I can copy the beautiful girl

Having made up my mind, I finally took action against those knights.

I slowly raised my right hand, pointed it at one of the knights who was committing the crime, and clenched my palm gently.

——Londes felt incomprehensible.

He had sensed something strange since entering the village.

He was clearly aiming at the vital points, but his blows always inexplicably deviated from the intended location. He chopped several people in succession but failed to kill any of them.

Sensing something unusual, he began to slash at a villager continuously, and then... this time it wasn't that he lost his position, but all the attacks were blocked as if isolated.

It was as if an invisible shield surrounded the villagers lying on the ground wailing and screaming, and all his attacks were unable to hit their bodies.

But he clearly hit it with the first strike.

The first sword just missed, but still cut into the body, but every subsequent sword was blocked.

He had no idea what was going on, but Londes felt extremely uneasy.

This feeling of uneasiness even made him want to escape. There must be something strange in this village.

——But before he could make a decision on whether to escape, and before he could inform the annoying captain of the abnormality he had noticed, the change became completely clear.

"Heart Mastery."

A very pleasant and calm voice.

As this voice sounded, Londes stared with wide eyes as he saw one of his companions fall to the ground and die silently.

There is no doubt that he is already silent.

"Now, stop everything. Maybe I can spare your lives temporarily."

Londes looked in the direction of the voice and saw a black-haired man strolling in the chaotic village.

What a nice view.

I have this feeling in my heart, but a deeper fear is overwhelming my body and mind.

"Heart Mastery."

The man gently squeezed with his right hand, and another knight fell down.

"How about this? I'll slowly kill those who are still holding their weapons and standing one by one. Let me see how many people are so brave. Heart control."

Another person fell.

At this time, finally, all the knights who attacked the village noticed the changes.

"Hey! What did you do? Who are you?! A magic caster?!"

The one who shouted angrily at the black-haired man was none other than their team's captain, Belius.

He violated a village girl for his obscene desires, got into a conflict with her father, and then sought help. After pulling him away, he took his anger out on everyone else, repeatedly swinging his sword at the father - that's the kind of person he is.

He is considered a wealthy bourgeois in the country and joined the army just to gild his reputation.

It's natural to look down on such men, but I don't want to provoke them and stay away from them.

Anyway, this is the kind of man...

"Heart Mastery."

…he’s dead.

Can life be so fragile?

Just like crushing an ant to death, he just squeezed his hands lightly and a life was gone.

"I pinch my hand, and a life is gone. You swing your sword, and a life is also gone. There is really no difference between us. We are all capable of taking the lives of others so easily. Heart control."

With the passing of another life, the man finally turned his gaze to Londes.

"But facing you, I can still feel superior, because I am a member of the Xianzhou people and a member of the hunting patrol. Although I am not a patrol knight, I believe in the bottom line of the patrol knight, so I will not do things like bullying the weak and killing innocent people. Heart... you kneel down quickly."

Seeing the man slowly clench his hand towards him, Londes didn't even have the slightest intention of trying to kill the man before shaking hands.

He threw away his weapon and knelt on the ground without hesitation.

At the same time, a knight on the side rushed forward as if he had spotted an opportunity and slashed with his sword.

"Don't talk about martial ethics."

As he said this, the man raised his left hand, casually pinched the blade with two fingers, and then pinched it with his right hand.

"Heart Mastery."

The knight fell, dead.

The man continued to stroll forward in the silent village.

"I'm just a magic caster. Don't you think it's too despicable to use a sneak attack on a magic caster? Because of your despicable behavior, this time, I decided to kill two of them. Heart Master. Heart Master."

Two more knights fell.

Trembling, afraid, terrified, and afraid to move.

The breath of death filled the entire place.

"Why are you afraid? What right do you have to be afraid? Just now, didn't you rely on your own strength to brutally treat these innocent villagers? When you were doing this with such pride in your heart, didn't you ever think that you might encounter someone with more violence than you? Didn't you think that the strong who overwhelmed you might treat you the same way? Heart control."

One person fell, and a group of people knelt down.

The man was still strolling.

"I love heroes because, even if they possess immense power, they will never bully the weak. Quite the opposite, they will point their weapons at enemies far more powerful than themselves, even at the cost of their lives, to protect others. Even if such heroes ultimately perish at the hands of an unmatched force, I will still love and respect them and applaud them."

"Take, for example, the Kingdom's Warrior Captain Gazef. Even from a non-human perspective, who wouldn't admire him?"

"But unfortunately, you only point your swords at the weak, and bow down to the strong. Compared to you, that unsportsmanlike person just now deserves a higher evaluation from me. At least he dared to swing his sword at me... Although he didn't do it out of the courage that transcended death, but out of the ignorance that he could succeed by a sneak attack, he was still much stronger than you. Heart control."

Another knight fell, and then... another group of knights dropped their weapons and knelt.

Even in the face of such words, no one could muster the courage.

So, finally, all the knights knelt.

"That's right. After all, you're a group of people who live without any honor. How can we expect them to possess something like courage? I can only say that you guys really disappoint me, no surprise."

The man finally stopped and stopped killing people. He just looked at the knights who were kneeling on the ground with a bored look.

"Forget it. I didn't think you could make me happy anyway. Go find an empty spot and kneel down."

After saying this, I turned around and looked at Enri, who was standing with Hestia, and waved to her, "Enri, come here."

"Mr. Bell..."

An Li ran over with a worried look on her face.

I took out some healing potions and handed them to Enri. "Take these and give them to the injured villagers. They'll heal. But hurry up, or the potions won't help if they bleed to death."

"Well, I see."

Enli looked determined and nodded without hesitation, then ran towards the injured villagers with a bunch of potions in her arms.

In this way, the matter comes to an end.

Next, we have to wait for the arrival of the Kingdom Warrior Captain.

Volume 37: Chapter Paying the Price

"W-What on earth is going on?"

Looking at the knights kneeling in a pile, the village chief's voice trembled.

"Lady Hestia, Mr. Bell, these knights of the Empire... Thank you, Master Bell. If it weren't for you, none of us would have survived. Thanks to your potion, no one died. You actually used something so precious for us. I really don't know how to thank you enough."

"Ha, ha, no need to thank this guy. You guys treated us so hospitably, this is what we should do, it's what we should do."

Hestia, who was saying this awkwardly, was stepping hard on my foot, glaring at me fiercely, and whispering softly:

"Don't you feel embarrassed?"

"Why should I be embarrassed? Without me, who knows how many of them would have died. I spent so much precious healing potion and saved the lives of all the villagers. Shouldn't I be grateful for that? Besides, my delayed intervention will help these villagers, who have no sense of danger at all, to be more vigilant in the future. It's clearly for their own good."

"I now seriously doubt whether you recruited these knights... Even if it was you, you wouldn't go to such lengths, right?"

"Who do you think I am?!" I looked at Hestia in disbelief. "Do you think I'm the kind of scumbag who would hire two thugs to cause trouble for a girl just to save her?"

"Don't you think you're that kind of person?"

Hestia looked at me with a frown that made me tremble with anger, but she ignored me and walked straight forward to look at the knights.

"Tell me, who are you?"

As Hestia asked this question, the frightened knights finally saw her.

Then, there was chaos.

"God, Lord God?"

"how come…"

"why?"

"Could it be the six great gods?"

Enri moved a chair, and Hestia sat down confidently, crossing her legs like a queen. She snorted coldly, "Alright, answer my question. Who are you?"

All the knights hesitated.

After a while, one of the knights replied, "I, we are knights of the Baharus Empire."

Hestia snapped her fingers, "Bell, kill him."

I raised my hand and shook it: "Heart control."

As the knight fell to the ground, the whole place fell silent, even their breathing stopped.

"It seems that you children don't know that in the presence of the gods, children from the underworld cannot lie."

Hestia's expression remained calm, unchanged.

"It's best not to be so optimistic as to think that God will be merciful to everyone."

"Although in our (the gods') eyes, the children of the underworld are indeed worthy of love, and I don't think you deserve to die in any way, but each pillar of the gods has its own "rules."

"As the goddess who protects the sacred flame, I am an ally of justice. As for those who slaughter innocent people, I will look upon you with compassion, but I will not treat you with mercy. Even if you are merely following orders, even if you have your own families, when you commit such acts that take the lives of others, you must be mentally prepared for the possibility of your own lives being taken away by others."

"I won't say that if you're not prepared for this, you shouldn't choose to be a soldier destined to take the lives of others, because you might have chosen to be a soldier out of necessity, because you might have no choice but to become a soldier, because you might indeed have to obey orders and kill innocent people - but that doesn't matter."

"Whether or not you had no choice, you chose to take the lives of others for your own sake."

"No one can blame you for your choices. But if that's the case, you can never complain about someone else taking your life, because this is all what you did to others."

"So, don't expect me to treat you with mercy anymore, because at this moment, I am just like you. To you, I am the one who wants to take your life for my own sake."

Hestia pointed at a knight and said softly:

"You have brought disaster upon the villagers who kindly hosted me, so I must know who ordered you to do this, understand? So, now, you answer me, who are you?"

"I, I, I, we are soldiers of the Silian Theocracy..."

"Well, good boy, you didn't lie."

Hestia nodded, then looked towards the village chief.

"What kind of countries are the Bahars Empire and the Slian Theocracy?"

The village chief recovered from the shocking answer and immediately told Hestia everything he knew.

Of course, as a small village chief, it is impossible for him to know too much. After all, this world is not the Internet age, where one can learn about global affairs without leaving home.

Oh no, even in the Internet age, what you learn from the Internet may not be true. After all, information is the easiest thing to tamper with.

But for Hestia, even just some basic information was enough for her to make a judgment.

She looked at the knight again. "What is your purpose in impersonating an Imperial knight and attacking a village in the Kingdom?"

"I, I don't know! The order we received was to disguise ourselves as knights of the Empire and kill and burn people here. I really don't know anything else! The purpose is definitely not just killing and burning people, but the rest of the mission is none of our business. The higher-ups really didn't inform us!"

The knight spoke very anxiously, as if he was very afraid that Hestia would order another killing if they disagreed.

Don't mention it, Hestia's decisive command just now was really cool! It deeply embodies what it means to be as powerful as a prison!

But wasn't I kind of handsome just now?