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Chapter 104 Who Is He?
Elder Gula is dead.

No one expected that Ruiying would kill him in public.

King Dolo came back to his senses in an instant, and he immediately ordered the guards to seal the gate of the palace, and then arrested Bazel.

In this way, Bazel was thrown into prison.

Bazel didn't make any resistance, his heart was dying, so he didn't have any strength to resist.

After the chaos, King Doroe presided over the overall situation again, and stopped the riots of the nobles with the majesty of the king.

Ruiying looked at Elder Gula's body indifferently, and he announced to everyone that the Logos people don't need friendship with the three-eyed ape-man at all.

At this point, King Doroe knew that the two races had no past to speak of.

Those so-called friendships, and those poems praising each other...

Everything will be turned upside down in one day.

In just two days, King Doloo summoned the kingdom's army. Thousands of Logos soldiers, led by him and Ruiying, marched against the three-eyed ape-man tribe in the desert.

King Doroe waged a war to enslave the Three-Eyed Ape-Man.

The war ended in a desperate situation.

The three-eyed apes were unable to resist the weapons of the Logos people. They did not have advanced civilization, let alone the physical ability far surpassing the beasts. The Logos people conquered the oases in the desert one by one, and slaughtered those vulnerable three-eyed apes. captive.

Ruiying led the soldiers to plunder wantonly. Spices, children, bronze wares, bone wares...all the property worth bringing back to the country were all looted, and of course there were slaves.

Tens of thousands of three-eyed apes were captured, no matter men, women or children, they were brutally escorted out of the desert by the Logos army. Before leaving, they could only pray to the prophecy god Cargaus in fear, and then hurriedly looked back at their homeland glance.

Looting, arson, killing, looting...

Homes were destroyed and date palms were burned.

The three-eyed apes wailed in pain. The Logos people, who were once praised as elves by the three-eyed apes, now want to enslave them.

In order to quell the opposing voices, King Doro and his son claimed that every Logosian could be served by slaves, and that regardless of nobles or commoners, there would be three-eyed ape-men as permanent servants.

As soon as this decree came out, there was still a lot of opposition from ordinary people, like a wave, it came and went as soon as it was called.

Even civilians can be served by slaves... For countless Logosians, it is simply a blessing from heaven.

But for Prince Dolo and his son, those great undertakings seemed within reach.

After all, their names will leave a strong and colorful stroke in the history books.

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Bazel, who was thrown into prison, ushered in a trial not long after.

He is the priest of Law Garden and a typical example of sympathy for the three-eyed ape-man. Ruiying wants to try him in court to make an example to others.

Ruiying Luozhi was charged with blasphemy.

On the day of Bazel's trial, three people came forward to accuse Bazel of blasphemy, although these three people did not know Bazel personally.

Ruiying spoke generously to the nobles and ministers. He scolded Bazel as a priest, but betrayed the Son of God and stood on the side of the three-eyed ape-man. He praised the greatness of God and belittled the three-eyed ape-man Kagaus , to belittle Bazel, who sympathizes with the Three-eyed Ape.

The heir of the kingdom made fierce accusations one after another, and the nobles were full of voices and anger, and they unanimously decided to execute Bazel.

Contrary to Seo Young's vehement accusations,
On the day of the trial, Bazel didn't say a word.

He just stood quietly in the middle of the palace, without any defense or refutation, he quietly accepted the charges given by Ruiying, and listened to every accusation, but he still didn't say a word.

No one knew why Bazel was silent, and no one knew what Bazel was thinking.

Perhaps because of stuttering, unable to speak?

Perhaps it is because the defense is meaningless, and the outcome of the death penalty has long been doomed?

At the end of the trial, King Dorre delivered the final verdict.

Seven days later, Bazel was to be stoned.

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Bazel was escorted back to prison.

Facing the empty wall in front of him, he stretched out his hand and stroked it gently.

Bazel felt the material of the wall, and he found that the surface of this wall is actually very soft, and scratches can be left when fingers are pressed hard on it.

The guards guarded the prisoner carefully, and Prince Ruiying specially ordered that he should not have the slightest chance of escape.

Soon, the jailers discovered that the priest of the Law Garden and the stuttering poet had no intention of escaping.

Bazel seemed to accept his fate silently. Every day when the jailers brought food, Bazel walked out from the depths of the cell. He didn't say a word, but just took the food from the jailers.

Death row prisoners often cry bitterly every day, plead with the prison guards, and tell the tragic experiences of themselves or their relatives, in order to impress the prison guards and get a chance to escape from the prison.

During this process, the jailers have honed their cold hearts. They have seen too many tears and heard too many heart-warming stories.

but,

A prisoner who does nothing, resists, or even speaks.

None of the jailors had ever seen it.

Bazel didn't make any communication with the jailer, not even eye contact, he seemed to completely submit to his crime, did he feel that he deserved what he deserved, or that he deserved his death?
It was the fourth day approaching the execution.

The old priest of the Law Garden, Dorias, came to the prison.

He is the priest teacher of Prince Ruiying, and he is also the person arranged by the High Priest of Law Garden to visit Bazel.

The priests of the Law Garden enjoy a very high status in the Kingdom of Logos. They are people who serve the gods and are detached from the nobles.

Because of this, the priests of Law Garden often enjoy some preferential treatment, even for death row prisoners.

One of the preferential treatment is the right to send priests to visit.

There is a rule in the Law Garden. If a priest is executed, someone must visit him before execution.

Although Bazel was not welcomed in the Law Garden, he was one of the priests after all, so after careful consideration, the high priest decided to let Dorias come to visit Bazel.

In doing so, the status of the priests is maintained without disobeying the heirs of the kingdom.

Dorias stood outside the cell door, staring at Bazel inside.

The poet stood in the depths of the cell, in the darkness, facing the wall, his arms shaking.

People outside the cell couldn't see what Bazel was doing.

"Bazel!"

Dorias waited for a long time, but still did not wait for Bazel to turn around, so he shouted sharply.

Hearing the voice, Bazel slowly turned his head.

Dorias was staring at himself.

Stepping over the sleeping straw pile, Bazel put away his hands and walked slowly to the cell door.

"Bazel, the High Priest ordered me to visit you."

Dorias spoke.

Bazel sat down on the ground after the words fell to his ears.

Seeing that he was still silent, Dorias sat down after hesitating for a moment.

Sitting outside the cell door, the old priest looked at the poet inside the cell door.

For a moment, silence lingered inside and outside the cell.

Dorias had a grudge against Bazel, and Bazel had been silent since the day Elder Gula was poisoned, and neither of them spoke first.

Soon after,

Seeing that Bazel remained silent, Dorias finally couldn't sit still and spoke first.

After all, he was entrusted by the high priest to visit Bazel. As an old priest, he would not treat him perfunctorily.

"Bazel, I... find it hard to believe that you were stoned."

Dorias fulfilled the duties of visiting another priest—give end-of-life comfort, give understanding and sympathy, and listen to the last words and wishes, so that the other priest would die with as little regret as possible.

Dorias stood on Ruiying's side. He believed that the execution of Bazel was necessary, but he did not expect that Ruiying acted so quickly, and the punishment of Bazel was a very humiliating stone. punishment.

He would be stoned to death by the crowd.

"When you were speaking for the three-eyed ape-man in Law Garden, I knew that you would definitely die because of the three-eyed ape-man."

Dorias continued to speak.

In the cell, Bazel looked into Dorias' eyes, smiled, and didn't answer.

Doriath did not understand why Bazel smiled,

Sneering, a friendly smile, a slight smile, a habitual laugh?
What is the point of his laugh?

Suddenly, Dorias felt that he could not understand the poet he had scolded once!

Dorias restrained his thoughts, and continued to speak:

"Bazel, you are too impulsive. Your sympathy for those heretics has overwhelmed you, making you betray the Logos, the son of God, and God."

When the last sound came down, Bazel turned his head away, as if he didn't want to listen to it, and wanted to get up and leave.

Dorias realized something, his attitude just now was too condescending.

He subconsciously grabbed Bazel.

"Listen, Bazel, I'm here to visit you, comfort your soul, and understand your last wishes."

However, Bazel waved his hand and threw the old priest away.

Dorias was pushed to the ground, and he got up from the ground in embarrassment, his eyes were full of anger.

I saw Bazel return to the depths of the cell, facing the wall in front of him, waving his arms.

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On the third day of the execution,

Dorias came to visit Bazel again.

After he went back yesterday, he told the matter and the high priest of the Law Garden, and the high priest repeatedly asked Dorias to perform the duty of looking after him, so as to maintain the dignity of the priesthood.

So, Dorias had no choice but to forget yesterday's unhappiness, and came to Bazel's prison again.

"Bazel, here I come."

Under a slightly pleading call, Bazel slowly walked out of the darkness and came to the door of the cell.

Dorias looked directly into Bazel's eyes, and he suddenly realized that they were a pair of eyes that were about to give up.

What is he giving up on?
What about your own ending?Or is it about the future of the three-eyed ape-man?
Dorias didn't think about it, he sat on the ground like yesterday, facing Bazel.

Bazel also sat down, his face was extremely thin in the looming firelight.

Dorias pondered for a moment, and said:

"Let's put aside the past, Bazel, you are going to die, and death is the saddest thing in the world, so I will not make any comments on your behavior.

Let's talk, Bazel, talk about some things priests should talk about.Such as gods, sacrifices, laws, life, history...

Let's talk about anything. "

It is impossible to say that Doriath's words are without any hypocrisy.

However, Dorias is an old man after all, and seeing death befalling young people, moreover, he sighed sincerely.

Bazel raised his eyes, pursed his cold lips, his eyes seemed to be able to speak.

Doriath caught the eyes of the dying man.

The gaze was calm, so calm that it was frightening, and it seemed to be a scrutiny, without any scrutiny of praise or criticism.

Doriath was stared in a daze,
he thinks…

How similar this look is to the records in the Book of Two Kings.

Is Bazel in front of me another Deltrian?

Under that gaze, the old priest's thoughts became a little messy.

Bazel, the meaning of this name is a person like a king. Which king is he like, is it King Tertullian?
The cold wind blew in from the cell's wall and window, and hit Dorias on the face.

The old priest patted his head to stop himself from being in a trance.

"Since you don't speak, Bazel..."

Dorias felt exhausted for no reason, he panted,

"Then let me speak. Bazel, I know you have been deeply wronged. Logically speaking, King Dorre should not have given such a sentence.

You and I know in our hearts that this judgment is not just, but you must know that it was you who disobeyed the king first.

We all know the king is wrong, he has more faults than you, but he is the king, you are just the priest. "

When he said this, the old priest found that Bazel was staring at him, he suddenly felt guilty and turned his head away.

"Bazel, I don't know how to comfort you. I know it's not fair. Seeing you sentenced to death by stoning, I feel the same...sad for you, and it's also not good.

I don't feel well about any priest being put to death, no matter who he is.

But I will not change all this, and I am powerless to change all this. "

Dorias didn't dare to look at Bazel, he continued to babble, as if talking to himself.

"I know you still feel that you are righteous and that you have done nothing wrong.

To be honest, I don't believe you can blaspheme, in my opinion, you don't have the ability to blaspheme, and you won't blaspheme. "

Having said so much at once, Dorias swallowed.

"Bazel, all I can say is that I will pray for you. After you die, I will tell God about your humiliation, and even...accuse King Doro for his fault."

When he said this, Dorias raised his eyes and looked at Bazel.

The old priest was stunned.

That look... was full of pity, full of sympathy.

just like,
Instead of visiting Bazel outside the cell,
Instead...Bazel watched him from his cell.

just like,
It is Bazel who is giving himself dying comfort, giving himself understanding and sympathy, and listening to his last words and wishes.

Dorias was at a loss for words for a moment, and his thoughts became flustered again in that old head.

The old priest didn't understand why the eyes of this unpopular poet made him feel flustered.

just like,
He was looking at him on behalf of someone.

Was he not merely an obscure poet, an outcast priest?Isn't it more than a whore's son, a stuttering Logos?
Why are those eyes so magical?

he…

Who is it?
　There is another 5000-word update in the afternoon, and now I add [-] words every day (tears)
　　
　
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