569 The Evil of Humanity Part 2 (1/2)
”What mischief are you plotting this time around?” asked Mephistopheles.
Hearing his words, Shi Dong couldn't help but laugh heartily and gave a wave of his hand. ”No, no, don't overthink.”
But Mephistopheles still remained vigilant and stared straight at him. ”Mr. Shi Dong, Anglo is miserable enough, don't torture it further by causing more trouble.”
”Now you aren't even bothering to address me as 'sir'.” Shi Dong sighed. ”Do I look like a cruel man to you?”
Mephistopheles snorted coldly. ”Isn't the Religious Court of Inquiry such a cruel place?”
”Mephistopheles, you know us very well, but not well enough. After all, you have never been one of us,” said Shi Dong.
”Yeah, because my conscience is in the way,” Mephistopheles replied.
”No, because of cowardice.” Shi Dong looked at him. ”You witnessed the lives of monsters with your own eyes, so you are afraid to be regarded as a monster by others, And so, you have never understood the real Religious Court of Inquiry.”
”Since the world is the land God has promised to mankind, what we possess is a madness allowed by God.”
Shi Dong said calmly, ”Mephistopheles, we are madmen, yes. We get our job done, by hook or by crook, and we stop at nothing. If a person is involved in collusion with demons, even if he's a child, we can burn him without any hesitation.
”Humans fear us because we are evil.
”But at the same time, humans need us, because such evil is necessary and meaningful. Someone must act on behalf of the evil of humanity. Such is the purpose of the Religous Court of Inquiry. If we are to do something, it must be something humans need us to do, even if we will be spat upon for doing so.
”We are the monsters created by mankind, the evil of humanity contrary to benevolence. We are driven by justice, as mankind knows it. With the morality that has been trampled under foot by human beings, we judge demons and measure the starry sky.
”Such is how we live as monsters. Otherwise, what difference is there between us and demons?”
Mephistopheles was silent for a good while, then shook his head. ”In the end, it's nothing more than highfalutin words. I don't think Ye Qingxuan can accept such means and ideas.”
”Don't underestimate him, Mephistopheles,” Shi Dong disagreed. He said in a disapproving tone, ”You specialize in guarding over the believers, so you can perceive their spiritual weaknesses, but Ye Qingxuan is different the rest; if we are monsters, then he is the king of the monsters that I picked.
”He has his weaknesses, and many human frailties, but he has witnessed the evil of humanity in himself. He faces his own desires and the ugliness in his nature better than anyone else, and he is stronger than anyone else.” He continued, ”Just wait and see. He will save the country and take back everything he deserves.”
He added, ”At all costs.”
…
It was four in the afternoon, and the sky was still dark. A carriage stopped at the end of Queen's Road, the entrance to the uptown. The silver-haired young man got out of the carriage, raised his head and looked up at the pitch black sky, and the huge seal that glimmered with a faint, flowing glint. Then, he stepped forward and entered the forbidden area.
A whizz sounded in the sky. Burning wings of light descended and made a rough landing on the ground, resulting in a loud bang and stirring up a hurricane-like wind.
The grand knight in the archangel armor raised his head, and the eyes that were not covered by the helmet reflected cold red light. ”Who are you?”
Ye Qingxuan snapped his fingers. A bronze badge flew up and shot across the air in an arc. It was caught by the knight. He looked at the coat of arms on it, which comprised of the sacred emblem in fire.
”Religious Court of Inquiry, Grand Inquisitor, Ye Qingxuan.” Ye Qingxuan looked at him, ”Kindly inform Mr. Haydn of my arrival. Tell him that I come to him to seek advice as a junior.”
The grand knight looked at him for a while, put away the badge, and flew away without saying anything. Soon, the sealed door was opened.
”Please follow me.” A Knight of the Round Table walked out and led the way for him.
A terrifyingly hot wind blew in their direction. The streets along the way were dead silent, and only the sonorous clanking of metal could be heard as the patrolling Knights of the Round Table walked. Nothing was burning, nor was there a fire, but one still felt hot and sweaty in the streets.
The high temperature was the product of massive amounts of aether flowing.
After entering the door, in Ye Qingxuan's sense of aether as a musician, it was as if the entire uptown was shrouded in glaring sunlight. The sea of aether here was like a leaking hole, with flood-like waves of aether being drawn from it all the time. The aether waves advanced along the huge array and became part of a huge movement.
Genesis!
With the Avalon enchantment as the base, a massive amount of aether was extracted, and the vast domain created by Genesis engulfed the entire uptown. Just by sensing it from afar, one would experience the frightening illusion of falling into the corona of the sun.
After walking around the entire uptown for quite a bit, Ye Qingxuan finally saw the old man who was directing the royal musicians to reinforce the seal.
The contemporary saint, Haydn.
”Is that Ye Qingxuan?” From a distance, Haydn saw the visitor. He wiped his sweat and waved to Ye Qingxuan. ”Just come over, there's nothing secretive here.”