What did you do with the dice?

Since you chose not to believe me from the beginning, and now that you are desperate, you slander me, insult me, and even put all the blame on me, what else can I do? "

Rusalka drew her sword and shield and ordered the guards to step back. "I have no choice but to kill you in this fair duel. After capturing your subordinates who have become evil dragons, I will bring justice to those innocent people who have not yet fallen."

A divine light emerged from the blade: "You did not ask me for help in the past, but now one of them has prayed to me, and I have come to answer him personally! Let us begin, you evildoer who encourages the corruption of good people!"

Reno was a little scared. He couldn't think of any way to refute Rusalka's words. He could only yell at Rusalka in vain, trying to buy time to adjust his thinking: "So you just want to kill us poor people, right!"

This time, Rusalka nodded calmly and said, "Do the villains who aided and abetted the evil deserve to complain? As a Holy Knight and the Lord of Pearl Tears, isn't it my duty to annihilate them? Why are you so surprised? Don't worry, after today, I will never let another you be born in the Pearl Tears Territory."

Reno: “You…”

Rusalka didn't want to give him a chance to stop him with words or logic, so he flew forward and launched an attack. Even if he was cheating, he did it openly. Before attacking, he shouted to "warn" his opponent: "Stop talking nonsense. I will use this duel to prove my determination to reorganize the town of Test. Watch out, villain! Be careful of my sword!"

Sanitta: (What a great move, turning the tables. Although there are still loopholes, for example, you still haven't denied that it was indeed your lazy governance that led to this situation. In fact, it is indeed your fault. You certainly can't blame it on the people's mistakes. Because the people are limited by their own status and vision, they always blindly follow and believe. Otherwise, why do they need you, the lord, to lead them?)

Rusalka: (You're right. If you were on the other side, I wouldn't discuss it and would just go for it. I definitely wouldn't be able to win. But unfortunately, that's not the case. According to the "there can only be one horse on each side of the internet" theorem, before the other side can explain their reasoning, I kill their horse first, which is equivalent to protecting my horse. The advantage of doing this is that I have quickly pulled the conversation to the level of "killing each other's horses." Once they enter my territory, how can they still expect to win? The other side won't even have time to protect their horse, so who can calm down and pay attention to the details of the matter?)

Sanita: (As expected of you.)

Chapter 186 Tester's Reorganization (End)

Rusalka swung the sword with all her strength. Reno was no match for Rusalka at all. Rusalka's first sweep of the sword forced him to retreat three steps.

Rusalka pursued the victory without leaving any gaps. Her attack was like a tide. The second sword that followed was a step forward and a downward slash. Reno had no room to retreat and was forced to raise his shield to block. The powerful blow knocked him to his knees, and a deep dent was made on the shield in his hand.

At this point, the outcome was obviously decided. The opponent had no power to fight back. The third move was still initiated by Rusalka. He did not choose to retract the sword, but threw away the shield, grabbed the edge and swung it towards the opponent's face. The shield directly knocked Reno, who was half-kneeling on the ground, out and fell heavily to the ground.

Rusalka jumped in front of him, scared away a group of brotherhood members around him, and raised the giant sword in his hand towards Reno who was lying on the ground.

Reno shouted, "Wait, Lord Pearl Tear, I give up!"

Rusalka snorted coldly and was about to swing his sword: "Give up? Are there rules for giving up in a knight's duel?"

Sanita: (Don't worry, it really does happen. It's just that the winner has the right to impose any conditions on the loser, and generally speaking, they will give the other party a decent treatment.)

Rusalka stopped the sword in mid-air again and asked, "Okay, I accept your surrender. Then I am the victor and have the right to make a request to you. I want your life."

At this moment, the old man with one eye missing suddenly knelt down in front of Rusalka and said, "Lord Pearl Tear, I know the rules of the kingdom's knight duels, and I also know that we have made many mistakes recently, but I still want to ask for your mercy and release Lord Lino."

With his lead, some of the surrounding brotherhood members chose to drop their weapons, kneel down and plead with Rusalka: "Master Lino is our savior. Without him, we would have died long ago."

Some chose to take up arms, ready to fight to the end: "If you want to kill him, even if it's just to repay a favor, we will fight you to the death!"

"He's saved so many people in this town over the past few years. Everyone makes mistakes. You're a Paladin, right? Ask your God Light and your faith. Since Sir Knight Reno has admitted defeat, it means he's repented. Shouldn't you give him a chance to mend his ways? That's what's fair!"

Seeing this, Rusalka was so angry that she laughed: "You guys are really interesting. When he challenged me to a duel just now, you didn't stop him from committing suicide. You even hoped that I would be influenced by him and show leniency to you.

Now that he has admitted defeat, you suddenly remember our old friendship and want me to spare his life.

That's right, we judge by deeds, not by heart. Regardless of his original intentions, he did save many people, including you. It's only right that I let him go."

Sanitta: (Brother Xiao, you can choose to obey them for now and let him go. I will have Phoenix kill him after he escapes from here. This way, you can show your tolerance and preserve the grace of a knight duel, and you can also get rid of this guy, killing two birds with one stone.)

Rusalka did not respond, but swung the sword without hesitation and cut off Reno's head.

"But, I refuse."

Blood splattered, and as everyone around him was shocked by his sudden action, Rusalka shouted in a serious tone, "You're kidding! I will never compromise with criminals like you! Don't talk to me about morality and repentance. You bastards, who turned from victims into perpetrators, are you worthy of preaching to me? A bunch of mice trying to persuade a cat to be kind? You might find it touching, but I just find it disgusting."

He walked up to the man holding the crossbow and sneered, "Come on, let's live and die together. Didn't you shout loudly just now? Shoot at me."

The other party's face turned red, he became angry and humiliated, and he pulled the trigger with a roar.

The crossbow arrow hit Rusalka's armor and bounced off, but Rusalka swung his sword without hesitation while being attacked, chopping off the latter's head. "Are you really going to hit me?"

The headless corpse fell to the ground, and the people around it retreated in horror. Even those who were kneeling on the ground moved their knees and slowly retreated. No one dared to approach Rusalka.

"So, who else wants revenge?"

Rusalka looked around, but no one dared to look him in the eye.

"No more, right? Soldier, tie them all up and send them to the prison at the processing plant. Then search the area and bring in anyone associated with the Brotherhood for questioning."

Before being captured, the woman, holding her child, shouted at Rusalka in disbelief, "You're a Paladin, how could you do such a cruel thing? They have families too. Don't you feel any guilt for killing them?"

Rusalka shrugged and said, “Excuse me, it’s precisely because I’m a pure good person that I get so angry at you hypocrites who want to pretend to be just like me.

You selfish people certainly have countless ways to shirk the responsibility for your evil deeds. You will deceive yourselves into thinking that everything you do is helpless, and you can even blame me, but I can't do that because I am a kind person.

I certainly don't feel guilty about killing people. I'm different from you guys who only know how to complain after failure. Everything I do is determined, and I won't regret it."

Rusalka said slowly, "There was once a Paladin who lost the power of the Holy Light due to self-blame. In order to fulfill his lifelong mission to save two lives that were not favored by others, he ultimately chose to burn his own life to regain the power of the Holy Light.

This touching story has shaped who I am today, and it also taught me a lesson: in this cruel world, if a good person wavers in his or her actions, regardless of whether the outcome is good or bad, ultimately, death awaits him or her.

Rusalka finally said to them, "If you still feel you have a conscience and want to be a good person, then you should atone for your mistakes with a clear conscience. If you are truly kind, you should be happy that you are alive and have the opportunity to make amends for your past mistakes in the future, instead of glaring at me and blaming me for not showing you mercy."

He waved his hand. "Take them all away! From this day forward, the Pitko Brotherhood ceases to exist! And in the not-too-distant future, the Black Street will be consigned to the history of this town! Let us learn from history and forge ahead! Retreat!"

Phoenix took the lead in clapping for Rusalka's speech, and the surrounding soldiers followed suit.

The two elves also clapped their hands, but they were thinking in their hearts: Why are humans so pretentious? They have short lifespans and many troubles. Not only is magic complicated to learn, but even simple things like arresting and killing people require so much words?

The elves are still better. They only need to consider killing the target of the mission. Why waste so much saliva and time on future corpses?

Sanita didn't clap along: (Well said! If only you had half this level of RP (role-playing) back when you were playing board games. Setting aside the fact that you have the most flexible moral compass, your thinking is actually quite fitting for a vengeful paladin, and you've even managed to improve Phoenix's favorability.)

Rusalka: (If I don't make a sound, I'll make a splash. I've said it before, the PC character card's intelligence can't limit the player's IQ. I'm going to win the debate today, and I'll win them all! Uncrowned Debate King, awesome!)

Sanitta: (What if the other party asks at this point, "If that's the case, why did you spare us but kill Reno instead of giving him a chance to redeem himself by making meritorious contributions?" Your words and actions contradict each other. How should you respond then?)

Rusalka: (Still raising it, still raising it. If the other party really says that, I will fulfill his wish and kill him. Damn it, you don't want your life, right? Between us brothers, let's not worry about these details. Let's just ask your natives whether they will accept it. If they do, then it's all right. The Faith Debate Contest ends here. The champion is Rusalka of Pearl Tears Elegy. A perfect ending.)

Sanita: (There is really no right or wrong in many cases, but learning from Phoenix will benefit you a lot.)

Rusalka was stunned: (Huh? Phoenix also knows how to debate? I've been with her for so long, and she's never challenged me.)

Sanita: (Of course she can't debate.)

Rusalka laughed to herself as they chatted: (What should I learn? How she exploits me every day? I'm telling you, she's been really bad lately. Whenever she has free time, she drags me to catch the missing letter between h and j. It's called "catching i" for short. Haha, this is a joke I came up with recently. How would you rate it?)

Sanita was speechless. How could he still make such a ridiculous comment at this time: (No, brother. Okay, I just want you to learn the finishing details of Phoenix.)

Sanitta walked into the gate, raised his hand, and shot out a disintegration laser from his fingertips, completely decomposing Reno's body on the ground.

He raised his hand again and shot out several scorching rays, shattering the crystal mirror.

Then, he led the two elves and Phoenix to search the entire room, took away all the things with magic fluctuations, and instructed the two excited elves to draw runes, input magic power, arrange and ignite the guiding magic lines, and finally completed the feat of lighting a fire to ignite the entire house.

Looking at the blazing flames and everything that was gradually consumed in them, Sanita said to Phoenix, "Anyone who's still around to inquire about what's going on here will be killed alive." Then, looking at Phoenix, who had disappeared into the shadow plane, he patted the shoulder of the speechless Rusalka beside him: (This is what we call a perfect ending.)

Rusalka: (Brother, please take good care of me in Hell after I die. I really feel that you must have some blood relationship with Satan.)

The two elves looked at everything in the house that was quickly destroyed in the fire. They were excited and couldn't help but sigh that fire magic was still the most exciting.

Wood magic can only destroy the corpse, and even this requires an intermediate step. First, you have to mix a poison that can melt the corpse. This requires the knowledge of alchemy, and you have to turn the other person into a corpse before pouring the poison, otherwise it will be ineffective.

Unlike fire magic, which provides a one-stop service, not only can it turn living people into ashes, but it can also burn people and houses to ashes.

Even during the boring time of waiting for the house to burn down, the two elves could take out some dry food such as bread and dried meat that they brought with them and roast them on the fire. They ate the barbecue while watching the fire slowly devour everything inside. It was so elegant.

That's right, elegant elves should learn elegant fire magic! This is absolutely essential magic for home travel, assassinating targets, and destroying evidence.

Even though the scene before her was truly outrageous, Rusalka felt that she no longer had the urge to complain about the two elves, because she instinctively felt that these were just their routine operations.

Aren't those two spirits just using the fire in the crematorium to roast something? What's the big deal? And they should be praised for saving energy, saving the stove fire. Shouldn't they be given the qualification certificate of Eternal Plane Environmental Ambassador?

Rusalka grabbed them and quickly returned. She looked at the two elves who were enjoying the barbecue, and then took out her lunch box. Phoenix said, "Cat, don't follow them. We are civilized people. We should have manners when eating. Even if we don't have manners, we shouldn't use flames to roast food. They are so good at eating, aren't they afraid that the spirits in the fire will still be dispersed?"

Phoenix nodded, opened the lunch box, and handed the burrito to Rusalka.

When Sanita saw that Rusalka did not go to the elf to borrow fire, she was very relieved and took the initiative to light a small fire for them to heat their food.

Rusalka looked at the burrito in her hand that was slowly being roasted by the flames, and the -0-0 burn indicator in the lower right corner. She then glanced at the two elves next to her who had already started trying to roast the cream cake directly on the fire, and thought about whether she should go and borrow some fire. They were already eating next to the crematorium, so this little distance didn't matter, but the firepower was really that much less.

----

Now Rusalka was sitting at the desk, and many interrogators and guards came in one after another to hand in their documents and wait for instructions.

Rusalka was too lazy to read these lengthy transcripts: "Then don't bother handing in the documents. Just tell me directly."

"My Lord, basically, the questions we've asked include: killing several people, arson, abducting women, and forcing them into prostitution."

"Send it to Phoenix."

"He started out as a thief. He later helped steal some intelligence and items. He never killed anyone, but he injured one."

"Send it to Qingfeng."

"This guy was supposedly forced into prostitution, but after joining the Brotherhood, he began luring other women into brothels and occasionally abusing other 'ji... um,' women who had lost their virginity."

"Emm, let Sanita have a second trial."

"What about this old member who has been with the mercenary group since the beginning?"

"Why ask him about this? It's a waste of time. Just give it to Phoenix. Why don't I take care of it?"

"My Lord, you can let the guards handle this kind of small matter. You only need to give instructions. This person..."

Rusalka was really scared by the questioning. She originally thought that it would be over after killing those who should be killed and capturing those who should be captured. But now, after the interrogation, she has to make a judgment for each of them one by one. What a joke. If she had known earlier, it would have been much easier to just shoot them all.

He had always fantasized about being like Justice Bao and the county magistrate, banging the gavel and saying, "Come here, drag him out and give him 50 lashes with the board." How impressive.

As a result, reality dealt him another heavy blow. There were too many prisoners to try them all.

Rusalka: (It’s because of my high moral standards.)

Sani Tieta: (It’s because I didn’t do enough work before. My work is almost done, so you can give me some.)

Rusalka: (You are quite used to it.)

Sanita: (Are you kidding? You call this high-intensity? The courts are much busier than this. Even here, no one will complain about you for inaccurate decisions. There are people who take notes and give you reports on the key points. You just make the final decision. You don't even have to review files or look up earlier cases for comparison. It's such an easy job! How many law students would be vying for this job? And you're not happy with it.)

Rusalka tutted: (It’s because she loves her work.)

Chapter 187 A new beginning

The fire in Black Street has undoubtedly become the hottest topic in the town. Many civilians are discussing the arrival of Rusalka. Some people think that he has done a great job in eradicating the Brotherhood. Now they can finally sleep peacefully and no longer have to worry about owing debts or being extorted for protection money.

Some people also feel it is a pity and think that Rusalka is simply meddling in other people's business. After all, without the black street, a place that can satisfy people's dark desires, where can they go to indulge themselves?

No matter how people view this matter, the demise of the Brotherhood is a foregone conclusion. The core members and the boss have basically been arrested. Occasionally, some of them hear the news and hide in the black streets to communicate or plan to escape, but they will not be able to make it. They will probably be caught after a while.

After Rusalka ordered Custer's troops stationed outside the town to enter the city for a large-scale search, the complete destruction of this organization was only a matter of time. This time they could not rise again as they did in the past and were buried forever in the cold winter of this year.

What the residents think is their business, and Sanita is only responsible for spreading the good reputation - the bards are of course happy to do things for money: the great Lord of Pearl Tears Rusalka once again saved the people from danger. Not only that, he also announced on the spot that he would help the residents of Test Town rebuild their homes, clean up the streets, and transform the black street into a sunny commercial street and a suitable living environment, and provide short-term living allowances to the poor.

As for those criminals? They'll soon be hanged on the flagpole that's being built in the square in front of the processing plant.

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In the small villa on the left corner of the town, a guy dressed as a spy jumped to the door and said to the guard standing by the door: "Tsk, the Brotherhood is finished, the mission is over, retreat."

"Okay, you guys go keep an eye on the secret passage first. I'll go kill the mayor and then follow."

After saying that, they dispersed. One of them turned around, opened the door behind him, and walked along the corridor to the third floor.

He walked to an inconspicuous wooden door and tried to push it open, but found that it seemed to be blocked by something behind the door. He sneered and said, "Don't waste your energy. The Lord of Pearl Tears is dealing with the Brotherhood's affairs now. It's impossible for them to come here..."

Before he could finish his words, his mouth was covered by a water ball and he could only make a "gurgling" sound. At the same time, several scorching rays pierced his body, and the invisible figure of Sani Iron Tower appeared behind him.

Looking at the door again, there were two bodies lying on the ground, pierced by arrows. On a distant branch, hung the body of a secret sentry, pierced by sharp spikes transformed from trees. Two elves stood on the treetops and used wind magic to transmit a message to Sanitieta, "Teacher Sanitieta, it's all done!"

They were both very quick, but in Sanitieta's opinion, they could only be considered skilled assassins, not capable professional assassins. For example, they had no fear of magic at all:

"Are these two idiots really not afraid that there will be mages on the other side who can intercept the voice transmission?"

However, considering that the other party would not arrange such a luxurious lineup in such a place, Sanita stretched out his hand and drew a rune on the door, then stepped back a few steps. The rune suddenly exploded, revealing a large hole for people to enter. Mayor Shapaero, who was huddled in the corner, breathed a sigh of relief after seeing him.

Sanita said to the mayor who stood up from the ground: "Mr. Mayor, congratulations, you are safe now."

"Thank God, Lord Sanitita, you finally came to save me. You don't know..."

Sanita stretched out his hand and ejected a ball of fire, causing the latter who was trying to get closer to quickly retreat half a step: "Saving you is one thing, but whether or not to kill you after saving you is another."

"Lord Sanitieta, I swear, I really didn't mean to do this. I was coerced by those people."

Sanitieta stretched out his hand to stop him from speaking, slowly walked into the room, glanced around, sneered, and in the latter's nervous and frightened eyes, slowly opened the food refrigerator next to him.

The cabinets inside were filled with gold and silver coins, and there were hardly any copper coins to be seen.

Once this drawer is pulled out, if you don't hold it up firmly, it will probably fall out due to its weight.

Sanita: "Did they force you to take this?"