Protagonist: Do you believe me?
Because of the rebellion in the second layer of heaven, the governor did not want to stay any longer and ordered them to go directly to the third layer of heaven. The road they came from was dark and when they left, there was only darkness and silence. When he saw the shimmering sky of the third layer of heaven, Du Ze breathed a sigh of relief and the gloom in his heart dissipated a lot. Although the third layer of heaven was not bright, at least it was not as dark as the second layer of heaven.
It was evening when the caravan arrived at the capital of the third layer of heaven. Because of what happened today, no one was in the mood to talk. They were welcomed into the palace by the local consul and then went to rest. Before going to bed, Du Ze was still thinking about Xiu's words at the end of the rebellion. Although he could not guess, the Moe Lord seemed to have found a way to clear the instance. Xiu did not explain and Du Ze did not ask. The silly Moe readers have always been confident in their protagonists' IQ. If the Moe Lord said that they would be able to leave soon, then they will definitely be able to get out of the celestials within five days.
The next day, the governor sat in the main seat without saying a word. Anyone could feel his anger. The consul of the third layer of heaven knelt in front of him, silent. Not only did he fail to present the "gift" to the higher-ups, but he also failed to hand over the amount of light elements that should have been collected.
"You two –" Unexpectedly, the governor did not fire at the consul. Instead, he suddenly instructed Xiu and Eric: "Today, go and collect the missing light elements." When Xiu and Eric looked at him, he snorted: "This is your job."
"No!" "Good."
Two completely different answers echoed in the main hall. Eric was surprised and puzzled as he looked at Xiu who readily agreed. Xiu turned a blind eye to Eric's angry eyes and asked the governor in a domineering tone: "Give me the permission to collect all the light elements."
"Yes." The governor agreed very quickly. Seemingly aware that he was too impatient, he coughed and added: "You must hand over all the light elements you collect."
Xiu grinned, his eyes were scarlet as if they were oozing blood. "Of course."
After getting the permission, Xiu and Du Ze were about to leave when Eric stopped them. The Son of God's expression was unusually cold. He stood in front of Xiu and asked: "What do you want to do?"
Xiu let out a sneer, and the shadow began to twist and slowly stretch until it turned into a huge monster. The silver dragon lifted Du Ze onto its back and spread its huge wings to look down at Eric. In the shadow of the silver dragon, the Son of God was so small that it was pitiful.
"Don't you know what I want to do?"
“！” Eric used his arm to block the strong wind. By the time he put down his hand, the silver dragon had already flown away with the black-haired youth.
***
The civilians of a village were driven out. They gathered outside and watched in horror as the soldiers surrounded their homes with powder. The three mages chanted an incantation, and light filled the box at a speed visible to the naked eye. At the same time, a mass of darkness poured over the village like ink, turning the area into a land of death where no living creature could survive.
Du Ze silently watched all of this. This was the fifth village they had completely expropriated. The amount of land the governor had requested had already been achieved, but Xiu did not return. Instead, he led the consul's men forward. Seeing more and more light elements in their hands, Du Ze was puzzled. Even if they collected more light elements, all of them had to be handed over, so there was no benefit in increasing their qualifications.
What does the Moe Lord want to do?
The mages stopped chanting, the soldiers lifted the treasure box full of light elements and began to move on to the next place. The civilians who were left behind stared blankly at their homes shrouded in darkness. They had nothing and seemed to have lost the focus of their lives and their future. After wandering around for a while, many people followed the mages and the soldiers. These people were not the first. They soon gathered with the people who had also lost their homes. The group gradually grew, and the suppressed emotions gradually went out of control.
When oppressed to the extreme, the only thing left is resistance.
Du Ze soon saw the broken wings that represented the fallen. When the seventh village was destroyed, the civilians who had lost their homes could no longer bear it and raised their left hands. They were engraved with broken wings and became the Fallen. They either picked up hoes or branches and surrounded the sorcerers and soldiers who were leading the sorcerers. Du Ze stood next to Xiu. He turned slightly and saw the silver-haired, red-eyed youth grinning, as if he had cultivated for a long time and finally got the fruit that had spoiled.
Xiu began to chant in the dragon language. A huge gray magic array appeared in the dim sky, covering everyone's heads. Seeing that the situation was not good, the fallen tried to break through the line of defense of the soldiers and mages to attack Xiu. The magic array rotated slowly and lit up from the inside to the outside. The first fallen to break through the line of defense did not have time to be happy. A gray light hit him and his whole body was annihilated in an instant.
It looked like grey rain was falling from the sky. Countless rays of grey light shone down from the large magic circle, illuminating the angry and frightened faces of the Fallen. Each ray of light could kill a fallen person. In the face of absolute power, these fallen people, who were once civilians, had no room to resist. They were defeated even faster than the living dead of the second layer of heaven. Soon, only a few of the hundreds of degenerates were left. They were running away from the gray light, and their eyes were filled with tears. They had been oppressed for so long that they had all made up their minds to die, but they still couldn't shake the upper echelons.
"Stop!!!"
A roar resounded through the battlefield. Xiu raised his eyes and looked at Eric, who had finally caught up. Eric jumped off the horse that was about to run out of breath. His chest heaved violently, not knowing whether it was because of anger or exercise. The soldiers spontaneously made way for the two patrol officers. Xiu and Eric faced each other directly.
Eric took a deep breath and temporarily suppressed the anger in his chest. "Give me a reason why you did this."
The magic array was still rotating slowly in the air. Xiu's expression was unfathomable in the gray light. He did not answer, or rather, he ignored Eric. As the last fallen person screamed and was swallowed up by the gray light, Eric's eyes were filled with uncontrollable anger. His voice went from low to high, almost roaring: "Why did you kill them!?"
"Did you forget that you are still climbing the tower?"
Compared to Eric's excitement, Xiu's voice was almost cruel and calm. The silver-haired, red-eyed dragon casually pointed to an unknown place in the void. His smile was unusually obscure under the gray light. "The rules written in the tower … You still don't understand?"
The script prepared by the tower is very simple. Each floor is built according to the characteristics and talents of each race. The demons must be cruel, the undead must be evil, the humans must be selfish, the dragons must be greedy, the elves must be indifferent, the beasts must be violent, the gnomes must be fanatical, and finally, the angels must be humble, so they have arrogance.
Eric's eyes flashed a trace of confusion, but it was quickly replaced by greater indignation.
"So you disregard the lives of others like this? Just for the sake of climbing the tower?! "
"It's the same as what the Governor said." Xiu sneered: "What does their life and death have to do with us?"
The two people's tit for tat made Du Ze feel like he was watching "Mixed Blood": the protagonist has always harmed the country and the enemy has always redeemed others. They stand on the other side of darkness and light, clearly interpreting evil and justice.
Eric looked deeply at Xiu. He seemed to feel that he had made a serious mistake – actually trying to reason with the heretics. The Son of God shifted his gaze, his green eyes reflecting Du Ze's figure.
"Sir God's Messenger, do you think so too …"
Once Du Ze was involved, it was as if Xiu's reverse scale had been touched. His smile disappeared and his expression became aggressive. Eric was not afraid of Xiu's dangerous gaze. He firmly stared at Du Ze, seemingly wanting the black-haired youth to make a choice: "Do you think he is right?"
Du Ze involuntarily looked at Xiu and found that Xiu was also looking at him. The man didn't explain anything and only said one sentence: "Do you believe me?"
Two people, two choices. Anyone with a normal mind can judge that Eric's position is just. Moreover, Du Ze never agreed with Xiu's inhumane and cruel methods in "Mixed Blood." Du Ze's eyes moved between Xiu and Eric. In fact, he didn't need to think about it to make the right choice.
"I believe you." In order to enunciate his words clearly, Du Ze always spoke very slowly. This way, he appeared particularly serious and solemn, as if he was reciting a lifelong oath. He looked at the stunned Eric and repeated his answer to the Son of God: "I believe in Xiu."
– The Eric in front of him is still the "Eric" in "Mixed Blood," but the Xiu next to him is no longer the "Xiu" from "Mixed Blood." That's enough.
Eric's eyes were full of disappointment and puzzlement. Xiu sighed and hugged Du Ze with great force, as if he wanted to squeeze the person he liked to the extreme into his flesh and blood.
"Let's go."
Du Ze quickly grabbed the doujinshi that almost slipped and missed the best opportunity to refuse. Being held in Xiu's arms, some silly, cute person held the doujinshi with a stiff face and didn't know where to look. You Yi's line of sight swayed to the back. Du Ze found that Eric, who had been left behind, had not stopped in his original spot but had silently followed him.
In the newly arrived town, even though all the townspeople knelt on the ground and begged, they were driven out of the town by the soldiers and watched helplessly as their homes were swallowed up by the darkness. At this point, Du Ze actually understood what Xiu wanted to do: that man is forcing everyone to fall, forcing everyone to stand against the angels – he wants to destroy the angels, including the governor. As long as the most senior governor is dead, Xiu will be the next governor.
The outcome can already be predicted, and the process will be bloody. The cries of the townspeople echoed in the darkness. Du Ze couldn't help but glance at Eric. The blond, blue-eyed Son of God stood on the edge of the town, his fists clenched so tightly that they bled. However, when the townspeople knelt and begged, when the soldiers drove the townspeople out, and when the mage chanted the incantation, Eric seemed to know that he could not stop it, so he remained silent.
But will Eric give up so easily?
Suddenly, a light appeared between the gloomy sky and earth. The townspeople who were kneeling on the ground looked up in astonishment. A feather of light fell into the darkness of the town. It was not dazzling, but with a bright and gentle light, it unquestionably cut through the darkness and melted with it. Xiu jerked his head back, his scarlet eyes staring at Eric who had done all this. As the feather melted, the light returned to the town. All the townspeople were pleasantly surprised. They knelt down again, this time out of gratitude.
"Thank, thank you!" The townspeople looked up at the Son of God with reverence, their faces flushed with excitement. "You are the incarnation of the God of Light!"
Eric's tightly pursed mouth finally loosened a little, revealing a bright smile. "It's what I should do."
Du Ze felt as if his heart had been pinched by a pair of pliers, and the pain was numb. In front of him, Eric was bathed in light, and his golden hair was particularly bright and beautiful – just like that person from before. Even though he knew that Eric's actions would hinder Xiu's plan, Du Ze did not want to deny the current Eric. It was like denying the past Xiu who would hurt himself for others.
However, right now, the one who was denying Eric and the past Xiu was Xiu himself.
"Do you think that by doing this, you can save them? That they will be really grateful to you? "
Xiu stared at Eric in the light, the smile on his face colder than when he wasn't smiling.
"I always thought you were just naive. I didn't expect you to be stupid to this point."
Xiu's words were like a cold wind pouring into Du Ze's clothes, carrying with it his body heat. Every word of that man was not so much satirizing Eric as mocking his past self.
– Xiu, why are you so good to everyone?
– I just did what I should do.
– Do you think that by saving them, they will be really grateful to you?
Xiu said to Eric, to his past self, that this was too stupid.
Eric and Xiu looked at each other. Standing in the light, the shadows around Xiu were particularly dark.
"You are very pitiful." Eric said: "In your eyes, everyone is ugly. You don't believe in other people and only care about yourself. You are very pitiful. "
Du Ze wanted to tell Eric that the person he was accusing was a naive person who believed in beauty. Even when he was betrayed by the people he saved and betrayed by the people around him, he still chose to believe. That's why he was hurt even more. This kind of hurt continued to accumulate until the moment of death, when that person no longer had the choice to believe in others.
Du Ze's words were interrupted by Xiu's laughter. The man's laughter was very carefree and his eyebrows were brimming with arrogance.
"Eric." For the first time, Xiu called out Eric's name to his face. "You will soon know who the real pitiful person is."
"There is one more thing you are wrong about." Xiu did not defend himself, only emphasizing one point: "There is a person I will believe in even if I don't care."
Xiu held Du Ze in his arms. He kissed Du Ze's black hair, his eyes filled with deep affection.
"I only want this one person, that's all."
Eric involuntarily looked away, but the moment he looked away, he felt that it was almost an act of admitting defeat. The consul's men saw that the two inspectors seemed to have finished speaking. One of the mages came to ask Xiu for instructions on the next step.
"My Lord, shall we go back or move on?"
Because the light element collection spell cannot be used continuously in the same area in a short period of time, Xiu glanced at the town that was rescued by Eric and then ordered them to move on to the next place. As expected, Eric continued to follow them and used his light feathers to neutralize the darkness every time he completely collected them. Du Ze clearly felt that Xiu's mood was getting worse. Because they were in the same camp, Eric could not stop Xiu. Conversely, Xiu could not stop Eric's actions. Eric's actions not only made Xiu feel very unsightly, but also hindered Xiu's plan. Because of Eric's act of redemption, the people passing by not only did not hate the angels, but they were also grateful to the angels – especially Eric.
"Whoosh –"
There was a sudden commotion among the soldiers walking in front and the whole team stopped. Du Ze smelled the rusty smell of blood and saw two soldiers carrying a mage over. An arrow had pierced the mage's throat. The mage was obviously dead.
"My Lord, we can't go on." The two surviving mages supported each other and said with pale faces: "There is a nest of bandits in front!"
Xiu was in a bad mood. He looked at the town built on the mountains in the distance. Not only was there a sentry post, but there were also squads patrolling back and forth on the walls.
"There is no need to expel them, just directly collect them."
"But …" The mage did not know why he found it difficult to speak. After a long time, he seemed to think of a reason and quickly said: "But they will resist …"
A huge gray magic array unfolded in the sky. Xiu stared at the mage: "Any other questions?"
Being stared at by those bloody eyes, the mage almost pissed his pants and ran to carry out Xiu's order. The soldiers avoided the archers' attack range and sprinkled powder on the edge. The sentry at the sentry post was still shocked by the sudden appearance of the huge magic array in the sky. When he saw the opposite soldiers begin to surround their town with powder, he immediately sounded the siren. Du Ze saw the city gate open and a group of armed bandits rushed out. However, before they could run more than a few steps, they were hit by the gray light of the magic array and nothing was left.
It seemed that the opposite side did not know what had happened. Another group of bandits rushed out of the city gate and were once again destroyed by the gray light. Then, whether ordinary people or warriors, as long as they ran out of the town, they would be locked by the magic array in the sky and be annihilated by the gray light. Soon, no one dared to leave the town. Even the gate was tightly closed after several sacrifices.
After the powder was arranged, the mages began to chant incantations. Because one mage had died, the remaining two mages had some difficulty casting spells. As the light was collected, the darkness slowly poured into the town. There were several screams of horror in the town as the darkness flowed into the houses. However, no one opened the gate and ran out. It seemed that the bandits would rather die at home than leave their corpses exposed in the wilderness. The movement in the town was getting louder and louder. Du Ze could even imagine the panic inside: with the influx of darkness, the space for those people to escape was getting smaller and smaller. They could only watch helplessly as the darkness surrounded them and drowned them.
At this moment, Xiu suddenly spoke: "What, you don't want to save them?"
Eric didn't seem to think that Xiu would suddenly talk to him and couldn't respond for a moment. Xiu pointed to the town where the screams were coming from and seemed to seriously suggest: "Don't you want to save them? Just like what you did before. "
Because of Xiu's words, everyone's eyes were focused on Eric. Du Ze looked at Eric's light feathers. Including the small town, they had passed through a total of three settlements, so Eric's current number of feathers was three and a half. If Eric wanted to, he could take out a light feather to disperse the darkness in the town and save the bandits.
Seeing that Eric didn't move, Xiu laughed.
"You don't want to save them because they are a group of bandits."
It was supposed to be a rhetorical question, but Xiu said it as if he was stating a conclusion. Xiu's attitude made Eric unhappy, but he didn't deny Xiu's words. "They chose to be sinners and should be punished accordingly."
"You must have grown up in the Temple of Light." Xiu grinned. "Those people must have taught you that there are only absolute 'good' and 'bad' in this world. The civilians are 'good' and the Temple is' good ', so they are all good and should be protected. The bandits are' bad 'and the heretics are' bad ', so they are all evil and should be punished. "
Eric wanted to refute, but the moment he opened his mouth, he didn't know what to say. Although Xiu's description was a bit extreme, he couldn't find anything to refute. Eric, who was chosen as the Son of Light when he was a child, lived in the Temple of Light. His enlightenment was the Holy Grimoire and his teacher was the highly respected Pope. Growing up in the Temple, he believes that bandits who bully the people and disturb the government should be punished. Is there anything wrong with that?
"Come here." Xiu suddenly called a soldier, pointed to the gradually silent town and asked: "How long have these people been entrenched here?"
"Replying to my Lord, after the last governor left, they occupied the city. The consul sent troops several times, but they couldn't get rid of them. "
"Why? They are not strong. "
"The surrounding civilians will defend them." The soldier paused and then said: "There is also a mutiny."
Eric looked at the soldier in astonishment, seemingly unable to understand the situation the soldier was describing. Xiu's face was calm as he let the soldier continue.
"The bandits are often hostile to us, obstructing us from collecting light from the surrounding areas, and even looting the light that has been collected and distributing it to the surrounding villages. Many people have joined them, including the consul's son. That's why the Lord didn't have the heart to deal with them and didn't dare to report to the Lords. "
"Bullying the people and disturbing the government, robbing people …" Xiu's voice was neither slow nor slow, but each word heavily struck Eric's heart. "You're right, they are indeed a group of bandits who should be punished."
Eric's eyes widened. His long-held belief was like a hard boulder that suddenly cracked. Although it was not big, it spread little by little like a spider's web. He saw his own shadow in Xiu's eyes, painted scarlet from head to toe.
"You are no different from the angel." The man said: "How arrogant of you to categorize others like this."
The author has something to say: Protagonist: Do you believe me?
Reader (instant answer): I don't believe it.
Author: Why?
Reader: He said he would let me be on top tonight, who would believe him!
Protagonist (smile): I will make you believe it.
Reader: (́ д ́ ≡ ́ д ́)!?
***
In fact, I wrote 9,000 words, but I still haven't finished writing the plot, so I broke it up and updated it … I'll try to update a chapter tomorrow.
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