242. In the name of protection
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm going to accumulate strength to make the earth fire erupt, I'm going to be very focused during this time, so I won't listen to you, it's about two hours, you just wait in there. www.biquge.info"Just when Zhang Li wanted to stop Rukma from doing something stupid, Lukma had already issued a final notice.
The fire elementals in the depths of the earth are starting to get busy, and after the previous Fire King, the new Fire King will use the same method to create another "Black Stone Mountain", which is obviously not something that can be done by one person, and the fire elements must charge up together, so that they can drive the lava in the center of the earth to the exact location.
Rukma obviously didn't care about the lives and deaths of the mortals inside, in her opinion, it didn't matter how many mortals died, the only value of these creatures with a lifespan of only a hundred years was fertility and faith.
So in her opinion, the way to rescue Zhang Li is very simple, as long as the city and everything around it are destroyed, then the magic circle will naturally cease to exist.
However, Zhang Li's eggs were already shattered inside.
Rukma no longer accepts information from the outside world, so Zhang Lidan knows bitterly that all this in front of him only has two hours of existence.
I knew what he was looking for her for, and it was a mess.
She didn't understand how much effort Zhang Li had poured into these humans, and he was so absorbed in manipulating their development that he worked completely hard without asking for anything in return, in order to pursue greater returns.
If these people die cleanly, the foundation of his church will be lost, not only on the human side, but also on the orc side.
At that time, the power of the aristocracy will return, and the Maghan orcs will completely crowd out the Ansher Church, and his efforts will be in vain, and people's recognition of the faith will also drop to the freezing point.
He knew that Rukma was used to taking a hundred years as a benchmark, but he was not used to it, and took a step back and said, even if he could wait for a hundred years, those world-class disasters that would occur in the near future would not wait.
In the midst of those calamities, war-torn alliances and hordes will burst into force to be reckoned with.
Therefore, Zhang Li looked at the fragments of the Holy Sword hanging on the ceiling like light bulbs.
Think about it for another half hour, and if he still can't think of a countermeasure after half an hour, use his stupid method.
So Zhang Li began to frown and think.
As if sensing his urgency, an old man who had finished praying quietly walked up to him.
"Is it urgent?" This is an old man with a kind face, he saw Zhang Li's depressed expression, so he came over to send warmth.
As an old man who is about to come to the end of his life, what they like to do most is to share their life experience with others, if they can help someone out of the predicament, that sense of achievement is like an affirmation of the whole life, this old man obviously also has this thought.
Zhang Li ignored him completely.
But the old people don't care, young people, all like this, they will drill the horns when they encounter problems, for this kind of stubborn temper, a sufficient care is necessary.
So the old man spoke to himself.
"You know what? I've experienced enough despair in my life......" Speaking of this, the old man's face instantly became sad, and he seemed to recall some sad past.
"I was born in this land, when I was a child, Stormwind was not what it is now, and Stormwind was not as majestic as it is now......" The old man was completely caught in memory mode.
"Think about the beautiful days back then, there were no orcs and no demons, war never seemed to come to us, and the countryside was still a green meadow, where I used to catch bugs with my friends......" The sweet memories of my childhood made the old man's dry face bloom into a smile.
Memory is the most precious treasure in a person's life, and it is precisely because of the life limit that those good times are precious, and the old man is sharing his "treasure" with Zhang Li.
"When I was a child, my memories were always carefree, my family conditions were not bad, my parents had their own shop, so compared to the average person, my childhood was a little longer, until I grew up, as the second son in the family, my father began to arrange for me to learn some trades, and since then I have gradually hated the world."
"Work, study, endless, compared to the comfortable and beautiful childhood, such changes make me very resistant, especially when you can always meet some people who can live very well even without doing anything, so I was very rebellious during that time, and even wanted to leave here and become an adventurer, and the reason why I gave up this idea was because of a girl."
What follows is an old-fashioned love story, the master who taught him the craft has a very beautiful daughter, after a chance meeting, he fell in love with this girl at first sight, so after that, he began to study hard, desperately express himself, as soon as people have a pursuit, they will become very different, and in this way he became the best student there.
But the master seemed to see his thoughts, and the master of the philistine looked down on such a second son who had nothing, and made things difficult for him in every way, which made him disheartened for a while.
And then nothing bloody happened, the girl was impressed by the boy's diligence, and the heart secretly promised something, it all just existed in the drama, the truth is that the more beautiful the girl, the higher the spirit, the more eager for a valuable husband.
The girl's biggest dream is to marry a handsome and dashing noble knight, but she does not understand that marriage is more like an alliance between families for the nobles, and this alliance exists only between nobles and nobles, and commoners do not have that qualification.
So in the end, the pretty girl was deceived by a certain knight and promised a bunch of impossible nonsense, which was thrown aside after making her belly bigger.
So the heroic and fearless pick-up boy made a move.
For the affection in his heart, for his love, he launched a fierce offensive, and finally took advantage of the weakness to enter and return with a beautiful woman, with a cheap son.
It's also a shame that chastity in Azeroth or something is not so important, so the mustard in the boy's heart is not very big, and just like that, they live happily together.
Speaking of this, the old pick-up man smiled contentedly, as if he had taken advantage of it.
Of course, he wouldn't tell Zhang Li about his liking to be a father, but who Zhang Li is, Zhang Li is the god he believes in, and this secret has actually been conveyed to Zhang Li when he thinks about it.
So Zhang Li secretly despised him, but I have to say that it is really interesting to listen to people tell stories, especially when this story has a special color, and part of his mind is attracted.
Most people's marriages are forced to be helpless, few people can get married because of love, and the pick-up man thinks that he is happy because he married the woman he loves.
Family is the driving force, so after that he began to be angry, because of his skill, he quickly rose to prominence, with the help of his father-in-law, that is, his master, set up a small workshop, and saw that life was happy.
But something very embarrassing happened to him, the child who did not belong to him was born.
And it's a boy, and the bubble of happiness bursts in an instant.
No one would like to raise a wild seed, as long as he is a normal man.
The same is true for the pick-up man, but the knight master will not approve of this child, if he doesn't raise it, the child will lose hope of survival, and in the end, the kindness of his heart still drives the pick-up man to decide to raise him as an adult.
But he was not destined to be treated as his own child.
In this way, the little boy grew up under the cold eyes of his father, he did not know his background, but hated his father's injustice very much.
"But when our eldest son grew up, he was very rebellious for various reasons, and just like that, he chose to leave alone and become an adventurer." The old pick-up man showed a look of remorse.
Similarly, the above details were not said by the old pick-up man, and Zhang Li still knew them from his heart.
"But tragedy happened, and soon after, his fellow adventurers brought back his body, and since then, my wife's health has deteriorated due to excessive grief, and I have also caused the family's business to plummet for various reasons, and it was the darkest day I have ever experienced......"
The old pick-up man said so, but Zhang Li knew that the root cause was not as simple as he said, and the reason why his workshop business was prosperous was actually that the cheap son's real father was secretly taking care of it.
Although they couldn't recognize each other, the noble knight who had a sense of indebtedness in his heart used his connections to make the family's business go smoothly, and then after learning that his son had been forced out of the house and died tragically in the wilderness, the knight lord was furious.
In this way, his workshop was seized, the whole family lost their financial resources, and after using up the last bit of savings, one of his little children starved to death, as a father, he despaired of this powerless situation, he turned to his brother for help, but because of the relationship of offending the nobles, no one dared to take care of him, he was really unable to support the family anymore, and finally even his wife died of illness.
He became nothing.
Then, just as he was lying in the corner waiting to die, the orcs attacked.
The rampaging orcs destroyed too many families, but accidentally saved his life, and he was captured.
His fate was either to be reduced to a prop of the orc warlock, or to be thrown into the ogre's cauldron, but fortunately the ogre had a good meal during those days, so they picked and choose, and the thin old receiver survived and was raised like an animal.
Then, the human race recaptured the land, and the old pick-up man was also rescued, because all the people who had a relationship with him died, no one recognized him, and he returned to human society, after the reconstruction of Stormwind City, he was lucky to get a brand new house, but he lost the motivation to live when he became alone, and lived like this.
Until now.
The old man was already in tears of pain at this time.
"I'm sorry, I obviously wanted to persuade you, but I was so out of shape......" Wiping the tears on his face, the old man smiled embarrassedly.
"But I still want to say that even with all this despair, I still found the motivation to live in my life." The old man looked with reverence at the Eye of Light carved on the top of the church.
"I don't know if the Light will forgive me for all these things I have done, but I still want to try, in case, I mean, in case, if I can go to Heaven, maybe I will be able to see my son again, and then I will apologize to him, and I hope he will forgive me."
Anyone who has lived together for a long time has feelings, and the definition of family is sometimes not rigid in blood relations, and he has always felt guilty about his cheap son.
"Then, if I can meet my wife again, I want to tell her about the current world, the Holy Light has liberated all mankind, there are no more nobles and commoners, and if she can be born in this world again, she can choose to marry someone she really likes, instead of a despicable guy like me......"
The old man looked at the sky lonely, and there was a hint of indifference in his tired eyes.
"In addition, I have a small wish, I heard that heaven is a very beautiful world, and if I can live there, maybe I can start a beautiful life...... "Who doesn't have a little fantasy in their heart."
He was tired of the world, but the presence of the Light gave him one last bit of hope, and for that he paid for his faith.
Zhang Li glanced at him lightly, he knew that this old man had reached an agreement with many other lonely old men, that is, after a while, if the demons outside had not been defeated, they would collectively rush out to seek death.
These old people don't want to waste those precious food, they don't know how long it will take to be trapped here, if they are trapped for a year and a half, the food will not be enough, anyway, there is no point in living, instead of wasting food here, it is better to give this hope of life to young people.
That's how they decide......
Zhang Li shook his head lightly, and then stood up in the old man's confusion.
"I couldn't bear to interrupt you before, but I'll tell you one thing, I'm definitely much older than you."
Zhang Li's words made the old man a little embarrassed in an instant.
"Yes, is that so? Elves are truly a magical race. β
"But the depth of consciousness has nothing to do with people's growth, some people live for a long time, but become more and more reluctant, more and more despicable......" Zhang Li smiled inexplicably, and said: "Na, let me ask you, what do you think justice is?" β
"Justice?" The sudden question made the old man stunned: "Isn't justice just ...... mercy?"
"Stop! Don't talk about what is regulated, talk about the righteousness in your heart, the righteousness you think. β
"This ......," the old man did not know how to answer.
However, Zhang Li did not wait for his answer.
"Everyone has their own definition of justice, and they agree with this or that code of conduct, but they always act contrary to it." Zhang Li seemed to be speaking to the old man, and it was also as if he was talking to himself.
"However, if everyone can have a clear conscience, this society is extremely fragile, if everyone is a saint and does not doubt and hate others, then a random scheming can get unexpected benefits from it, the simplest example is the goblins, they will put the naΓ―ve guy to death, follow the justice in their hearts but do not get due reward, is this justice really justice?"
After Zhang Li said these words, he left the old man and began to slowly advance towards Excalibur Escani.
So Escany, what is true justice? Zhang Li asked in his heart, he already knew about Vanessa's use (he didn't know how Vanessa's soul went out of the body), so he had been thinking about how to drive Escani.
He knew Vanessa very well, and her dream was to inherit her father's business and lead mankind out of the clutches of nobility, and in this way he could get the right to use it once, so it seemed that justice was not far from him.
He guessed again and again in his heart what kind of consciousness could be recognized by this weapon, and there were some signs for a while.
As a person who has lived in the world of high wizards, believing in gods is not unfamiliar to Zhang Li.
Igniting the divine fire with a huge faith, obtaining the priesthood, and then exalting the kingdom of the gods, and obtaining the power of the law represented by the priesthood, this is the step of becoming a god.
Generally speaking, only level 4 wizards have the qualifications to ignite the divine fire, but Zhang Li knows that some talented people can comprehend the edge of the law at level 3, directly ignite the divine fire, and achieve some kind of authority.
But such people generally do not choose to become gods, but go all the way down the path of wizards.
After all, a god is invincible only in his own kingdom, and if a level 5 god drags a wizard of the same level into his kingdom, his chances of victory can reach almost 80%, but it is too inferior to only dominate in his own small world.
Once these gods leave the kingdom of the gods, their strength may not even be as good as that of an ordinary level 4 wizard, although thousands of avenues have the same path, if the gods can be promoted to the extreme, the kingdom of the gods is enough to conjure up a universe that is not inferior to the real world, so it is not much difference between a wizard and a god.
But in order to become such a god, he needs at least one cosmic faith, and he has to defeat all the gods who conflict with his own priesthood before he can finally fight his way out, but the question is back to square one, how can he kill other gods without leaving his own kingdom? As soon as you leave, you will have to face a situation where your strength is not as good as that of a level 4 wizard, so the road to becoming a god is much more difficult than that of a wizard.
Of course, becoming a wizard is not in conflict with becoming a god, and many gods are powerful wizards themselves, which is another matter.
To get back to the point, to ignite the divine fire, you need to get a glimpse of the law, and Zhang Li's propaganda to himself is the embodiment of the holy light - the god of light and justice, so what is the law of justice, this is a question that he can't avoid.
As long as he can understand one in ten thousand, as long as he can light the divine fire, then he doesn't need to care about this kind of thing at all, and at that time, the power of faith will continue to build his kingdom, and in that kingdom, he is justice.
It's so simple and crude.
Zhang Li had already flown into the sky at this time, quietly looking at Escani who was in an active state, he already knew how Lothar opportunistically used this divine sword, but unfortunately, the mission of the divine sword at the beginning of forging was to fight against demons, and demons are indeed mortal enemies of justice, so feeling that the demons were approaching, Escani automatically entered a state of defense.
At this time, anyone who is not recognized, as long as they get even the slightest bit close to Escani, will be attacked by lightning.
The white lightning was already whirling on the shards, and this was the closest Zhang Li could get close.
"For a long time, human justice has been universally recognized as a variety of virtues, respect for parents, respect for elders, loyalty to lords, but humans are no different from beasts, they will hunt other races in order to seize the resources of life, jackals, trolls, many races have been branded as evil, it seems natural to take survival resources from them, the difference between humans and beasts is that even if they already have a land enough to feed themselves, they still want to plunder more resources."
"There is no shortage of warriors in the human race who sacrifice their lives for the country and the people, but they are not recognized by you, those warriors are influenced by the inherent education, not so much to fight for the people, but to protect the nobility, Vanessa is different from them, she wants to protect not a certain class, but the whole of humanity." Zhang Li said, as if he had entered some kind of enlightenment.
"Humanity is not a bright race, but fighting for humanity can be recognized by you, so is there no dividing line between good and evil? Killing and plundering for selfish desires are evil, and fighting for protection is justice, and justice has nothing to do with race, but the motive for drawing the sword? β
"Escani, the beliefs of the Titans collecting beings have forged your body for you, and the purpose of your existence is to protect these beings?"
I don't know what to think about, Zhang Li let those beliefs with self-sacrificing beliefs wrap his palms, and slowly stretched out towards Escani, Escani's sword body trembled slightly, Zhang Li This guy belongs to the kind of person who will not hesitate to cross even if he has a bottom line in his heart, no matter whether his guess of justice is correct or not, he can't get the approval of the divine sword, he just tried this way to indirectly drive this weapon like Lothar.
Most of the people below are fanatics, and at this critical juncture of survival, many of them believe in the desire to sacrifice themselves to protect their families.
With this belief as the hilt of the sword, if Zhang Liruo still can't drive the divine sword, then he can only use stupid methods.
The stupid way is to ignore the lethality of lightning, and forcibly hold it to fight with the demons outside, the power of the lightning that counterattacks Zhang Li has already tried, so killing the enemy is a thousand self-damage and fifteen, this routine is his final hole card.
He gambled that he was thicker than that demon's blood, and he had confidence in his new body, but then people would find out that this shelter was not made by the Holy Light, and his faith would be greatly reduced, so Zhang Li didn't want to use this method unless he had to.
Eventually, he grabbed Escani, and though his sword trembled, he didn't attack him.
"It's done!"
The power of faith was frantically consumed, and the turning point was in this short period of time.