"Kill you! Kill you! Kill you!!!" Fielding, who was in a coma, roared with a suppressed hoarse voice, and then suddenly exclaimed: "Ah!!!!" He sat up suddenly from his bed. When he got up, his head was covered with beads of sweat as big as soybeans, and his naked upper body was covered with layers of bandages.
He had just woken up from a nightmare, and his movements were too violent. He sat up suddenly and felt pain all over his body, as if his skeleton was about to fall apart. With a groan, his vision went dark and he fell back again.
Only then did he find himself in a clean and comfortable room, lying on a soft big bed. The blood stains on his body had been cleaned up long ago, the wounds on his chest, shoulders and arms had been treated, and the bleeding at the place where Arslan had used the dragon's weapon to assassinate him had stopped.
"Fielding, how are you feeling?" Roddy's voice came from the bedside. Fielding turned his head with difficulty and immediately saw Roddy standing beside the bed with a gloomy expression.
"...Thank you." Fielding felt bitter in his mouth and a bitter smile appeared on his face: "Thank you for saving me."
Rody sighed: "Don't talk too much. Your wound is a bit weird, and we spent a lot of effort to help you deal with it."
Fielding smiled bitterly: "Did...she treat me? Is she here?"
Rody was silent for a while, with a smile on his face: "Yes. Miaosi said that your wound is a little weird. There is a strange power that prevents the wound from healing and speeds up the loss of blood. We tried some treatments at the beginning. None of the techniques work, but luckily Miaosi is here.”
Fielding lay there, looking at the ceiling, and murmured: "That's right. Arslan said that this kind of dragon can only be rescued by people with superb magical power. I originally wanted to go back and find it. Gu Ming asked for help..." At this point, his face showed a bit of sadness.
He glanced at Roddy. Fielding explained: "Gu Ming is not only a person I respect, but he is also my godfather."
At this point, Fielding sighed: "Miaos, does she know?"
Rody looked solemn, nodded slightly, and sighed: "She must still be hiding in the room crying. I think she should stay alone for a while."
Fielding shook his head helplessly: "That's right. Miao Si has been worshiping Gu Ming as her teacher since she was a child. I think she is feeling now... "
Suddenly a cold voice came from the door: "How am I feeling?"
The words fell. Miaosi had already walked in gently from the door. She put back on her signature black gauze suit. With a cold expression on her face, she seemed to have turned into such a powerful black veiled saint with a cold and arrogant personality. But she held a silver bottle in her hand, walked slowly to Fielding, and said coldly: "This is holy water. Since you are awake, drink it."
There was a pause. She added coldly: "Your trauma is almost healed, but if you don't want to become a cripple, it's best to lie here and not move for the next two days."
Speaking of which. Miao Si put the bottle on the bedside without saying a word, turned around and left. Fielding suddenly said loudly: "Miaos, I'm sorry!"
Miaosi trembled, turned around and looked at Fielding with a complex expression. Fielding showed a painful expression on his face: "It's my fault! I should have followed Gu Ming... If I hadn't left in anger after losing the fight, I wouldn't have left Gu Ming alone. I followed Gu Ming. Sauron's duty is to protect him, but... but..." Tears flowed from the eyes of this strong man, and he suddenly pulled his hair hard.
Miaosi's expression changed, she stared at Fielding, gritted her teeth and said: "Fielding, you must have realized how tense and complicated the situation in the entire Roland continent is! The relationship between the temple and the kingdom is like a powder keg! Under such circumstances , a little spark will bring about a huge explosion! But you actually..."
"Miaosi!" Rody suddenly shouted in a low voice. He looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "Okay." Miaosi glanced at Rody with a sad expression. That look made Rody's heart hurt and he pulled. Miaosi held her hand and whispered: "Now is not the time to talk about this. You go out first. I have something to say to Fielding."
When Muse walked out, only Fielding and Roddy were left in the room again.
"Tulip, what do you want to tell me?" Fielding calmed down a little at this moment.
Roddy thought for a while, found a chair and sat beside the bed, looked into Fielding's eyes, and said seriously: "What are you thinking now?"
Fielding's eyes showed a bit of confusion, and then he closed his eyes and shook his head gently: "I don't know."
Rody sighed: "You haven't thought about it well, but I have thought about it."
After a pause, Rody whispered: "First, since Prometheus is getting rid of you now to find an excuse to start a war, you can't go back to the temple. Even if you can go back, can you still Can you testify against him? Although you are a Paladin, to tell the truth in my heart - I think you are far worse than Prometheus in terms of means and scheming! If you go back, you will only die! I even guess that if you go back, you may not live to see the day when you publicly testify against him at the Presbyterian Council! What’s more, even if you say it, will others believe it? "
After a period of silence, Fielding's voice was a little bitter: "I don't believe it..." He shook his head: "Don't talk about others, even I didn't expect him to be so cruel!"
At this point, Fielding suddenly glanced at Rody strangely and said in a bad tone: "What? Do you want to win me over to work for you? Who do you represent? King Sauron, or your Empire of Light?" His tone was tinged with emotion. There was a hint of hostility.
Rody immediately shook his head and said: "Of course not. I know that you are not a person who will change your mind. Even though you have fallen out with Prometheus now, I don't think you will betray the temple."
Fielding responded with silence—he was acquiescing.
After a long time, Fielding said slowly: "Prometheus is Prometheus, and the temple is the temple! Since I, Fielding, am a paladin of the temple, then I will never be sentenced to the temple! This matter I have already thought about it, whether it is for revenge against Gu Ming or for the safety of the temple, I must find a way to get rid of Prometheus!"
His tone was calm, but Rody clearly felt the cold murderous intent contained in his words.
Roddy suddenly laughed - in fact, he himself was very surprised at his reaction. Moreover, at this moment, he could actually laugh
or. Roddy has really changed.
"Fielding, I admire you very much, but I also sympathize with you a little." Roddy's tone seemed a little sad: "Because I suddenly discovered that you are very similar to me back then."
Rody's tone seemed to be a bit self-deprecating: "I was still a stupid boy at the time, I didn't understand anything, I just thought that everything in this world can be distinguished by simple 'good and evil' ! I always strictly adhere to the so-called 'principles' in my heart, but now I don't think so."
He suddenly stood up. Looking condescendingly at Fielding lying on his bed. Slowly said: "Have you ever thought about it. Many things in this world are not so easy to distinguish. What is sin? What is kindness? What is right. What is wrong? These things are not simply based on what you think. He smiled faintly and continued: "I didn't understand these principles at first, but when I first went to the battlefield, I was still a passionate young man. I simply thought that I could. Defend the dignity of the empire with my own sword and passion! But the first thing I do when I go to the battlefield is to force the sword in my hand to kill some unarmed civilians of the empire!"
Roddy's expression was a little sad: "If I followed my original standards, I would never do such a thing! Those civilians were forced by the Big Moon Kingdom to be their spies. From the perspective of imperial laws, they are treason. , is sinful! But from their own standards, they were just trying to survive! And I also thought that as a proud warrior, my sword should be used to deal with brutal enemies, not unarmed civilians. !”
Fielding's expression changed slightly: "Then what did you do?"
"I ordered the execution of those civilians who collaborated with the enemy! Although I sympathized with them in my heart, even though they were only trying to save their relatives who were kidnapped by the Big Moon Kingdom. But I had to give the first killing order in my life!" Roddy His expression was calm - Fielding suddenly felt that the Tulip Duke in front of him was so calm that it was a bit scary.
Rody suddenly smiled again: "Because I know that if I don't execute these civilians, the morale of my army will be dispersed! If the military orders are not strict and the orders are inconsistent, how can such an army go to the battlefield to fight against those prairie wolves? ?If the army collapses, more people will die!"
Rody sighed: "According to the standards of a warrior, executing civilians is wrong. But as a commander, such an approach is necessary! Can you tell me clearly whether I am right or wrong? "Huh?" Roddy seemed to glance at Fielding indifferently.
Fielding was silent for a moment and sighed: "I don't know."
Rody smiled slightly: "Yes, even I don't know whether that approach is right or wrong now. But the result seems to be very good. I stabilized the morale of the army, won the war on the northwest grasslands of the empire, and saved the northwest. Defeat..." Roddy finally focused his gaze on Fielding's face: "The same principle applies to Prometheus... According to your standards, it was wrong and despicable for him to assassinate you and Gu Ming. Shameless behavior is to achieve the goal by any means! But if according to Prometheus's own standards, he did this to arouse the common hatred of the temple and unify the opinions of the elders of the temple - if he succeeded, then he might Become the second pope in the history of the temple! He may even establish a religious empire that has never unified the continent! If he succeeds, people will only remember his great achievements in the future, and who will remember his shameful methods? ?”
Fielding's expression changed: "You mean you hope I won't seek revenge from Prometheus?!"
"No. That's not what I meant." Roddy actually shook his head and smiled helplessly: "Frankly speaking, the person who wants Prometheus to die the most right now is me!"
His tone gradually became more serious, and his expression became more solemn: "The more I deal with this chief elder of the Presbyterian Church, the more terrifying I feel about this person... Miao Si has told me all about his experiences. I have to Said, among all the opponents I have encountered in my life, he is definitely the most terrifying one! No matter in terms of scheming, strategy, methods, or wisdom, he is unique! I feel: As long as this person exists, even if all the Roland Kingdoms unite, they may not be able to defeat the temple!" He suddenly murmured to himself: "Although King Sauron is also a talented man, he is not as good as Prometheus! It’s inscrutable, it’s still a bit off.”
"Isn't that just what you want?" Fielding couldn't help but stab Rody: "Don't you, the Bright Empire, want us Roland people to fight each other? The harder the fight, the better?"
Roddy actually nodded: "Yes! This is indeed the purpose of my coming to Roland. According to the standards of our empire, the civil strife in your Roland continent will definitely only benefit us. But what we hope even more is that the losing side in this civil strife will It can’t be King Sauron, because if the Roland Kingdom loses, then with Prometheus’ ability, he will probably be able to truly unify the Roland continent within a few years!”
"So you want the temple to lose?" Fielding said coldly.
"No." Rody suddenly smiled: "I don't want the Temple to lose... I want Prometheus to lose! You said it yourself just now, the Temple is the Temple, and Prometheus is Prometheus. Si!”
Seeing the smile on Roddy's face, Fielding suddenly felt nervous. He said in a hoarse voice: "Okay, you have said so much to me, what do you want to say?"
"You are really stubborn." Roddy sighed: "You are as stubborn as I used to be. Stubborn! And you don't like to change." He smiled: "Maybe it is because of this that I like you very much. Bar."
"Have you become despicable now?" Fielding said angrily.
"No." There was a bit of sadness on Roddy's face: "I have indeed changed. But... this is just because I have seen too many deaths! I have seen too many of my close comrades die in front of my eyes!"
Both of them were silent for a while, and a subtle atmosphere filled the air. The two people, who originally had a clear-cut stance, suddenly felt a bit of sympathy in their hearts. Fielding finally sighed, his face softened a little: "Okay! Duke Tulip, tell me your true purpose."
"Go back to the temple!" Roddy suddenly said something that surprised Fielding.
"Go back to the temple? Do you really think so? Don't you think it's dangerous for me to go back now? Prometheus will definitely try his best to kill me in order to silence me."
"That's why you have to go back to the temple." Rody said calmly: "Of course, if you stay here, I'm sure you will be safe, but I don't think you will be willing to stay in any aspect. Here?"
Fielding was silent.
Indeed, Roddy is right. No matter from any aspect, Fielding would not want to stay here and stay with the Tulip Duke. Fielding, who was loyal to the temple, would never be willing to betray the temple and be with the pagans. And at the same time... Because of Miaosi's existence, the arrogant Fielding will never be willing to stay here.
"Go on." Fielding sighed.
Rody nodded: "You must go back to the temple... because if Prometheus wants to get rid of you, he can only secretly assassinate you! After all, you are the paladin of the temple! I will kill you then, and then put this guilt on the ancient Just like everything else, put it on King Sauron - this is the only way for him to kill you, so you can only go back and stay in the temple, under the eyes of many people in the temple, in the eyes of many people in the temple, Pu. Lomitius couldn’t find a chance to take action!”
"You must remain silent! You must not openly fall out with Prometheus, let alone testify against his guilt!" Roddy sighed: "I know it is difficult to do this with your character. But if you want This is the only way to avenge Gu Ming."
Fielding said nothing, obviously struggling in his heart.
"Then... when you get the chance, kill Prometheus!" Roddy's tone revealed a bit of murderous intent: "Whether it's a public fight, murder, assassination, assassination... whatever method you use! You He has the strength of a paladin. Even if Prometheus is powerful, he is just a magician... As the chief elder of the Presbyterian Church, he cannot personally kill you first. The only power he can use now is one. It's Augustine - he will naturally not do such a thing. Then the only one is Arslan. I think with your strength, if you are careful not to be plotted by him, there should be no problem. "
"Kill him..." Fielding's eyes flashed: "There should be no chance. After all, everyone is in the temple, and there is an internal high-level meeting. There are no guards around... If I suddenly attack. It is not impossible... It's just … Before I revealed Prometheus’ true face, if I killed him suddenly, wouldn’t I become a sinner?”
"Do you care about this reputation?" Rody smiled coldly: "This is the problem with what I just said to you! It is your standard of measurement! You said sinner? What is a sinner? Compared with Prometheus Bi, who is the sinner among you? Yes, if you suddenly kill Prometheus, in everyone's eyes, you, Fielding, are the sinners who rebelled against the temple! A careerist who harmed the temple was lost!" At this point, Rody looked at Fielding meaningfully: "The key lies in what standard you use to measure it."
Looking at the silent Fielding, Rody said coldly: "I don't want to hide it from you. I hope you do this because it is in the interest of our Bright Empire! You can think that I don't have any good intentions! Well, now, Fielding, tell me your answer!"
His eyes were fixed on Fielding like a razor blade, and the room fell into silence...
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In the palace garden, flowers bloomed all over the garden. Although it is not spring when hundreds of flowers are blooming. But as the king's palace, the garden has been planted with flowers suitable for this season.
The fragrance hits you, and your clothes flutter. A slender figure walked gently among the colorful flowers. This person was wearing a set of gorgeous palace clothes. His golden hair was simply tied behind his head. On his absolutely beautiful face, his eyebrows were furrowed. Light sweep. Her eyes seemed calm, with a slight smile on her lips, as she relaxedly admired the beauty of the garden.
She stretched out her slender fingers gently, picked up a flower and gently twisted it on her fingertips. Then her smile seemed to grow stronger. The colorful flowers in the garden were even somewhat eclipsed by her charming smile...
However, what was completely inconsistent with the picture of the beautiful woman with flowers in front of him was that a hoarse voice said with a somewhat weird tone: "Set, you came up with that plan, right?" Old Mark strode from behind. He came up, looked at a window above the distant pavilion intentionally or unintentionally, and laughed softly: "Now that boy must be persuading that Fielding according to what you said."
The stunning beauty suddenly sighed. "She" turned around, looked at old Mark, shook her head and sighed: "My dear old Mark, you really are a person who doesn't know how to flirt. In this beautiful and graceful place, Don’t you think it’s disgraceful to discuss these conspiracies in this environment?”
Old Mark didn't take it seriously at all, and imitated Seth's example, he picked up a flower, sniffed it vigorously in front of his nose, and said with a bitter smile: "What the hell, the fragrance here is so strong, I really don't understand, Sauron How could the royal family like such a garden? Do all those guys have problems with their noses?"
After a pause and ignoring Seth's eye roll, Old Mark smiled and said, "Look, can that kid convince Fielding?"
Seth seemed stunned for a moment. The petals of the flower were gently spinning on his fingers. He said lightly: "Who knows? This is not what I can care about. I am only responsible for giving him advice. As for whether he can It’s not my problem to realize my plan.”
Old Mark suddenly smiled: "To be honest, I'm a little surprised... With your personality, this plan you came up with is really shameful, even a bit despicable... You are basically using Fielding as a gunman! This kind of thing How did you convince that stupid boy to agree to this plan? It seems that it is not in line with his character. "
Seth's expression froze for a moment, then he smiled and said calmly: "I didn't spend much energy to convince Roddy. In fact, we talked last night and I told him my plan. He was He left without saying anything. During the day, he suddenly agreed. "
Old Mark seemed a little surprised: "Oh? It seems that our silly boy has finally understood the principle of 'not paying attention to trivial matters'."
Seth suddenly glanced at old Mark: "My dear old Mark, I think we should no longer call him a silly boy in the future... At least now it seems that he is no longer the silly boy before!"
He suddenly lowered his voice and seemed to be mumbling to himself: "I don't know why, but the more contact I have with him recently, the more I gradually develop a fear of him... It's really strange... I feel more and more... This guy Rody seems a little dangerous..."
"Oh?" Old Mark suddenly became interested: "Are you scared? You actually have human emotions in your heart? This is good news!!"
Seth was silent, and suddenly thought of the black flames that emerged from Rody's palm that night, the legendary "fire of hell" that could burn and devour everything in the world! A hint of uneasiness suddenly flashed across his face.
Then I remembered what I said unintentionally, "I'm not a human being."
Seth felt complicated and couldn't help but said: "Is it good news? Not necessarily..."
Suddenly there was a noise outside the garden, and the anxious voices of the royal knights responsible for guarding outside were faintly heard: "Your Highness... you... you... the special envoy's order, no one can proceed to the palace without his permission. His Majesty the King You also agreed to his request, you..."
A "majestic" roar: "Get out of the way!"
Then a "tall and burly" figure appeared at the door of the garden, and the two royal knights next to him had embarrassment and anxiety on their faces.
A person who was a full head taller than Bette stood between the two knights. She was wearing a gorgeous robe, with her hair spread down behind her head, and a ribbon tied around her forehead. The robe looked like it had been specially modified, but it still seemed a little too tight on her body.
What's even more surprising is that this woman actually wears a giant cutting sword under her waist that only the most ferocious warriors can use! But when worn on her body, this giant weapon in the eyes of ordinary people looked like a small toy against the size of her body...
Princess Ruolan? !
Ruolan caught sight of Seth standing among the flowers. A glimmer of light suddenly flashed in his eyes, which were squeezed into two slits by the fat on his face. She chuckled a few times and strode forward with great enthusiasm. "Come over.
Seth's originally calm expression immediately felt as if someone had slashed him with a knife.
Even compared to the non-human Rody, the princess in front of me is probably even more terrifying than Rody!
Ruolan had already arrived in front of Seth. Her eyes completely ignored the old Mark behind her. She seemed to be ready to give Seth a "bear hug" enthusiastically. Fortunately, Seth took a step back in time, and the princess had to This rare opportunity to "play the piano" was eliminated.
She stretched out a huge palm and took Seth's hand regardless of the expression on his face. Then she unexpectedly managed to suppress a bit of tenderness in her thick voice, and said with a "sweet smile": "Miss Nicole, are you here to enjoy the flowers alone? How about I accompany you..."