Chapter 56
Cassel just thought it was ridiculous. He had never been an emperor, nor was he a superior, but he knew that it was the most ridiculous thing for mortals to pin their hopes on the empty gods.
What’s more, the officials inside the door are laughing, while the people outside the door are crying. Cassel had followed Nie Wuhen all the way and naturally witnessed a lot of suffering. He was not blind. He could not see the thatched huts blown away by the wind and the high walls of red bricks and black tiles. He could not see the skinny men, women, old and young, and the sons of officials riding on horses and laughing at the ugly behavior of the poor.
In troubled times, the poor put their hopes in gods in order to survive, while officials put their hopes in gods only for better exploitation and better enjoyment.
Cassel felt that the palace was a bit cold. It was so cold that he felt cold inside. He looked at the dignified queen in front of him and completely understood her thoughts. She just thought that she was a god, a savior who could keep the Great Yan Kingdom alive, and a tool that would allow them to continue to enjoy power, and that was all.
"You can't be moved," Cassel said. "The gods won't save you."
The queen in front of him changed her expression. But she suppressed her anger. She smiled at Cassel, as if asking for advice: "Then I wonder... what should I do to make the gods take action and bless the people of the Great Yan Kingdom?"
Cassel stood up. He looked at everything around him, his eyes mixed with coldness and sarcasm: "The Queen is really willing to learn from you."
"nature."
"Then you shouldn't ask me, but the god you have been worshipping," Cassel refused mercilessly, "I am not a god, and I cannot answer your questions."
Being rejected again and again, the Queen couldn't hold back her smile. She leaned back, glanced at Cassel, and sneered: "Aren't you a god? How can you have wings? How come you don't know?"
"Which Imperial Astronomical Bureau calculated this for you?" Cassel really didn't understand what she did. "Back then, General Jinghong was calculated by that damn Imperial Astronomical Bureau to have the aura of a real dragon, and they said that if you kill him, your son will be able to sit firmly on the throne of emperor. I don't think so. I'm curious about how long he can stay on the throne of the crown prince!"
"How outrageous!" The queen was furious. She slammed the table and stood up. Her hands were shaking as she pointed at Cassel, completely unlike her gentle side.
The surrounding palace maids and guards came in one after another, holding knives, and surrounded Cassel.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just leaned over and looked at Cassel with a sneer.
Cassel retreated cautiously. He retreated to the Buddha statue, looked at the people who surrounded him, clenched his fists, bared his teeth and said, "Am I wrong?"
"Come here!" the queen was furious, "Catch him for me, throw him out, and give him a hundred strokes of the cane!"
Cassel didn't move. The small wings that had just recovered suddenly appeared, and the flowing energy was like golden sand, swirling around, making everyone around them completely frozen in place.
Thin golden lights penetrated into the bodies of those people silently, and Cassel didn't notice it. He lowered his head, picked up a knife, and wanted to leave quickly, but the strange scene appeared again.
Those mortals suddenly woke up, and the moment they saw Cassel, they knelt down like puppets, with their foreheads on the ground, with a pious attitude, crying and repenting, holding on to Cassel's clothes and refusing to let go.
Cassel was stunned. He remembered. Confession... yes, that kind of confession. The only one who can possess such magical power should be his mortal enemy - the little angel. He remembered how he had tricked the Dream Angel into entering the Devil's Hell, and then watched her use the angel's power - Angel Judgment - with his own eyes.
All people, whether mortals or demons, whether monsters or magic cultivators, will be judged, except for those who possess pure power similar to that of angels. They will repent, cry, and atone for their sins according to what the angel of judgment says.
But……
Cassel's hands were shaking as he held the knife. He retreated uncontrollably, one step, two steps, three steps, until he was out of the palace. Someone outside also stopped him and trapped him in the palace.
My thoughts are in a mess. Cassel couldn't understand why he was a real little devil who grew up with Barbatos, but he could use angel magic.
Was it because the demonic power dissipated, causing these pure powers to penetrate into his body and blood, or... Cassel remembered what Barbatos said. He said that the elixirs made by Bai Yi, the master of elixirs at Yundian, have the ability to purify. Purify his demonic aura, let his wings grow feathers, and finally let him completely transform into a monster that is neither a demon nor an angel.
Cassel was shaking with fear. No wonder Barbatos looked so cold when he saw his wings. He thought he had turned into a monster.
With confusion and fear in his eyes, Cassel curled up on the ground, touching his little wings with trembling hands - he had four wings. Angels are divided into four-winged angels and six-winged angels, while demons only have two wings, which are bare and black, unlike his current wings, and even his skin is white.
He should be a little devil, why did he grow angel wings, why did he use the angel's power of judgment?
Isn't this a monster? What else could this be but a monster? !
Cassel collapsed. He simply couldn't accept himself like this. Looking back at the people surrounding him, he sniffed and said nothing.
He wore a white robe and had white wings. Some people called him a god and said he was the savior. No one came forward to capture him, which gave Cassel an opportunity.
He lowered his head, grabbed the knife in his hand, and slowly placed it behind him. The white wings flapped tremblingly, as if anticipating something, and hugged its owner nervously. Cassel gritted his teeth and was about to cut down the two wings——
Someone stopped him.
Cassel turned around and saw that the prince, who was supposed to be still, took his knife, pulled it away, and threw it on the ground casually. Just now, Cassel did not go to the trial or give orders, so everything will be ineffective.
The prince said: "The gods would rather commit suicide than save the people outside?"
"That's not something I can save," Cassel stepped back. He wiped his face with his hand, his whole body was livid. He stared at the person in front of him and said, "It's obvious that if you guys had just let a little leak through your fingers, someone would have survived. The decision to save someone or not has always been in your hands, not mine."
"Really?" The prince looked at him with amusement, and said as a matter of course, "God can save people. You can save people without any effort, so why spend my money?"
Castle glared at him: "I'm not a god, I can't save people... You'd better stay away from me," he said, and suddenly put on a vicious look - Castle was imitating, imitating the angry look of the prince, but obviously, it didn't fit and the imitation failed. Cassel could only bare his teeth at him, "Even if I'm a god, I can only kill people... No, I'm a devil..."
"Devil, that's even better," the prince didn't mind at all. He took two steps towards Cassel and observed his expression with interest. "Why don't you help me kill those damn Liangguo and Beiyuan people? How about that?"
"Whatever the Lord God wants, I will do my best to give it to you. Whether it is beauties, children, countless wealth, or supreme power, as long as I become the emperor and you ensure the long-term prosperity of the Great Yan State, I will satisfy you in everything."
Cassel didn't move. There was no trace of greed for power, desire for money, or even for beauty in his eyes. There was no fluctuation, not even a ripple.
The prince saw this and asked again: "How about I take the Lord God to seek excitement?"
Cassel's expression changed, but it was not desire, but contempt and disdain. He looked up at the prince in front of him and slowly flapped his little wings. Regardless of whether it was a monster or not, these wings had saved him countless times after all, and he shouldn't be carried away and think about cutting them off.
Besides, Barbatos had said that he would help him and everything would return to normal. Cassel will still be the hellish demon in disguise with little tentacles and bare little wings.
He is not a monster.
The monster is clearly the person in front of him.
With the flap of his wings, Cassel floated up, looking down at the prince, and said word by word: "I don't need it."
"The gods will not save you, and you don't deserve salvation."
"The devil won't save you, because you really don't deserve it."
The prince's face changed, becoming gloomy and terrifying. He threw the talisman in his hand over: "If you don't accept my toast, I'll drink a penalty drink!"
The wings flapped vigorously, blowing all the talisman papers away, into pieces, floating everywhere. One of them fell from the sky and landed on Cassel's face. Cassel took it directly and looked at it with his eyes lowered.
It should be something that trapped people.
Unfortunately, it didn't work for him.
The prince was shocked: "How can it be useless?"
"Are you going to use such a low-level thing against me?" Cassel tore the talisman paper in his hand into pieces bit by bit, and with a wave of his hand, threw them all away. He looked at the prince who was still muttering to himself with pity, left a word "Take care of yourself", turned around and flew outside.
An angry voice roared from behind: "Shoot! Don't let him get away! Shoot! Chase him for me!"
No one can catch Cassell. Cassel flapped his wings and turned around. People below were coming and going, and they were on high alert everywhere. He had sharp eyes and immediately saw Bai Yi who was surrounded by three guards.
Bai Yi was talking to the person in front of him with a fake smile.
Cassel didn't hesitate. He was already calculating the time on the way here. After calculation, Nie Wuhen should have escorted the princess out of the city gate, and those guards would not be able to catch up even in time. So what he has to do now is to take both himself and Bai Yi away.
The magic power condensed again and then spread out. Cassel landed in front of Bai Yi and said confidently, "I'll take you away."
Bai Yi was originally urged by Nie Wuhen to come and find Cassel. When he first saw him here, he was stunned for a moment. After hearing what he said, his expression became even weirder.
"You better go on your own. I don't need your help."
"No," Cassel said, "I can take you away. You can lie on my back..."
Bai Yi: “…Not good.”
Before Cassel could say anything, Bai Yi urged him to leave, saying that he could get away. Cassel hesitated for a while and was about to fly away, but someone stuffed a bottle into his palm.
"Take these pills." Bai Yi said cheerfully, "I never thought you would come to save me..."
Before he finished speaking, a roar suddenly came from outside the city wall: "They are here! Don't let them run away--"
Those stiffened people also recovered, looked at Cassel with pleading eyes, knelt down and began to confess their sins...
Bai Yi didn't have time to think about why this situation had occurred, and hurriedly said, "What are you standing there for? Let's go!"
Cassel pursed his lips and gave an order: "If you want to atone for your sins, bring the people back safely."
Bai Yi couldn't figure out what he was saying for a moment: "What——"
Those people kowtowed and made promises with tears. The moment the rain of arrows flew over, Cassel spread his wings and flew out of the palace.
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