Game of the World Tree - Chapter 694

Chapter 694: The Past and Punishment (Update)

Maple Leaf Territory, Ze Luolan.

Sophia walked on the familiar streets, and the citizens cheered on both sides of the road.

The white smoke from the siege could still be seen in various parts of the city. That was the natural situation after the fire was extinguished.

The weather was a bit cold today. It rained for a while in the morning, washing away the blood after the battle and the scorched smell after the houses were burned, leaving only the full smell of spring soil.

Now the roads in the city are still wet, and many roads in the civilian areas have even turned into mud. If Sophia hadn’t been riding a unicorn, her legs and feet might have been wrapped in mud and water long ago.

There is no way. Even in Ze Luolan, the pearl of the Maple Leaf Territory, the roads that are repaired by the municipal government in a timely manner are only the rich areas and main roads. The nobles are always too lazy to take care of the slightly more remote places.

It’s good that it doesn’t become a vast ocean after a heavy rain. After all, the drainage system in the city has not been updated for hundreds of years. The inner city is fine, but many places in the outer city that was expanded later have not even dug drainage sewers.

Sophia, who had never left the castle, didn’t know about these things, but noticing these details at this moment deepened her faith in herself.

The empire has decayed, and the nobles have fallen.

You should never expect these high-ranking guys to have real concern for the common people.

Even if there is, it is only for the purpose of protecting their own “property”.

In the eyes of many nobles, preferential treatment of the common people is far less practical than training or recruiting a few more powerful professionals.

After all, in this extraordinary world, as long as you have enough power, even if you are violent, ordinary people can’t make any waves.

This time, the “Red Maple Kingdom” is an example.

Relying on the existing system, it is impossible to truly improve productivity, it is impossible to truly use extraordinary power efficiently, and it is even more impossible to truly create a world where everyone can live happily and have hope for the future.

But now it is different.

The improvement of the magic power of the Segos world is an opportunity, and the rebellious border lord’s cleansing of the nobles in the original territory is also a foreshadowing, and the emergence of the Church of Life is like a beacon in the dark.

Seeing the wealth and beauty of the Elf Forest, Sophia firmly believed that

only by believing in the great Queen Eve, only by spreading the idea of equality of all things to every corner of the territory, and only by letting the people of the territory truly free themselves from the rule of the nobles and awaken their thoughts, can everything be truly changed.

Thinking of this, the girl sighed softly.

She raised her head and looked at the blue sky.

The sky was as clear and bright as if it had been washed, and the sun after the rain was much softer than ever. The warm sunlight shone obliquely on the earth, and a curved rainbow was faintly outlined in the air, as if celebrating the liberation of the city.

Hmm…liberation.

This is the word of the elves. They told Sophia that this word means “to be freed from constraints, to be free or to develop”, and they are the Elf Liberation Army sent by the goddess to Maple Leaf Territory.

Sophia felt that it was still very appropriate to use it here.

Passing by the temple in the city, it has been occupied by the elves who took the lead.

They were moving the statue of the God of Dusk and Sunset out, and welcoming the statue of Her Majesty Eve into the temple amid the citizens’ cheers of “Praise the Goddess”.

Many believers of life had gathered around the temple, and they were kneeling and praying to the temple spontaneously to express their gratitude…

These people were just non-believers or believers of the evil god who were forced to convert yesterday.

And Sophia knew very well why they were so fanatical.

That was the miracle during the siege yesterday.

The horror of the evil god’s palm had long been deeply rooted in people’s hearts with the battle that wiped out the imperial army, and if the goddess hadn’t intervened, Zerolan would probably have been destroyed by the meteorite rain yesterday.

The terrifying fireballs cast by the ferocious evil god made even Sophia shudder at that time.

Of course, Sophia believed that this change in faith would not last long, after all, the starting point of the people now was only gratitude and fear of the evil god.

But the girl firmly believed that if people learned the teachings of the goddess and truly understood the essence of the “Holy Book of Life”, they would definitely become fanatical believers of the goddess from the bottom of their hearts.

After all… the people were not stupid.

They just lacked a guiding light, a strong belief that could really enter their hearts and resonate with them.

But now, they already have it.

Amid the cheers of the citizens, the statue of the God of Dusk and Sunset was pushed to the ground.

Looking at the statue that had been broken into pieces, Sophia’s eyes flickered slightly.

There was a flash of surprise in her expression, but the surprise was accompanied by understanding and joy, and at the same time, there was a hint of fanaticism and sincerity…

The statue that could be enshrined in the temple was definitely not an ordinary statue, it must have been blessed by the power of faith.

And if there was no extraordinary person taking action, and a statue like this was just pushed to the ground by a group of ordinary people, it would never fall into pieces.

The statue was cracked and lost its luster, and even if someone spit on it, there was no reaction at all. That only meant one thing –

the mythical existence represented by the statue fell.

“Praise you, great Lady Eve.”

“You are the light in the darkness, you are the justice that sweeps away the evil in the world, you are the advocate and defender of all injustices!”

“May your light shine on me forever, and may your faith spread throughout the world!”

The girl placed her hands on her chest, respectfully drew a symbol of the scepter of life, and prayed with respect.

Sophia continued to move forward across the temple where the crowd gathered.

She entered the familiar rich area, the familiar lord’s castle, and finally came to the familiar castle hall.

The furnishings in the castle were no different from when she left a few months ago, everything seemed the same as yesterday.

Looking at the lord’s chair covered with white bear skin, Sophia’s vision was a little dazed.

She seemed to see her father sitting on the chair again, telling her stories outside, and she seemed to see herself accidentally breaking her father’s most beloved magic lamp here and being scolded by her mother.

Mother…

Thinking of this word, a beautiful figure suddenly flashed in Sophia’s mind.

“Mother…”

The girl sighed softly.

How long has it been since I said this word?

Perhaps, it started from the day she died…

If that person is still alive, will everything that happened in the past not happen again?

If that person is alive now, will she no longer have to live in such a humble way, and can also get her own happiness?

Unfortunately, there is no if.

“What are you thinking about?”

Just when Sophia was thinking about it, a familiar voice broke the silence in the hall.

The girl did not turn around, but her expression subconsciously changed from sentimental to indifferent, and sighed:

“Sir Demacia, knocking on the door before entering the room is the most basic virtue. Please don’t lower the average quality of the elves.”

Demacia: …

A red-haired warrior looked a little depressed.

However, just when he thought the half-elf girl was going to continue to insult him, he heard the other party sighing:

“I’m thinking about my mother…”

“Mother?”

Demacia’s heart moved.

Sophia nodded gently, stretched out her hand to stroke the soft fur on the lord’s seat, and said:

“She was an elf that my father rescued from the slave traders, and she fell in love with my father at first sight.”

“In the end, despite the opposition of the family and the resistance of the nobles, my father married her…”

“However, even if my father was the first heir to Viscount Zerolan at the time, he would have been under tremendous pressure to marry an elf. After all… for the nobles, elves are only suitable as playthings and as tools to improve their bloodline and offspring.”

“It was precisely because of this that the family plotted against my father when my mother was pregnant with me, and made my father violate a baroness from a side branch after drinking and gave birth to my useless brother…”

“Now that I think about it, after my father passed away, those people in the family ignored his will and insisted on supporting Carl as the lord. I’m afraid it was also because of my bloodline.”

“Elves can improve the bloodline of the side branches, and intermarriage between the side branches and the main branch can further improve the quality of the main branch’s offspring, but directly making the offspring of the elves the orthodox heirs… I’m afraid those arrogant and corrupt guys will find it difficult to agree.”

“It wasn’t until I met Duke Rosen that I finally figured this out.”

The girl said self-deprecatingly.

However, after hearing her words, Demacia’s attention shifted to other places:

“Wait… what? Your brother was born when I was pregnant with you?”

A certain red-haired warrior looked confused.

Sophia glanced at him and frowned slightly:

“Sir Demacia.”

“Yes!”

“Are you really an elf?”

“Of course, an orthodox elf, a purebred elf!”

“Then you don’t even know that the gestation time of elves is three to five times that of humans?”

“Uh… ah? This…”

Demacia was a little stunned.

Sophia did not continue to dwell on this topic, but continued:

“After my mother and father got married, they were not happy.”

“She was too cowardly and too kind. She endured the hostility of the people around her until she died. She even stopped and persuaded my father to stand up for her for the sake of his image and prestige…”

“So, from the day she died, I vowed that I would never become a person like her, but to become a real strong man, both in mind… and in strength.”

“But now it seems that I still have a long way to go.”

The girl stretched out her hand and took out the necklace given by her mentor, rubbing it in her hand while sighing.

However, her eyes were brighter and more determined than ever before.

“You will succeed.”

Looking at the girl’s pious eyes, Demacia smiled.

“Thank you for your good words.”

Sophia rarely complained.

Putting away the necklace that looked like the scepter of life in her hand, the half-elf girl looked at a certain red-haired warrior again:

“Tell me, what do you want to see me for?”

“I thought you were not going to ask.”

Demacia’s expression was a little surprised.

Then, he put away his frivolous smile and said seriously:

“Miss Sofia, the rebellious nobles of Zerolan have also been arrested. How do you deal with them?”

Don’t say it, as long as the hairstyle, expression and tone are normal, this guy still looks like a handsome guy. After all, the foundation of face pinching is not bad.

“Old rules.”

Sofia answered without thinking.

“Trust me so much?”

Demacia soon couldn’t help but smile.

It’s just that it’s okay if he doesn’t smile, but he looks a little wretched when he smiles.

Obviously his face is still very handsome.

This… Temperament is really a very wonderful thing. Some people give people a refreshing and natural feeling when they smile, while some people, even if they are just smiling happily, look like a mosaic in their minds…

Looking at Demacia’s brilliant smile, Sophia frowned slightly and said:

“Teacher Rongrong told me that there is an old saying among the elves that evil people will be punished by evil people.”

Demacia:…

He opened his mouth and warned himself not to get angry. You can’t get angry with a woman.

“What else?”

Looking at the red-haired warrior who was still in the same place, the girl asked again.

“Uh… Also, your brother named Carl was arrested and just sent to the temple. In addition, the border Bo Otto was also arrested and sent there. By the way, he has lost all his strength.”

Demacia scratched his head and said.

…

Zerolan, the temple.

Sophia, who got the news, soon came here accompanied by Demacia and met her half-brother.

“Sophia! Sophia! For the sake of our brother and sister, please spare my life! I am willing to give up the title of Viscount, and at the same time give up the right of inheritance and the right of claim! I am innocent, it’s all the fault of the evil god! It’s all Otto’s fault! He forced me to do everything!”

Carl, who was tied up with the magic-forbidden chains, cried.

Seeing the other party’s embarrassed and spineless appearance, Sophia subconsciously wanted to ridicule, but in the end she did not say “You really don’t have the dignity of a noble” as she did in the past.

“I am not interested in the position of Viscount Zerolan. After this battle, there will be no nobles in Maple Leaf.”

The girl said lightly.

Carl was stunned.

“You…are you going to execute all the nobles?!”

He said in horror.

Looking at the other party’s confused and frightened eyes, the girl was too lazy to explain more.

“Tell me, is my father’s death… related to you?”

She asked patiently.

“No, no, no… I never thought of harming my father! Even if he doesn’t like me! How could I possibly murder my father! Sofia! My good sister… Don’t kill me! Don’t kill me!”

Carl said in horror.

Then, He pointed to the silent Otto beside him:

“It was him! He cursed my father! He needed the wealth of Zerolan, so he cursed and killed my father! I was also forced to surrender!”

Sofia ignored him, but glanced at the elf player beside him.

“Miss Sofia, [Lie Detection] shows that he is telling the truth this time, maybe with some modifications, but overall it is true.”

The mage player in charge of guarding the prisoners said respectfully.

Sofia fell silent.

Sighing, she said to Demacia again:

“Take him away and deal with him together with those nobles.”

Demacia nodded, then smiled and gestured to the two elf players standing next to Carl.

The two elf players nodded, quickly lifted Carl up, and walked outside.

Carl’s expression changed drastically, and he shouted at the top of his lungs:

“No! Sophia! Lady Sophia! Let me go! I was wrong! I was really wrong!”

His voice was getting farther and farther away, and smaller and smaller…

After Carl was taken away by the elves, Sophia looked at Otto again.

Her expression gradually turned cold:

“Otto, as the culprit of this war, as the mastermind behind my father’s death, your sins make me want to kill you right now!”

Otto glanced at her with a blank expression.

Sophia took a deep breath, calmed down her anger, and continued:

“But… I think this can make me feel relieved, but this simple punishment is too light for the sins you have committed.”

“Because of you, how many families have been broken in this war, and because of you, how many innocent lives have been killed in this war…”

“In this case… leave your fate to the people of Maple Leaf Territory!”

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(End of this chapter)