Three Philosophical Questions for Travelers

Raya had soldiers pile firewood at her feet, and everyone wept. "Eros, I must save these people, this is their fate, and it is also my fate."

"Is it necessary to sacrifice you to save the world?" Eloise yelled out her voice, "Let these people go to hell, go to death! They survived by burning the saintess to death, why! They Not worthy, they are not worth it!"

Raya poured the oil down the top of her head. "There are mothers, fathers, children, old people... Thousands of creatures are eager to live, but I, I am only one."

Eros shouted: "Is a person's life not life? As Laya, what is the meaning of your existence? As a person, what is the meaning of your existence? Not for others, but for yourself... Laya, you Never lived for myself. Never!"

"My meaning as myself..." She thought while holding the torch, "Of course I have meaning." She seemed to be smiling, and the flames illuminated the oil on her face.

"You've been living for someone else!" cried Alice.

"No, in my life, of course I have something that belongs to me, but...it's inconvenient to say." Laya shook her head, and she smiled wryly.

How can her smile be so beautiful?Eros was crying, trying her best to look up at the saint's face, there would be no second Laya in this world, such a beautiful person, why did she have to be burned to death?

Why not let the world be destroyed?

"Laya, please, just be selfish for once." Eloise's tears spilled onto the stone bricks and flowed down the cracks.

Laya looked at her with a doting smile and said, "Eros, I've been selfish for a long time. My life - Laya's life, is meaningful."

"You lied to me," said Eros.

"How could I lie to you?" Laya looked at her with the same loving eyes as before, "But in front of the whole world, do you have to ask me such a thing? It's embarrassing."

Raya turned away and raised the torch.

Eros broke down in tears, "Laya, come back. Be an ordinary woman!" She lay on the ground begging, she slammed the floor tiles with her forehead, "Please come back! Come back! Come back!"

"I've been an ordinary woman, Eros." Laya said with her back turned to her.

"What do you mean?" Eros asked.

"I said that I have been an ordinary woman, Eros—let me tell you, as Laya, the meaning of my life."

"The greatest meaning of my life is that I once loved someone."

"I loved a girl."

"A whore, a nun, a thief...a girl with orange hair, rough, playful, sly, and charming."

She looked back and smiled.

"I love you, Love Rose."

"Laya...you..." Eros' eyes lost focus.

"I love you."

Raya let go of the torch.

When the flames met the oil, they jumped up and swallowed the body of the saint.

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ps: This paragraph, I decided from the moment I opened the book.The foreshadowing laid at the beginning can finally be accepted now.

How should I put it... I really write here with mixed feelings.Not pure satisfaction or sadness, but a very complex emotion.

In this volume, the little king died, and both Bagu and Eros lost the most important people in their lives.The plot is rather heart-wrenching, and I am satisfied with this volume. What do readers think?

Half of this story has been written now, I promise that the future plot will be more exciting, and I have already written the ending w

The ending is happy-end!

Continue to update tomorrow, this pov is not over yet, please read patiently w

Oh, by the way, I haven't forgotten about the "prophecy" in the previous article, and the foreshadowing will be revealed in the future.Please be patient!

I hope everyone will actively leave a message. The more you leave a message and give me more feedback, the more motivated I will be to write.

um, thank you w

blood and fire, three

blood and fire, three

At the moment when the flame was about to ignite the goddess, there was a piercing noise in the sky, like an evil spirit screaming.

Immediately afterwards, the goddess's body began to flicker, and spots like snowflakes appeared, and she disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Everyone in the castle watched this scene, and Bugu Kahn stared wide-eyed and said, "What's going on here? What was it ringing just now?"

The captain sneered disdainfully, and said: "This is the witch's trick. Now, her trick is no longer effective, she dare not!" The captain raised his scorched wrist and said, "Your Majesty, I have seen this kind of woman a lot. They look like generous saints on the surface, but in fact they are hypocritical and selfish. When they persuade others to donate, they can spit out lotus flowers. When it is their turn to donate, they cry poor one by one. This woman is the same! Don't say a word With one hand, she refuses to shed a drop of blood!"

Ba Gu nodded silently, but he was thinking in his heart: Is this really the case?I know Raya, and it's not the first time I've met her.The saintesses of the White Clothes Club don't seem like hypocrites, this time...

Is she really timid, or is there another reason?

Bagu doesn't know.

At this time, all the people below the castle wept, and some people still asked the goddess for mercy, but many people began to curse her.People threw stones, spat at them, and cursed very nasty words.A feeling of disgust rose in Bagu's heart, and he thought to himself: This group of capricious, cowardly and despicable troublemakers.

Damn them.

"Order, Your Majesty," said the captain to him, "to avenge our brother."

Bucky nodded—and anyway, here it was: the captain cut off his left hand, and Raya disappeared before lighting the fire.

He must order the massacre of the city, otherwise he will not be able to explain to his brother.

As the sun went down, the city was dark, and the torches were lit up one by one, illuminating the city with bright lights.The firelight shone on each warrior's face, making their faces look like demons.

"My warriors!" shouted the Overlord, "obey my orders, from tonight, you will slaughter this city, and kill everything that lives, until the dawn comes!"

"Now, let's get started!"

The army roared, and every soldier turned into a butcher.The sword is slashed at the innocent people, and the people of Eagle Head City are doomed not to see the next dawn.

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The body of the goddess knelt on the ground, her posture was still the same as when she was alive, but her body had turned charcoal black.

Eros also knelt there, almost losing all emotion.

She witnessed it all, she watched the person she loved turn into ashes.

The soldiers of the White Clothes Society knelt beside Laya and chanted scriptures, and some people wrapped Laya's body in white cloth.Eros stood up, she did not cry, her tears had been exhausted.

She picked up a sword and walked into the ruins of the Haimin.

She came to the huge glass case, put her hand on a groove, and said, "God of the Third Age, can you hear me?"

The water droplets in the tank condensed into a human face, and it said, "I can hear it."

Eros looked at it blankly, and said, "You once predicted Laya's fate, right?"

It replied: "I don't understand prophecy, I just saw her future destiny in this world model. I saw several shadows. For example, I saw that the future human beings chanted her name, and I saw her being Take chastity away, and I see a catastrophe befall her land, and I see her mothered, and her husband a man with orange hair."

Eros stared at the machine and said, "You're lying."

"I don't know if I'm lying or not, but I actually saw it all. I saw a flash, and if you want to see it, I can show it to you," he said.

"No!" If I saw Laya when she was alive, I would immediately collapse, "You liar, did you also predict your own destiny?"

The human face replied: "The prophecy has arrived."

"What is it?"

"Today, I will be destroyed by you."

"You're really smart." Eloise said as she stabbed the sword into the glass cover. It was just a crack at first, but then the water pressure crushed the container.Glass shattered and huge waves gushed out.Eros said loudly: "You lied to me! You killed Laya with your stupid prophecy! If you didn't tell her the future fate, she wouldn't die today!"

The face made of water was distorted and blurred, and it said: "In this world, all destiny is written. So is your destiny, Eros."

"You don't need to tell my fate." Eloise stood in the water, and the sea water from the third era submerged her calves.

"The sea dwellers of the third era gave up hope because they saw the future. In this sense, the humans of the fifth era are lucky, because they can't see the future, and seeing the future means hope." It sighs, "Stupid hope."

Eros didn't want to talk nonsense with it anymore, she turned and left.The voice of the human face came from behind, and it said: "Human beings of the fifth era! I have never predicted your fate. Unknown fate means infinite possibilities. Go find the leader of your civilization and tell him my words ——In this false world that won’t collapse if you don’t observe, you still have infinite possibilities.”

"Go to hell." Eros said without looking back.

"It's part of fate that someone will do it."

Eros left the secret realm, the sea flooded it, and all the programs set by the third era returned to the unknown chaos.

When Eros came outside, she became angry when she saw that those people were still praying around Laya's body.She said, "What are you doing? Let her go to the ground!"

The captain of the guard stood up and saluted her, saying, "Lord Eros, the saint cannot be buried so soon. Someone needs to save her soul, someone has to pray for her, carve a tablet for her, and... ..."

"What's the fucking use when people are dead?" Eros yelled at them, "Why didn't you stop her back then, why did you let her do such stupid things? What is it to mourn her now?"

People looked at each other, and a young man said, "Lord Raya says this is the highest good. If we interfere with her great good with small good, it will be a big mistake. Thousands of people will die .”

Eros stared at him and said, "Are the dead ones your parents, or your wife and children?"

"No." he replied.

Eros yelled: "That's none of your business! You bastards, you only know Laya, you only serve Laya, how can you exchange her life for those strangers? People's lives are fate, my family Isn’t it worth the life of an adult? If this is the price of saving the world, then the world deserves to be destroyed!” She was trembling with anger.

People cried again, and no one answered her.Eros glanced at Laya's shroud from the corner of her eye, and said, "Bury her—Laya doesn't believe that there is hell and heaven after death, and that death and soul disappear, and prayer and salvation are all deceitful." .”

She said to herself again: "It's all a lie."

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ps: Well, unfortunately, the massacre still happened.

But the saint will not sacrifice in vain, everyone's life and death are meaningful.

The next pov Haiwen will appear, which is also the last pov chapter of this volume.

Stay tuned.

Chapter 31: The Will of the Saints, a

Chapter 31: The Will of the Saints, a

Haven received another letter from Estherite today.

Since Razor found Isrit in last spring, they have been in contact with each other by letter.The pigeon couriers trained by Estret were fast and punctual, not like pigeons at all.They rely on these birds to pass letters, and Isrit can also use witchcraft to see the picture in the eyes of the pigeons.This means that, at least from Isrit's side, they can unilaterally understand the situation here in Haven.

Although they are in frequent contact, Haven still hasn't met her.Whether it is the beggar king or the spirit of the earth mother, they are too busy.

Haven sent thousands of comrades during this year. These people have gone deep into the Reach, and their identities are diverse: poets, artists, teachers, priests, doctors, farmers, businessmen... There are even former slave master.They will bring ideas to the people at the bottom, let people realize their own value, and give people knowledge and courage.

The infiltration of Reach Land has achieved results in the second half of the year, and more and more people came to Mustang Land like a pilgrimage.Haven treats them all equally.He gave these people food, houses and land.There are many wastelands that can be reclaimed around the Mustang Land, and there is also a large area where salt can be produced. Haven opened a salt farm here and hired workers to make salt.

He abolished slavery completely, where everyone gets a paycheck.Many of the people who come to Him don't even know what the word "salary" means, so He explains to people what a salary is and tells them it's what you deserve.He also promised to provide people with single holidays and labor insurance in the future, but he can't do it now. During wartime, there must be wartime practices.

Delair gave him a large loan, enough money for Haven to run his own land.At the same time, relying on the money, he started to organize people to forge iron. He asked people to dig iron ore while buying cheap steel from Dreyer, and then he hired blacksmiths to process the raw materials.He has established a very large blacksmith workshop in Pinewood Castle, and he needs these things.

Gradually, he armed his men.

In the second half of the year, some places in the River Bend had begun to resist. The rebel army did not capture the castle, but took many villages from the nobles.Every time a village is captured, his thoughts will be passed on to a group of people, and more and more people will know him and believe in him.

People began to see Madi as a sacred place for revolution. Everyone knew Haven Ambleside, the king of wild horses, the king of beggars, and the king of free men.

Haven settled his chair firmly.

Next, he started doing business with the orcs of Isrit.

There are strong orcs in Isrit, as well as sufficient food, animal skins, and herbs, but they don't have iron tools.There is a lack of metal in the swamp, and the orcs are not good at blacksmithing.Their weapons are all animal bones and wooden products, and only people at the chieftain level can use iron.Haven did business with Isrit, and he transported truckloads of iron from Shrimp Bay to Rotten Flesh Beach, and asked Dreyer to transport them to the swamp.After the goods arrived, Isrit refilled the truck and transported the carts of grain, animal skins, timber and other goods there.

The transaction between Haiwen and Yisruite did not require currency, and they directly carried out bartering. Neither of them would record the profit and loss carefully. Haiwen believed that their behavior was not a commercial activity, but more like a kind of Macro resource regulation.

At this moment, Haven opened the letter that Isrit gave him.The date of inscription on the letter was yesterday, and the information delay between the two of them could be kept within two days.

Estherite said in the letter that this time she not only sent a caravan, but also sent some orc warriors.In the next few days, she will successively transport elite orc soldiers to Haven. These people are fanatically loyal to her, and they are full of combat effectiveness. Most importantly, they can all understand the common language, and a few of them even Also literate.

"I think you need this power," Essrit wrote. "My lord, the eyes of the dove tell me that the war in the Reach is already raging. There are more and more rebels everywhere, but they will only Mindless riots, they need someone to lead."

Hewen wrote a reply letter while reading it. He said in the letter: "Isrit, I thank you for your assistance. These orcs will definitely play a role. As you said, the time is coming, but I still can't judge When to send troops. The Reach is too big, and the nobles are too rich. Once I stand on the opposite side of the entire Reach, the Reach—or even the nobles of the Bay—will probably join forces to fight against me. That's when things got tricky."

After writing this, Hai Wen put down his pen, feeling that he had too many worries.

This time she was the closest to success, but this time he was also the least able to afford to lose.If he loses this time, not only will he be finished, but Dreyer and Isrit will also lose everything together.