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"Richard." I called out to him, "What are you doing?" ”

The young man who was squatting on the ground and didn't know what he was doing turned his head, wiped his dirty hands on his clothes in a panic, and stood five meters away and bowed his head to me: "Teacher." ”

"There is an old man in this village who used to help me a lot, but now she is not in good health and her eyes are not clear. The children are not around, and I will come to take care of her when I have time. Richard's satchel contained matches, pens and newspapers for sale, which had not yet been widely practiced at a time when newspapers were only circulating in the capital, Trier, and the surrounding large cities. The newspaper boy was shouting and selling newspapers in the streets, and he still had shoeshine tools in his bag, "I will read the newspaper to her, boil water to make tea, talk to her, and she will be happy." ”

Richard Ernst is a special human being.

But it's not very special, either. I looked at him, and through my unique sense of authority, I saw dozens of thin transparent threads wrapped around his hands, souls who were "saved through him and made vital connections." Although he saved some people, he always did what he could, he went to help those he was able to save, as if he were saving people from war, but he never tried to stop it at the root, such as preaching the idea of peace, or speaking out against the radical aggression of the blind worship of Russell.

From this point of view, he is really just an ordinary person.

"You're dirty." I said, "You can't go back with me like this, why did you make yourself like this?" ”

“…… Sorry, she lives in a small alley in a slum where there is no full sewer system. Richard was embarrassed.

I bowed slightly: "Then go back to my manor through the small door of the stables and clean myself in the bathroom, just as before." ”

"Yes." He said. He followed me two meters away with his head down.

The road was very quiet, which surprised me. Because he always has a lot to say, about all sorts of things. After all, as a young human being, he has a lot of life experience, such as being persecuted by his peers with different ideas in the organization shortly after becoming an extraordinary, being taken away by his teacher and other seniors, and then being chased and attacked by the indulgent faction on the way, killing and wounding more than half of them, and finally escaping to the manor of a nobleman, and then discovering that the nobleman is a "demon" of a similar sequence......

"You've got something on your mind." I say.

He realizes that being sheltered by the devil is not a glorious thing after all, or is it that the remnants of the temperance faction come to the door and bring him back?

“…… Teacher, I'm confused. ”

Richard spoke softly, and his voice floated from behind: "Obviously, people can get funds through their own labor, obviously the nobles also help the poor, the gods have established churches to protect the old and young, women and children, obviously the sons of steam have implemented the "Civil Code" to protect the people's livelihood, and various injury and illness subsidies and compensation for the families of the dead have been gradually improved, why are the people still living so painfully?" ”

"Because in fact, no one cares about the lives of the people."

He looked stunned, and I thought it was strange.

Isn't it obvious that human beings act for their own interests, the gods are for anchors and fame, the nobility is just a little money leaking through their fingers, and the codes and subsidies promoted by Russell are to make the people participate in the war feverishly, and no one runs for the people?

I think he can figure it out, so I didn't add to it.

"Okay, okay, what you say...... Perhaps......" It took about five minutes for Richard to reply, as if the existing ideas had been shattered and reorganized, "So, how do you change all this...... ”

"Change?" I asked him, "Why change?" The people are as lowly and everywhere as the blades of grass, and they don't need to be taken care of at all. Even if they are burned by fire, drowned in water, or killed by disease, there will always be more and more survivors. People will build their own nests, forage for food, reproduce, and only need a period of recovery to continue to thrive, which is a cheap renewable resource, so why bother them? ”

His eyes widened, his decades of life experience were not enough to react quickly to my answer after his worldview had been shattered, and his emotional colors changed like a marquee. After a while, he finally calmed down, but his whole body seemed to lose his blood color for a moment.

“…… Do you see the people like this? ”

Richard regained his ability to speak and his former composure, and quickly began to think: "The times have been like this for thousands of years...... Could it be that the gods and the high-ranking people look down on human beings from this perspective? ”

"You can think of it that way."

"No, it's not right." He suddenly noticed something, "What about you, teacher?" You've always been different, and as a demon, your killings tend to stop and you don't enjoy them. As an angel, a mythical subordinate god, you never cared about your followers or your sect. Since the gods are all for anchors, why don't you need them? ”

…… Righteous God? I sneered inwardly.

"Because I'm a god more powerful than all the gods on this planet right now." I replied calmly, although it was somewhat ridiculous to say these words as a Sequence 2 demon, but the demon path was inherently crazy and unreasonable, "The weak don't want to forget where they came from, so they cling to human nature. They are cowardly and hypocritical in their cowardice and hypocrisy in their ability to rely on humans for their self-sufficiency, but their inability to love others equally. ”

"I don't need humanity. Because I know what that is. ”

"But if you want to save the people, I have another doctrine to explain to you." Before he was completely desperate, I changed the conversation to the point that he was very talented and very well acted. He had a reputation among several groups of moderation fugitives, and although he was also rejected by another part of the people, he finally stood firm and was not afraid of being pursued by the indulgents. It's a valuable pawn that has to be cultivated, and I don't mind wasting a little time trying to help him re-understand the world.

"What is it?" He asked me expectantly.

"The world is now in an era of righteousness."

"I know." The good student nodded, "This term was coined by Mr. Russell, and it is of epoch-making significance. ”

"......," I felt speechless for a second, and then spoke, "in theory, there is indeed a more advanced form of society that stands above it, and that is considered to be the most perfect and the ultimate form to which mankind must attain. In the era of the Righteous Lord, material resources were extremely abundant, and no one would starve or freeze; Everyone is well-educated and doesn't compete with each other; You don't have to work hard, as long as everyone works eight hours a day, they can feed everyone. ”

“…… Oh my God, a world where everyone can be fed, clothed, educated, and not have to work to death? I can't imagine. Richard muttered to himself, "So when will this time come?" ”

"Never come." I interrupted his illusion and watched as his face changed again, "In those days, everyone was equal. Everyone can live well on their own, what else does God need to do? ”

Richard's face changed suddenly.

"You, you mean." A dense row of cold sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead, "Divine spirit...... Won't let that time come? God, the gods won't allow us to live on our own, because people won't be believing in God that day...... Will we never be saved? ”

I smiled, and instead of answering the question directly, I called him to my side: "There will always be people who will be saved, such as the rich and the devout." Now that you know that this path is not going to work, do you still want to continue learning? ”

Richard hesitated for two seconds and nodded firmly.

"Well, starting with Capital, first of all, surplus value is ......"

71

"On the 29th of October, the head of the Esoteric Order, Zarathu, visited me again in secret, and I cannot guess his true intentions, it seems that he only wanted to strengthen communication and understanding between the two sides?"

"I feel that Zarathu is more powerful and mysterious than the two church powerhouses I have ever met, and it feels very similar to my demon fellow. So I casually asked him if he was also an angel without much hope, and he answered me!"

"He said he was the 'Miracle Master' of Sequence 2!"

"Sequence 2? He, no, He's an angel too!!I'm surrounded by two angels, and I suspect there must be some deeper reason behind this that I don't understand than the aura of the protagonist of the era. ”

"Miracle Master? A master of miracles? The name of this potion is reminiscent! This is sequence 2 of 'The Fortune Teller'?"

"I tentatively asked Zarathu again if the miracle was a miracle of fate?" Is the soothsayer's path a way to gradually understand and manipulate fate? Skipping the first question, Zarathu told me that fate is only part of the 'soothsayer' path, and that the true way of destiny is the 'monster'!"

"He gave several examples of the 'monster' path, Sequence 7 'The Lucky,' Sequence 5 'The Winner,' Sequence 2 'The Prophet,' and the one at the top of the sequence, 'The Serpent of Mercury!' which is also known as 'The Serpent of Destiny.'" This is the first sequence 1 I know of, and it totally hits me!"

"Zarathu has amassed a very coveted knowledge, and out of curiosity about the demon fellow, well, I admit that I am still a little jealous, and I asked him for the name of Sequence 2 of the "demon" path. ”

"He looked at me and seemed to see through what was going on in my heart. He bluntly said that it was because of the presence of his fellow villagers that he postponed the first visit, because the demons are always crazy and cold-blooded. He said that he didn't know exactly what Sequence 2 of the "demonic" pathway corresponded to, but the name of Sequence 1 was "The King of Filth." This is also a pretty amazing name, and it's the big boss in the dungeon when you hear it! In order to play the role of the Filthy King, does the demon fellow still want to establish a demon empire? Hiss, pondering and terrifying. ”

“……”

"As far as I know, the 'monster' path should be in the hands of the life school, which seems to have a partial sequence of the 'medicine master' path, and they advocate the triple division of the absolute rational world, the spirit world, and the material world, well, it's pretty cool."

Zarathu also added meaningfully that the school of life worships the moon. Why the Moon? And not further the goddess of the night? ”

The long diary was finally read, and the amount of information was huge, and Crane once again experienced the feeling of being stuffed with knowledge, and it was the first time he learned the name of Sequence 1, and two at a time!

"The Serpent of Mercury" and "The King of Filth", they all sound so desirable, although the "Miracle Master" is also very powerful, but I always feel that it is still a little less imposing than the "Prophet", and I don't know what the name of the Fortune Teller's Sequence 1 potion is...... Through the sequence names of the "monster" pathways, Klein judged that Zarathu was not lying. The following diary still contains a lot of information, such as the fact that extraordinary traits are passed on to offspring, which can be regarded as answering some doubts about extraordinary creatures, and conforming to the law that the number of traits does not change. After flipping back, he also learned that the current "King of the Five Seas" Nast Solomon had been born in the era of Russell the Great, and was a high-ranking powerhouse over one hundred and fifty years old!

After reading all the diaries this time, Klein's thousands of emotions were obscured by the gray mist. He paused for a moment, tapped his fingers on the top of the long bronze table, and said with a smile, "I'm going to issue a mission." ”

Task! Audrey's eyes widened, both apprehensive and excited, and at the same time, she found that the "hanging man" seemed to have no change, but in fact became extremely nervous, only the "sun" was still ignorant, and everything was business as usual.

"You can choose to pick it up or not." With the help of the Joker's ability, he spoke in a normal tone, "One of my dependents has arrived at Beckland, and he wants to accomplish something, but it is inconvenient for him to come forward. ”

Seeing that "Justice" and others did not speak, but thought separately, Klein issued his own task:

"What he wants to accomplish is to assassinate the ambassador of the Republic of Intis to the Kingdom of Rune, Bekron Jean Martin."

TBC

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A small part of the memory.

In the beginning, Richard was just an ordinary good guy. Later, he learned to go beyond his capacity and moths to fight fires.

Re-edit: Oh oh yes, I've always felt that Edward's character image gives me a familiar feeling, think about it carefully, white cut black + have a scary hobby in some way + a very good appearance and personality + a middle-aged man who can fight very well + his wife died and had a child + cross.

Isn't this a courtesy?