Perched on the huge mountain in the soul space, Todd, who transformed into a dragon, looked at the tens of thousands of Crusaders soldiers lined up at the foot of the mountain, feeling a sense of uncertainty in his heart.
Just a dozen days ago, when Todd was dealing with the settlement of the mermaids, Rita, the female leader of the tribe, accidentally mentioned the story of a mermaid who fell in love with a human and was eventually executed.
When Todd heard about this, his initial reaction was one of shock. After thinking about it, although he could understand this approach, he still thought it was too barbaric.
However, fate seemed to have played a joke. What Todd never expected was that he would be facing the same problem today.
Minnie, the chief shaman of the shaman assembly, stood at the foot of the mountain with a wooden staff and shouted: "In the name of the supreme Dragon God, I declare that the military trial of the Holy Army has officially begun!"
Tens of thousands of Crusaders, orcs, werewolves, elves, lizardmen, tauren... turned their attention to the end of the queue, where two lonely figures were escorted by a group of soldiers and brought to Todd's feet.
"Jacqueline the elf, a soldier of the 29th series of the Crusaders, met and fell in love with the bard Beate while on duty."
Minnie looked down at the pale female elf with desperate eyes, and said in a deep voice: "After several trysts with this human man, Jacqueline kidnapped him and planned to escape Duixi City by boat and head to the south."
Minnie turned her attention to the handsome man with earth-colored face next to Jacqueline, shook her head and said: "Soldiers of the Crusaders, long before the transformation ceremony, have been told that they should abandon everything in the world, including family, past,
Emotions and selfish desires... Being loyal to the faith and serving the Dragon God wholeheartedly are the honor and obsession of the Crusaders."
"Jacqueline, what makes me sad is that what you did not only betrayed your faith, but also betrayed your oath." Minnie moved her steps, slowly walked up to the elf woman, stared into the latter's eyes, and slowly
Said: "Moreover, you have betrayed your God."
Jacqueline bit her lips tightly and turned her head to look at the man beside her affectionately: "I fell in love with this human man, and I am willing to bear any punishment... But he is not a member of the Crusaders. I am willing to sacrifice
All I have to do, as a condition of atonement, is ask the supreme Dragon God to let go of this man’s ignorant soul.”
An orc shaman sitting on a stone seat at the foot of the mountain stood up and walked to Minnie's side. He shouted at Jacqueline with an angry face: "You are not qualified to bargain at all! Not only have you despised the favor of the gods,
You have also tarnished the holy and pure name of the Holy Crusaders! You! And this filthy human being! You should be thrown into the sea of fire of hell and suffer the burning of eternity!"
Upon hearing this, the bard named Beate's knees weakened and he fell to the ground. His handsome face was distorted by fear and panic, and his whole body was shaking like chaff.
Standing in the ranks of the holy army, the werewolf Aldenan looked at the cowardly human, curled his lips and said: "Shallow women will always be deceived by their skin."
Turning his head to Carol beside him, Aldenan whispered: "The lifespan of elves is far longer than that of humans, and their power is overwhelmingly better than that of humans. The combination of the two is a mistake in itself."
Carol looked at the elf Barbara not far away, her face solemn and silent.
Minnie signaled to the orc shaman beside her to calm down, turned around and asked other senior leaders of the shaman assembly: "What do you think?"
As the commander of the Crusaders, Dark Elf Ackerman looked at each other and the snake sisters beside him, and said: "I always feel that that man does not seem to be a courageous guy. Maybe this matter
Is there another secret?"
Fried, who used to be the Chapter Master of the Falcon Chapter, and now has become a dwarf shaman through the transformation ceremony, stroked his beard and said after deep thought: "No matter what, the sins committed by these two people are unforgivable.
But Jacqueline is right about what she said. That human man is not a member of the Crusaders. We cannot convict him and can only wait for the Dragon God's judgment."
"Military law and holy law are above all secular laws. This man has brought shame to the name of the Crusaders. I don't think the Dragon God will let him go!"
"The bodies of these two people should be hung at the top of Muxi City, and their miserable state in hell should be shown to all citizens!"
Listening to the discussions among many members of the shaman assembly, Minnie walked to the foot of the mountain, looked up at the looming figure of the giant dragon in the mist, and asked respectfully: "Supreme Dragon God, for these two people who violated the law?
, what exactly is your Holy Judgment like?"
Todd lowered his head and stared at the pair of interracial lovers at the foot of the mountain without saying a word.
Everyone present looked up at the giant dragon, waiting for the god's judgment.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that what Todd was thinking about now had nothing to do with the verdict.
Humans and elves?
If two alien races combine with each other, will they produce normal offspring?
Will there be reproductive isolation?
Todd once learned in college that the chromosomes or genes of different racial groups cannot interact. If they are forcibly combined, there will be four types of isolation: incompatibility, hybrid inviability, hybrid infertility, and hybrid destruction. In the end,
A simple example is the cross between a horse and a donkey to give birth to a mule, which is a sterile hybrid offspring.
It can be deduced from this that if humans and elves combine, a half-elf will be born.
So, theoretically speaking, half-elves should also be a sterile subspecies due to reproductive isolation.
However, the tyrant virus has the ability to change the genome and chromosomes. Can its impact on species break through reproductive isolation and create a completely new species community?
While Todd was still thinking, Minnie's questioning voice came from beneath his feet.
"Great Dragon God, please bring down the Holy Judgment. How should we deal with these two people?"
Todd, who came back to his senses, looked at the people at the bottom of the mountain, crouched down, stretched the dragon's head into the air, and made a deafening voice: "Jacqueline, do you have the courage to put your personal desires above your beliefs?
Do you have the slightest regret?"
Facing the tsunami-like dragon power, Jacqueline huddled up in a ball out of fear and couldn't even speak clearly.
"You are...my God, my faith...but I have never regretted...what I did..."
Amidst the surprised discussion, the orc shaman shouted: "You blasphemous degenerate!"
Todd's dark golden dragon eyes reflected the figure of the elf woman, and he said in a deep voice: "Continue."
"I never thought about abandoning you, but I really love this man..." Jacqueline's beautiful face shone with light blue energy, and she cried: "I am willing to do it for him
Do anything, as long as you can be with him..."
Amid everyone's rebuke, Todd looked at this helpless and infatuated elf woman, paused for a moment and then asked: "What if I send you two to the deepest part of hell and redeem you in pain and torture?"
The sins you have committed...but your souls can be together, can you accept this result?"
Jacqueline raised her head, with two lines of tears still on her face: "Merciful and great Dragon God! I am willing to accept this punishment. As long as I can be with my lover, even in hell, I will be happy...
"
Todd was a little moved, and there was a trace of softness in his eyes when he looked at the elf woman.
However, at this moment.
The bard named Beate suddenly rushed out and ran in front of everyone, shouting hysterically: "I won't go to hell! I won't go to hell!"
"At the beginning, I was just looking for excitement! That night, I made a bet with my friends. They didn't believe that I could hook up with an elf. I was drunk at the time and just wanted to prove myself..."
Hearing these words of the human man, a burst of roars and curses came from the ranks of the Crusaders.
Werewolf Aldenan touched his beard and said with itchy teeth: "I haven't eaten human flesh for many years, and now I'm starting to miss the taste..."
Carroll clenched his fists and whispered: "If it can be cooked a little better, I don't mind trying some."
Jacqueline turned back in disbelief, looked at her lover, and asked tremblingly: "Are you with me just because of the bet...?"
"They all say that the women of the Crusaders are like aloof goddesses who will always be out of reach of humans... Moreover, I drank too much at that time, and when I woke up, I was already in a difficult position..."
"Then you said you loved me, and those poems you wrote...?"
"I am a bard! I can write scripts, and I can also act on stage myself! But how did I know that you would actually pull me on board and try to escape from Muxi City?!"
Todd shook his head, as if he was listening to a farce that made people laugh or cry.
He turned to Ackerman and Minnie and said, "The trial will be temporarily suspended and these two people will be temporarily detained. I have something to ask you."