297 Draw your sword, for the sake of justice
When the old magician Francis installed the magic circle and the protective barrier enveloped the entire basin, Cheyenne announced that Cheyenne Dia had been completed, and the night was full of people and the noise continued until dawn.
And this night, Xia Andia was equally noisy, and it sounded no different from the movement of "the night of construction" from a distance, but the background sound was no longer laughter, but scolding.
The mentor council did not form a consensus, and the "outsiders" who could have bridged the differences left the scene, and the authority of the mentor council was gone. Banner and Nama wanted to do some work offstage and continue the competition at the next mentor meeting, but the radicals on both sides of the team dismantled the mentor meeting.
The two factions of paladins surrounded the wooden house in the center of the basin, and the argument developed to expose each other's scars to shouting and scolding. Banner and Nama initially tried to calm down, but in order to clarify their position and strengthen their hearts, they slapped the table in the wooden house again.
The more radical young people were not satisfied with just talking to each other, and the Banner faction wanted to go to the adventurer's colony at night to establish a stronghold, arguing that they were afraid that Nama's faction would go and encourage the adventurers first. Nama's faction blocked them, and both sides also pushed and scolded at the mouth of the valley.
The Paladin's dispute spread not only to the Patronage Valley, but also to temporary settlements further afield. Some of Cheyendia's druids and rangers couldn't bear to be implicated by the adventurers outside, and secretly delivered messages reminding them to stay safe, which only angered the adventurers.
The adventurers of the Divine Fall Plateau are not good men and women, let alone weak civilians.
Originally, under the suppression of Cheyenne, the Paladins led by Banner focused on rescuing adventurers and adjudicating disputes between them in the west. The nobles led by Nama sent the holy warriors to find trouble with the Holy Light Castle in the east, and prevented the Holy Light Castle from reaching out to the adventurers, and they got along with each other quite happily.
It was the trust of Cheyenne and the Paladins that led them to settle in the Sanctuary Valley, and even when Banner was messing around, they just moved outside and waited patiently.
Unexpectedly, they actually became the stage and even a weight for the struggle between the two factions of holy warriors, which made adventurers who fought to the death with the undead, monsters and various monsters all day long particularly unhappy.
Some adventurers claim to contact the "Enemies of Justice" to educate these megalomaniacal paladins.
The Divine Fall Plateau is mixed, and the public activities are basically in the camp of kindness and neutrality. Adventurers who belong to the evil camp...... No, they are all here to accumulate strength and weave conspiracies, not to take risks, there are quite a few such transcendents.
Killer assassins who believe in the god of killing, necromancers who believe in the Pale Lord, apothecaries who believe in the Plague Lady, and even demonic warlocks who work for the Demon King are all lurking in the shadows. These "enemies of justice" who hate the holy warriors are looking forward to pleasing the gods and demons by striking a heavy blow to the holy warriors.
The shouting of the people in the neutral camp made the adventurers of the good camp turn the finger. When those bastards come, will they only deal with the paladins? Won't they take them all in the pot?
So the adventurer's settlement also made a disturbance, and the originally good and neutral camp was still safe under the deterrence of the holy warriors, but now it has left the sheltered river valley and has become a lawless place again, and there is no scruple about what to do.
After all, Cheyenne Diari is a holy warrior, and Cheyenne may come back at any time, and both factions are still restrained from breaking through the final bottom line. On the adventurer's side, the old and new hatreds that had been suppressed in the past were all turned over. Fireball Wind Blade's various spells are moving, and then the magic guide gun sings the protagonist.
When the sky dawns, the conflict in the settlement intensifies, and the blood is about to flow. A pillar of golden light shot up from the basin into the sky, swinging in a circle that made the body weak, causing all the adventurers in the settlement to stop.
Cheyenne is back!
Such a terrifying divine power of justice almost surpasses the limits of mortals, who else but Cheyenne?
Xia Andia, the paladins looked at the wooden house in the center, all of them nervous and relieved.
In the wooden house, Nama watched as she suddenly appeared in the wooden house, drew her sword and struck a golden light, piercing the house to the zenith of Cheyenne, almost softening to the ground.
She choked up and said, "Mentor...... Sorry ......"
Banner's body, which had been straight because of the argument with Nama, suddenly fell down and did not dare to face Cheyenne.
There was a sobbing sound in the corner, and it turned out to be Gronia.
"Gronia?"
"Your Highness...... What's wrong with you?"
Gaston and Esther were beside her, surprised as they asked.
"Mayne is gone......"
Gronia couldn't stop crying: "If the mentor had come back earlier, I wouldn't have lost her." ”
"There's still a chance, she'll change her mind. ”
"The mentor is back, and everything will be fine. ”
The two comforted her, and they both saw Gronia seeing Mayne off and Frodo following Mayne.
"I'm sorry to have you face such a difficult thing. ”
Cheyenne looked at Gronia and shook her head slightly. Looking at everyone again, he said in a heavy tone: "I'm also sorry to bring you to the Divine Fall Plateau, but I didn't build the kingdom of holy warriors." ”
"Mentor ......"
Feeling something, the horror tightly choked Nama's heart, and her difficult opening was stopped by Cheyenne's wave of her hand.
"I'm here to meet you one last time, and the way forward is up to each of you to choose. ”
Cheyenne's voice fluctuated with her divine power, echoing throughout Cheyendia, and everyone could hear it clearly.
The others looked at each other in shock, trying to confirm whether they had heard it wrong, and the people in the wooden house were even more like thunderbolts.
In the room full of magic circles and surging with magical energy, the old magician Francis sighed and said in a low voice: "You still haven't escaped the trajectory of fate, Cheyenne, it seems that I don't have to resist anymore." ”
Nama and Banner reacted and ran to Cheyenne at the same time, like children trying to hug their father who was about to abandon them.
Halfway through, they all stopped.
A faint golden glow shone on Cheyenne's body, her exposed skin showed cracks, and her cheeks were like porcelain that had been broken and re-glued. A faint gray aura diffused from the crack, making his whole person hideous and strange.
"Don't be sad, I'm not going to die, I just can't stay on the main plane anymore. ”
He looked at the two disciples and sighed: "Originally, I regarded Xia Andia as my path of justice, but I couldn't violate the laws of the world, this path, I failed. ”
"I've chosen a new path, and that path is no longer mortal, so I can't take you with me. ”
Nama fell to her knees and cried, "Mentor...... Are you really going to leave us behind!?"
Banner also said bitterly: "Mentor, what should we do if you are gone? Without you, we can't be united!"
The other paladins either had dull expressions or hugged their heads and cried, and Gaston and Esther sat limply on the ground, their hearts in disarray. So they didn't notice that Gronia's eyes were straight, her cheeks were flushed, and her throat was gurgling, as if she was trying to suppress some intense emotion.
"When I asked you to build the Outer Zone, I was actually preparing for this day. ”
Cheyenne said indifferently: "The outer zone is not only a test of the path of justice, but also a bargaining chip for you. With such a chip, you will have more confidence to ask for it when facing my client, but ......"
He looked a little helpless: "You don't cherish such chips." ”
Banner bowed his head in shame, but Nama noticed another key: "Client?"
"Yes......"
Cheyenne mentioned a name that shocked the paladins: "I have entrusted the Duke of Prell with the care of you. ”
His voice was slightly thickened, making everyone understand that this was not a joke: "This does not mean that Cheyendia will become a vassal of the Duke of Prell, he is just here as my friend to witness and watch over your choices." ”
"I know that once I leave, Xia Andia will most likely cease to exist. Each of you has righteousness in your hearts, and each of you has a way forward. He's here to make sure your choices don't hurt each other. Of course he will definitely have his plans, but he will not force you. Promise me that if you can't see him as a friend, don't treat him as an enemy. ”
Cheyenne said again, "I will leave everything behind, including the codex I have commented on and ...... Take what you want, and take what you can, including the Duke of Prell. ”
"Everyone!"
Cheyenne waved his hand, and the four walls of the wooden house turned into splinters and quietly cracked. Hundreds of people outside the house had formed a large circle, his gaze swept over everyone one by one, and he sighed reluctantly: "Maybe we will meet again in the future, but at that time, I think your eyes should be different, take care ......"
"Mentor ——!"
Nama stretched out her hand in horror, and in the sad and reluctant gaze of everyone, Cheyenne's figure turned into pieces of fly ash like the wall just now, and a clear and dazzling golden light gushed up, reaching the sky.
The holy warriors stared blankly at the sky, and the needles could be heard on the spot. In the crowd, Gronia lowered her head, clenched her fists, clenched her teeth, and whispered, "Richie...... Prell ......"
The silence lasted for a long time, and one person muttered in a low voice: "It turns out that the mentor and the Duke of Prell have already made an agreement." ”
It was Esther, who spoke with a rather uncertain expression, clearly dissatisfied with this arrangement.
People came back to their senses, Cheyenne is gone, what kind of future will Cheyenne Dea have? And what does Cheyenne mean by letting Duke Prell witness their choice?
Nama calmed down, cleared her throat and said, "Mentor...... Becoming a demigod and pursuing his path, we have to go on our own. ”
She said awe-inspiringly: "Since the mentor has explained, let's wait for the arrival of Duke Prell." I also know what kind of future Cheandia should have, just like how the outer area should be built, everyone has their own insistence. ”
Banner snorted, Nama ignored it, and continued: "But in the face of Duke Prell, Xia Andia should be a whole, and I think everyone should have no opinion on this, right?"
Esther spoke up again: "Things related to Prel, Nama, you are the least qualified to speak, right?"
Nama said: "What do you mean!?"
"What do I mean!?"
Esther jumped up: "That's what it means! Blanche has become a madman, I have been lying in bed for more than a month, not only did you not seek justice from Prell, but you also asked Nicole to help Prell with errands!"
He said disdainfully: "Don't think that I couldn't see when I was frozen! That obscene and obscene guy of Prell smashed your clothes, and you didn't even scold him! You hooked up with him, right? To be the duke's lover, what is the justice and dignity of the paladin, that's what you think! What qualifications do you have to speak to Prell on our behalf?"
Gaston suddenly sighed: "Why did the mentor let Prell come over? Maybe you deceived the mentor." We were right, you use Prell as a backer, and you want to continue riding on our heads!"
Gronia spoke up, "Esther!"
She said bitterly, "How can you say that about Nama, she is not a person who puts personal emotions above justice!"
"Why not!?"
Esther shouted angrily, "When she was in charge of the outer zone, she chanted Prell's name for several nights! I didn't hear it alone! Since her heart was on Prell, would she uphold justice?"
Everyone is muttering in their hearts, Nama and Prell really have an indescribable relationship?
"Nama ......"
Banner's voice was a little hoarse: "You really ...... with Prell"
Nama gritted her teeth, her eyes were red, and she said, "Even you believe in this kind of thing that has no evidence and catches the wind?"
Banner stared at her, "If you shut up and don't interfere in the rest of the matter, I'll believe it!"
"You...... You...... And you ......."
Nama's gaze swept over Banner, Esther, and Gaston, and finally fell on Gronya: "Slander my conduct, exclude me from Shaandia, so as to trick everyone into shedding blood and sacrifice for your ignorance, stubbornness, evil plots, and I can't speak, you are delusional!"
Gronia didn't turn her head or bow her head this time, but looked at Nama coldly. There was an extra strength in her heart, and not just because Cheyenne was gone.
Banner's cheeks twisted, and he was extremely angry: "In other words, what they said is true?"
"You are the least qualified person to ask me that", Nama drew her long sword: "Banner, you have repeatedly trampled on my dignity, I can only use your blood, or my blood, to pay for my innocence, draw my sword!"
As soon as Cheyenne left, the fight broke out again, and this time, although people on both sides were persuading, they were not as resolute as last time.
Gronia is also persuading: "You are all holy warriors, how can you duel for private feelings!"
Banner didn't mean to draw his sword, but when he heard this, his hand fell on the hilt of the sword: "This has nothing to do with personal feelings!"
He drew his long sword and said solemnly: "We should have done this a long time ago, whoever wins, will be righteous!"