Monsters Will Die if They Are Killed

Elemental Calendar, year 307, July 7, Central Sanctuary.

The second day after the battle between the Lord of Judgment and the Lord of Fire, the first day after the ‘Second Trial’.

Since the beginning of July, major events on the Holy Fire Continent have happened one after another.

First of all, there are the various natural disasters that have become increasingly serious recently, affecting the entire continent.

The various natural phenomena caused by successive climate anomalies are so numerous that even if all the priests from all over the country mobilize for disaster relief, some remote villages and towns will inevitably be unable to wait for help from afar.

But what is amazing is that no matter whether these villages pray to God at the end, at the most critical moment, there will always be a sudden gust of wind, and then heavy rain will fall directly in the flash of thunder, like a miracle.

Secondly, there is the march of the criminal team gathered in the name of the Lord of Judgment.

Those so-called "apostates" who claimed that there were errors in the trial and claimed that they were innocent gathered together. They firmly believed that they had not deviated from God's way and demanded a truly just trial under the witness of God. Under the leadership of the chosen priest of Ammon, they headed towards the central church.

It has to be said that it was as if God had blessed them along the way. There was no obstacle at all along the way, and even everyone who wanted to stop them merged into this team.

The one that attracted the most attention was the divine battle that took place the day before yesterday.

The Lord of Judgment and the Lord of Fire fought in the sky, and the bright light of divine power illuminated the night sky. Not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary extraordinary people may not be able to see the winner or lose. They can only see the mighty divine power penetrating the sky - only those at the level of the Divine Blesser can vaguely see the difference between the gods. gap, and was shocked by it.

As for the last big thing that happened, that is, the second trial that just ended, it was very meaningful.

The Lord of Judgment and the Lord of Fire teamed up to organize the largest trial in history. They organized all the clergy of the entire central church to conduct hundreds of hearings, self-reports and conclusion of the case at the same time. Divine power guarantees everyone's honesty and can see through anyone's selfishness.

There were a total of 13,000 criminals, and more sinners gathered one after another. Most of them were determined to be innocent in this second sentencing.

And among the other small group, some were indeed guilty, but the punishment was too severe, which was the fault of the sentencer. Of course, some of them feel that they are not guilty, but in fact they are guilty and have been given a lighter sentence. They will receive a heavier sentence.

And on this day, the truths about innovation and morality, as well as the brand-new teachings of the Lord of Judgment, were all told in public by the god who showed his true form. When the shadow of the Dragon of Judgment appeared above the temple, everyone The priests of the Lord of Judgment series were extremely excited and shouted the name of God.

But now, the judgment is still going on. Except for the first day, God will not often personally impose punishments. They leave everything to the priests and ordinary people, but everything is on track.

"Praise the Lord of Judgment! Praise the Lord of Fire!"

Today, on the streets of the Central Cathedral, you can often see many guilty people with tears in their eyes. They have now washed away their grievances and finally restored their innocence. These people have suffered unjust injustice for more than ten years, being scorned by their hometown and ignored by their relatives and friends. But now, after receiving the recognition of their misjudgment from the central church and the piety endorsed by the two gods, they can finally return to their hometown. Get your reputation back, get an apology,

Now, everything has been rectified... But, how should we make up for the past ten years?

But at least these crimes should not appear in the future.

[This brand new and righteous way will be passed down and handed over to you for execution - it is you who have been guilty of sins in the past and are now cleansed of your grievances. In order to avoid repeating your pain in the world in the future, I will give you strength. and authority. 】

The God at that time said so. The Lord of Judgment passed down his method of thunder and the method of madness. This is an inheritance given to all wandering judges and all the Lords of Judgment. They will have the ability to see through curses. Evil thoughts, the magic of detecting honesty, this power called the Eye of Judgment is the authority of God, but now it is left to the use of mortals.

And, since then, the trial is no longer a final word; generally, it is reviewed twice.

General crimes will be presided over by a small team of three priests, and the punishment will be determined from three aspects: personal, collective, and moral, according to the religious covenants and precepts that will be revised later, and the guilt and innocence will be decided. This step does not involve the Lord of Judgment.

Immediately afterwards, more than 20 local people's representatives expressed their opinions. They also discussed the three aspects of personal, collective and moral aspects, but only decided the severity of the circumstances, which also did not involve the Lord of Judgment.

However, if the penalty is too controversial and there are objections, either the judging party or the party being judged can directly make a request to the temple and go to a larger temple for a second trial.

And this time, the Lord of Judgement may be involved - if neither the priests nor the people's representatives can make a decision from the three aspects of personal, collective and moral aspects, they can only ask the Lord of Judgement to make a decision - and This time, the minority would have to obey the majority, and this would be recorded as an example in the new covenant law.

Of course, this is basically impossible to happen... because if the controversy is really that big, the Fire Lord will probably go and see the situation himself.

The first batch to try this new trial system were not others, but the pirates in Su Zhou's personal space.

Among them, most of the pirates on the Wild Boar were dealt with minor crimes. According to the new law, they have to work as laborers for the priests' entourage, fighting fires and disasters all over the world to atone for the sins they have committed - and wait until the atonement is completed. After that, a review will be conducted to decide whether to restore the rights of normal people or to be regarded as an observation object.

However, most of the crew members of the Deep One are guilty of serious crimes.

Even, the death penalty is required.

The real point among them is undoubtedly the Sea King Albert.

"...In order to ensure that those who join our pirate group are completely cut off from unnecessary hopes, we will issue them a mission to join the group, which is a life."

"As long as you get on the ship, you must kill someone. After all, who knows if these people who have not been trained since childhood and joined in the middle may be spies of the temple? As long as you kill someone, he will definitely be judged by the Lord of Judgment when he returns to the shore. Judgment, there is no way to go back.”

"So it's not just the Deep One, this is also the rule of most high-level pirate groups. It's just that some are not so direct, but the end result is the same - all crew members are guilty of serious crimes and can only stay on the ship. , live and die with the pirate group."

On the viewing platform, a low-level pirate captain who had never killed anyone, Captain Ned, whose legs were cut off in accordance with the law, cursed and drove away in a wheelchair - although his crime did not merit death, he had to cut off his legs. Legs plus labor labor modification.

Ned has the blood of the people of the wind and the blood of judgment. In four to five years, at most seven or eight years, his legs will probably be able to completely regenerate. Before that, he has to do some work on his hands. Atonement for sin.

But at least Ned doesn't have to die, and if he behaves well and his atonement is recognized by everyone, the church can speed up his recovery from the disability of his legs.

There is no concept of long-term imprisonment in the Holy Fire Continent. The punishment for prisoners is to cut off their hands and feet to completely eliminate their ability to do evil. Because of the blood of judgment and the blood of the people of the wind, this is not permanent, it can be decades at most. Punishment can barely be considered a feature of their world. Even if God wants to intervene, it will take a long time.

And Albert, who was kneeling on the stage, didn't care at all. He knew very well that he must be sentenced to death.

Therefore, on the judgment stand in the center of the main square of the central church, with tens of thousands of people watching the trial, he calmly narrated his sins: "In addition, in order to maintain deterrence, at regular intervals, we They will all go to coastal cities or villages of the people of the sea to attack, kill some people and fishermen, and steal some things."

"Over the years, I alone have killed hundreds of people, not to mention how much wealth has been robbed."

When he said this, Albert's tone and emotion did not fluctuate at all. It was obvious that killing had become a habit and there was no fluctuation in human life.

"...What else do you have to confess to?"

On the side, the chief priest who presided over the trial for him, the Lord of Judgment, God Blessed Gale, had a somewhat complicated tone - he had never seen such a pure evil person who was so calm and had no psychological burden on human life and evil deeds.

And Albert shook his head: "If wanting to become a god is considered blasphemy, then there is probably this."

"Other than that, nothing."

After the crime narration is over, the priests will convict, vote, and the public representatives will decide the final punishment.

no doubt.

Albert's final sentence was death - beheading, executed immediately.

But Albert didn't care.

The execution of the death penalty was carried out quickly. The priests brought the beheading table, and the big pirate with red hair and red beard was escorted to the beheading table.

A peak Chosen One, if he were in the sea, even a great pirate who could rival the God's Blessed One, would not die from a minor injury like beheading. However, Su Zhou personally suppressed Alber's strength and vitality. He is now a mortal.

No one could see Su Zhou. He was standing next to the beheading platform, witnessing the final destination of this Sea King-level pirate.

At this moment, only Albert knew that the Lord of Judgment was beside him.

But so what?

When his neck was pressed into the groove of the beheading platform, Alber couldn't help but squint his eyes and look at the sky above the central church. The sun is shining brightly today, there are no clouds in the sky, the air is fresh and has the flavor of summer.

He couldn't help but recall the same midsummer many years ago. When he was a young man, he looked up from the bow deck and saw the endless ocean and the distant horizon, and the grand desire suddenly rose in his heart.

——The sea is so big... Then why can't I explore the end of it, see the other side of the sea level, and see the scenery on the other side of the distant world?

At that time, the boy's hands were already stained with blood. As a chess piece in his father's hands and a pirate who hunted pirates, Albert was born in the sea, but he has always been wandering near the shores of the Sea of ​​Joy. He has never had the love of his mother or the company of his father. Although his support has never been lacking, the feeling of loneliness is always with him.

Albert didn't care about being lonely, he just wasn't willing to stay here, stay where he was forever. He wanted to witness a new landscape.

Therefore, from that day on, he began to prepare for the plan to rebel against his father Glo and become a truly independent and free pirate.

And now, decades later.

The crowds of people are surging in the square of the central church. The colorful hair and the tide of speech are like another special ocean in this same midsummer.

But in the heart of the young boy in the past, the longing for freedom and distance that was born from the sea has long been gone. He is already a murderous pirate without any guilt or remorse in his heart.

However, at the end, when the blade of the beheading platform was slowly raised, Alber still spoke in his heart. He prayed to God who stood beside him but whom no one could see.

"God."

The big red-haired pirate said to himself: "I know what I did was evil and sinful, but I did it anyway. When I killed, I knew I would be killed. This was my choice."

"My life is like this. It is natural that it will end like this. Evil is not a label that I cannot accept."

"only."

When he said this, Albert closed his eyes. He murmured a little tiredly and asked from the bottom of his heart: "Why are there pirates?"

[Because of the mistakes of the old times. 】

Standing beside Albert, Su Zhou answered him. The other party was the first Sea King to be tried and convicted, and it was also the beginning of the war against pirates that was about to begin in the Central Temple. Naturally, Su Zhou had to come to the scene in person.

Regarding the big pirate's doubts, the god calmly said: "It was me and the Lord of Fire who set up the cause that led to your birth. In this regard, it is indeed our fault. You originated from Our mistake, for that, we owe everyone an apology for. 】

[However, in the new era, we will not make the same mistake. Although humans can never learn lessons, after all, we are gods and we may be able to be different - and when we make mistakes, we can admit and correct them. This is the original intention of human innovation. 】

Albert was silent about this.

Amidst the mechanical sound of the beheading knife being pulled up by the gears, he sighed and prayed: "God, are you saying that in the order of the new era, people like me will not appear?"

"I always feel that since I was born, I have no freedom at all. I can only be a pirate. I started killing people when I was seven years old. I was born to rob merchant ships. I have no right to be a good person when I am born - even if I want to explore, but the people of the sea are not willing to serve me, and my subordinates are not willing to go far away."

"And when I had the right to choose to explore distant places, the enthusiasm in my heart had faded... The emptiness was spreading, so I wanted to become a god and try to fight for freedom."

Su Zhou could only shake his head slightly at this confusion.

[Perhaps, Albert, the entanglement of human interests and the conflict of human thoughts are eternal. People like you have existed in the past, exist now, and should exist in the future. 】

【However, the quantity will become smaller. At that time, not only will there be very few people like you, but there is also a high probability that there will be no chance of committing any capital crime - because as the times progress, you may still not have the right to choose, but at least you will no longer have the opportunity and reason. To be a pirate so evil. 】

[And this is the law of development, progress and innovation. 】

"Really...this is innovation?"

The decapitating knife had reached the top. Albert opened his eyes and looked at the execution ground in front of him. Everyone was shouting to sentence him to death - in the previous confession, everyone in the Central Holy City already knew his origin, his crimes and what he had done. Even the matter of the chief priest Glo has been made public, and his priest father will be arrested. Although he did not tell it until the end, how could God not know?

——This is shameful... It is too much for a person to have almost everything in his life made public!

However, Alber could see that some people in the audience were not just cheering for a sea king to be judged - they were meditating, confused, and confused as to why there was a pirate like Alber. appear, and discuss how to deal with this type of problem, so that no new Alber will appear.

Looking at this scene, Albert was a little stunned.

If anything, if his death, his mistakes, and his life could revolutionize the future...

Thinking of this, the man who was about to face the end smiled.

This smile aroused great indignation. Albert's smile was considered to be contempt and disdain for the trial. If the death penalty was not already the highest penalty, I am afraid that the local people would immediately change their vote and aggravate Albert's crime. .

But this Sea King didn't care at all - what could affect the heart of a dying person? The words of others are so weak.

At the last moment, he closed his eyes again and looked calm.

"Lord, I pray all the time."

"I have been praying since I knew that I was just a tool used by my father to control the pirate group."

"I pray that I can leave that place - it's not that I think I am a good person. If I leave the pirate group, I might do evil. No, rather, I can't imagine a situation where I don't act recklessly. It looks like - maybe I am such a born evil person? Maybe this is some kind of fate? "

He smiled freely. Albert was not afraid of the beheading knife that was about to fall. He just said his last prayer to the gods beside him, with a calm tone: "I just want to say that if one day I do evil, it is because of myself." Freedom, I won’t be as unwilling to be punished as I am now.”

"O God, I once longed for free exploration, but I was also entangled in fate. I was tossed and wandered in the ocean, repeating reincarnations that caused pain to others and myself. Until the end, I placed my hope on becoming a god. Finally, you can drive away this emptiness in your heart.”

"And now, I have discovered that what I want may not be that complicated - I just want to change, to change my life that I am powerless to do."

"So, I have been praying. I pray that I can have a different life than before, a better choice than before..."

"Now that I think about it, God, I may have been expecting this."

"Looking forward to innovation (you) coming."

These are the final words.

With a click, the sharp beheading knife fell like a meteor.

Along with the splash of light blue blood, Alber's head rolled to the ground, and the power of the fragments of the soul of the source of water overflowed, turning into water elements that scattered all over the sky, raising a small dark cloud.

Death has arrived, swift and irreversible, and everything in Neptune returns to the final darkness.

However, the last thoughts of the soul did not stop.

"Oh God……"

"Can you... hear me?"

[...I have heard your reluctance, your prayers, and your wishes. 】

After a moment of silence, Su Zhou looked up.

He looked at everyone in front of him, everyone who witnessed Alber's death.

There was a huge crowd, including clergymen, ordinary people, people who had never sinned, and people who had sinned.

In this world of Tartadis, human beings are always repeating reincarnation, human beings are always unwilling to accept it, and human beings are always eager for change.

So he came—and listened.

Listen to the mighty tide - that is, the call for a new era, new justice, new judgment and doctrine.

So, in the end, the young man closed his eyes, opened his hands, and felt the desire and desire wrapped around him, layer upon layer, like a chain.

【I heard it. 】

He whispered to himself: [Everyone’s unwillingness, everyone’s prayers, everyone’s wishes. 】

【I heard it all. 】

[And now, it is time to eliminate the mistakes. 】

Elemental calendar, year 307, July 7th.

In the Central Cathedral, after the final trial of Albert, the Sea King, the square was still crowded with people.

A large number of priests and priests came with their own equipment and stood neatly on the square.

One hundred and thirty-seven years after the rebellion that gave birth to pirates.

A new team began to gather, line up, and prepare to embark on the road to the sea again.

Two gods will go with them and be with them.

And this time, what they have to do is to put an end to the 'mistakes' they made in the past.

And bring the new ‘innovation’ to the whole world!

"Set off!"

There was such a sound.

"Set off!"

Thousands of voices echoed and echoed.

Then, that's it.

People set off.

Towards the distant horizon and the future ahead.

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