What era is it, still traditional card making

Chapter 457 The Choice of Saint Village
As a descendant of a saint, Barney's eyesight is naturally not bad. At the same time, he had experienced the second disguise war, and he had some understanding of the power of the Sword of Hyera.

After seeing the black text in mid-air, he actually believed it in his heart.

But that wasn't enough to change his original mind.

Fred is indeed a qualified general, but he is definitely not a qualified emperor. In the war that year, he was undoubtedly a loser. He could not even defeat his own brother George. How could he deal with the people hidden deep in the empire? shadow.

"I can't give you the pendant."

"Why do you think Fred, the Sword of Hyera, can't help you? You are more willing to believe in a monster than the hero who quelled the second disguised war?"

Ye Qiong didn't understand why this guy still refused to let go after all the words had been said.

In his opinion, the greatest use of the pendant is just to call out the Disaster Boy.

These villagers have definitely never seen the Calamity Boy and have no friendship with him at all. There should be no such thing as trust.

So the answer to why he chose to reject Ye Qiong's proposal is simple.

They did not think that the Demon Breaking Army, the Church, the Royal Legion, or even Emperor Fred could save their lives. Only by asking the Calamity Boy to take action could they have such a glimmer of hope.

There is only one reason why they are so sure, and that is the prophecy of High Priest Melissa.

"What exactly did the high priest say to you?"

"Outlander, I can't tell you the answer to this question."

After saying this, Village Chief Bani could clearly detect the unhappy expression on the traitor's face. In order to avoid further angering this daring guy, he added:
"In addition to the pendant, you can make other requests."

Hush money?
After all, if the news about the wish-fulfilling grass is exposed, it won't be particularly good news for the Saint Village.

It can be seen from the current situation that the villagers of Saint Village are accumulating strength in order to protect themselves in the troubled times in the future. Time is what they need most.

Once the news about the wishing plant is leaked, endless searches will be waiting for them. This is a situation that Barney does not want to see.

However, Ye Qiong didn't want to go down this step, so he replied in a dignified manner:
"Besides the pendant, what else do you think you have here that can attract me?"

Barney was silent, got up and walked around the wooden house, seeming to be thinking about something. After a long time, he looked at the person and sword in front of him.

"Please come with me."

After saying that, he walked towards a room in the wooden house.

Ye Qiong was also a little confused. He didn't know what the old man wanted to do for a while.

Could it be that after following him in, he threw a glass of wine as a sign, and five hundred swordsmen appeared in the room?
Although he had doubts in his heart, he still followed. This was a dungeon anyway, so there was nothing to panic about.

Furthermore, what if there are five hundred axemen? He still has the power of angry ghosts and gods, so he can self-destruct one by one.

After entering, Ye Qiong realized that there was a secret passage hidden inside.

Village Chief Bani walked at the front, and he didn't know when there was an extra candle in his hand.

Although the light was extremely weak, I could still barely distinguish the steps under my feet.

The two of them walked toward the depths of the secret passage with one sword strike.

In less than a minute, it came to the end.

Only a crisp clap was heard, and the originally dark secret room suddenly became extremely bright.

Ye Qiong looked at it and was shocked.

Good guy.

There are hundreds of muskets in front of you. In addition, there are boxes of fire stones. Once these stones are exposed to fire, they will cause violent explosions.

Barney prepared these things because he wanted to rebel?

No, it's just for self-protection.

Ye Qiong walked in the secret room. The things hidden inside were basically weapons with high lethality, but it was a pity that he couldn't use them now.

At the same time, these things are also under a secret curse. If outsiders come into contact with these things rashly, they will self-destruct.

Barney's intention was not only to pay hush money, but also to use force as a warning.

Don't think that just because you have the ability to kill the Eye of the Sky, you can be unscrupulous. If you make us anxious, we will be exposed to you in a minute.

With these combat power reserves, even if the villagers of the Saint Village are ordinary people, they are enough to fight against a fifth-level powerhouse. What's more, Ye Qiong can clearly feel that these villagers are not ordinary people, and the flow of magic power in their bodies cannot be done at all. No one can be deceived.

"If there's anything you like, you can just take it."

Chief Bani acted very generously, as he was clearly facing a traitor wanted by the empire.

"I am becoming more and more curious now about what exactly is the prophecy left by Melissa.

Besides, are you really so confident about me?Aren't you afraid that I will tell the empire about the news here? "

"No, you won't. I know what those guys from the empire have done to you. You and them can only be enemies."

"You never seem to trust the Empire."

Mayor Barney moved his eyes to Fred and looked at him deeply.

"It's a pity that the original winner was George, not Fred. The current empire is simply untrustworthy to us."

Perhaps because he was facing the traitor Calvis, Barney's words were quite straightforward.

Perhaps in his opinion, the traitor Calvis is more trustworthy than the Empire, which is why he is willing to reveal his secrets to the other party.

However, I'm afraid this is not the whole picture of Saint Village, it is only a part of what Barney is willing to show Calvis.

Originally Ye Qiong only came here because he wanted to get the pendant, but now that he's looking all the way, the secrets hidden here may be more interesting than he imagined.

As for Fred, after seeing everything in the secret room, he couldn't hold back at all.

"Why are you so unwilling to trust the Demon Breaking Army? What you are doing is almost the same as treason."

He is the founder of the Demon-Breaking Guards, so he naturally knows the Demon-Breaking Army very well.

In principle, the Demon-Breaking Army does not belong to any force. It will neither obey the orders of the royal family nor the pope of the church. Even he, the founder, cannot be easily mobilized because he can join the Demon-Breaking Army. Basically, they are all people blessed by the Holy Father.

They will only take action when encountering incidents such as fake wars that threaten the safety of everyone in the empire.

At the same time, there are only sixth-level beings who can serve as commanders of the Demon-Breaking Army. Once they reach this realm, they can already be called demigods.

If Melissa had seen the tragic ending of Saint Village in the future in her prophecy, she could have sought help from the Demon Breaking Army, an absolutely neutral force. Why would she have to make these small moves in private?

Obtain funds by secretly growing wish grass.

Then using the gold coins obtained through this illegal method to increase the combat power of the Saint Village, this approach to a certain extent shows an absolute distrust of the empire. They only believe in themselves.

Upon hearing this, the village chief Bani looked at the sword in front of him coldly. "Perhaps Emperor Fred is really hidden in the Sword of Hiera, but what does this mean?

As the Dawn Sword Master, he has already been defeated. What else can he do with only the remnant of his soul left?

To put it bluntly, we don’t believe in the empire, we only believe in ourselves. "

"why."

"There is no reason, Fred failed, this is reality, exactly the same as Melissa's original prediction.

If the Dawn Sword Master at that time did not realize the dark side hidden deep in the empire, the Apocalypse Empire would undoubtedly perish. "

The mayor of Barney told part of the prophecy of High Priest Melissa.

The one who was most capable of saving the Apocalypse Empire was the being known as the Sword Master of Dawn. He was in his prime at the time and even had the possibility of reaching the seventh level and becoming a god.

It's a pity that he was defeated in the end, defeated by the dark side of the empire.

After recognizing this truth, Saint Village chose to completely abandon the Apocalypse Empire and embarked on the path of survival alone.

Perhaps this approach is selfish, but it is the only way Melissa can survive future crises.

Fred saw distrust and indifference on the face of Village Chief Barney. What stung him the most was the disappointment in Barney's eyes.

If the Dawn Sword Master had won, then there would be so many things happening now.

With his ability, investigating the dark side hidden in the empire is not a problem at all.

The key problem is that Fred lost so completely that he didn't even know who his real enemy was.

How can such a king be trusted by the village chief Bani?
As a descendant of Melissa and an experiencer of the Second Pretense War, Barney knew more than the average person. He naturally knew that the depiction of Fred the Great in history books was purely slander.

The king he knew was an extremely upright paladin who was willing to sacrifice his life for the sake of the empire.

But doesn’t he still lose like this?
Even if what Calvis said is true, and my remnant soul of Emperor Fred resides in the Sword of Hiera, he has no intention of changing his mind.

Because after so many years, the king's temperament still hasn't changed at all.

He looked coldly at Calvis in front of him. Can't you see such an obvious use?Why should we be led by such traitors?
Naturally, Ye Qiong couldn't hide this sight, and he just responded with a polite smile.

Then he recalled the experience of floating above St. Kaner City.

No wonder Maxine left this place of right and wrong with Fred without looking back when the evil god was offering sacrifices.

It seems that the situation in the Apocalypse Empire is more troublesome than imagined.

The current King George can only be regarded as the first BOSS in Novice Village. There is someone else hiding behind the scenes.

The Church of Ghosts and Gods?

He clearly knew that St. Kaner City would become a city known as the Magic City in a few hundred years.

The three main powers that rule this city are the Church of Angry Ghosts, the Steel of Flesh, and the Burning Beast Society.

Mother Teresa denied that the Second Pretend War was started by the Church of Ghosts and Gods, but she never said that the Church of Ghosts and Gods had no plot against the Apocalypse Empire.

The second suspect is the pretender.

This answer is more likely than the Church of Ghosts and Gods. After all, even Fred felt that something was wrong with the rebellion back then. It is difficult not to make people suspect that the empire is still completely infiltrated by pretenders.

Ye Qiong didn't know whether there was a third force in addition to this, but the above-mentioned two forces alone were enough to make him feel overwhelmed.

Fred wanted to say something else and refute, but found that the other party was not wrong.

If he had won as the Sword Master of Dawn, would things really have developed to this point?
If we had noticed earlier, noticed George's ambition, and noticed the darkness hidden in the empire, would the outcome have been different?

But now it's too late.

The Dawn Sword Saint who was once at the peak of level [-] has lost. What can all the remaining souls do?

Calvis is only angry at the empire. He will only want to destroy everything in the empire and will not follow him on the road to salvation. He knows this well.

Is he going to involve Miss Morgan in accompanying him to save the decaying empire?

No, he couldn't do something so selfish.

Right now, he is the only one who can and is willing to save the Apocalypse Empire.

But can he really do it?

Can he, who has even lost his body, really be able to do what the Dawn Sword Master couldn't do before?

Fred was wallowing in self-doubt.

In fact, the answer is obvious. There is no possibility of success at all. Saving the Apocalypse Empire is just a wishful thinking from beginning to end.

But he is not willing to let it go like this, even if there is only one chance in ten thousand, he is willing to do it.

The Sword of Hiera flew in front of the village chief Bani.

"I know you're disappointed in what Fred has done."

"No, after knowing Melissa-sama's words, I never had any expectations for him."

"If you had no expectations, you should have moved out of the Apocalypse Empire long ago. Why do you want to stay here?"

"I'm just following Melissa's prophecy."

"Is the prophecy necessarily correct?"

"At least for now, everything she predicted has come true."

Hearing this, Ye Qiong felt excited.

"Real or false, did the prophecy predict that the Eye of the Sky would be killed by the Paladin Calvis?"

He waited with interest for Barney's answer.

The white-haired old man nodded coldly, and then replied:
"About this incident, it is also in Melissa's words, and she also said it."

Village Chief Bani's black eyes suddenly became extremely sharp.

“Calvis will become the Angry Ghost God in the future.

Before that, he would become friends with Emperor Fred the Great and betray this upright king.

Originally, I was still wondering where Emperor Fred was, but now it seems that Lord Melissa’s prediction was indeed correct. "

(End of this chapter)