Who hid My Corpse!-Chapter 244 - : Seventy-Five Truth
Chapter 244: Seventy-Five Truth
“Should the Lyra God be executed?”
When Oliver uttered these words, the Lyra people, who were in an uproar just a second before, fell silent at that very moment.
Whether it was those in the hall, those outside waiting for the verdict, or even the Devil’s Army and the Skeleton Corps who were about to clash—swords and daggers drawn halfway—everyone stopped.
All eyes were focused on Oliver, to see if he was joking.
But clearly, Oliver was not about to joke at such a time. He had anticipated everyone’s reaction and now, once again, he surveyed the representatives in the hall, letting all of Lyra hear his voice once more.
“I know this might initially seem incomprehensible, even hard to accept,” Oliver said calmly, “but think about it, is it really that hard to accept?”
“Lyra is a place that pursues progress.”
“Our city has always been filled with fresh blood, always vibrant, always the most creative place in the world.”
“And it’s because we’ve managed to do two things.”
“We eliminate obsolete limbs.”
“We utilize emerging technologies.”
“If so…”
Oliver continued leisurely,
“Why then can’t we eliminate an obsolete God?”
“Prosthetics can be replaced, technology can evolve.”
“Why not gods?”
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“Ah, so it was because of this?” Bai Wei’s voice leisurely resonated in Gerard’s mind, “You Lyra people have always been madly chasing technological innovation, just so one day you could replace gods too, marginalize and commodify gods, and then equate god-execution with replacing parts… Hmm, from this perspective, you Lyra folks indeed have great creativity, even making a spectacle in deiciding.”
Gerard had no mind to pay attention to Bai Wei’s teasing; his expression was exceptionally somber.
Clearly, he hadn’t anticipated that Oliver would bring up deicide so openly and rapidly, especially in a manner familiar to all Lyrans, which greatly exceeded his expectations.
As Bai Wei had mentioned, their purpose of marginalizing and commodifying the Lyra God was for this moment.
This seemingly illogical rationalisation, but in reality…
When Gerard saw the Skeleton Knights guarding the hall and the Devil Knights beside him only showing a slightly confused expression rather than anger and agitation after hearing Oliver’s discourse, he knew that the other party had succeeded.
Deicide was undoubtedly the greatest desecration.
But if even the God’s guards couldn’t muster much reaction to such desecration, one could well imagine the reaction of the rest of the populace.
“It looks like you were right.” Fortunately, not everyone was unresponsive. Yuri drew his Blazing Fire Sword completely, “He dares to say such things now. What he will say later, I dare not imagine… But it’s not all bad, at least it confirms to me that I haven’t come here in vain, don’t you think, Gerard?”
“…Indeed.”
Gerard took a deep breath, looked at Chamos, who had been a comrade just a few days ago, and tightened his grip on his sword.
While he had thought a bloody conflict was now unavoidable, what Gerard hadn’t expected was a flicker of struggle across Chamos’s face.
At the explosive moment, Chamos issued an order.
“Fall back.”
This command wasn’t addressed to Gerard, but to his own Skeleton squad.
The Skeleton Knights looked at Chamos in surprise, “Captain?”
“I said, fall back,” Chamos repeated.
The Skeleton Knights exchanged looks and eventually, albeit reluctantly, sheathed their weapons and stepped aside, making room for Gerard and Yuri.
“It seems there are still some sober-minded people here.” Yuri, not knowing much of the backstory, saw Chamos make room and didn’t hesitate any longer, immediately commanding his men to bring in the Purification Source Crystal and the equipment.
Gerard, however, looked at Chamos, wanting to know what had happened, but he no longer had the time.
Yuri burst the hall doors open, and Gerard could only follow.
Just as he passed by Chamos, he heard him whisper almost inaudibly, “I’m sorry.” When he turned back, Chamos had already had his subordinates close the hall door again, now standing in front of another group of reinforcements from the Skeleton Knights.
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Inside the hall,
Oliver watched the Devil Knights rush in, clearly not too surprised.
His gaze swept across the faces in the crowd, finally resting on Gerard’s face.
“Ah, Gerard,” he began slowly, “it’s been many years since we last met, hasn’t it?”
Gerard.
As soon as this name was mentioned, the hall immediately stirred.
Not just the hall, Oliver’s voice was still audible to all Lyrans.
Ten years ago, as a Night Star Knight, Gerard was already quite famous, a hero in the eyes of many, and now, Gerard was even more notorious than he had been ten years prior.
However, it was an infamous reputation.
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“Gerard? Isn’t that the wanted criminal?”
“What the hell, why him?”
