The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"You are really taken advantage of. It's just a boring trick played by humans, but do you still take it seriously? Or are you planning to change your career to poverty alleviation? Then that person before was not a good person, right?"

"Of course I know... there is neither heaven nor hell in this world. There may be no soul at all after death, and there is no need for salvation. I just suddenly wanted to do that."

Mikael blinked his eyes aimlessly. Having said that, he did pray just now, but the object of his prayer was not a vague "Lord" created by humans, but someone who once existed. object.

What's the point of doing this? He didn't even know it, it was probably just a spur of the moment, and the money was taken care of anyway.

The air after the rain was filled with an earthy smell, which quite a bit eliminated the stench of excrement accumulated on the roadside. The two of them walked aimlessly on the streets of Klosten. The sunlight above their heads changed from warm to scorching, then to lazy blood color, and then to thick darkness.

They were still walking, not stopping, until the sky lit up again, until the sun kept changing its angle, and finally fell irrevocably towards the westward wilderness...

Mebius couldn't hold back his anger:

"What are you going to do? Just keep wasting time like this?"

"You could think so."

Mikael shook his head:

"After so many years, haven't you gotten used to it? We always have enough time, so we can spend a longer time waiting for something to sprout."

"whispering sound!"

Mebius bared his teeth and finally shook his head helplessly. Since she chose to follow Mikael to leave the paradise of the past, there is nothing to complain about.

Of course it's not that she doesn't like this kind of leisure time. If she doesn't consider everything else, she is actually very willing and willing to spend a whole day walking side by side with Mikael on every street in Klosten. Enjoyed it a lot.

But... although Mikael didn't say it clearly, didn't she understand why he had spent hundreds of gold groshen to buy the indulgence and who the "lord" in his heart was?

After a short period of sadness, there was a deeper feeling of powerlessness. After all, she could never defeat a dead man, in every sense of the word.

So, she could only follow Mikael mechanically, and she couldn't tell exactly what she was feeling at the moment.

Whether it's a long-lost excitement or a touch of sadness, it actually doesn't matter.

Their time was too long, and their goals were too grand, so that the little personal relationship seemed very small and childish now - even though she had just slapped Mikael in the face in an extremely... A radical way to express your feelings.

"boom!"

Probably because she was too lost in thought, Mebius didn't even notice the changes around her. By the time she reacted, she had been pulled behind by Mikael.

The door of a house not far away was kicked open by two heavily armed knights. About half a minute later, rapid footsteps came from inside the house.

"Who!"

With a yell, a middle-aged man rushed out with an axe, but when he saw the knight at the door, he threw the ax away skillfully, and then raised his hands high, as if it was a courtesy.

It was only then that the salesman whom Mikael and Mebius had met yesterday squeezed out from between the shoulders of the two knights with a smile on his face and stood in front of the man.

Everything was as he expected yesterday. The sales of indulgences had made a lot of money in the past few days, but to say that it could make up for the losses in the Eastern Expedition of Destiny was probably just a pipe dream.

This is all due to the people's lack of cooperation. There are still too few people voluntarily subscribing for indulgences. Although there are many people who believe in God, there are still too few people who are willing to donate money or even more to God. Even if there are, they have all been done before. He lost his life in the Eastern Expedition, or his family fortune was exhausted.

Although the salesman can semi-forced sales like he did yesterday, he can only bully the old, weak, women and children. If he encounters a strong pillar, he may be beaten violently. And how much money do the old, weak, women and children have?

Therefore, the masters concluded that there are still too few good people among the people, and they need to use force to collect money... No, it is to persuade the people to subscribe for indulgences.

This is also a good thing for the salesman. Not to mention other things, he can sell more indulgences and earn five gold groschens from one indulgence. What kind of business can be done like this?

But he wasn't very happy either. It wasn't that the two knights around him had cut off his "financial path". Now he could also sell one indulgence note for six goldgroschens, as long as he divided it between the two knights. Just one...well, so he raised the price to eight gold groschens.

What really made him uncomfortable was that all the money he had gained from selling indulgences in the past few days was robbed by someone at noon. The other party seemed to be deliberately humiliating, and left six golden groschens in a pretentious manner. It's called - buying an indulgence to atone for one's sins...

The other party even wears a dispensable outfit, and her identity can be seen at a glance... Forget it, don't think about it anymore, he can't care about the nobles' affairs, just leave it to the noble gentlemen to have a headache.

However, he was pooping and peeing... Bah! On the way to complain to the staff of Tianming with snot and tears, I was caught and assigned to the collection business.

"Sir, buy an indulgence!"

The salesman lost his family fortune and his voice was a little uncertain, but thinking of the two knights behind him, he straightened his chest unconsciously.

"I have not committed any crime! I have been an honest person since I was a child! I have never eaten meat, nor drank alcohol, nor have I touched any woman except my wife... nor have I touched a man! I have never cheated I haven’t betrayed anyone, nor have I ever been angry with anyone who was kind to me!”

The man was still a little unwilling to give up. When he saw the knight behind the salesman standing still, he still insisted.

"There is no sin, how is that possible? Human beings are born with original sin. Besides, you must have forgotten many things when you have grown so old, right? Maybe there are some sins among them that are enough to send you to hell? Besides, even if you yourself There is no sin. Doesn't your family...your father have no sin? He may be suffering from the burning fire in hell. As a son, can you endure this? If you turn a blind eye to this, wouldn't you be committing a crime? Is it a crime of unfilial piety?”

The man was stunned by what he said, and even the two knights looked at each other through the eye slits of their helmets to express their amazement.

The man took a deep breath, turned around and went back to the house. After a while, he brought six Jingroshen. He knew that he might be able to struggle a little longer. The salesman's words were not without flaws. As long as he was tough, he was not guilty. But he also knew that the other party was stealing money reasonably and legally. It was best not to reason with him and give him money. That's it.

"Take it, take it!"

The clinker salesman didn't buy it anymore. He caught the six Jingroshins and spread his hands towards the man again:

"Your father's sin was so serious that it would take eight golden groshen to atone for it."

"you!!!"

The man tapped the salesman hard with his index finger, but finally chose to give in. He took two more Jingroshen and handed them to the salesman.

"It's better now, right?"

The salesman smiled and handed the man an indulgence note. Seeing that he paid so decisively, the salesman regretted it. He rolled his eyes and suddenly knelt down and hugged the man's thigh without hesitation——

"What are you doing! It's obscene!"

"Sir! Your father's sins are really serious. The eight Golden Groshins just now are not enough to atone for his sins. Eight more are needed! Please, sir, buy another one! I have already See your father’s left foot has stepped out of Hell! You only need to cast eight more, and his right leg can also step out!”

But this time, the man didn't give him another chance. He kicked the salesman away, slammed the door shut with all his strength, and roared through the door:

"My father doesn't have a right leg!"

Looking at the farce in front of him, Mebius didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

"Are you just watching indifferently? This is not like your style."

She asked slightly sarcastically, but Mikael did not answer, but just held her hand tighter.

Suddenly, a roar of people came from the square not far away. Michael suddenly started, grabbing Mebius's hand and running towards the source of the sound.

It was a "flying" in the true sense. Mebius instinctively took steps forward, only to find that his feet were just flapping meaninglessly in the air. His whole body was held up in the air by Mikael, just like a little pendant.

The next moment, the two of them arrived on the roof, overlooking the bustling crowd in the square below.

In the center of the crowd was a sloppy wooden stage. Standing on the stage was a lonely girl. She was wearing a purple half-face stage mask and her body was wrapped in a shabby sack.

After just one glance, Mikael twitched his lips and smiled half helplessly and half mockingly:

"The Kaslana family are really stupid!"

The sack she found was too small and couldn't cover the white braid on the back of her head. The Valkyrie uniform inside had not been changed, and the brass logo of the Kaslana family could even be seen on the collar...

"puff!"

Mebius also laughed, almost sweeping away the entire day's unhappiness:

"Kaslana? Is he a descendant of Kevin? Although he looks quite stupid himself, hanging behind Mei like a little follower all day long, but he is not a fool, right? Or..."

She glanced at Mikael out of the corner of her eye and said sarcastically:

"If I remember correctly, Kaslana has been intermarrying with Shaniyat for a long time. You have to be responsible for this stupid gene, right?"

"Come on, negatives will make positives, and negatives will make positives. It's because my genes are too good, so I can't play a negative role with him."

"What nonsense!"

Mebius cursed secretly, feeling dazed for a moment - she vaguely guessed what would happen next. If she repeated this passage to Kevin, maybe some things could be avoided...

But she shook her head firmly. Rather than stopping a short-lived tragedy, what she wanted to see more was the result of everything Mikael said being reversed.

With a mixed feeling of joy and sorrow, she cast her gaze again, and the girl's cry also sounded at this moment:

"Didn't destiny say that as long as you buy the indulgence coupon, you can atone for all your sins? Okay! Very good! I don't care if you believe it or not, I believe it anyway!"

Everyone in the audience was stunned for a moment. They thought this girl was standing up to criticize this outrageous indulgence, but they didn't expect the girl to say such a thing?

But before they had time to think about whether the girl was deliberately cheating, they saw her take out six golden groschens from her body, raise them high above her head and shout:

"I firmly believe that indulgences can help me atone for my sins, so a few hours ago I robbed an indulgence salesman from his money for selling a thousand indulgences, and now I'm buying him another one!"

She tossed it casually, and the six coins fell accurately into the cash box on the side, making a light "ding-dong" sound.

"Everyone heard the sound! 'As long as the coins purchased for the indulgences jingle into the cash box, your soul will come out of the flames of purgatory'! I robbed that salesman of his family property. I'm so sorry, I confess my sins! But now my sins are atonement! Some people may say that indulgences can only atone for sins committed by God. Such crimes will still be punished by destiny in this world, but destiny does not claim that their rights are all from God. Given to me? If I am innocent in God’s eyes, how can God have the right to judge me guilty?”

The whole place suddenly fell silent, and then there was a roaring tsunami, one after another.

"So, I suggest that everyone go rob the salesman of indulgences and just keep a portion of the money to atone for your sins!"

The crowd below were whispering to each other and almost didn't hear her last "nonsense".

But before everyone could discuss the outcome, they saw the girl on the stage making another move - she dragged out a larger sack from behind the wooden platform, lifted it effortlessly, and threw it into the air. , and then with a flick of his thumb, a small coin accurately hit the bag thrown into the air. The bag exploded, and shiny silver coins fell like raindrops.

"Cheer! This is all the money you spent to buy indulgences, and I got them all back for you! Just take the silver coins according to your purchase!"

But no one paid attention to her anymore, whether it was a man with gold teeth and a white shirt, a homeless man holding a blackened old wooden basin, his clothes in tatters, or a simple man wearing a linen cloth. The kiln sister, who had cut a hole and exposed her short-sleeved clothes on both sides of her body, was bending over like crazy and hunching everywhere, like a piglet snatching the silver coins that fell on the ground.

As for what the girl on the stage said, "Everyone gets the silver coins according to what they bought." I'm sorry, no one heard it.

Suddenly, the sound of neat footsteps coming from the end of the road, accompanied by the collision of iron and iron, suddenly overwhelmed the din of human voices.

"The Knights are coming!"

I don't know who shouted first, and the crowd gathered in the square dispersed. Many people did not forget to dig out a silver coin from the cracks in the floor tiles before fleeing.

They lowered their bodies tactfully, as if they were afraid that their faces would be remembered by the Knights.

Kallen also immediately covered the sack on her head and turned into a white line and got into the alley next to it.

At first, she was still mixed with the scattered crowds, but as people ran home one by one, the space around her became empty, and she also realized a serious problem -

She is lost.

It was true that she had grown up in Klosten, but as the eldest daughter of the Kaslana family, she had been spending time at the training ground day after day since she was a child. Otto would sneak her out secretly, and of course there would be more later. They followed Eleanor who couldn't get rid of them, but the adults just turned a blind eye. The three of them knew in their hearts that they all ran quickly through the streets of Klosten to the suburbs to enjoy half a day of freedom.

Since joining the Valkyrie Army, Kallen has been either on missions or in the military camp. When she occasionally leaves the military camp, she just returns to Kaslana's clan for a simple rest.

Until this moment, she realized how unfamiliar she was to the streets of Klosten.

She stood in an alleyway that was only accessible to one person. There was no one in front of her. She wanted to see behind her, but it was difficult to even look back. Every time she took a step forward, her shoulders and arms were rubbing against the wooden walls on both sides. She didn't know whether the broken sack was caught by wooden thorns or iron nails. After a "hiss" sound, all that was left on Karen's body was A mask as a final disguise.

"Karen!"

The wooden door she just passed by suddenly opened, and a familiar call came into her ears. Before Kallen could react, she was pulled in.

"Otto!"

Kallen didn't look surprised. After all, the two of them came out together to relax. She was just angry for a moment and couldn't help but pretend to go on stage to criticize fate. The mask on her face was just from a red-haired actor. Borrowed.

"You are so impulsive!"

Otto wanted to say this, Otto should have said this. After all, Kallen's so-called "disguise" was extremely childish from any angle. He was even sure that the Knights had now removed the "Kaslana Family" The news that the eldest daughter openly criticized the destiny in public was sent back to his father, Bishop Nicholas, and the castle council. If it were the heyday of the three major families, the heir of the Kaslana family would have been placed under house arrest for speaking out against destiny, and would have suffered a lot, not to mention...

According to the private conversation between his father and him after returning to Tianming, now that the Eastern Expedition has failed, the authority of the three major families has been severely shaken. After all, it was the Apokalis family that pushed forward the Eastern Expedition, at least on the surface. As for the Castle Council This proposal was also passed. No one will remember it. Everyone will only remember the initiator. The Kaslana family lost most of their direct members during the Eastern Expedition, and the main line of Shaniyat only had three girls. The power of the three major families has declined unprecedentedly. It is difficult not to let the Castle Council Some of them have thoughts that they shouldn't have...

Just yesterday during the day, the Castle Council had issued a resolution to vote, requiring his father Nicholas to "return the rights stolen by the three major families to the Castle Council." Under such circumstances, Kallen made such a big mistake... This matter is already very difficult to correct...

No, no, no, how can this be called a mistake? Karen didn't do anything wrong, how could seeking justice be wrong? At most, she was a little too radical, a little too careless about the consequences...

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he met Karen's stubborn eyes, and all the words were blocked in his throat for a while.

Doesn't Karen know this?

She may really not know some things, for example, no one will tell her about the impending moves of the Castle Council. After all, the Kaslana family has never been involved in politics. This has always been the responsibility of the Apokalis family in the division of labor between the three major families.

But aside from this, her disguise is like the emperor's new clothes, doesn't she know?

After her identity is known, the lightest punishment is to be dismissed from her job and put under house arrest, or she may even be sent to a monastery to spend the rest of her life. Doesn't she know?

No, she's just stubborn, but she's not a fool.

The reason why she did such a bad job of pretending that she even revealed Kaslana's logo was to retain a trace of the original aristocratic flavor...

The knights can see it, and the people can naturally see it. She just wants these people who are already living in poverty and have to endure further exploitation by fate to know that there are still people in the three major families who are on their side, and not all the three major families agree. At least Kaslana... at least the eldest daughter of the Kaslana family doesn't agree with Destiny's atrocities!

This can at least provide them with some slim hope, letting them know that not all nobles are working together. Such spiritual comfort may be meaningless, or it may be very important.

"Karen... you may not know that the Castle Council has recently wanted to attack the three major families. Your performance today... is tantamount to handing the Castle Council a sword to stab the three major families... "

"What? Is there any problem? Is Bishop Nicholas dissatisfied with me, or are you, the future Bishop of Destiny, dissatisfied with my behavior?"

Kallen looked very calm, and even had the leisure to make a small joke, but this joke didn't taste good to Otto's ears.

Of course it wasn't because of Kallen's disdainful attitude towards his father, and he himself didn't like his father very much. It was not because of Karen's teasing about him that he would become the future Bishop of Destiny. This was indeed Nicholas's exact words. But that was something that never happened. After losing his eldest son, Nicholas had announced his heirs to the public many times. Every one of his sons, grandsons Marcel, Fabian, Otto, and even his second sister Li Nicholas at different times said that Sa could be the future Bishop of Destiny.

What Otto cares about is the alienation revealed in Kallen's teasing...

never mind.

He smiled bitterly and said:

"No...it's not like that...Karen, under the current situation, if you are caught, the castle council will never give up. The monastery will definitely not be able to solve the problem..."

Kallen nodded:

"Is this so..."

She murmured, but said no more.

She admitted that her previous actions were a bit impulsive, but she did not regret it, because just this morning she saw that people who were already impoverished were being forced to sell things. For this meaningless meaning, she was willing to give everything.

Otto looked at her unblinking eyes and her slightly raised chin. He didn't know why Kallen became so decisive at this moment.

But one thing he knew - he had to protect her at all costs.