"Ah!", Gavin scratched his head and exclaimed, "So you want me to be this betrayer?

The referee didn't speak, just looked at him quietly, and after a long time, Gavin finally stopped.

He raised his hands and made a gesture of surrender, "Alright, old man, I have taken this burden, but where am I taking the cathars?"

"I'm afraid there is no place for us to stay in the entire kingdom of St. Teresa, let alone such a huge army, which is eaten by people every day, and the materials to be consumed are even more amazing, and it is not something that can be solved by raising them by ourselves at all. ”

"I've thought about this for a long time, naturally you can't stay any longer in the Kingdom of St. Teresa, and the only choice left is the four realms that are not under the jurisdiction of the kingdom. Now that the south has been conquered by the royal family, the north has a close relationship with the royal family, and the situation in the east is unstable, so the best choice is the west. ", replied the referee.

"But will the Iron Thorns of the Westside accept us? With such a large army, he can't be suspicious, right?", Gavin questioned.

"You don't have to worry about this, Duke Edward came to Shenghui City to study when he was young, I have a relationship with him, bring these two letters, he will accept you. As he spoke, the referee took out two letters from his pocket and handed them to Gavin.

"One of them was written by me, and it was written out of all the ins and outs. ”

The other letter was written by Mother Teresa, who was close to the Duke and Duchess of Edward. ”

"These two letters must be kept in a safe place, Gavin. ”

Gavin nodded, carefully took the two letters, put them away, and said with some puzzlement: "But why do you want to write the letter?

"How can I explain that I will not go with you to the West. ", said the referee.

Gavin was taken aback, "What, you're not going with us, do you want to stay here and die?", he shouted.

The referee's face was calm, "You should have heard the rumors about Mother Teresa, Gavin. ”

The nun rejected the Pope's edict to send her out of the Sanctuary, choosing instead to stay in the Sanctuary. She wanted to treat the wounded in the Sanctuary and save more lives. ”

"So you want to stay and die with her!, then you two should just flee to the West!", Gavin screamed, but when he saw the familiar and dangerous light between the referee's fingers, he quickly put away the hippie smile on his face and persuaded: "You stay here only to add an old and useless corpse, on the contrary, if you can go to the West with us, then your wisdom, experience, and knowledge can greatly help us." ”

"You want to stay in the Sanctuary with a boring and stupid spirit of sacrifice, but your sacrifice will not change the situation, nor will it change the outcome of the Cult's destruction. ”

"But it could save many more lives. The referee looked at Gavin with a smile and shook his head.

"How could those nobles and mages let me go, you must know that many of them have been put into the black prison by my own hands for so many years, and it is difficult to solve their hatred without killing me. ”

"And the royal family will not let me go, I know that the Holy Sect has too many secrets, as long as they get a little bit of news from my mouth, it will be of great effect on them to completely eradicate the Holy Sect. ”

"That's why you're going to the West with us!", Gavin shouted.

"If I go with you, you will not be able to reach the western border. Perhaps in their eyes, this old man of mine is worth more than the entire cathar. ”

"Do you know how many lives have to be sacrificed to protect me?", the referee said, looking at his hands, which were cracked and lost all their luster, like the bark of a dead tree in winter.

It is a pair of hands that do not detach the elderly, which means that the owner of these hands is already in the waning mountains, and the candlelight of life is already erratic and about to be extinguished.

"I'm already old, and I don't have much time to live, do I have to sacrifice those young people who look like the rising sun for the sake of me, an old man?", the chief judge shook his head, "Even if the legend of hell is false, if I really do this, I will not die at ease." ”

Gavin looked at the old man in front of him, he opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything. He knew the old man too well, and once he made up his mind, he would never change.

Not to mention the need to sacrifice so many people to protect yourself.

He has seen the old man's face since he was a child, and watched him gradually change from a middle-aged uncle to an old man who is about to die, he originally thought that he was mentally prepared: this person, I am afraid that he will never see him again.

It was only at this point that he realized that he was by no means as strong as he thought. He claimed to be a soldier, and he used to despise this kind of parting from life and death, thinking that it was too hypocritical, but when it came to him, he was choked up and couldn't speak, although there were thousands of words, but they were all blocked in his heart, and he couldn't say anything.

He lowered his head and covered his eyes by grabbing his hair with his hands.

More than 20 years, a quarter of a life, when you can never see it again, it is like a quarter of the heart is missing, and it is difficult to make up for the emptiness.

In the end, he only said, "Old man, goodbye." He had never believed in a god, and for the first time he hoped that there really would be an all-knowing and all-powerful god.

And on that day it was, there really was a legendary mountain of paradise.

Despite the blood of the referee's life, Gavin still believes that he will go to heaven after death.

And who is more qualified than him?

The referee laughed, he wanted to reach over to comfort Gavin, but found that he was still old, and his rickety body was not tall enough. He stood up and stroked Gavin's head as if he had been comforting a crying child, "I can't be with you in the future, little one." ”

"I'm sorry to have left you with such a burden. ”

After speaking, he slowly took off his black robe and walked out slowly.

Gavin asked suspiciously, "Old man, where are you going?"

"Go out on the streets. The referee waved his hand, "After staying in this dark room for too long, I can finally bask in the sun." ”

Gavin was stunned, he silently looked at the referee's back for a long time, as if he understood something.

"Maybe that's the best for you, it's too unfair to you to accompany us to the Westland at such an age. ”

"You've worked hard all your life, so rest well. ”

"Old man. ”