Standing on the ruins of the palace, Todd held up his dragon head and looked at Muxi City at the foot of the mountain. His dark golden dragon eyes were full of pain and sadness.
"Todd, I have heard about you, and I have always wanted to ask you a question... What would you do if it was not Ulster that was invaded, but Duxi City?"
Cu Chulainn's last words echoed in the dragon's ears.
"When Muxi City was engulfed by the flames of war, the iron hooves of the invaders stepped on every inch of your land. The nobles only cared about self-preservation, and even betrayed the country for glory; while the people forgot the glory of the kingdom, abandoned their original oath, and gave up their only
Faith...what would you do at that time?』
"You will become as crazy as me... No, you will be more violent and cruel than me."
"Because we are tyrants! We are beasts! What we need is flesh and blood, killing!"
Todd slowly closed his eyes and murmured: "Tyrant..."
The sound of the flapping wings of griffins came from the sky.
The silver-haired Valkyrie Evie commanded her mount and landed next to the black dragon.
"I have sent Mary to a safe place. The woman was quite frightened and may need some time to rest."
Todd nodded: "Any ordinary person would feel afraid when they see what I look like now. This is normal..."
Hearing the desolation in the other party's words, Evie frowned and said: "Between men and women, only superficial people care about skin and appearance. Isn't it something worth celebrating for a mortal to be able to be with a god?
?”
Todd shook his head, not wanting to dwell on this issue any further, so he asked, "How is the situation in the city?"
"The enemies in the port area have been eliminated, and the various military camps have been basically controlled. There are still some important buildings in the city where the final battle is still going on."
Todd lowered his head and looked at Evie, with a hint of hesitation in his voice: "How many people died?"
Evie somewhat misunderstood what Todd said: "The Crusaders were invincible and there were no casualties; the battle groups responsible for attacking the security team and the naval barracks had less than fifty casualties combined; the casualties on other battlefields are unknown.
, but it should all be within the expected range.”
Evie added: "According to your instructions, all the soldiers in Froststone City did not disturb the citizens, but only targeted the rebels. But it is undeniable that some rebels dropped their weapons and sneaked into people's houses.
, which caused certain difficulties in our search work."
Todd asked again: "Is there any news about Rachel and the others?"
Evie curled her lips: "God knows where those people from the Alien Association are hiding. When the war is over, they will naturally come out again."
Todd turned his head and looked at the distant sea level.
At the junction of the sea and the sky, a faint blush is slowly expanding. The warm sunshine dispels the darkness and brings light to the whole city bit by bit.
A tumultuous night passed.
After the people of Duixi City experienced a frightening night, facing the early morning sunshine, the more courageous people quietly opened their windows and secretly observed the scene on the street.
The corpses of the rebels were scattered on the ground, while the soldiers of Froststone City were in small groups, searching every corner like a carpet. Although the latter looked fierce and full of murderous intent, they were hostile to Mu Mu.
There is no disturbance in the private homes of West citizens.
At around nine o'clock in the morning, Mu Xicheng's municipal office staff, carrying a convening order signed by the cabinet, went door to door and knocked on the door of every household in the upper city.
Seeing the soldiers following the office staff, Muxi citizens in the upper city reluctantly walked out of their homes and were semi-forced to Muxi Square.
The originally clean, tidy, and vast Citizen Square is now filled with soldiers from the Froststone City Chapter, and nearly a hundred temporary high platforms have been built throughout the square.
At ten o'clock, Prime Minister Emerson led other cabinet members to the center of the square, and with the help of the "sonic enhancement" alien power, read out a temporarily drafted palace proclamation to all citizens in the upper city.
The initial part of the announcement first introduced in detail the cause of the rebellion, a brief introduction to the rebel leaders, and the forces hidden behind them in Muxi City.
When the citizens heard a series of familiar terms from Emerson's mouth - the Dolson family, the Business Alliance, Rutledge, everyone's face was filled with uncontrollable shock and panic.
Next, the spies who had been hiding in Muxi City for many years, the officers who had taken bribes and turned traitor, as well as the captured mercenaries and pirates, were pulled in front of the citizens one after another, and began to confess what they had done with tears in their eyes.
Know everything.
Finally, a large number of letters found from the criminals' homes, as well as the capture plan and division of labor schedule of Muxi City, and the weapons and flags used by the rebels were also publicly displayed in front of everyone.
Emerson listened to the discussions and exclamations coming from the square, first sighed heavily, and then said: "Before this rebellion started, the Holy King had already understood everything. He came here today and had some words
I want to tell his people personally."
Todd, who was wearing a fur robe and regained his human form, aroused warm cheers from the citizens as soon as he stepped onto the high platform in the center of the square.
Looking at the huge crowd of people in the audience, Todd waved to everyone that he had something to say.
"In the past period of time, I deliberately left the kingdom. Before leaving, I established the Knights Council and the electoral system, and handed the jurisdiction of this city into the hands of every citizen present. I originally hoped that everyone here
Everyone can properly use the power in their hands, think rationally and comprehensively about everything in the kingdom, and make reasonable decisions... But the facts seem that I may have made a mistake."
At this point, Todd paused for a moment: "But, when I came back, what did I see?!"
"Selfish! Greed! Ignorance! Ignorance! I see a group of idiots who are complacent after learning a little knowledge! I see a group of living corpses who only care about money and have long forgotten their glory and faith!"
Todd looked at the people in the square and said loudly: "Look at yourselves! Think about your past! When Muxi City was first established, we were surrounded by enemies on all sides and were in danger. Everyone wanted to protect the land under their feet.
They donated their only possessions, contributed the remaining food in the house, and even tore down the curtains to make bandages! At that time, in Muxi City, how could they ever abandon God? Have they betrayed their faith?"
"Now, in this kingdom, money has become the only criterion for measuring the value of life! Scholars can sell their dignity for money; soldiers can betray their country for money; knights can even break their oaths for money!"
"What has become of Muxi City now?!"
"A city of sin that has lost its faith and fallen completely under the spell of money!"
Todd untied his fur robe, threw it into the air, and roared: "You have only scratched the surface of the truth, and you keep shouting that God is dead. Now! Let me tell you, what's in your mouth
The long-dead god is now standing in front of you!"
Black iron scales slowly emerged from Todd's skin, huge sharp claws grew outward from his palms, blazing flames wrapped around his body, and broad dragon wings burst out from his back.
Amid people's screams and prayers, Todd transformed into a dragon and let out a deafening roar at the sky.