Chapter 162
Chapter 162: Killing is to protect life, killing karma is not to kill people.
They are so luxuriously dressed, they are all strangers, and they have an atmosphere that is out of tune with this place, but they actually say that they are not from the upper class area?
If not from the upper class area, then they must be from the lower class area, and they can’t be aliens, right?
Such confusion turned around in Xier’s mind.
However, she, who values intuition more than logic, did not question it, but nodded very simply.
“I believe you. I’m sorry, I misunderstood before, so my attitude was so bad, I hope you can forgive me!”
She lowered her head in shame and bowed to Su Mo and the others to apologize.
If the other party was not from the upper class, then her emotions just now were really directed at the wrong person.
She actually wrongly accused the benefactor who saved her. For her who clearly distinguished between gratitude and resentment, this was a huge mistake.
“Hey, why did you believe it so quickly?”
Looking at the girl’s embarrassment, Topa was a little curious.
She had such a deep misunderstanding before, how could it change so quickly?
“It’s very simple.”
Xier looked around, at the happy smiles on the faces of the residents who received the food, and then at Su Mo and Topa, whose expressions were calm and without any strangeness in their eyes. The butterfly-like girl’s expression softened a lot.
“Facing everyone in the lower class, you don’t have the slightest disgust or disdain from the bottom of your heart. Although it’s a bit extreme, I think this is something that the masters in the upper class would never do.”
Xier also knew that her words were a bit too much, and she directly knocked down everyone in the upper class with one stick. But her experiences from childhood to adulthood made it difficult for her to have a good impression of those people.
When the upper and lower classes were not completely separated, people from the upper class did come to do charity activities, but their condescending attitude and their disdainful attitude towards everyone in the lower class left a fresh memory for her when she was young.
Therefore, just by comparing the details, she immediately understood that the two people in front of her were by no means the kind of people who looked down on others.
“”I see.”
Topa nodded, gaining a better understanding of the dire situation inside Beloberg.
As she continued to distribute the supplies, she blinked her eyes and deliberately teased the girl in front of her.
“So, you almost attacked us because of your misunderstanding, but now you just want to apologize to solve the problem?”
If apologies are useful, what is the use of the Interstellar Peace Company?
In fact, Topa just deliberately frightened the girl so that this local can become a guide for him and others.
Unexpectedly, Xier took this issue more seriously than she thought.
She immediately blushed and explained in a panic.
“No! What I mean is, if you need any help, just tell me, I will do anything to express my apologies for what happened before!”
It must be said that this girl is still too naive.
In just a few words, she has owed five million Winter City shields, the grace of saving her life, and the apology for misunderstanding the benefactor, three debts that are almost impossible to repay.
But these three things are clearly one and the same.
Even Topar, seeing Xier’s innocent performance, felt a little embarrassed subconsciously.
In this era, there are very few such innocent children in the interstellar society.
However, although she thought so in her heart, she did not reveal any shame.
On the contrary, she even joked casually:
“You just said – you can do anything, right?”
There was nothing wrong with a girl saying this, but Xier suddenly thought of the request Su Mo had made before, and her thoughts were a little off.
“Well, if it’s a joke about paying with your body, please stop talking about it… I won’t do that kind of thing, and no one would be interested in someone like me, right?”
Rather than being angry, the girl was more confused and uncomfortable.
As a member of the Earth Fire who often flew around like a butterfly of death in the night to maintain the law and order of the lower district, Xier’s combat power and status were extremely high.
In addition, because of her seemingly irritable personality, almost no one in the entire lower district treated her as a girl.
So, looking at Su Mo, who seemed to be more beautiful than herself, she doubted whether people with so many beautiful girls around would really be interested in a tomboy like her?
They must be deliberately squeezing her out!
“”Hmm?”
She is such a lovely girl, why would you doubt this?
Topa was a little confused when facing Xier’s lack of confidence.
Even in her eyes, Xier is a natural beauty, and she is cute enough even without dressing up.
If she didn’t know that she was honest, she would have thought that the other party was being Versailles.
Just as she was about to ask a few more questions, suddenly, a noisy sound came from not far away.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and found that there were a dozen vagrants holding weapons in the corner to threaten the ordinary residents who got food.
They didn’t dare to provoke Su Mo and others who were dressed brightly, but they dared to provoke other weak people.
If they queued normally, one person could only get food for one month, but if they robbed others, they could accumulate food for a year at once.
This kind of business with no investment and huge profits, if not done at this time, when would it be done?
“Damn! These bastards!”
With just one glance, Xier understood what happened.
She sympathized with the residents of the lower class, believing that they were treated unfairly. However, as a member of the Underground Fire, she knew very well that there was no shortage of scum in the lower class.
Even among the miners with stable jobs, there were quite a few bad people, not to mention the vagrants who had lost their stable income and could only make a living by stealing and robbing.
Not to mention, those guys who dared to set up checkpoints were all familiar faces to her.
“Mr. Su Mo, and Miss Tuo, leave these bastards to me. I will make them confess their crimes and regret what they have done!”
Xier clenched her fists and took a step forward, intending to use her fists to maintain law and order as usual.
Although she didn’t know where Su Mo and others came from, she still felt very ashamed when she saw what the vagrants did.
“Wait!”
Before she took the second step, Su Mo stopped her.
“Don’t worry, just leave this kind of small matter to Saber”
“Saber?”
Xier realized that the silly girl in gorgeous armor didn’t seem to be here.
“Wait! Don’t attack them directly. There is a big gang behind these guys. If you don’t deal with them in a way that makes them convinced, the more than one hundred people behind them will cause trouble, which will be very troublesome!”
The girl immediately gave a reminder anxiously.
With her personality, she doesn’t like to smooth things over.
But long-term experience tells her that if you just get rid of the few people who are making trouble, without using the reputation of the Earth Fire Organization for a long time to deter them, the effect will be counterproductive.
In order to survive, wanderers often gather together for warmth, and they don’t distinguish between right and wrong, but only talk about their positions.
If you don’t grasp the right measure, it may cause an entire group of more than one hundred wanderers, and even other nearby groups to gather together to cause trouble.
That would be a big trouble!
Xier’s reminder is not without reason. The means of governing the grassroots are often not straightforward.
After all, you can’t just kill everyone, right?
However, facing this situation, Su Mo did not mean to stop.
“I know you are in a hurry, but don’t be in a hurry”
“Because… it’s over.”
The moment the words fell
“boom——！！！”
The huge storm directly set off a sharp explosion, like a bomb exploding. With a violent sound, the strong shock wave accurately blew away all the dozen wanderers in one breath, hanging directly on the mine wall not far away, leaving spider-web-like cracks.
The crisp sound of bones rang out, and along with this sound, the wailing of these wanderers rang out.
Some wanderers were howling like ghosts and wolves, while others fainted directly. For them, the comminuted fractures all over their bodies were too much of an injury to test their willpower.
“The Master has ordered that looting is prohibited here.”
A clear voice sounded, and like the blooming of a noble flower of knights, Artoria raised her sword and announced her own rules.
Seeing the miserable state of the wanderers, most of the residents’ eyes were full of longing and gratitude for the aloof Knight King standing on the battlefield.
The miners have always been attacked by wanderers, and seeing Artoria attack these criminals, they naturally will not be afraid of her.
On the contrary, normal people will only feel very relieved.
After expressing their gratitude, a few people were worried, not because they were worried that Artoria would attack them, but because they were worried that Artoria would not be able to handle the next situation.
Sure enough, witnessing the miserable state before them, the wanderer groups from different places looked at each other. Although their eyes were full of fear, encouraged by the crowd, more than a hundred of them still marched towards Artoria aggressively.
“Be careful!”
Xier stepped forward impatiently, came to Altria, and stared at the group of wanderers who were trying to start a collective riot.
“What do you want to do? Do you want to violate the order of the lower zone and become enemies with our Earth Fire?”
In response to her question, the wanderers sneered and collectively moved forward.
“We just want to seek justice. This woman is bullying the weak, and you, the Earth Fire, are just leaving it alone?”
Faced with such moral kidnapping, Xier’s eyes flashed with anger.
“It was you who violated the order first, don’t push your luck!”
Facing the girl’s threats, noticing that she had no intention of taking action directly, the leader of the wanderers took a bold step forward and faced the blade of the sickle.
“I’ve said it before, we just want justice. As a member of the Earth Fire, you won’t attack unarmed wanderers like us for this reason, right?”
Faced with such moral oppression, Xier’s hands tightened, but she couldn’t chop down.
Just as she was so easily played by Su Mo and Topa before, she, who held a simple sense of justice, couldn’t kill someone who hadn’t committed an unforgivable crime, even if she knew that the other party was a human.
Seeing this, a hint of joy flashed in the eyes of the wanderer leader.
Just as he was about to ask Altria to compensate them for all the food.
Behind Xier, the petite Knight King tilted his head and asked in confusion……
“So, Miss Xier, why can’t we do anything to them?”
Hearing this question, the two of them were slightly stunned.
Xier immediately gave a reason.
“After all, they haven’t really committed any crime yet, so we can’t arrest them all, right? If we arrest them, we’ll have to feed them, and we don’t have that much money.”
This reason is very real.
After hearing this, the leader of the wanderers also showed a smug expression.
“I know you can fight, and I know we can’t afford to offend you. But you can’t just kill us all, right?”
“In this case, instead of wasting time, why not give us the remaining food as compensation? We will find a way to take back the food given to others, so you don’t have to worry about it.”
“You rich young masters and young ladies, just pretend that you have successfully completed a charity, and we stray dogs can also get enough supplies. How about this, isn’t this a good win-win situation?”
It must be said that he is very clear about his characteristics as a troublemaker, and no one wants to be entangled with him, so cutting off flesh and leaving is the best choice.
Even if they have no combat effectiveness, others will not be willing to get their blood on their hands… Relying on this, he led this extreme group of wanderers to thrive and the number of people continued to expand.
Although there were also complaints, as long as there was no awareness of killing all of them, there was no way to stop them from kidnapping with their lives.
Everything has been going smoothly so far, and he feels that the current situation is also an opportunity.
If he can get so many hard currency supplies, then he can continue to recruit troops and expand his power fiercely.
Faced with such shameless behavior, Xier cast a disgusted and angry look.
“Win-win? What about the old, weak, women and children whose food you took away? Do they deserve to die?”
“This is none of my business. Who told them to do this?——”
Who made them weak? Before he could finish his sentence, the leader of the wanderers suddenly fell silent.
Not only him, but the entire group of wanderers fell silent at the same moment.
Because hundreds of golden sword lights appeared on their necks at some point, piercing through their necks like the sword of Damocles, revealing a little bit of blood.
“Wait! Don’t be impulsive, what do you want to do?”
Feeling the threat to his life, the psychological advantage built up by the leader of the wanderers collapsed instantly. He immediately looked at the owner of the golden sword light, Altria, who controlled the lives of all the wanderers.
At this moment, this petite and beautiful blonde knight girl also looked at them, her eyes still somewhat confused.
“Xier, there is still one thing I don’t understand.”
The girl who bore the name of King Arthur spoke slowly.
“What’s the matter?”
Xi’er asked in surprise.
She was not surprised by Altria’s strength, but she didn’t expect that this girl looked petite, but was so decisive in her actions.
The leader of the wanderers also suppressed his fear and stared at the knight girl in front of him, as if betting that the little girl would not dare to take action.
Facing the eyes of everyone, Altria said bluntly
“As the wanderer leader said, if there is not enough food supply, why not just kill them all?”
“Um?”
“？？？”
When these words came out, both of them were shocked.
They didn’t expect that Altria could say such terrible words without any fireworks.
“That’s more than a hundred people, how can they all be killed?”
Xi’er suppressed the trembling in her heart and asked back.
In response, Altria’s answer was more direct.
“Since there is a shortage of supplies, someone must die. Since someone must die, why can’t it be these villains who die?”
For her, this is a simple trade-off, and there is no reason to hesitate.
“because——”
Xier was stuck for a moment and didn’t know how to answer this question.
“Who the hell are you trying to scare? We have more than a hundred people.——”
The leader of the wanderers could not believe that the little girl was telling the truth. With a slight panic, he raised his voice desperately to prove the other party’s absurdity.——
“”Bang!”
The sword flashed, the head fell to the ground, and a life was evaporated on the spot.
Then, Altria said in a slightly strange tone:
“It’s just a hundred people, is that a lot?”
As a knight who has experienced many battlefields, she is a king who is used to seeing life and death, not a little girl like Xi’er who still has resistance to killing.
So far, there are more than tens of thousands of souls killed by her sword, and more than 100,000 people have died under her command. Under such circumstances, a hundred people are just a small team of enemies.
Not to mention, these wanderers in front of them can only be regarded as hooligans, not even enemies.
For a wise king, cleaning up such existence is completely a benevolent policy.
Not to mention the psychological burden, this thing should even be announced as an achievement.
As she said, she raised her wrist slightly, and the remaining sword light was aimed at the remaining one hundred wanderers.
“Master once said, killing is to protect life, and killing karma is not killing people.”
“Although I don’t understand what I’m saying, the general meaning should be that if we kill more than a hundred of you, more than a thousand people will be saved… Is that right?”