Come to Infinity, Sacrifice to Me

Chapter 543 No.17: The Saint of the Red Lotus; Joan of Arc who can see the faith

On May 1431, 5, on the old market square in Rouen, a fire execution of the "witch" was underway!

"This woman is advertised as the saint of France, she is obviously a devil!"

"She led the army to kill so many of our British soldiers, she must pay the price!"

"I heard that she is a saint who received an angel's revelation. In essence, she used magic to confuse the army. Otherwise, which girl could defeat our British army at the age of 16!"

"The bishop has judged her for her crimes, and this deceitful witch will be sentenced to be burned at the stake!"

"Burn her, burn her..."

"..."

What echoed in the girl's ears were gossip and gossip. In this land still occupied by England, no one would speak for her, the leader of the foreign army.

They hated the saint who led the French soldiers to defeat England, and those soldiers who believed that she followed her to the battlefield were far away in France at the moment, and it was difficult to give her any support.

As the priest proclaimed the fake public renunciation book, declaring the "sin" of the "witch", the insults from all around became louder and louder, and the curse words became more and more despicable, and the obscene words were enough to break anyone's heart .

Even with a young girl's heart, even though she was already prepared to die in the war in the future, but if she was not sad at all, and she was not shaken at all, Joan herself would not believe it.

After losing the war and being captured by the enemy, it is normal for them to avenge the British soldiers who died, but there is only one thing that she will never admit: her belief in the "Lord" cannot be questioned or desecrated, only the identity of the pagan herself Never admit it!

Since England invaded France, the war has continued intermittently for a hundred years. Everyone hates war, but they can only continue to fight. Under this situation, a girl called Joan of Arc appeared in later generations.

In the beginning, Joan of Arc was just an ordinary peasant girl in France. It was a very small village, and the only landmark building was the only church in the village.

For countries on the European continent, even if they are illiterate, they must know how to sing hymns and praise our Lord, and Jeanne Darc is the same.

In other words, she is almost the most devout spiritual believer in the village, and her biggest dream in life is to become a nun dedicated to the "Lord".

According to the normal trend, if there are no accidents, the girl should spend her life as a devout believer. Maybe she will join the church by chance and become a nun of her dreams, and it is more likely to find her as an ordinary village girl. She is a suitable person to take care of her husband and teach her children, but no matter how you think about it, she doesn't fit the status of "Saint Woman of Salvation".

But God often likes to fiddle with fate and make history unpredictable. He brought disasters and tests to the world, and also brought them hope of redemption. In this way, a 16-year-old village girl got a chance on a sunny day. "Apocalypse", embarked on the road to end the war.

And a year later, she became the commander-in-chief of the French army. Starting from the relief of the siege of Orleans, a legend has gradually risen!

In just three years, relying on the intuition of "Apocalypse", which is close to predicting the future, the girl defeated the English army steadily, changed the situation of the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, and even supported the French king who should have been subjugated to officially ascend the throne.

But the good times don’t last long. Maybe the birth of a saint must require blood baptism, just like Jesus was also killed on the cross. The invincible saint took the initiative to cut off her rear in order to save the soldiers in Compiègne, but was abandoned by her allies in the rear. Captured below the city gate.

The girl was handed over to England. The angry English not only bought the bishop, manipulated the Inquisition, and named Joan of Arc a heretic, a witch, and the devil, but also tricked her into signing a public renunciation, replacing documents, and giving her a legal order. Sentenced to the stake.

And now, after all, she was hanged on a cross, put on firewood and pushed, to be punished with the cruelest punishment.

The fear of being burned to death in the Mood for Love, the bitterness of being slandered as a devil, the worry about the homeland, and even the despair of being judged heresy by the God of Faith in the human church... These layers of spiritual punishment are constantly oppressed and overwhelmed. Come, Joan of Arc once collapsed and despaired.

But even after going through all these successive levels of suffering, which are not something ordinary people can bear, and the depths of her heart have been shrouded in despair and darkness more than once, the pious belief of the girl has not been knocked down by reality, but is like a shining gemstone being polished. Usually, that bright soul shines brighter and brighter.

Even if everyone said she was a devil, called her a heretic, even if everyone spurned her, the girl still firmly believed that she was definitely not a heretic!My own belief cannot be denied by these secular scolding and slander!

There was oil splashed on the firewood pusher and Joan of Arc who was trapped on the cross, the fire snake spread, and death was close at hand, but the saint calmly chanted the name of God as if she was worshiping in a church.

She kept praying, and asked the priest next to her to hold a small cross... The red lotus fire wrapped around her clothes, and was about to devour her skin, flesh and blood. God's miracle did not come, and she was about to die !

The revelation of being connected to God three years ago also failed at this moment, as if the last light had been cut off, but the holy girl was still just praying silently, her throat had been smothered by the fireworks, and she could not make a sound, so she could only speak in the Silently chant the name of God in my heart.

If the Lord did not respond to her, it must be that her faith was not firm enough. With such pure faith, in the heat of the flames, Joan of Arc ushered in the end without complaint or regret in prayer!

"Lord, entrust this body..."

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The saint's soul was revived in the flames, and was summoned as an immortal heroic spirit. In the storm and brilliance formed by the surge of magic power, a beautiful figure holding a holy banner descended.

Then at the next moment, Joan of Arc, whose consciousness had just changed with time and space, shifted from the stake to this strange place before him, hadn't carefully looked at the environment here, and waved the flag suddenly according to his feeling, using it as a spear, and pierced through it. The chest of that old zombie-like bug in front!

"Evil heretics, turn into ashes!"

In the girl's stern and clear voice, hot flames appeared out of nothing, and without even a wail, the magician who had lived for 500 years was turned into ashes!

This magician who does not know how many generations have been passed down in the blood of the Matou family, who will occupy an important role in the next five stations, and is the old bug who caused the tragedy of Matou Sakura's life, is here again in this dimension. Became a sacrifice before the battle of the heroic spirits!

Killing insects before going to war has basically become a practice to some extent!

However, the matter is actually not that simple. After burning the body of the magician with a flame that he could control for some reason, Joan of Arc's revelation suddenly warned her that this heretic whose soul was hiding in the worm was still lingering!

After all, he is a magician who will do anything to survive, not to mention that this is his magic workshop, how can it be so easy to solve!

The location of the magic workshop is the position of the magician. It is something like a fortress that the magician spent years or even decades, sometimes even several generations.

For a qualified magician, a large number of multiple defensive spells are usually laid out in the studio, which is not only their research place, but also the final refuge. No normal magician will attack another magician. Workshop.

Of course, as a magician who has lived for more than 500 years, the old bug has already built his workshop like an iron wall. If it is not unexpected, even Joan of Arc can easily defeat the opponent with the power of the heroic spirit, but it may not be able to stop this guy from fleeing .

After all, for this foreign body that has entrusted its soul to the insects, there are almost endless insects in the house of the Tong family. As long as a few escape, it is not really hopeless, and there is always a chance to come back!

With the guidance of enlightenment, although Joan of Arc didn't know the reason, she made the most critical decision instinctively!

A big fire burned all the bugs around, a violent explosion sounded, and the underground secret room shook like a mountain shaking. The flames burned blazingly, spreading layer by layer towards the surroundings!

After solving a large number of disgusting bugs, the girl was still not satisfied, and a more grand tide of magic power began to surge in her body, turning into the fire of red lotus, sweeping the entire underground wormhole occupied by bugs.

So in less than half a minute, under the dumbstruck sight of Matou Kariya who hadn't reacted yet, the entire basement was completely emptied, and the cold and humid environment faded away, and there was no trace left, replaced What is more is a sense of simplicity as if it has been purified.

It is strange to say that it is obviously a terrifying fire that can burn life and matter, but Matou Kariya, who was also engulfed by this flame, did not suffer any harm. He originally thought that he was going to die with unwillingness and despair, but waited After half a minute, there was no burning sensation. Instead, I saw the scene where the old bug himself, including all his familiars, were burned to death.