Criminal X : Epitome Of Evil

"All of your wishes will now be fulfilled in just under two weeks!"

The King announced. And for sure, he announced something outrageous.

The disappointment of people at the houses of Gods reveal were replaced by the shock of the King's words.

All wishes in just two weeks? How?

If the people were not interested before, they were now.

If they were curious before, now they are attentive.

"Is this true?"

"Don't say this is a joke, your highness."

"Tell me more!"

People wanted to know more and it worked just like Pablo expected. His plan was working just fine.

The King raised his hand and the crowd went silent.

"I will tell you everything, people. Right now, around the Ego Reserve, I have constructed ten temples. And mind you, all the two hundred cities of this Kingdom have these same ten temples as well. They are all constructed around the Ego Reserve. Even in all the slums of this Kingdom these temples have been created."

The King darted his eyes at everyone.

"These ten temples belong to ten Gods and if you want to know which temple belongs to which God, see the top of the temple, the name of the Gods, their power is written there. If you want something related to any God's power, simply go inside the temple, donate some money or simply pray to them, in just two weeks the Gods will fulfill your prayer. And if they can't, which is only one percent possible, they will send you an alternative of your wish. Your prayer will never go unheard from this point on."

The people widened their eyes and Pablo smiled.

The King smiled as well and carried on.

"Donating money isn't necessary but praying to them is necessary, very very necessary. For example, if your wish is to grow vegetables in the backyard of your house, you will have to go inside the temple of God Demeter, the God of Nature, inside, you will see his statue and below his statue, a prayer is written, you recite his prayer one time and then state your wish on the ear of the statue.

After that, you come out the temple and then each and every day just after waking up, you have to recite the prayer for God Demeter and if you keep doing this for fourteen days non stop, on the fourteenth day, you will see that God will send someone to help you grow vegetables in your backyard. It is guaranteed that you will see results."

Murmurs spread around the area again and this time, the murmurs were positive. The people became eager to go inside the temples now. They wanted to test the theory right away. All of what the King said was too good to be true.

That's why…

"But, but, but.." The King spoke and some people's faces fell. Of course there was a catch.

Nevertheless, the people paid attention anyway.

"If your wish is something related to nature and you went to the God of Death, then it won't work. You have to be absolutely sure of the nature of your wishes. Also, you can't ask for something impossible. Like, I want the sun. I want to blow up the moon. Your every wish will be fulfilled if it's not something that can harm the logic and possibility criteria of our universe."

The people nodded. They agreed with the King.

"Now how would you know the nature of your wishes? I know you all will think that it's very easy to do that, but still a little help won't harm you. That's why I had printed books about all the Ten Gods and their origins, appearances and their power. So just buy the books and you will get to know everything. The books will help you a lot and a little bit of reading won't be bad. But even if it's bad, it's the matter of your wishes. You can face some hardships to fulfill your wish in just two weeks. It's not that bad of a deal, people."

The people nodded and before they could ask any questions, the King slammed the hammer himself.

"Now you all must be wondering why I built such temples now after all these years? Why did I suddenly remember Gods whom everyone had already forgotten? Well, the answer for that is simple. I was waiting for the perfect time. I knew there was a Demon roaming around among us and in such a situation I couldn't think of anything but the riddance of the Demon. And only after the great Pablo Castillo killed the Demon did I begin to think about this.

And to make me sure of my decision, the Gods themselves came in my dream and told me that it was them who sent Pablo to this world and in return they want people to adore them, pray to them. The Gods then said that if they pray to us, then we will fulfill their wishes in just two weeks. I know it sounds stupid, but this really happened, that's why I talked about this with Pablo and today, we finally got the temples for the Gods."

The people looked at each other and the King stared at them with no tension on his face but on the inside, he was sweating. What if his speech wasn't convincing enough? What if Pablo wasn't satisfied with it? What if the people didn't take it seriously?

All those thoughts roamed inside the King's head but all of them vanished just after seeing a smile on the faces of the audience.

And after that smile…

"Yeahhhh!!"

"You are the best, King!"

"All hail, King Damascus!!"

"Long live the Kingggg!"

The people cheered for the King.

The whole Numb city chanted his name and the King watched all of that with no expressions because he had no idea what kind of face he should make.

He never heard his chants as loud as that.

He was against Pablo for the decision of constructing temples, but now seeing the reaction, he was glad that Pablo threatened him to make him agree.

'You were right, Pablo…'

The King darted his eyes at Pablo, standing far from the crowd.

'Humans are the most gullible creatures there are if you know how to control them.'