goddess of revolution

Chapter 264 The war between Beta City and Xia'andia has just begun...?

When Li Qi announced the punishment, there was a moment of silence in the square, and then there was a roar of voices, all applauding.

The paladins looked at Xia An in astonishment. Naturally, they would never accept such a verdict.Nama was even more tearful. If Xia An hadn't stopped them with his eyes, and the guards in red in Beta City were also blocking them, they would have rushed to the stage to snatch people.

Gronia's face turned pale, and then she slowed down again, showing such an expression.

Mayne was really scared at this moment, and cried with his arms folded: "How is this possible? I will scream in a terrible way in front of so many people being whipped!"

Xia An waved for the paladin to be quiet, and then he spoke.Everyone thought that he was going to object, but they didn't expect that Li Qi and Xia An had already reached an agreement.

But Xia An's speech also surprised Li Qi.

"Everyone should know who I am, Xia'an of Xia'andia, these paladins who made mistakes, all call me a mentor."

"I'm very guilty. I didn't fulfill my duty of teaching them. I caused irreparable losses to the innocent people in Beta City, and also tarnished the justice of the Cheyandian paladins."

The words of the legendary paladin echoed throughout the square without a loudspeaker, clearly reaching everyone's ears.

"Justice is a arduous road of faith. The paladins who walk on this road are burdened with too many expectations, and at the same time bear too much harshness. Although Longdue's divine light of justice shines on us, the paladins have always been I was very confused and never found the right direction.”

"I led the paladins to establish Xia'andia on the God's Fall Plateau, hoping to find a correct path. Our pursuit has just started, and the young people are full of blood, and it is inevitable that emotions will blind their rationality and disrupt their beliefs."

"I'm not asking everyone to forgive these paladins who have committed mistakes, but I want to explain the difficulty of the path of justice. Not everyone can be a paladin, and not everyone can bear the light of justice of Longde. "

"Some of these paladins who have committed mistakes have deviated from the path of justice and reached the verge of degeneration!"

Xia An's words made the paladins who were imprisoned in the golden circle on the stage tremble, except for two people, one was Jenny, who was expecting his mentor to save him, but he didn't expect such a response, which made him feel My tutor has become extremely strange.The other is Glonia, with the corners of her mouth pulled slightly, as if she is sneering.

"Luckily, most people still have room for salvation. Even if they face misunderstandings and may suffer harm, they can restrain themselves and not kill people."

"Erasing a life is an extremely heavy matter for a paladin. Although a paladin has not fully seen the path of justice, every paladin will never forget the starting point of the path of justice, otherwise he will deviate from the path of justice." Faith, becoming a fallen person, what is the starting point?"

Xia An scanned the square, and everyone seemed to meet his eyes, and his subconscious heartbeat rolled.

"The starting point is to protect the good and eradicate the evil. No matter how much headaches the paladins have done to everyone, in their hearts, this is the most sacred law. Otherwise, they are not called paladins."

The square was silent, some people nodded at first, and then countless people nodded.

This is indeed true. Although the paladin has a strange temperament and is annoying, but when facing evil, the paladin is really more trustworthy than others.

Xia An continued: "Among the paladins who are being judged now, most of them can stick to this starting point, but some have abandoned the bottom line."

"Jenni Fontos!"

Xia An pointed to the young paladin: "What made you forget the creed of the paladin and kill civilians without threatening their lives and without going through the necessary trial? You were so arrogant that you deprived three people s life?"

Jenny opened and closed his mouth like a fish struggling on a chopping board, but he couldn't speak a word.

Although paladins are arrogant and perverse, they still have a bottom line.For example, there are three rules for killing people, life-threatening, necessary trial, and detection of evil.

Of course, such rules are also adapted to local conditions. For nobles, churches, and adventurers, the balance of power makes paladins abide by the rules.For civilians, it means that there is no restraint. Whether or not he sticks to the rules depends on the paladin himself.

"As the mentor of the paladins of Xia'andia, I announce that you, Jeni Fantos, will be deprived of your paladin qualifications! From now on, you are just a murderer and no longer a paladin!"

Xia An's upright "sentencing" made the square burst into applause.

This guy really knows how to get rid of it. In this way, the attempt to use the public trial of the paladin to damage Xia Andia's reputation will come to naught.

Li Qi secretly sighed, it was impossible for him to stop a legendary paladin from speaking, and the other party's IQ has not dropped, so it is inevitable to use this trick.Therefore, such a goal is not realistic from the beginning.

But it's nothing, as long as the citizens and adventurers of Beta City see that in front of Fei Gong, even a paladin can't do whatever he wants in the name of justice.This most important goal was achieved when Xia An bowed his head to approve the public trial of the paladin.

As for the competition between Beta City and Xia'andia on the Godfall Plateau, the future is long and there is no rush.

"tutor!?"

Jenny finally shouted. He twisted his cheeks and said in despair: "Isn't justice in my heart? Isn't my decision a just trial? I am a paladin! As long as it is a paladin, I believe Isn’t evil just evil!?”

Nama in the audience was not so excited anymore, and whispered with tears: "Jenni..."

On the stage, Gronia sighed softly, secretly thinking that you are right, but you have to think about whether you can make a move and what the consequences will be after you make a move. This is also my own lesson.

The sacrifice of a paladin must be valuable. When the evil is too strong, the paladin must be good at preserving power and leaving a useful body.Not only you, Jenny, have completely forgotten the provisions of these divine scriptures, but so have I.

It's just that you are not lucky enough. If I hadn't been knocked unconscious by that little girl wielding a big sword, I would have ended up in the same fate as you.

Xia An said calmly: "Jenni Fantos, when you break the law, you are no longer a paladin!"

"Do not--!"

Jenny yelled frantically: "Impossible! I am a paladin! Whether I am a paladin is not for you to decide, it is up to Longde to decide! Look...you see..."

He tried to gather his divine power and used the Evil Breaking Slash, but he swung his arms wildly, but there was not a trace of golden divine light emerging.

"My power of justice! Your Majesty Longde! Why did you abandon me!? Why..."

Jenny's eyes were staring straight, and he sat slumped on the ground, on the verge of collapse.

The paladins looked awe-inspiring, and the audience in the audience were also stunned.Sure enough, if a paladin were to deviate from his faith, even if he did not fall, he would lose the favor of Longde and no longer possess the divine power of justice.

Li Qi noticed that Xia An's hands tucked into his sleeves trembled slightly. In his perception, there was nothing unusual at first, just like a commoner legendary paladin. At this moment, his whole body was covered with an invisible divine power, which was slowly expanding and contracting. .

This guy is actually in the dark...

Jenny couldn't use his supernatural power, so it was Xia An's fault.But there's no need for Li Qi to expose it. This is a trouble that paladins can hardly talk about.

The original paladins would also degenerate due to their betrayal of faith and become weird existences like black warriors.But after Longde's will was split, no matter how evil the paladin did, as long as he believed in justice in his heart, he could still gain the divine power of justice.Only those who are not strong-willed will collapse in faith and go to degeneration.

This is not just a trouble for paladins, it is actually the case for all priests, the power of faith can be distorted.Didn't Teresia's break with the loyal court stem from such a thing?
Ordinary people don't know the deep-seated principles of the power of faith. In their inherent impression, as long as they can obtain the divine power of a god, it means that their faith is firm.

Xia An expelled Jenny from the paladin team and suppressed his divine power of justice. This perfectly separated Jenny from Xia'andia and the paladins, so that the execution of Jenny would have less impact on the Xia'andia paladins. lowest.

Xia An continued: "I have no objection to the judgment result, this is the punishment they should receive!"

Nama and the others were weakened, and they supported each other so that they would not weaken.On the stage, Gronia and the others were physically tense. Although they would not be executed, the flogging they were about to endure was not only flogging the body, but also flogging the dignity.

Xia An sighed again: "Today's trial meeting is very rare. It made me understand a lot of things. Here I would like to express my gratitude to everyone."

He nodded to Li Qi: "I would like to thank Duke Prior, he showed me the justice seen from another angle, which gave me a lot of inspiration."

Li Qi returned the gift with a slight smile, but his heart skipped a beat. The bearded man was going to fight back!
Just listen to Xia An said: "I hereby promise to the Duke and everyone that the paladins of Xia'andia will find a new path of justice. And this trial, I believe not only me, but all the paladins of Xia'andia will also Learn from it and re-examine your beliefs."

He raised his voice, letting every word fall heavily into people's hearts: "On behalf of all the paladins in Xia'andia, I would like to apologize to you for all the troubles and troubles I have caused you this time and before!"

"At the same time, on behalf of all the paladins in Xia'andia, I promise everyone that we will continue to uphold justice and bring justice and peace to the lawless land of the Godfall Plateau. The paladins will become the favorite of good people. Partner, the enemy that the wicked most fear to face!"

"The paladins are building Cheyandia into a place of perfection, where everyone will be safer, free and comfortable, and friendly to each other. In Cheyandia, there will be no place for evil, and it will be the best home for everyone. "

Xia An glanced at everyone and showed a confident smile: "The paladin is fair and good at correcting mistakes. As long as it is indeed the paladin's fault, even if it is a public trial like now, I, as the paladin's mentor, as a legend, will We will uphold justice and will never take sides!"

There was a roar of applause, followed by warm applause.

As a legend, he did not rely on strength to protect his own people, but upheld justice, categorically expelled the paladin who deviated from his faith, and other paladins would also be punished.With such a person leading the paladins of Xia'andia, the future must be bright, and the place of Xia'andia must also be a place of kindness.

Li Qi took a deep look at Xia An. As expected of an old Jianghu, he turned the matter of the public trial of the paladins into an advertisement for the Xia Andia paladins!

In the earth world, how much advertising fees would be paid for such a road show, at least thirty to fifty per head!This Xia An actually borrowed his own hands to make it a free publicity!
Xia An also returned a deep look. Although he didn't mean to be provocative at all, what he said just now was aimed at Beta City.

Another war seems to have started, this is a war for people's hearts, which will determine who will dominate the order of the Godfall Plateau between Beta City and Xia'andia.

"Then, let's execute..."

Xia An sighed quietly: "I will watch without blinking."

On the high platform, Jenny knelt down with his hands tied upside down, and a group of red-clothed guards holding magic guns stood behind him.

Li Qi casually ordered a guard: "You come to carry out the execution."

It was a trainee, and he only mastered the zero-level divine magic, the touch of the mind. The magic gun was the only weapon he could contend with the extraordinary.

The guard came out with his face flushed, and he tried his best to restrain his excitement, but because of too much force, the muzzle of the magic gun was still shaking non-stop.

"The first public trial in Beta City, the criminal Jenny Fantos, killed three people, sentenced to execution by shooting, and executed immediately!"

Li Qi's sentence made tens of thousands of people feel extremely novel, and they were executed by shooting...

After confirming that Li Qi nodded, the guard took a deep breath, pointed the gun at the back of Jenny's head, and did not kill him. Just like countless trainings in the past, he used the touch of the soul.

A blue light burst out, and there was a muffled pop, and the bullet shot into the back of Jenny's head, splashing a cloud of blood.

The bullet didn't penetrate his forehead, and the young paladin kept his head down, unable to see his expression. When the shot came in, his head shook and he fell forward, his body twitching violently.

After about ten seconds, the convulsions stopped, and the two priests standing by the side, with white watermarks embroidered on their chests and backs, stepped forward.They turned Jenny's body over, one to check for breathing and heartbeat, the other to check for the state of the soul.

During the whole process, the other paladins either lowered their heads or tilted their heads, only Xia Jing watched quietly.

The priest announced: "Criminal Jenny Fontos, confirmed dead!"

Xia An's eyes flickered slightly, and the hearts of all the people in the audience felt heavy.

Most of the tens of thousands of people are adventurers from the Godfall Plateau, and death is a common occurrence for them.But even the most horrific death is not as solemn as it is now.They all felt an inexplicable force penetrating into their hearts from the death of this paladin, suppressing all thoughts that would destroy the dignified atmosphere.

At this time, they still couldn't tell what the essence of this power was, but they just subconsciously felt that the unopened Beta City, these red clothes, and the leader of the red clothes, Duke Pryor, had brought a lot of power to the Godfall Plateau. Order, a new order.Shenyun Plateau, from this day on, is completely different from before.

After the death penalty, another murderer's hand was severed.Li Qi made a concession again, only breaking his hand, not his arm.This is also the goodwill in response to Xia An's willingness to reason with him and to accept the result of executing the paladin.

This paladin, who was younger than Jeni, had his right hand cut off with a single knife, and the knifeman picked up the severed right hand from the wrist and handed it to him.As long as it is connected in time with a magic spell, this hand can still be preserved, but it is far less flexible than before.

"No, the instructor is right, I have deviated from my faith! This is the price I should pay! I will always remember it in my heart!"

The young man's resolute expression and sincere repentance won the great favor of the people.

Then there was whipping. The thirteen paladins knelt on the high platform, and the priest in red swung down the whip. According to the seriousness of each person's crime, they gave ten to thirty lashes.

The sound of crackling whips echoed in the square, and the paladins bit their lips tightly to prevent themselves from shouting.Being flogged in front of thousands of people is already extremely humiliating, and if you cry out in pain, the shame seems to be stronger than defecation in public.

This scene made the audience feel emotional. When the paladin was executed just now, the ceremony was so solemn that people almost forgot that he was once a paladin.But now, everyone finally realizes that paladins are no longer special existences.

In the end, someone still made a sound. It was a black-haired girl who had been called out by Duke Prior to ask questions, and was also called "Bamboo Leg".She whined a few times, not knowing whether it was too painful or ashamed, she burst into tears.

After the execution was over, Xia An was about to leave with the paladins. Li Qi kindly said that Jenny's body had been put in a coffin and could be taken away immediately.

"No need..."

Xia An said in a low voice: "Please bury him here, he no longer belongs to Xia Andia. In addition, please also engrave these words on the tombstone: A paladin who deviates from the faith and kills innocents is not a real paladin."

"no problem……"

Li Qi looked at Xia An and sighed, "You seem to have a fighting spirit?"

Xia An froze for a moment, showing a tacit smile: "Yes, I am full of confidence in the future of Xia Andia, because I have found a new path. I believe that Xia Andia will become very prosperous in a short time. I still hope that you can come over as a guest."

"Can I understand your words as Xia'andia's declaration of war against Beta City?"

Li Qi smiled and said, "I mean, the battle for the hearts and minds of the Godfall Plateau?"

Xia An nodded: "Yes, that's true, don't be afraid."

Li Qi coughed embarrassingly: "This is troublesome. I thought that the arrival of these paladins had already started this war between us, so..."

He sighed: "I've already made a move, don't blame me for undeclared war."

Xia An's face gradually became serious, and without a word, he turned and left, greeted Nama and the others, and helped the paladin who hadn't recovered to get on the double-headed turtle carriage.

"in addition……"

Li Qi still didn't let him go: "Where's the restraining rope you damaged? That's... [-] gold bushes!"

Originally, I wanted to charge five coppers for bullets, but you escaped by using your identity as a paladin to exorcise criminals...

Xia An staggered, with obvious embarrassment in his tone: "I will pay you back! Keep the account first!"

(End of this chapter)