Chapter 478 Tormented

  The huge change outside the king's city soon attracted the attention of countless people.

Residents in the lower city may not be able to see clearly, but residents in the upper city and the central area can clearly overlook the towering 100-meter-high tree outside the city, with its lush greenery , swaying in the wind.

  They stared at the giant tree, exclaiming from time to time, some even bowed their heads and prayed, praising this miraculous scene. The scenery outside the city has hardly changed for more than ten years, but today, such a huge tree has suddenly grown in the countryside. If it is not a miracle, I really don't know how to explain it.

  Compared to the shock of the people, the atmosphere in the palace conference hall became more and more depressing. The prince's side had already secured the victory, but the natural sect's actions seemed to be like a wolf howling suddenly sounded from behind before the hunter pulled the trigger.

   This is obviously sending some kind of message to the royal family to put pressure on it.

  Dazlet suppressed the anger in his heart, and said some unnutritive proposals with a blank face, but they were all rejected by the Church of the Moon and the Sect of the Stars.

  The original five-on-three situation became stalemate again after being intervened by the natural sect. Under the whispered persuasion of Presiding Judge McCawlin and Archbishop Terrence, the prince temporarily gave up the sentence on Noah Silver Dragon. He didn't even discuss the roundup plan of the Scorching Sun Cross Society, and instead left the meeting angrily.

   "Everyone, the meeting is postponed!"

  Director Babaye said in a deep voice to everyone.

  The Church of the Sun and the Imperial Tribunal followed the prince's team to leave the field first, and immediately the other senior leaders of the Church of Seven Gods also got up one after another.

  The meeting was called urgently, but it ended hastily, which made everyone present quite unhappy. But the royal family still holds an overwhelming advantage. Almost all the participants knew that the royal family would deal with the mess outside the city as soon as possible, whether it was suppressing Lutina or driving Mrs. Elk back to the Great Forest of Coleridge. At that time, it will be the end of this "contest of the top forces of the empire".

  Chen Lun was about to get up and leave, but Houston beside him tapped the two documents in front of him with his fingers and said with a smile:

   "Jack, you forgot something."

  Chen Lun glanced at him, turning a blind eye to the dismissal order and transfer order on the table. The latter changed into a comfortable sitting position, leaning one arm on the armrest, raising the other hand, and then raised his eyebrows.

   "After all, it's a fellowship of the Senate. Don't blame me for not giving you a step down... I can give you a week to pack up and prepare for your manpower and layout in the generous church area, and then leave Wangcheng decently and go to be transferred to Bangcheng to sit in charge."

  Chen Lun put back the black hat on the table without haste, turned around with a silver cane, and said calmly:

   "Actually, I'm curious. You took advantage of the opportunity of Speaker Azgilro to go out, and came to occupy the position of the person in charge of the royal city, just to be a prince's dog?"

"Don't speak so harshly, Jack, the Council of Generosity was recognized by the empire before it took a valuable seat in one of the churches of the Seven Gods. It's not a bad thing to be close to the royal family... On the contrary, you seem to forget yourself for the sake of a subordinate. You don’t realize that this is dragging the generous council into the abyss, how could the council tolerate your continued reckless behavior.”

   Houston said lightly.

   "You should thank us for saving you in time, lest you be doomed."

  After hearing what he said, Chen Lun couldn't help shaking his head and chuckling twice. Houston's level of shamelessness was somewhat beyond the standard, and he looked at the other party very seriously.

   "Then I really want to thank you, Houston Consul, I have always observed etiquette, and I will definitely come to thank you when I am free."

"welcome any time."

  Houston smiled lightly.

  Chen Lun didn't say anything, didn't even look at the documents on the table, turned around and left the conference hall.

  The killing intent in his heart has already spread and boiled, but he also knows that now is not the time. Only by completing the extraordinary transformation and being promoted to the myth, can you have the capital to fight back!

   'Houston...and Dazlet...'

  Chen Lun stopped in front of the palace steps and took a deep breath.

  ‘The Avatar of Deceit has been searching for nearly a month in the dark world, but there is still no trace of Carmen... Fortunately, the dream divination last night told me that either today or tomorrow, there will be something to gain! '

  He thought to himself, and stepped down the steps expressionlessly.

  However, at this moment, a female steward quickly came to Chen Lun, first raised her skirt to salute, and then whispered:

   "Mr. Jack, Her Highness Anna asked me to tell you that she has won the opportunity for you to visit the Dungeon of the Sun... but there is only ten minutes, after which you must leave."

  Chen Lun was silent for two seconds, then nodded.

   "Thank the princess for me."

   "Yes, sir."

  The steward seemed to be someone trusted by Princess Anna, so he nodded in agreement. Immediately afterwards, she took out a golden badge with a sun face and handed it to Chen Lun.

   "This is His Highness' token, just show it to Warden Nunes, and he will understand."

   "Thank you."

  Chen Lun took out a small purse containing dozens of gold pounds, and wanted to give it to the other party as a thank you, but the female steward smiled and declined.

   "Go quickly, sir, and try to complete the visit before evening."

  Seeing this, Chen Lun didn't force it, just nodded slightly, and then strode away, going deep around the palace area.

  He didn't meet anyone along the way, but was slightly delayed by a patrolling imperial guard. After a simple questioning and checking of his identity certificate, the guards didn't bother him too much and let him go directly.

  Chen Lun then went straight to the entrance of the dungeon directly behind the palace.

  It is not conspicuous here, the entrance is set up under a white marble wall, and only two royal jailers in armor are guarding here.

  Chen Lun expressed his intention of coming, and proposed to meet the warden Nunez, but the jailer did not stop him, and even pointed out the direction to him. Chen Lun thought to himself, the reason why it was so easy was probably due to Princess Anna.

  After entering from the entrance of the Dungeon of the Sun, there is an oblique downward staircase, winding in a spiral shape, which seems to lead to the interior of the mountain on which the royal city relies. There are torches hanging on both sides of the narrow passage, the light is not bright, but it can barely illuminate.

   After a while, he went down to a relatively spacious hall. According to the guidance of the jailer, the room at the end on the right hand side was the workshop where the warden stayed. Chen Lun walked over and knocked on the door, but with the creaking sound of the door opening, only a deep male voice could be heard from the dark crack of the door:

   "Badge."

  Chen Lun did not rashly explore the scene behind the door, but calmly took out the sun face badge and handed it over.

  A dry, scarred hand stretched out from the darkness and took the badge.

   After a while, the deep male voice said again:

   "Go forward, go down the stairs at the end, the third floor, and leave in ten minutes."

   "I see, Mr. Nunes."

  Chen Lun didn't pay attention to the strange tone of the warden, but just thanked him and was about to salute his chest, but the door clicked and closed slowly.

  He took a deep breath, not wanting to waste any more time, turned around and walked quickly towards the side of the hall. The entrance of the corridor is very simple, without any decoration, all of which are made of marble. Continue all the way down, and soon reach the third floor of the dungeon.

  It's pretty dark in here, but also extremely quiet.

   Except for the slight sound of the torch burning, there was a dead silence.

  The cells on both sides are sealed by firm and tight iron bars. It seems that there are people imprisoned inside, but these figures are motionless, and it is difficult to detect the sound of breathing.

  Looking at such a scene, Chen Lun thought of how he was imprisoned in the dungeon of the Red Apple Church when he just crossed over, and was almost reduced to a sacrifice.

   "Hoo..."

  He breathed a sigh of relief, unfolded [Five Senses] and walked along the aisle to find Noah's traces. Soon, he saw a familiar figure in the penultimate cell at the end.

  Chen Lun's pupils shrank suddenly, and his face became extremely gloomy.

  Noah's appearance at this moment is terrifying. He spread his arms out, was half-hung on the wall by shackles and chains, and was in a powerless kneeling position. The clothes had already been stripped off, and the exposed skin was covered with **** mouths and holes. Burn marks and festering marks from whips could be seen everywhere. At first glance, it looked like a **** human frame.

   "Noah."

  He called the other party's name in a deep voice.

  But the boy didn't respond, and seemed to have lost consciousness.

   Seeing this, Chen Lun had no choice but to move in an instant, flashed into the cell, gently lifted Noah's body, and stretched out his hand to treat him.

   Yingying green light radiated out, but the wound on Noah's body did not heal, but accelerated the festering. Chen Lun immediately stopped the vitality transmission of [Awakening Insects], checked Noah, and immediately frowned.

Because he found that Noah was not only in a dying state at the moment, his health was bottomed out, but he also had seven or eight negative states on his body. Among them was a LV5 curse called "Warm Whisper", which prohibited recovery and treatment. Once he was treated, It will worsen the injury.

  Chen Lun narrowed his eyes, his murderous intent seemed to be real, and instantly dropped the temperature in the entire cell by a few degrees. At this moment, he even came up with an idea, which is to use the cloud leap to take Noah away directly, but when this idea appeared, [Spiritual Intuition] "flashed the warning lights", indicating that he would face extremely dire consequences.

  'It's that Warden Nunes...he must be watching my every move. '

  Chen Lun thought to himself, let out a long breath.

  At this time, Noah seemed to have noticed something, and opened his swollen eyelids with difficulty. Seeing the familiar figure in the dark, he grinned a joyful but extremely ugly smile.

   "Jack...Mr. Jack, I'm sorry to drag you down."

  Chen Lun knelt down, gently wiped the blood on the boy's face, and said in a deep voice:

   "Hold on, Noah, I will definitely rescue you, and I will definitely pay back this hatred for you."

   "Don't worry about me...Mr. Jack, it's nothing, I...I just use this kind of training as a promotion ceremony..."

  Noah's words were indistinct, his tongue seemed a little numb, and blood flowed from his lower lip and fell onto the dirty floor.

"I once swore... I vowed to follow in your footsteps, and I will not fall behind here, Mr. Jack. I am your exclusive painter, Noah Yinlong, and I hope that one day I can paint the most perfect portrait for you... "

  His voice was weak but firm, and Chen Lun only felt that his breathing was stagnant.

   Silently wiped away Noah's blood, Chen Lun asked in a hoarse voice:

   "Noah, on the day of Dazlet's birthday dinner, why did you go to the palace banquet hall?"

  Noah was silent for a while, and said slowly:

   "It's a guide... Someone is directing me to attend the prince's dinner party. You seem to be in danger. I want to help."

  He immediately described all the experiences that happened at that time in detail. Chen Lun listened silently, but found inexplicable and hidden coincidence details from the other party's words.

  Finally, Chen Lun's eyes were deep, and he scanned Noah's body with his spy. His vision seemed to push away the layers of fog behind him, and he "saw" the scene that others could not see at all...

  Noah's sudden turning point, the downward trajectory of fate!

  Chen Lun recognized it at a glance, this is definitely a trace of being "bent" by people!

   'Howard...'

  He read the name indifferently in his heart.

   At this moment, there is no suspense anymore, Chen Lun can be sure that the black hand behind all this is the person who has been pestering him to play with his fate!

  A flash of light flashed in my mind, instantly linking everything that happened during this period together—

  With Prince Dazlet's birthday dinner as the stage, Princess Anna who leads the Sun Cross, Sister Olmedo from the Moon Church, and Saint Lutina from the Natural Sect are just warm-up actors before the main show begins.

  The reason is to trigger the follow-up "climax", that is, the internal struggle between the Church of the Seven Gods and the royal family, which also involves camp issues caused by different positions.

  And this gorgeous performance that affects the confrontation of the top forces of the empire, the most critical person is not Lutina Castillo who is the fuse, but the young man in front of him... Noah Silver Dragon.

  He is not only a student of Saintess Lutina, but also the young owner of the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce... As a mother, the Silver Dragon Witch Blaise will never just watch her son be executed, thus pushing the Stars Sect onto the stage.

  Of course, Noah has another more important identity, which is his most important identity as a pawn...that is the circus cadre! Jack Speight's right-hand man!

  'Because of the warning from Oscar, the serpent of fate, Howard dare not directly intervene in my fate, but he can influence me through the closest people around him... The death of Mr. Byers is the best example. '

  Chen Lun's thoughts were running at full speed.

'Howard doesn't need and can't do it, to move the fate trajectory of so many high-ranking people at the same time...but he only needs to guide a little bit, add fuel to the flames, and put Noah, the catalyst piece, on the stage, so that the conflict can be resolved A sharp escalation, which also involves the generous council I represent... In this way, there will be a fierce battle between the royal family and the Church of the Seven Gods. '

  He thought of the coincidence of Speaker Azgielo, Ginsburg and other consuls going out, and Houston's sudden arrival in the royal city to intervene, and he couldn't help but make a guess that he himself did not expect:

  'Is it possible...Howard deliberately led Houston to me to facilitate my promotion ceremony? As long as I kill him, I will meet the requirement of changing the fate of a high-ranking person, so that I can transform into Mythic Sequence Four. At that time, will I also become a key **** in his next ring? '

  After thinking about this, he only felt a chill down his spine.

  What exactly does Howard want to do?

  What exactly does He want from Himself?

   Arranging and promoting all of this, is it for promotion to Sequence Two Angel of Destiny? Otherwise, it wouldn't make sense to have such a huge benefit to make him pay so much...

  (end of this chapter)