Chapter 488: The Blasphemer's Crystal Pendant
The flames of the execution in the Church square had gradually died out.
Yet the execution grounds were still in some disorder. Quite a few spectators had been wounded by the crystal ornaments that had shot out, and many people were busy helping their friends and relatives.
As the wounded were helped or carried away, the spaces they left behind were littered with debris and blood.
Normally, leaving rubbish in the Church square would have counted as violating the god's teachings, and the clergy could administer an "appropriate" punishment.
Today, however, the clergy had no time to concern themselves with that.
On the one hand, Akeniksen's dying curse had left them inexplicably uneasy. On the other, many white-armored guards and Divine Officials were searching everywhere for the things that had shot out.
In an open space outside the square, a healer was bandaging a spectator whose thigh had been pierced clean through.
A white-armored guard walked over to them, frowning at the pool of blood at the edge of the square.
"Did you see where that thing flew? You-the one with the wounded leg!"
Pale from blood loss, the wounded man struggled to make the God of Light's prayer gesture, sliding the back of his hand down from his neck to his chest, then turning his palm inward to cover it.
"Sir, I fell before I even realized what had happened. I don't know what wounded me, much less where it went!"
The white-armored guard looked toward the stake, then at the position of the bloodstain, before addressing them.
"Remember to clean up the blood before you leave."
"Yes, of course, sir. Thanks be to the Supreme God for his protection!"
The guard nodded and headed off into the distance with his companions.
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