After settling the matter of the Shadow Realm Holy Land, Edward and the others returned to the Sky Dome Castle. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It seems that because the forces of Corifias have been continuously hit hard by the Inquisition, they seem to have entered a period of general contraction, and there has been no movement of Venatoli from all over the country for a long time.

This relieved everyone in the tense jury, and at the same time had time to deal with some private matters.

After Edward gave Solas and Felix the task of building the portal to the Holy Land, he left the matter alone. In his opinion, Solas is a trustworthy figure in general, despite his hidden secrets, and he seems to be very enthusiastic about the affairs of the Holy Land of the film industry.

Edward had also asked Solas about his past, but the mysterious elven mage continued to keep it secretive after some thought.

However, although the jury was temporarily idle, the members of the jury came to Edward for their own personal affairs.

For example, Josephine's family problem, Reliana's problem with the Sage's assassination, Kassandra's problem with the Truth Seeker, and Valek's problem with his dwarven friend Bianca, etc., were all things that Edward needed to solve quickly during this time.

Everything else was easier to do, and Edward's could be easily solved, but the one that made Edward the most troublesome and surprising was the one about Blackwall.

The paladin commander, whom Edward had high hopes for, left a note one day and said goodbye without saying goodbye.

Edward quickly senses Blackwall's whereabouts using the light on his body, and immediately travels through the portal to the holy city of Varroyo, where he finds Blackwall, who has voluntarily confessed and been taken into custody - no, to be precise, it should be Tom Rainier, a murderer who killed his boss's family and posed as Blackwall, the Gray-robed Watcher.

Looking at the cell at his confessional Rainier, Edward frowned.

At the beginning of his sighting of Blackwall, Edward's eyes of light told him that the person in front of him would be a brilliant paladin, but he could not see the other's past. Now it seems that Edward thinks that he was a little negligent.

In Edward's view, murder for no reason was a very serious sin, which he could not forgive and was contrary to his way of light.

Before Edward made up his mind, he asked Rainier all about the character of the General Vincent and his family, hoping to find out why Rainier was killed. But he failed, and Rainier at the time ordered his boss to be killed, just for money.

"Those people, my men, they paid for my betrayal. "And I, while I am pretending to be some noble person, and being blessed by the Light. Tell me, Inquisitor, why does the Light have mercy on me?"

"The Light has mercy on you who are born again, not who you used to be. Edward said bitterly, "The Light will only recognize those who truly have a righteous heart, and your voluntary confession proves this, which requires a righteous heart and strong courage. ”

"But no matter what I do, I can't get back those lives that have been lost. "During the time I was the commander of the paladins, every time I lectured to my subordinates, I touched the heart of my faith and made me gradually degenerate in the remorse for the past, Inquisitor, so that I am not qualified to be the commander of the paladins." ”

"My past hurts me. Edward sighed, "But I don't want to lose such a good paladin commander, and neither do the rest of the Inquisition. Instead of waiting for the fate of death in a cage, let you accept a more painful redemption. ”

"Redemption, do I still have a chance to be redeemed?" Rainier said with a wry smile, "Unless I am sentenced to death by hanging, any trial that keeps me alive will be seen as a shield for me by the Inquisition." For the sake of the reputation of the jury, I can't live. ”

"I will show people that there is a more painful outcome than death. Edward said firmly, "Even those dark creatures who are evil in nature will have a chance to change, and you are no exception. But, Blackwall, do you have faith in your heart of faith? If your faith and repentance are not strong enough, you will die in wailing. ”

Reinier looked at Edward in surprise, and nodded solemnly after a long time.

Edward smiled and turned to leave.

Soon after, a public trial called the "Confessional" began in Varroyo's square, and a large number of condemned prisoners in cages were taken to Varroyo's Xingtai, including Blackwall.

Edward was granted the right to be tried by Queen Selene of the Celestial Empire, and publicly presided over the entire day of punishment.

In front of everyone, Edward elaborated on the severity of the punishment - all condemned prisoners would be imprisoned in a "prison of punishment", and only those who were repentant enough could endure the scourging of the soul of the Light. In the end, those who are alive will be forgiven by all, and those who are dead will be wiped out.

As soon as Edward finished speaking, the crowd of onlookers understood what the Inquisitor was going to do—he was the Paladin Commander who had saved him in the open.

Therefore, they scoffed at this public execution, which was cloaked in a veneer of sacredness.

However, they soon realized that they were wrong. When Edward raised a sword of punishment and hung it above the heads of the condemned prisoners, and watched as the sword of holy light continued to shoot down and pierce the bodies of the condemned prisoners, they heard a burst of heart-rending screams!

This sword of repentance is not a real thing, and it does not bleed after piercing the bodies of the condemned prisoners, but everyone can feel the howl from the depths of their souls!

And the paladin commander also let out a terrible cry. Like everyone else, he was sweating profusely, rolling on the ground trembling and even banging his head against the ground as if he wanted to ask for mercy.

The nobles who are good at observing words and emotions can see at the first time that this person is definitely not pretending!

The screams continued for a whole day, from the first morning to the early morning of the next day, and Edward stood in front of the condemned prisoners, watching them suffer with cold coldness.

When the sun rose the next day, the people of Varroyo gathered again - most of them had not slept well, and the screams that had lasted all day kept them awake and terrified.

Of the group of condemned prisoners, only three survived, including Blackwall. The others, on the other hand, have been reduced to dead corpses.

Edward finally smiled, and won the applause of the crowd around him, and everyone present agreed on the fairness of the penitential punishment - no one would think that the death penalty would be more terrible than this punishment, and they would rather accept it if they were given the choice.

"You were unforgivable sinners. Edward lifted the three condemned prisoners with his own hands and said in a high voice, "But now, your sins have been tested and taken away under the cruel punishment that has been imposed on your hearts. From now on, you will be sinless regenerate!"

"Born for justice!" Blackwall smiled tiredly, but the joy and ease in his heart made him cry out unconsciously.