Dawn of the Ash Tower

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According to the tradition of Cangshi Kingdom, a fair and formal trial must meet the following regulations.

First, the trial must be public. Anyone, regardless of his identity or race, is eligible to watch the trial, and viewers are entitled to question the judge's statement during the trial, although this does not force the judge to It is even more impossible to interrupt the trial by changing his sentence, but this provision means that once the judge makes a trial that clearly violates common sense, his reputation and ability will be greatly questioned.

Second, the presiding officer of the trial must be the highest nobleman or leader of the current territory. The royal family cannot shirk the responsibility of presiding over the trial with any excuses or reasons, but if the royal family present cannot ensure the fairness of a trial due to character or other problems Sex, and can also be handed over to the second-ranked noble to preside over the trial if it is affirmed.

"Third, if there is a death sentence in the trial, the judge must execute the death sentence as the executor to show that he is responsible for the results of the trial. And he must use his real name and family name to the gods before execution. I swear, if the result of the trial is wrong, then the soul of the deceased can be allowed to come back for revenge." On the way to the place of trial, the cheese explained to Elsa the rules of the trial they were about to face.

"It still sounds fair, so it's that Gregory who presided over our trial?" The proprietress nodded and said.

"No, the Earl of Montenegro is the one with the highest title here, so the host is Lothar." Leon, who was walking in the front, turned back and said.

The trial came later than the mage had expected, and the reason, according to the knight commander, was that Gregory needed more time to "collect" their criminal evidence.When he said this, there was a sneer on the corner of Blood Lion's mouth, as if he was laughing at the other party's incompetence.But in any case, this is a good thing for Cheese and the others. It means that Leon has more time to rest. After getting enough sleep, although hunger makes the hands and feet of the three a little weak, they can at least stay awake. .

"In this way, Gregory may not be able to persuade the Earl of Montenegro to sentence us to death?" Elsa said, although the cheese promised that he would have a way to escape with the other two on the execution ground, But that would mean that they officially broke with the kingdom's forces. At that time, not to mention obtaining the resources to allocate antidote, I am afraid that it would be impossible to leave the Earl of Saron.

"I advise you not to have too many expectations. Gregory may not be the best fighter, but in terms of negotiating means, he is indeed the most trustworthy person in the Kingdom Knights." Although he was very angry at being betrayed by his subordinates, Lyon still disdained to belittle the opponent's ability.

"By the way, you haven't said why this Gregory wants to kill you? What kind of enmity did you have with him before?" If you can know the old grudge between the two, maybe there is still room for redemption.And on the other hand, everyone is more or less curious about this kind of mystery, and mages are no exception.Cheese has actually wanted to ask this question a long time ago, but he has encountered too many things after entering Zhuoliu Town, so he has never had the opportunity to ask it. Now that the two sides are about to face the conflict, Cheese thinks it is better to ask as soon as possible .Hearing the mage mentioning this topic, the proprietress immediately raised her ears.

"I've let you down. The relationship between me and him doesn't have the grievances you expected. In fact, the reason why he wants to get rid of me is very simple. I still remember that I mentioned to you the difference between us and the Hammer Knights in Valley City Is it?" Leon shrugged and said.

"I remember you said it because most of you came from civilians." Cheese, who had a better memory, quickly replied.

"Yes, but what I said at the time was not the whole situation. As the first legion of the kingdom, the Knights of the Kingdom will not be composed entirely of civilians. The proportion of noble children in the Knights is actually not low. But compared to the Knights of the Hammer, which are almost all nobles, this is already a rare thing. As for why Gregory was dissatisfied with me becoming the Knight Commander of the Second Legion, it is actually very simple, because my background is Civilian." After saying this, the expression on Leon's face was very complicated. In the eyes of the knight commander, it is a very disgraceful thing to have factions within the legion and even frame each other just because of their birth, let alone tell the cheese They are outsiders.

"So Gregory is from a noble family, and he wants to become the commander of the Second Army after killing you? It's not difficult for me to understand. I'm just curious about how you became a knight commander. After all, no matter how fair you say, the Legion The nobles have an advantage in internal promotion, right?" the mage asked curiously.

"Ha, let's talk about our Grand Knight Commander. He is the core and soul of the knights of the entire kingdom. Although he is a nobleman, he treats all knights equally. I came all the way under his recommendation. This position. And Gregory dared to blatantly mutiny now, in fact, a large part of the reason is because the Grand Knight Commander is not in the kingdom." When mentioning the Grand Knight Commander, Leon showed respect and enthusiasm. Worshiping look.This makes Cheese curious, what kind of person can make Leon, who has the name of blood lion, admired so much.

But before he asked further questions, after turning the last corner, the place where they were judged had already arrived.As a border town, Zhuoliu Town naturally does not have a building like a court, so the venue for this trial is set in the town square of Zhuoliu Town.This also satisfies the open part of the trial tradition.It's just that it is doubtful how many people are not soldiers in the current Zhuoliu Town.The soldiers who maintained order used their bodies to draw a circular area in the square. In the area that would be used for the trial, except for Lothar who was the host, Gregory who was accompanying him, and a few personal guards, There are no facilities such as chairs or tables on the square.If you have to say it, the solitary wooden stake standing on the square is so conspicuous that one has to doubt its purpose.

Under such circumstances, Cheese and the others were escorted to the center of the circular area, and under the strong pressure of the knight standing behind them, they knelt on one knee in front of Lothar to show their obedience to the trial.Seeing the blood lion being forced to kneel on the ground, the sneer on Gregory's face became more obvious.This also made the knight leader simply lower his head to look at the floor in front of him after snorting disdainfully to avoid the opponent's ugly face.

Seeing the preparation and completion, Lothar was wearing his armor that could not open his eyes, leaned on the knight sword with both hands, and cleared his throat.

"I, Lothar Montenegro, swear in the name of the Montenegro family that I will preside over this trial fairly. Now, Knight Commander Leon of the Second Legion of the Kingdom Knights and the unknown wizards and Northlanders around you. You are charged Escaping the quarantine area without authorization, attacking the soldiers of the kingdom and setting fire to the Apothecary Association's quarters. Do you have anything to say?"

Just when Leon was about to defend himself, a panicked soldier ran from far away in the square. His body was covered with yellow-brown stains, which looked like the color of mud and blood mixed together.The soldier shouted as he ran.

"Monsters! There are monsters! Monsters are attacking us!"

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