Monsters Will Die if They Are Killed

Above the sea, between heaven and earth, the gods looked at each other.

The sea began to churn, the water vapor gradually condensed, and large dark clouds gradually appeared in the originally cloudless sky, covering the brilliance of the stars and the moon.

On the Deep Diver, Su Zhou stood in the middle of the deck. Albert and the other sailors knelt in front of him, while the young man just raised his head curiously and stared above.

The divine and majestic Dragon of Judgment, like a mountain in the clouds, is entrenched at the top of the sky. The golden dragon looks down on the earth and seas, its eyes indifferent and ruthless.

Only Su Zhou, the one who blocked His judgment of heavenly punishment and who was almost one with Him, could get the slightest bit of attention from this divine dragon.

But then, as a gust of wind blew, he turned his head and looked at Albert, who had closed his eyes and desperately waited for death on the Deep Diver.

The pirate's beard and hair were blowing in the strong wind, showing no sign of resistance.

Immediately afterwards, the Lord of Judgment spoke, and the sacred voice rumbled, shaking the two realms like thunder.

【Judgement. 】

[You, plunder merchant ships and fishermen. 】

[You, killing innocent people, are kind. 】

[You have abandoned the Dharma and the precepts. 】

[You are blaspheming the sacred and the faith. 】

Thus pronounced, the Dragon of Judgment judged the sin of the King of the Troubled Sea and made the final judgment: [Albert Idris, you have violated the teachings of the covenant, ignored the restraints of the commandments, and despised the authority of the code. You are an apostate. 】

[You have broken the oath between humans and gods and committed major sins one hundred and seventy-two times and minor sins nineteen times. 】

[Final ruling. death penalty. 】

【Thunder punishment is urgent. 】

When the divine voice falls, the judgment begins again.

At this moment, above the sky, an endless sea of ​​clouds emerged out of thin air, and layers of fine golden electric light flickered among the billowing clouds.

The sacred aura filled the air, countless wishes gathered, the Eye of Judgment took shape again, and the thunder of punishment was nurtured within it.

In the spiritual world, an invisible force also collapsed, locking the soul, guiding the coming of judgment, and giving the final foreshadowing.

For a moment, it was like the heaven and earth were tilting, and the unstoppable and irreversible momentum spread.

But this time, after the Judgment Dragon pronounced its verdict, Su Zhou's hands were clasped behind his back, with no intention of stopping him.

It is the right way to make punishments clear and canonical.

At the beginning, Su Zhou did want to ask Albert for some information, so he did not kill him immediately. But in fact, through his carelessness, he had already captured the most important key elements - regardless of Is it the possible existence of the 'Pioneer Familia', or the pirates' plan to find the soul of the source water and become a god? He already knows the most critical information, and there are only some insignificant details that he wants to figure out.

Therefore, evil people like Albert will die when they die, and there is no need for shelter. Su Zhou's protection at first was just out of habit. After all, his 'trial' had not ended yet, and the Dragon of Judgment in this world came to intervene, which made him a little unhappy.

But the dissatisfaction will end in dissatisfaction. In any case, Albert is a person in the world of reincarnation. The Dragon of Judgment pronounces his sins according to the religious covenant. That is the order of this world. Crimes must be punished. This is very reasonable.

However, Su Zhou, who had planned to watch on the sidelines, did not expect that this time the Dragon of Judgment condensed and appeared in the world, but it was not just to punish Albert, the great pirate.

[You are guilty. 】

After pronouncing the sentence on Alber, the Judgment Dragon's gaze indifferently swept across the Deep Diver, the Wild Boar, and everyone on it - wherever the gods see is the divine realm, and in his divine realm, there are guilty All are destined to receive punishment.

As a result, all the people on board the Deep One and Wild Boar, except for Ammon, felt a mighty and fiery aura, and the rumble of thunder exploded in their ears. This was the gaze and foreshadowing of the Lord of Judgment.

Suddenly, some people cried bitterly, repented and prayed; some cursed in anger, and some refused to repent; some people begged for mercy and trembled, denied their guilt, and were unwilling to admit the reality. For a moment, because of the gaze of the gods, There was a great uproar on both ships.

Naturally, Ned and Sara are no exception.

It was like a flash of lightning flashed before his eyes, and the aura of destruction that was so clear and substantial was located right in front of his nose.

"Wow ah ah -"

The omen brought by the gaze of the Lord of Judgment immediately startled the girl of the Wind Folk on the Wild Boar. She subconsciously hid behind Ammon - Sarah tightly grasped the gray-haired priest's robe. He turned back, his face turned pale: "I'm going to die, I'm going to die, I'm going to die - Hiccup."

She was trembling, and then she couldn't take a breath, rolled her eyes, and fainted.

"Damn..."

On the contrary, it was Ned, the captain of the Wild Boar. Although this tall former hunter was pale, he still had the courage to look up. He cursed angrily and stood forward instinctively: "I admit that I am guilty, but I will be judged according to the doctrine. It will definitely not lead to death!”

“Isn’t the Lord of Judgement unreasonable?!”

But it's obvious.

Whether it is confession, prayer, rants, begging for mercy or standing up to defend, these are meaningless to the Lord of Judgment.

Under the gaze of the indifferent dragon eyes, countless thunderbolts containing infinite power leaped up from the Eye of Judgment at the top of the sky at the same time. The thunder snake danced wildly in the air, spanning the heaven and the earth, like a forked tree growing upside down. The tree suddenly fell down towards everyone.

"Are you going to judge randomly like this?"

But at this moment, the young man sounded a slightly annoyed voice.

Seeing that the Dragon of Judgment seemed to be trying to catch everyone present and punish and destroy them all, Su Zhou could only raise his left hand.

He raised his index finger, and this index finger was like a black hole. The moment it was raised, the thunder in the sky seemed to be attracted by a magnet, all turning in an astonishing arc, converging towards the fingertip.

One is divided into ten thousand, and ten thousand is divided into one.

In an instant, all the punishing lightning strikes with astonishing momentum fell on the young man's fingertips. As the lightning flashed, they gradually became invisible and were absorbed into Su Zhou's body.

Retracting his hand, Su Zhou frowned and moved his index finger several times - the Thunder Punishment of the Dragon of Judgment was not powerful. It probably only derived corresponding intensity based on the amount of wish power it received, but in the final analysis, he was also an overlord. He blocked all the attacks from the Zhengshen with his lightning skills, and felt his fingers were a little numb.

Even he felt a little uncomfortable. If these thunderbolts fell on a little girl like Sara, how could she be immortal?

【……】

The thunder punishment was blocked for the second time. Above the sky, the indifferent gaze of the Dragon of Judgment once again turned to Su Zhou - he was neither happy nor sad, and was not angry because the judgment was hindered.

Su Zhou, however, looked at each other in the same way. The two sides looked at each other from afar. The young man's tone was slightly dissatisfied and he questioned in a deep voice: "It's just Albert and his crew. These big pirates and his crew have been wreaking havoc for decades." Where do these innocent and kind people come from, so I won’t stop you from punishing them.”

"But on the Wild Boar, not to mention that most of the crew members are not worthy of death. Although the captain Ned should also be tried, the punishment with thunder punishment is probably a bit too much - not to mention Sarah, she is almost starving at most. An attempted robbery at the critical moment of death is not considered a crime, so why kill?"

Su Zhou's voice echoed high in the sky, and his thoughts traversed the spiritual world and reached the body of the Judgment Dragon far away.

In response, the golden god stared at Su Zhou, seeming to be listening.

Then, a calm response sounded in the young man's heart.

【Because of hatred. 】

This voice was the same as Su Zhou's, but it carried the vicissitudes of history, just like the voice Su Zhou could have after witnessing hundreds of years of reincarnation in the world.

His indifferent answer was like telling the truth: [All the people of fire and wind hate pirates, people of the sea, apostates and criminals. 】

[This is true for tens of millions, hundreds of millions of people. 】

[They prayed, made wishes, and begged me to punish them—all their wishes were for their death. 】

[God, make your wish come true. 】

[So they have to endure judgment and punishment. 】

The Lord of Judgment's response was simple, crude, and logical.

But, in the final analysis, it still falls within the category of ‘tyranny of the majority’.

"Is this your reason?"

Su Zhou looked at Shenlong. After hearing the Lord of Judgement's response and knowing his true thoughts in the world of reincarnation, he was not actually angry in his heart, but just wanted to sigh.

Because he already knew this clearly when he rescued Sara from Thunder Punishment in Twilight City.

The intensity of judgment and punishment in this world is not imposed based on the severity of the violation of the covenant code. It is determined by the intensity of everyone's prayers and wishes.

Some people committed serious crimes, but no one knew about them, so there was no thunder punishment. They needed to be hanged, beheaded or burned by the temple itself. Some people have not committed any mistakes. They are just different from ordinary people in that they are unwilling to believe in God and accept the restraints of the commandments, so they are regarded as monsters. Even if they escape to the island and live alone in isolation from others, they are still considered monsters. Still deeply hated.

Just like the Demon Devouring Lord.

Crimes that the Demon Lord doesn't care about, even if they are serious crimes in the eyes of others, are not considered a villain to him. However, if something that others take for granted goes against the Demon Lord's wishes, then he is a villain.

To put it bluntly, the magical power of the Demon Devouring Lord is nothing more than replacing justice with one's own heart.

It is indeed the magical power of the devil. What is justice? To put it bluntly, the owner of the magical power has a big fist, so he can forcibly pronounce the sentence. In essence, it is pure arrogance.

Su Zhou has been praised and praised by people along the way, just because his concept of good and evil coincides with what ordinary people think of simple justice - but if it is different, he is a pure devil, and he is also the biggest and most terrifying one. A kind of devil.

Is this a bad thing?

In fact, it is not the case.

Demons have their own demonic ways and have their own ways to save the world. The magical powers that can be realized by a free mind can do evil, and naturally they can also do good.

only……

"Lord of Judgement, you are God."

Looking at each other with the divine dragon in the sky, Su Zhou stared at the opponent's illusory and hazy incarnation body condensed by the power of wishes, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "If I were one person, and would always be one person, no one would follow me, no one would worship me For me, no one recognizes me and no one believes in me.”

"Then I can do whatever I want and do whatever I want, no shackles can restrain me."

“But this is the way to be a human being and a devil—but not to be a god.”

“If God’s thoughts and commandments cannot transcend human prejudice, then what is the point of God’s existence?”

Precisely because he is the Demon Devouring Lord, Su Zhou is very aware of the similarities and differences between himself and the Lord of Judgment in front of him.

Along the way, whether it was the world of divine trees, the world of reincarnation, the world of beast gods, the world of divine dragons, or anything else he did on earth, his core idea was nothing more than 'for his own pleasure'.

Even if he is helping others, in the final analysis, it is so that Su Zhou can see through it himself. He doesn't care at all what other people think, whether they are grateful or hateful, dissatisfied or admired.

The reincarnation world at this time is the same.

Just like the trial of Sarah in Twilight City.

Those devout fire people pray to the Lord of Judgement to impose divine punishment, just for their own pleasure. Their hatred and hostility all originate from the sense of superiority brought by their faith.

Will the people care about what the ‘evildoers’ think on the judgment seat? Do you care if he is innocent? Never, the people just want to see someone labeled as a villain and be judged, enjoy the pleasure of "the villain is dead", and satisfy their own sense of superiority and the sense of community with many comrades.

True morality, fairness that requires effort to think about, are all thankless things, and they are not as refreshing as the free heart.

The Demon Devouring Lord has such terrifying supernatural powers and power. Su Zhou knows very well that as long as his three views are slightly distorted, he can grow into a moody monster at will, substituting his own will for God's will.

For example - in order to obtain evil souls to grow, he can regard everyone in the world as evil people who are 'unwilling to die obediently and provide themselves with food for growth', and then kill everyone as evil. Devour evil spirits.

Horrible? But this is the power of the Demon-Eating Lord. Su Zhou didn't do this just because he was Su Zhou, his will was firm and he would not waver in order to gain strength.

The thinking logic here is no different from 'You don't want to believe in my God, but you don't want to die obediently'.

Su Zhou should have been shuddering at this, and he had no position to criticize the Dragon of Judgment - because they were actually one body and the same existence.

The Dragon of Judgment is also a Demon-Eating Lord, but it is a Demon-Eating Lord composed of more people, a Demon-Eating Lord composed of the entire world of reincarnation and the 'wish' of all the people of wind and fire - the power to pray for judgment. It is the evil spirit that allowed Him to grow, the apostate recognized by all ordinary people, and the evil person used to devour him.

But now, through what he saw and heard in Xuguang City, and through his thoughts on the trial stand, Su Zhou once again analyzed his own nature, but he clearly understood that the thoughts in his heart were completely different from those in the past.

And the Dragon of Judgment is no longer his reflection.

Therefore, the young man once again spoke out and denied God.

"You are wrong, Lord of Judgement."

"Good and evil, justice, and the right way are not decided in this way. If you just listen to the ideas of the majority of people and do not judge according to a standard, the trial will be nothing more than a riot."

"Most of the people are blindly obedient and they are too easily led. Just like during the plague, everyone does not want to be locked down at home and wants to move and work freely - but as the person who presides over order, you should do it for everyone's benefit." Security, in turn, restrains the people, rather than allowing the plague, that is, the spread of errors.”

Su Zhou's voice could be clearly heard even by the people on the Wild Boar in the distance.

The dragon in the sky heard the words and gave a simple response.

[God is desire. 】

[The prayers of all living beings are the heart of God. 】

[They are guilty, there is no doubt about it. 】

at the same time.

Wild Boar, on deck.

Priest Amon looked up at the distant sky. For a moment, he was confused.

——Two masters?

——Still fighting and arguing with each other?

what on earth is it? There is nothing in the Doctrine about how to deal with this situation!

But with the big heart developed during the recent period of walking with Su Zhou and witnessing what the other party did, Aimeng quickly calmed down.

“Don’t think about appearance, think about essence.”

Saying this to himself, the priest closed his eyes and thought in his heart: "Very good - I now know that the Lord in the form of a dragon has come and wants to kill everyone on the Deep Diver and Wild Boar except me. "

"The Lord in human form protected Albert at first, but it was probably just instinct. During the second trial, he did not stop him at first. Apparently he thought that the sinner deserved to die, just like the Lord on the judgment seat of Twilight City. Like those who spread the plague inflict judgment.”

"But then, he blocked the dragon-shaped master's judgment again and protected everyone."

After summarizing, Ammon opened his eyes.

At this time, he had already made a conclusion in his mind.

"The Lord in human form is right."

Thinking of this, Ammon turned his head at this moment. He untied his robe, covered the unconscious Sara behind him under the robe, and then carefully put it aside. He murmured to himself: "At least, I think it is. Yes."

Ammon could feel that the little girl's body was very light and weak... It took a long time for Sara's family to wander from the Sea of ​​Trouble to this place, and during this period she was captured for hunger and robbery, and was sent to trial. Time, I just ate some fish on the coast.

Being so weak and facing God’s prediction of judgment, how could he not faint from fear?

People have empathy, and Ammon put himself in his shoes. He thought about what would happen if he wanted to trade with others in exchange for food to survive when he was about to starve to death, but was rejected by the other party because of his faith.

Then will you take action to rob it?

If you try to rob it yourself, whose sorrow will it be?

Naturally not the fishermen who were robbed, they were not at fault. The ones who were 'wrong' were indeed Sara and the others who took action.

But the real root cause, the real 'crime', are the pirates who drove the Sarah family away from their homeland... and the rules that led to the current situation, which allows people to discriminate against those who have not done evil for no reason!

There is a world of difference between wrong and sin.

“What, exactly, is sin?”

[The Holy Word of the Lord of Judgment says: Those who fight monsters should be careful not to become monsters. When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares into you. 】

[The same is true for the struggle and struggle for justice. When we fight against evil people, we should be careful about becoming evil people ourselves. 】

After placing Sara in place, the priest slowly raised his head. He once again looked at the dragon-shaped master who seemed to be about to bring down thunder for the third time, and the human-shaped master who wanted to stop each other. The atmosphere was already very tense.

Ammon looked sad. He didn't know what sin was - he was just a priest, not a pope, nor a god. He had no right to determine what sin was.

However, he understood it very well.

"At least, we cannot let people who have made no mistakes die innocently."

"If this happens in the name of justice for the majority, then we will become evil people."

And at the same time, heaven.

Regarding the Dragon of Judgment, which had begun to gather its will power for the third time, condensed thunder punishment, and continued to judge everyone, Su Zhou just shook his head slightly, took out the Blade of Extermination from his personal space, and pointed it at the top of his head. The incarnation of the will of a god.

"God of judgment, you may be a good god to your people."

"However, you are far from being a good order maker."

The Dragon of Judgment did not respond to Su Zhou's sentence.

Just at the top of the sky, streaks of light golden electric light shuttled back and forth among the clouds, and then condensed into thundering balls of light in the blink of an eye, instantly lighting up the late night sky like the sun.

For a moment, the magnetic field between heaven and earth began to change violently. Under the control of the Dragon of Judgment, the endless spiritual power drove the clouds and lightning to rotate restlessly, forming a huge vortex of dark clouds with a diameter of tens of kilometers - His will. The charges in the atmosphere crisscrossed and collided, forming golden divine thunder that shook the heaven and earth.

The power of wishes is intertwined with the real celestial phenomena, and the extraordinary phenomena created by spiritual power are combined with real thunderclouds, and the power instantly increases tenfold.

The first and second trials were blocked by Su Zhou, and the power of thunder punishment increased accordingly. But now in the third trial, it has reached the point where the overlord level can take action with all its strength!

The next moment, accompanied by the earth-shattering sound of thunder, almost substantial thunder was condensed in the center of the whirlpool of dark clouds. They were so dazzling that they illuminated the heavens and the earth like daylight. In the thick clouds, electric light flashed like a spider web, and just when it condensed into an almost substantial thunder spear, the thunder punishment of judgment crashed down!

And just as this terrible thunder struck down, the voice of the Dragon of Judgment sounded across the heaven and earth.

【I am, wish. 】

[That is, correct. 】

"Correct size!"

But Su Zhou denied it simply and neatly. At the moment when the thunder penalty fell, he held the magic sword tightly and shouted in a low voice: "You are wrong - so was I in the past!"

At this moment, facing the Dragon of Judgment that represented his past mistakes, the young man's mind was clear. He swung the sword with all his strength, killing not only the thunder punishment and the dragon, but also the last trace of identification with his past self in his heart. .

A shrill roar sounded, and the divine sword was in flames. The majestic sword light mixed with red-gold flames rolled back into the sky, and met the thunder punishment head-on.

The brilliance of the boundless will power condensed on the Blade of Destruction is no less than the divine thunder spear condensed by the Dragon of Judgment, and Su Zhou's true body is here, and the power condensed is much higher than that of the Dragon of Judgment, which is just the incarnation of the power of will - What's more, the Blade of Annihilation comes with various special effects such as killing immortality, annihilating the will power of spirit bodies, killing gods, etc. It is perfect for dealing with the Dragon of Judgment!

Therefore, the thunder gun that bloomed in the third trial was instantly penetrated by the vertical sword light, torn into two pieces, and collapsed like an illusion.

Behind it, the huge whirlpool of dark clouds was split in two along the forward trajectory of the knife, and the crack was covered by blazing red flames.

After the clouds split and the sky split, the force of the sword did not stop, still extending towards the far end of the sky like lightning - behind the whirlpool of dark clouds, on the sky, the incarnation of the Dragon of Judgment's wish was also struck by a line hundreds of meters long, A knife mark more than ten meters wide was cut, and the huge incarnation of wish power began to gradually turn into light spots like a rain of light in the sky, and gradually disintegrated.

A straight beam of light from the stars and the moon hung down along the crack, illuminating the ocean covered by the clouds caused by the confrontation between the gods.

Su Zhou withdrew the Blade of Annihilation, turned his head, and no longer looked up at the sky.

This time, he completely defeated the incarnation of the Dragon of Judgment and interrupted this thunder punishment.

It has to be said that the power of the Dragon of Judgment does have an overlord level. Even if it is shot from a distance with the incarnation of the wish, the condensed thunder punishment power is extremely powerful. The thunder gun just condensed from all the spiritual energy within dozens of kilometers One blow would probably be enough to destroy a small city instantly and kill most of the people in it.

If Su Zhou didn't hold a weapon, he might have to show his true body to block the lightning while ensuring the safety of everyone.

Slowly landing back on the Deep Diver, Su Zhou now felt that he might have a general understanding of the mutual views between the great beings.

"——Can this be considered right?"

Saying this to himself, the dots of wish power formed after the Dragon of Judgment collapsed were slowly falling down. Su Zhou looked around at these light dots like rain. He couldn't help but shook his head slightly, then stretched out a hand, took one, and said in a deep voice. Said: "No wonder great beings can't stand each other. When it comes to the struggle for correctness, there really can't be any compromise... Huh?"

While he was thinking about it, Su Zhou suddenly felt a familiar feeling from the light spot of wish he had received.

Of course, it does not mean that the breath or the nature of the power is familiar. After all, Su Zhou and the Dragon of Judgment have such a close relationship. It is strange that they are not familiar with each other. What really made Su Zhou Qingye say something was this bright spot of wish. , carrying a faint breath.

"The soul of the earth? No, it's another feeling... I must have seen this familiar feeling in other places outside the world of reincarnation!"

Thinking like this, after all, he was someone who had eaten a lot of wisdom fruit. Su Zhou quickly thought about where this familiar feeling came from.

That is the world of dragons. During the Dragon Ball War, I have not seen the alien dragon snake, ‘Leviathan’, many times!

Another word - Dragon of Humanity!

I was drunk yesterday, sorry...