The Shadow of the Crown of Snow [Western Fantasy]

Infiltrating the border of the Nagrand Empire is much easier than they imagined.

Although Gu Yinuo is a survivor, no matter whether he is a survivor or a foreign businessman, as long as he has a face from Penglai, it will always be easy to do things in the Hindley Continent.The soldiers guarding the city gate just glanced at Gu Yinuo who poked his head out of the carriage, and let them in without doing any other checks.

After entering the city, they realized that it might not be because of Gu Yinuo's Penglai status, nor because of their good luck, but that the Nagrand Empire was collapsing from within.

Nagrand is not as powerful as Wilton, but like Wilton, it is also a country where all the people believe in the God of Light. They also hold sacrificial ceremonies on a fixed day every year, but the God of Light knows what he said. What kind of unpredictable waves would be caused by being heard by the people of the Nagrand Empire, so she did not let the sacrificial ceremony of the Nagrand Empire be interrupted by her appearance.

"That is to say, it is their own problem to become what they are today."

The Nagrand Empire was also a respectable opponent of the Nord Kingdom. The climate was warm, prosperous and prosperous, and no one could think of the gloomy and oppressive appearance it is now.People on the street are very thin, looking tired and gloomy, and there are even people who blatantly rob property on the street from time to time.The patrolling guards only took two symbolic steps to catch up, and then changed back to their lazy and powerless appearance.

"What the hell did Hussein do?"

Selene really couldn't think of an answer.Hussein is already a god. He is different from ordinary human emperors. He has no reason to treat the people so harshly.Maybe Hussein can collect taxes and use those properties to support the in-depth study of magic, maybe Hussein can force all Nagrand people to give up their belief in the God of Light and let them pray for themselves, but abuse them is very important to Hussein There is no benefit for Sain.

Even more strange is the attitude of these people on the street.

What they showed was not anger and dissatisfaction with a brutal ruler, it was hard to find even dissatisfaction with the current life, as if the Nagrand Empire had always been like this, and they had already learned to get used to it and accept it.

The Nagrand Empire can lose all its past glory overnight, but the people of the Nagrand Empire cannot just give up their self-esteem.Even in the poorest and most run-down places, there will be people who will do their best to survive, and there will be people who will persevere in order to change the status quo. Outsiders will not see complete darkness and despair—just like This is what Selene and the others saw.

"I seem to know the reason." Hecate raised his hand to prevent the hood of the cloak from slipping off his head, "Can you see that thing hovering over the city?"

"I see." The God of Light who is most sensitive to the power of faith answered first, "That big snake...more than one."

Hovering above the Nagrand Empire to block the sun is not a dark cloud, but a mass of black smoke. When they stretch their bodies, it can be seen that they are giant snakes made up of this black smoke.

"I seem to have seen it before." Hecate narrowed his eyes and remembered what he saw in the courtyard of Yoda City when he was a child. At that time, it was just a small black snake, so small that she could hold it in his hand and dangle Go, "No wonder those things Hussain keeps in the yard are sick."

"They should be doing more than just plundering." Selene noticed that several black snakes broke away from the team and flew towards the direction of Yoda City, "If it was just plundering, Hussein would not This is used in the Gran Empire."

"Indeed not. He doesn't know much about what a god should know, but he has researched these heresies." The God of Light spread out his palms, and the power of faith with a light golden light gushed out from her palms, flying in the air. Condensed into a pigeon, the pigeon flapped its wings and disappeared out of their sight, and flew back after a while, and became the power of faith again in the hands of the God of Light, "This is the power of every god." What can be done, when the power of faith obtained through prayer is not enough, forcefully take more power of faith from believers. Originally, this would not have any effect on believers, except for the need to use magic spells Except for priests, most human beings don't need the power of faith, and most of them don't feel the power of faith. Its danger is that as long as you are not careful to control it, it's not just the power of faith that you take over .”

And human life force.

On the road to becoming a god, this was the earliest technique that Hussein mastered. He used something similar to these black snakes to plunder all the vitality and power from other creatures, and then injected them into Hecate.

"Hecate, I told you before that gods are governed by the godhead. In fact, everything you do can't go beyond the scope of the godhead. Hussein's godhead is plunder and destruction. This is his instinct and his Desire, he has nothing to fear, and he has no bottom line in his heart, so he will use this method to use the corpses of his own people as a stepping stone for him to climb higher."

The damage caused by the black snake is irreversible. The only way to prevent the people of Nagrand from being deprived of their vitality is to kill Hussain.But even after killing Hussein, some people have been tortured to the brink of death by the black snake.

"Yinuo, stop here and wait for me." Hecate pulled the hood of the cloak lower, "Selene, give me the crescent blade."

After becoming a god, Hecate seems to have become more mature and stable, but in fact still retains most of her human personality, so Selene kept the Crescent Blade for her after entering the territory of the Nagrand Empire to prevent She rushed out at any time regardless.

"No." Selene clenched the crescent blade, "If you want to save them, we should go to Yoda City as soon as possible. Killing the black snake will only alarm Hussein, and he can send new ones at any time .”

Seeing the look in Selene's eyes, Hecate knew that she would definitely not give in. She hesitated for a moment, and jumped out of the carriage empty-handed.

"Hecate!" Selene jumped out of the carriage and followed, "Don't act rashly."

"I won't do it." Hecate stopped, reached out and pinned a strand of Selene's hair that fell to her cheek behind her ear, "I just want to make sure..."

Hecate looked around and turned into a deserted street.Seeing that she didn't seem to want to fight those black snakes, Selene relaxed a little, followed her through seven or eight corners, and came to the entrance of a market.

There were no signs on the gates of the market, and Selene could not hear any cries, but could hear crying.

Human cries.

"This city is called Buho...there is the largest slave market in the Nagrand Empire. I passed by here when I was escaping from the Nagrand Empire, and I saw with my own eyes that a slave market can be so lively."

Some of the merchants standing in the market looked treacherous and cunning, and some looked gentle and gentle. They didn't think there was any problem at all. Other merchants sold goods in boxes, and they sold goods in cages.

Hecate back then couldn't do anything.She was alone, and the only thing she could rely on was the crescent blade in her hand. Behind her was the chasing soldiers of the Nagrand Empire, and in front of her was the motherland she had been away for many years, who did not know whether she would accept her.

She could only watch people with blue eyes and blond hair locked in a cage. The cage was so narrow that they couldn't lie down or sit, and they could only maintain a twisted posture all day long.Some were able to resist under such torture, while many had already lost the will to resist.

On the border of the Nagrand Empire, there are mercenaries who specialize in capturing northerners as slaves.These mercenaries only attack children most of the time, and occasionally catch one or two adults. When encountering resistance that is too fierce, they drag the rebel out of the cage like a wild animal, and pour him After taking the medicine, he fell limply on the ground, his eyes were full of unwillingness, but he lost the strength to struggle again.

Under the influence of the black snake, Buhuo City became lifeless, but the market was still in operation, and not only the children of the Northland were locked in the cages, but also prisoners of war.

The previous war severely damaged the Nord Kingdom and severely damaged the Nagrand Empire. The only ones who only made money but didn't lose money were these slave traders.There were a lot of people in the market, they lowered their heads in silence, inspecting the slaves in the cage, and did not notice the two hooded weirdos appearing at the door.

"Selene?"

"Hold the crescent blade." Selene handed the crescent blade over, "I'll leave it to you."

Hecate slowly drew the blade and walked to the man behind the first cage, who was counting the gold coins.

When Hecate and Selene returned to the carriage, everyone could smell the strong smell of blood on their bodies.Phoebe, who was sitting by the window, glanced out. Many people from the Northland were helping each other to escape from the same direction.The guards in the city did not even pursue robbers, let alone runaway slaves.

"Okay, Yinuo, let's continue to go to Yoda City." Hecate took a long breath, as if removing a stone from his heart, "The matter is settled."

After a while, she wiped the blood on her hands irritably, and asked the other people in the carriage: "According to human law, they shouldn't be guilty of death, right?"

"Yes." Phoebe answered her softly, "In the Nagrand Empire, where slavery was not abolished, they did not commit any crimes at all. Even if they were brought to Talis for trial, the punishment would not be so severe as the death penalty."

"If I were a Northlander who was caught in the slave market... I definitely hope that there are gods in the world who will protect me."