Chapter 12: Faith, Grievances, and People's Hearts
A few days later, changing into his clothes and walking out of the door of the hospital room, Edison felt that the whole world was much brighter.
Before, because of the existence of that dress and the magic enchantment, he was under surveillance for eating, drinking, and sleeping, and he had to pretend that he didn't find anything, which made Edison's spirit torture.
Fortunately, the injured place this time is the head, otherwise this mental state will also make others see the abnormality.
Outside the ward, Edison's parents were already waiting at the door, and Edison, who was about to say hello happily, sensed that the atmosphere was not right when he approached!
As soon as Elilan saw Edison approaching, she grabbed his hand and said with concern: "Don't be frustrated, there will always be a way to solve the injury!"
After so many days, Edison had already known about his injury, but as a user of the power of faith, it would undoubtedly be a matter of minutes to heal this injury.
It was only to avoid trouble and not arouse suspicion that Edison deliberately did not repair it, so although on the surface his spirit was sluggish due to the injury, he was not worried in his heart.
But Lancer reminded him a little solemnly at this time: "When you get outside later, don't pay attention to some gossip when you hear it, this time you are right, you saved everyone, you know?!"
This sentence made Edison's heart awe-inspiring. In fact, Edison had already peeked into the conversation between the two and was vaguely aware of the arrival of this silent accusation.
Now there is a malice or public resentment outside, the feeling of being "pointed out by a thousand people", even if he has been mentally prepared, he feels a sense of bearing through the door of the hospital, so Edison nodded silently.
And sure enough!
When Edison stepped out of the hospital gate again, his eyes narrowed, and in the sunlight, he could already see a neat row of demonstrators, holding positions such as:
[Hand over the culprit] ...... [Kill for Life] ...... [Violation of the Magician Safety Test Regulations...... Dangerous virus experiments ......] or other slogans such as excitement and anger, or seemingly rational and organized, stood quietly on both sides of the road.
But as soon as the Lancers appeared, they voluntarily shut their mouths, neither jumping out to insult them, nor blocking their way, but only looking at them with a hostile, even hateful, look.
There are also several completely petrified corpses next to several of them, different from the corpses that have been hit by [petrification], these corpses are extremely ugly, and the body cells are completely petrified, which is equivalent to indirectly changing the density of the body, which also causes all the muscles on their bodies to be petrified and raised, like the back of a toad covered with sarcoma and blisters.
Such an injury is undoubtedly a power that can only be achieved at the legendary level, and the change in the degree of the law makes it impossible for them to heal it by ordinary means, and they can only die silently.
And there are still a few people standing next to the corpse, they are the magicians who suffered this time, because of the [petrification disease], although they barely kept their magic, but they also lost the ability to cast magic elements, and they are the biggest supporters behind this parade, and they are also the people who have the deepest resentment against Edison.
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But at this moment, Edison was not deterred in the slightest, but closed his eyes and quietly felt the changes brought about by this resentment.
Faith comes from everyone's heart, and emotions also come from inner changes; after coming to this world, Edison has always adhered to the principle of "low-key life, high-profile work" silently accumulating his own strength, and has never been resented to this extent.
The spiritual power spread, and particles of "light" appeared in his soul vision, which was the power of positive faith gathered by his "writing books".
At this time, Edison clearly found that behind the light there is actually a grain of dark side that was originally ignored, here he will call it "dark" particles, but at this time the "dark" particles and "light" particles are entwined together is extremely obvious, this image is very similar to a three-dimensional semi-circular Taiji, or the kind of Taiji that has yang in yin.
As a result, Edison carefully used his spiritual power to capture a complete trace of the power of faith into the spiritual space, and as soon as this power of faith entered the spiritual space, the obvious "dark" particles quickly disappeared, while the "light" particles conspicuously rose into a part of the clouds.
After careful sensing, Edison found that the ground under his feet seemed to be solidified, which couldn't help but make him feel a little embarrassed.
In the past, he kept looking up at the sky, seemingly ignoring the earth under his feet, but now he realized that the power of faith was not only a part of the white clouds in the sky, but also a part of the earth that was unconsciously condensed under his feet, but he didn't find it.
"Devil's Vine" did not tell Edison about this, because he did not know Edison's special mental space structure, or whether he deliberately ignored this, and now Edison can't tell the difference.
But when I think of it, the "devil's vine" does vaguely mention that the power of faith generated by different prayers and thoughts has its own wonderful use, and sometimes it will have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort, otherwise the gods would not have to deliberately divide the priesthood;
For example, if the power of faith generated by this resentment is blessed with spell magic, Edison believes that this power will definitely make the enemy feel super sour.
And these things are very long to say, but in fact, from the time he closed his eyes to the time he opened his eyes, only three or four seconds of time had passed for Edison.
Just when Lancer thought that Edison was uncomfortable because he saw the corpse for the first time, and was about to step forward to block him, Eddie came to life.
He broke away from his mother's hand, and said to the angry crowd:
"That's right, I'm Edison Tesla, and you're the culprit who killed your family and friends. ”
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere of the scene changed, and a stronger sense of resentment spread, Edison didn't blink his eyes, and all the power of faith full of a large number of "dark" particles was sucked into the spiritual space by him without refusal.
It has never been heard of since ancient times that a group of people who cannot cast spells can kill a mage with a grudge, but it is not uncommon for evil spell magicians to increase the power of their spells by torturing or even sacrificing blood to the living.
Mother Illira tried to reach out to pull him back, but was interrupted by her father, Lancer, who shook her hand and motioned for her to continue with Edison's words.
The next moment, Edison said amazingly:
"But you are all cowards, a group of cowards who only want to trouble the survivors, but dare not find the real ones behind the scenes. ”
"You, you, and your ......," said Edison, who stood at the front three times in a row, and whose injuries looked the most horrifying, and who also had the deepest resentment against him:
"Tell me, how many levels of magicians I am, how many levels of magicians are you, why did I make you look like this!"
Edison's righteous appearance made several people who were still fierce and hideous-looking suddenly become staggered, and finally the leader roared loudly: "If you were an excellent pharmacist, you might have caused us the kind of damage we have now." ”
After saying this, he felt that he was not confident enough, and looking at Edison's childish face, even his voice became quieter. But in the next moment, he heard an answer that he couldn't even believe.
"That's right, I'm a pharmacist, and although this incident is not because of the potions, it is indeed because of me that everyone has this [petrification disease]. Edison generously admitted.
As soon as these words came out, the man who had just opened his mouth to refute was so excited that he couldn't even speak, but he just stiffened his neck, and kept pointing in the direction of Edison with his hand with a red face, as if to say, "Look! I'll just say that it's because of this person that we are in this miserable situation." ”
And at this moment, even Lancer, who trusted Edison the most, couldn't help frowning, not knowing what kind of medicine Edison's gourd was selling.
But Edison still continued: "But I dare to say that without me, all of you here may die in the future, no, even life is better than death, become a puppet, and my actions only made the existing hidden dangers explode in advance, and even I made the loss smaller, I can proudly say that I saved all of you here!"
"Are you joking?" Hearing Edison's final conclusion, the other two magicians couldn't help but sneer.
But at this time, Edison smiled maliciously, and then said defiantly: "Actually, what I said is not true, it is easy to verify, isn't it?
At this moment, before the three of them could speak, the people behind them exploded, and the noisy crowd coaxed:
"What's not to dare to do!?"
"The little doll can be fast if she has a way!"
"Yes! Say ......"
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Edison looked at the scene in front of him and nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Although the specific reason can't be revealed too much because of the secrecy regulations, we can actually sign a magic contract, if what I just said is true, each of you will come to my house to be a free serf for three years, and how about selling the novels I wrote when you meet people in the future?!"
"And if what I say is false, even if you don't do anything in the rest of your life, I will raise you until you are old, and even your descendants can be protected by me; before I die, you don't have to worry about the life of your descendants, how about it!? You must know that as a magician, I still have the ability to provide for hundreds of people, and I can deceive people in anything, but the magic contract cannot be deceived!"
Speaking of this, Edison himself did not notice, but at some point, his tone carried a kind of demagogic flavor and demonic attraction, and if someone could gaze at his spiritual sea through Edison's eyes at this time, they would find that the corners of a person's mouth showed an innocent smile like a baby.
At this time, the magician who was the first to speak suddenly asked, "Did we pay for the contract? You deliberately said that because we were poor and couldn't afford to buy a magic contract, right?"
After saying this, the crowd felt even more excited, and a few people even blushed and squeezed forward, as if Edison was about to fight if he didn't answer well.
Edison snorted coldly and said, "I'll pay for the magic contract, just sell your body for money!"
After saying that, a flickering magic crystal coin appeared in Edison's hand, you must know that only a 6th-order magician has the right to use his mage identity certificate to go to various guilds, and receive a certain amount of magic crystal coins every year, which rarely appears in the hands of ordinary people.
Therefore, the actual exchange ratio of a magic crystal coin on the black market is much higher than the official exchange ratio of the magic guild, just like that, the magic crystal coin is still hard to find on the black market, and Edison really can't get such a magic crystal coin if it weren't for Arilan's relationship.
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Looking at the shining luster of the magic crystal coin, everyone was quiet for a while, and some even took a few steps forward, their eyes shining, but the last trace of reason made everyone not act rashly.
At this time, Edison's father, Lancer, took a step forward and added:
"If my son's words are false, not only will we accept the previous promises, but everyone will be able to go to the martial arts hall I opened to learn warrior skills, at least ensure that you are all qualified fighters when you come out, and that your descendants can also come. ”
Although he didn't know why Edison made this strange bet, as Edison's son, Lancer still did not hesitate to send a divine assist at this time.
As soon as this sentence came out, although the heads of the people below had not yet turned, it was just those magicians who had already said angrily:
"Don't be scared! this kid must be lying to us...... He himself admits that he is the culprit, and you can't fool ghosts with such nonsense for us. "Heart: How can what that gentle adult say be false, he must have deceived me, and you are the culprit who caused our illness.
I have to sigh here, love makes people blind!
As soon as his words came out, it became the last straw that bent the psychological defense line of the crowd in a blink of an eye, and the silent crowd said in unison: "Sign, sign, sign......."
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If you are not at the bottom of this world, it is probably difficult to understand the people at the bottom of this world, and their incomparable desire to get ahead.
Warriors and magicians are all professionals, but even the lowest-level mortal warriors are not within the reach of these mud legs from the slums.
The people in the slums, sometimes they would even break their heads over the question of the ownership of a silver coin, so at this moment, the conditions offered by the Lancers completely overwhelmed that trace of reason.
At this time, except for the three magicians who were still alive, seeing that Edison still looked fearless, and led everyone to the Magic Guild, he felt a trace of wrongness and regret, and the other ordinary people gathered were completely carried away by this tempting promise.
Along the way, this group of people was full of thoughts: "If you sign it, you will have no worries for a lifetime (you can become a warrior)...... and their hearts are unprecedentedly unanimous, and the ending is ......
In the end, under the encouragement of everyone, everyone signed their names on the magic contract provided by the Magic Guild, and a few who couldn't write their names even cut their fingers and pressed the blood mark.
Of course, as soon as the magic guild came out, each of these people lost their souls and became coolies of the Lancer family, and a few even muttered in their mouths: "Impossible, this is impossible, what he said turned out to be true?......"
But in any case, three years ...... Regardless of the wind or rain, this group of people is the animal power in the name of Baron Lancer, as long as they do not die, no one dares to come to their family's troubles. And when you die, only a small funeral fee can shut everyone up.
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But looking at this scene, Edison, who should have been happy that the plan was successful, did not have the slightest joy in his heart at this time......
For the first time, he began to rejoice that he was born in a family that was not at the bottom, and for the first time, he realized that the people at the bottom of this world have a desire for knowledge, power, and control over their own future!
And only strong ...... It is Edison who guarantees the survival of this world, and only if he can ensure that his own interests are not violated, can he be qualified to talk about how to help others.
Obviously, he had known this truth from books countless times in his previous life, but it was not as deep as this time, which touched and impacted him.
Edison suddenly thought:
"If the rules hadn't changed back then, and the demon warriors could still break through the legend, then Arilan might not have to be sent away, right!?"
This thought appeared so suddenly, but it took root......
Finally, it is recommended to listen to the ED of "Attack on Titan".
(PS1: Some people feel that Edison's conditions are abrupt, and they will be explained later.) )
(PS2: I really want to learn the doppelganger technique!While chatting with book friends, I coded words, which inspired a lot of inspiration, and my hands couldn't stop at all!)