Azeroth Shadow Trail

   Chapter 759 90. Before getting married, you should always burn a personal celebration

   An entire city-wide purge was proceeding methodically in the grim night of Drustvar.

   There are seven watchmen who have superb hunting skills to guide, plus the uncrowned who was summoned by Black to help secretly, and the local organization eager to "wash away the shame" will be the "forward" with bare hands.

   The citizens of Klein City that night could only hear the neighing of the warhorses and the terrifying wailing.

  After the officials appointed by the Waycrest family in the city were screened for the first time, they wandered around the city to appease the anxious citizens and let them go back to sleep without watching the excitement.

   also stated that after the early morning of tomorrow, every block will send some respected people to the city square to gather, and the local lord, Old Earl Waycrest, has an important announcement.

   Accompanying these officials were the priests of the Church of the Holy Light.

   They were ordered to use the holy light to soothe people's hearts, and at the same time they also launched a "free clinic" that night to disperse the pressure of the citizens.

   All the arresting process was apparently done by the fanatics under the command of the Paladins and Priest Isenlion.

  When the priests in white robes go to a designated "witch stronghold", they will recite holy advice and wash everything around them with scorching holy light.

After   , all unclean things must be destroyed with holy water.

It is related to the safety of the old Pope and the mission of the Holy Light Church to demonstrate "superiority" and "practicality" in the local area, and it is probably because of the constant "saving souls" that their paranoia, which has nowhere to put in their hearts, has been greatly exacerbated. Great satisfaction.

   These pastors looked energetic, busy all night without being tired.

   This also led to the beating of holy light everywhere in Klein City that night, which contrasted sharply with the bright moonlight in the sky.

   Until the early hours of the morning, after the arrest operation came to an end, on the city square of Klein City in the dark night before the rising sun, the old earl in military uniform came over from the manor on horseback, and his son guarded him.

   Arthur Waycrest, who will succeed the Earl in a few days, also put on the armor he wore during the Orc War, carrying a heavy sword and wearing a battle helmet, majestic.

   The most peculiar thing is that his fiancee, Miss Meredith, also wore a ceremonial light armor, dressed herself in a valiant manner, and followed her husband to a chilling city.

   This is really a very smart woman.

   She always knows what kind of dress to do in what scene, and what it means to dress like this.

   "Lord Lord, the dark followers in Klein City have been captured."

   On the city square, the silent great knight Dassault , holding the sword of the Great Crusade in his hand, was holding the hilt of the sword.

"In accordance with the order of the Pope, we hand over the evil in the city to the guards under your command. It has been determined that there are a total of 21 evil people involved in black magic, and as many as 45 servants who were coerced or actively followed by them. people.

   During the arrest process, 7 people resisted violently. In order to protect the innocent, we had to use lethal force.

   But at your request, the bodies of these evil ones were also brought back. "

   Having said this, the great knight hesitated for a moment, then he frowned and asked:

   "Excuse my curiosity, Lord, what do you want their bodies to do?"

   "This is a local custom, Your Excellency the Great Knight."

  Old Earl Waycrest was a **** when he was young and could not talk about faith, but when he reached middle age, he regained his ancestors' enthusiasm for the Holy Light. He respected the great knight and explained:

   "On the way you came, you should have heard of some backward customs in the mountains of Drusva. My people are protected by the mountains, but they are also blocked.

   They don’t communicate much with the outside world, and they stubbornly adhere to some ancient traditions.

   Some of them are cruel and inhumane practices.

   For example, burning witches. "

  The old count stopped, and he looked at the real witches in the square who were guarded by the Paladins and family guards.

  The magical disguise of those guys has been dispelled by the Holy Light, revealing their ugly faces full of scars and scars, an evil look that is enough to scare children to tears.

   is like a display of inner darkness on the outside.

   is really "the face is born from the heart", none of these witches are good-looking.

   But the disguised identities they chose in the city were all young and beautiful ladies, using this false power to tempt the restless hearts of those men.

   Count Waycrest's eyes were filled with anger and shame. He let out a sigh of relief like a confession, and said to the great knight in front of him:

   "My daughter-in-law once counted for me the number of 'witches' burned to death in the Drustwa region in the past ten years, and the report was shocking.

   Although I have always known that my people are reckless and impulsive, I have never understood the weight of this sin.

   I, like the hypocritical nobles of Boralus high society, thought I was a very qualified lord.

   But I am not.

In the past ten years, 172 women have been burned to death in this mountainous area. They were all accused of 'witch crimes', and were often set on fire amid the shouting and scolding of the villagers without being tried by officials. .

   They see this as a way to drive away doom and darkness, and they believe that fire purifies everything.

However."

  The old earl covered his heart, and his voice became deeper and deeper:

   "Among the 172 women who died in vain, there was no real witch! They were all accused of evil for trivial and unreasonable reasons.

   In the 'clean-up' that was carried out on this land not long ago, I sent someone to conduct a secret investigation, and found that most of the deceased were reported by the real witches who were hiding in the crowd.

  The reason why they framed these innocent women might just be because their beauty and youth made the witches jealous, or a suspicious look made them feel threatened.

   This was a mistake, great knight.

   I do not deny that my family and I were negligent in this matter.

  Because of Waycrest's connivance, my people's hands are stained with blood, and I can't even think about how many innocent people have been burned at the stake for these ridiculous traditions in the past hundred thousand years.

   This bug should be stopped today! "

   Count Waycrest straightened his back again, and said to the great knight in front of him:

   "My soldiers took months to exterminate witch groups in most of Drustvar, and many of their members fled the mountains upon hearing the wind.

   Our payment to them will never stop!

   This is the oath I swore before the Icon of Light, and every generation of Waycrest will inherit and honor this oath, in order to make amends for the mistakes made by me and my ancestors.

   The group of witches in front of them should be the last group of poisonous remnants left in the Drustwa Mountains.

   I will judge them in their own way, in front of my people! "

   Dasuohan nodded.

  Under the heavy helmet, he glanced around. The officials in the city were erecting a black gallows in the center of the square, and some people brought charcoal and firewood.

   What they are going to do is self-evident.

  Although the "fanatics" in the Church of the Holy Light headed by Pastor Ethan Lien used "burn the heretics" as a slogan all day long, but in fact, these pastors were just talking shit.

  As an ancient church that has been passed down for more than 3,000 years, the cruel punishment of burning at the stake with strong religious rituals has long been eliminated.

   None of the previous popes have allowed this backward punishment to be repeated.

   And the character of old man Fao is even less likely to actively promote this kind of behavior. He even abolished the organization of the Inquisition.

   He believed that the punishment of the light against darkness was a means rather than an end, and violence must not be allowed to be mixed with belief.

   Therefore, this is the first time that the great knight Dasuohan has witnessed the burning with his own eyes.

   Frankly speaking, it made him feel a little uncomfortable.

   He killed orcs on the battlefield, saw all kinds of corpses, and after becoming a paladin, he also dealt with many dark things in the name of faith.

   But burn the living.

   Even the punishment is too much.

   Probably felt the discomfort of the Great Knight. After the old earl left, Arthur and his fiancee came over and explained to the Great Knight softly:

"Your Majesty Dasuohan, please don't disgust this land because of this savage custom. In fact, my father has already made a decision that the witch trial that will be held today will be the last in the Drustwa region. trial."

  Miss Meredith also said:

   "Father has made up his mind that after the trial is over, he will forever and completely abolish all traditions about witch trials in the name of the lord.

   From now on, no innocents will die in the flames of impunity on this land.

   And, from a personal point of view, I have no mercy for these witches who are about to be burned.

   These are the punishments they deserve, and those innocents who have died tragically because of their dark sorcery and evil hearts will find precious solace.

   This kind of terrible punishment, which was fueled by them, will be imposed on them for the first time in a real sense.

  They will feel what the innocents have gone through and go to **** in the pain of despair!

   This is belated justice. "

   Miss Meredith held her fiancé's wrist, and she concluded to the Grand Knight:

   "But justice is better late than never.

  We are also honored to end a dark history under the witness of the Holy Light. This story may make you and the pastors of the church realize some of the "stubborn diseases" in this land of Drustwa.

   That is the mental illness that needs to be healed, and its name is 'ignorance'. "

   Meredith's remarks made the great knight admire this future lord wife who is both kind, virtuous, and wise in local legends.

   These words really don’t seem like something a reclusive lady could say.

   It seems that the praise of Mrs. Meredith by the Drustwar folks is not groundless.

But what the great knight didn't know was that Meredith's good reputation was inseparable from the tireless mouths of a group of drunkards and bards secretly hired by the Barehand Society, in addition to "showing off" and showing wisdom. oral transmission.

   That's right, as the most outstanding "Albatross" under Black's command, Miss Meredith understood the importance of "public opinion" without a teacher.

   This is also an important reason why the old earl made up his mind to let this humble girl marry his only son.

   All this could not be concealed from the old earl.

  The wise ruler did not regard this method as deception. On the contrary, the old earl felt that his son had been brought up by himself too upright and needed a wife like Meredith to assist him.

   Well, the leaders of big families always look at people in such an eclectic way.

   While preparing for the "Witch Trial" that was about to start at dawn, on the way from Waycrest Manor to Klein City, in the old Pope's carriage, Blake, who had been busy all night, was taking a nap.

  Even though he was doing the commanding job that night, he had his subordinates to run errands for arrests and investigations, but the commanding job was also very tiring, okay?

   This is a serious burden on the intellectual level.

   Opposite the dozing stinky pirate, the old Pope looked at the "Summary of the Drustwa Witch Story" that Meredith had spent a lot of effort collecting.

   That book is very thick.

   It details the stories of local people's "witch trials" over the past decade.

   Each of the stories has a name and a surname, and it goes down to the date of birth and death, but frankly, it's pretty boring because every story is so different.

  If you don’t look at the details, you will only feel that the same sad story happened nearly 200 times.

  The old Pope took it very seriously.

   Every now and then he turns the rosary, prays a few words, or draws a religious symbol on his chest.

   He was silent.

  Especially after reading this "dark story" written almost with blood and tears, the old Pope closed his eyes and calmed down after a long silence.

   he opened his mouth and said:

  "It's hard to imagine that this would be a crime that happened three thousand years after the beginning of human civilization. A weak organization that can be eliminated in a few months actually manipulated such dark things for thousands of years.

   Sure enough, the real evil is not just a madman who claims to destroy the world.

  The truly creepy evil is always the madness that hides in the dark. "

   "What can I say?"

  Blake shrugged, yawned, and said to the Pope with open arms:

   "All I can say is, welcome to the real Kul Tiras, Your Majesty. This same sunlit land is full of darkness, and it has accumulated so much.

   But maybe you can heal it, just as you heal other kingdoms on the Eastern Continent.

  Witch trials are just the same in the 'ancient tradition' in the Drustwa Mountains, as long as you have a pair of 'discovering' eyes, you will soon be wide-eyed.

  I see that you are a little tired. Would you like me to tell you a warm story about the "Little Girl's Teapot Party" to refresh you?

   That is the most popular bedtime story near Xiaowan Town.

   It's been around for decades.

   And the little girl in the story is now the most feared existence in the nearby Black Forest. I guess you have to go out in person if you want to appease her grievances. "

   "You're just trying to scare me, you wicked pirate."

  The old Pope has seen too much darkness today, which made him feel the pressure of spirit. He waved his hand and said:

   "Let's leave these stories for later. I can probably guess why you must come to Drustvar in person. Do you want me to see the problem of this land with my own eyes?"

   "No, I came to you to beat Haixian, don't think too much."

   Black pouted and said:

   "But Drustvar's problem in the Tripartite Land of Kul Tiras is the least, and if the truth here makes you feel creepy, then once I uncover the real darkness, you're probably going to have a nervous breakdown.

  Daelin thought he ruled this land, but the ruler here was never him.

  I even think that humans have never really taken Kul Tiras, and the ancient evils of this land have been seeking to regain their dominance.

  This is too far from the mainland, and the Holy Light cannot be here.

   Then the dark things take their place. A fruit that has rotted from the heart, even if it looks delicious on the surface, I will not taste it.

   Well, it's dawn, they're going to start burning witches!

  Let the carriage go faster, Your Majesty, this is a local 'reserved show' that is loved by men, women and children, you won't want to miss it. Maybe you can recite the scriptures by the flame, throw a few holy lights, and help everyone. "

   The Pope did not refute Black's indecent remarks.

   As the carriage drove into the city and headed towards the crowded city square, the Pope closed his eyes and turned the rosary in his hand. He suddenly said:

   "Tell me the story of that 'Little Girl's Tea Party'."

   "If you think I can save her, then I'm willing to try."

   (end of this chapter)