Chapter 47 Purge and Royal Power
Yara looked at the flattering dignitaries without saying a word.
He narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing the nobles intently...
He then snatched a sword from a guard standing nearby.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he slowly walked into the hall...
His gaze was icy as he stared at the powerful and wealthy who worshipped him...
The powerful and wealthy stood in two neat rows, heads bowed, each with a complex mind.
Yara first glared at the commander of the royal guards who had picked up the crown.
The commander of the Imperial Guards was startled by that glare.
He immediately and obediently placed the crown back on the throne.
He stood awkwardly and unwillingly on the sidelines...
The commander of the Imperial Guards witnessed firsthand how Yara defeated ten high-ranking honored warriors with a single punch...
He understood the power of the hero Messiah far better than these powerful and influential people who only heard rumors...
Therefore, even though he was only one step away from that supreme position, his resentment was palpable.
But they could only stand obediently to the side, waiting for the Messiah's inspection...
Standing among the powerful and wealthy, Yara's eyes seemed to be able to see into people's hearts.
He deliberately activated his not-so-outstanding precognitive abilities...
Instantly, those sinful, twisted, and disgusting images flashed through his mind...
Yara's hands were trembling slightly.
He knew perfectly well that if he wanted to change this city, the death of King Argos alone would be far from enough...
He needs to launch a major purge targeting the upper echelons...
Without uttering a word, he drew a bronze sword from Pan's side.
He walked towards the powerful and wealthy who bowed their heads and remained silent, like pigs and sheep...
He took a deep breath and prayed softly:
"This is the power that the Lord has given me..."
He walked up to the first nobleman, his eyes piercing into his soul, and the nobleman's past sins were clearly presented before him.
Yara clenched her fist and said:
"You...imprisoned and murdered 53 children..."
"He consumed 35 kilograms of human flesh..."
"They even forced children to eat their parents..."
"..."
"guilty."
Pfft—
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Blood flowed from the palace, pooling into one bloody trail after another...
Crimson blood, cascading heads, and convulsing corpses covered the marble floor of the main hall of Argos...
And the dead souls, like the howling autumn wind, let out mournful cries.
Before King Argos died, the city contained approximately several hundred noble and powerful households...
After tonight, aside from those who fled, only a dozen or so people remain alive...
They are not innocent...
Rather, it is because their sins were much less serious than those of others.
The remaining group, whose sins were less severe, were already terrified, their bodies limp and their trousers damp...
Amidst the crimson light, the Messiah slowly walked to the throne. Everyone assumed he was about to remove the crown and declare himself king...
But what the powerful and wealthy people in the audience didn't expect was...
After he removed the blood-stained golden crown...
He didn't put it on himself.
Instead, he looked at Dicttis.
Instantly, Dicttis understood the Messiah's meaning.
He walked devoutly through the pool of blood, through the golden, magnificent palace, until he stood before the Messiah—
The Messiah then looked at the pale-faced ministers and said—
"I forgive your sins..."
"I want you to repent through your blood, so that your spirits may be purified..."
"I will bestow upon Prince Seriphos the crown of Argos..."
"I want you to honor him as king."
The voice of the Messiah echoed in the palace of blood.
As if by magic, the surviving nobles felt only relief and a kind of unfounded, almost mythical worship.
They wept, fell to their knees, foreheads pressed against the blood-soaked ground, tears streaming down their faces, mingling with the blood, as they worshipped the figure beside the throne...
Dicttis also collapsed to his knees in a pool of blood...
At this moment, he was more devout than the priest who had spent his entire life worshipping idols...
Because what he saw before him was not a false idol, but a true apostle of God...
How could he not be moved? How could he not be shocked?
Just a few months ago, he was nothing more than a fisherman who lived a life of idleness and complacency...
And now, he is about to become the ruler of the most prosperous city-state in the world...
And all these changes stem from the person before us...
From Arahmes...
Tears welled up uncontrollably, and he trembled all over... even breathing became difficult.
He lowered his head, like a devout believer.
The Messiah, holding a crown of gold and blood, gently placed it on Nadithys's head.
And the moment that crown was placed on...
Time seemed to stand still as the morning light shone into the palace through the windows, the interplay of light and shadow separating blood and glory.
The scene resembled the ending of a fairy tale told by a bard.
The down-on-his-luck prince became king, and the impoverished fisherman became lord.
And the Messiah's voice once again echoed in the ears of the courtiers.
He spoke as he proclaimed—
"You guilty subject, cheer for your king!"
The ministers lying in pools of blood shed tears, and they worshipped and cried out:
"In accordance with the will of the great Messiah..."
"The old king is dead..."
"Long live the new king!"
The sound echoed in the palace of blood and glory.
It has not stopped for a long time.
...
The commander of the Imperial Guard was terrified.
Literally...
Murder is simple, but the fact that their crimes are exposed during the murder is terrifying—a double loss of society and lives...
However, he did indeed see the situation clearly; the Messiah seemed even more bloodthirsty than King Argos...
Furthermore, his killings were justified by legitimate and irrefutable reasons!
He watched with trepidation as the powerful and wealthy were told by Arahisaya himself how many children they had killed, how many women they had violated, and even how many people they had eaten...
He was utterly astonished. He knew these powerful and wealthy people engaged in rather perverse activities, but he hadn't imagined they could be this extreme...
Fortunately, when the Messiah looked at him, he said that he had killed many people on the battlefield, and not long ago, he had also killed many innocent people because of his power...
But compared to those perverts, their sins are less serious...
What terrified the commander of the royal guard even more was that Messiah could accurately describe what each person he killed looked like, what their name was, and how he felt...
This ability to see into people's hearts, almost like divination, is still too frightening.
Although the commander of the Imperial Guard was pardoned for his sins and allowed to be reinstated, he was not punished.
However, as the commander of the royal guards, who possessed some Argos royal blood, he felt he still had to stay away from here...
So, after returning in a daze, he summoned some of his former military officers.
The group quickly reached an agreement and decided to leave Argos that very night.
Where to? Sparta!
That was once a vassal state of the Kingdom of Argos. He planned to bring Argos's mature military system and warrior selection system there to secure a stable livelihood.
Apart from the commander of the royal guard, the royal family members who had already fled Argos, as well as the other nobles, all went to different city-states.
Some went to Athens, a city renowned for its mythology, philosophy, and democracy.
Others went to Corinth, the ancient city-state that was gradually recovering.
Some even traveled across the ocean on merchant ships, leaving the Central Plains for the distant desert kingdoms of the south.
Everyone has a bright future.
...
Not long after.
Dicttis then proclaimed himself the new King of Argos before all the people.
And when he stood atop the high platform, looking down upon the terrified masses,
He issued his first, highly controversial decree:
"From this day forward, Argos will have only one faith—"
"God."
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