"I protest!"

When Uther was about to eliminate the power of Fuding's holy light, Jiang Weihan brewed for a long time and finally made his voice heard. In the quiet courtroom, this abrupt sound suddenly attracted everyone's attention.

Uther cast a stern glance at him, scrutinizing.

Jiang Weihan did not want to sensationalize, but had long been deliberate: this was his first step to really change history. And it doesn't matter if you succeed or fail - it would be better if you could exonerate Ferdin, and even if she couldn't, then Ferdin's power would still be able to recover on his own.

After organizing some words, Jiang Weihan left his seat and walked to an empty witness seat next to Ferdin, carrying his staff. As he passed past Ronin and Gianna, they stared at him for the first time.

"I hope to defend His Excellency Fording a few words, and I hope that the court can protect the legitimate rights of the parties." Coming to his seat, Jiang Weihan glanced at Furding on his left, and then met Uther's gaze.

"Identify yourself, young mage!" Uther muttered.

Jiang Weihan said: "I am Jiang Weihan, a summoner from the Valoran War Academy. ”

Of course, Uther had never heard of this place, and in fact, it was impossible for anyone in this world to have heard of it, so he turned to the erudite ** master Antonidas and cast an inquiring look, and the other party shook his head slightly.

But this young mage, no, the identity of the summoner is not the point, the important thing is that he also expects someone to convince the jurors to change their attitudes - he is very reluctant to see his old friend suffer such a tragic thing as being deprived of the power of the Light and his identity, glory, and being expelled from the country on charges.

"So, what are you protesting against?"

Jiang Weihan cleared his throat: "I think that the verdict handed down by the court/court is more severe than the mistake made by His Excellency Tirio. Such a sentence is unfair. ”

Uther said expressionlessly, "Give your reasons. ”

"The testimony of the witnesses against the parties is as follows: 1. Keeping orcs in the territory without permission; 2. Whipping the Union soldiers who mistreated him when the orc was being beaten; 3. Refuse to break your oath to the orcs. Did I make a mistake in my summary? Jiang Weihan asked.

"Correct."

"Okay. The reason for the punishment of the parties in court is that it is not in accordance with the laws of the League to allow the orcs without permission and promise him a quiet life, and the parties are guilty of harboring the orcs without permission; This orc may attract an army of orcs and lead the people of the alliance to be attacked, and the person concerned is guilty of knowingly failing to report it; If the parties are unwilling to repent and break their original promises to the orcs, the parties may have betrayed the alliance and committed treason. Is there a mistake in my summary in court/court? ”

"Correct."

"Good. Then I'm going to start making a reasonable defense for the client. Allow me to ask a few questions. ”

"Accurate!"

After Jiang Weihan received permission, he nodded and saluted the alliance leaders in the courtroom, then turned to Tirio, who was a little sluggish, and asked, "Client, you have communicated with the orc Itreig. May I ask if he told you how long he came to your territory and lived in seclusion? ”

Tirio came back to his senses and replied without thinking, "Six years, he told me that he had been living in seclusion near the Valley of the Hearth for more than six years. ”

"Very good, then as a lord, have there been any orcs raiding and harming local residents in your territory in the past few years in office? Or have you heard of something like this in the vicinity of a possible Itreig? ”

"Nope. In recent years, merchants have gathered from Hearthvale to Andorhar, and after the end of the war, they have never heard of any evil done by orcs. Tirio replied in the affirmative.

"Okay," Jiang Weihan turned to Uther, "Your Excellency the Presiding Judge: The words of the parties can be proved by corresponding evidence. If this qiē is true, then it means that the orc Itreg has been hiding in the Valley of the Hearth for six years and has not actively attacked humans. If it weren't for the fact that the person concerned walked into the deep forest during his patrol, maybe this orc would still be living quietly in seclusion. Then we can fully assume that this orc will not endanger the local people of the Alliance. Does the court agree with this assertion? ”

Uther was somewhat silent and did not answer directly, but turned to the jury. The five gathered together to talk to each other and gesture to each other. The most intense expressions should be Admiral Dalin and Uther. Soon, however, the argument came to an end, and Uther returned to the judgment seat and replied: "The inferences you have spoken of have only been applied before. Given that there is currently a wave of orcs attacking the containment site, if the orc Itregg gets the word, there is a good chance that it will return to its people and continue to be an enemy of the Alliance. The jury rejects your argument. ”

Jiang Weihan expected this result, and continued: "Then, let's review the oath that the person concerned made to the orc. He said, 'If you do not do anything that endangers the people of my realm, then I pledge in the honor of a paladin that I will not disturb your seclusion.' Obviously, if Itreig had not done anything to endanger the alliance before he was captured by Lord Da Sohan; Assuming that he later joined the orc forces attacking the asylum, as the jury had found, the oath he had promised would be annulled. And if the orcs are not captured, an orc who is not dangerous to humans is obviously not a cause for concern. Moreover, after the end of the Second World War, the wise King Terenus ordered the construction of many prisoner of war camps, apparently not to put all the orcs to death. Rather, it gives them a chance to mend their ways. So why not be spared a reclusive orc who seems to have been reformed in the past?

"Of course, even that's not the point. Well, the jury had just given him a choice based on his previous merits: to break his oath to the orcs and swear allegiance to the Alliance. The parties swore allegiance to the Alliance, but refused to break their oath to the Orcs. The court, and many of you here, think it's a very brazen choice. However, I don't think this is a contradiction, and it cannot be used as the maximum basis for conviction. As has been analyzed above, the parties did not trust the orcs unreservedly, let alone completely shield the orcs, but made obvious restrictions on the accommodation of Itreg 'not harming the people of the alliance'. Please put aside your personal feelings and think about it, should we hate an orc who is not in danger? Especially since this orc also saved the life of the person concerned!

"Moreover, I think an alliance is unreliable if the oath is broken to show allegiance to the Alliance: I have heard that Archbishop Alonthos, when he founded the Order of the Silver Hand, set up eight virtues for the paladins - modesty, integrity, mercy, valor, justice, sacrifice, honor, and spirit. I have no doubt about the valor of all of you, but I ask you paladins to ask yourselves, if you are in the position of a person, does your virtue allow you to take revenge and inflict a cruel death penalty on a harmless old orc who saved your life? ”

Jiang Weihan saw a hint of approval in the eyes of the aging Archbishop Alonsos: "If you can do it yourself, then I have nothing to say." ”

His question sparked a tumultuous discussion. He knew very well that all he had to do now was to muddy the waters as much as possible, so he didn't leave time for everyone to continue the discussion:

"Azeroth is a world where many intelligent races coexist. The racial notion of pure human supremacy is very narrow. In fact, we humans have only 2,000 years of history, and our allies, whether gnomes, dwarves, or high elves, have a history many times longer than ours. In the past, we were hostile to the Orcs because the Orcs invaded our homeland and we were forced to take up arms to defend our country. But as you know, the orcs themselves were victims of this invasion - they originally lived on the distant planet of Draenor, and possessed their own civilization and way of being, simple and kind. But a group of demons from the Twisted Void lured them into drinking the demon's blood, fueling their inner mania and belligerence. In Azeroth, a demon-possessed being, Zài (Medivan), has invaded our world.

"Now the orcs have been defeated. And the power of the demonic blood in their blood has gradually faded, and they are recovering to their former nature. That's how the orc Itrieg is. If, I mean, if the orcs were freed from the influence of demonic blood and regained their true nature, they might not have resolved their hatred with us, or even become allies. ”

His rhetoric brightened the eyes of Antonidas, who had been found to have lost their bloodthirsty and belligerent nature in the asylum and had become weak, lazy, and listless. The mages have studied and believe that the elements within them that had influenced their belligerent nature are fading. After obtaining this result, Antonidas decided that if the orcs were no longer belligerent, then humans would no longer be able to keep them in captivity in costly shelters, and would save the Alliance a lot of money in maintaining the shelters.

Now that he heard that this young mage had the same opinion, he immediately resonated. And obviously, not everyone is as wise and wise as he is.

Admiral Dai Lin next to the division let out a contemptuous laugh: "How can such a filthy and lowly creature as an orc be an ally of our noble humans? Not killing them is already the Alliance's greatest forgiveness and bounty. ”

Most of the uproar in the court was also accusing Jiang Weihan of being shallow and ignorant, and everyone was obviously biased towards Admiral Dai Lin's cognition.

Jiang Weihan didn't care, he said this with the intention of gaining the support of some members of the jury. Admiral Daelin has always hated orcs, and it is impossible to win them over, and the young prince of Arthas, who dislikes ugly orcs from the bottom of his heart, is not an object that can be persuaded lightly. Only Alonsos and Uther, who are close to Fordin, are easy to woo, so as long as the neutral Antonidas agrees with him, Fordin can get a chance to get a light sentence.

Apparently, he was close to his purpose.

Next, Jiang Weihan took out a memory crystal and presented it: "These controversies can be left for the future, but there is one thing that is imminent at present. ”

After Uther got the crystal, a terrifying image appeared in his mind, which was exactly what Jiang Weihan saw in the psychic academy. Apparently recognizing the severity of the matter, he turned around and delivered the crystal to several jurors.

Several people were silent. The Prince of Arthas, who had finished watching it, couldn't help but be angry, and said in a trembling tone: "It's really outrageous evil, I must protect my people from the persecution of this group of madmen!" ”

But obviously, such a thing should not be made public, and it is indeed more important than what is being done in front of you. Recently, the activities of the cursed sect have been too frequent, and the whole kingdom has long wanted to find out this group of crazy people, but no one here expected that this cult would actually engage in such a terrible thing.

They were now desperate to find out, so Jiang Weihan was invited to them