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On the towering white walls of the Millennium City, countless lights gathered to form a sea of ​​light, the goddesses sang smoke-like hymns, and the banners of the gods fluttered in the wind along with the singing.Red petals fluttered in the air, falling from the sky like catkins, and the golden city gates decorated with sun-wheel emblems opened one after another, and majestic sun god statues were carved on the lintels.

The main road of the city is covered with a red wool carpet, like a straight line running through the city, extending from the west gate to the east gate.The priests holding white candles all showed solemn expressions, unfurled the banners of each temple, and marched forward in a long line.

Under the night, the long line of priests holding candles is like nine long dragons, starting from the temple of the Nine Pillars God and leading to the reception platform of the Millennium City.

The reception platform of the Millennium City is a circular platform with a diameter of [-] meters, surrounded by twelve white spiers connected with the city wall and guarded; The bell swayed and roared, unleashing a thunderous majesty.

This is a special ceremony for the priests to commemorate the Millennium Good Friday. It originated at the end of the War of the Gods, when the Golden Demon God concentrated his power to destroy the kingdom of the gods.At that time, the people blessed by the gods had war in their hearts, prayed for the gods without sleep, and finally ushered in a miraculous victory.

Because the victory was hard-won, people will always remember this day; and because the battle was so tragic that the gods fell, they called this day the Good Friday.

Up to now, the era of Good Friday has passed for too long, and even the priests only know a vague legend:

Countless centuries ago, the sky and the earth were not yet separated, and the world was one.The gods and the twelve golden demon gods waged a long and protracted war. In the end, the gods suffered heavy losses, but due to the internal friction and division of the demon gods, they barely broke into a tie.

Before falling, the dying gods used their last strength to create a new world, trying to preserve the fire of civilization-this is the origin of the Kingdom of Light.

(The El Dorado is just the name given to the Kingdom of Light by the ranger trio, which was later recognized by Evan. In fact, the El Dorado is called the Kingdom of Light by the local people.)

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On Good Friday, the Sun King, who has lived in the deep palace for a long time, will also leave the palace to spread the glory of the sun to the people.

According to the usual practice, the two Sun Kings set off from the palace early in the morning, followed the main road to the outskirts of the city, and then traveled around the entire Millennium City along the city wall until the early morning of the next day.During this process, people would also spontaneously walk out of their homes and wait on both sides of the road to admire the holy face—they generally believed that by doing so, they would be blessed for a year.

"I'm coming!"

The crowd of onlookers screamed excitedly.

Guarded by the golden guard of honor, a holy white carriage floated on the horizon, and it was pulled by eight noble white horses, zigzagging along.The entourage leading the way is a beautiful goddess wearing a light veil, holding a golden sun wheel flag in both hands, and the flag illuminated by the lights is like a burning golden sun.

"Long live the Sun King!"

"Long live the Sun King!"

"Long live the Sun King!"

The moment they saw the carriage appear, people cheered and waved the burning torch in their hands vigorously.For a moment, in the dark night, the outskirts of the city were like a fire dragon, shaking its scales and claws with the clamor of cheers, dancing up and down excitedly.

boom--!

At the moment when the screams reached their peak, two pale lightning flashes were cut across the refreshing night, illuminating the entire Millennium City in an instant.The winding electric light fell from the sky and hit the carriage impartially. The Sun King, who was smiling at the crowd before, was split into two scorched black corpses by the thunder in an instant.

The cheers stopped abruptly.

The people who saw the Sun King being struck by lightning at a close distance even fell to the ground, each of them stunned and stunned on the spot, trembling continuously, as if they could not accept what happened before them.

The descendants of the sun god Atum... How could the son of the great god be struck to death by lightning?

This, how is this possible! ! !

Is Raytheon preparing to usurp the throne?

Panic spread among the crowd like a plague, and the jubilant suburbs quickly quieted down. The expressions of countless people instantly became bewildered and terrified; They ushered the convoy back to the court.

……

Witnessing the guard of honor driving away in a hurry, after a long silence, whispers of suspicion spread from the crowd.This spread was unstoppable like a flood, quickly spreading throughout the entire Millennium City——

On the day of Good Friday, the Sun King Hechaser and Thutmose died!

After the news spread, rumors spread in the Millennium City.

Some people think that this is the ironclad evidence of Thor's rebellion, some people think it is the provocation of the devil, some people think it is a sign of the end - and some people think that the Sun King couple did something bad, so that they lost the favor of the sun god.

Because what happened was too shocking, all kinds of rumors were supported, especially the rumor of 'losing God's grace' was the most widely spread.People all believed that the two Sun Kings had done something outrageous, that they were punished by God on the day of the festival, and died violently in front of the onlookers.

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Millennium City, the hub church.

Even though there were rumors in the city for thousands of years, the sacred place remained unchanged and solemn as before; this is the place where the priest of Hades meditates and prays, and even thousands of people can pray together in some religious occasions, so the interior is very well built. Majestic. 48 white stone pillars support a majestic arched dome, and rows of silver benches close together towards the central altar, forming a centripetal fan-shaped space, full of a sense of majesty in space.

The mysterious space is full of reliefs, densely arranged, and the light falls on the huge white stone pillars through the high windows. The light and shadow are mottled, giving people a mysterious and depressing feeling; only the high side windows formed by the height difference between the middle and the two sides are used for lighting, and the light is dark , forming the religious atmosphere of the "God's Domain" required by priests.

Under the soft light of the early morning sun, the high priest Edizok sat on the throne above the altar, overlooking the priests in the halls without saying a word, his depilated face was full of sullen anger.

"Your Excellency the Great Priest!"

The priest of the Temple of Storms stood up from his seat, looked at the throne behind the altar, and said in a deep voice: "Now people in the Millennium City are panicking, and folk rumors are everywhere. We must take some measures to curb the negative consequences of the death of the two Sun Kings. information!"

"What do you think should be done?" The great priest looked at him with a sinking face.

"Establish a new king as soon as possible! Then create some signs of joy to dilute the negative news about King Hexase and King Thutmose. At the same time, find some innocuous charges that the people cannot accept, and press them on the heads of the two former kings... …Subtle their crimes and save the fools from thinking about it all day." The Storm Priest replied in a voice.

"Oh... you still know my mind best."

The high priest's face turned pale, his solemn expression eased, and he looked around:

"To tell you the truth, I have already arrested the people in the King Wei Hall to do what should be done. The throne will be inherited by the sons and daughters of King Hexase and King Thutmose, and they will be enthroned at noon tomorrow! At that time, The Temple of Storms must ensure that the sky is cloudless, the Temple of Life must let the flowers bloom in full bloom in the thousand-year-old city, and the flames of the Temple of Raging Fire must burn around the city, so that the people are convinced that the gods are blessing, you know!?"

"understand!"

"As ordered."

"We'll make sure everything goes well."

The priests who were named agreed to come down one after another, and at the same time heaved a sigh of relief, and the oppressive atmosphere in the temple disappeared immediately.

"Your Excellency the High Priest! Your Excellency the High Priest!"

Just when the priests finally got out of the gloom and regained their sense of normalcy, there was a sudden howl of ghosts and wolves from outside the temple.Accompanied by the displeased gazes of the priests, a gold-armored warrior rushed into the hub sanctuary, shouting almost loudly:

"The two crown princes...the two crown princes have just been killed by lightning, and they are all dead!"

"what!?"

The high priest Edizok suddenly stood up from the throne, stretched out his hand and waved a cloud of black smoke, which spread to the front of the golden armored warrior like a snake, instantly strangled the man's neck and lifted him into the air:

"If Lei died, how could he die again? How did you take care of the crown prince!?"

At this moment, he was like a raging lion, his facial muscles were squirming, and his face was full of protruding blue veins.

"The subordinates swear that this matter has nothing to do with us... Cough cough cough... The crown princes are being taught by the coronation ceremony. Suddenly, lightning fell from the sky and struck them to death beside the sun altar... Cough cough cough cough!" Jin The armored soldier strangled the black smoke around his neck and replied struggling.

"Lightning from the sky again..."

The high priest's face was full of anger and blood, his eyes flashed fiercely, and he directly broke the opponent's neck: "I don't believe that there is such a coincidence in the world, someone must be deliberately setting up a situation! Deliberately disrupt the order of the Kingdom of Light! "