goddess of revolution

Chapter 289 In the name of justice, darkness is coming
"Is it that bad?"

On the ridge, Banner looked down at the Sanctuary Valley, his face livid.

In the afternoon, it was the busiest time in Hegu villages and towns, but now they are empty, and there are not many people on the gravel road.

On the tenth day after Banner took over the management, the number of permanent residents in the Sanctuary Valley shrank rapidly from thousands to less than 300.The huge valley villages and towns seemed extremely depressed.

"How did you implement it? There are thousands of people in the outer zone. Are most of them not good people?"

He turned to the executors behind him, with obvious anger in his words.

"It's just following the rules you said, cleaning what should be cleaned, and punishing what should be punished. We don't understand what's going on!"

"Banner, we must do everything you ask. I'm afraid there won't be a single person left in the outer zone!"

"It's not our problem, Banner! Everyone did their best!"

After ten days of busy work, but seeing such a result, the executors were also very frustrated.Being scolded by Banner again, several young and energetic paladins finally couldn't help but refute.

Banner was taken aback, this was the first time his companion confronted him head-on, not just one.

He sneered: "So, you didn't strictly enforce the regulations we negotiated?"

Another paladin said angrily: "It wasn't discussed, it was thought of by you alone! You can't just talk about Xia'andia all the time!"

"Gaston?"

Close friends also refuted, which surprised Banner even more. He said distressedly: "Don't I want to see it with my own eyes and do it myself? But I can't disobey the teacher's words!"

He looked at the red-haired girl: "Gronia, what do you think?"

"I... said before that things are more complicated," Gronia said, "I don't believe that most people in the outer zone are bad people, and there may be other reasons."

Banner was thoughtful: "Another reason?"

"I don't know exactly what it is. After all, I'm just a newcomer, but I do feel that making a decision without seeing it with my own eyes and experiencing it with my own eyes is indeed a bit... careless."

Gronia's quiet words not only made Banner calm, but the others also nodded.

"That's right, I can no longer squat in Xia'andia and just talk about it." Banner sighed, his face changed for a while, and he said decisively: "I want to go out! I want to see for myself, what is blocking us!"

Gaston frowned, "But the mentor..."

"The mentor will forgive me, even if I don't forgive, I am willing to accept any punishment!"

"It's for our justice!" Banner said.

The paladins all breathed a sigh of relief. Banner dared to break through the ban and go into battle in person. At least he could understand what kind of situation they were facing.

Even Gaston looked at the red-haired girl gratefully, it was all thanks to Glonia... Her Royal Highness the Princess.

"Banna? What are you guys doing? Xia An said..."

The paladins guarding the canyon level were very surprised to see them.

Banner said coldly: "You can go and inform Nama, but don't try to stop us!"

"What does this have to do with Nama? We are just doing our duty."

"Banna, do you dare to go out, are you not afraid that the instructor will deal with you?"

"You don't even listen to the teacher's words, what is your intention?"

The guards were also angry. The paladins did not have a strict concept of hierarchy, and the Xiaandian paladins were even weaker in this respect. They were united by prestige and trust.Banner ignored Cheyenne's ban, and the guards were naturally filled with indignation.

The quarrel didn't last long, and it developed into pushing and fighting.

"I can't find you anywhere, so here, shouldn't you practice in the mine?"

A familiar voice sounded, and it turned out to be Otto.Probably seeing that the mine was empty, I thought something happened, so I hurriedly looked for someone.

"Practice with you? My faith will be blackened!"

"What's none of your business? Go and don't talk!"

"Go away! Coward!"

Greeted by the people who issued the ban together, the people on Banner's side felt betrayed by their own people, turned into anger from embarrassment, and turned their finger on Otto.

Ao Tuo blocked the door and shouted loudly: "Cultivating in the mine is to reflect on what you did before! If you violate the prohibition again, Xia An will be very disappointed. You must not go out..."

Before he finished speaking, he was punched in the face by a paladin, and the others rushed up, punching and kicking around him.

"stop!"

Seeing the golden light flashing from the clenched fist of a paladin, Gronia rushed forward to block the punch.The golden light hit her back, causing her to stagger a few steps and hit the wall, and a bloodstain was wiped on her forehead.

She covered her forehead, and waved her hand to the paladin who was so frightened that he came over to apologize, and then said eagerly: "They are all paladins, how can they fight each other? Stop!"

The pushing stopped, and the scene was silent for a while. Banner snorted coldly at the guards, and walked away with his companions.

Not everyone caught up with Banner, and the paladins of the civilian faction who hadn't been grounded hadn't moved yet.

Some people surrounded Gloria, some were diligently taking out the ointment to remove the scar, some were concerned about the injury, and some blamed the guy who shot it.Paladins know low-level healing techniques, and scratches are nothing, but how can such a beautiful girl as Gloria leave a scar on her forehead.

Others looked at Gloria, then at Gaston, neither moved, nor did they.

"Let Banner and the others watch the situation ahead, we follow too closely, lest he will say that we are covering up again," Gaston said.

He said to the guard with a disgruntled face: "We don't want to do this either. People like Banner are too impulsive sometimes."

The guard snorted angrily, ignored them, and sent someone to inform Nama and other core members of the Mentor Association.

No one paid any attention to Otto, even though he was bruised and swollen.In the eyes of the guards, he and Banner are still on the same side, and in the eyes of Gaston and others, he is still a "traitor".

Otto sat in the corner, looked at Gloria and Gaston, then at the direction Banner and the others were going out, and at the guards, suddenly feeling extremely strange.

The Xiaandian paladins used to be roughly divided into two factions, but now they seem to be further divided.

"Xia An, where are you? Why haven't you come back?"

An uncontrollable fear began to spread in Otto's heart, and he felt that Xia'andia was in a dangerous situation.

………………

Otto's premonition came true in the evening, and the quarrels in the log cabin in the center of Cheyandia were loud and fierce, never before.

Most of the people in the basin who were not qualified to attend the mentor meeting gathered outside. They couldn't hear the details of the quarrel, but they all paid attention to the situation inside nervously.

"Anyway, Banner, you are completely crazy!"

Nama was so angry that her chest heaved violently: "Those adventurers are no longer in the outer zone, why should they be controlled? That will lead to violent conflicts! Maybe they will also invite the people of Duke Pryor!"

The mentor meeting was originally held for the guards' accusation that Banner and others went out of the valley in disregard of Xia An's ban. Unexpectedly, Banner did not defend himself, and only said that he would accept any punishment when Xia An came back.He then made a request for additional manpower, citing "coercive measures" against the hundreds of adventurers who had moved a few kilometers away in the Outer Zone.

The Valley of Sanctuary wasn't really deserted. Most of the adventurers moved outside, built tents and built stone houses by themselves, creating a temporary settlement.

The vicinity of Cheyandia is already a well-known place, and adventurers are used to it.Now that they have the transportation service of Beta City, none of them really want to leave.At the same time, they also knew about the "line struggle" within Xia'andia, and believed that the nonsense of Banner and his gang would soon stop.Thinking about waiting until the limelight passed before moving back to Sanctuary Valley.

Banner believes that this new settlement also falls under the jurisdiction of Cheyandia. Of course, the "good order" he advocates will make the Sanctuary Valley more prosperous, which also needs to be proved by these people.So he asked the mentor to authorize him to mobilize more paladins to "forcibly persuade" these adventurers to move back.

"Are you afraid?"

Banner sneered: "This destroys your conspiracy?"

Nama was puzzled, and frowned: "What are you talking about!?"

"Nama, you are ashamed to be a paladin!"

Banner said sternly: "Before you handed over the management power to me so readily, but you played tricks behind your back! Secretly destroy the good order we want to build, instigate adventurers to leave the outer zone, and make everyone think that we are If you fail, you can continue on your evil path of corrupting Xia'andia!"

"you……"

Nama swayed and took a few breaths to stabilize herself. She laughed angrily: "You don't know how to build order at all. In just a few days, you killed the prosperity of the outer zone, and then blamed On my head? Banner, I didn't expect that you also learned the trick of spitting blood."

"I have calculations, but it's not against you! I knew from the beginning that you and your people will only destroy, but this is an opportunity to show our strength to our competitors, make him hesitate, let him stretch out Xia'andia's hand can be retracted!"

"That's right, Banner, I'm using you as a knife..."

She looked at Banner with pity in her eyes: "I use you to warn Duke Pryor so that he will not continue to meddle in our test site."

"You only know the good order, but how much do you know about the current situation on the Godfall Plateau? Do you know that Beta City has absorbed tens of thousands of adventurers, and half of the adventurers who live in the outer zone are actually in the Settled in Beta City?"

"Do you know that the Duke of Prell is infiltrating our Xia'andia from all aspects through means of transportation and trade? The economic exchanges in the outer zone are driving our resources, our wealth, to flow continuously to Beta City ?”

"This is a war Banna, a war without blood and fighting for people's hearts, you don't understand at all. Why did the teacher instruct us to develop the outer zone? It is to wage such a war with the Duke of Pryor. In the war In search of pure justice."

"You and your partners only know how to practice that kind of extreme justice, which is destroying our foundation and funding the enemy!"

Nama's explanation was like a waterfall pouring down from a mountain, containing a strange and powerful force. Not only did the members of the Mentoring Association look stunned, but Banner's face also turned pale.

He subconsciously looked in a certain direction, and then gained strength from that red hair.

"That's funny, we fund the enemy?"

Banner said contemptuously: "Nama, you have also learned to lie. In your mouth, the Duke of Pryor is an enemy, but your actions are not what you say."

"Esther!"

Banner's voice suddenly rose: "Say it, Esther! Tell everyone what you know! Let everyone see clearly who is colluding with Duke Prior! I want to turn Xi'andia into that big man while the mentor is away. A vassal of the nobles!"

Nama was shocked: "Esther!?"

Esther looked in a certain direction anxiously, got some instructions to settle down a bit, swallowed her saliva, and said timidly: "I...I heard it, Nama, tell Nicole that you want to talk to Duke Pryor Joint development of transportation... What transportation resources, we need to carry out all-round cooperation..."

Nama was so angry that her chest was about to explode: "That's a strategy! What do you know! And Esther, why do you..."

She didn't know what to say for a while, Esther was originally on her side, why did she suddenly vote for Banner?

"What am I? I'm a paladin!"

Esther straightened her chest, her eyes became brighter, she looked straight at Nama, and said in a tone of obvious anger: "I will stand with whoever is right! I am not like you , keep saying that you want to be the mortal enemy of the nobles, and you will habitually bend over when you see the nobles!"

Nama bit her lip tightly, speechless for a moment.

"Yeah, we are mud-legged, ignorant and ignorant, so you can wantonly distort and deceive!"

Banner said bitterly: "Justice is in everyone's heart. There is no need for gorgeous words or learning. Everyone understands it naturally!"

This has nothing to do with justice...

Nama wanted to say that seeing most of the people nodding in agreement, a chill came up in her heart, which prevented her from opening her mouth.

Banner took advantage of the victory and pursued: "Nama, Nicole runs to Beta City every day, she even wears the kind of wristbands that only adventurers in Beta City have, and she is also in charge of foreign transactions of all Xia'andia's supplies, God knows how much she has sold. For the benefit of Xia Andia, God knows what deal you have reached with Prior through her? I demand that Nicole be interrogated and let her explain all the problems clearly!"

"You are simply... crazy! Don't even try to interrogate Nicole!"

Nama was immediately excited: "Nicole worked hard for Xia'an Dia, working hard for everyone. For a small difference in price, she even went to a place like Red Stone alone. You still have the face to say that you want to interrogate her!?"

Banner spread his hands to everyone: "Look, isn't it obvious? Nama, admit that you are in collusion with Prior to obstruct our conspiracy to build a good order!"

The magician Francis shook his staff: "Banner, your accusation has endangered the internal unity of Xiaandia. I hope you will be more cautious. First of all, the Duke of Prell is not an enemy to us. A certain amount of communication and Cooperation is necessary. Secondly, without Xia Anzai's Mentor Council, I have no right to interrogate my own people."

Discussions sounded, and many people agreed with the old magician's opinion. No one wanted to see the paladins split, especially those non-paladin residents of Cheyandia.

Banner said angrily: "Who knows when the mentor will come back? If he doesn't come back for a month, it means that these evils are tolerated and these plots continue?"

"Isn't it good to let everything go back to the way it was? Banner", the old magician sighed, the incident started from Banner, and the outer area also caused chaos when Banner took over. People, he can see clearly.

"Back to the original? Francis, are you favoring Nama?"

Banner became even more angry: "You are not a paladin! How can you judge our affairs!?"

Many paladins, including Gaston, also echoed. To be honest, these magicians, druids, rangers, etc., are squeezed into the paladins, and participating in the mentor will decide all the affairs of Xia'andia. dissatisfied.

It was probably the first time I saw so many paladins express dissatisfaction with their participation in mentoring. The scenes of friendship and mutual assistance in the past burst like soap bubbles, and the old magician's face instantly flushed with anger.

"I'm just looking at Xia An's sake, as an elder, to provide you with some useful suggestions and opinions..."

He trembled his lips and said: "Since you think this is unnecessary interference, from now on, I will not appear here again."

Leaning on his staff, the old magician left in a huff, and the remaining druids and rangers also left with anger on their faces, even if Nama tried to persuade them to stay, they ignored them.

Because of the departure of these "outsiders", the people outside the wooden house became noisy, and the different factions argued with each other, and the paladins in the wooden house heard it clearly.

Nama shook her head in pain: "Banner...how could you do this? Are you trying to destroy Xia'andia!?"

Banner retorted: "You are the one who wants to destroy Cheyandia!"

The "outsider" left, and the paladins in the wooden house quickly split into two factions. The confrontation was noisy, and the atmosphere became more and more tense.

"Enough!"

A voice suddenly sounded: "I really can't stand it anymore!"

In the corner, the red-haired girl stood up, looking extremely excited: "I'm just a newcomer, I'm not qualified to express any opinions, let alone make judgments, I just know that this is wrong now! Aren't you all paladins? Why fight each other? Why not unite?"

The paladins were silent. At first they felt ashamed, but suddenly they became excited.

Paladin, when did we unite as one?
Paladins, aren't they always fighting each other?
(End of this chapter)