Alien Relic Hunter

Just when Ke Lan thought that Bruno would be burned at the stake soon, a scene that was not recorded in historical documents took place in front of the square——

A group of fanatical believers with crosses hanging around their necks led two men with disheveled hair to the stake.

One of these two people looked to be about thirty years old, and he should be an ordinary vendor by his appearance. The identity of the other older person surprised Ke Lan - through the whispers of the people around him, Ke Lan Only then did I realize that this bald middle-aged man was actually a lecturer at a church school.

Being a lecturer in a church school is actually just a part-time job. Anyone who can hold this part-time job must be a member of the church, and the man who is being burned at the stake is actually a well-known priest.

Is this... a traitor in the church?

This seemingly unexpected "farce" seemed to have been arranged by the church. The cardinal who presided over the execution ceremony nodded kindly to the group of fanatical believers, and then began to read out the "crimes" of the two men to the crowd.

The merchant's crime was to sell a series of "banned books" including "The Theory of the Movement of Celestial Bodies", while the priest spread the theory of "heliocentrism" for Bruno in the church school.

"Burn them to death! Burn them all to death!" the people began to shout again.

"Archbishop! I don't know... I don't know that what this heretic gave me to sell was those banned books!" The vendor immediately cried, "I thought they were just some ordinary reading materials, and I was deceived by him... If I knew If those were banned books, I would have reported them to the church long ago!"

"It doesn't matter." There was a kind smile on the cardinal's face. He waved to the believers who were escorting the vendors to move away. He walked forward and stroked the vendors' foreheads. "The Lord will grant every one of His people the right to change." The chance to make a new comeback is all you need to do one very simple thing.”

A believer placed a package in front of the vendor. The package was opened, and inside were several long nails as thick as fingers and a small hammer.

The cardinal still kept a smile on his face and said: "As long as you nail the heretic's hands and feet to the stake, the Lord can forgive your sins."

Ke Lan in the audience couldn't help but twitch after hearing these words. He originally thought that the vendor would hesitate, but he didn't expect that the vendor actually picked up the spike and hammer without hesitation. , gratefully nodded to the cardinal: "I will do it! I will do it!"

He walked up to Bruno with a spike and a hammer. Due to the angle, Ke Lan could not clearly see the merchant's expression at this time, and Bruno's head was always drooping, as if he was deaf to what was happening on the burning platform.

The merchant walked behind Bruno and put the long nail into Bruno's palm. At the moment when the hammer was about to hit, his movements finally paused for a moment.

But it was only a moment's pause. The hammer finally fell down and hit the tail of the spike.

The long nail penetrated Bruno's palm and was driven into the torture chamber.

Bruno's shoulder only twitched slightly. He was so weak that he couldn't even scream.

It wasn't until four long nails were nailed to his hands and feet that the cardinal said to the vendor: "My child, you have redeemed your sins, you can go down."

"Praise the great Lord!" The merchant's lips trembled and his face was extremely pale - I don't know whether it was because the bloody act just now gave him too much stimulation, or because of the residual tension after surviving the disaster and saving his life. , when he stepped off the burning platform, he tripped twice in a row, causing a burst of deep laughter in the crowd.

"Bruno, you have one last chance to repent." The cardinal turned around and said to Bruno, who was already dying.

Blood flowed out from his palms and soles, and flowed along the rusty spikes to the torch, and then was absorbed by the wood fibers, showing a dark brown mark. Bruno lowered his head and said in an imperceptible voice: "I am... dedicated to the truth... and will not... give in... compromise..."

The kind smile on the cardinal's face froze for a moment. He frowned, looked at Bruno up and down unhappily, and then motioned to the congregants to bring over the priest who preached "heresies."

"Father Charles, why did you fall to associate with heretics?" the cardinal said to the priest, his eyes full of sorrow, "You should have been the Lord's agent in the world, spreading His message to the Lord. Gospel...but look what you have done now..."

"I...I..." The priest named Charles thought for a long time and then said, "I...I was deceived by the devil...that was not my intention! I am willing to dedicate everything to the Lord. I hope that the bishop Sir... I hope the Lord can give me a chance to atone for my sins!"

"Of course! The Lord is merciful. Everyone has a chance to atone for their sins, even heretics." The cardinal glanced at the person who was tied up with the corner of his eye... No, he should be nailed to the stake now. Bruno meant something, "It's just that the heretics are stubborn, and even the Lord can only choose to purify them."

"Please...ask me to purify this heretic for the Lord!" Father Charles thought for a while and said with some difficulty.

"Of course, this is your road to salvation, Charles." The cardinal smiled happily, and an executioner wearing a white pointed hat handed a blazing torch to Father Charles.

Charles took the torch and walked to the place of execution with some trembling.

Bruno's chest rose and fell twice. He seemed to want to raise his head and look at the person standing in front of him, but he failed in the end - perhaps because of his status as "audience", the voice that only Father Charles could hear originally, Ke Lan could hear it clearly even from the crowd dozens of meters away from the burning platform.

"Charles...my friend...is...is it you?" Bruno asked weakly.

"No... no, please don't call me that... I... I'm not your friend..." Charles responded, "You... are just a damn heretic, and I... I was deceived by you. ...I will..."

"Tsk..." Bruno didn't speak anymore, he just let out a contemptuous sneer, and a piece of clot of blood spurted out from his nose and fell to the ground.

"Here... heretic Bruno, as long as you admit now that what you preach is wrong, you will not be burned to death." Father Charles lowered his voice, "This is really the last chance..."