"What do we do now?"
One of the old aristocrats frowned and said slowly, "Over the years, mines, trade, slaves, black markets, none of us have not touched them. Everyone is more or less stained with blood. If those lunatics really do mess around, I'm afraid we will be implicated. Can we ask the Temple of Wealth to expel them? It's not a problem to spend more money! "
Towards this old man, the strong man's attitude was obviously much better. He said slowly, "I'm afraid it's difficult."
"The Goddess of Wealth is neutral. Her priests and churches are also neutral. It's impossible to deal with the Paladins. It's tantamount to telling the world that they have leaned towards the evil camp. What's more, the Silver Hand has the artifact [Star of Day]. That artifact was given to him by the Holy Spirit of the God of Light. If the Temple of Wealth dares to attack the Silver Hand, it's tantamount to a frontal war with the God of Light. At that time, not only the Paladins will come, but I'm afraid the clergy army will also come. "
Clergy.
They were more of a headache than the Paladins. Although they were not so extreme, their numbers were quite large.
These guys were mainly active in the Glorious City. Occasionally, they would help fight against the evil drows, but their main energy was still on demons and devils. They were quite tolerant of the evil in the secular world. After all, the ruling class must exploit the civilians. As long as their table manners were not too ugly and there was no outrageous behavior, they would pretend not to see it.
Otherwise, they would not be able to control it at all!
The Paladins were rarely dispatched. The reason was that they could not ignore evil. But if they went out and met a victim, what if the other party asked the Paladins for help?
Ignore him?
That was against the path of the Paladins.
Help him?
How much could the Paladins change? The order of the world was like this. If an evil person was killed, would there not be a new one? As long as the interests and power were there, there would always be people who would be corrupted and depraved. A kingdom had a wise king and a tyrant. Could the Paladins overthrow a kingdom because of a tyrant?
After all, the Silver Hand was a special case. He had the artifact in his hand. He was the most powerful Paladin.
He was also the descendant of the God of Light.
At the end of the day, it was still a matter of strength. Today, the Paladins were not strong enough. As long as these people dared to throw Detect Evil, the Dark Domain and the Gray Domain would kill them all. But it was because the strength of the Paladins that appeared this time was too strong, so strong that even the City of Wealth did not dare to act rashly, so strong that the Church of Wealth did not dare to expel them, so such a headache occurred. A group of poor people sought justice from them, and they could not go against their beliefs. In the end, it became a situation where they had to do something.
Ignoring evil went against the faith of the Saint Samurai.
Fighting against evil was almost equivalent to becoming an enemy of the entire City of Wealth!
That was why Søren felt sorry for the Paladins.
"Paladins don't have the right to judge nobles!"
A man with a cold and gentle face suddenly said, "The Church of the God of Light will not allow paladins to wage war against nobles! The wealth that we have accumulated over the generations has always come from killing! Mines, slaves, and the black market. Even if we don't do them, someone else will take over! At that time, the City of Wealth will no longer be the City of Wealth. "
"I think the Silver Hand also understands this. If they have the ability, they can go and purify the Abyss of Hell!"
"Our sins are not worth mentioning at all when compared to the devils and demons! At least we maintain the order of the city, so that those untouchables work and have food to eat, and not completely become a place of chaos and killing. If we didn't maintain the law, that group of untouchables may not even have the days they have now. The pirates, adventurers, and the fallen from all directions, which one doesn't covet the wealth here? "
These words caused a lot of agreement.
There were even nobles who shouted that if they did not provide protection to the poor and provide land for farming, these untouchables would all starve to death and all of them would be eaten by monsters.
The strong man thought for a moment and slowly said, "The problem is not these! It's how we deal with these Paladins now! "
"They won't give up, or they will go against their beliefs."
The cold man looked around and slowly said, "Scapegoats!"
"The leaders of those gangs, responsible for the slave trade, the black market trade, and the organizations that are obviously not very obedient, we can catch them and use them as scapegoats. These people are all blood debts, and we can use the hands of the Paladins to eradicate them. This will appease those untouchables and also give the Paladins an explanation. "
"I don't think the Silver Hand is crazy enough to judge the nobles of the entire City of Wealth, right?"
The last thing the ruling class lacked was lawful evil.
They were not as cruel as the devils, but not many of the things they handled were good and noble.
"There's more."
The cold man stood up and looked around, and said in a deep voice, "We must find the Demigod Vampire as soon as possible! It was because of him that this group of Paladins was attracted. If we don't get rid of him, this group of Paladins may stay for a longer time. "
"I propose to send the army to search for his traces, and then let the Silver Hand deal with him."
This sentence made the surroundings silent for a moment, and then the others nodded and said, "Yes. We must find the Son of Fear. Otherwise, the Paladins will not leave so easily. "
The cause of all this was the Demigod Vampire.
If he had not run to the City of Wealth, the Paladins would not have come to chase him, the poor would not have sought justice from them, and the nobles would not have fallen into such an embarrassing situation. If there was no Silver Hand, it would be a small problem to just send some people to expel the Paladins, or even make them disappear. But since the Silver Hand had appeared, some attitudes must be made clear. If the Aristocratic Council was willing to help him deal with the Demigod Vampire, then the Paladins would not be crazy enough to put them on trial.
Could it be that the world would be in chaos?
"Good!"
The strong man slapped the table and said in a deep voice, "Send out the garrison, send out the city legion! Search the City of Wealth thoroughly, we must find the Demigod Vampire! Then catch those disobedient guys, we don't need the Paladins to do it, we will execute these guys according to the law! We can't break the rules of the City of Wealth just because of the appearance of the Paladins! "
"As for those untouchables, there will be time to deal with them later."
Speaking of this, the strong man showed a cruel smile. It was impossible for him not to be angry in his heart when a group of untouchables unintentionally used the Paladins as a tool to force him into such a situation.
Orders were issued one by one.
The cold man at the beginning could not help but show a smile, and a strange light appeared in his eyes. "This should be able to force you out, right? Stupid guy! Do you think you can suppress everything with strength? I'd like to see if you can die this time! "
A conspiracy had begun to brew.
When the Paladins appeared, they had become a knife. The weak used this knife to seek justice, and the evil used this knife to deal with the enemy.
The Paladins were a sad profession and a very fragile profession.
As long as a kind and honest victim was found to ask them for help, then they would have to face a choice. Should they help or not? If they did not help, they would kneel in front of you, hold your thigh and kowtow. At that time, would you help or not?
It was okay not to help once, but after two or three times, their faith would collapse.
That was why there were so many former Paladins in this world. There was no problem in helping. There were many people in this world who needed help. There were ordinary people who were harmed by gangs, and poor people who were oppressed and bullied by nobles. In this world, there are powerful forces everywhere. If you help a poor and kind-hearted person get rid of the gangsters who destroyed his family, then why don't you get rid of the gangsters at the same time? After this gang was eradicated, would you also eliminate the officials and nobles behind the scenes?
After you maintained justice and left, it would not be long before a second gang appeared.
How many times could you fight? How many people could you defeat?
Retreating was a decline in faith. The power of the Paladins would become that of ordinary warriors. If you could not tolerate evil, evil would naturally not tolerate you.
Want to maintain justice?!
It was too simple. There were bullies and bad guys in every town. A detection of evil would immediately identify those who had killed innocent civilians.
Could you kill them all? How much evil could you judge?
The Paladins were very powerful, but also very weak. They could not change the world. They could only protect the justice in their hearts in the difficult path.
That was why there was sadness in the eyes of those older Paladins!
Because they had been tested again and again, not only in strength, but also in heart and will. Without the Silver Hand, they were nothing at all.
One Silver Hand could force the City of Wealth to compromise.
Two Silver Hands could cleanse the City of Wealth of evil and corruption.
Three Silver Hands could reformulate the rules of the City of Wealth and make it closer to the rules of order and good.
Five Silver Hands could turn the City of Wealth into the next Glory City.
Unfortunately.
There was always only one Silver Hand.
They could not change the City of Wealth, nor could they change the world. The Abyss and Hell had existed for countless years. How many good gods had fought for it? The God of Light regarded it as a cancer and launched many wars in the Kingdom of God!
What was the final result?
The Abyss was still the Abyss, and Hell was still Hell.
The Paladins were such a group of stubborn and pitiful people who stuck to their faith. They could only believe in the justice in their hearts and could not make the world become righteous.
Because the world was the world, and they were still too weak.
…
Søren seemed to have seen something.
He heard the horn of the army and could see the emergency assembly of the city guards. The garrison had begun to set off. It seemed that the aristocratic forces of the City of Wealth had made a compromise. They began to carry out the cleansing in their own way to prevent the Paladins from destroying the order here. Small-scale cleansing to appease the civilians in exchange for the Paladins not to make a move.
This was undoubtedly a very smart choice.
It seemed that the aristocrats of the City of Wealth were not simple.
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