Li Jia was walking in the streets of Gronia City, his steps slow and his movements hesitant. The smell of blood and fire here was many times stronger than just now on the city wall, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.
Although he had lived in this world for two years, he had never had the chance to see such a scene. Whether at school, in the royal capital, or in his previous expeditions, he had somehow avoided the most tragic part.
He originally released the Mage's Eye and let it fly above his head, so that he could observe what was happening in the larger area around him. But after not long, his Mage's Eye retracted, and kept lowering its altitude, finally staying less than a foot above his head. Like an ignorant child who touched a flame, he suddenly retracted his hand. Just now, when it flew above, there were too many scenes that he couldn't bear to look at.
Li Jia saw the worst side of human nature blooming unbridled here, and unfortunately, he was one of the evildoers.
Yes, he did not take action, but he did not stop these crimes from happening either. He even compiled all kinds of vague reasons in his mind to convince himself not to get involved in these things. He was so cowardly that he could only clench his fists and watch in silence.
When Li Jia was passing a road, a stumbling, red-faced berserker rushed towards him carrying a woman. He drank too much wine in one breath, and when he saw Li Jia in a trance, he did not recognize his identity, but regarded him as a lamb to be slaughtered in the city. So the berserker pulled out the axe at his waist and chopped at Li Jia.
Li Jia's figure flashed and appeared more than 20 meters away. The berserker missed and looked around in confusion. After he finally found Li Jia, he rushed towards him again.
Li Jia tried to dodge the berserker's attacks several times by teleporting over short distances, but found that the berserker was determined to kill him. He had no choice but to cast an air lock magic when the berserker charged again, using an invisible chain to wrap around the opponent's legs and make him fall to the ground. Li Jia cast several impact spells on his head in succession, knocking him unconscious.
The woman he was carrying was thrown out, fell to the ground and rolled several times, until she rolled in front of Li Jia.
"Are you okay?" Li Jia asked from a distance. At this time, he saw clearly that the robe the woman was wearing had been torn from the hem, and only the upper body was covered, with nothing underneath.
The woman looked at Li Jia with a miserable expression. She looked at the Berserker not far away and trembled with fear. She turned around and asked Li Jia: "Master Mage, are you here to save us?"
Li Jia said with some embarrassment: "It's not... me, I was just passing by."
The expression on the woman's face changed from expectation to despair. The speed of the change made Li Jia's heart tighten. She picked up a stone from the ground and said, "Then don't stop me. I want to kill this beast that insulted me!"
Without waiting for Li Jia to answer, she rushed to the Berserker, raised the stone, and smashed it down at him with all her strength. The stone hit the Berserker's temple, splashing a flower of blood. When she was about to smash it again, she found that her hand was held by an unknown force. She realized that this was the same method used to tie up the Berserker's feet, which was also a kind of magic. Looking back, she saw that the magician really stretched out his palm and looked at her with a complicated expression.
"Stop!" Li Jia said.
The stone in the woman's hand fell down, and she said with a look of grief and indignation: "Sir, look at me, don't you understand what he did to me? My sister was only fourteen years old, and he broke her neck when she resisted a little."
"But, even if what he did was wrong, you can't just kill him." Li Jia said, "I can help you write these things down. When the time comes, someone will naturally judge what he did."
"It's okay for him to kill my sister, he just needs to stand trial. But it's not okay for me to kill him for revenge. Is that what you mean?"
"No, she is my wife's subordinate, and I can't watch you kill him here."
"Sir, please stop talking. I don't have any more stones in my hand. Please let me go." The woman obviously didn't want to argue with him anymore.
Li Jia saw the woman's look and it seemed that she had given up on revenge, so he loosened the two air locks on her hands and shoulders.
As expected, the woman did not attack the Berserker with stones again. Instead, she rushed to the house next door as soon as the air lock was released. Li Jia heard a dull sound. The woman's head hit the wall, leaving a large pool of blood, and then she collapsed on the ground, motionless.
The woman’s death was like a bell ringing in Li Jia’s heart, and he suddenly felt his face hot.
What on earth am I doing? I didn't let this beast die, but I indirectly killed a woman. Li Jia took two steps back involuntarily. He had never hated the man lying on the ground as much as he did now.
He raised his hand and put it down several times, and the prepared attack magic almost fell on the Berserker's head several times, but he finally gave up this plan.
In the end, Li Jia simply tied him up with an air lock, and was about to pick him up and hand him over to Serinda for trial. At this time, a man came over and stopped him. It was Serinda's berserker leader Lumiere.
"Sir Li Jia, what are you doing? Why are my subordinates captured by you?" Lumiere asked.
Li Jia said angrily, "Do you see the woman on the ground? This man directly caused her death, right in front of me! I will hand him over to Serinda for trial."
"I'm sorry, what you said is completely different from what I saw. I clearly saw you use magic to tie up my companion, and then allow this woman to hit his head with a rock." Lumiere walked forward and touched the head of his unconscious companion with his hand, which was covered in bright red blood. "Look, the evidence is right here."
"Since you have seen so much, you should have seen that I stopped that woman." Li Jia said.
Lumiere did not answer him directly, but said: "Since this woman hurt him, it means that she is indeed an enemy who is against us. Against such an enemy, no matter what we do, it is not excessive. So my companion is innocent, please let him go."
Li Jia was unmoved and remained in a stalemate with him. Lumiere sneered and said, "Why? Sir Li Jia, do you want to waste time with me here? You have to know that some people go too far and it was me who stopped them. The longer I stay here, the more things you don't want to see will happen. Do you really want this? Hmm?"
Li Jia glared at him with gritted teeth, but Lumiere was not afraid at all. He was Count Carlos's man and did not care about the opinion of this indecisive son-in-law of the Count at all.
Finally, Li Jia put the man down. Lumiere smiled and carried the man on his shoulders. When he left, he looked back at Li Jia and said with a smile, "Sir Li Jia, you should go back to the City Lord's Mansion and stay with Lady Serinda. You can't change anything if you hang around here."
Li Jia watched the other person leave. When Lumiere was out of sight, he squatted down in pain, holding his head. At his feet was the woman who had no life left. (To be continued)