It was nearly midnight, and it was as dark as water. White stood alone on the top of the city, looking to the northwest, and Sosk was a hundred kilometers away.
After receiving Moriarty's message, White was still very conflicted.
He naturally understands that the Battle of Windsor is of great significance. If he wins, the whole situation in Kent County will be alive, and the initiative on the battlefield will be transferred to human hands; but if he loses, not only will he not be able to rescue the siege, but he will be severely damaged, and even the Rhineburg may not be able to survive due to the domino effect.
.But if he just returns to Moriarty and fights side by side with the vampires, White can't convince himself. The hatred between him and the undead is so deep that it is hard for people around him to imagine. It is precisely in this kind of inability to advance or retreat.
White felt particularly painful and confused.
"Sir White, it seems you haven't made up your mind yet."
Behind the stairs on the wall not far away, Hadro had climbed up the steps without knowing it, with a smile on his face.
"snort!"
White was equally disgusted with this "ogre" and guessed that he was here to be Moriarty's lobbyist. White couldn't help but snorted.
"It doesn't seem like I'm welcome. Can I ask why?" The old steward walked up to White with a calm expression.
"Asking knowingly." White looked at him coldly, without any pretense.
"Oh, it seems that Mr. White has misunderstood me." The old steward's gray eyes were as deep as wells, as if they could swallow a human figure.
"Misunderstanding? I will not misunderstand the 'ogre'." White was already in a state of uneasiness, and he couldn't bear to have any more excuses with Hadro, so he yelled directly.
"Haha, it turns out that Sir White has been worried about this matter." The old steward chuckled, as if he had heard some joke.
"What qualifications do you have to laugh, ghoul!? The crime of cannibalism is irredeemable!" Now that the words had been spoken, White simply spoke freely.
"Oh, chewing on human corpses is naturally a sin, but living in this troubled world, who is not guilty of many sins?" Faced with White's angry accusation, Hadrow's expression remained normal and he talked eloquently.
"Shut up! Do you think others are as crazy as you?" White finally cursed, then turned and left.
"Oh? In that case, Mr. White, you are pure and pure. Are you alone in the world?" Looking at the back of the man who was striding away, Hadro smiled mockingly again.
"What do you mean?" Unable to bear the slander of a despicable person, White turned around suddenly, and even the steel armor he was wearing was shaken to make a "click" sound.
"Sir White, do you really live such a clean life?" He looked at the angry mid-level warrior without fear. The sarcasm on Hadro's lips became more and more obvious.
"What on earth do you want to say!" As a warrior's pride and self-esteem, White did not allow himself to take action against the old man in front of him who had no martial arts skills. Although he was extremely impatient.
"I heard that before you followed Lord Moriarty, you followed a rebellious Centurion Lawrence and fled thousands of miles, and joined the bandits. Along the way, you robbed homes, killed people and stole goods?" The old steward found out this secret of the past from nowhere.
Suddenly mentioned it.
When he heard these words, White was stunned on the spot and became speechless.
Indeed, it was a long time ago, so long ago that he was suddenly reminded of it, but the past images in his mind seemed to be covered with a gray curtain, like fragments of memories from another generation.
It shouldn’t be!
White only felt a twinge of heartache!
The pain, struggle, and parting between life and death were evoked again, but they were no longer unforgettable. What made White blame himself and couldn't accept it was that Centurion Lawrence's face slowly began to change in his heart.
It has to become blurred and no longer vivid.
This is the power of time. The passing away will always stop, while the living can only continue to move forward. As time goes by, everything that we thought was eternal will eventually fade away and disappear.
"Haha, it seems that you have remembered it, Your Excellency." However, Hadrow just turned a blind eye to White's painful expression and continued to ask with a smile as if nothing had happened.
"Lord Lawrence is just a victim of the dark aristocracy. Under his leadership, we have never harmed any innocent civilians. You bastard, you are not worthy of mentioning his name." White slowly exhaled a cold breath and raised his head.
, gritted his teeth and said word by word.
"But in the final analysis, you are still deserters from the kingdom." The old steward hit the nail on the head coldly.
"What about you!? You are an ogre. Not only do you eat people, you also betray your master and eat your own master! Your ugliness can't even be accommodated by hell." It seems that you are speechless, which is rare for White.
He cursed.
"Ha, I betrayed the Luo Yanta family that I once loyal to. I don't deny it. But your Excellency, you are not betraying the past commanders and betraying the past ideals. Maybe you will betray Lord Moriarty in the future.
Right? Look, now you are just going to put aside the war situation and settle down for a little bit of your own selfish interests?" Hadrow raised his head slightly, and his voice was as cold as a blade, penetrating into the deepest part of White's heart.
"No, I will never betray Morty! Even if I don't agree with that vampire familiar, I will never betray Moriarty because of it!" Many years ago, there was a forced giving up, and now White is dead.
, and no longer want to relive the nightmare of the past.
"You really won't betray Lord Moriarty?" the old steward asked sternly.
"Absolutely not!" White said firmly.
"Then, what if it's for the 'Lord'?"
But at this moment, Hadro suddenly took a step forward and shouted in front of the other party.
"host!?"
After hearing these words, White, who had been so excited just now that he was almost violent, suddenly froze there, just looking straight at the old man in front of him, as if he had never known him before.
"Yes. For the sake of the supreme 'Lord', are you willing to betray Lord Moriarty?"
Looking at White who was as dull as death, Hadro slowly took out an old silver medal from his arms.
A shining cross is carved in the center of the silver medal, and a crown of thorns surrounds the top of the cross.
"Cross of Thorns!"
When he saw the silver medal in the old man's hand, White suddenly woke up, but his expression was even more shocked than before, and his eyes were completely unbelievable.
"What, are you surprised? White 'Paladin'?"
Hadro smiled slightly, but his expression was as solemn as the tombstone in front of the mausoleum. At the same time, the silver cross in his palm inexplicably emitted a faint holy light, which was projected on the ground, forming a striking cross of light.
"Why you? How could it be you? How could a sinner like you be a 'hidden priest'!?" When White saw the cross of light, his expression was so excited that he could not control himself, but he lowered his voice and asked.
"Why can't it be me?" Hadro looked back at White, finally hiding his smile, and said with indescribable solemnity and holiness: "Anyone who loves his parents more than me is not worthy of being my disciple; anyone who loves his wife and children more than
Anyone who loves me is not worthy of being my disciple; anyone who loves himself too much and loves me is not worthy of being my disciple. Knight White, do you ever remember this holy word?"
This was a widely circulated divine saying recorded in the "Sacred Scripture" when the Church of Light was prosperous. However, with the rapid decline of the church, it was no longer mentioned by people. Tonight, it suddenly came from Hadro's mouth.
When I recite it, it feels like I have traveled through the dusty time, like the dead resurrected.
"Yes, I remember." After hesitating again, White finally exhaled a long breath, then knelt down on one knee toward the light cross on the ground, lowered his head and prayed: "Lord! May your light fall from heaven and shine on this world.
, Save all sentient beings from falling into darkness. Lord! May your way lead to the earth, be perfect and true, and shepherd the lambs to reach the supreme heaven.”
"Very good." Seeing the other party kneeling down and reciting the holy words devoutly, Hadro nodded gently and said, "You just asked 'Why me', now I can tell you. Let's talk first."
Viscount Ta has been kind to me and is my master, but he cannot surpass the supreme 'Lord'. Therefore, in order to continue to fulfill the mission of 'Lord' and to survive and retain this useful body, I eat it.
What about his son?"
Hadro's words were upright and righteous, with no guilt at all.
In this regard, White, who was kneeling on the ground, could not think of anything wrong for the moment. As it is said in the Holy Word, no one who loves others or himself can surpass the God of Love. So from this point of view, if Hadro really wanted to
The 'Lord's Cause' cannibalism is also a saint-like feat. Not only is it sinless, but it is also a great good deed.
Therefore, White could only remain speechless at the old man's words.
"What about you? Paladin White, do you love the 'Lord' above all else?" Seeing the other party's silence, the old man took another step forward, looked down at White, and began to question.
"Yes, I love 'the Lord' more than anything else."
White could clearly feel a pair of sharp and ruthless eyes cast on him from above. Even though he knew that the other party was not threatening, he still felt a tremor. It was as if God was looking at him through these mortal eyes.
"So, what about Moriarty?"
Finally, Hadrow pointed his blade straight at the core. White firmly swore never to abandon Moriarty, but what if he accepted the order of the "Lord"?
As for the old man's question, White really didn't know how to answer it, so he could only remain silent.
"Answer me! White Paladin, answer me! Do you love the 'Lord' more than you love 'Moriarty'!?" But the old man had no intention of letting the other person go, and immediately shouted sternly in his ear.
Because this question seems simple, but it is the touchstone of "whether one has great faith". Just like Hadro, who would do whatever it takes to continue to complete his mission alive, even if he eats people, then if White is loyal to the "Lord" above all else, he will naturally
You should have the consciousness to give up or even betray anyone.
As long as the "Lord" asks him to do so!
After being questioned repeatedly by Hadro, and faced with this hidden priest whose past was unworthy of being an "ogre", White's thoughts were finally completely confused.
In a daze, he felt that everything in front of him began to reverse. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
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