honor me as god

Chapter 86 Punishment and Judgment
Everyone left the courthouse and came to the ruins of the government mansion.

Irene looked around and asked in a trembling voice, "Where did my brother die?"

Chino pointed to the location at the time, where the pits left by the ballista still remained.

Erin asked, "Why didn't he keep his body?!"

Chino replied: "He is an infected person. After death, the disease in his body loses physical restraint and becomes contagious, so he must be cremated in time."

Irene smiled sadly: "My brother has undergone high-level blood therapy all the year round. Even if he dies, the contagiousness will not reappear at least 7 days later. You burned him in such a hurry, are you afraid that I will be in his corpse? What did you find?"

Chino shook his head: "I don't know the details of Lord Brook's body. Burning his body is also responsible for public safety. Otherwise, once the epidemic breaks out in Dusk City, I can't bear this responsibility."

Barty raised his hand to stop their argument: "That's right, the infected must be burned after they die. However, Chief Chino, I must remind you that you may not know much about the Troy family. They There are special purification ceremonies after the death of the clansmen, and they should not be treated like ordinary infected people."

Chino nodded, "I'm sorry for that."

"It was understandable that the scene was chaotic." Barty looked at the ruins, squinted and said, "Let's start the review. Andy, it's over to you."

"Yes." A burly guard stepped forward, only glanced at the crater shot by the ballista, then reversed the trajectory according to the shape of the crater, focusing on the low room in the distance, where Paladin shot.

Chino raised his chin at the low house: "The ballista is still up there, and I haven't had time to dismantle it. You can go up and take a look."

Andy took Paladin to the low room, checked the ballista, and asked, "What bolts are you using?"

"Beast hunting heavy crossbow."

"Single shot mode?"

"Single shot mode."

"wind direction?"

"The north wind, just blowing from the head, is so strong that it can blow up gravel."

"Is it raining?"

"It's raining heavily, standing in the rain for half a minute and you'll be soaked all over."

Andy pondered for a moment, sat in the ballista's seat, and said, "Go down and find three guards to simulate the situation at that time, who is in front of who, who is behind who, and how each other moves, I want to restore it absolutely accurately."

Paladin ran to the ruins, and just wanted to do as he did, suddenly remembered Chino's voice: "Paladin, I said 1, you answer 2 in your mind, use the fastest response."

Both Paladin and Lugo had experienced the occurrence of voices in their heads, so they were not surprised, although he didn't know what to do now, he just did it anyway.

Chino: "1."

Paladin: "2."

"1."

"2."

"1."

"2."

After repeating the test 10 times, Chino got the Paladin's average reaction speed: 0.22 seconds.

Chino's voice sounded again: "Next, arrange it as I said."

Paladin didn't hesitate: "Understood."

As a professional processor, Chino's long-distance processing is commonplace. The high-precision sniper rifle is like a clingy kitten in his hand, and he can play whatever he wants.

His understanding of shooting angles and positions, let alone this world, was unmatched even in his previous life.

Under Chino's remote control, Paladin reproduced the positions of Brook, Chino and Wolff at that time.

In general, there is no huge difference. Chino has only made fine adjustments in certain angles. Even if he looks at the soldiers present at the time, it is difficult to detect the difference.

But this gap, from the point of view of Andy, the ballista shooter, is a world of difference.

Soon, Paladin returned to Andy and signaled the three guards to start to move, demonstrating the dynamic scene at that time.

Andy stared at the bottom: "You look at the demo below, when you shoot, just shout 'let'."

"Okay." Paladin nodded.

Just as the three guards were demonstrating, Kino's voice suddenly sounded in Paladin's mind: "Let it go."

After 0.22 seconds, Palatine blurted out: "Let it go!"

Andy pondered for a moment, walked down the low building, shook his head to Batty and said, "Lord Brook's position is too bad, he was outside the ballistic at first, but because he was out of control, he would attack the person closest to him. It strayed into the ballistic trajectory and was hit hard."

Irene asked sharply: "Is it possible that it was intentional? Intentionally hit the alien and my brother at the same time, making it feel like an accidental injury?"

Andy shook his head without hesitation: "The ballista was fired in front, and Lord Brooke entered by mistake. In this case, even if I were to shoot, it would be hard to avoid accidental injury. The commander has done his best."

"It's impossible." Erin covered her face and kept sobbing.

Barty held the document in his hand, took a pen to record, and said, "It seems that the matter is basically clear. Although the explosion caused terrible consequences, the Chino administrator handled the whole process reasonably. I don't think there is anything wrong with it. There's something to blame. No one could have predicted an extraterrestrial attack, so I'm not going to file charges against him."

Chino's acquittal means that the attack was a public disaster, and the resulting losses and reconstruction work will be covered by the Governor's Office, which is a considerable amount of money.

In fact, with what Barty has now, if he has to find fault with Chino, he can find some points of accusation.

But Kino was promoted by Lesakhal, and it could be seen from his attitude towards getting along with him that he was relatively close to Kino, and if he insisted on finding fault, he would definitely be dissatisfied.

Resakhar is not only the governor of the province, the honorary marquis, but also one of the "24 Dragon Riders of Cold Valley". The banner of the dragon closest to the royal family.

Offending such a character for a little money is unnecessary, really unnecessary.

Of course, to appease Rezakhal, of course, to appease Irene, and give the Troy family an explanation.

Someone has to take responsibility for this. If Chino doesn't take it, let someone who doesn't matter.

Batty looked at the pale Palatine and said profoundly: "As for Brooke's death, although it was unavoidable at the time, the commander still needs to take a secondary responsibility. What do you think, Chief Chino?"

Chino looked at Paladin, and Paladin was looking at him, his eyes terrified.

Chino: "Demotion from centurion to centurion, fined for one year's salary."

"Too light." Barty shook his head, "Completely dismissed from the military, branded as a slave, and assigned to the border mining area to serve as hard labor, never to be released, that's it."

Paladin's eyes lost focus for a moment.

Frontier mining area
It was a tragic hell on earth, even more desperate than the death row.

There is a [-] in [-] probability that the death row camp will make extraordinary achievements on the battlefield, regain their sight and regain their freedom.

However, in the border mining area, the people who are branded as slaves are no longer "humans", but "animals". They can only dig in the dark under the whip of the foreman until they die, and there is no room for turning over in this life.

Palatine closed his eyes and smiled sadly.

This is power.

There is no right or wrong in the face of power, only the balance of interests.

The high-ranking person is a human being, and there are other high-ranking people protecting him everywhere.

A low-ranking person is a dog, and one wrong move will lead to doom.

Who can be blamed?

I can only blame myself for being a dog and not a human.

I can only blame myself for not having power.

The guards were about to handcuff the Palatine when Kino suddenly stepped forward to stop them.

Barty was a little puzzled: "Administrator Chino?"

Chino: "If I remember correctly, the family members of the slaves who are assigned to the mining area can pay a ransom for them to erase the slave brand in exchange for personal freedom. The price is 100 silver moons per year."

Barty nodded: "That's right."

Chino: "Paladin is 32 years old this year. According to the average age of 55 years in our world, he can live for 23 years. Although I am not a family member of Paladin, I will help him out these 2300 silver moons."

Barty was stunned: "Are you sure? 2300 silver moons can buy a mansion, and you want to exchange it for the freedom of such an ordinary person?"

Chino: "Two times when the aliens invaded, Palatine fought by my side and never retreated. He didn't abandon me when I was in trouble, and I won't abandon him when he was in trouble."

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding Dusk City soldiers were in awe, and Rezakhal's eyes were full of admiration.

The respect value gathered from all directions, the value directly exceeded 3000, and finally settled at 3987.

When Palatine heard the sound, he fell to his knees and bowed to Kino, his eyes filled with tears of gratitude.

For slave slaves, spending money to erase their brand and restore their freedom is something that is permitted by the code, and Batty naturally won't say much: "That's it. After you hand over the money to the Governor's Palace, we will put it together. It was given to the Troy family in full as a pension."

"Hehehe" A sad laughter sounded, and Irene said quietly, "Money? Do you think our family lacks this money?!"

Erin took out the purse from her bosom and threw it on Paladin's head.

"Dangdang-" The silver moon in the purse spread all over Paladin's body, and Irene's cold voice came along with it: "You wait, the sword and shield flag is blood for blood, and I will let you pay for your life."

Immediately afterwards, Irene pointed to Chino's nose: "And you, this matter is not over. I will continue to investigate, as long as I find out a little clue, I will let you live rather than die."

(End of this chapter)