Chapter 608: Collective Dignity
Ye Lingchen pointed to the ground in front of him, as if the master was giving orders to his dog.
To be honest, Paladin was not only not embarrassed to hear this request, but relieved.
If it's just kneeling, it's nothing, he's already in his thirties, and he'll be forty years old soon, and he's not the kind of arrogant boy who wants to save face.
If humiliation can be exchanged for the safety of the family, kneel and kneel, what can't you kneel?
Paladin asked in a deep voice, "What do you mean?" β
Ye Lingchen shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "In the public, can this son still lie to you?" β
"Okay, then it's decided. If I kneel, you will let my family go. After Paladin finished speaking, he immediately prepared to kneel.
However, as soon as he bent his knees, he was suddenly grabbed by the collar, making it difficult to kneel down.
I saw that the guards beside him were holding him tightly, clenching their teeth, their eyes were extremely cold, and the soldiers around him were also looking at him sideways, all with the same expression.
Paladin woke up like a dream, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, realizing Ye Lingchen's sinister intentions.
If it was usual, he would kneel for Ye Lingchen, and he would not lose a piece of meat if he knelt down, as long as he could exchange his family back, what shame was unbearable?
But now it's different...
Paladin lowered his head and looked at his lieutenant's uniform and the commander's token hanging from his waist.
Now, he is talking to Ye Lingchen from an official position, as the deputy general of the Death Legion, and he is the acting chief general, commanding the whole army.
He now represents not himself, but the entire Death Legion, and Chino behind it.
If he knelt, it meant that the entire Death Legion was kneeling to Ye Lingchen...
The Death Legion is the regular army of Doguland, the kingdom's army is highly disciplined, the pursuit of glory, the founding of Dogulander has been 514 years ago, the political situation has been ups and downs, the legions have been alternated, and the dying legions can be described as countless, drowning in the past wars.
However, no matter which legion it is, whether it is a trap or an ambush by the enemy, when the whole army is at the end of its rope, it has always been the main general who leads his subordinates to fight their best to fight their way out of the siege, send the military flag that symbolizes inheritance back to the palace, and retain the fire of reconstruction.
If there is no hope of breaking through, the main general will lead the soldiers to die bravely and sleep with the military flag.
Of course, there are also some generals who do not want to see their subordinates die in vain and choose to surrender to the enemy, but when they unload their armor, they all hold their heads high, and no legion is kneeling, which is the pride and dignity of Laurel.
If Paladin kneels to Ye Lingchen now, the Death Legion will become the first legion to kneel to the Far Eastern Dynasty in the 514 years since the founding of the Dogullander State, and the whole army will become a laughing stock, and they will be despised and spurned wherever they go, and their dignity will be lost from now on.
A person can ignore his own dignity, whether he is proud or humiliated, it is a personal choice, and others have no right to point fingers.
But a legion can't ...
The legion is a collective, a collective composed of thousands of soldiers.
You don't want dignity, others do.
Paladin was stared at by the cold gaze of the soldiers, and the pressure from all directions was like a wall pressing on his heart, making him breathless, and his body was also hot and cold, and cold sweat the size of beans kept overflowing from his forehead.
"Looks like I didn't make it clear enough." Ye Lingchen suddenly moved his hand, cutting a long blood mark on the little girl's face, and a childish and terrible cry sounded, and blood soon flowed all over her face and neck.
"Nope! No! Seeing his daughter hurt like this, Paladin's heart was broken as a father, and he staggered forward with a crying voice, and his legs couldn't stop weakening.
Just when Paladin was at a loss and almost lost his mind, his wife's cry rang out: "Paladin! You are not allowed to kneel! β
Paladin looked up blankly and looked at his wife.
Her daughter was abused beside her, and Paladin's wife was already in tears, but her eyes and voice were full of unwavering determination: "Archon Chino treats our family well, we haven't repaid him well, and now he entrusts you with the responsibility of the Legion, if you live up to his expectations, are you worthy of him?!" β
"So many soldiers follow you, willing to live and die with you, and now you want to kneel for the enemy?! They look down on you, and I look down on you! β
"If you dare to kneel today, even if you rescue me, I will die in front of you!!"
Seeing the once bird-like wife now roaring like a shrew, Paladin was already in tears, and the scenes that accompanied each other kept coming to his mind, from pursuit to honeymoon, from marriage to giving birth to daughters, from family despair to prosperity, whether it was the hard days when they were just together, or to making a fortune later, their original intentions have never changed, and they have never abandoned each other.
The past is like a knife, cut in Paladin's heart...
Ye Lingchen sneered, seeing that this woman was desperate, and he couldn't pry anything from her, so he was ready to continue to operate on the more fragile little girl.
"Huh-" Ye Lingchen held the treasure knife in his hand and cut a gap in the little girl's face.
The little girl was sweating profusely in pain, and her voice was hoarse: "Dad... Help me... I'm in so much pain... Woo..."
The woman has accompanied Paladin all the way to the present, she has seen the wind and waves, understands the difficulties of her husband, has the will to sacrifice her life for righteousness, and is ready to dedicate herself.
However, the little girl is only in her early teens, and she is still naΓ―ve and ignorant, how can she understand those ethereal righteousness?
She only knew that when she was sick before, no matter where she hurt on her body, as long as she told her father, her father would take care of her and help her get rid of those painful things.
Now the pain on her face is so hot that it hurts so much that the little girl's first reaction is to ask her father for help.
Seeing his wife, who was determined to die, and his crying daughter, Paladin couldn't cry anymore, and he gritted his teeth and stood there, choking up and looking at the two family members.
Eventually, there seemed to be some emotion in his eyes, and he kept muttering "I'm sorry".
Seeing Paladin's eyes, the wife knew that her husband had made up his mind, and she pursed her lips and nodded vigorously, tears falling from her eyes.
Paladin slowly retreated, a thick hatred appeared in his eyes, staring directly at Ye Lingchen, and the flag of death behind him seemed to flutter more violently, and the distorted shadows danced wildly on the ground, like the god of death spreading its claws.
The killing intent of the soldiers of the Death Legion boiled over, and the atmosphere was as oppressive and turbid as cement, making people breathless.
Ye Lingchen had already understood what Paladin meant, and he really didn't expect that this guy was really a ruthless character, and he could give up his wife and daughter for the sake of the legion.
Of course, with the Shangguan sisters and brothers and a hundred two-clawed golden dragons by his side, Ye Lingchen had no fear at all, he grabbed the little girl's hair, pressed her back with his knees and pressed it to the ground, and the treasure knife was on his throat, as if he was killing a chicken.
Ye Lingchen showed a hideous smile: "Paladin, keep your eyes open and watch carefully, see how you killed your wife and daughter, in the nightmare of the rest of your life, this scene will haunt you forever!" β