This novel is inspired by a manga and a novel. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn order to prevent spoilers, I won't mention the names of those two works.

But this statement is necessary. I've stated that now, and I think I'll avoid some disputes.

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Feeling the breath of the ocean and looking at the vast sea, the holy warrior Zefas couldn't help but let out a long breath and spit out the infinite boredom in his heart.

True, he is now at sea, aboard a 400-ton three-masted schooner. The ship's name was the Ten-winged Bird, a distinct reference to the wing-like sail mechanism. When he first saw the sails in valuing, Zefas couldn't help but think of the frescoes depicting angels in the church. The sails were as white and beautiful as the angel's wings, and it was no wonder that sailors called her "beauty".

Right now, the paladin Zefas is in a good mood. He has gradually adapted to the wind and waves at sea, and no longer vomits in the dark because of the turbulence of the ship. Therefore, you can be in the mood to appreciate the blue world. Whether it's teasing the seagulls or looking at the place where the sea and the sky meet, Zefas is in a happy mood. Dispatch away the anguish caused by the Fall.

That's right, because of the last oath and the release of criminals, the holy warrior Zefas has fallen again, and he has not recovered. During this period, an expedition was organized to explore the vast ocean. Considering the possibility of being attacked by monsters, he recruited elite warriors, and the paladin Zefas joined in to act as a bodyguard for the scholars - in fact, he did play a role, breaking the aquatic trolls in one battle.

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Time flies quickly, nearly half a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the holy warrior Zephas no longer has the leisure to look at the sea view. Life at sea is boring and boring. After living at sea for a long time, the holy warrior Zephas saw that the surrounding scenery no longer had the same open mood as before, on the contrary, he felt very dull, feeling that the monotonous sea and sky were constantly pressing against him from all directions. In addition, the sound of the waves is unusually monotonous. Not only that, but life at sea itself is extremely hard. The beef jerky eaten by the sailors was older than their age, so much so that bored sailors simply carved sculptures out of it. Of course, the life of the paladin Zefas was much better than the boring sailors who grabbed rats to eat to improve their lives, and he enjoyed the officers' meals and had the opportunity to eat the animals raised on the ship. Of course, fruits and vegetables can only be discussed. For some reason, it is not possible to create fruits and vegetables using magic or magic such as Divine Berry Magic. There was once a scholar who naively suggested that they send bean sprouts on the ship. But the captain laughed in return, those who have never been to sea in their lives do not know how precious the water on board is. Besides, in order to prevent the freshwater from spoiling, the boat carried rum mixed with water. Having learned about it, and the loneliness of life on board, Zephas understood why sailors were so profligate every time they went ashore.

Just when Zefas was feeling bored, all of a sudden, the lookout in the watchtower on the mast let out a surprise shout, "4 degrees to the wind, island!"

The discovery of the lookout post immediately kept all the sailors busy. They manipulated the intricate rigging with their hands and feet, and the way they climbed up and down, toiling through the intertwined ropes was reminiscent of spiders on the web. With their control, this small floating world sailed quickly towards the island.

By the time they reached the island, the scholars were arguing over what to do. Some scholars believe that this should be a close expedition followed by a more well-equipped expedition to conduct an in-depth investigation. Other scholars hope that the expedition will go deep into the heart of the island. For this reason, they quarreled with each other. In any case, they want to have enough guards on this unknown island. Therefore, it is simply impossible to divide the troops into an expedition. Just as the scholars who thought that they should investigate nearby gained the upper hand in the quarrel, Zefas, who was standing on the sidelines, spoke: "Since some people want to go deep into the hinterland now, but everyone has decided to investigate the nearest first, then while everyone is here to investigate, send someone to the hinterland to reconnoiter first, and if it is really not too dangerous, we will make further plans." ”

Zefas's speech struck the eyes of scholars who advocated access to the hinterland. But the leader of the moderation faction questioned it: "It is impossible to send an armed team in for this, that would weaken our strength." ”

In response, Zefas laughed, "I'll go alone." He said.

The head of the paladin Zephas was not sunburned by the hot equatorial sun, nor did he go mad by drinking seawater. He has his ideas. He hoped that this heroic act would help him get out of his current depraved state. After packing up, he quickly stepped into the hinterland of the island alone.

Walking in the dense forest, sweating profusely, he couldn't help but think of the bathrooms in the civilized world, although there were mages and priests staying on the ship, but they were still short of water due to the overstaffing, and they couldn't take a good shower at all. Rubbing your body is a very extravagant move.

After four days of walking, Zephas felt that he had gone deep enough, when he suddenly heard something, so he carefully bent down, drew his sword in his hand, and tiptoed forward.

When the target suddenly appeared, Zefas was so startled that he almost dropped his sword. And the other party was just as surprised.

"There's a pig-on-dress!" he exclaimed.

"There's a man in clothes!" exclaimed the other in the lingua franca.

As a result of this screaming in lingua franca, both sides understood that the other was sapient beings. So there was no conflict, but a careful look at each other.

Zefas didn't know what he looked like in the other party's eyes, but in his opinion, the other party was very weird, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like a pig walking upright. But anyway, in this magical world, since there are jackals, centaurs, and kobolds...... Then it's not surprising that there are pig people. So the paladin Zepas calmed down and talked to the pigman.

After some communication, the pig man understood that he was a good man, so he warmly beckoned him to go to the village to rest. Zeface thought about it and agreed. He can't refuse, and if he refuses, then from the first interaction between humans and pigmen, there will be a shadow of distrust. So Zefas went to his house with the pigmen.

After walking for a short time, Zeface arrived at the pig's house at the edge of the village. After the pig man warmly entertained Zefas, he was busy cooking, saying that he would invite Zefas to have a beautiful meal together. Curious, Zefas asks the Pig Man why he doesn't invite his neighbors over to eat, to which he replies that it is a custom that guests from afar must be alone with their owners first.

While the pigman was busy cooking, Zeface was not able to move around the stranger's house, but just sat there and looked around casually, and he always felt that something was wrong, especially the scabbard of the knife hanging on the wall. But I couldn't figure out what was wrong.

"It seems that I am too careful, and in this unfamiliar culture, I should feel that something is wrong. Zefas thought to himself.

Soon, the industrious pig man prepared the meal and brought it to the table one by one. Because the food was covered with lids, the Paladin Zefas didn't know exactly what kind of delicacies were in it, but the strange aroma whetted Zefas's appetite.

After setting the meal, the pigman brought out another meowing kitten. Zefface blinked, he didn't know what strange eating custom it was, but then the pigman's actions revealed the mystery - as the kitten screamed, the pigman tore the kitten alive, and then handed the bloody half to Zefas. "Please use it!" the pigman said to Zephas.

The Holy Warrior Zepas was immediately stunned by this brutal act. But soon he returned to normal, and took a symbolic bite. "Cats are animals anyway, and they're animals...... If you can eat pigs, you can eat cats, you can eat cats, you can eat cats, you can eat cats, you can eat ......cats, you can eat

The next dishes are much more normal. Except for fruits and vegetables, they are all cooked foods, mainly meat. The meat was wonderful, but Zefas just couldn't tell what it was. "I guess it's the meat of the special animal of this island. Perhaps the introduction of this animal could be considered. After all, one of the purposes of sending them out was to excavate the economically valuable flora and fauna of the ocean, he thought.

Just as Zefas was eating with his mouth full of oil, the pigman smiled at him and said, "It's time to reveal the last dish, and the best, this soup tastes really good." ”

Zefas watched expectantly as the pigman lifted the last lid.

Then he felt his whole body freeze, as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Then, he felt his eyes go black, and blood poured all over his body.

"Ahh The pigman's look of surprise froze instantly, because his head had been cut off.

After the successful attack, Zefas did not dare to hesitate, regardless of the overturned tables and chairs, he ran out and crawled, and turned back in panic as he ran. There is no dreadnought image of a paladin at all, but more like a civilian being hunted by ogres.

It's all because of that bowl of soup.

Zefas saw something floating in the soup.

The pot itself is quite neat, and there is a pile of white bones and minced meat that cannot be seen in the original, but what floats is definitely a baby head with a distorted face! The viscous soup hangs in a disorderly manner on the broken bones and skulls sticking out of the soup noodles, and the expression of the shredded meat makes people feel as if the most terrible scream in the world suddenly sounded in their ears, and this head also reveals what kind of main ingredient in the soup is

- A baby! A real baby! If he grows up, he may grow up to be a good person with his own life. And now, he is boiled in soup. became someone else's food.

So the mystery of the strange meat just now was also known, and Zefas knew what he had just eaten, and his mouth was full of oil.

At the same time, he knew why he was uneasy in that room, and he tried to sort through the mess of memories, and there was no doubt that the few ornaments in the room were made of human parts!

Running to the beach in a hurry, he saw busy people. Before he could speak, he threw up with a whoosh, intending to vomit everything in his stomach.

People gathered around, looking at the all-out paladin, speculating about what had happened.

After spitting out all the bile, Zefas finally calmed down and recounted what he had been going through with a pale face.

Hearing everything he said, different people reacted differently, and some people panicked and suggested fleeing the island as soon as possible. Many more were indignant and demanded that a crusade be organized to eliminate the ugly cannibals.

Despite the dissuasion of the scholars, the captain quickly organized a raiding party. Not only the fighters of the expedition, but also some brave sailors with scimitars joined in. They took some provisions, including a live piglet, and set off.

Perhaps because of the boiling blood, with the blessing of various spells and divine arts, they walked to that village in only two days.

The village was dead silent, probably because of this strange murder, and the pigs fled for fear of provoking the terrible monsters, leaving only an empty village.

Zephas and the others walked cautiously through the dead silence of the village, and from time to time someone let out screams. What is happening in front of you is unbearable for the adventurers who live a life of licking the tip of a knife in their blood, or the brave sailors who see the sea as their home. Death they have seen a lot, adventurers can be beaten to pieces by some monster at any time, and aquatic life is just as dangerous, sometimes a voyage, only half of the people can come back. But they were still blown away. Even the mage who had escaped from the city of the Dark Elves had never seen anything so horrific. What is at the moment can only make them guess that the pig-man is a relative of the ogre.

Through what the pigmen left behind, they came to such a conclusion. Pig people raise humans in large quantities and then slaughter them for food and other purposes. They found the remnants of human jerky and oil lamps that used human oil. A seemingly bland water cup is actually made from a human kneecap. Books, a normal thing, but here they are made of human skin. Zefas had seen bulging lanterns made from camel stomachs, but he had never seen lanterns made of human skins here. There are also bowls, which are common in daily life, and are indeed made with heavenly spirit covers. A human skin drum and a human bone drumstick, a whip made of human forearms and a whip made of human skin...... Gradually, they felt numb when they saw these things. Until they found out about that cookbook.

Recipes are books or manuals on daily diet that have been scientifically analyzed, according to the category or system of a certain object, in a table or other relatively neat form, and edited for people's reference.

But the recipes they found were horrific. A large number of pictures reveal the tragic scene to people.

The creature called "Man" in the Pigman's recipe is undoubtedly a human from the accompanying picture. According to some dishes of the pig people, the heads of the living people are fixed, and the heavenly spirit cover is knocked open to eat the brain marrow. Eat babies alive. The living person is immobilized, then the skin and flesh are poured with boiling water, and then the flesh is cut off. One of the most cruel dishes involves loaches, which can be so cruel that even ogres will be shocked when they see it.

Angry people eventually set fire to the village, just as everyone was arguing about what to do next. The pigmen's counterattack began.

In the beginning, humanity was at a disadvantage. The fighting power of the pigman warriors is amazingly strong, and the human warriors simply cannot resist it. The only thing to be thankful for is that there are no spellcasters in the team of the pigmen, which gives the humans a big advantage. But looking at the pigman warriors who broke through the spider web with brute force, everyone wisely chose to retreat.

The ranks of humanity have not lost order. During the retreat, they still sent out reconnaissance forces. Strangely, through the results of the mage's spell detection, although the pigmen followed them, they had no intention of chasing them.

"We can't go!" Zefas said.

Looking at the puzzled crowd, Zefas explained, "They're following us! We can't lead the enemy back to the big ship. ”

Most of the people who came here were warriors who sacrificed their lives and forgot to die. Although there are also people whose bodies are like sieves chaff and whose faces are like earth. But the vast majority of people agreed with Zefas's move. They uttered bold words such as "Kill one is enough, kill two and earn one!" and "Let those ugly creatures see the power of human beings!" and so on, and they began to prepare for battle.

Soon after the mage who used the flying technique to deliver the message left, they also welcomed the team of pigmen. But strangely, instead of attacking, the pigmen sent a messenger with a white flag.

Stopped the suggestion of intending to shoot the messenger by hitting the fire. Zephas arrived in front of the battle and spoke with the messenger.

"My name is Zhuan Zhuan Pig, a famous writer in the country of pigs. The messenger introduced himself. "Why are you attacking us, killing one of us and burning our village? ”

"Why?" said Zefas with a wry smile. "Isn't what you have done enough to tell, look at the products in your village! Any man of conscience would do that in the face of such barbarism of yours!"

"According to what we have just seized, you are also using biological products and eating biological tissues. The pig responded. Then she waved the flag, and the pigmen behind her carried out the ham they had captured and the piglet. "Look, don't you eat the same thing?"

"That's a non-sapient creature!Of course you can eat it!" Zefas retorted.

"We're also non-intelligent creatures that eat. Zhuan Zhuan Pig said. "Oh, it's probably Man's appearance that caused your misunderstanding!" she beckoned her men to bring a pair of Man. "Feel free to check it out and see what's going on. ”

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After being tested by scholars, the holy warrior Zefas and they were depressed to find that although this creature was exactly the same as a human, its IQ was the same as that of a pig. Although they are intelligent among animals, they are not intelligent creatures after all.

As a last resort, they made compensation to the pig people. Then, regardless of their previous suspicions, the pig people led them to inspect the big island.

"It's been a very rewarding time. At the time of the voyage, a scholar sighed.

"What are we carrying these mans for?" Zefas asked, pointing to the cages.

"Aren't we here to collect animal and plant resources of economic value?" replied the scholar lightly.

"Economic resources, you mean these ...... in the future," Zefas questioned.

"Of course, why not, I believe, it will definitely be in short supply!" said the scholar happily. He could come up with too many places to apply Mann. Such a big credit will definitely make him have a bright future.

"How can you do that!" Zefas was really furious.

"Why not? They are just in human form! Since they do not have human minds, why can't they be treated like animals?" replied the scholar.

"And what about idiots! What about the idiots born of humans, and can they be treated like animals?" retorted Zephas.

"Naive, do you think that in the vast countryside, those idiots are really treated as human beings?" the scholar responded.

Silence, a moment of silence between the two. Then, Zefas turned and left.

"God, what kind of world I live in. That night, Zefas muttered and repeated the same phrase.

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The novel is inspired by Fujiko Fujio (F)'s "The Cow-Noodle Man's Meal" and the short story "Liberation" published in the world of science fiction. Because of the turning pig factor on the SC forum. That's why I set up the creature to be a pigman (which is also set in Liberation). The plot and the things to be expressed in this novel and those two works are not the same.

The novel has no intention of slandering any nation, so please don't dig up any insinuations. The cruelty of a part of the superior people is not everything, and the Nazis' human skin lampshades do not mean that the Germans are barbarians.

In fact, when I was writing this novel, I was writing and writing, and I was suddenly afraid that some people would take advantage of the topic to play. After all, in China, there are many counter-revolutionary slogans on a single leaf. So don't mention some of the things you plan to mention.

So I intend to introduce a new meaning. That is, why is fantasy far inferior to science fiction in thinking about some things?

We all know that there are three laws of robotics in science fiction. But who has ever heard of the three laws of constructs in fantasy? We all know that there are countless good works in science fiction about the problem of robots having human feelings. But how many of the best of fantasy are constructs that produce human feelings? How many of them are about this issue?

There are some elements in science fiction that fantasy can easily have. For example, flying against time. But science fiction is full of such masterpieces. There is also a "grandfather refutation" and a "butterfly effect" in this regard. And in fantasy, what is there about this?

In addition, the issue of artificial life is also an important part of science fiction. There's a lot of thinking about human rights and so on. And what about fantasy? Will there be a film like "Blade Runner" in fantasy?

Serious ideological themes such as "what has science brought to mankind?" and "what kind of future does mankind want to pursue?" are extremely common in science fiction works. On the contrary, what about fantasy? (Why is there a question in fantasy about "what does magic really bring to mankind?")

There are many science fiction novels in science fiction where the plot and themes are focused on philosophical, psychological, political, or sociological tendencies. Dystopian fiction is a big category of science fiction. In this regard, there are excellent works such as "1984". And what is fantasy?

When I say this, I am not belittling fantasy, but I am expounding a fact. I hope that one day, fantasy will catch up with science fiction in both depth and breadth. I hope that one day I can see that fantasy is not just a popular literature to kill time, but a literature that can truly enter the classroom.

This novel mimics a concept of science fiction. Actually, I would like to ask one more question. In the DND fantasy world, *spirit is definitely an evil move. But is eating goblins an evil act?

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Of course, there are some interesting things in this article. For example, the question of how we should treat animals. There is also the question of what it means to be human. Everyone said that if scientists were to invent a kind of genetically modified slave with low intelligence and hard work. What about from a human rights perspective?

Originally, this article also considered a gift for the 50th anniversary of the liberation from difficulties, but there are some complicated circumstances in mind. Let's not talk about that.

The problem of loaches, a very cruel dish, I hope it is completely made up. It's not loach tofu, it's loach and people boiled together...... The real disgusting part is considered to be bearable, so let's not talk about it.

Zhuan Zhuan said that the pig country eats cats, but is torn alive to eat. So I wrote like that, don't hit me, cat lovers.

Fujiko Fujio's "Heterochromic Short Story Collection" is really great, and you can check out this masterpiece by the robot cat author when you have time. The ideology is far better than "Robot Cat".

"The Consternation of the Holy Samurai Zephas" and "The Indignation of the Holy Samurai Zephas" have been conceived.

Special thanks to the students who have loved this novel for their support.