December 1, War Era 15
The brave Zhou Li was attacked by the demon king Tolea in the surveillance fortress. He was seriously injured, his soul was broken, and he was on the verge of death.
This news was announced by Twelve Hours, and Twelve Hours specifically stated that Zhou Li was attacked by the demon king Torrea, which caused his soul to be on the verge of being broken. This time, Twelve Moments did not launch any denunciation against Eluma. It only stated that Zhou Li was seriously injured and hoped that the Pope of the Church of Life could be sent for treatment.
Eluma’s reply is:
reject.
When Eluma's approval was made public by Twelve Hours, there was an uproar all over the world. As for Eluma, the people who have been overwhelmed by the public opinion offensive have begun to think that she is an absurd and excessive monarch, a tyrant who does not hesitate to fabricate imaginary enemies to launch wars in order to consolidate her power. When the news of the appearance of Demon King Torrea was confirmed by the Twelve Hours, these people had a changed view of Eluma and began to doubt whether she was the real tyrant. However, this time Eluma refused to treat Zhou Li at Twelve Hours, which directly caused public opinion to return to Twelve Hours' side again.
Everyone believed that Eluma refused to allow Twelve Hours to treat Zhou Li just to take back the military power in his hands. This can also explain why the demon king who has been determined to be eliminated by experts reappears. This is clearly Eluma pretending to be himself.
This directly triggered public opinion around the world, and people began to regard Eluma as a complete tyrant, absurd and harmless, hungry for power, and ruthless at the same time. People's evaluation of Eluma has reached its lowest point. At this time, it only takes a little spark to detonate everything.
"Aluma..."
The gray-haired Helinen pushed open the heavy door. Behind the door, a crystal coffin was placed under the holy light. At this time, Eluma was sitting aside, staring intently at the young man in the coffin. After hearing Herinin's voice, Eluma did not turn around, but nodded slightly to indicate that she was listening.
"Muqi wants to see you."
In fact, the age difference between Mr. Muqi and Herinin is not that big, so the two have always been friends after they formed the United Empire with Eluma. He looked at the tired and sad girl in front of him, and his eyes couldn't help flashing with distress, "Eluma, don't push yourself like this, twelve seconds...maybe there is nothing wrong."
"maybe."
Eluma is no longer as determined as usual. Normally, once someone proposes to make peace with Twelve Quarters, she will reject the other party's proposal with the strongest attitude. But this time, her tone was obviously a little more relaxed, which made Helinen breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously.
"Without the gods, Zhou Li would indeed have no cure."
Eluma stretched out her hand and traced Zhou Li's cheek with her slender index finger. At this time, Zhou Li's face was pale, with a calm smile on his face, as if he was welcoming death silently. But Eluma could sense that beneath this nearly collapsed body, there was a soul that was struggling all the time.
Demon King Torea's blow did not kill Zhou Li, or in other words, she spared her hand just right. The damage she caused can only be cured by the Pope of the Church of Life, no, it should be said that the Goddess of Life can cure it. If he continues to delay, Zhou Li will definitely die from a broken soul.
In this world, except for the goddess of life, no other person or god can do anything to the soul. After all, the power held by the Goddess of Life includes mysterious and mysterious souls, so so far, no less than dozens of people have come to persuade Eluma to join forces with the Life Church to save Zhou Li. But for some reason, Eluma's reply was unusually decisive every time.
impossible.
Helinen almost watched Eluma and Zhou Li spend the past twenty years, and during the most difficult years, this cold and kind old man always accompanied them, just like their grandfather. The same is true for Mr. Muqi. As one of the few non-combat gods in the world, Mr. Muqi, as a teacher, will always teach Zhou Li and Eluma knowledge that will benefit them a lot. Therefore, in the hearts of Zhou Li and Eluma, these two are relatives and elders.
Therefore, after believing in Eluma again and again and supporting her unconditionally, Herinen experienced Zhou Li's assassination. After getting along with each other for a long time, this smart and sensible young man with a sincere heart of equality has long been recognized and expected by him. Moreover, Herining had always known that his deceased little daughter had always been in love with Zhou Li, so Herining had long regarded Zhou Li as his own child.
And now, when Herining, who had lost his daughter, saw the nearly dead boy in the coffin, his heart that had been hardened all his life felt sour. He began to think that if twelve seconds could really save Zhou Li, it wouldn't be a bad thing.
So, he contacted Mr. Muqi. He wanted Mr. Muqi to persuade Eluma and ask her... to think about Zhou Li.
Just when the old man and the young man fell into silence, the door was opened again. Mr. Muqi, wearing a crisp uniform and an elegant appearance, slowly walked into the room. He did not greet Eluma immediately, but walked to Zhou Li, stretched out his hand, and gently covered his forehead.
"Soul collapse..."
After a while, Mr. Muqi withdrew his hand, a thoughtful look on his face. Mr. Muqi on the side was a little anxious at this time. He didn't know why his old friend didn't try to persuade Eluma, but instead checked Zhou Li's injuries.
"Sorry, Eluma, I'm late."
This old man who has been at the forefront of the war collecting soil materials and analyzing the devil's aura looked at Eluma aside and said apologetically: "I've made you suffer."
"fine."
Herinen found that after Mr. Muqi appeared, Eluma was obviously relieved and her tense nerves relaxed. Just when Herinen was confused, Mr. Muqi spoke.
"To be able to withstand so much pressure that makes you succumb to the Church of Life, Eluma, you are countless times stronger than I imagined."
Mr. Muqi said this with joy, then he looked at Herinin who was startled by the prophecy, and said to comfort him: "Old friend, don't worry."
"Can I not be in a hurry?!"
Herinen stood up, frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Now Zhou Li's situation has become the most dangerous. If he continues to delay, his soul will receive inevitable trauma. Now, who else but the Life Church There’s no way to save him!”
"You are right, no one can save him except the Life Church."
With a snap of his fingers, an invisible barrier instantly enveloped the entire room. Looking at the somewhat astonished Herinen, Mr. Muqi smiled, and then said to Eluma beside him: "Don't blame this old boy, care will lead to chaos, that's how he is."
"I never blamed Grandpa Herinen."
Shaking her head, Eluma showed a forced smile, "I have doubted myself, not to mention Grandpa Herinen."
"That's good."
A faint smile appeared on Mr. Muqi's face, but he was still a little worried, but he did not express it. Instead, he explained to Herinen beside him: "Old He, now, the gods cannot see us."
The gods cannot see us.
After hearing this sentence, Herining was stunned. As the monarch of an empire and also a rare "people's monarch", Herrinin's sensitivity to some things is far beyond ordinary people. He seemed to have discovered something, frowned, and asked, "Muqi, do you know what you are talking about?"
"I know."
Mr. Muqi nodded. He looked at Zhou Li lying in the crystal and said calmly, "But don't you think it's too much of a coincidence?"
"Only the injuries treated by the Life Church, the sudden appearance of the Demon King, and the statement at the twelve moments. Lao He, I don't believe you can't see the connection based on your experience."
Mr. Muqi's words made Herinen startled for a moment, and then his face became serious. He is not a fool. There are some things that others cannot see clearly, but he can see them clearly. As a monarch who was truly elected by the people, Herinen's attitude towards gods was actually beyond ordinary people's imagination. In the eyes of outsiders, as Tariq is the place where the Twelve Hours descend, Herinen should be extremely pious towards the gods and should never retreat in accordance with the will of the gods. Some even say that the reason why Herinen supports Eluma is because he has long been controlled.
In fact, only a few people knew that Herinen had always been suspicious of the gods.
He had spoken to his youngest daughter, Tia, and both father and daughter were suspicious of the gods. Herrinen has always believed that Twelve Hours' unconditional help to mankind has crossed the line, and humanity has begun to stagnate because of Twelve Hours' support. Tiya is relatively pure. She just thinks that human beings have begun to act like domestic animals raised by the Twelve Righteous Gods. This is not consistent with common sense at all.
At the same time, Muqi also noticed Herinin's thoughts.
"Old He, if you were really as pious to the gods as they say, you wouldn't have been living in the surveillance fortress."
Helinen was silent for a moment after hearing this, then he waved his hand, sighed and said, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you."
"Yes, I have been guarding against gods."
Mr. Muqi smiled, then looked at Zhou Li aside, his voice was deep and he said, "Since you and I are people with ulterior motives, I have to speak frankly."
"Lao He, what do you think will happen if we really hand Zhou Li over?"
Helinen was stunned. After caring, he became confused. Without panic, he began to imagine the words from Mr. Muqi's mouth. Then, his face suddenly didn't look good.
"Yes, as long as you and I think about it for a moment, we can figure it out. If Zhou Li's assassination was full of weirdness, wouldn't it be even weirder for God's just-in-time assistance?"
Mr. Muqi rubbed his chin, looked at Zhou Li's broken soul, and said calmly: "This is a complete game. The purpose of the gods setting this game is not to hurt Zhou Li, but to let him go to the arms of the gods. It is the real purpose. If my guess is correct, once we hand over Zhou Li, we will have no idea what the goddess of life did to him."
"Then···"
Looking at the solemn-looking Herinen, Mr. Muqi shook his head, his voice as deep as if it had magic power, "We will lose the brave man and lose hope."
Herinen stopped talking. He knew that he might just be suspicious, and Mr. Muqi and Eluma had been secretly fighting against the gods. After a while, he looked at Eluma aside and asked, "Has the conflict between humans and gods reached this point?"
Raising her head and staring at the elder-like old man in front of her, Eluma said calmly: "My temptation is over, and God has given me the answer. Your Majesty Herinen, can you accept the answer I want to tell you?" ?”
Helinin did not answer, but fell into deep thought. After a while, he smiled bitterly and relievedly. He looked at Eluma, and the initial panic disappeared, and a calmness that had never changed appeared on his face, "I have already guessed it, and even if I don't listen, the answer I guessed will always be there." In my heart.”
"The gods never thought of salvation."
Eluma looked at Herinen and told the truth, "What the gods want to do is to keep humans in captivity to the state they want, and then destroy everything."
"When I became the Black Emperor and started that meeting, I prayed to the gods in my heart to let them watch everything I did."
Stretching out her hand, the Black Emperor's seal appeared on the back of the smooth and white hand. Eluma looked at the traces symbolizing imperial power and said slowly: "They didn't respond, but they looked at me. After the meeting, I could clearly I feel that the blessings of the twelve gods have left me. Instead, there is a kind of omnipresent gaze."
"Later, I sent out the Storm Legion and announced to the outside world that I would confront the Demon King. But in fact, the Drizzle Legion and the Third Magnum Legion also conducted covert operations. The existence of the covert operations was only known to me and the corresponding person in charge. .According to my calculation at that time, the Demon King's legion could no longer withstand my set of combined punches. However, the Demon King happened to seize the vitality that no one could detect at the most critical moment, and escaped almost as if he had foreseen it in advance. Strangulation by covert troops.”
Putting down her right hand, Eluma looked at the boy in the coffin and said calmly: "Since then, I have understood that the Demon King will not be defeated by me in advance. In other words, whether I can defeat the Demon King or be defeated by the Demon King, both are There is a fixed time and place, there is a fixed script.”
"Later, I stopped launching large-scale attacks against the Demon King. Instead, I sent various covert troops to conduct small-scale battles. Just as I thought, these battles were successful, but only those transformed by the Demon King were destroyed. Corpse.”
Eluma's eyes were gradually covered by black mist, and an indescribable transparency appeared in her vision. "During this period of time, they have not made any denunciation or condemnation of me, and they have been helping me." . Until, I sent out the first legion wearing the Realm Amulet."
"I made the amulet, and the effect is very simple."
Mr. Muqi on the side spoke, with a normal look on his face as he explained the effect of the mysterious amulet.
“The gods cannot watch.”
"Then, the day after that army severely wounded the Demon King himself, Twelve Hours launched a denunciation."
(End of chapter)
