goddess of revolution

Chapter 260 Public Trial of Paladins, Absolute Justice

"Chief Cardinal Fein Crimson Community, Li Qi Player, send your greetings."

Li Qi replied: "Although this is not the first time we greet each other."

An angry snort sounded from behind, and dozens of paladins pierced through the streamer of sawdust and climbed onto the high platform, led by the purple-haired girl.

She said coldly: "You still have the guts to bring it up again! You still have the face to slander our justice!"

"Nama!"

Xia An waved his hand to stop the girl, and also made the paladins stop.

The legendary paladin maintained a friendly attitude and said: "I also know that these paladins have had some misunderstandings with your people, and I will discuss compensation with you with the greatest sincerity. But before that, I must bring them Come on, what's your opinion?"

"I have no opinion on your ideas," Li Qi said calmly, "I only care about what you do. If you really want to take action, the result will be war."

"war?"

Xia An narrowed his eyes slightly: "You did make a lot of preparations, but I didn't discover the existence of legends. Are you willing to risk the lives of yourself and your subordinates for such a meaningless thing?"

"Xia An," Li Qi sighed: "Let's not be so hypocritical, even though it's the first time we meet, we should know each other very well."

"In the eyes of all the adventurers on the God's Fall Plateau, and in the mouth of your brat, you are the least paladin-like warrior. As for me, I never take my noble status seriously."

"As for fighting with you, Xia'andia, you may have misunderstood something. I'm talking about war, not fighting..."

He said in a gentle tone that could not hear the threat at all: "You brought the paladins to the Godfall Plateau to open up wasteland, didn't you just want to stay away from the war in Finn? But what you are going to do is to push Xia'andia into the war again The vortex. When the time comes, Xia'andia will be designated by the Alliance of Order as a sinner who is in league with Youxiang, and will become a heretic that the paladins from all over the world will fight against. Are you sure you are willing to accept such consequences?"

Xia An raised her eyebrows: "I will avoid such a thing from happening, and for the sake of the justice I uphold, even if I do some things that I don't want to do, I will not hesitate."

"Let others not see or hear?"

Li Qi pointed around: "Do you think that the preparations I made were all to deal with you? Wrong, even if you use all kinds of tricks to shield everyone's eyes and ears, even if you use the legendary field to cover this high platform, the relationship between us The conversation, what happened on the high platform, is still recorded by the camera, by the way..."

He pointed to the direction of the tens of thousands of viewers below the stage: "It's still live, pay attention to your demeanor and words."

The faint laughter penetrated the streamer and spread to the high platform, causing Xia An and the others to change their expressions slightly.

As if laughter is power, Li Qi arrogantly spread his hands and said, "Of course, if you really want to spare no effort, you can kill me and all the people present."

Xia An was still silent, and the paladins behind finally lost their composure.

"When did we get along with Youxiang!?"

"You don't want to provoke our relationship with other paladin orders!"

"You think this can threaten us!?"

Xia An had no choice but to raise her hand again to signal to shut up, and said in a low voice, "No wonder you are still so calm in the face of me. This is indeed a powerful threat to Xia Andia."

Xia An increased his tone: "Xia Andia doesn't want to become an enemy with you. I insist that this matter is just a misunderstanding, and we can find a proper solution. But the premise is that the paladins of Xia Andia can't be publicly humiliated in this way. I must bring Let them go, if you can't accept my sincerity..."

He responded with an equally potent threat: "Don't forget I'm a legend, which means I have enough power to do whatever I want without killing people or even hurting you. Since there's no bloodshed, I believe that the Alliance of Order will not be an enemy of the entire Xia'andia just because of the small mistakes committed by a few paladins."

Li Qi smiled and said, "I understand, I understand..."

His tone suddenly became weak: "You are Xia An, the reasonable Xia An, of course I will be calm and not afraid at all when facing you."

Without waiting for Xia An to respond, he continued, "Don't take it seriously, this is polite talk. If you want to hear the truth, I will tell you..."

Li Qi's face straightened, a white glow of thunder flashed in his pupils, piercing like an electric arc, and his voice thundered like muffled thunder.

"I, Li Qi Pryor, the spokesperson of the Scarlet Lady! I practice the belief that everyone is for me and I am for everyone in Finn. This is the way of perfection in Finn! Whoever obeys me is good! Reverse I am evil! A mere legend, why should you bully me? Between you and me, it is you who should try to stay calm, Xia An-Tylous!"

Divine power spewed out, impacting the streamer that covered the high platform.The sawdust on the streamer turned into dust, and under the bright sunlight, they drifted away one after another, like a misty crystal mist, which disappeared in a moment.

The high platform was once again exposed to the gaze of tens of thousands of people, making Xia An's expression solemn, and Nama's and others' hearts jumped.As for Gronia, Mayne and the others, they were even more suppressed by the divine power emanating from Li Qi's body, feeling numb physically and mentally, and couldn't even move their tongues.

A slight breeze blew past, and this feeling dissipated immediately. The power contained in the breeze made Gronia and the others feel gentle and friendly, but Li Qi felt a slight tingle, but it was not strong, and he did not try to invade it. Body.

This is the legendary power displayed by Xia An, which easily dispelled Li Qi's divine power.

He nodded solemnly: "There is indeed a god standing behind you. You are not only the pope, but you seem to have the aura of the elect. I was really rude just now, and I was indeed arrogant. Please forgive me."

As expected of Xia An, he suppressed Li Qi's supernatural power casually. Li Qi's remark just now, which sounded completely rebellious to the paladin, was also treated as a child's joke by him, and he completely ignored it.

But he didn't throw away the necessary etiquette, let alone do it directly.Even if it is a legend, it will not rashly become an enemy of the spokesperson of a new god unless forced to.

Xia An continued: "I am not familiar with the teachings and beliefs of Lady Scarlet, but I can feel that there is no evil in the lady's divine power. Therefore, there should be no unresolvable conflicts between us, which makes me very puzzled. Paladin Everything you do is practicing justice, even if you are at fault, it is a misunderstanding, why do you have to humiliate the paladin in this way?"

In the Red God's Throne, Little Red Riding Hood sprawled on the sofa, shouting repeatedly: "Qiuxiang! Thrush! Come and help me rub my temples! Ouch, I just gave that guy a special effect because I stared for too long and my head hurt. Such a tiring... No, tiring things, don't even think about me doing them for him! Then again, was the special effect of thundering eyes just now handsome?"

Little Red Riding Hood's nagging echoed faintly in Li Qi's heart, his expression softened, but he actually breathed a sigh of relief.

The goal of the first stage was successfully achieved!
Sure enough, as expected, Xia An was a paladin with a brain and a sense of balance.Relying on the threat of dragging Xia'andia into the war, and the power displayed by Little Red Riding Hood, he finally made this guy not rush to act, but tried to solve the problem with his mouth.

If he is a paladin with a strong will and advocating strength, he will really lose face if he is too lazy to beep and do it directly.He is really such a paladin, so why bother to go to Shenyun Plateau to build a paradise for paladins?

As for mouth cannon...

For myself whose political skills have infinitely approached MAX, Who is afraid of Who!
"Just now, I was showing my lord's divine power. If there is something offensive in the words, you... don't care about it."

Feeling good, almost spit out the truth.

Li Qi coughed, and continued to say with a straight face: "This public trial is also practicing justice! Crimes must be tried, and crimes must be liquidated!"

Xia An was taken aback, then smiled lightly, and Nama and the others behind him sneered.Gronia, who was trying to stand upright, had an absurd illusion, as if this Li Qi was a righteous paladin.

This made her almost laugh out loud, who do you think you are?

"Think funny? Want to tell me, who do you think you are? A paladin?"

Li Qi shook his head regretfully: "You paladins are really weasel cubs, one generation is not as good as the next generation. Do I need to remind you why paladins fight?"

Without waiting for the paladin to answer, Li Qi continued: "Paladin, fight to protect justice! Do you understand, justice is outside of paladins! What made you have the illusion that you are justice?"

Even Xia An didn't answer this question, and the other paladins fell into silence.

Feeling that such silence is a failure, Nama said angrily: "Justice is the best! Longde demonstrates justice with justice and the law! A paladin believes in Longde and practices justice. Of course the paladin himself is justice!"

well said!Gronia cried secretly.

Li Qi smiled and said: "Longde is justice, and paladins believe in Longde, so paladins are equal to justice. This logic is really beautiful."

Then he sighed: "Then Longde must still be in the Kingdom of God, and the paladins who believe in him must have no barriers and practice the same justice with one heart. Longde's holy light of justice shines on the whole of Fein, Instead of just shrinking in a small corner of the Shenyun Plateau."

This is probably the reason why Xia An and the others were silent. Nama hesitated and said, "This, this is a temporary setback, it does not represent justice..."

Xia An coughed, and took over the words: "Justice is absolute and pure. Justice is beyond the individual. Only a paladin can touch it, and only a paladin can practice it. Therefore, a paladin is the spokesperson of justice. Saint The samurai is not charged with vulgar morality, not bound by corrupt laws."

"There's nothing new even in the multiverse..."

Li Qi expressed emotion that even the paladins could not understand: "Is it absolute justice? In other words, even if the world is destroyed, justice must be done?"

Xia An was stunned, then shook his head and said, "This is the way of sophistry of relative paladins, we don't need to play such meaningless word games."

"Well, then we have made at least one progress, and that is to understand what our differences are," Li Qi concluded: "You think we have no right to judge paladins, because paladins are the embodiment of justice, and they are not subject to justice." Restricted by morality and law, no matter how evil he does, is he practicing what you call absolute justice?"

"Do not……"

Xia An carefully chose the words: "Only a paladin who believes in absolute justice can be the embodiment of justice, and he is not always and absolutely correct. But has he deviated from justice? Even if he deviates from justice, he should be punished." What punishment, only paladins are qualified to judge."

Li Qi laughed: "Because...you are the only ones who understand justice?"

Isn't this a matter of course?Gronia cried inwardly.

Li Qi went on to say: "I asked just now whether absolute justice means something that must be upheld even if the world is destroyed. You avoided the question. It seems that your theory of justice has not yet evolved to such a high level. This is too difficult, so let’s change the question.”

He twitched the corners of his mouth, as if laughing: "A paladin was trying to save a group of victims, but she was about to starve to death. At this time, she met a mother who had just given birth to a dead baby. With the mother's permission, she ate This dead baby, then, is her action just or evil?"

Although his tone was flat, his words were full of provocation: "This is a very simple question. Similar choices are everywhere in reality. Don't you paladins even dare to face such a choice?"

Xia An frowned, and the paladins behind Nama looked at each other. It wasn't that this question made them difficult, but they subconsciously felt that the pit was very deep, and they probably couldn't climb out.

"No one is rushing to answer? Then call someone."

Li Qi pointed to Mayne who was sitting next to the duck: "That bamboo pole leg, yes, it's you! You answer it!"

Mayne protested: "My legs are not bamboo poles!"

Then he said in a decisive tone: "Of course it is justice! Dead babies are not alive, so what's wrong with making some sacrifices in order to save more people? But why do you have to set up such a disgusting thing!"

Glonia finally shouted: "Well said!"

Almost at the same time, Nama exclaimed: "Main! What's wrong with you? How did your understanding of justice go so far wrong? And you, Glonia! Cannibalism is an act of evil! No! Changes based on considerations of whether the paladin can survive and save the victims!"

There was a tidal wave of laughter, and only then did the paladins realize the conversation on the high platform, and the people below could hear it clearly.

Nama hurriedly defended: "The two of them are not from Xia Andia..."

"Okay, step back." Xia An waved her hand, not only making Nama unable to say what she was going to say, but also followed the others down the high platform, wrapped in the gentle wind.

Xia An looked directly at Li Qi: "Your sophistry is still a relativistic sophistry, which is meaningless to me. If you want to judge a paladin, you have to come up with enough reasons to convince me. Don't use the noble's territorial laws Come to claim your right to judge, which means that I can follow the agreement between paladins and nobles in the first era, and only need to negotiate compensation with you, and you have no right to deal with paladins who misbehaved."

"Shall I convince you?"

Li Qi sarcastically said: "It seems that you don't absolutely believe in the so-called absolute justice."

"God knows no bounds, and I never thought I understood justice completely. Justice is the way of the highest good, but what is the highest good?"

Xia An was not moved by the sarcasm, and said leisurely: "In the beginning, the justice that the paladins believed in was very simple. They defended the people, expelled evil spirits, eliminated the strong and helped the weak, punished the evil and promoted the good, that's all. Changes are made by practicing such justice, and the era is still changing, and the noble is still corrupt. Then the paladins began to study the law, and learned to implement the law with a fair heart and correct the law.”

"The world has not changed, but Longde's will has split, and the paladin has become a marginalized person in the world. The way of the best is still elusive."

"So I was thinking, either the paladins got lost in all kinds of justice and became futile like the relativists, or they looked in the wrong direction and didn't touch pure justice."

"I dare not say that I have touched it, but as I pursued it step by step, Longde continued to take care of me. When I stepped into the legend, I understood that this path is right. A paladin must cooperate with justice Two into one, seek justice in every little thing. When justice is as natural as the breath of a paladin, the paladin can speak for justice, and let Finn walk step by step towards the path of perfection."

These words seemed to be whispered in Li Qi's ear, and others couldn't hear them at all.

Li Qi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that this Xia An was also...an idiot.

Wait, this doesn't match the impression described by the adventurer and the confession of the paladin.

He asked: "Then how did Uncle Xia An, the paladin who looks the least like a paladin in the eyes of others, become one with justice?"

Xia An smiled lightly: "When this matter is over and we can still get along well, let's discuss this issue. Now, you have to convince me to accept something that is completely unacceptable to a paladin."

He took a deep breath, and the faint golden light stretched from his feet, touching the feet of every paladin on trial.There was a continuous crackling sound, and the restraining ropes on their bodies broke apart.

These paladins were full of joy and were about to act when the golden light turned into circles, confining them within the circles.

Xia An said again: "I hope the reasons you can give are strong enough to allow me to discover more justice that I have neglected. Otherwise, even if I am an enemy of your god, I must protect my justice."

Looking at the cracked restraint ropes, Li Qi said with heartache: "Each restraint rope is worth [-] gold bushels, you are destroying public property! If you don't pay compensation and fines, and don't want to go to jail, we will I will want you all over the Shenyun Plateau!"

Xia An's cheeks twitched slightly, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

(End of this chapter)