CH 509

C509 – Prayer

The next day, the capital of the Yalin Empire, Central Square.

Because of the official request, hundreds of thousands of civilians came to the surroundings of the square and looked at the tens of thousands of soldiers gathered in the center of the square, drenched in sweat.

In this era, ten thousand soldiers was already considered quite a number. In a large empire like Yalin, there were only 58 main battle legions. Around 290,000 people, in addition to the armies of the vassal states and other occupied nations. It would not exceed 400,000.

Even so, the Yalin Empire was already one of the most powerful countries in history.

“Today, a miracle will descend here. The great, supreme God of Insects, Lo Ya, will protect our Yalin Empire. All nations that oppose us will be completely destroyed under the majesty of God.”

The voice of the military minister was transmitted to a place closer to the venue through simple loudspeaker equipment.

As soon as the words left his mouth, the soldiers and the people below all had different degrees of chaos.

Now that religious control was so strong and the punishment for the heretics was so cruel, the Emperor suddenly announced a change of religion in front of a large crowd.

“All devout believers of the God will be protected. Please close your eyes and welcome the arrival of the miracle!”

The Emperor was the first to close his eyes and enter a state of devout prayer. Many of the Emperor’s trusted aides and high-ranking officials also did as he was told. Many of the soldiers were members of the royal family. Seeing this situation, he could only nervously put down his weapon and enter a state of prayer.

When the representatives of the Church saw this scene, they were at a loss.

They looked at the archbishop, but the archbishop’s expression was gloomy.

He recalled what happened yesterday. It turned out that the inexplicable prayer ceremony was a trap. He originally thought that the Emperor had the idea of improving the ceremony, but he did not expect…

“No wonder the person who prayed was struck by lightning. This probably angered the Evil God.”

Besides anger, he also developed other emotions.

He had prayed for so many years, but he had never seen a miracle or a divine punishment. Countless believers prayed thousands of times, but when had he received a response from the Creator?

Why did the Evil God only pray once and attract a miracle?

“Impossible, there must be something wrong with this,” He gritted his teeth and stared at the scene.

Many civilians were forced to enter a state of prayer by the soldiers, but there were also a few who piously protested.

“Why? Isn’t the one we believe in the Creator Paya? When did he become Insect Girl’s god?”

“What is that?”

……

“I didn’t expect these believers to be so pious.”

In the past, the citizens who were terrified of the royal family, once their faith was involved, they would immediately become disloyal.

This meant that the Church’s infiltration of the secular world had long been out of control.

There were already too many rebels present, and at least a third of them had questioned this. Some of the prayers were also secretly converted to prayers for the Creator. There were also some who appeared to be submissive, but in their hearts, they were cursing the infamy of the Emperor.

Such a thing had never happened in history, so the Emperor himself could not predict what would happen.

The prayer began, and in less than three minutes, many of the people who were cursing started to become arrogant.

The main thing was that the soldiers didn’t take any measures against the civilians.

However, at this time, the sky suddenly darkened without any warning.

Invisible bullets fell from the sky and pierced through the heads of the rebels.

These were all ordinary bullets shot out by the insects under Lo Ya’s illusion. They weren’t very powerful and could penetrate a person’s body.

In almost an instant, the scene fell into chaos.

The Emperor was also shocked. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and immediately shouted, “Everyone, don’t be afraid. That is the punishment of the gods for those who are not loyal. As long as you sincerely believe in the great God of Insect Mother, Lo Ya, you will be blessed by her.”

At this time, the civilians did not dare to think of anything new. They all became “pious.”

In that instant, the sound of bullets tearing through the air and the terrifying scene of bodies being pierced had already been reflected in the minds of countless people.

The terror of divine might was vividly displayed.

As for the archbishop, Lo Ya thought for a moment and directly used a beam of light in the sky, shooting downwards.

Boom ~ ~ ~

Under the glaring light, the archbishop did not even have ashes left on the spot.

Many children were so scared that they cried.

Lo Ya saw this and began to make the Brain Insect shoot down Sickle Mother Nest.

A huge organism broke through the atmosphere and began to accelerate slowly. It fell down. The direction it fell was in the middle of the square. This area was surrounded by soldiers for a range of 200 meters to be used as a collision zone.

With a loud rumbling sound, the Mother Nest fell from a slanted angle. Finally, with a loud rumbling sound, it crashed into the center of the square. The shock wave caused by the collision spread out in all directions. Over a thousand heartmen were directly blown to the ground.

Countless thunderbolts flashed among the clouds, and the rumbling of thunder was so loud that no one could hear anything.

Fear, reverence… All kinds of emotions covered up everything on the scene.

When everything returned to normal, ferocious bugs crawled out from the Sickle Mother Nest.

The Mother Nest itself began to devour the soil on the ground and began to reproduce.

Although there were only a hundred bugs in total, their imposing manner was truly frightening to the extreme. What was even more terrifying was that a few of the Sickle Insect jumped dozens of meters. In less than three seconds, they crossed several hundred meters and landed on the high platform where the Emperor was hosting the ceremony.

“From today onwards, everyone must pray to the God of Insect Mother. Do not think of the other divine names. Do not show any disrespect.”

Without saying anything disrespectful, the official tried to keep his tone as calm as possible. Presumably, after witnessing today’s miracle, the civilians should have the right choice in their hearts.

The ceremony ended in an hour, and the civilians were dismissed.

Only then did everyone realize that about a fifth of them had died. Tens of thousands of people had died at the scene.

The first wave of bullets was too fast, and they didn’t even know what had happened.

In any case, all the people around them had their heads explode in an instant.

And they were all people who doubted the ritual itself.

……

After returning to the inner palace, the Emperor looked at the Sickle Insect that was continuously eating the Slime in front of him and had mixed feelings.

According to the birth rate, they needed to let the Slime eat enough soil. Hence, the soldiers sent it out of the city and specially carved out a mountain forest.

In the beginning, the soldiers were puzzled by the hundreds of insects. Could the divine beings really conquer the entire land?

Although there were many of them, they were not to the extent of scaring people to death.

But after a few days, after seeing the number of insects increase with their own eyes, they finally realized something.

“My Emperor, the number of giant beasts sent by these gods has doubled in less than four days. If this continues, I’m afraid…”

“This is the true power of the gods.” The Emperor interrupted the official’s words, “All you need to do is obey the oracle.”