Law of the Dragon

"What is this...?" The two presiding judges sitting on the bench looked at each other in confusion.

In front of them was a silver plate, with several blood-red worms in the middle, they were about as thick and long as an index finger, and they were huddled together, looking a bit like silkworm babies.Their outer skin is a kind of transparent white, but you can see the red blood flowing inside. Unlike silkworm babies, they have a big mouth.The big mouth occupies half of the body, and when the mouth is opened, you can even see densely packed sharp teeth inside.

The silver plate should have some kind of enchantment of the light system, so these few bugs can't escape, but despite being crowded together, they still try to swallow each other, one of them has swallowed the other half, through the transparent skin, even the one that was swallowed is still struggling in its stomach...

"What the hell is this?" The presiding judge sitting on the right turned his head and stopped looking at these things.

"It's 'silkworms'," Norman said softly, standing on the dock, "not ordinary silkworms, you can see that they will devour each other, I originally had half a plate, but when you saw it, only the silkworms were left. These are a few."

"We don't care what these things are, but Lord Norman, what do you mean by showing us this?" The presiding judge on the left asked aloud, "But obviously, they are a kind of monster, right?"

"They can't be called monsters. They are a kind of pet bugs raised by dark merchants. Dark merchants will use them to control and drive people who do things for themselves." Norman glanced at the plate, he was a little worried about the plate In the end, there will only be one left, which seems a bit weak as evidence, "I found it in Marvin's body, and they killed Marvin."

"Oh, you mean, these disgusting bugs killed Marvin, not the 'false king'?"

The person who spoke was sitting in a higher position among the two chief judges. He was wearing a gorgeous scarlet robe with delicate patterns embroidered with gold thread, and a golden cross on his chest as the church mark. He looked at Norman coldly. .

"That's what I mean, my lord pope," Norman replied softly, "This kind of bug has been parasitic in Marvin's body for a while, and the way the dark businessman uses it to control other races is to periodically give him A kind of 'bait', which can control these bugs not to bite the host for a period of time. And the host will desperately complete the task of the dark merchant for this 'bait'."

"Bishop Marvin was bought by a dark businessman?"

"How is this possible...he is a bishop!"

The people in the courtroom started talking about it, it was unbelievable that in the 300 years since the founding of this country, Bishop Marvin was the first bishop to be exposed to such a thing.

"Maybe it's just that the bugs look similar, and it doesn't prove that Marvin was bought by a dark businessman," the Pope suddenly said softly, "Norman, maybe you misidentified this bug..."

"This kind of bug is recorded in detail in the literature," Norman interrupted the Pope coldly, "You can send someone to fetch the book and compare it in detail."

Embarrassment flashed across the pope's face, but he quickly covered it up. He smiled coldly: "Since it belongs to the dark merchant, then the true identity of the 'false king' is the dark merchant? Perot can prove that he Not human."

"If it is a dark merchant, there are a hundred ways to kill Marvin. These bugs are also very precious to the dark merchant. If you really plan to kill Marvin, you don't need to use bugs," Norman replied. "My guess is that Marvin must have something else to do when he comes to the Holy See. It is also possible that he can get the 'bait' in the Holy See. Otherwise, the time for casting the bait is approaching, and he will not come to the Holy See. As for Marvin His death may be an accident, he may not be able to contact the dark merchant, maybe the 'bait' was placed in the hands of another person, he did not give it to Marvin, so Marvin was eaten by these bugs from the inside out gone."

Such inferences caused huge waves in the Holy See, and everyone became excited.

"How is that possible? Could it be that the minions of the dark merchant still exist in the Holy See?"

"I really can't believe it, how could such a thing happen, the Holy See actually..."

"Master Norman must not be mistaken, how could such a thing happen!"

"Quiet!" The Pope stood up suddenly and said to everyone, "Given the importance and confidentiality of this matter, except for those involved in the trial, the rest of the people leave the courtroom immediately."

Of course, if this sentence was announced by Eros in the palace, it would definitely cause a lot of dissatisfaction and protests, but in the Holy See, this order did not arouse the priests and believers at all. go.All this action is so quiet, only the sound of cloth rubbing against each other.

Norman quietly watched these people leave without any hesitation or doubt, silently like a funeral procession.People's belief and love for the God of Light have gradually turned into blind obedience to those in power. They no longer pursue facts, no longer seek the truth, and they have completely forgotten the original intention of belief in the long years.

Eros is on the tree outside the window at the moment. This place will not be discovered by the people below, and he can see the situation inside clearly. He is complacent that he has found this good location.

"Hey, Xilu, do you have this kind of bug too?" Eros asked quickly, remembering that his ring was also a dark merchant.

"Yes, I have many kinds, and they are all very good..." West Road replied triumphantly.

"Hey, you should be the one who killed Marvin!" The more Eros thought about it, the more suspicious his ring became. "No wonder you kept telling me to leave there!"

"What!" The spider was stunned, and then said angrily, "Please use your brain that is out of proportion to your body to think about it, I was sealed many years ago, and those bugs have eaten themselves. , when can I be put into that bishop's body!"

"What are you talking about! What are you talking about? It's out of proportion!" Eros threatened the ring viciously, "I don't think you'll ever figure it out for the rest of your life!"

What happened outside the window did not affect the trial going on inside at all.

There were only a few people left in the already empty courtroom, which made it even more empty.

"Go on," the Pope slowly sat back on the chair, "I want to hear what else you have deduced."

"I also think... Marvin came to look for you, Your Excellency," Norman said in a clear voice, "I had someone in your room and found 'bait', obviously, if you are not a dark merchant , then you may already be the minion of the dark merchant."

As soon as these words came out, there was a dead silence in the entire court, and the rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing how to deal with it.

"At first, I wanted to get the imperial power from the imperial capital, and then turn around to suppress your power in the Holy See, but unfortunately, I was deceived by Marvin, who was your man from the beginning," Norman continued. , without a trace of emotion on his face, as if he was narrating something unrelated to him, "The flood in the third district, I saw darkness in the prophetic dream, so I followed the other two bishops to the third district, and Marvin Using me as an excuse, he led Eros out of the imperial capital and went to the third district. I don't know if this incident is related to the imperial capital, or what happened in the imperial capital, but after that Marvin ran back to the Holy See. I know from the priest below, it seems that there was a quarrel? As for the reason, I don’t know, is this the reason why you don’t give him 'bait'?"

"Nonsense!" The Pope's original calm mask was shattered, he stepped down from the chair excitedly, and excitedly grabbed the armrest on the second floor, "Norman! Do you know what you mean now? You let How many charges have I faced?!"

"You should think about it, how many wrong things have you done?" Norman said coldly, "How much have you done since we met?"

"What did you say?"

"You killed my mother just because she was a prostitute." Norman looked back at the Pope coldly.

The pope's face turned red and white, he opened his mouth and did not speak.

The two presiding judges glanced at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes. They didn't expect this trial to turn out like this.

"Your mother is a whore! That's right, it's not her fault, but you don't want to leave her!" the pope said angrily, "Norman, you belong to the church, every generation of Norman is like that , This is your mission, but you want to bring that low, low woman to the Holy See! I did this for your own good!"

"Is this the teaching of the Church of Light?" Norman mocked coldly, "Teach you to sacrifice others for your own benefit? Teach you to surrender to the God of Darkness for greater power? Teach you to kill each other or kill each other?" Jealousy and suspicion?"

The Pope stared blankly at Norman.

"The mission given to me by the God of Light is for me to lead people forward in the dark, not to get lost, not to lose myself, and to be firm in my belief... But I have not done a single thing," Norman's face that had been tense, suddenly There was a wry smile, "I'm really useless."

"Listen to me, Norman..."

"Bug, bug!" A judge suddenly called out, and the attention of everyone except Norman was immediately attracted.

Finally, there is only one worm left on the plate. It has a mouth, and it bites the invisible air. No matter how much it eats, it feels hungry, so it starts to eat itself, starting from its own tail, eating itself. Lose……

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, it finally ate itself.In a mass of transparent flesh and blood, its huge mouth is still opening and closing, extremely greedy.

"The evidence... is gone?" one of the presiding judges said in a daze.

"There is no more evidence!" The Pope almost cheered. He looked at Norman, "Without evidence, there is no accusation! Norman, you have no evidence!"

The expressions of the two presiding judges were also relieved, and they nodded at each other.

The silver plate was empty.

"Withdraw all your previous accusations." The Pope looked at Norman proudly, "I don't want to lock you up, after all, you are Norman, but now the situation is special, once the matter with the princess is over, I will release you. "

As he spoke, several people had ambushed in the courtroom since some time ago. Suddenly, an iron cage fell from the sky, covering Norman and the defendant's seat in the cage.

And Norman stood calmly in the cage, he looked like a bird with beautiful feathers, looking at the sky that didn't belong to him.

"Don't struggle, there is an enchantment on the cage, I asked Roger to customize it for you," the Pope said with a smile, "Norman should stay in the temple and pray to the God of Light for people, so I will tell you later Send you back to the temple..."

Eros looked at this scene with some surprise, it could be called a turnaround.From this angle, he couldn't see Norman's expression, but he could see Norman's movements, holding the ice-cold heart that sealed the darkness in his hand.