Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

The King of Beggars and Slaves, X

The King of Beggars and Slaves, X

In the evening, Haven went to see the Viscount.

Haven did not mistreat the Viscount, he asked the prisoners of war to be treated preferentially.He didn't want himself to become a tyrant like the little trident.

The Viscount's family were all under house arrest in the Viscount's original bedroom, and Hai Wen sent his cronies to guard and not let anyone in.When Haiwen visited the prison, the Viscount was sitting on the bed, and his wife was washing his feet; one of the two sons was pacing around the room restlessly, and the other saw Haiwen coming, and hurried up to salute, his face full of fear .

"Lauren Childe," Haven said to him, "I'm here to tell you that in a week's time I will have a public trial for your crimes."

The Viscount rolled his yellow eyes and said, "What's wrong with me? I'm just guarding my own land."

"Treason first—"

"Fart!" the old man shouted loudly, he startled his son, the youngest son asked him to be humble to Haven with gestures, but the viscount obviously broke the can, "I treason? No one is more loyal than me! The Poseidon Cult and the Little Trident fought together. Who am I different from? Lorelei Heine is a descendant of Poseidon. In terms of orthodoxy, no one is more upright than her. Before the northerners came in, the Gulf was ruled by two kings , the king and the leader share the honor, and now the Gulf region wants to restore the law of the former king, I will be the first to support it!"

There was phlegm in his throat, and he coughed a few times but didn't cough it out. After making a chaotic sound in his throat, he continued: "What are you? Tang De'en betrayed us and gave you the sacred object of the former king , do you really think you are the heir to the old king? Can a stolen crown be a real crown? Think about it, Haven Ambside, you are nothing. You have no holy blood, let alone any laws The power given to you, why do you call yourself king? Oh, you are a beggar king, that’s okay, beggar king, slave king, the law can’t control you, haha!”

Hai Wen looked at him and let him talk to his heart's content.

"Speaking of which, you say I'm treason? Do you know how much I paid for the Gulf? Now Lorelai has reached the City of Two Acropolis, and the Little Trident has also gone to the City of Eagle Head to show off its power. This time we can win the northerners, we If we can recover the lost land of our ancestors, or even counterattack the northern border, and plant incense and altars of our ancestors on Eagle Head City, that is the glory of our ancestors! But what about you? You stabbed a knife in the back, you hurt your compatriots, and you keep saying what Liberty, justice, you are just a high-sounding liar, a fake king!"

Haven replied, "Your first crime is treason."

"Bastard! Even if I'm really treasonous, it's not your turn to interrogate me! How dare you be loyal to the country? Whose country? Is it the Heworth family or the Kahn family?" He coughed heavily after he finished yelling, his There was a wheezing sound in the chest cavity.

"Your second crime is extortion and exploitation of the people." Haven continued.

The Viscount took a few breaths, and then growled: "Wars do not collect taxes, do not arrest people? According to you, the nobles all over the world are guilty!"

Haiwen just looked at him coldly, but this was enough to explain his attitude.The Viscount was able to meet his eyes at first, but soon the old man's gaze escaped.He whispered: "I can't talk to a lunatic like you."

Haven said to the Viscount: "I will judge your crimes in seven days, but I will not harm your wife and son. They will become free men soon."

The viscount replied: "If you have noble blood, you will always be noble."

Hai Wen smiled and said, "The status of a person has nothing to do with blood."

The Viscount sneered and said, "If status had nothing to do with blood, the world would not be what it is now."

Haiwen looked at him and said, "Then I'll cut off this bloodline." After saying this, he turned and walked outside.

The old man finally became impatient, and he shouted: "Ambside! What do you mean by that?"

Hai Wen turned around and asked him with a smile, "Do you think I'm going to kill your son?"

"You..." The viscount coughed again after saying a single word.

After he finished coughing, Haven replied, "No, I am a righteous revolutionary. I am different from you old aristocrats who disregard human life. I will not kill any life easily."

The old man quickly said in an angry tone after being teased: "Then you said the blood was cut off?"

Haiwen looked at him with a half-smile, and said, "I want to kill the hereditary system, my lord."

The Viscount was stunned for ten seconds before he said, "You hypocrite! Don't you leave a chair for your son?"

Haven said: "I will give everyone a chance to sit in a chair. My son can sit if he is capable. If he is not competent, then it's good to be an ordinary person."

The Viscount said in a deep voice, "Everyone has selfishness, Ambside, and you do too. You will regret it when the time comes."

Haiwen replied: "If I have a child, it is my greatest selfishness to expect him to grow up healthy. My adopted son and daughter, what they want to do, what they like to do has nothing to do with me. If Ramon God doesn't want to be the guardian of Shrimp Bay, and I will support him; if Mirsalu wants to be a dancer or marry a poor tailor, I feel sorry for her, but I have to let her. My lord, everyone has the right Choose your own destiny - no one is born to be a king, and no one is born to be a slave."

The Viscount had nothing to say, he was dead in thought.So Haiwen said: "If you need to live, tell the guard. After seven days, your family members will be free." After saying that, he bowed and turned to leave the room.

The Viscount died the night Haven left.

The viscount died on his bed, which was an old wooden bed. The bed was large, soft, and luxurious, but it was also full of decaying musty smell.

The Viscount's cause of death could not be ascertained.However, after seeing the corpse, Razor said that it was a sudden death due to physical weakness and mental exhaustion.

But that doesn't matter anymore.

Afterwards, Haven released the viscount's family members, but the eldest son joined the Sea God Cult and managed the castle's government affairs, so he was also charged with the same crime.Haiwen temporarily put him in the dungeon for interrogation at another day.

Haven also confiscated the viscount's private property and confiscated all of it.He allocated a small sum of money to the viscount's family as living expenses, which was equivalent to three years' income of an ordinary farmer.And they were allowed to hold a simple funeral for the viscount, but the address had to be in the outskirts, otherwise it might irritate the people in the castle.

At this point, there is no urgent matter, and the following official duties can be kept and sorted out slowly.In the evening, Haven invited Razor and Netway, together with the smiling cat, to ask them what happened these days.

Before that, Haven was mentally prepared.He guessed he would hear many incredible things.However, it never occurred to him that Razor's first sentence broke his psychological defense.

"My lord, I must tell you that you may have a son," Razor said.

King of beggars and slaves, XI

King of beggars and slaves, XI

Hai Wen was stunned for a moment, and then asked a stupid question: "Is it really my son?" After asking this question, he felt like a mentally retarded person—could I not know about this kind of thing?I asked him why?

The atmosphere was awkward, Razor was silent, as if he was thinking about his words; Natway put his hands on his cheeks, and put on a simple and cute face; the smiling cat was playing with the knife, peeking at the same expression of Haven from time to time.

Razor pondered for a while, and then said: "That's right, I met Madam."

"Israet?" Haiwen called, "Have you met her? Is she okay? You said I had a son, she... I... This... Could it be that time..." Haven His expression changed from surprise to surprise to horror... The expressions alternated on his face, and he was incoherent.

Razor said: "My lord, please calm down first. Madam said that the child was conceived before leaving. At the end of February this year, it happened to be ten months. No one thought of this, Madam is also three or four months pregnant , that’s when I realized it.”

"Oh, yes, that's right." Haven touched his head, "Where is Estelle right now? Does she know I'm here?"

Razor shook his head and said, "The last time I saw her, she was in Hummingbird City, where the academy sent witches. At that time, she was already the Earl of a city—"

"She's the earl?" Hai Wen's eyes widened, "How did she become the earl?"

Razor said: "I don't know, my lord. Anyway, the first time I saw her, um... it was in the secret realm of the tree elves. That time, Netway and I, and the Faceless Ranger..."

"Faceless?" This time it was Smiley Cat's turn to interject, "Where is that fish with you?"

Razor sighed, and said: "Well, let me finish from the beginning first, and then ask any questions. Otherwise, I can't tell you."

Haven said, "Okay, let's talk about it."

Razor asked: "Since I met my wife?"

The smiling cat shook his head and said to him, "From the time you left Xiongshan, what happened in the past year or so?"

So Razor started from the very beginning.He started with the encounter with the orc Kaoda, and then talked about the conspiracy of the Temple of the Queen of Worms.He said that he practiced and trained there, but then there was a fire there and the temple was destroyed, so he escaped.Haiwen vaguely felt that he was lying, but who doesn't have a secret?Haven didn't ask about it.

He and Netway were the last survivors, so they walked together.Later, they went to seek refuge with Dara Kasha of the fundamentalist ancient god sect and became his disciples.Fassnat was promoted to a member of the pro-guard because of his outstanding achievements in the sect, and later changed his name to Razor.

Haven asked him, "Who is Dara Kasha?"

"I only know that he is a magician with great powers. It seems that there is nothing in the world that he doesn't know. He taught me basic magic and witchcraft, and also taught me stealth, assassination and swordsmanship..."

"Wait a minute!" The smiling cat interrupted him again, and said, "Swordsmanship? How about the swordsmanship he taught you? Do you make gestures with me?"

Razor replied: "Dara Kasha's swordsmanship is more suitable for dealing with monsters and beasts, while the Smiling Ranger's swordsmanship is used for fighting between people. So if we fight and compare swordsmanship, I must not be your opponent. But if it is to deal with fierce demons, I am afraid that Dara Kasha's swordsmanship is better."

The smiling cat asked: "You said you can't beat me?"

"It's like this in terms of swordsmanship." Razor said modestly.

Smiley Cat was taken aback by what he said, and he replied after a long time: "Boy, you didn't talk like that before."

"How did I speak?"

"I saw it when I was attacking the city. Now you are agile and powerful. I am really no match for you in a fight. How can you say you can't beat me?" Master Cat laughed, "Originally, you would immediately Push me to the ground and beat me up, how can you explain to me?"

Razor replied: "You are kind to me, you have taught me in swordsmanship, and you are also my teacher and friend. I will not do that kind of thing."

Master Cat nodded, and said in an elder-like tone: "Boy, you have grown up."

Razor nodded silently.At this moment, Smiley Cat raised its eyebrows and said, "Then I can take you to whoring-prostitutes now! Hahahahahaha——!"

The red mist filled the air and surrounded the smiling cat unknowingly. The fat cat shivered and said, "Forget it. I see that your family is too strict with you."

"Continue to talk about business." Hai Wen said.

So they got back to business, and Razor went on to talk about Dara Kasha.

"Master Dara Kasha has always been committed to the balance of the world and the restoration of laws. If Master Haven, you are committed to social justice, then Dara Kasha can be said to be committed to the justice of natural laws."

Haiwen asked: "Is there still injustice in the laws of nature?"

"Yes." Razor replied.At this time, Netway asked him, "Can you tell them this?"

Razor thought for a while and said, "Dara Kasha didn't tell me to keep these things a secret. Besides, I might need Lord Haven's help."

Knightway reminded: "Be careful, Razor."

Razor replied: "Don't worry, I won't talk about the things in the confidentiality agreement."

Seeing how mysterious they are, Hai Wen became more interested in this matter.He asked: "What is it, the razor? The justice of the laws of nature, how can this be explained?"

Razor said: "According to Lord Dara Kasha's theory, there is a creator god in our world."

Haven said, "You know I don't believe in any gods."

Razor replied: "Yes, I know, but the Creator God here is just a synonym. We also call it a world lock."

"Well, you continue to talk." Haven said.

Razor said: "Dara Kasha and other members of the temple discovered by studying the remains of ancient alchemy that our world was created by some kind of force. The civilization of the five epochs and other lives are all designed things. This creation god named 'World Lock' is recorded in the documents of various ruins."

Haiwen asked: "World Lock, is he a person? Or something else? Sounds like a machine?"

"I don't know, we only know that it exists somewhere, and is observing and managing the operation of this world in some form. Our society and history are all in its design."

Does it also include me coming into this world?Haven fell into deep thought, this is ridiculous.

Razor paused, looked at Haiwen, and continued: "The world should run in an orderly manner according to the design route of the world lock, but there are three demons in this world who can interfere with the process of history. They are the legendary three major demon kings. "

King of beggars and slaves, XII

King of beggars and slaves, XII

"I know!" said the Smiley Cat. "Tricksters, Bewitchers, and Disciplinarians. I heard Silver Fox Ranger sing it, and damn it, I thought he made it up himself."

"That's right, these three devils. They are the remnants of the second era, but they did not disappear with the mass extinction, nor did they become fierce demons, but survived. Since the beginning of the third era, they have been Disturbing the operation of this world, it is very likely that the last two mass extinctions are related to them. For this reason, Dara Kasha decided to get rid of these three demon kings, and I am now shouldering this mission."

Haiwen nodded and said, "It's a just act to eradicate this kind of anti-human guy. I support you. Razor, do you want me to help you find the trace of the devil?"

"It's not just the devil," Razor said, "I also need to find three traversers."

Haven raised his head and said, "What did you say? Explain to me?"

Razor replied: "Travellers. Travelers from other worlds. Dara Kasha infers that the world lock cannot repair the 'laws of nature' destroyed by the devil on its own, and it can't even discover the existence of the devil, so it introduces An external force to help it repair the world. This external force is the 'travelers'. These people will have the knowledge, power and ideas of other worlds, they are like a clever gear, a unique patch, that's all Just right on the broken world."

Hai Wen was dumbfounded.

Oh, I see!

"Hai Suiwen" has lived here for more than two years, and every night he can't help thinking: who am I, where do I come from, and where am I going?Now, he finally has an answer.

Sure enough, all this is no coincidence.The reason why I traveled was not because of some fantasy heaven and hell, soul reincarnation, but because something called "world lock" moved me to this place.It wants me to do one thing, let me fix the world.

So am I doing this?

However, Razor's next words woke Haven up.

"My other mission is to kill the traversers."

Haiwen's heart trembled. He looked at the razor in horror and asked, "Why did you kill them? Did they do something wrong?"

Razor replied: "If the world is a piece of fine leather, then the devil and the traverser will cut it crazily with scissors, and the other will patch it quickly. While cutting and patching, although the leather can remain the same, it will take a long time. , naturally it will be broken.”

Haiwen said: "This metaphor is very good, and it makes sense."

"We will kill the devil, so that no one will destroy the world, but the patcher will continue to patch, and in the end the leather will still be covered by the patch and become a rag. So the devil wants to kill, and then the traverser will also To kill. Whether it is the demon king or the time traveler, they have disrupted the order of this world. They have brought things that do not belong to this world, thus distorting the law of development of the world. If they are allowed to act recklessly, the world will not be able to bear it. Live... Finally, the fifth mass extinction is about to come."

What Hai Wen thought of was: one is a computer virus that wreaks havoc crazily, and the other is an anti-virus program that cannot be stopped. If these two things continue to work indefinitely, the computer will crash, so it needs to be restarted.

"But how do you know that all this is correct?" Haven said to Razor, "No one has seen the world lock, and you can't even be sure whether it exists or not. Killing people because of this, I don't think it is in line with justice."

They looked at each other for three seconds, Razor frowned, and he murmured, "You—"

"Okay!" The smiling cat suddenly interrupted their conversation loudly, "Boy, I have something to ask you!"