Chapter 117 What is justice? V(1/2)
Square pluck uses a quill pen to draw a red line on the map.
The whistling wind outside the window was passing through the empty wooden window frames, shaking the lamps on the ceiling, making the light in the room unstable. In the dark and distant space, the whistling sound echoed ethereally, like a witch whispering.
He put down his pen and looked at everyone sitting. The changing light reflected more than a dozen faces with different expressions. Everyone turned their eyes to this side, including men and women, tall and short, and he didn't know most of them.
"I'll introduce myself first. Although you may have heard of some things about me - good or bad, there are more or less exaggerated factors. My name is Ed, here is my adventure group and ours. It's called the Seven Seas Brigade. It comes from Dorifin, from Fenris, and has also been to Istaniya, just as you know."
"So, is it the Dragon Alchemist?" a tall and thin lady joked with a smile.
Fang Zhu nodded.
The journey of most candidates to become famous is accompanied by various nicknames and titles, some are positive and some are negative. Ye Hua was once called "Elfendor's net weaving man" to describe the meticulousness of this ranger king. Another person who also won similar titles was KUN, who later was named "Olivian".
As well as Odin's title of "Reckless Man", and today's "Witch of the Sea" Miya, who is probably one of the most familiar titles. However, the dragon is the most powerful creature in Aitalia. Most of the titles related to dragons are first-class, especially the dragon slayer, who are almost always with the Ten Kings.
But his "Dragon Alchemist" has some ridiculous meaning. The well-intentioned discussant uses it to express that he had defeated the shadow of Nico Polas, while those with malicious intentions mostly express a naked and overestimating sarcasm when using this term.
Although this title has been mentioned less and less after the Vanrik incident, it was still enough to make him feel a little embarrassed when it was occasionally taken out.
But this situation is getting fewer and fewer.
Hongye glanced at him with some surprise.
Among so many people, except for the Qihai Brigade, only she had probably already known that the other party was embarrassed. But compared to the cognition at this moment, the big boy in front of her was much more mature and calm than before, and she almost didn't recognize her.
‘He must have been so calm in the past that he introduced himself to everyone-’ She couldn’t even help but think so.
It was a somewhat different meaning. She had only seen that breath in Miss Yugudora, the president and other few people in the past.
It is calm and calm-
Such calmness also affected others, making everyone unable to help but calm down and look in this direction. Of course, people understand that the only one who was defeated in that battle was just the shadow of the dragon witch, but even so what? Because how many people can do this?
Especially, considering that the other party was just a newcomer at that time, how long did it take to go from the Dawn Star incident to Vanrik?
‘Why is this guy getting stronger again? How much level is he?’ Hongye couldn’t help feeling a little nervous. Although she might have realized this a long time ago, it was just an analysis of the video, and it was far less intense than putting herself in her shoes at the moment.
Calmness is almost certainly based on the strength behind it. She thought she had grown a lot over the past few days, and although she might not be able to compare with the other party, she would not be pulled too far. But at this moment, she actually felt that she could not see through the other party.
Fang Ling's appearance made the tall and thin lady look at him for a moment. "My name is Zhuo Zhuo Qihua," the tall and thin lady smiled and replied: "It is the leader of the North Wind Tart Adventure Group."
Fang Zhu nodded gently and looked at the others.
In the center of the room was a long table, and everyone at this table had their origins, they were free callers, or members of the former Free Guild like Tapolis, or even the natives, adventurers, and the Free Knights of Marland.
They came to this place for various purposes, either for justice, compassion, response to the goddess' call, or just for fighting and resistance, simply for alliances, and could not stand the actions of the Crow Claw Temple, and in short, they all came here.
Everyone has different ideas, but for the time being, there is a relatively consistent purpose, with a common enemy.
"The enemy is far stronger than us right now."
Fang Zhu lowered his head, silently stared at the red line on the map, and spoke.
"The rangers found that the Grey Knights from Gula Harbor were stationed in the forest to the north, with about three or four thousand people, and the same number of mercenaries. The Grey Knights from Charter City and Elpahin are on the east side of us, and there are almost the same number."
"And as for us..."
The fire was falling on the face of the red leaf side, and the shadow climbed along the curve of the nose. She turned her head and looked at the conspicuous red line and the mountains marked with gray lines below, whispering: "There are about a thousand redeemed people, and there are more than six hundred people on my side, and there are about a few hundred others who come to support us one after another. Together, there are about two thousand people."
"That is," Miss Nightingale threw the dagger in her hand and continued to answer: "Even if it is not included in the Floress and the Rainbow Alliance, the number of people in the Crow Claw Temple is almost ten times that of ours."
"But it's far more than that," she said: "Compared with its power throughout the North, this is just a feast for nine bulls. The temple has been rooted in this place for a long time, not to mention that they have grown into a giant under the indulgence of some people this year."
"Indeed," Miss Nightingale agreed with her leader's words: "We are really a tiny force in front of them."
"Is this a bit alarmist? I don't think they can draw more troops. They always have to take into account the army in the north, right?" someone asked.
People whispered: "Yes, they have invested too much attention in us, aren't they afraid that the great fishermen in Nico Polas would benefit?"
The leader of the redeemed person standing behind Fang Zhuan clasped his hands and twisted his body when he heard this sentence, looking in this direction with some malicious intentions.
But Alissa shook her head gently: "There is such a possibility, but it is not ruled out that they regard us as a greater threat than the army in the north for selfishness or because they are too blind - especially when we have the possibility of gaining an advantage."
"In the time of preparation, it is necessary for us to imagine the worst possible situation. And you really believe that the Temple will promise to fight against that 'prophecy' as it is in the promise?"
Everyone looked at each other, of course they did not believe in the Crow Claw Temple, otherwise they would not have appeared here. The greed shown by the Temple in this process was exactly what aroused the flames of resistance in people's hearts.
"You can do evil things in the name of justice, and that's true." The knight with Marland nodded."
"And not only that," Alisa said again: "Don't forget the Guild Alliance, and the Super Athletic Alliance--"
But people couldn't help but feel a little silent.
They came to this place because of their temporary passion, their dissatisfaction with the ruling group in the north, their super sports leagues and the guilds. Before they arrived, they had not considered too much. Perhaps the enemy was several times more important than themselves, but this was Aitalia. At worst, they could just die, but they could always win a front-line opportunity for refugees.
This is the justice in the hearts and their perception of sacrifice. But the reality that is as dark as clouds pressing down on these kind people can't breathe for a moment. They stare at each other, and from Alisa's cold words, it seems that they have heard a time from the past.
In the fascinating history of Mount Covenant, there are countless people who choose this way? They have devoted themselves to the war to protect the weak and the justice side. For a moment, it seems that the whole world responds to voices from support and positive aspects. As the new generation of candidates, perhaps few of them have participated in the struggle at that time, but they have also witnessed a moment of glory in the community.
Many people may even come to this world behind the Star Gate because they pursued the touching in their past hearts. This is one of the reasons why they appeared here at this moment.
But what is the result of that struggle?
Silence is the self-evident answer at this moment.
The former summoners set off that mighty struggle with the blood in their hearts, but the passion often can only support it for a while. In the long-term struggle, facing constant differentiation and setbacks, the hope of the past eventually turned into weakness little by little. Some people sitting there may still remember that after that final defeat, people who cried like children, some chose to leave, and some were silent.
The names of the past also disappeared one by one.
That history collapsed and fell into the dark abyss.
In such a moment—
But someone punched a heavy blow on the wooden table and said angrily in a loud bang: "So what? When we come to this place, we didn't have the intention to completely defeat those people, but did we just leave in shame and leave a joke for the people of the world?"
"Even if there are still heroes on Earth, let alone Aitalia," the man shouted: "Isn't it just Starlight? At worst, I can spend my life in this place and be kicked back to the Star Gate. But I must also teach those people a lesson and send the refugees to a safe place-"
In the silence, people gradually became sermon.
That's right.
How many people have been heroes?
What people are afraid of is not to die or leave, but to lose the meaning of self-realization and need.
"This reminds me of the battle on Mount Covenant," someone whispered, "I didn't expect that one day I would have such a moment. Think about it carefully, that was exactly what I came to this world... I almost forgot."
"yes."
"Who doesn't want to be a brilliant person, but most people are just ordinary people."
"I thought I was chasing dreams, but in the end I was not so easy to realize." People smiled bitterly, "But we are unwilling to be depressed. If we were just for the sake of our livelihood, why would we come to this world?"
"Then try it, no matter what the winner is-"
People remember Covenant Hill, and maybe one day they will remember everything that happened here.
There was a trace of starlight in people's deep eyes. Although they actually understood in their hearts how much attention they paid to the first world? Perhaps soon, people will gradually forget what happened here.
But a not too high sounded, gradually overshadowing everyone's voice:
"Try it, no matter how you win or lose - it sounds full of courage."
"But, everyone, that's not everything I want."
Everyone was stunned and turned around and looked in the direction where the sound came. Fang Zhu stood by the wooden table, silently staring at these brave people, and shook his head gently.
There, the boy's eyes seemed a little calm - it seemed to be the one he had always been, the one who boasted about the sea in front of Miss Scape, the one who refused the invitation of the Witch of the Sea, wanted to go to the Second World over his own ability and promised to find Sir Mawei.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! He said, "One hundred covenant mountains are actually meaningless."
"But just one victory is enough to shake something that looks indestructible on the surface..."
Everyone was silent.
The room became strangely quiet.
The battle at Mount Saint Covenant was in great momentum in the past, but what was the result? How could they achieve everything that even the pioneers could not do?
In fact, they came to this place just to make a meager sound, or rather, they were just unwilling to bow their heads easily. People need an opportunity to fight, but now this opportunity has already appeared. As for where it will lead them, it is actually not critical.
But now this young man actually told them that they need a victory?
Why don’t they understand this?
This is easy to say, but the key is, how should they win?
But there was no confusion in Fang Yu's eyes. He only looked at everyone with a clear gaze and replied word by word:
“What people couldn’t do in the past does not mean we can’t achieve either.”
"At least on this battlefield, the chance of winning is always there, and, I can even seize this opportunity, just..."
He paused for a moment.
"I need help from you-"
Fang Zhun's voice was not loud.
But it was enough to make Hongye, who was beside him, open his mouth slightly and look in this direction in a somewhat incredible way.
Miss Nightingale looked at him with a little surprise, and a glimmer of surprise flashed in her dark eyes - she cared not about the meaning of this passage, but about the other person she seemed to have never seen before. It was a confidence she had never seen before.
No, not without it.
To be continued...