Time passes day by day, and the tireless devil and saint look down at the world from the end of the sky. From beginning to end, no one has discovered their existence.
In the Gryphon House, there was less and less food left. Ms. Madeleine further reduced the food supply for each child. From the beginning, it was a piece of black bread a day and half a finger-width piece of meat, and now there is only one of them.
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Under the intrusion of hunger, the powerless children could no longer raise their spirits and lay in their dormitories all day long. Only when the bell rang could the children reluctantly get up.
The weight of silence hangs over the hearts of all children. Only when they think of the promises made by the saints, will the sparks of hope burst out in the children's eyes again. Many children even think about it in their dreams.
Call Isaac's name, hoping that the saint will return from the clouds and save everyone in one fell swoop.
A slight knocking sound reached the ears of Irene, who was half asleep. Only in the half-asleep state could she forget the intrusion of hunger.
Erin's eyes regained consciousness. She came to the window and opened it, only to see young Valente standing outside the window waiting for her.
"Why are you here?" Irene asked in a weak voice.
"I brought you some food." Valente replied quickly, took out a small piece of bread from his pocket, handed it to Irene, and watched her eat up the food little by little, with a smile on her face, "I
Let's go now. If you stay here for too long, you will be scolded again later. Erin, you must hold on, I believe we can get through this difficulty."
Irene smiled and nodded to Valente. The young man stared at her face carefully and remembered her appearance in his heart, and then left with peace of mind.
Valente walked all the way to the dean's reception room. The entrance to the reception room was guarded by several heavily guarded Crusaders. The Crusaders conducted a routine inspection on Valente and then allowed him to enter.
In the reception room, in addition to Dean Cavo of the Gryphon House, and Valente's mother and administrator Madeleine, there was also the city lord and his party who visited not long ago. The city lord was protected not only by fully armed crusaders, but also by the city lord.
He is the guardian of a mage wearing a gray robe and holding a tome in his hand.
"I have heard about the strangeness of the Saint's Seal. I am very interested in the legend of Saint Isaac and what he left behind. Dean Cavo, can you give me the Saint's Seal? In exchange,
I will provide you with the food you need."
The city lord, whose eyes were cloudy, asked at this moment. It seems that the fact that the seal can dissipate heat somehow reached the city lord's ears, which led to his visit.
"Lord City Lord, that seal does not belong to me. To be precise, it belongs to the girl chosen by the saint. I have no right to deal with that seal." Dean Cavo replied in a neither humble nor condescending manner.
Sensing the rejection in Dean Cavo's words, the city lord let out a low groan of dissatisfaction. He was about to persuade Cavo to think about it more, but he heard the dean say again:
"However, if the Lord of the City just wants to feel the strangeness of the seal, I believe that the girl will be willing to help. Since the flames of the world have been extinguished, has the Lord of the City still remembered the warm taste of food? If the Lord of the City is willing to share the food with us
, I can guarantee that every one of the city lord’s men will be able to eat hot food today.”
Hearing this, the city lord just laughed: "Do you think I was attracted by the effect of the seal? You are wrong. It is just the ability to generate heat. Many high-level treasures that have nothing to do with flames can achieve similar effects. What really attracts me is the seal.
, is the saint represented behind it."
Having said this, the city lord clapped his hands, and after receiving the order, the servant outside the door immediately led a goat to Dean Cavo.
Listening to the bleating sound coming from the goat's mouth, Dean Cavo was a little confused. He didn't understand what the city lord meant, but he saw the city lord ordered to the mage who was guarding him: "Show them what you can do."
The mage nodded respectfully, pure white light condensed from his palm, and a thick bolt of lightning shot out with lightning speed, hitting the goat. The goat let out a short and harsh cry, and then the body fell to the ground completely in convulsions.
Then there was no breath.
The knowledgeable Ms. Madeli could tell from the three flowing cloud marks tattooed with gray lines on the sleeves of the gray-robed mage that his rank belonged to him. According to Brakada's evaluation standards, what he saw before him was
He is a third-level Qi mage.
After killing the goat with lightning, the mage kept moving and immediately sat cross-legged in front of the fallen goat. He raised his hands and made a virtual hug on the goat's head. Along with the rapid condensation of magic elements, a crackling sound could also be heard.
It came from his fingertips.
As the spell took effect, the goat's still warm body became very hot, and even the wool on its body turned black and curled. In addition, a burning smell also passed into the noses of several people. p>
Valente looked at the scene in front of him in disbelief. He didn't know what the mage had done, but judging from the changes in the goat, they were clearly signs of being heated by high temperatures. He couldn't help but ask: "What did you do?
Arrived?"
The mage looked at the city lord with questioning eyes, and the city lord waved his hand and said: "Answer his doubts."
After receiving the city lord's approval, the gray-robed mage spoke: "This is the second-level magic, the effect of thunderbolt microwave. Thunderbolt microwave belongs to the air magic, so it will not be affected by the disappearance of the fire element. In the era when the flames are extinguished,
Mages developed this magic and used this method to heat food."
Hearing this, Dean Cavo couldn't help but let out a deep sigh. A mage who can freely control the elements will certainly not be troubled by the silence of the flames like the civilians in the Griffin House.
Cavo originally planned to use the saint's seal's ability to heat food to reach a deal with the city lord in exchange for some food. Now it seems there is no hope. Even if the flames in the world are completely silent, the mages have ways to deal with it.
"See? I don't covet the power of the seal. On the contrary, you need this food. When you run out of food, it will be useless to hold the saint's seal. Why don't you give it to me now?
Come and give you the food you urgently need." The city lord shook his head and said.
Under the persuasion of the city lord, Cavo could only shake his head and sigh. The dilemma he was facing at the moment did not leave him any choice. He could only say to Ms. Madeli: "Go and bring Sania here..."
No, let them all gather together."
Madeli nodded and followed the instructions, and as she left first, two bells rang in succession, soon echoing above the Griffin House.
Sania in the dormitory was slightly surprised when she heard the bell ringing. This was the first time she heard two bells since arriving at the Griffin House. Thinking of Erin's teachings, Sania did not dare to neglect and hurried
Gather in the backyard with other children.
In the backyard, Dean Cavo has been waiting for a long time. There are two guards of the city lord beside him. The guards are carrying the goat that has just been roasted by the gray-robed mage. Even though the skin has not been removed and the blood has not been drained, the goat is still fresh.
Smelling the smell of burnt meat, many children nearby swallowed their saliva subconsciously.
"Sanya, the city lord wants to make a deal with you."
After all the children had arrived, Dean Cavo called the girl brought by the Saint forward and slowly said: "The Lord of the City wants to use our scarce food, a whole sheep, in exchange for the Saint in your hand.
Seal."
Sania was stunned for a moment, then shook her head: "That's what the saint left me. I don't want to give it to others."
Hearing this, Cavo just persuaded: "I understand what the meaning of that seal is to you, and I also understand your choice to treasure it, but that seal cannot save us, only the city lord can bring it
Only with the food can we continue to persevere and wait for the day when the saints return..."
Before Dean Cavo finished speaking, he was interrupted by the shouts of children nearby.
"Hurry up and give him the seal! What are you still hesitating about?"
"Why don't you agree? Do you want us all to starve to death?"
"Do you know how long it has been since I saw such food? This is a whole sheep, which is much more precious than your seal!"
The dissatisfied cries of the children completely drowned out Sania in an instant. Sania turned around with a stunned look on her face, only to see that the children's originally innocent faces turned into fierce ones at this moment. Many of the girls, during this period
Time has been spent with her, but now she seems to have changed, becoming so strange to Sania.
Amid the crowds of people, Irene looked a little confused. She stretched out her hand towards Sania and opened her mouth slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but her voice was eventually completely drowned.
Among the children, the loudest one was the boy Valente. He stood in the first row of the children and shouted loudly:
"You selfish devil! That seal was not left to you by the saint at all, but to everyone in the Griffin House, but you want to take it for yourself. How can you be so selfish?
Why don’t you agree to the city lord’s request quickly!”
Seeing the excitement among the children, even Dean Cavo seemed to be calmed down at this moment. Who would have thought that just the temptation of a whole sheep could make the children burst into such a huge momentum, eager to kill Sa
Nia looks like she was cut into pieces.
Valente looked back at the children nearby, and was about to continue saying something, when he was met with a loud slap. Valente was stunned by this slap, but it was the next slap that made him
After waking up, Valente covered his face and backed away. The children made way for him, but he saw that the one who slapped him was his mother, the manager Madeleine.
As soon as Madeli appeared, the voices of the children nearby suddenly became quieter. As a manager who spends the most time with children and acts sternly, the children may not be afraid of the dean, but it is impossible not to be afraid of Madeli. Her arrival will also
The timid children did not dare to shout, but they continued to whisper, all of which were slanderous to Sania who was unwilling to hand over the seal.
"What did I tell you? I want you to treat everyone as if you were your own brothers and sisters, and what are you doing now?" Madeleine asked loudly. Under her scolding, the children looked at each other eagerly.
She was speechless and all lowered their heads. No one dared to look at her, "The seal does not belong to you at all. What qualifications do you have to decide what to do with it? Or do you want to make the decision for her?"
"We just don't want her to make the wrong decision. We do this for everyone's good..." Valente put down the hand covering his face and whispered.
"What are you talking about?"
Madeleine glared at him and raised her hand to continue beating. At this moment, a clear female voice came from not far away and stopped her movement.
"That's enough... Ms. Madeleine, and Dean Cavo, I am willing to hand over the seal to the city lord." Under the gaze of everyone, Sania, who was crying, finally changed her words.
Dean Cavo let out a sigh. As things have come to this, he can't change anything. He can only hope that everything at the moment is the right choice.
As Sania handed the saint's seal to the city lord's guards, the guards also put down the mage's half-roasted goat.
Looking at the steaming goat, the children's eyes shone at this moment, revealing possessiveness and desire. An instinct like that of a beast was completely awakened from the children's bodies at this moment. p>
I don’t know who was the first to rush towards the goat. By the time Irene reacted, she had already been pushed to the ground by the children, or Valente realized that something was wrong and hurriedly pulled her aside, thus preventing her from suffering more.
The stampede.
At this moment, even Ms. Madeleine's shouts were no longer heard by the children nearby. Everyone swarmed towards the goat and began to tear at the already small goat, and quickly killed it.
They shared the food. Some had mouths full of wool, and some had faces full of sheep blood, but no children were seen to stop what they were doing.
A boy grabbed half of the leg of lamb. When he tried to get away, he was greeted by Valente's heavy punch, which he had prepared for. After knocking the boy down, Valente grabbed the leg of lamb and kicked several others away.
The children who planned to take advantage of the chaos to surround them finally escaped from the chaos.
Valente had no intention of eating the leg of lamb, but took it to Irene. He believed that Irene must be starving. Facing the leg of lamb handed over by the boy, Irene shook her head repeatedly and said nothing.
He refused to take a bite and did not change his will despite Valente's persuasion.
Outside of the chaos, Madeleine and Dean Cavo had already retreated far away to avoid being affected. In the end, all that was left in the scene was a mess, and even the bloodshot threads in the seams of the sheep bones were completely sucked away by the children.
After all, there is no trace of goat here? There are just broken bones scattered here and there.
Above the clouds, the saint saw everything in his eyes. He couldn't help but show a look of unbearability, but he met the devil's gaze.
"They are just a group of children, they don't know what they are doing." The saint defended the people.
"Why are you nervous? I haven't said anything yet." The Demon King responded calmly.
The saint's breathing became heavier, and he turned his head to the side, no longer paying attention to the devil's ridicule.