the black mist, and then little Mia quickly ran over, and leaned directly on the protrusions and decorations on the armor's surface, jumping up from the ground touched Shade's shoulder.
Shad knew that this was little Mia without even having to probe. The completely lukewarm flames on its tail were special and could not be imitated by mere illusion.
"Why did you come here? Where is Miss Knight? Which direction did you come from just now?"
Shade asked softly, and the cat said "meow~" again, but because it was obvious that he did not understand what Shade said, he did not give directions.
However, the strange flames on its tail seem to have the effect of dispersing the black mist. So Shade hugged the cat and walked towards the direction it came from just now.
The black mist has the effect of distorting space. Although the church is not big, Shade felt that he had to walk a hundred steps before he could see the light in front of him. Continuing forward, the sudden white light made him close his eyes.
When he got used to the light and opened his eyes, he was clearly leading little Mia in a corridor covered with red carpets, walls painted with gold paint, and decorated with crystal chandeliers and various antique oil paintings.
This corridor reminded Shade of Yodel Palace, but it also looked like the residences of other great nobles.
As for himself, he was still wearing the golden armor at this time, and he lined up in two lines with the other five armored knights, walking at the front, holding a red cushion in his hand, with a green crystal placed on the cushion. behind Miss Knight.
Miss Knight is still wearing her armor, but without the helmet. Because Shade was standing first in the row of knights, he could see her profile and judged that her expression was very serious.
"Is this an illusion created by the thing in the coffin?"
He thought suspiciously, not knowing whether he should speak, but "she" in his ear reminded softly:
[There is a similar power to the "Illusion of Bones" that you and Elf Siam Nord encountered last time. The power of the sealed ancient creature and the power of the desert combined to create this illusion. 】
"I understand, this is the second illusion that I have to witness with the gods in my mission requirements, right? I understand."
Shad nodded and decided to see what would happen next.
The group of seven people continued to move forward under the leadership of Miss Knight, who was holding a green crystal. But in just a few dozen steps, they turned around the corner of the corridor, and then two monsters covered in black mist stopped in front of the group of people.
The two monsters can only be seen as slender human figures, and the specific appearance is not clear at all, and there are two people kneeling in front of them:
"Congratulations, Knight Shelly Knight, you finally brought back [Heart of the Oasis] for His Majesty."
Xia De squinted at the green crystal that had no elemental response.
"But you have been away for too long. Now the situation in the kingdom has changed drastically, and the situation in the palace is also somewhat different.
You need to sacrifice one person to us in order to move forward. The one on the left is a murderer. In order to avenge his exhausted mother, he killed thirteen members of a wealthy businessman's family; the one on the right is a rapist, who raped and killed people who were out for fun. The youngest son of the Viscount. Who are you going to sacrifice? ”
Miss Knight’s expression did not change at all:
"The one on the right."
As a result, the kneeling man on the right was dragged away by two masses of black mist amidst screams. The black mist disappeared. Miss Knight continued to lead the group of people forward without even looking at the murderer on the left.
After a few dozen steps, we encountered a corner again, this time turning left. After turning the corner, five transparent souls were being burned above the flames blocking the road, including two on the left and three on the right. And a humanoid monster with red skin, a **** fork in his hand, and goat's hooves and horns stopped everyone in front of the flames.
In other words, this is a typical devil image in fairy tales:
"There are five souls here. The two on the left are guilty of robbery but not guilty of death; the three on the right are guilty of theft but the same number is not large. You have to make a choice. These are the souls of your kingdom. Give me souls on either side so I can let you move on."
Miss Knight still made the decision without any hesitation:
"Two on the left."
"Don't you think about it?"
The monster asked, and the female knight shook her head. So the monster laughed and turned into black smoke and took away the two souls on the left. The flames under the three souls on the right disappeared, and they quickly escaped through the corridor wall.
Miss Knight led everyone to move forward. After turning a corner again, what blocked everyone this time was a huge crack nearly five meters wide across the corridor, with bubbling hot magma in the crack.
Seven trembling citizens stood next to the crack, three on the left and four on the right. Each person's right foot is tied with a chain connected to an iron ball, making it impossible for them to leave.
When everyone got closer, a two-meter-tall flame giant emerged from the magma. It was also using the common language of this era:
"If you want to leave, throw the person on the left or right into the lava with your own hands!"
Miss Knight squinted her eyes slightly, as if she was judging whether she could beat the opponent. But the result was obvious, so she handed what she was holding to another person behind her and stepped forward with her sword. At this time, Shade wanted to stop him and defeat this unknown elemental creature by himself, but after thinking about it, he did nothing.
[Why not do it? 】
"She" asked softly in Shade's ear. Shade was wearing a helmet at this time, so it was like someone was in the armor with him.
"Strictly speaking, the illusion that my mother-in-law experienced last time in Siam was not decoded by me, but that she wanted to understand by herself. Now is not the time to take action. Besides, they are all hallucinations. Why should I be anxious?"
Miss Knight walked to the lava crack, swung her sword and expressionlessly killed the three people on the left, then cut off their right feet and threw the bodies into the lava.
No one among the following knights spoke, so the magma faded and the cracks closed, and the corridor returned to normal.
Miss Knight tore off the coat of one of the people on the left to wipe her **** sword, and then motioned for everyone to move forward.
After turning again at the end of the corridor, a golden door decorated with gems finally appeared not far from the new corridor. It seemed that this was the destination.
But the door was closed, and there was a moving face with fangs on the door, which also made a request:
"Kill your companions so that I can allow you to continue taking [Heart of Oasis] to meet your queen. Besides you, there are six knights here. Just kill four of them. My It’s not too much to ask for.”
This time, Miss Knight finally did not take action immediately, but took a deep breath while holding the crystal. Then, she turned around and handed the crystal she was holding to Shade, then drew her sword and killed her companion.
Those knights only offered symbolic resistance and were killed cleanly by Miss Knight. During this period, Shade kept covering little Mia's eyes, not wanting the cat to see this brutal scene.
And the face on the door kept its promise and opened the door after the death of the fourth person.
Miss Knight retrieved the spar and entered behind the door with Shade and another person who had remained silent.
Behind the door is a huge room with gray ashlar walls. The fire in the fireplace is burning brightly. A thin woman with a crown and a face is wearing a nightgown and covered with a quilt, sitting in the surprisingly large room. Velvet four-poster bed.
There were no curtains around the bed, and there were only two expressionless maids standing on the left and right of the bed.
"Your Majesty."
Miss Knight knelt down on one knee and saluted, the remaining knight did the same, and Shade stood still.
"Following your instructions, I successfully brought back the [Heart of the Oasis] in that strange place, and broke through the obstacles and returned to you. Please write a letter and spend a lot of money to hire the witch again , let her use [Heart of Oasis] to save our cursed kingdom."
The blond queen who seemed to be seriously ill on the bed coughed twice, and then said weakly:
"Shelley, I'm really glad to see you again."
Then he coughed twice:
"Heart of the Oasis, you finally brought it back. Very good, really good. But you have to tell me, did you violate your oath of knighthood along the way?"
The gray-haired female knight did not speak, so the weak queen looked at her with gray eyes and continued:
“You choose to sacrifice the murderer or the qiangjian, but do you really have the right to judge others?
Robbers and thieves, you choose to sacrifice the few to protect the many, but in the end two people died because of you;
And those seven innocent citizens, why did you kill three of them without hesitation? Because you have made choices twice before, don't you want your past cruelty to become stupid? ”
"Because by killing three, you can save the other four."
Miss Knight replied respectfully, and the queen on the bed continued to ask:
"So, you finally violated the oath of knighthood and killed innocent people with your own hands."
"Yes, because I promised you to bring [Heart of the Oasis] back. Nothing is more important than this."
"So, at the door of this dormitory, you killed your companions with your own hands and became a real butcher. Shelly, don't you really feel guilty? Don't you feel that you have fallen? ”
The female knight kneeling on one knee looked up at her queen this time, with the expression on her face still determined:
"Your Majesty, countless people have sacrificed so far for this mission. I will not stop at the last step for any reason. You can think of this as my persistence. There are not many things that we as ordinary people can do. , but if necessary, I am even willing to sacrifice my own life and soul for this matter. [Heart of Oasis] must come here, and the kingdom must be saved."
"People who say such things usually lead to tragedy."
Shade, who was standing, thought in his mind, and the queen on the bed coughed several times in succession. Shade suspected that she was about to cough out her lungs.
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