"What should we do now?"
One of the old nobles who were not young frowned, and said slowly: "In these years, there is no one among us who has not touched mines, trade, slaves, and the black market, and everyone has some blood on them. If those lunatics really I am afraid that we will be implicated, can we ask the Temple of Wealth to expel them? It is no problem to spend more money!"
To this old man, the burly man obviously had a much better attitude, and said slowly, "I'm afraid it will be difficult."
"The Goddess of Wealth is neutral, and her priest and church are also neutral. It is impossible to deal with paladins. That is tantamount to telling the whole world that they have turned to the evil camp. What's more, the silver hand has a divine weapon [Day Star] , that artifact was given to him by the Holy Spirit of the Lord of Radiance. If the Church of Fortune dared to launch an attack on the Silver Hand, it would be tantamount to going to war with the Church of Radiance. The army will come too."
Clergy.
Existences that are more troublesome than paladins. Although they are not that extreme, their number is quite large.
This group of guys are mainly active in the City of Glory, and occasionally help fight against the evil drow elves, but the main energy is still on the demons and devils, and they are quite tolerant of evil actions in the world. After all, the ruling class must exploit the common people. As long as the food is not ugly and there is no heinous behavior, they will ignore it.
Otherwise, you can't manage it at all!
That's why paladins seldom go out, they can't ignore evil, but what if they go out and meet a victim and ask the paladin for help
ignore him
That would be against the path of the paladin.
Help him
How much can a paladin change? The order of the world is like this. If one evildoer is killed, won't new ones come out? As long as the interests and powers are still there, there will always be people who will be corrupted and depraved. A kingdom has a wise king and a tyrant. Can a paladin overthrow a kingdom because of the appearance of a tyrant
After all, the Silver Hand is a special case, he has an artifact in his hand, and he is the most powerful paladin.
He is also a bloodline descendant of the Lord of Radiance.
In the final analysis, it is still a question of whether the strength is enough. The strength of the paladins is not enough today. As long as these people dare to throw their brains to detect evil, the dark and gray fields will kill them all that day. But it is because the strength of the paladins that appeared this time was so strong that even the city of wealth did not dare to act rashly, and the church of wealth did not dare to expel them. Justice, they can't go against the path of faith, and in the end it becomes a situation where they have to do something.
To ignore evil is to violate the paladin's faith.
Fighting against evil is almost equivalent to making an enemy against the entire city of wealth!
That's why Sauron felt that the paladin was very pitiful.
"A paladin has no power to judge nobles!"
A man with a gentle and cold face suddenly said: "The Church of the Lord of Radiance will not allow paladins to fight against nobles! We have accumulated wealth for generations without killing! Even if we don't do mines, slaves, and black markets, we will Someone else took over! The City of Fortune wouldn't be the City of Fortune at that point."
"I think the Silver Hand also understands this. If they have the ability, they can purify the abyss hell!"
"Compared with the devil and demons, our crimes are nothing worth mentioning! At least we have maintained the order of the city, so that those untouchables can have food to eat, and they have not completely become a place of chaos and killing. If it is not for us to maintain the law , that group of untouchables may not even have the present days, pirates, adventurers, and degenerates from all over the world, who doesn't covet the wealth here?"
These words elicited a lot of approval.
Some nobles even shouted loudly that if they did not provide protection to the poor and provide land for cultivation, all these untouchables would starve to death and be eaten by monsters.
The burly man thought for a moment, then slowly said: "The problem is not these! It's how we deal with these paladins now!"
"They're not going to let it go, or they're going against what they believe in."
The gloomy man looked around and said slowly, "For the dead ghost!"
"The leaders of those gangs are in charge of slave trade, black market trade, and organizations that are obviously not obedient. We can capture them as scapegoats. These people are all blood debts, and we can just use the hands of paladins to eradicate them. This not only appeases the untouchables, but also gives the paladin an explanation."
"I don't think the Silver Hand is crazy enough to try the nobles of the entire city of wealth, right?"
The most indispensable thing for the ruling class is lawful evil.
They are not as cruel as devils and demons, but not many of the things they deal with are kind and noble.
"besides."
The gloomy man stood up and looked around, and said in a deep voice: "We must find that vampire son as soon as possible! It is because of him that this group of paladins are attracted. If we don't get rid of him, these paladins may stay longer time."
"I propose to send an army to search for his traces, and then let the Silver Hand deal with him."
These words silenced the surroundings for a while, and then the others nodded and said, "That's right. We must find out the Son of Fear. Otherwise, the paladin won't leave so easily."
The cause of everything is that vampire son of God.
If he hadn't come to the city of wealth, the paladins wouldn't have come chasing him, the poor wouldn't have sought justice from them, and the nobles wouldn't have fallen into such an embarrassing situation. If there is no Silver Hand, it would be a small problem to send some people to expel the paladins, or even make them disappear. But now that the Silver Hand has appeared, some attitudes must be made clear. If the noble council is willing to help him deal with the vampire son, then the paladins will not be crazy enough to judge them.
Is it possible to cause chaos in the world
"good!"
The burly man patted the table, and said in a deep voice: "Send out the guards, send out the city legion! Search the city of fortune thoroughly, and we must find that vampire son! Then catch those disobedient guys, and don't need paladins to do it! , we execute these guys according to the law! We cannot break the rules of the City of Fortune just because of the appearance of a paladin!"
"As for those untouchables, there will be plenty of time to deal with them in the future."
Speaking of this, the burly man showed a cruel smile. Being forced into such a situation by a group of untouchables who accidentally used paladins as gunmen, it is impossible for him not to be angry.
Orders were issued one by one.
The cold man at the beginning couldn't help showing a smile, and a strange light appeared in his eyes. "Should I be able to force you out now? Stupid guy! Do you think power can suppress everything? Now I want to see if you die or not!"
A conspiracy has already begun brewing.
When the paladins appeared, they have become a knife, the weak use this knife to seek justice, and the wicked use this knife to deal with the enemy.
Paladin is a sad class, and a very fragile one.
As long as they find a kind and honest victim to ask them for help, then they must face a choice, whether to help or not? Kneel in front of you if you don't help, hug your thigh and kowtow, will you help or not at that time
If you don't help once, it's okay, but if you don't help twice or three times, your faith will collapse.
That's why there are so many former paladins in this world. There is no problem in helping, there are many people in need of help in this world, there are ordinary people who are killed by gangsters, and there are poor people who are oppressed and bullied by nobles. There are powerful forces everywhere in this world. If you help a kind-hearted poor man kill the gangster who forced his family to die, do you want to eradicate this gangster by the way? This gang has eradicated you. Do you want to also kill the officials and nobles behind the scenes
As soon as you pat your butt and leave after maintaining justice, it won't be long before the second gangster appears.
How many times can you fight? How many people can you beat
Withdrawing is the decline of faith, and the power of a paladin will become an ordinary warrior. You cannot tolerate evil, and evil will naturally not tolerate you.
Want to uphold justice? !
This is really too simple, there are bullies and villains in every town, and a person who detects evil will kill innocent civilians immediately.
Can you kill it? How much evil can you judge
Paladins are very powerful, but also very weak. They can't change the world, they can only protect the justice in their hearts on the difficult road.
That's why there is sadness in the eyes of those old paladins!
Because they have withstood the test time and time again, not only their strength, but also their heart and will. Without the Silver Hand, they would not be one at all.
A silver hand could force the City of Fortune to back down.
Two silver hands can cleanse the city of fortune from its evil depravity.
Three Silver Hands can re-enact the rules of the City of Fortune, bringing it closer to the rules of lawful good.
Five Silver Hands can turn the City of Fortune into the next City of Glory.
pity.
There is always only one Silver Hand.
They can't change the city of wealth, and they can't change the world. The abyss and hell have existed for countless years. How many gods of the good camp fought for this, and how many times the Lord of Radiance regarded it as a cancer and launched the battle of the kingdom of God!
What is the final result
Abyss is still abyss, hell is still hell.
The paladins are such a group of pathetic people who are stubborn and stick to their beliefs. They can only firmly believe in the justice in their beliefs, but they cannot make the world a justice.
Because the world is the world, and you are too weak.
…
Sauron seemed to see something.
He heard the horns of the army dispatched, and he could see the urgently assembled city guards. The guards had already started to set off. It seemed that the aristocratic forces in the city of wealth had made a compromise. They began to clean up by their own means to prevent the paladins from They messed around to disrupt the order here. Use small-scale purges to appease the civilians, and then exchange the paladins for not taking action.
This is undoubtedly a very smart choice.
It seems that there are not simple existences among the nobles in the city of wealth.