Ark's Journey to the Demon God

These insects, filled with blood and corruption, stared at the screen, of course they knew what this meant.

Are the Sarkazi and Rembitons dealing with just Victoria?

of course not!

What they are fighting against is an entire class, and they are challenging oppression itself!

"Agaritu...Sarkaz Expeditionary Force...are you challenging the order of this land?"

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Regardless of the views of the careerists, the expeditionary force at this time was heading towards victory. After experiencing the initial confusion, countless Victoria soldiers poured out. Although the workers were able to contain some, more than half of the legion still received Following the belated order from Chief of Staff Hook——

Guard the city gate, guard the watchtower, and guard the headquarters.

If you stick to it, there will be a solution!

This order sounds stupid, but now, Victoria's soldiers have no choice.

They watched the expeditionary force step into the broken city wall, rush onto the streets, and break into the core city.

There is no need to occupy other unimportant places. The soldiers of the expeditionary force know that when the command post in the core city falls, everything will fall into place.

"Come on! Charge on!"

The soldiers of the expeditionary force roared, and they surrounded Hedley. The swords of the Sakaz guards cut through the air, cut off arrows, and shattered shields!

"Stop him! Stop him!"

Victoria's soldiers also roared, and they raised everything they could launch and throw. They did not dare to attack Hedley's sword, so they could only use this method to block his steps.

But it was all in vain. Logos' spell stopped all the arrows. Under the black flag, Hedley stood firm!

The blood of the Victorians covered the black armor, and Hedley's helmet was knocked off, revealing the long purple hair and jet-black horns.

"Hedley! Headley!"

In Kazdale's tavern, everyone gathered in front of the screen and watched Hedley attack the flag on the tower.

People shouted Hedley's name, applauded him, and cheered him up!

Around the flag, Chief of Staff Hook and his adjutants were hiding under the heavy protection of the guards. They looked at everything in front of them with pale faces.

"Chief of Staff, let's run! If we don't run, we won't be able to escape!!" the adjutant said in shock, holding his head.

"Run? Where can we run? Here at Rem Billiton, where can we run?!" Hook's voice trembled. He reluctantly pulled out the saber from his waist, pointed at Hedley, who was getting closer, and said : "Stop him! Stop him! As long as we stop him and hold on until other teams in the city arrive, we can win!"

Where do we have other teams?

The adjutant held his head. The city was now in chaos, and each camp was too busy to take care of itself. How could there be any reinforcements?

Hedley's sword pointed at the big flag in the distance. He was getting closer, getting closer!

close!close!

One hundred steps, ninety steps, eighty steps, seventy steps!

The crossbows and arrows couldn't stop him, and the spells couldn't stop him. When the tide of Victoria's legions came, he was the only one who stood firm!

Sixty steps, fifty steps, forty steps, thirty steps!

closer!closer!

Hedley, he's going to the flagpole! !

In front of the screen, the careerists clenched their fists, and the proletarians also clenched their fists.

"Stop him! Stop him!"

"Come on! Charge on!"

The eyes of the two worlds were focused on Hedley, and the soldier's steps became more and more difficult.

Close!Close!

Twenty steps, ten steps, five steps, three steps!

Hedley stood there. At this moment, it seemed that the stormy battle had calmed down, and it seemed that all the chaos had passed. He just stood there, staring at Hook in front of him.

Hook held the saber in his arms, trembling like a small animal seeing its natural enemy.

Oh, this is the predator, this is the carnivore, this is the careerist.

It's nothing special, just as afraid of death and as timid as a mouse.

Zheng! ! !

The dark sword was raised high, like a tsunami, like a wave!

Boom! ! !

The steel flagpole and the flesh and blood head flew up together, and the big flag embroidered with shields, red dragons and lions crashed down!

"Fall down! Victoria!!"

Chapter 32 Procedural Justice

As Shen Muke said before, when Hedley's sword cuts off the flagpole, the battle is over.

When Victoria's soldiers saw the flag fall, their morale dropped instantly and they almost subconsciously wanted to flee out of the city. However, neither Hamill nor the workers gave them this chance.

Hamill stopped the workers' impulse to kill the surrendered soldiers. It was reasonable to vent their anger, but it was not in line with the rules of the expeditionary force.

Guilty people should be judged with justice and justice. Killing them directly will only bring more hatred.

These are the words of Mr. Agaritu. He said that hatred is a bloody seed. Once planted, it will inevitably grow into a towering tree.

But a fair trial can resolve everything.

"Sir, sir, will make a decision on how to deal with prisoners of war. Now, everyone, please go back and wait for news."

Hamill dismissed most of the workers and asked them to go back and wait, leaving a few worker leaders behind.

matters need to be discussed with them.

"How about it, our third captain."

Shen Muke leaned on his cane and sat on the top of a land vehicle, saying, "Is everything going well?"

When the attack was launched just now, he had been sitting here. He had planned it from the beginning. He was only responsible for starting the battle, and the specific operations depended entirely on the expeditionary force itself.

If I end up personally, what is the point of the expeditionary force?

And the facts prove that everyone is still very up to date!

Just now, he also saw the performance of Hedley and Logos, which was indeed outstanding, especially Hedley. I guess he will even get the heroic support of the Sakaz people when he goes back this time, right?

"Sir, these are all the prisoners of war." Hamill said, she lined up all the prisoners of war and prepared to temporarily send them to the mine for custody.

"Are there more than 3 people?" Shen Muke looked at the spectacular scene in front of him silently.

In fact, Victoria's legion did not suffer much losses at all. They were completely defeated by the sudden expeditionary force. They surrendered smoothly with less than half of the battle losses and a numerical advantage. It can only be said that this is very consistent with Shen Muke's beginning. conception.

He could understand the thinking of these Victorian soldiers: How much salary could they earn in a month for working so hard?Shooting two arrows into the sky was worthy of the old king's kindness.

"Their commander, have you caught him?"

"Already dead, died by Hedley's sword." Hamill said: "Hedley cut off the flagpole and head with one sword."

"Ah, that's it..." Shen Muke shook his head helplessly and said, "I also want to hold a public trial, just to have some formality to boost morale."

"Sir, there is no need to be so depressed. There are many similar opportunities." Logos came over and said: "A chief of staff is nothing, a governor is of great importance."

"Charles Wellington, he is the Governor of Victoria in Remembilton and the younger brother of the Grand Duke of Wellington." Hedley came over and added: "We will make him pay the price he deserves."

"That's good, that's good." Shen Muke said with a smile.

"Why do you have to do this [public trial]?" Ines came over with a camera. She had completed the task and completely recorded the entire battle process.

"Isn't it easy to just kill him?"

"For the sake of procedural justice, everyone, I have to mention [procedural justice] here." Shen Muke tapped the ground with his stick and motioned for everyone to pay attention:

"The so-called procedure is a formal thing. Many smart and capable people think that following procedures is a waste of time and reduces efficiency, but in fact it is not."

"A lot of procedures are necessary, especially in terms of upholding justice and fairness."

Shen Muke raised a finger and said with a smile: "Imagine, if we kill all the villains quickly and efficiently after winning the victory, what will we get?"

Several people looked at each other, and finally Hedley lowered his head, looked at the sword in his hand, and said: "Question, sir, we will get doubts."

"That's right~ That's what happened!"

Shen Muke was very pleasantly surprised. He originally thought that Logos and Hamill, two talented students with cultural background, would answer, but he didn't expect that it was Hedley... Sure enough, the person who could write "The History of the Sakaz War" is also extraordinary. !

"Yes, Hedley is right, we will get doubts."

Shen Muke spread his hands and said: "There are always a group of people in this world who stubbornly only believe in things they can accept, and are accustomed to questioning and denying everything they do not understand and recognize. If we can't If you prove your innocence, you will be labeled as a conspiracy. Their argument will not appear immediately when something happens, but will gradually develop over time, just like Just like winemaking, it gradually becomes sour due to secondary fermentation due to contact with air.”

Shen Muke paused his cane on the ground and said: "Imagine, everyone, we stand here today and declare to the world that our cause is bright and great, but after decades or hundreds of years, our lives have come to an end. , when we have closed our eyes and can no longer prove our innocence, clowns and carrion flies will wave their pen tips and fingers to criticize our careers and ideals as if they know us well..."

Shen Muke sneered and said: "Our cause should be reasonable and legitimate! I don't want anyone to criticize our ideals because of our small mistakes today. If such people really appear, then we will be The blood and sweat shed will lose its effect."

Shen Muke raised his eyebrows and said, "At this time, the importance of procedures arises!"

He pointed at the prisoners of war in the distance with his cane and said: "We are going to hold a conference. At the conference, we will invite everyone who can be invited and broadcast the whole process live so that people can watch how we deal with them." of the enemy!”

"We will not unjustly accuse an innocent person, nor will we spare an executioner!"

"We have to take out their faults one by one and show them to the world, so that they can see that these people deserve their crimes!"

"Only in this way can the mouths of those who come after us be silenced." Shen Muke stood up and said, "Go and do statistics, Hamil, I have taught you this. Go to the workers and do statistics, and also investigate the details of each prisoner of war... when necessary

You can also come to me at any time, and I will know a little bit about the means of looking back into the past. "

"Don't worry, sir, leave this matter to me." Hamil nodded.

"Ah, by the way, Hedley, count the casualties of comrades!" Shen Muke patted Hedley on the shoulder and said: "Record the names, identity backgrounds, and how they died of all the victims. Find them. People use land vehicles to return their bodies to Kazdaele. Let His Highness Tresis receive them so that the soldiers can return to peace."

"In addition, they died fighting with great ideals and beliefs. Remember to wrap their bodies with our military flag."

"No problem, sir."

Chapter 33 Reaction

If Shen Muke's live broadcast of the Sakaz Expeditionary Force's capture of the Steel Carrot was a challenge to the old empire and aristocratic system, then in the next few days, he would be taking advantage of it.

Originally, everyone thought that this unprecedented live broadcast of the battle would end after Shen Muke took over the mine, but it did not.

In the next week, Shen Muke still did not let the camera idle. He decided to do it thoroughly and ordered Ines to use the camera to continue recording what the expeditionary force did after capturing the Steel Carrot.

The people on this land saw that there was such a team. They still maintained considerable restraint after winning the battle. They did not show off their power and even chose to live in tents and not enter the houses in the city.

In addition to these, the attitude and behavior of these Sakaz soldiers towards the local people are also amazing. The following excerpt is from Ines' live broadcast record:

Under the city wall of the Steel Carrot that was torn apart by Shen Muke, the soldiers took off their armor one by one. They lined up in a long queue, carrying supplies and repairing the city wall under the leadership of local workers from Rem Billiton. After they took off their shirts, they Working like the most ordinary workers.

At first, the workers in the mine were still a little cautious. They did not dare to call the soldiers who helped them like apprentices. However, when Hedley took off his armor and took the lead in the work, the workers no longer You're welcome.

……

However, just such a scene caused countless people from all over Terra to break their defenses. Countless "politicians", "officers" and "old-school nobles" criticized Shen Muke on various occasions, claiming that he did not respect the personality of soldiers and put Treat your own legions as slaves.

However, if you just say this and listen to it, who will really believe it?

Seeing that blind smearing was not an option, many people changed their tactics. They believed that everything Shen Muke did in the Steel Carrot Mine was just a show for the mainland countries, and that any beautiful scene of military-civilian unity was nothing. It's a performance.

This style of play is quite insidious, because Shen Muke has no way to prove his innocence no matter what, so there is no excuse for trying to incriminate him.In this regard, Shen Muke received a lot of doubts...

However, a week later, a "public trial" brought Shen Muke's grand performance to its climax——

November 1085, 11 in the Terran calendar, morning.

In the square of the Steel Carrot's core city command post, Shen Muke, Ines, Hedley, Logos, Hamil and dozens of workers' representatives were all present, and in the square were thousands of workers.

Ines pointed the camera at Shen Muke and signaled that it was time to start.

Shen Muke looked calmly ahead, looking at the weather-beaten workers.

He cleared his throat and said:

"Today we are gathered here not only to publicly try those prisoners who have committed numerous crimes against our working brothers, but also to prove to those who doubt that we and Victoria's predators are not on the same side."

The workers in the audience were a little agitated when they heard this. They had also heard that recently there were voices questioning the brothers in the expeditionary force from various countries on the mainland, which made them very angry.

What were you doing earlier? !

Why didn't you speak out when the Victorians were beating and kicking us, leaving us to work day and night and die on the streets?