goddess of revolution

Chapter 237 Xia'andia, the Homeland of Justice for Paladins

From the gentle field to the changeable terrain, even the strange and strange plateau, the speed of the double-headed tortoise team was not affected at all, it was still as slow as a person running.But the halflings finally stopped complaining, because the "turtle cart" was still so stable.

"There are many magical beasts used to pull carts and rides. The giant double-headed tortoise used to be the most unpopular, but now it has become a popular item on the Shenyun Plateau because it is stable."

Nicole sat at the front of the car, explaining enthusiastically like a tour guide. She was manipulating the two linked handles to adjust the fishing rod in front of the turtle's head.The crystal carrot on the top is the tortoise's delicacy, and the two heads are chasing straight, following the direction indicated by the fishing rod, carrying the huge carriage, sticking to the rough road, and moving forward like sliding.

"Pike, I won't pull you if you fall. It must be interesting to see you being trampled into skin by the turtle's legs."

"With my agility, Tesolos must have cursed me for something like that to happen! I'll just see what's down there."

The pointed-nosed halfling dexterously hooked his furry feet to the railing, leaned out his entire upper body, and lay on the edge of the turtle shell outside the carriage, spying on the situation below.

The strangeness of the giant double-headed tortoise is not only that it is big and has two heads, but also that there is a round groove in the middle of its shell, which can firmly fix the carriage on the back of the turtle.

Peake exclaimed: "There are four legs in it! No wonder it's so secure."

Gomis rested his arms on the back of his head, and said boredly: "Since there are two heads, it is not surprising that there are eight legs."

"What a magical place..."

Frodo and Sam ignored them, and were looking around with Gloria and Mayne, greedily watching the scenery of this strange land.

Nicole said: "This used to be a big swamp, but it became like this when it was lifted up by Rose's corpse last year. Finn has become so messy now, it should have started from here."

"It's messy here too? I think everyone is very vigilant." Mayne looked at the guards with magic guns on the front and rear cars, feeling a little nervous.

"It's quite chaotic. There is no kingdom and no laws, and no one cares about killing people and stealing goods. But in this place to the north, there are paladins from our Silver Hand, and adventurers are still very disciplined."

Nicole sighed, "We're guarding against those people from the Fort of Holy Light."

"Fortress of Holy Light? The paladins and priests of Kem?"

As soon as he heard the name, Mayne knew the origin of the other party.

"That's right, our Xia'andia is to the west, and the Fort of Light is to the east. It's the base built by Erxiang and the Church of Kostekam. It's a three-day journey."

"They set up checkpoints on this road, searched for adventurers, and even collected taxes. They are no different from robbers! We have received them several times. Uncle took everyone to fight with them a few times before letting them Be honest."

Nicole said contemptuously: "However, there are a lot of newcomers to them these days, and they are all short-sighted. We have to beware of their sneak attacks."

Gronia and Mayne, Frodo and Sam all looked at each other anxiously.

It didn't take long for the worry to become a reality, and the sound of horns came from the front of the convoy.

"We can help too!"

Gronia held the hilt of the sword. Although it was a piece of broken iron bought at a small border market, it could still exert considerable power in the hands of a paladin.

Nicole laughed and said, "No need, we were the ones who stopped the car in the Fort of Holy Light and cleaned them up."

"you……"

Mayne wants to say, in fact, you are also looting the convoy of the Fort of Holy Light?Are you not paladins?

"Don't forget, the bounden duty of our paladins is to uphold justice!"

Nicole said as a matter of course: "The people of Holy Light Castle do all kinds of evil here. Looting goods is the lightest thing, and the worst thing they do is to beat civilians and even adventurers into slaves and dig mines for them. As long as we meet If you go up, of course you have to fight the injustice."

Gronia and Mayne nodded at the same time: "That's right, this is what a paladin should do!"

Frodo murmured to his companions: "See, they are all good people."

Pique and Gomis shrugged indifferently, and Sam showed a reassuring smile.

After a while, they passed several turtle cars parked on the side of the road.

The paladins in plain linen robes guarded two groups of people. A group of people were dressed in bright armor, and they were the priests of Kem at first glance.But this time they were all bruised and swollen, covered with bruises, and sat on the ground with their hands bound upside down.Another group of people were dressed in rags, some were numb and indifferent, and some were weeping. They should all be slaves.

Nicole drove the turtle car out of the convoy, put away the fishing rod, and the turtle car stopped firmly on the side of the road.

Her appearance attracted the attention of the paladins. A female slave in naked clothes suddenly rushed out of the crowd, picked up a mace from the pile of weapons, and then rushed to the group of prisoners in the Holy Light Castle, toward a Kaim The pastor smashed his head down.

The priest yelled in horror, but he was tightly tied up and couldn't move. The paladin next to him yelled to stop, it was too late.

The hammer hit the priest's head hard, and the upper half of his skull collapsed in an instant.

The pastor rolled his eyes, bleeding from his orifices, grabbed the ground with his head, and pouted his buttocks high.

The paladin rushed to restrain her, and the captives of the Holy Light Castle cursed loudly, and the scene was chaotic.

"It deserves it! That guy must have insulted him, and this is what he deserves," Mayne said happily.

The leader of the paladins came over, as if he wanted to report to Nicole. Nicole waved her hand and said, "Take care of it yourself. This is your responsibility. I'm just taking a look with my friends."

"It must have let her go," Mayne subconsciously said.

Glonia shook her head: "Justice is not a stone on the ground. You must dig out a real basis to make a judgment."

"Well said," Nicole gave a thumbs up.

The leader went back, first questioned the female slave, and then talked with several prisoners of the Holy Light Castle, and took out a stack of papers from the other party.

The leader said a few more words to the female slave, who smiled happily and said something, so far it was considered normal.

Next, the pupils of Mayne and the others suddenly tightened.

They saw two paladins tie up the female slave, lead her to the side of the road, and kneel on the ground.

Mayne, Frodo, and Sam stood up simultaneously when a paladin took the bloody mace and approached the slave girl.

Mayne yelled, "What is this doing!?"

Frodo called to Nicole: "Miss Hector, won't you stop them?"

Nicole said in surprise: "They made a just decision, why should I stop it? Do you still doubt the justice of the Silver Hand paladins?"

The mace swung down heavily, splashing a cloud of blood on the female slave's head.

The paladin let go, and the thin body of the female slave fluttered to the ground like an empty sack.

Mayne squeezed the wooden railing with both hands and rattled: "No—!"

Gronia sighed: "We will understand later, Nicole's partner will definitely not kill innocent people indiscriminately."

Frodo and Sam stared at the corpse, unable to say anything.Gomis and Pique looked at Nicole with a look of rejoicing, probably reassured that they didn't offend Nicole along the way.

The leader of the paladins unfolded the stack of papers and called names one by one. The called slaves drove them aside, and there were more than a dozen people left. The leader shouted: "You are free!"

The clergymen of the Holy Light Castle angrily took the slaves into the tortoise cart and drove away. The dozen or so freed slaves stood there blankly.

Someone talked to the leader, as if he wanted to follow the convoy. The leader shook his head solemnly: "We already have enough manpower. We don't need to spend more effort to help you, nor will we squeeze you as slaves like the people in Castle of Light. So , you fend for yourselves.”

Asked his subordinates to drive those people away, the leader came to Nicole, whispered for a while, Nicole nodded in understanding.

The turtle car continued to move forward, and Nicole said from the front of the car: "Let me just say, the paladins of the Silver Hand are all good, the trial is fair, and justice has been done!"

"The specific situation? It's very simple. The female slave is a legal slave, and the person who violated her is a nobleman. Of course, this is a crime. Even a slave has the right to basic food and dignity, but the crime is far from serious enough to require payment. The point of life."

"The female slave admitted that she was out for revenge, not justice. And she committed a serious crime as a slave, killing nobles. According to our justice, she can only be executed."

"What kind of justice is this!?"

Mayne said angrily: "I can't say anything, but I don't think it's right!"

"Maine!"

Gronia frowned and said, "The law of Alanis is also like this. This kind of law has been enforced in Finn for several epochs. Of course it is justice. It's just that the kingdom and nobles are always distorting the law. En will become so dirty, so we paladins will stand up and practice the justice represented by these laws."

Frodo couldn't bear it anymore: "According to the law, if you are not rescued by us, but taken away by the slave caravan and sold again, you will become legal slaves. When the time comes, you will find someone who insults you." Should people take revenge, should they be executed like that girl?"

Gronia was at a loss for words, and Mayne turned his gun at this time: "It is meaningless to use examples that have never happened! We are saved, of course, thanks to you who are righteous and kind."

When it was Frodo's turn to be speechless, he sat down sullenly, and Sam patted him on the shoulder to comfort him.

The turtle car continued to move forward. Two days later, it passed through a canyon, passed through the protective barrier in the canyon, and after undergoing strict inspection at the checkpoint, the convoy entered a wide basin.

The vast cliffs, the green forests, the gurgling river, the wooden houses, the people in sackcloth come and go, and the laughter continues.

"Is this Xia'andia?"

"so beautiful……"

"I feel relieved, very comfortable."

"A bed with thick hay mats? My ass is getting burned by the wood!"

"Water! I want to drink clean, flowing water!"

The unhappiness and confusion on the road were forgotten, and the two humans and four halflings confirmed that their suffering had reached the end.

The food and accommodation conditions in Xia'andia are very simple, but the two humans are paladins who don't care about material comforts, and the four halflings are poor boys from the mountain den, as long as they have something to eat and a place to sleep.And after wandering for a long time, I finally found a stable place to stay, and I slept soundly all night.

The next day, they met Xia'an, the leader of Xia'andia, the head of the Silver Hand paladins, the "uncle" in Nicole's mouth.

This is indeed an uncle, about 40 or [-] years old, with a beard, but not thick, with a simple and gentle expression, whether it is Gloria, Mayne or Frodo, the halflings, they all feel that the other party is more like A neighbor rather than a legendary paladin.

"My descendants of Tesolos, the servants of Rondo send their greetings to you."

Xia An greeted the halfling with a very magnetic voice, and the words made Frodo and others feel a warm current in their hearts.

"I know that Nicole made a promise to you and will pay you employment fees. How much is it, two hundred... fifty gold bushels? Well, this is a huge sum of money. Don't worry, Elon In the name of De and Xia An, I swear that I will never default on this fee."

Xia An's voice and words were like an iron, ironing the halfling's heart without a single wrinkle.

"However, it is difficult to raise such a large amount of cash at once, and you have been traveling for so long, you need to take a good rest, so stay here for a few days first. When you want to leave here, I will give you the money. how?"

The most important thing is that this is a legend. What else can Frodo and others say if they can talk to them so equally and kindly.

After the halfling left, Xia An's eyes turned to the two girl paladins.

"Nicole told me about your situation a long time ago, paladins of Alanis, do you want to restore the country?"

Xia An said sympathetically: "Don't you know that Alanis does not need to restore the country. Now Alanis is a loyal ally of the Queen of Dawn, and the paladins of Alanis will become the Queen's guards. You Two, strictly speaking, should be the traitors of Alanis, the apostates of the Paladins of Alanis."

Gronia's eyes were red: "They were all blinded by that evil queen! The destruction of Baiyu City, the destruction of Alanis, I am the one involved! I know all the truth!"

"Gronia, I won't call you a princess until I prove myself through Longdu's artifact."

Xia'an said solemnly: "No matter what the result of the self-certification of the artifact is, our Silver Hand paladins, as well as Xia'andia, will not make sacrifices for your cause. Here is the justice we are pursuing, and there is justice we are pursuing. The home of justice built."

"I understand, I just want to get an answer here, so that I can be firm on my own path, so..."

Gronia bowed her head solemnly: "I implore you to give me such a chance!"

"Of course there is no problem." Xia An looked at the expressions of the two, and said with a faint smile, "But there is one thing, I hope you can help me."

Mayne said dissatisfiedly: "Aren't you a paladin? Even if our justice is slightly different, but it is a just cause, why do you still treat us like businessmen?"

"This is just a request. If you don't want to, I won't force it." Xia An said, "That is to see from the perspective of you Alanis paladins, to see if the righteous home I built in Xia'andia is in line with the requirements of the dragon. De's expectations."

"Our ancestors have done such things before, but without exception, their efforts have been lost in the long river of history. So even if I am confident, I need people who have the same beliefs but see things from different angles to give some advice Opinion."

"That's no problem," Gloria said without hesitation, "Before I look, I still need to know what your ideal Xia'andia should look like."

In the simple wooden house, Xia An stood at the window, looking into the distance with his hands behind his back.Looking out from the window, the green mountains, green waters, and blue sky are picturesquely beautiful and stagnant.

"The ideal Xia'an Dia? I really blush when I say it. At such an age, I still hold on to my dream like a child."

The middle-aged paladin scratched his head and said, "Simply put, what the Longde Kingdom we long for is what the future Xia'andia will look like."

"People here live and work in peace and contentment, perform their duties, everyone is good-hearted, and all crimes do not exist."

"In Cheyandia, there is no distinction between each other, and there is no closeness. People have no private property, and all wealth belongs to everyone. People not only work for themselves, but all work is for each other."

"In Cheyandia, we think of each other in everything, and we are united in everything."

Xia An spread his hands and said, "It probably looks like this. If you are familiar with the holy scriptures, you should understand that my ideas are accumulated by generations of ancestors."

Gronia and Mayne said in unison: "The sword of justice needs a holy, pure and powerful hilt to ensure that it is balanced like a balance, enough to adjudicate all crimes and bring justice to purgatory."

"Yes, it seems that you Alanis paladins have not deviated from the root of justice." Xia An nodded with satisfaction: "Let Xia'an Diya become the handle of the sword of justice and prepare for the return of Longde. ideal."

Gronia said solemnly: "Although I have some different views on the return of Longde, I agree that the hilt of the sword of justice was cast in the homeland of the paladin. I accept your request, which is also mine. pleasure."

After the two girl paladins left, Nicole came to Xia An and asked in a low voice, "Can we really keep them?"

Xia An smiled and said, "Don't you have confidence in our Xia Andia?"

He looked far away, as if he had penetrated through the thick fog and glimpsed the ultimate truth: "Fin has fallen into a dark vortex. People are killing each other for each other's interests and for different beliefs. And our Xia'andia will definitely emerge from this vortex. When the blood dries up and the bones turn into mud, we will stand up and build Finn into a real heaven on earth."

　I will update it today, and I will talk about the direction and specific path of Fein’s characteristic Datongism later. It will take a little thinking, and allow me to spend more time polishing it.

　　
　
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