Soul Crown

Soul Crown Chapter 3

2020-11-02

Chapter 3 Burning at the stake

There are very few entertainments in this world, or in other words, there are very few entertainments for civilians. After dark, they all stay at home. sleep.

Roja City usually has a curfew. Except for special personnel such as church monks and the defense army, no one is allowed to go out after dark.

Of course, there are a few exceptions, such as some special festivals, or the execution of the stake, which is only open to ordinary people at night. Most people smell the aroma of barbecue in the vicinity. Street party.

Adam heard Maggie calling him when he got out of the water.

"I'm not going to buy pickle cakes today. Help me make more meat cakes. I should be able to make a lot of money tonight." Ares made some woodware, and occasionally the two of them had to do some part-time labor to subsidize the family.

In this era when civilians have tried their best to live, and some free time at night is a carnival, no one will care, who is the person who is going to be burned at the stake.

For the more industrious Maggie, it would be easier to get rid of the curfew tonight, and it would be easier to sell snacks such as meat patties to everyone.

Adam was somewhat interested in the people at the stake, after all, they were what the church called 'the beasts'.

He believes that the aliens who want to travel from the Roja side wall to the Loken Kingdom are not the only ones, so there should be a lot of aliens hidden in Roja City. If you can contact them, you may be able to have more choices. , although I haven't figured out how to approach Adam.

I don't know if they will visit the stake.

Put the meatloaf in the woven basket, the sky outside is already dark, Ares and Maggie are ready, each carrying a basket, let Lina follow along to the intersection .

There are already many people on the street, in small groups gathering together, chatting and laughing about all kinds of gossip and anecdotes in the neighborhood, the atmosphere is very harmonious.

Adam walked along with a basket, and found that there were some soldiers in the crowd maintaining order, and some people's eyes were searching for something in the crowd.

Seeing this situation, Adam felt that his chances of encountering other xenomorphs this time might be very low.

After all, not every xenogeneic species can be like Adam, and usually is exactly similar to ordinary people.

Under the inspection methods of the church, it is difficult for most xenomorphs to cover up their anomalies.

For example, Werewolf's nemesis is silver, and Adam's self-healing ability is very abnormal in his transformation state. After being cut with a knife, blood spurts out, and the wound has already begun to heal.

But if the wound is caused by a silver weapon, then not only will the self-healing ability be suppressed to a minimum, but he will also be poisoned.

If it was an acquired werewolf, even if it touches silver in a human state, it will be burned and wounded, so many sheriffs will bring some silver items on their bodies, which also makes many werewolf without hide somewhere.

"It is estimated that there will be no aliens." Adam was not too disappointed. He had almost no contact with other aliens, and all the information came from books.

In the case of insufficient strength, it is not necessarily a good thing to rashly contact other alien species.

Soon the sky darkened and people gathered towards the intersection.

Under the intersection of a large number of torches, Adam's face switched between light and dark, maybe one day he will be put on the stake and be watched by people like this.

The scene was mixed with various smells, but when the man wrapped in the sack was brought up, Adam smelled a herbal medicinal smell.

"Witch Doctor?" Adam frowned, Witch Doctor is a gray profession, most of the incumbents are humans, and can use all kinds of strange materials to refine all kinds of magical potions.

Because of the good effect of the produced potions, the teaching monk is to turn a blind eye to the existence of the Witch Doctor.

Generally speaking, only the most heinous lives will be burned at the stake, and the Witch Doctor will not be carried to the stake unless the Witch Doctor is deprived of his qualifications as a human being.

Watching the soldiers tied the man who was suspected to be Witch Doctor to the wooden frame, a white-bearded old man in a monk suit stood in front of the wooden pile and began to read out the guilt of the person who was executed at the stake.

"The sinner Botis, who used evil means to refine potions, was a heinous crime, and the church in Nancheng District was sentenced to be burned at the stake!"

"Burn him! Burn him!" In After the sentence was pronounced, the crowd of onlookers had already shouted wildly.

The people who were tied to the stake were still struggling, but there were already monks who came to the edge of the high platform with torches in their hands.

Adam mixed in the crowd, watching the flames beating on the torch, suppressing the strangeness in his heart, and shouting along with the others.

As all eyes were drawn to the thrown torch, Adam saw a man squeeze out of the crowd.

The man's eyes were glowing with green light, and in the process of jumping out, black-gray hair grew, his mouth and kiss became longer, and he turned into a human-shaped giant wolf, supporting all his shirt. break.

The huge palm waved away the person in front of him, and werewolf howled and rushed towards the high platform.

Adam felt a certain shock to himself, causing his bloodline to move slightly, as if he could transform at any time and let out a howl.

"As the bloodline matures, has the control of the transformation ability weakened?"

Werewolf's violent uprising made the onlookers panic, and Adam was thinking of cooperating The people around screamed, and the white-bearded monk shouted who had read the verdict earlier.

"Calm!"

The sound is like hearing the sound of water dripping in a silent night, that sound is all you have, and involuntarily follows that sound, which was originally The panicked crowd that werewolf jumped out instantly quieted down.

And the werewolf who seemed to be unstoppable rushing towards the high platform, before he touched the man tied to the stake, a young monk rushed out from one side, with the golden sword in his hand. The light came out of its sheath, and suddenly Adam even heard the regular light sound.

The angle of the sword was very tricky, and it drove straight into Werewolf's throat.

A lot of blue smoke came out of werewolf's throat, he waved his huge palm twice, and as the young Monk drew out his honor guard, he fell on the high platform.

"Flamonk."

The young monk was the one who was very optimistic about Adam and gave him the word "God's Word".

Adam didn't expect Vlamonk to have such strength, his eyes flickered twice, he moved away from the young monk and met the wide eyes of Werewolf's corpse. There still seemed to be despair on it.

A large amount of black smoke flew out from the throat wound of the corpse. Werewolf's corpse shrunk quickly, turning back into a naked human in pants.

Seeing that person's appearance, Adam lowered his head, as if he didn't dare to look directly at the corpse, but he was covering up the corners of his mouth that couldn't help but lift up.

He did hurt him before, but the despair of the other party made him grasp more hope.

As Adam knew before, most of the aliens can't cover up their anomalies, but facing the search of the church, the aliens are not extinct, and naturally there are ways to escape the search.

"The so-called potion refined by the Witch Doctor should be a potion that suppresses abnormality." Adam knew the werewolf, and the other party even bought him a few pickles, which Adam didn't have at all at that time. It was found that the other party was werewolf.

Adam has collected information from most of the people he can get in touch with. This werewolf has lived in the South City for many years, and because of this, after the Witch Doctor who sold the anomalous potions was caught, he I didn't choose to run away.

He has adapted to the life in Nancheng District and cannot accept the escape in the future, which is why he came to the execution ground so desperately.

There may be other methods to cover up the werewolf anomaly, but for the werewolf whose life status quo has been broken, it has no meaning. The impact of this time is just a death request.

Adam is happy because this is an opportunity for him. He doesn't know much about tapping the power of bloodline, but he is very familiar with how to cover up bloodline, such as some secret ceremony.

"Those alien species who have lost the way to cover up their anomalies and are unwilling to escape, must need a new umbrella."

"And I can be this umbrella!"

The burn was still held as scheduled, the Witch Doctor who was covering his mouth did not disturb the bonfire party, and the aftermath of werewolf's attack was also removed by monk's dive technique.

Adam, who was selling meatloaf, gradually moved away from the stake behind him.

(end of this chapter)