Man in the old days, Lord of the Seven Sins

Chapter 127 The Struggle Against Fate (4k)

"crunch"

The sound of the door being pushed open came from the darkness.

The thick black oilcloth was hung on a hanger, and the steam bird's beak mask was removed from the face and placed on the hanger as well.

He untied the white bandages that bound his body.

The girl in the mirror looked at her dark green body in disgust.

Dark green skin, dark green pupils, and a natural alien make her unable to integrate into the community and environment in which she lives.

"Mia, did you go out again today?"

There was an indifferent voice outside the door.

The girl Mia lay on the bed with her dark green arms across her forehead.

"Yes, father."

After a short silence, there was a violent voice outside the door.

"Damn it! Mia, didn't I tell you not to act on your own? The priest has already told us that the old London is not peaceful recently, and someone is investigating our group of missionaries!"

"Father!"

"I'm not a missionary!"

There was silence outside the door again.

"Mia, when we were born, we belonged to the great Lord. We are all just His slaves. Our destiny has long been doomed. We can't fight. Just give up. On your 18th birthday, I will take you Go to the lake where the Lord is for baptism."

"No! Father! Do you really want to watch your daughter fall into the abyss of hell like everyone else? Obviously, obviously we can choose our own lives, father!"

"Why don't we fight back!?"

There was a long silence outside the door.

"You give up."

The footsteps gradually receded, heavy and dull.

Mia lay on the bed with tears in her eyes.

She is obviously just a 17-year-old girl like ordinary people. Obviously, now is the time to enjoy a good life, but
Just because of that damned ritual, that so-called destined destiny.

She can only bear that heavy fate for the rest of her life.

Mia took out a newspaper cut out from under the pillow. Although it was blurry, that resolute figure was the only ray of light that Mia encountered on that gloomy day of her life.

That gentleman taught Mia to resist and learn to fight.

Facing the existence that could face the behemoth in the mouths of the father and the priest, that figure became Mia's idol.

With the help of the power brought by her blood, Mia started her hero's journey.

Recalling everything she had experienced, Mia fell into a deep sleep because of exhaustion. She completely forgot that the black leather glove she picked up on the way home was still in her coat.

In the heavy coat, Aesop slowly crawled out with his tentacles.

Everything that has just been heard in the room, it has been passed on to the great master.

Aesop looked at the girl on the bed. His first subjective impression was good. After all, she also respected her master. As for the second impression, she was deeply disgusted.

Of course, it's not that he hates this girl, but just the bad breath on her body.

That only belonged to Glaaki's breath.

That slug covered in spikes secretly recruited a bunch of believers again. Does he still want to destroy the planet again?
As Isogda's avatar, Aesop had heard the legend of Glaaki, that idiot, actually summoned the Herald of Destruction Gheros to blow up the planet he lived on.

Get out of the door of the room.

Aesop faithfully carried out Rhodes' task.

It squirmed its body in the dark shadows, moving towards the area where the light came from.

In the living room, under the dim light, Aesop saw a figure in a gray robe and two green-skinned human men and women.

"Master Sacrifice, please, I am willing to replace my daughter as a sacrifice."

The green-skinned woman knelt down in front of the gray-robed man, begging.

The green-skinned man showed a submissive expression.

"Master Sacrifice, this is the only property of our family. If possible, please allow my daughter to leave the church. She should have her own life."

"Mir, Niya, you have fallen. Have you forgotten the teachings of the Lord after living among human beings for so long?"

"What we at the Church of Glaaki believe in is the restoration of the Lord's strength.

To do this, we must find more people with spiritual gifts as soon as possible.

As for Mia, I grew up watching her. Her spiritual talent is quite outstanding. If she is baptized by the Lord, her future achievements may surpass mine.

Why are you preventing your daughter from gaining the favor of the Lord? "

Mir knelt down on the ground and said in a low voice: "Master Sacrifice, but our daughter should have her own choice. She can no longer be the living sacrifice of the Lord like us."

He slowly took off his shirt.

Between the abdominal cavity and the chest cavity, several black spikes were inserted there, and a large number of twisted and wriggling tendons were beating, constantly devouring Mir's life.

"Give up, it's useless to resist."

"Preparing for today's hunt, I have found a suitable target, and the ritual of the Apocalypse continues."

The priest didn't look at Mir's wound, but knocked it to the ground with his hand.

"The command of the Lord cannot be disobeyed. If there is another time, your life will return to the embrace of the Lord."

"Sacrificing adults!"

After the gray-robed man left, Niya stepped forward and hugged Mir, and the two sobbed softly.

Aesop witnessed everything, and at the same time told Rhodes what happened through consciousness transmission.

In the Seven Oaks neighborhood, Old Moore was sitting on a stone bench by the street drinking wine.

After the masked man left, he returned to the area he had just passed, and walked towards the tavern, looking like an old alcoholic with a drunken bug.

Old Moore, who drank again in the tavern, left the tavern contentedly, and sat peacefully by the side of the road.

He squinted his eyes, looked at the clock tower in the thin mist in the distance, and could vaguely see the mechanical minute hand turning.

As long as he waits another 15 minutes and no one comes to harass him, he can return to the tavern for the third time.

As time passed, a childlike smile gradually appeared on his face.

It's been a long time since I've had such a good drink.

In the shadows in the distance, Rhodes, who was always paying attention to Old Moore, looked at the expression on Old Moore's face, referring to the other person's personality and habits, and immediately guessed what the other person was thinking.

The corners of his mouth twitched.

For the old Moore, this work is simply a true performance.

But many times, when you want to accomplish something with certain thoughts in your heart, it is often difficult to achieve the goal, because there will be many unexpected obstacles in the middle.

When the mechanical clock on the clock tower reaches the hour, the moment the bell rings.

Old Moore immediately stood up, ready to return to the tavern again.

That is at this moment.

In the thin fog of the street, three figures in gray robes suddenly appeared.

"Oh! Damn it! Don't come sooner or later, just show up on time! This group of people made Old Moore very angry!"

Old Moore muttered in a low voice, he swayed silently, and still stumbled towards the tavern.

Of course, he also inadvertently noticed the gray-robed figure appearing on the street.

At this moment, Old Moore perfectly interprets the state of an alcoholic.

Just a light sweep of the blurred eyes deceived the three gray-robed men, causing them to lose their guard against Old Moore at that moment.

The old Moore in their eyes was just an ordinary drunk old man.

"Master Sacrifice, this is a drunkard, just leave it to me!" Mir whispered, but before leaving, he gritted his teeth and said again: "Master Sacrifice, if this ceremony is carried out smoothly, can you give my daughter a Opportunity, I want her to become the church's eyeliner and participate in the latest version of the mechanical guard selection of the Mechanical Bureau."

The priest glared at Mir, and after all, he didn't want his daughter to be baptized by the Lord.

But if Mia can become an eyeliner, she naturally doesn't need to be baptized. This is a necessary condition for becoming an eyeliner, and it does conform to the teachings of the church.

However, when he thought of Mia's spiritual talent, the priest hesitated again, and he decided to go back and think about it.

"I will think about it."

The priest whispered.

Hearing the priest's response, Mir's original bitter melon-like face showed a joyful smile.

Mia will be very happy when she hears this news.

"Mir, can you handle it by yourself?" Niya took Mir's hand, and the two of them usually do it together.

"Of course, I will let Lord Priest see the meaning of our existence. Only in this way can we win more opportunities for Mia."

Mir refused Niya's help and walked straight towards Old Moore.

The priest was very satisfied with Mir's answer, which made his choice of eyeliner candidates gradually favor Mir. Originally, these candidates had to be paid to compete for, but at certain times, he would also give part of the quota to loyal and Strength's subordinates.

Old Moore was irascible.

But he has been restraining his emotions.

He had to wait for the gray-robed man to approach him before he could explode, otherwise the plan would be disrupted.

The thin fog gradually grew larger.

The figures of Old Moore and the man in gray robe gradually approached.

Old Moore's dagger hidden in his sleeve was already hungry and thirsty.

But at this moment.

The familiar female voice reappeared, and disrupted the originally imminent battle.

"Sir! Didn't I tell you to get out of here as soon as possible!?"

A figure wearing a heavy oilcloth coat and a beak mask stepped out of the dark shadows on the other side.

When the priest and his parents left the house, they touched the trap that Mia had set at the door in advance, and immediately woke up Mia who was sleeping.

She immediately put on her attire and followed the three of them.

Mia knew something about what her parents had done recently, but she didn't know exactly what they did. She only knew that they were often recruited by priests to prepare for the ceremony.

When I came here today, Mia was going to persuade her parents not to listen to the evil priest's bewitchment to do things that hurt ordinary people. In addition, she actually wanted to get rid of the priest. If she could successfully kill the priest, she could I took my parents away from the church.

This is her first step to fight against fate.

And this struggle is going on right now.

Mia wasn't nervous at all, and was even full of strength. If she could, she would really get rid of the shackles of fate today.

regain freedom.

"Boom!"

The long black sword blocked the short knife stabbing out of his father's hand.

Mia, who was dressed as a plague doctor, stood on the opposite side of her father.

Of course, Old Moore didn't expect that the woman who had just left would actually come back, and even stood in front of him the moment he exploded.

Old Moore hadn't felt the care from others for a long time.

The last time was when Mr. Rhodes gave him a drink.

"what!"

Old Moore screamed and ran back in panic.

He perfectly interprets the cowardice and unbearable that an alcoholic should show in the face of danger.

Mia's battle with her father comes to a standstill.

Her swordsmanship was originally taught by her father, so neither of them could find the other's weakness.

But over time.

Mill found some abnormalities.

In particular, the figure of the epidemic doctor on the opposite side gave him an extremely familiar feeling, and the voice that rang in his ears the moment he approached, it was simply his own daughter.

Do not!
The person in front of him, who blocked the sacrifice, was his own daughter.

Mir didn't even dare to go to see the priest, nor did he dare to ask for help from him. At this moment, he was eager for Mia to leave here quickly, so as not to be discovered by the priest.

Because everything Mia does at this moment can be judged by the church's canons to betray the church.

damn it!
Miller thought anxiously in his heart.

But in many cases, what the will cannot decide is often the arrangement of fate.

After a short handover, the voice of the sacrificial priest suddenly sounded in Mir's ear.

"Oh, what a familiar gesture, Mir, don't you think that person in the plague doctor's attire looks very much like your family?"

In the face of the priest's whispered inquiry.

Mir's body fell into a brief moment of stiffness, but in order not to reveal his flaws, he quickly resumed fighting.

"How is it possible! Master Ji, you must have read it wrong, Mia is sleeping at home at this time!"

Mill firmly denied that the epidemic doctor in front of him was his daughter.

"Since it's not your daughter, then I will take action."

Following the priest's response, the weird and awkward syllable suddenly sounded from the priest's mouth.

Dark green runes suddenly appeared beside Mia.

In the area where the runes evolved, several spikes rose suddenly, instantly hitting Mia's abdomen who had just blocked her father's short knife attack and had no time to react.

puff!

The spike pierced through Mia's abdomen, and she hung directly on the spike.

"Mir, kill her now!" The priest's indifferent voice suddenly appeared in Mir's ear.

At this moment, Mir was holding a dagger in his hand, and felt his hands and feet were cold.

He even forgot that he should do it immediately.

Under the gray robe, the priest narrowed his eyes and whispered in Niya's ear, "Niya, kill that man, and I will make your daughter an eyeliner."

"Yes! Master Sacrifice, I'll go right away!"

Niya pulled out the dagger from her waist and rushed towards Mia.

At this moment, Mir's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth wide, looking at his wife in fear.

He wanted to scream and tell his wife that that person was their daughter, but he suddenly found that he had made all the steps to scream, but he couldn't make a sound from his mouth at all.

It wasn't until this time that he saw a dark green rune spinning around his neck.

It turned out that the priest had already discovered everything!
He turned his head angrily and looked at the priest.

At this moment, the priest was staring at him with an indifferent gaze.

Mia looked at her mother rushing towards her, her mind went blank.

His resistance to fate failed, but death at the hands of his mother may be the best choice.

It was she who brought her into this world, at this moment, let her send herself out of this world too.

Under the mask, Mia slowly closed her eyes.

Bang!
But the expected sound of the dagger piercing his neck did not sound, but a muffled sound came from beside him.

"Hey, you guys, what's the deal with bullying a girl together? How about it!? She is the savior of Old Moore!!! Do you think that old man like me doesn't exist!?"

Old Moore stood in front of Mia, put his hands in his pockets, hiccupped, retracted his feet in slippers, with a dissatisfied expression on his face.

(End of this chapter)