Chapter 609

Click!

The sound of a shutter being pressed was accompanied by flashes of white light, freezing the picture in the film, but it also made both confronting parties turn their heads and look at a reporter next to them.

The half-giant Ren, with murderous looks in his eyes at this moment, made the reporter's legs tremble and his mouth stammered.

"I, Speaker Ren... I didn't mean to..."

He wore a precious soul talisman with him, and resisted the tyrannical power. Seeing that Ren was overwhelming the entire Nether elders and hundreds of Nether wizards with his own strength, he was standing at a very good angle. The composition of the picture is ingenious, and both parties can be included in one photo, with the consul and the supervisory team in the background, which makes Ren's huge body even more majestic.

The journalist's professional habits drove him to raise his camera and take a picture of this classic scene.

Ren never angered others, so he looked away.

More than a hundred Nether wizards backed away in fright, but not all of them were like this. Most Nether elders just changed their expressions and were full of guard against themselves.

Especially the three strongest elders, standing in the front without retreating half a step, with no fear on their faces.

Kronomanser, Buojans and Halava.

"Speaker Rennes, we have absolutely no intention of that."

Kronomanser, who looked like an old scholar, spoke up. His tone was calm, and he said unhurriedly: "Mage Nether is the most loyal follower of the goddess. We will only maintain the glory of the Temple of Truth, and Instead of doing it here, to blaspheme His reputation, please also ask Speaker Ren to restrain his emotions."

Ryan stared at him for a few seconds.

This is the second time I have seen Kronomanser, and I went back to investigate later.

Cronomanser's reputation is not as good as the other two elders, but he is the strongest and the youngest, having mastered two nine-ring spells.

Of the other two, Halawa is over seven hundred years old this year.

He is a wizard of all souls. To be promoted to a holy soul, he needs to fuse a holy demon soul, but he is too old, his soul has already declined, and there is almost no hope of breakthrough.

Buaoyangsi is younger, but he is over five hundred years old, and he only masters one nine-ring spell.

Kronomanser is less than three hundred years old, and he is superior to the other two in terms of talent and strength. He is definitely the strongest in the Nether elders, and he is only one step away from the Holy Soul Wizard. Break through before the centenarian soul declines.

Most importantly, Wren found that Cronomanser had little hostility towards him.

I met him twice, once at the canonization ceremony of Dean Sabra, and once today, Kronomanser's mood was very calm, which formed a sharp contrast among the many elders of Nesser. Even though he had just insulted the Nether wizard by pointing at his nose, Kronomanser did not get angry, but became more emotional, his soul turned into a light orange color representing excitement, as if he was happy to see himself provoking Nether.

Obviously, Kronomanser must have a conspiracy, or something else hidden.

Cronomanser's words seemed tough, but they were actually softening, and they also eased the tense atmosphere in the hall.

"It's good that you know that this is the Temple of Truth."

Ren nodded.

He restrained his breath, and then looked at Buoyangsi: "You have no evidence, but you accuse me of intending to get your hands on the floating city of Nether. I don't bother arguing with you. But the lie must be clarified..."

Ren paused for a moment, and glanced at the reporter who had recovered from the shock, "You all remember it."

He put down the hammer, raised his right hand to the sky, blood flowed from his palm, and said loudly with a solemn expression: "I, Ren Augustus, swear here, please three gods, the mysterious lady, the mother goddess and the sword bearer, to witness , I have absolutely no selfishness towards Nether Floating Void City, and I have absolutely no malice towards Nether Wizards, and I have absolutely no intention of controlling Nether Floating Void City. I haven’t in the past, I haven’t now, and I won’t have it in the future. Punishment, drive my soul into the endless abyss, and I will never be redeemed!"

The bell-like oath echoed in the hall, causing the faces of everyone present to change drastically.

During Ren's swearing, the blood on his palm formed three runes, a six-pointed star pattern, a tree of life and a scale, and finally fused into a complex blood-colored holy emblem, emitting a vast blood light, Spin in mid-air.

Blood oath of the three gods!

This is an oath jointly witnessed by the three gods believed by the people of the empire. Only extraordinary people above the legend are eligible to initiate it, attracting the attention of the three gods.

With Ren's strength and status, and in the Temple of Truth, the blood oath rune immediately reacted.

The statue of the Goddess outside the temple glowed with light.

Everyone inside the temple felt a soul-shaking breath coming down, this is the divine power of the goddess!

Then came two other equally terrifying breaths of divine power.

The three gods of the empire were all alarmed.

"good."

"good."

"Um."

Three voices full of supreme power sounded in people's minds.

Although there is only one word, people who are familiar with the three gods of the empire can tell that the first voice is from the goddess of magic, who seems to appreciate Rennes; the second is the goddess of the earth, who is also full of kindness to Rennes; The third is Tirael, the God of Justice, as majestic and cold as ever.

The blood oath rune in front of Ren disappeared, and the oath was completed.

The aura of the three gods also subsided.

People were dumbfounded, and they still couldn't believe that Renn dared to initiate the blood oath of the three gods, and was immediately witnessed by the three gods.

This is the strictest and most dangerous oath, with the most serious consequences.

If you lie when you swear, even if there is only a little bit of falsehood, it will be impossible for the three great gods to pass, and they will even send divine punishment on the spot to fulfill the oath.

However, Ren successfully passed the examination of the three gods and fulfilled the oath.

Almost everyone's expressions became wonderful.

There is no evidence for Buoyangsi’s previous accusations. In fact, everyone thinks so in their hearts. Ren and Nether must have selfish intentions in their enemies. Thousands of years later, now that Master Ogulev is missing, Ren took the opportunity to suppress Nether.

But when the blood oath of the three gods came out, this motive was completely overturned.

The Nether wizards were even more bewildered.

They thought that Ren was deliberately targeting Nether Floating Void City, full of malice towards Nether, and regarded him as the greatest enemy, but the three gods of the empire proved that this was not the case.

If Ren didn't want to plot Nether, then why did he do everything?

The Nether elders were also confused.

"What else do you have to say?" Ren asked indifferently. Having the three gods of the empire endorsed him, not only cleared the suspicion, but also allowed himself to stand on the moral high ground.

The eyes of the soul saw that the hostility of several Nether elders quickly disappeared.

Especially Elder Halawa.

He had fought against himself, reached a certain tacit understanding in the duel field, and decided to return to Nether to investigate, but there was no news. I thought he had met with misfortune, but I didn't expect him to be alive, but his expression was a bit haggard, and he didn't say a word when he came to the scene today.

After the blood oath of the three gods, Halawa no longer had any hostility towards him, and his emotions became active.

"This is impossible!"

Buao Yangsi's reaction was very fierce, and he shouted viciously: "You must have deceived the three gods with tricks, blood oaths can also be faked!"

He turned to the Nether wizards, "Do you think he really has such a good heart?"

Some Nether wizards nodded in agreement, but more Nether wizards remained skeptical, and the opposition to Rennes was no longer so strong.

Ryan ignored Buoyangsi.

After this confrontation, the eyes of the soul have already discerned the tendency of Elder Nether, which ones can be drawn in, which ones can be divided, and which ones need to be severely attacked, all clearly.

Kronomanser expressed his position again: "Your Excellency the Consul, Speaker Rennes, Nesser is willing to accept the questioning of the supervisory team."

Buoyangsi suddenly became anxious, "Cronomanser..."

"Nather's acceptance of supervision is the resolution of the Supreme Council. When the teacher is still there, he always acts according to the rules. Buoyangsi, I hope you can continue to obey the teacher's will." Cronomanser's tone and posture are always very serious. Calm and unhurried, what he said was well-founded and convincing.

The Nether elders beside them all nodded slightly.

Buoyangsi's face was ashen, but he couldn't find a reason to refute, and finally snorted and stopped talking.

Ren smiled inwardly.

Internal strife broke out in the Nether elders group, and their own methods worked.

On his face, he said calmly: "Elder Kronomanser knows the general situation, and he is worthy of being a model Nether wizard."

After speaking, Ren released his giant form, and Mithril Feiyu also put away, returning to his normal human form.

Flashing back to his dais seat, he and the Archon exchanged a look.

Gnaeus' eyes were filled with admiration.

"Wizards, please sit down." He pointed to the rows of benches in the middle of the hall, with the seat of Elder Nether at the front. "The questioning will begin immediately."

After a bang, Nether wizard sat down under the stage.

Gnaeus flipped through the materials in his hand and said loudly: "I was appointed by the Supreme Council to supervise the Nether Floating Void City. I will review the accounts every quarter. This is the first time I have found out Asked a lot of questions, to be honest, it was shocking!"

His voice became higher and higher, and his expression became more serious.

"At present, only a small part of the ledger has been reviewed. The whereabouts of millions of gold shields and materials are unknown. It is foreseeable that more problems will be found in the future, and fake accounts have been made!"

"No matter who embezzled the money, I will investigate to the end and give an explanation to the Supreme Council!"

"Elder Krsnyder, please come forward."

Gnaeus suddenly called out a name, which made the hearts of those sitting in the audience jump. When the consul came up, he picked Elder Nesser, and he was one of the stronger elders.

Knyder is a nineteenth-level elementalist, and his strength is second only to the three strongest elders.

Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to Knyder, who slowly stood up, sat behind the front desk, and was questioned.

"On the 24th of last month, your tower applied for a fund of 150,000 gold shields. The reason was to do a magic experiment on the power test of the flame rune explosion. The materials needed will never exceed three thousand gold shields at a time, so why spend so much money?" Gnaeus asked bluntly.

Knyder replied blankly: "I have done fifty experiments."

Gnaeus' face froze.

This reason is obviously nonsense and completely untenable, but he did not immediately refute it, and said seriously: "I will send someone into your tower to check if there are records of fifty explosion experiments."

"On the 26th of last month, in the name of refining magic items, you took out a batch of alchemy materials worth 40,000 gold shields from your inventory. May I ask where are the results?"

"Failed." Knyder replied.

"On the 29th of last month, you asked your student Asmaize to apply for another 30,000 gold shields. What is the money for?" Gnaeus asked again.

"I don't remember." Knyder replied after thinking for a few seconds.

There was a lot of discussion in the audience.

Gnaeus is still questioning, Elder Knyder has used various reasons to avoid a series of large capital flows, but anyone who is not a fool can tell that Elder Knyder must have something wrong, a legendary How could a senior wizard forget what happened not long ago.

In less than ten days, he alone took away more than 300,000 gold shields from Nether.

The money should have been embezzled.

After Gnaeus questioned Knyder, he asked another person, this time a legendary mid-level Nether wizard. He is not Elder Nether, and has limited rights in Floating Void City. It was only found that more than 40,000 gold shields had been lost from his hands, and his whereabouts were unknown.

Since then, five or six legendary wizards have been questioned in a row.

Everyone took more or less 30,000 to 100,000 gold shields or equivalent alchemy materials from the floating city for many reasons.

Towards the end of the first day of questioning, yet another Nether Elder was involved.

His name is De Sade.

De Sade's problem is more serious than Knyder's. It has been found that more than 400,000 gold shields have disappeared through his hands.

Gnaeus asked a series of questions, but De Sade didn't know what to ask and didn't cooperate at all.

After all, the interrogation meeting is not a trial meeting. Elder Nether has a high status and cannot use laws and punishments. If no real evidence is found, Gnaeus has nothing to do with them for a while. He can only record it and go back to investigate and collect evidence one by one.

Ryan has been secretly paying attention to De Sade.

This Elder Nether went to Kangatero with Kuitu at the beginning. He once lied about the depravity of Master Ogulev, so he must know something inside.

Regarding the things Gnaeus questioned, De Sade seemed calm, but was actually flustered.

Not a word of truth came out of his mouth.

In addition, when De Sade glanced at him, his mood fluctuated violently, and the color of his soul was even red and black, and his hostility towards him was similar to that of Buoyangsi.

Ren already knew it in his heart.

All Nether elders who are deeply hostile to him are allies of Buoyangsi, and are supporters of the Duke of Redstone in charge of Nether's floating city. Headed by Buoyangsi, Knyder, De Sade, Torodin, Aksha, and Fahren, these six Nether elders have completely fallen for the Duke of Redstone.

Cronomanser also formed his own faction, supported by the two elders, Proctor and Schaffer. They should have been coerced and had to pretend to support the Duke of Redstone.

Elders Halawa and Innola have no obvious inclination, and are more of an attitude that has nothing to do with themselves.

As expected, the five elders were not involved in the falsification of the ledger.

Ren noticed a detail. Most of the funds and supplies in Nether Floating Void City were lost after the 24th of last month.

Before this day, Pallas Floating Void City was attacked and suffered heavy losses.

The flow of those wealth is already obvious, but how much of it actually went to the Duke of Redstone may only be known to the legendary wizard who handled it.

Not only myself, but many of the Imperial MPs and reporters in the Rennes observation booth have already guessed.

Some Nether wizards who were kept in the dark also understood.

By tomorrow, if the content of the questioning meeting is exposed, it will be able to form a huge public opinion pressure on the wizard Nether, and also involve the Duke of Redstone. If more holes in the accounts were found out later, and the questioning continued for several days to maintain high-intensity coercion, Elder Nether would definitely turn against him.

Ren nodded inwardly, everything was going according to his own plan.