goddess of revolution

Chapter 263 Public trial paladin, it would be great if you were a paladin
"Judgment! Judgment! Judgment!"

The sound of thousands of people shouting suppressed the boiling anger in the hearts of the paladins, giving them a new understanding of their image in the hearts of the people, and a clearer feeling of what kind of power Xia An was facing.

Gronia felt that, apart from the vow she made while holding the scale of Tyre, it was difficult for other justice she believed in to remain firm in the face of such a wave of voices.

At this time, let her shout to the crowd, "I am a paladin, you have no right to judge", "Everything I have done is clear of my heart, and I am practicing justice", she can't do it at all.

"Power... so this is power..."

She understood why Xia An gave in. Even Legend, in the face of the voices of thousands of people and the crusade of thousands of people, would shrink back.

As for the division of justice, Duke Pryor, the devil, didn't tell Xia An or the paladins at all, but these people.It was to trick them into persecuting the paladins, threatening Xia An with their voices.

If Xia'an still wants to continue to build Xia'andia on the Godfall Plateau, and wants to make Xia'andia a peaceful home for paladins, they cannot ignore such voices.Xia An couldn't bear the consequences of letting everyone on the Godfall Plateau condemn the paladins and make the paladins the public enemy of the people and adventurers.

Gronia looked at Li Qi with extremely complicated eyes: "The devil..."

The trial began, according to the "simple law", Li Qi's party was the plaintiff, the paladin was the defendant, and the tens of thousands of people in the audience were the judges.This is a law that dates back to the age of elves, when humans were still primitive tribes, and paladins cannot oppose it.

The accusation and proof link in the first half were extremely concise and efficient. After all, the incident was complete and clear and could not be disputed.

Fourteen paladins, including Jeni, Gloria, and Mayne, invaded Beta City, killing four and injuring 12.

The camera recorded the entire process, as well as the full statements of the victims and witnesses. The evidence was so much that it was not enough to make the case final, enough to press several layers of horseshoes.

To everyone's surprise, it was three girls of different sizes who stopped the paladin from continuing to commit murder.When they came to the stage one by one and stated the incident as witnesses, the atmosphere on the scene became much more active.Laughter, applause and applause echoed from time to time at the supposedly solemn trial scene.

"I was dancing happily. Suddenly, these paladins sneaked in and shouted to kill. When I went to stop them, they actually attacked me!"

The silver-haired, blue-eyed, sweet little girl pointed to her nose and said in an unbelievable tone: "I'm only 13 years old! I'm not yet an adult!"

The "judges" laughed, but the paladin turned blue. You are demonstrating, you must be demonstrating!
In the video played just now, you are waving a thick and long light whip, and you can knock down a paladin with one whip!Then you said that since you are underage at 13, paladins are cruel?Who the hell is cruel! ?

The little girl with pale blond hair and silver-gray pupils came to the stage, only a hat brim taller than the silver-haired little girl just now.She summoned a miraculous parrot, and the parrot landed on her shoulders, and a surge of sound burst out of the loudspeaker, making everyone dizzy.

"They rushed in and yelled to save the slaves. The redhead knocked down our counselor first. We wanted to catch them and ask about the situation. Then they yelled to destroy the evil and started killing people. The redhead wanted to fly me. I was very careful to control it. I tried my best not to explode her clothes and flesh, but in the end she smashed into the wall and passed out, and then I dared not do anything for fear of hurting more people... That's how it happened... Li Qi told me Only tell the truth, tell the whole truth, don't tell other things in your heart, I should do it? That red hair is really a weak chicken... Quack quack..."

The little girl pinched the parrot by the mouth, sent it away with magic, and got off the stage with a blushing face.

Laughter and applause sounded at the same time, Gronia on the stage felt extremely ashamed, and lowered her head.But in this way, the flaming red hair became more eye-catching, and the voice of "That's her" pierced Gronia's heart like a knife.

Afterwards, a tall, slender girl with a hot figure came on stage, her white hair mixed with black hair, and her hot pants and vest made her look extremely eye-catching.

She yawned lazily and said, "Didn't the incident be filmed? What else can I say?"

After speaking, she walked off the stage, leaving the audience and paladins confused.

Who are you?What does it have to do with this matter?

Seeing that she was about to step down, she realized something: "Oh, I forgot to say, I am the wolf in the illusion."

After she went down for a while, people came back to their senses.

That tall and fierce black-backed white wolf took up most of the illusion, knocked down a paladin with one paw, and swept down seven or eight paladins with one tail! ?
Xia An's eyes narrowed slightly, while Nama and the others stared angrily at the white-haired wolf girl.It was because of this guy that Jenny and the others didn't run out. It was only when the ranger who was their guide ran back to Xia'andia to report the incident.

Mayne looked at Jenny, who was still wounded and wrapped up like a rice dumpling, shivering and muttering, "It's so scary..."

After stating the incident, as the defendant's defender, Xia An checked the camera first.

With legendary power, feeling the extraordinary power fluctuations in the recording chip is enough to tell whether it has been edited after the fact.

After checking with several cameras, Xia An nodded, acknowledging that the images captured by the cameras were true and correct.

Then he asked several wounded people who testified, including the first young man who was beaten by Glonia, who was the counselor of the Beta City immigrant class.

Then he chatted with the practitioners who testified and confirmed their identities.Among the trainees are indentured slaves from the first period, and retired soldiers from Hadrang.

"There is no problem with the facts you put forward. The paladins of Cheyandia did cause the death and injury of innocent people..."

Xia An began to defend: "But there is still a reason for the whole thing. The paladins did not intend to hurt people. Their actions to rescue the slaves are just and legal."

Li Qi said with a smile on his face: "Rescue the slaves? You mean those contracted slaves? Don't you mean that the paladins of Xia'andia also regard the liberation of all slaves and the destruction of slavery as justice? That's great! This is also the will of my lord, Lady Red." ah!"

Xia An's cheeks twitched: "I mean, it is just to free the illegal slaves. These slaves of yours were snatched from the Holy Light Castle, right? Whether it is a simple law or a written law, this kind of thing is not is illegal."

Suddenly there was a loud shout from the audience. It was the students of the first batch. They were excited when they heard that the paladins denied their identities.

"Paladin, you are the lackeys of Holy Light Castle!"

"Are you trying to send us back to Holy Light Castle to continue digging up the fragments of the god's corpse? Do you want us to die?"

"It is the Duke who really rescued us! We will no longer be contracted slaves after we finish our studies in a few days!"

Li Qi shook his head and said, "Xia An, your understanding of natural law is not thorough enough. What is natural law? It is to ask your conscience. What is right and what is wrong, conscience has its own answers."

"These slaves were under the threat of death in the Holy Light Castle. I rescued them, signed a one-month slave contract with them, and taught them how to be self-reliant in Beta City."

Li Qi's tone became awe-inspiring: "In ancient times, humans did not have slaves. Bloodlines brought humans together into tribes, united and helped each other, and survived with difficulty. Paladins! The laws and agreements that humans evolved out of greed after that Put it aside, ask your own conscience, then look at me, and tell me your verdict, is what I did good and natural!?"

Xia An was silent for a moment, then sighed: "In my life, I have never been taught like this..."

"But it's still a misunderstanding," he said.

"Misunderstandings can be resolved, injuries can be recovered, but lost lives cannot be recovered."

Li Qi sneered: "If you can resurrect the four dead, I believe everyone will treat it as a misunderstanding, can you?"

Xia An opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say yes, but shook his head heavily.

In the catalog of the Chamber of Commerce, to resurrect a person is a legendary soul plus a million bushels of gold.From this, even if Xia An knew the resurrection technique, the price would be extremely high.

"Of course, based on the murderer's statement and everyone's understanding of paladins, this is indeed a misunderstanding, and the punishment can be reduced appropriately."

Li Qi also decided to take a step back. After all, what he had to insist on in the final stage had to force Xia An to make concessions.

The corner of Xia An's eyes twitched, and he suddenly "transmitted" to Li Qi: "According to the most simple law, as long as the losses are sufficiently compensated, the punishment can be mitigated to the greatest extent."

"I agree with this." Li Qi didn't take it too seriously, but was also slightly surprised that Xia An really knew how to be flexible, did he want to give himself some advantages?

"That little red-haired girl, named Glonia, has the royal lineage of Alanis. She made a vow to overthrow the Queen of Dawn and revive Alanis."

At this time, Xia An's faint smile seemed very treacherous: "She was looking for help everywhere, and finally found Xia Andia. If you hand her over to the Queen of Dawn, I believe it will definitely benefit your career."

Li Qi looked at the red-haired girl with drooping head out of the corner of his eye, and thought that it was so, no wonder it looked so familiar.When Aurora was filming "Theresia and Freya", because red hair is a symbol of the blood of the Alanis royal family, Aurora's makeup was unique, which impressed him very much.

In an instant, he was full of pity for the red-haired girl, girl, do you know that Uncle Xia An, whom you admire, is about to sell you?
Li Qi said in a decisive tone: "Don't test me, paladin, I'm seeking justice for the dead and injured, not for my own personal gain."

Xia An smiled, and didn't care. It seemed that he was really trying to test Li Qi just now, or just wanted to dig a hole for Li Qi.

He said with emotion: "In the Duke...no, Your Majesty, I also saw the righteous heart that belongs to a paladin. It would be great if you were a paladin."

"If the paladin can find the way and return to rationality, I will take your words as a compliment," Li Qi couldn't help but sarcasm again.

"So……"

"So……"

The two said in unison: "Let's talk about punishment."

The bargaining session started, and Li Qi's price was that the two paladins who killed people, one named Jenny and the other named Ralph, should be executed.The other six wounders were punished with different punishments ranging from ten to thirty lashes according to the number of wounded and the condition of the wound.The other six paladins just bluffed and didn't have time to make a move, each with five whips as a warning.

Xia An's price was a murderous paladin with a broken arm and thirty lashes.All other paladins received ten lashes, and Xia Andia gave the injured enough compensation.

Since it was a bargain, Li Qi would not cling to his price tag.

"The man named Ralph only killed one person, and he shot in a panic. The deceased died of serious injuries, instead of dying on the spot. He can be forgiven and punished according to your conditions, but the man named Jenny..."

Li Qi looked at the young paladin, and his tone was very firm: "He killed three people, and he shot fiercely. The dead were all killed by one blow. He must die!"

Xia An also looked at Jenny. The scene of Jenny killing people in the illusion just now was very clear. The legendary paladin said awkwardly: "Even according to the canon of paladins, he must die, so we..."

"No!"

Li Qi's tone became more serious: "He must be executed according to Beta City's method, and cannot be executed by you paladins."

Looking directly at Xia An, Li Qi didn't flinch even though the other party's eyes were boiling with anger: "When you paladins find the right path and protect the path of perfection that people recognize, then execute in the name of justice in front of people!"

"You also said that the current Shenyun Plateau is a lawless place. Since it is a lawless place, there are no real paladins! I will not let you execute him with your own hands, so as to declare that you still hold on to justice!"

The two looked at each other for a while, and Li Qi's tone softened slightly: "He will die quickly, and it won't be too painful."

Xia An sighed, avoiding Li Qi's gaze, apparently acquiescing.

(End of this chapter)