On the outskirts of Ascatla, at the estate of Dame Hathaway, in the drawing room.

In front of Dame Hathaway stood three men in white robes and holding scepters, they were the Inspector General of the Temple of the Guardian God Heim, the High Priest of Dawn of the Temple of Loshanda of the Lord of Dawn, and the Grand Knight of the Temple of Thom, the God of Justice.

Behind them stood a red-haired priestess, none other than Helen, the chosen one of the goddess of love.

The High Priest of Losanda was the first to speak, "Lady Hathaway, please hand over the evil statue that Bredrow the Blasphemer sold you, you have delayed for too long, this evil thing will eat away at your soul and corrupt your body. Give it to us, and let us use the Holy Flame to extract this evil thing, lest it continue to defile the world. ”

The dame bit her lip, grief and pain distorted her delicate countenance, she knew that this day would come sooner or later, but she didn't expect it to come so quickly.

"Nope! Io is not an evil thing, he is obviously an immortal relic that has been moistened by the grace of the Fire-Haired Lady......"

The High Priest reluctantly turned his head and said to Helen, the chosen Lady of Love, "Archpriest Helen, please explain to this poor lady who has been deceived. ”

Helen understood the panicked and grieving woman in front of her, and the elect of Eros could sensitively perceive that Dame Hathaway really loved the statue as if she were a living person.

She sighed, and had to tell the cruel truth: "Bredero has lied to you, that sculpture has not been blessed by the Fire-Haired Lady, it is just an evil statue made of unknown substance...... Evil things. ”

Helen, who has watched "Titanic" countless times, also likes Io's mechanical body, she has a good relationship with Lady Hathaway, and was invited into the damestis's boudoir to admire Io up close with her.

There was absolutely no evil aura emanating from that statue, it was soft and warm, it felt like a real person, it was a good companion for a lonely woman, and even the goddess elect wanted to have one on the bed.

The High Priest said with a cold face: "You heard, it is a forged artifact, another ironclad proof of Bredero's blasphemy, don't be fooled by the gossip again, hand it over, and the gods will forgive your ignorance." ”

"No!"

The dame shook her head resolutely: "I will never hand over Io!" I'll give you as many coins as you want, just like before, take the coins and leave! ”

The High Priest looked embarrassed and angry at the foolish woman's public accusation that he had extorted a large sum of money from the rich widow by threatening to take Io.

"Lustful and depraved woman, your soul has been stained black by evil things!"

The High Priest shouted, "For your sake, don't let this matter become too ugly, do you have to be burned at the stake with that evil creature to be roasted by the Holy Flame in order to save your fallen soul?" ”

The priestess took a step closer and stood in front of the lady, angrily scolding the poor woman who was crying: "Wake up, lady! If it weren't for the knighthood left to you by your deceased husband, you would have been burned at the stake, just like the degenerates who lost their souls by the evil crystals created by Bredrow! Don't think that people don't know what you're doing with that statue, it's shameless to be so ugly and despicable! ”

His body exuded golden divine power, his image was holy and noble, his words were righteous and strict, and under the pressure of his aura, the dazzle's legs were weak, and she sat on the ground, trembling all over, and Nuno couldn't speak.

In the hall, in addition to a few high-ranking priests and daemins in the hall, there were two groups of people facing each other.

On one side are the knight's bodyguards, and on the other are the paladins of the "Silver Grail" knights in heavy armor and winged helmets.

Seeing that the dame was overwhelmed by the spirit of the high priest and no longer insisted on stopping her, the holy warriors marched forward proudly, ran into the family guards who wanted to stop them, rushed into the daem's boudoir, carried the living sculpture, and forcibly took it away.

Hathaway watched in despair as Io left her, staggering to her feet and chasing after her, only to be slapped impatiently by the Dawn Priest.

"Don't test the patience of the gods' attendants, and keep some decency for yourself!"

The Dawn Priest walked out of the manor, glanced back at the woman who was crying bitterly, and sneered: "What a pathetic and depraved stupid woman, what else can she do but be a prostitute and a loser?" ”

……

The next day, the citizens of Ascaltra were informed early in the morning by the paladins who knocked on the door that the new ruler, the commander of the Knights' coalition who had occupied Am, in the main square of the temple district, would expose the lies of the blasphemous demon Bredero in public.

The statue of "Io, the one who looks at love from afar, the immortal man of ten thousand years" will be reduced to ashes by the Holy Flame, proving that this statue is only a forgery, and that the so-called eternal immortality is nothing more than a trick and a trick to make the citizens recognize Bredero's true face and no longer be bewitched by him.

The citizens gathered half-voluntarily and half-forcibly to the main square of the temple district, where the stake had been set up in front of the temple square of Losanda, and Io was tied to the stake, and the pyres were piled up at his feet.

The High Priest of Dawn stood on top of the bell tower of the Temple of Losanda, a small platform that was the most visible place in the temple square, where everyone could see him.

Time passed slowly, and the people in the square gathered more and more, and when the sun slowly rose to the middle of the heavens, and was about to reach noon, when the sun was at its strongest, when the sun was the most revered by the devotees of Loshanda, the High Priest of Dawn slowly spoke, and said slowly in a tone of chanting scriptures:

"O fallen people of Ascatla, look up at the sun, and let the hottest and sincere sun wash away the gloom from your eyes!"

"In just three years, the city has been desecrated by a demon from the bottomless abyss, a dereliction of duty by the servants of the Holy Father. And today, we are going to liquidate the sins of that demon once and for all, and sweep away the filth of the city he left behind. ”

The High Priest of Dawn raised his hand at Io on the stake and shouted, "That is the statue of evil, that is the origin of Bredero's sin!" We have finally found out that he came to Ascatla from a hell in the multiverse, carrying the demonic beacon that was made into a god, and it was the evil aura emitted by that evil sculpture that bewitched your minds, making you mistakenly believe that ugliness is beauty, evil is good, and you have lost your fear of the gods! ”

"Now, the Holy Father will send down the Holy Flame to purify this evil thing, so that you can regain your senses, and expose the tricks of that demon, didn't he claim that the statue will be immortal for ten thousand years? Let's see if the immortal artifact can still exist under the Holy Flame! ”

The townspeople looked at each other, all of whom had been loyal fans of the Bradero troupe, and they trusted Bradero and believed everything he said.

If it turns out that this so-called immortal statue will be burned under the Holy Flame, doesn't that mean that Bredro has been lying from the beginning?

To maintain a lie from being exposed, it needs to be supported by countless lies, and when the initial lie is shattered, the subsequent series of lies will be self-defeating!

The citizens looked nervously at the stake, and some of them wavered, wondering if they had really been deceived, if they had really lost their minds by the chaotic aura of the evil sculpture.