No one could tell that Faust was injured, it might be because of working hard all night, this great magician looked a little tired.
Faust was actually seriously injured, but this sage national teacher has his own sense of propriety. He can cover up his flaws very well so that no one can see his flaws, and he will not let the injury flare up and endanger his life. He himself is the most brilliant divine art in the empire. Grandmaster. Faust was so anxious because he wanted to go back to the imperial capital to release Magan's tears as soon as possible. After he returned, the queen's amnesty warrant would come into effect.
When Cyrus died, Faust seemed to be relieved of a heavy burden. He finally felt a bit of real relaxation, and the unexplainable sense of guilt and guilt in his heart also faded a lot.
Queen Semir pardoned Magan tears. The content of the pardon is very simple, roughly as follows—
"After investigation, Maganlei once prayed in the temple, begging the gods to give the magic medicine to relieve the pain of Hism's mother. Her devout voice moved the gods, and was heard by the sage Faust, who gave her the best Healing medicine. The sincerity of Magan's tears has passed the test of the gods, and it is impossible to be the murderer who murdered the mistress. The sage Faust, the sage and national teacher of the whole country, can testify, and no one can doubt it. As for the death of Hesim Unexpectedly, it was the warrior who was wounded and couldn't stand stably so that he fell to the ground and hit the wall and died. It is a blasphemy against the will of the gods and a disrespect to the sage, the national teacher, to decide that Ma Ganlei is the murderer."
Semir's actions are so simple and clear, there is no redundant explanation for this pardon, and she also borrowed Faust's reputation.
No one else knew about the relationship between Maganle and Faust, and even if someone was dissatisfied with the Queen's pardon, they probably wouldn't dare to say anything more. If someone complains in private, it can only be complaints against the Queen, which will not affect Faust's reputation, but instead shows the Queen's respect for Faust.
If Faust was smart, he shouldn't have sent the pardon in person, or even sent someone to find a seemingly irrelevant person, and just send the pardon in the name of the queen. But as soon as he entered Niveh City, he rushed to the prison. In the eyes of outsiders, this may be the only unreasonable thing the sage national teacher has done in his life.
But Faust can't care about so much anymore. Maganlei has been detained for almost a month as a death row prisoner. She herself doesn't know that she will be granted an amnesty, and she has been waiting for death in despair. And can a weak woman stand it
In this extraordinary period, Faust was suddenly ordered to return to the capital while following the Queen's inspection tour, which had long attracted the attention of all forces in Niveh City. However, the sage national teacher did not go to the temple or the official office, and went straight to the prison after entering the city. The sheriff and the officials of the Ministry of Justice of the Empire also rushed over after hearing the news. They didn't know what happened, and they were worried that it was related to their duties.
The arrival of Faust startled the guards in the prison. In my impression, the sage, the national teacher, has never been to such a place. It is gloomy and dirty, symbolizing the sinful corner of the imperial capital. Nor is Faust the place to be. The crowd waited for Faust to dismount in fear and fear, and the guards put down their weapons and knelt down to kiss the soil under his feet, with a respectful and devout attitude as if welcoming the arrival of a god.
Faust did not forget etiquette. His attitude was humble and kind, and his expression was graceful and noble. He waved his hands and said, "You have responsibilities. Stand up and keep on guard. There is no need to salute like this. Who is the prison officer? I have If you want to ask."
The prison chief hurriedly stepped forward and bowed: "Young one, may I ask what orders the Master of the State Council has?" The prison chief should have invited Faust to sit down in his mansion to talk, but his mansion is too real. It's a bit shabby, it's the outermost room in the prison, it's not suitable for a sage and national teacher who is admired by the whole country to sit, even if inviting him in is even a kind of blasphemy.
Faust waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty gave me a pardon to pardon a person in prison."
Before he took out the pardon, the prison chief didn't dare to ask for it, but he asked carefully: "Who is it, pardon his sentence or pardon his crime? How dare Mr. Lao Guoshi personally run over such a trivial matter?" Come on, just send someone over to say hello!"
There are two types of pardons: amnesty and amnesty, and amnesty is divided into punishment and pardon. Assyrian law, only the king has such power. The prison warden asked this question deliberately, lest he appear incompetent.
Only then did Faust realize that it was a bit unreasonable for him to come to the prison in person as soon as he entered the city, which made people feel strange. But now that he has arrived, he pretended to be relaxed and said, "It was something that Her Majesty the Empress specifically explained before leaving, so I will take care of it as soon as I come back, so as not to forget it when I get busy later."
He took out Semir's amnesty warrant and handed it over. The prison chief respectfully took it in his hand and opened it. His forehead suddenly became sweaty, his legs softened and he knelt down with a thud. Sin, I never thought it would be like this, otherwise this kind of thing would never have happened..."
Faust was taken aback, and quickly asked, "What happened?"
The prison chief was still explaining in a trembling voice: "Although there is an order to temporarily detain Magan Lei until Her Majesty returns, she has been convicted of a death row. We don't know that there will be an amnesty. During this period of time, she is on death row. Here, everyone thought that after Her Majesty returned, she would be executed, but no one tortured or abused her, it was herself... "
Before the words finished, Faust stretched out the hand to pick up the prison chief, and asked with his face covered, "What's wrong with Magan's tears?"
Prison officer: "Magan died in tears, she died by herself, she didn't eat anything..."
Faust felt that the prison door in front of him was shaking, and the ground under his feet was also moving, and his voice became hoarse: "How is this possible! When did it happen?"
The prison chief was terrified, and replied tremblingly: "Just two days ago, the weather was too hot recently, and no one came to collect the body. I just cremated yesterday... She, she, she died without pain at all, as if Still smiling, someone heard that she had been singing the night before, it was a song of blessing and praise to the gods, she must, must have been taken to heaven by the gods... "
The prison chief was caught off guard by Faust, and his whole body was suspended in mid-air, unable to move. Faust suddenly let go, and he fell to the ground with a plop, and quickly got up again and shouted: "Master of the State!"
I saw Faust standing there, shaking it once, twice, three times, and finally couldn't hold it anymore and fell back. A follower had already screamed and supported him, and Faust had already passed out.
His injury broke out, and he thought it could be completely controlled, but at this moment, it was so violent that Faust's eyes went dark, as if he had gone to another world. In the eyes of others, the sage, the national teacher, suddenly fell into a coma, but Faust himself seemed to be awake, but fell into darkness.
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Everything is light in the darkness, as if the soul has left the body, and Faust heard the ethereal singing, which is the singing of Magan Tears—
It's him! It's him!
Where is the happiness and pain in the world
In the wild night when I first saw you.
It's him! It's him!
Who will save me from humbleness and helplessness
I will wait for you in the quiet courtyard.
It's him! It's him!
Do you know how reluctant I am to approach
But I still snuggle by your side.
It's him! It's him!
Who is gloomy in the bell
Please don't mention me to anyone.
It's him! It's him!
Whose gaze is the god that gazes upon me
i know you're coming...
Faust struggled and shouted: "Magan Lei, why didn't you wait for me to come back? I should have told you earlier that I would return to the imperial capital with an amnesty, but you..."
Magan replied in a tearful voice: "I know you will come to save me, I am grateful for everything you have given me, but I don't know what else I can do? Hism's family is ruined, and what have I brought you?" ? At the last moment of my life, I suddenly recognized you, we have met before, but I am still grateful to you! God, please take me away, this is my salvation!"
A brand in the soul stung Faust again, and he cried, "Is this all you have directed me to, Satan?"
The figure of Satan appeared, still so handsome and strange, with a layer of mist behind him, the shadow in the mist had sharp long horns and a forked tail, he sneered and said: "No, you made this by yourself Everything, your soul is the master, and the power I guide is just a servant, have you forgotten? You once asked—how can I get your soul? In fact, no one can get your soul unless you voluntarily submit.
The imprint I left in your heart only awakened your desires, ideals, pursuits and struggles, and you gave all the answers yourself. I tell you my name is Satan, when I am in your heart, you are me. Just like you just heard Magan's tears singing, it was she, her in your heart singing. "
Faust shouted, "No, I'm not you!"
Satan: "Then open your eyes and see, what choice have you made? In fact, there is a you in everyone's heart. I have seen too many of you."
Faust said in a hoarse voice: "I shouldn't hate you, I did all of this, I have to face it, face the me in my heart, but Satan, my soul no longer belongs to you."
Satan's voice suddenly changed: "It never belonged to me!" At the same time, his appearance also changed, and he turned into the figure of Amon.
Faust said in amazement: "It turned out to be you!"
Amon: "It's me, it was me at the beginning. The so-called Satan is a title given to me by Seth, and the imprint left in your soul is just a shadow that hits your desire. I myself just rushed to Niveh City, I happened to see you fainted in front of the prison, so I appeared in the soul to meet you. Faust, you are in a very bad condition now, and you are about to go through a test, and your injury cannot be restrained. Do you have any last request? It can be said."
Faust: "In this darkness, I feel no pain, and I would rather not open my eyes to see it."
Amon: "You have closed your eyes. If you don't want to open them, then leave here and you will never see this world again. If your soul is reborn, what do you hope to see when you open your eyes? "
Faust: "A brave new world, the world that I have read and searched hard for, and vowed. I have fought for it all my life and never stopped, and I have tried my best to save the Assyrian Empire, but in the end, even a Magan tear Nothing could be saved!"
Amon's tone was full of sadness: "What you want is the end of human desires, but as a mortal, you can't prove it. You already have a ninth-level magical achievement, and I have guided your original power. When you re-prove At this time, you are facing endless tests. You will prove countless him and her, and countless me, but your injuries are unbearable, and you plan to leave in this darkness, or the last Do something?"
"The prison chief told me that Maganlei must have been led to the Kingdom of God by the gods, right? She completed her own redemption, but I didn't, right?" This is what Faust said to Amon The last sentence.
After saying this, Faust opened his eyes in the darkness without waiting for Amon's answer. What he saw before his eyes was not a brave new world, nor the kingdom of God he longed for, but the dome of the temple.
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The sage national teacher suddenly fainted in front of the prison door and was hurriedly sent back to the temple for treatment. The adults in the capital came to visit one after another. Everyone had their own thoughts about what happened, and they were secretly worried.
When Faust opened his eyes, he heard someone exclaim: "Thank the gods, the sage national teacher has woken up!"
The aged Prime Minister Alpha stood in front of the bed, leaned over and asked, "Master, why did you rush to the prison as soon as you returned to the imperial capital, and why did you faint in front of the prison? The news spread, and the people were uneasy. I heard that you went to prison with a warrant of amnesty, but the person who was pardoned is already dead, so what is going on?"
Luo Huade, the assistant minister, also said: "Lord National Teacher, are you okay? Is it because you are too tired and feel unwell for a while, or because the woman died and failed to complete His Majesty's pardon? The woman herself She has already voluntarily pleaded guilty, and the amnesty is the kindness of the gods, His Majesty, and the National Teacher, but it is a pity that she herself does not have such a good life."
But Faust sat up from the bed and said to the sky with his arms outstretched: "No, she is not guilty, the real murderer is me! I heard people talking in private, you have all heard about the case, right? I killed Hisham!…”
Everyone was stunned, and no one thought that Faust would say such a thing when he woke up. Could it be that the sage national teacher is crazy? Faust didn't care about the expressions of the crowd, and he was still talking to himself: "I think back then, I used to pretend to go to a brothel to fool around. I injured Xisim and disappeared. That brothel…”
God! Everyone showed expressions of disbelief, how could this be done by the sage national teacher! Someone tried to rush over to stop Faust from speaking, but an invisible force blocked them. Faust sat there with his arms open, and no one could get close. Someone was shouting: "Master National Teacher, please shut up and stop talking! We don't want to hear it, and we dare not listen! You didn't do this, it can't be you!"
Some people covered their ears, but Faust's words seemed to be piercing into the soul so clearly, no matter how hard they covered them, they couldn't stop it. It not only reached the ears of everyone in the temple, but also passed out of the temple, even half of the people in Niveh City I heard. Those who heard it were stunned. Many housewives stopped their work, and pedestrians on the avenue stopped, listening blankly to the voice that represented the sacred language in the empire.
Faust told what happened between him and Magan tears, and finally shouted: "I seduced her, I possessed her, I brought her bad luck, I gave her the bottle Drugs, I killed Xisim, and I watched her being taken into the prison and became a death row inmate! Her life was trampled on, her name was cast aside, and she endured and redeemed the sin that originally belonged to me. She didn’t even know that I was that person!"
The narration of the sage national teacher is finally over, and the people inside and outside the temple are already dumbfounded. Faust opened his arms and looked up at the sky. His eyes seemed to have passed through the dome of the temple, and he saw Amon, Gabriel, Semir and Urio standing on the clouds from a distance. Faust's posture seemed to be embracing something, but his figure turned into a wisp of green smoke, drifting away through the temple.
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Here comes Samir, right up there in the clouds. The queen was supposed to be still on her way to inspect the border, and would arrive in another city-state two days later, but she was brought here by God Amon at this moment. She witnessed the last scene of Faust in the world with her own eyes, and she was already in tears.
Faust turned into smoke and disappeared. Semir suddenly pulled out the saber at his waist, turned around and pointed at Amon's throat, and shouted: "God, is it you! You guided him to do all this ?”
Amon's face was full of sorrow, as if he hadn't seen Semir's sword at all, and he muttered to himself: "Faust, you dominated the soul at the last moment and completed the redemption. You passed the test, and at this moment you have reached The end of the achievement in the world, but left due to the attack of the injury.
Your final achievement is to redeem your own soul, and you can choose to leave clearly. When you are reborn, all the imprints can still be preserved to complete the unfinished proof. You are a name, there is a Satan in your heart, and everyone has a you in their hearts. When the last moment comes, you finally proved the master of the soul. "
Gabriel dodged, holding the blade of order in front of Semir and said: "Anyone in the world may be in the same situation as Faust, the only difference is that they are not the sages of Assyria. Why did you draw your sword and point it at the gods? Amon just guided him to see his own desires clearly, and he has been making his own choices."
Semir said slowly: "Amon, you are a god, not a king like me. When you look down from the clouds and listen to people's prayers, have you always been so calm, looking coldly at the Faus you guided? De left like this? I have my faults, helplessness, and regrets. I will blame myself and repent, and I will draw my sword to point at the gods! At this moment, gods, what are you doing? Who is your sad expression for? "