Yes, Ladislaus had a very good reason for killing Anna.

But is there really no reason not to kill this childhood sweetheart and acquaintance? This little tail once followed Cesare and Ladislaus in the mud and enjoyed all their innocent days.

A ridiculous but unforgettable secret, together we received severe punishment from Lao Xibo and Andre Doria.

Do you really want to kill her?

Ladislaus did not have much resentment or anger towards the Sibo family.

Betrayal and murder are commonplace in politics.

As for the girl's attitude and reaction to her proposal, it is even more unworthy of a mature man's revenge.

Or perhaps, in this plane with gods, Ladislaus has a broader and freer soul.

Anna, who was kneeling on the ground, could not grasp the time in fear and cold. Although Ladislaus did not hesitate in making the decision, she felt as if the knife had been on her neck for several hours.

"Stand up, how could I kill you? Make an oath and surrender to me. You will not escape until the ransom is paid, Anna." Ladislaus's beautiful voice finally reached Anna's ears.

Anna immediately responded without hesitation and in a hysterical tone that a lady should never say: "I, Anna Sibo, swear by the honor of Sibo, the ruling family of Liguria..."

"Swear by your faith." Ladislaus interrupted Anna's statement of swearing by the name of the Seabot family. Although the Seabot family is unlikely to refuse Anna's ransom, there is a much greater chance of swearing by faith.

binding force.

But this binding force comes with a price. Different oaths require different sacrifices to be offered to the endorsing gods. Similar to the common captive oaths on the battlefield, if you swear by faith, you often have to offer 30% of the ransom.

Anna was not at all angry at Lasislaus for not trusting her honor, and immediately swore an oath of faith: "I, Anna Sibo, believe in the great Lord of Fire, Cassus, and hereby swear an oath in his name.

, As long as Ladislaus Doria guarantees my life safety and my rights, I will never resist or escape before paying a reasonable ransom. If I violate this oath, I will be protected by cold and damp forever.

, died in the sewage.”

Immediately after Anna, Ladislaus also raised his hand and said: "I am willing to guarantee Anna's life safety and due rights, and offer 30% of Anna's ransom to the great Lord of Flames."

The Holy Emblem of Kassuth, "The intertwining flames flashed past the eyes of the two men. This vision showed that the Lord of Flames had accepted the conditions to guarantee this oath, and this oath would not be broken easily."

After receiving the assurance, Ladislaus stretched out his hands to help Anna up.

However, Anna's life safety was guaranteed. Instead of standing up, Anna fell to the side. The extremely nervous girl fainted completely after relaxing her mind.

Ladislaus held her in his arms, in the mountain breeze, and for a moment almost doubted whether it was all worth it.

But this was only a moment. Ladislaus did not allow himself to be so weak. He handed Anna to Old John, and then said to Sirica: "Today, if conditions permit, we should sincerely praise our father in heaven.

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When Boss Sirica heard this, he showed an extremely excited expression.

When Anna woke up on her own, she found that dawn had not yet arrived. The girl found that she was wrapped in a linen coat and cloak that seemed to have belonged to the dead priest, the leader of thieves, and at hand was a water bag that also belonged to the unlucky man.

Ladislaus and his two attendants were looking at the place where they had just fought to the death, dragging more than a dozen dead people to the razor boar, and the bodies of the boar that had been divided just now were also replaced.

The huge skeleton of the wild boar, including the teeth, heart, and skin, were all concentrated, and all of them were surrounded by firewood under the barbecue body.

Ladislaus seemed to be arranging his clothes, cleaning his hands, and after rinsing them thoroughly with several water bottles, Boss Sirica handed a torch to Ladislaus's hands.

It looked like Ladislaus was going to perform some religious ceremony in the forest.

Ladislaus's faith has been the hottest topic in Liguria's upper class for a year, although like all the Doria family, they publicly recognize the god of secret politics, His Majesty Cyric, as the supreme god of Europe.

, but like all members of the Habsburg royal family, he rarely attends weekend Dark Sun Masses these days.

Other minor churches never received a visit from him, at least publicly.

No church would miss the opportunity to spread the word that a person favored by the emperor was inclined to the god he believed in.

However, all the important Habsburg figures, including the fifteenth-level sorcerer Emperor Charles V, the nineteenth-level sorcerer Acting Archduke Ferdinand, and the new tenth-level sorcerer Ladislaus, have never visited temples other than the Sirik Church.

There are only a handful of visits to the Cyric Church, just to express the necessary respect for the current supreme god of Europa.

Their tacit belief is the most important issue in Europe, but the consensus is that there must be a very powerful god behind them, or a god who is very close to them.

Anna, who was also extremely curious about this question, took a sip of water, stood up reluctantly, walked to Ladislaus who was starting to recite in a low voice next to the firewood pile, and listened quietly to the prayer with Old John.

word.

"The ancestors of the Habsburgs, the ancestors of the Holy Roman Empire, praise you for the glorious name and the great empire you established. Thank you for covering such majestic mountains and abundant rivers with your sword. Thanks to your wisdom and wisdom, as

The sun is spreading across the empire. Ladislaus, the mediocre descendant, is grateful for the blessing. He can only show a little heart. Here, he pays tribute to you with the blood of his enemies and his majestic life. Please enjoy it."

With the last invitation, Ladislaus threw the torch into the pyre, but due to insufficient combustion support, it seemed to Anna that it might be extinguished at any time in the moisture of the night. Anna was secretly happy in her heart, although Ladislaus's

Judging from the prayer just now, the faith should be some kind of ancestor sacrifice. Such gods are often weak in power, but are very close to believers. They do not support believers much, but they rarely punish believers for their failures. However, no matter which god has a strong influence on believers,

People will be very angry when something like "the sacrificial fire is extinguished". Punishment may be impossible, but it is inevitable that the sacrifice will be ineffective.

But Ladislaus didn't seem worried at all about the small flames trembling in the moisture. He also stopped Old John who wanted to add more firewood, and just motioned to Sirica Boss to cooperate with him.

Anna saw that Sirica Boss was standing next to him, taking a blood-red knife with both hands, and then holding it over his head as a sign of respect. Anna saw that the name of the Hohenstaufen family, which had extinct the former royal family, was engraved on one side of the knife.

The surname and emblem on the other side, Anna guessed, should be the surname and emblem of the contemporary royal family of Habsburg. Ladislaus held the blade firmly with his left hand, blood dripping from the wound into the flame, which was originally a very weak flame.

Seeing the profusion of blood, the dark red flames instantly enveloped all the warriors of the Xibo family and the priest of the Lord of Thieves. The razor boar, which represented the "majestic life" in the sacrificial text, was the center of the flames, stirring up Gundam.

Several meters of pillar of fire.

This is the real feast, the top sacrifice that can only be inspired by the blood of the "inviter".

Along with the blood of Ladislaus, the blood streaks in the dagger were also incorporated, and now the "invitation to the feast" became almost completely transparent again.

As an important believer of Cassus, the Lord of Fire, Anna is very sensitive to flames. She feels very strange now. Although the thing in front of her is still beating like a flame, in fact, the flames just dripped into the pile with the blood of Ladislaus.

It had already been extinguished. What was in front of her now was not a flame. The still cold temperature and the huge smell of blood from the dark red "flame" confirmed her thoughts.

Anna, who was in a daze, couldn't help but express her doubts: "What on earth is this?"
Chapter completed!