Paladin

The Holy See has corresponding outposts in every province and city of the empire, and there is a facility in it to contact the general court, rest the team, and replenish supplies.There should be at least three trained carrier pigeons in all outposts. After performing the corresponding magic, they can cross half of the empire within a few days and deliver the news.

However, when Evan led the paladin team to the outpost near the White Dragon Valley, there was no one there, all the supplies had been carried away, the pigeonhole was damaged, and there was a shocking writing on the wall: [The dog of the Holy See rolled out of the snow wind territory! 】

The paladins repaired the doors and windows of the outpost, and they rectified a little while Evan and Hugo were discussing. At this time, the sky was still getting brighter, the wind and snow continued, and the war horses paced back and forth restlessly.

Evan and Hugo were standing in front of the captive.

Evan said: "Colin, you go and bring the news back to the General Court. I want to go back and talk to the mysterious 'Ms. Keriser' of the Snow Wind Sect."

"It's too dangerous, Evan." Hugo subconsciously refused, "They are obviously ready to die, I can't let you go back alone..."

Evan looked into Hugo's eyes, and said after a while: "Colin, you know, if even I am in danger there, you are also in danger even if you are next to me. I am alone, but I can Get away easily."

Hugo was speechless, he knew that Evan was telling the truth.

Evan looked at the two captives and said, "I will take these two. If Gao Shan falls into the other party's hands, I will try to exchange the prisoners and see if the other party will agree."

Hugo nodded, and was about to speak, but heard the prisoner yelling in hatred: "If you have the ability, kill me now! Bah, imperial pig!"

Evan squatted down, looked at the prisoner for a moment, and suddenly said: "We are from the Holy See, and we have no function of eradicating heresy. Why do you think we are working for the Casa Empire?"

"Is there any difference between the Church of Light and the Casa Empire? The emperor's scepter of Casa was granted by that shit God of Light, and the safety of the church is protected by Casa's army..." halfway through the prisoner's speech, he saw Hugo frowning, Immediately sneered, "Ah, are you angry? Because I'm scolding your God of Light? That fictional god that never existed?"

Hugo stood up and walked in front of him, his face gradually sank.

"Colin." Evan stopped in time, "You go out first."

Hugo glanced at Evan. He was a little unwilling, but he quickly obeyed the order and walked out.

Evan sighed, pulled down his hood, and said to the prisoner lightly: "As you can see, I don't belong to the Casa Empire, and I didn't intend to inquire about your Xuefeng Sect."

"You are an elf?" The other party was a little stunned, "Since you are not a dog of the Casa Empire, why do you manage our Nestor province for them? This place has been the place of our Dusa blood since ancient times, and now we want to take it back. Isn’t everything that you should have just right and proper?”

Evan's expression was calm, and he acted extremely rational from the beginning to the end; the prisoner calmed down without being affected by him.

Evan looked at the snowstorm outside the window, and said after a long time: "How could it be justified? Your Ms. Keriser is brewing a storm, and the flood that will be caused after that will be a terrible disaster. I don't know what the war you caused will be How many lives will it take..."

"The more you die, the better!" the captive shouted, "the more you die, the more pain the Casa Empire will suffer, and you will understand the sins they have committed! They slaughtered our Dusa bloodline and forced us into the empire's territory." At that time, he also killed thousands of our compatriots! The blood can only be repaid with blood!"

"Aggression is wrong, and I have no intention of whitewashing the Casa Empire." Evan said lightly.

He doesn't know this history, but so are strife and wars within humans.No matter how many years have passed, even 1 years, this process will not change much: it will always be greed, war, massacre, invasion, possession, and then revenge, riots, uprisings, and new wars.

In essence, human civilization is progressing through killing each other; plundering more resources and gaining stronger power is an instinct of human beings; other production, communication, trade, research and even evolution are all to better seize the world .

1 years ago, humans fought dragons, titans and high elves, and they won.Now human beings are the masters of this continent. They began to divide and kill each other. Each race wants to seize all resources alone.

They began to refuse to recognize that they belonged to the same race.

The highlander of the Xuefeng Sect was still angrily saying: "If your motherland is invaded, you become a slave of the subjugated country, and you are asked to forget your writing and language, and you have to admit that you are a citizen of the enemy country, what will you do?" Willing? How can you be willing! This kind of hatred will only flow in our bones and blood from generation to generation, 100 years, 1000 years... If my descendants forget this hatred in the long years, I will die with regret! I must Retaliate when the pain is the worst and the hatred is the deepest! The aggressor must pay the price!"

"...My country has also encountered many things." Evan turned around and said suddenly.He exchanged glances with the highlander captive, shook his head again, and said mockingly, "What do I tell you?"

Evan looked back at the snow outside the window.

At that moment, his loneliness and his loneliness were unknown.

"I know what you want. Nestor Province... this plateau, this mountain range, is too barren, and you want to return to more fertile soil." Evan sighed, "I am sorry for the past, I'm sorry. But I don't approve of your vengeance, you're hurting innocent people—"

"Innocent? They cultivated the fields on the land where we buried our grandparents. They enjoyed everything that the Kasa Empire took from us!" Can the people feel at ease? The army is the tax supply for all the people, and the things captured by the army benefit all the people! Invasion is a crime that everyone in a country is committing! You and the executioner have nothing to do difference!"

"So you have a reason to take revenge on everyone in the Casa Empire?" Evan mocked lightly, "You are using crime to avenge crime."

"Why? Everything is the fault of the Casa Empire. You made the mistake first. Why should you blame us first?" the highlander asked angrily.

"Because one day, hatred will dissolve in the long river of history." Evan replied, "The chain of hatred must stop at one end. We can't change history, but at least we can start from now and melt them little by little. 20 years from now , the next generation may forget a lot of things; 60 years later, those who personally experienced it will gradually die; 200 years later, everything will disappear, leaving only a few words written on paper.”

He has been through many years and many things.

And the lifespan of human beings is too short, so short... there are too many things to see clearly.

Evan's words were vicissitudes and far-reaching. When he stood by and looked at the prisoner, there was a trace of compassion in his eyes: "People's hatred is terrible, but it is also very small. All I can do is stop the in front of me. In any fight that is about to take place, the flames of hatred will soon die out without this fuel."

"It's not fair...it's not fair to us!" roared the Highlanders. "We lost the Morrigan Plains, we just want revenge and take back what's ours. There's no life in this barren frozen land, I ...I want my hometown..."

Evan sighed softly, and when he walked out the door, he heard the highlander kneeling on the ground, sobbing in pain: "I am used to the heavy snow and hail here, I have participated in 30 years of war training, I am not afraid of death, I am not afraid of death every day. Pray to the goddess of wind and snow to make me colder...I just...don't want my son to work as hard as me..."

Evan pushed the door and walked out, seeing the paladins sitting silently in the distance.They are always vigilant when they are resting, and none of them leaves their swords.

At the same time, their senses are sharp.They could hear Evan's conversation with the captives.

Evan saw something different in the eyes of the paladins.

He looked around for a long time, and the surroundings were extremely silent, only the heavy snow fell silently on the snow outside the post.

After a long time, someone suddenly asked, "Your Excellency Paladin, why do they hate us?"

Evan followed the sound, and a young paladin asked him intermittently, confusedly: "We haven't taken the initiative to hurt anyone, and we don't even argue with them about the right or wrong beliefs. We are here to save the people here, right? Why? Then why...they hate us so much, what did we do wrong?"

"We follow the teachings and have been preaching goodness and justice. Why do they slander our teachings, insult our justice and our beliefs... The Knights Templar have never participated in the battle with the Highlanders." Someone was at a loss. Asked, "We follow you because we want to save a disaster...but why do the wood elves suspect us? Why do the people of the Snow Wind Sect hate us and attack us? Why do the people we want to save avoid us and send us away?" As a monster?"

The paladins all looked at Evan.

Evan was silent for a moment, then whispered: "Because justice is cruel."

Evan sighed helplessly, facing these paladins, he said slowly: "Remember this feeling of being isolated. Because only a few people in this world will always have what you want to insist on; and those who can't do it Those who come here will attack you and slander you; those who don't believe you will doubt you and be mean to you.

"So see your comrades around you, that's why all the Templars call each other brothers - you will always be a minority in this world."

The paladins lowered their heads, and Evan stood there for a long time.

He didn't finish talking, he wanted to say: Do what you think is right, don't ask too much, and don't think too much.For the more wisdom there is, the more pain there will be.