Chapter 58
In the light curtain, Nago was still hosting very professionally in his golden lion socks: "...Currently, Valcas Uhl has the most votes. It seems the audience wants this elven criminal to find redemption."
"Let
briefly introduce Mr. Uhl's life story. He was born in 1542 at the Erald Dragon Orphanage. You may not be very familiar with the Erald Dragon Orphanage, but it is currently the only dual-first class orphanage in Caimon City, and the predecessor of the 'Erald Garden' orphanage."
"In the past three hundred years, Erald Dragon was an orphanage exclusively for elves and never accepted infants of other races. But in 1600, under the promotion of the 'Racial Equality in Childcare Act', Erald Dragon and many other orphanages rged to beco the multi-racial Erald Garden orphanage, which has nurtured many outstanding talents to date. Its sorcerer training rate is as high as 21%. If not for his cris, Mr. Uhl would surely have been a famous alumnus that Erald Garden boasts about."
Although Ashe didn't know what a "dual-first class orphanage" was, he felt it was probably more important than academic background here.
In Blood Moon's society where all childcare was socialized and private parenting was illegal, orphanages were probably equivalent to a child's family.
The more powerful the orphanage, the better the child's background.
If Ashe guessed correctly, orphanages probably had 'selection rights' over infants.
Although many factors influenced a child's growth, in this magician's world full of miracles, it was not impossible to use so thods to screen for infants with better potential, aptitude and temperant, and nurture them in an excellent environnt.
Starting from birth, children from outstanding orphanages were like rolling snowballs, far ahead of others.
If Ashe lived here as an ordinary person, he would probably feel despair over this insurmountable gap.
After Nago introduced Valcas' illustrious background, Ashe saw Valcas' votes increase by another ten thousand.
At this point, Ashe was starting to sense why Valcas was more favored by the audience.
"After completing basic education at the orphanage, Mr. Uhl studied at Atson Secondary School and Caimon Comprehensive University successively, obtaining white silver degrees in eleven disciplines including swordsmanship, painting, music and earth manipulation over thirty years. He was appointed by Caimon University as a research professor in the Biology Departnt, and served as an academic advisor for the Forest Biotechnology Company."
"In 1645, Mr. Uhl was nominated as a councilor for Caimon City, but lost by 3 votes to another candidate. This makes one wonder - if Mr. Uhl had been elected councilor back then, would he have kept himself in line and been strict with himself? Or would he have committed even more serious cris?"
"Overall, Mr. Uhl was once a citizen with superior background, good education, and made many contributions to society. But it's a pity he went astray and was blinded by desire, committing unforgivable cris..."
"There is only 1 minute left before the voting ends. Audiences who haven't voted, please hurry."
"Each vote earns redemption points, which can be exchanged for consur brands participating in the 'Redemption Program'. The latest brand to join the program is Aiche Jewelry - every 30 points can be exchanged for a coupon!"
"During the new year transition, redemption points can even be used for the Blood Moon lottery!"
"Please don't be stingy with your redemption votes - keeping them won't make babies. If you don't use sothing when the ti cos, it loses aning!"
"Each of your votes represents your contribution towards redeeming sinners and adding light to the Blood Moon!"
"Only 30 seconds left... Ah!"
With Nago's sudden cry, a hideous and brutal Executioner erged from the ground. It was seven ters tall, with three heads and eight arms, each holding a different weapon. Its three faces wore expressions of compassion, anger and calmness. Its body was wrapped in azure armor made of Purgatorial Fla, like a deity descending, the incarnation of divine punishnt!
When the Titan Executioner opened its six eyes simultaneously, it actually made a tallic sound!
Its three mouths opened at the sa ti, letting out a long breath that stirred the air currents!
The Purgatorial Fla on its body spread like a storm, igniting blue flas on the eight steel wires. The flickering flas turned into a blue flaming path leading to the platform!
An aura of despair, destruction and crushing pressure washed over them. All the death row inmates shivered and hid at the edges, as if afraid of attracting the Titan Executioner's attention.
Ashe looked at Valcas and reflexively took a step back.
"Scram, don't get in my way." Valcas said coldly.
Every cell in Ashe's body urged him to make a run for it. After all, Valcas and the Titan Executioner were so powerful, it made no difference whether he was here or not.
But when he lowered his head, he noticed Valcas' hand gripping his sword hilt was trembling.
After a few seconds, Valcas looked at the shivering Ashe beside him and sneered, "Not to that extent right? Your legs have gone soft and you can't even run away?"
Ashe was also holding a sword. His hands shook, making the longsword tremble, and his teeth chattered as he spoke, "W-when I was in school, I noticed so classmates had no one to play with. They went to the toilet alone during breaks, stood at the side during P.E., and had no one to pair up with for field trips and outings... So I made it a point to play with them, chat with them, play ball together, be in the teacher's group together..."
"Hypocrisy." Valcas scoffed. "You only did it to satisfy your condescending sense of pity, to gain spectators' approval by commiserating them, to obtain psychological fulfillnt through patronizing them, or even to satisfy your own pathetic lust for power by controlling them - no different from a slave owner. The only difference is slave owners shackle their slaves with violence, while you shackle them with ‘friendship’."
"Yes, I know I'm just a pretentious fraud. I actually dislike so of their traits too, but interacted with them to satisfy those dark desires. That's why I rarely kept in contact with them after growing up..." Ashe said, "But at a gathering, a classmate told
he was very grateful that I was willing to spend ti with him back then. If not for , he might have remained a loner... Now he has a girlfriend and plans to get married, and wants to invite
to be his best man..."
Valcas raised his brows slightly, a trace of confusion on his face. "Marriage, best man?"
"In short..." Ashe's body stopped shaking as much. He looked towards the imposing Titan Executioner in the distance. "Just pretend I'm doing this to satisfy my hypocrisy. Let
stay here for a while. When it cos over, I'll leave."
"Boring, irrational, aningless. I don't understand why you want to do this, when just yesterday we were still fighting to the death..." Valcas said coldly, "Or could it be you want to build up a benevolent image before the audience, to pave the way for your next Blood Moon Tribunal?"
"I didn't know there was such an operation, thanks for the heads up. In that case, I definitely have to stay till the very last second before running. Don't stop
later, and don't mind . A petty hypocrite like
will surely run faster than anyone when danger cos."
Valcas was silent for a mont, calmly watching the oppressive Titan Executioner.
"Do as you wish."
Ashe tried to force out a smile, but a heavy footstep made his scalp tingle.
Boom!
Boom!
The Titan Executioner walked over step by step. The intense vibrations traveled along the steel wires onto the platform, making it difficult for the death row inmates to even stand.
As it walked, it lifted its weapons. Four-winged spirits appeared on each weapon. Space collapsed wherever it passed, ti distorted! The entire world seed to revolve around it!
"The Titan Executioner is different from other executioners."
Nago's voice ca clearly from the light curtain amidst this terrifying pressure.
"It doesn't use whips like the Flagellator to awaken the criminal's conscience, or blood like the Blade to cleanse the criminal's sins, or endless nightmares like the Soul Drinker to make the criminal experience the suffering...
"It only uses the most powerful miracles to instantly redeem the criminal. Regardless of gender or strength, it does its utmost to respect every life."
"With solemn death, it forges the immortality of the Blood Moon."
Boom!
Another deafening footstep. Suddenly, dozens of crimson chains shot out from the ground and pulled Ashe down, forcing him to kneel!
"What is this!?" Ashe struggled violently, but couldn't break free at all. The chains seed fused to his joints - any attempt to stand would viciously wrench his joints and nerves, forcing him to remain kneeling.
Why was only Valcas being attacked while he was fine?
"The first miracle, Earth's Judgnt!" Nago announced. "The earth responds to the footsteps of justice!"
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Valcas swung his longsword, severing the crimson chains. He seed to want to help Ashe, but at this mont long wails sounded from the night sky!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Valcas suddenly danced an agile and graceful elven sword dance on the spot, as if battling invisible enemies. Looking closely, Ashe saw invisible wind blades sweeping in from all directions. Any pause in Valcas' movents would an being shredded to pieces!
"The second miracle, Heaven's Judgnt!" said Nago. "Any stubborn fool unwilling to kneel and repent will receive the heavens' admonishnt!"
"With earth and heaven sealed off, next is the third miracle - the Judgnt of the Masses!"
"The Titan Executioner will impartially bestow death upon every recipient of redemption!"
Ashe raised his head and saw the Titan Executioner had already covered most of the distance, just two to three steps from the platform!
Kneeling and looking up now, he felt its sheer massive size and horror even more intensely!
That oppressive aura of a colossal being overwheld him, almost freezing his thoughts!
The last shreds of rationality scread wildly in his mind: Run!
Yes, run...?
Ashe looked at the crimson chains binding him, then blinked blankly.
Whoops.
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