Chapter 147: Fanaticism
The use of violence can solve the problem, but the use of violence will not solve the problem, and the problem can be solved through guò dialogue, but it will not solve the problem through guò dialogue.
Problems - or conflicts - can arise in any situation. Between people, between camps...... As long as there is a relationship of opposites, then the "conflict" will inevitably exist. Beliefs and differences, values, patterns of behavior, or conflicts of interest are all causes of problems.
Conflicts of all kinds, past and present, have arisen in this world, and the interaction of different individuals from different cultures will almost inevitably lead to conflict. And once this conflict expands, there is hardly ever time that it can be resolved in a "peaceful" way.
If this is between two people, it is also possible to adjust the conflict through a relatively "gentle" way. And if there is a conflict between countries or camps, the contradictions become more and more difficult to reconcile when they are brought to the table, and in the end, such contradictions and conflicts often lead to war.
The human race alone is full of wars for various reasons, and there is no shortage of wars between other intelligent beings of the human race. Since the dawn of civilization, the world has never been quiet, and one of the by-products of their boastful "intellectual thinking" is probably these explosive "ways of communication".
Plunder and be plundered, kill and be killed, invade and be invaded...... Acts of violence pervade every corner of the historical record. Fierce conflicts always lead to violence, and exchanges between civilizations are often accompanied by labor pains - whatever the original reason.
Compared with those violent conflicts that are caused by various reasons, the contradictions between people are not irreconcilable. Especially now that there is a conflict between Lizzie and the teenager, all she needs is news about the "True Eye", if she can. She didn't bother to use violence either.
What Lizzie sometimes thinks about is that the solution of a problem does not depend on what the problem itself is that needs to be solved, but in most cases only on the attitude of the two parties that created the problem to the problem itself. Even if one side has a unilateral absolute advantage, the conflict cannot be resolved lightly.
For example, now, it is clear that all you need to do is tell Sù Liqi some information. But he chose to remain silent. Even though he was scarred by punches, kicks, and beatings, he still didn't let go, just stared at Liqi with an indifferent gaze.
As the prayer came to an end, she stopped her fists and kicks, and the magic in the air concocted simple healing spells under her control, which were then projected onto the boy.
"Sins will be paid for. Good deeds will be rewarded, the guilty will be punished at the end of the day, and those who do good and righteous will be redeemed in the light. Your glory shines forever, giving rest to the souls of the deceased and comfort to the bodies of the suffering. ”
Despite professing disgust with this religion. But Lizzie's tone in reciting the prayers was more standard than that of the old friars in the monastery, and she even made her hands in complicated postures according to standard etiquette, so that even a cameo priest would not be suspected if she was dressed as a monk.
Silently reciting the last bit of prayer, Lizzie's fingers shimmered milky. With a slight movement of her fingertips, she sent the glimmer of the healing spell to the bruised part of the boy's beating, and the scars that she had filled in the boy's emaciated body were erased in an instant.
Bruises from a ten-minute beating can be healed with a healing spell for less than a minute. Healing spells are quite effective for simple trauma. It's just a little more expensive than the mana consumed, and even in war, it's rare to have a mage as a military doctor.
The bruises dissipated, and the dull pain that remained still made the boy tremble. There was a bit of pain in his eyes, but there was still no way to hide the light of his will. He clenched his teeth, and his breathing was a little shramp, often taking a deep breath and exhaling a few short breaths in succession.
The boy's expression wavered a little as Lizzie first began to recite the prayers in the holy book for him, but now the slightest fluctuation was gone. After the stormy beating passed. The young man's mind had also regained his calmness.
He wasn't afraid of violence, and Lizzie didn't think it could shake his faith. Born at the bottom, he should be very accustomed to being violently oppressed by others. So simply beating him didn't make him give in - although Lizzie didn't think it would be useful for the boy to "give in."
"I really don't understand what you're doing this for, out of faith, or are you afraid that if you tell the information, you'll be 'cleaned up'?" Lizzie sighed helplessly, "I do what I say, as long as you say what I want to know, I'll let you go - if you think it's going to put you in danger, then I can also find some people to protect your life." ”
Since their role is the lowest-level "consumables", the True Eye will certainly not let them have too much information to stab themselves at a critical time. Lizzie didn't intend to ask much out of the boy's mouth, but his reaction was a bit unexpected for her.
Obviously, although Lizzie thought that she had made a good offer, the boy did not believe what Lizzie said, he gasped twice, and suddenly said, "The 'guarantee' that comes out of the mouth of you fellows is just like a cunning demon, and every word is not worth believing. On the banks of the Baria River, he deceived the Woodalls into opening the gates of the city on superior terms, and then turned on his face and slaughtered the entire city. ”
He endured the pain left on his body, and squeezed out the words from between his teeth in pain: "What is said in his mouth is sweet words, but he will do whatever it takes to achieve his end." Do you think I'm going to believe you? If I tell you that 'information', I'll be disposed of if it's worthless. ”
The words that came out of his mouth were stories from the Holy Book, told to the four sages by an old man who called himself "Woodall's Prisoner" about the fall of his city by demons. The Majin deceived the Woodalls into trusting them with their rhetoric and then ruined the city.
In fact, this should only be a story - it may have been created in the war years when the conflict between humans and demons erupted. At that time, the demons who lived near the west coast of the old Great 6 and the islands in the western ocean formed an alliance and invaded the territory of the human nations.
It was also at that time that the demons became synonymous with demonic avatars in a part of the human nations that believed in the Holy Lord - although they looked similar to humans in appearance, almost all of them possessed some innate powers. This power is in their bloodline, and some religious believers believe that they are a "sinful creature" created by the hybridization of humans and demons.
However, in recent years, through the research of scholars in various disciplines, it has basically been confirmed that the demons are deeply related to the two races of humans, and they are very similar in genetic fragments.
Compared to Gulnius, who can basically be divided into two species with humans, the Majin can only be regarded as a subspecies branch of the human race. Both originated from the same ancestor, but later embarked on different evolutionary routes, and the part of their bloodline that made them superior to ordinary humans in many ways.
In most countries, the Majin were not considered to be the apostles of the demons for a long time, and the Empire had even recognized the citizenship rights of the Majin immigrants a long time ago. Undoubtedly, for some reason, even the empire, which is a secular state, requires that some stories that deliberately slander demons be deleted from the sacred book as much as possible, and few people use these things as examples nowadays.
"I'm not going to tell you anything I know, even if you're going to kill me. The boy looked up at Lizzie, "Sin will force us to bend by all means, but the light of the Lord will guide us on our way - just wait to be consumed by the fire of the end." ”
However, among the few people with strong beliefs, they still regard demons as the embodiment of sin, and it is possible that the steadfastness of the young man in front of him also stems from this fanatical belief.
"Ho, is it possible that you consider yourself a martyr born for your faith, just like Martel III and his Iron Cavalry?" looked at the high-chested young man, Lizzie sneered rather disdainfully, "Don't be stupid, you are not a member of the Iron Cavalry, and you don't even have a chance to become a prisoner of Woodall." You're just cheap cannon fodder to those guys, and the point of saving zài is to be consumed. ”
By the sword in my hand, I will never give up my faith. If I and my followers are going to fail, then when defeat comes, I will choose to die-at the end of the classical era, Martel III, the last king of the Peesta Kingdom who led the alliance of the West Coast nations of the old Great 6 to fight the demons, said this to the demon general Garros who demanded his surrender when he was surrounded by the demons' legions.
And he did lead all his men to launch a deadly charge against the demon army ten times his size, and finally died on the hills of Berg Cattelan. The lords of the demons buried the great king after the battle and erected a towering monument to him.
Later generations referred to this protracted war as the Eighty Years' War, and later in the war, the two sides even forgot the reason for killing each other in the first place. It was undoubtedly a foolish war, but Martel III was a good king, and he became the representative of his will to the death.
So Lizzie snorted contemptuously.
"No kidding, why should I kill you, just because you don't want to sue me for something I know?" As if hearing a joke, Lizzie wasn't even interested in laughing, "Please sue me, is there even the slightest point in killing you." ”
She snapped her fingers, and the tentacles that wrapped around the boy were suddenly untied. (To be continued)
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