Chapter 285 I Know I Can’t Change My Nature (4k6)

After praying silently for those unfortunate people who didn't know what kind of mental storm they were facing.

Moon then looked seriously at the mayor in front of him.

It feels like the serious person I used to see on TV from time to time now appears in front of me with a face like this.
To be honest, Moon felt a little overwhelmed.

After coughing, Moon finally calmed down and asked the mayor:

"Why did you bring so many people to see me?"

There are nearly a hundred time travelers here, and Moon is willing to believe more than half of them when they say this is the New World.

The mayor slightly frowned his very beautiful eyebrows. Moon had already adjusted his mood and he was basically used to seeing more beautiful scenery, so he didn't feel anything.

But the tavern owner who just came in ran away crying again.

She cried loudly and without any concealment.

It seemed that he was really heartbroken.

Such an episode seemed to make the mayor lower his head.

At the same time, Moen couldn't help but look at the tavern owner who ran away crying and asked:
"May I ask what you did to him?"

The mayor's dark eyebrows slightly raised, and time seemed to stand still at this moment. On his delicate face, a pair of bright and deep eyes were like a clear spring, revealing a majesty that should not be underestimated.

After a moment, she slowly raised her slender fingers and gently rubbed her eyebrows.

Under the bright lights of the underground warehouse, her casual yet rare outfit perfectly outlined her graceful figure. Her black and shiny hair was tied up, and a few strands of hair fell beside her fair cheeks, adding a bit of softness.

Such a woman who looks extremely aggressive and breathtakingly beautiful, at this moment inadvertently reveals an intelligence and elegance that is completely different from her appearance.

I think in the past five years she probably hasn't encountered any problems that could make her frown.

But at this moment, she sighed deeply, put down her hand that was kneading her brows and said:

"I didn't do anything."

Although she didn't say more, Moon already deeply understood what was happening inside.

This is indeed a beauty that easily makes people have wild thoughts.

The appearance and the inner self are so opposite.

"I roughly understand, so my previous question was?"

The mayor frowned again and looked at Moen and said:

"Five years ago. No, it's six years ago now. Six years ago, the first group of travelers were pulled into this strange and bizarre world."

“Four years ago it was the second batch, and two years ago it was the third batch that was sent over.”

"I am a public servant. After learning that other companions were brought here by accident, and that this place can really kill us who are separated by a world."

"I set up this underground chamber of commerce, and its purpose is to protect and unite as many of us as possible, the unlucky ones who were implicated by that big shot."

The purpose of the time traveler's appearance was to recall a very important figure from the Human Union.

After six years of exploration, this has basically become a consensus among time travelers.

Moen averted his gaze slightly.

Although the source of the time travel has not been found yet, as far as we know, the big man who implicated them might be him.
"I admire your responsibility, sir, so is that why you brought these people here?"

The mayor looked at Moon seriously and asked:

"We think you are definitely one of ours, so to show our sincerity, I followed the usual practice of gathering all the companions I could to invite you to join us. But now, I am wavering in this view. You don't look like one of ours. Who are you?"

Mo En did not answer this, but just looked at the person behind her and said:

"Isn't this too risky? Your organization is to protect more travelers, so it's fine to gather everyone together, but in a place like this, shouldn't you be more open and honest?"

It was obviously not right to accept a large number of people coming here who we didn't know whether they were willing to join or not, and whose presence had yet to be verified.

At first, Moon thought he would meet the other person in person.

The mayor answered this question without much hesitation.

"Well, this is indeed an obvious question, safety, we are here for safety."

This answer made Moon and Lily confused.

The city of Rodgrens is obviously a very dangerous place now.

Why come here to find safety?
After a moment's thought, Moon asked tentatively:

"Is there something or a force watching you that needs to be avoided from the church?"

"You're right."

"What is it?"

The mayor shook his head and said:
"I have told you a lot for free, so it's time for you to show your appreciation. Tell me, were you and your companions the ones who killed the Patriarch?"

As her eyes turned to Lily, she also raised her eyebrows and said:

"An elf, and it looks like a genuine high elf. My God, he didn't even see it. Elves, humans, Patriarch, if I knew there was a high elf around you, I would definitely not come here."

"At least I won't bring everyone with me."

Elves are an extremely xenophobic race, so it's okay for them to appear around humans.

But the problem is that these two people might be the assassins who killed the Patriarch.

This makes it easy to overthink.

After all, it was hard for her to imagine that someone would assassinate the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church without the instruction of any large force.

This was also the reason why the young cardinal was extremely excited and took action.

It is unreasonable that the assassin is alone and has no power!

Moen glanced at the girl who had her ears hidden under her hood and said:
"Yes, it was the Patriarch we assassinated."

The mayor rubbed his brows again:
"What you have in your hands is very valuable to us, but you have also really involved us in a very troublesome matter."

Moon's affirmative answer made the mayor fall into thought for a moment.

She could already foresee the madness of the church.

Although they had made some preparations, she was still a little worried when she suddenly faced this huge monster.

After careful consideration, she asked Moon:

"You can choose not to answer or to answer selectively, but this has something to do with whether we are willing to continue to cooperate with you, so please consider your answer carefully."

A small clock was brought to the table by a time traveler. It should be some kind of extraordinary prop for lie detector testing.

Moon didn't know the exact origin of this thing, but it didn't look like it was newly made. It was probably produced from some ruins.

"can."

Moon replied after retracting his gaze.

The mayor asked seriously:
"Why did they assassinate the Patriarch? Is this the beginning of a holy war?"

Regarding these two crucial questions, Moon said without hiding anything:

"Because I promised a child. And this will indeed be the beginning of a war, but it has nothing to do with other forces."

The mayor looked at the unresponsive little clock in surprise.

He said it was true?
so?
"Are you saying that there is no force signaling or supporting you?"

"Correct."

This time, even the mayor lost his composure.

"You two killed the Patriarch all by yourself?! Do you really know what you are talking about? The Church will never let you go. Why?"

Moon continued to repeat the sentence:

"I promised a baby."

The mayor, who had calmed down a little, couldn't help but ask:

"Is it worth it?"

Moon said calmly:
"I owe him." The mayor, whose brows frowned and then relaxed, finally asked again:
"How far do you plan to go?"

"I plan to kill the Pope. Although I will definitely do it in a compromising way, I will also try my best to do it in a way that a mortal can theoretically replicate."

This time, the entire warehouse fell into deathly silence.

They were shocked by the audacity of the man before them and found his plan ridiculous.

Kill the Pope, or use the power of a mortal?

Even though it was said in a compromising way, they still felt it was too outrageous.

Besides, is there any need for it?

"Are you joking?"

Moen shook his head and said:

"No, sir."

After a moment of shock, the mayor shook his head decisively and said:

"This is impossible."

Moen smiled and said:

"Do you think there will be two mortals who can kill Patriarch Rodgrens before me?"

Although this made the mayor choke, it did not stop her. She just paused for a moment and continued:

"You have indeed accomplished a miracle, but I have also reviewed your actions. This is only based on the premise that the church has been slack for many years and you are very clear about its protective rituals."

"And now, the church has gradually become alert. How can you deal with the power of the Pope himself and the more complicated rituals in Camelot? It may not even be possible for you to see the Pope."

Moen shook his head and said:

"You've made a lot of mistakes."

"for example?"

"For example, I don't know what the protective ritual at the Patriarch's feet is. I just know it exists."

The mayor was surprised and said:
"But from what I know, your attack did cause problems with the ritual."

Moen smiled and said:

"His ritual was fine the whole time. My attacks didn't even cause it to waver in the slightest. From what I saw later, that thing was something that even a demigod couldn't handle. The so-called problem was just a smokescreen."

The explosion was real, but the ritual being contaminated was fake, and what was flashing was not a wall of light but an explosive specially made by Moon.

Extraordinary knowledge is also difficult for ordinary people to access. The rituals used by the church's top leaders are more likely to be outrageous things that they cannot understand even after spending years.

So the weapon that Moon prepared was not specifically designed for their rituals, it was just an explosive that looked intimidating.

If you want to do this, it's very simple.

Moreover, after so many years, even Moon couldn't know how the rituals used by the church work now.

From the beginning, Moon never thought of polluting the ritual and making it ineffective.

He could do it, but he needed to make his actions as easy as possible for others to replicate.

So he was just playing a little trick to gamble with the Patriarch.

If the Patriarch gets scared and uses the power of the rituals and his own extraordinary tools for frontal defense, then Moon will succeed.

Otherwise, Moon will return empty-handed.

The mayor slowly understood this and raised his eyebrows.
"Then your success is just luck!"

Moon said seriously:
"Before I explained this, all of you thought it was an assassination attempt by other bigwigs. You, the church, and the dead patriarch all thought so."

"Because who would believe that this was just an assassination by two unknown little people? This is unbelievable!"

"You all think this is an assassination initiated by a big shot, and since it was initiated by a big shot, it must be a thunderbolt."

"Then, our attack did bring about a great visual effect. Because the explosion was in front of us, my deception was also in front of us. To a person who is already afraid of three-pointers, it seemed that his life-saving method was collapsing, and the next wave of buzzer-beaters would definitely come from this direction."

"So, why wouldn't he leave his back to me?"

"Of course I have to admit that this is still a gamble, but my chances of winning are not low."

At the end, Moon also looked at the mayor seriously and emphasized:
"Besides, he is Patriarch Rodgrens. After his term ends, he will be promoted to the high position of Cardinal in the church. Anyone who sees him will have to acknowledge him as a superior."

"How can it be so easy and foolproof to kill someone like this?"

This time, the mayor really didn't know how to answer.

Yeah, how could killing such a character be so easy and foolproof?
After a brief hesitation, she could only ask:
"What about the Pope? How are you going to deal with the Pope?"

Moen said truthfully:

"I have prepared a plan and completed the preliminary preparations, but I don't know whether my plan will succeed."

The mayor asked sadly:
"I don't know what you owe that kid, but is it really necessary to do this? You're not risking your life."

Morn answered quickly and calmly.

"I'm not just doing this for the kid."

The mayor was puzzled by Moon's words:

"why?"

"To let people know that a mortal can kill the Pope."

"This is a world where true gods walk on earth. Are you trying to emphasize the human rights equality of our Human Union?"

As far as the mayor was concerned, this guy was definitely not from their Human Rights Union, but she also didn't expect that this guy actually advocated the human rights equality of their Human Rights Union.

"No. This world is destined to be a pyramid structure, with such a strict hierarchy that there is no hope of change."

This is the answer that Morn came to after going through four eras and countless identities.

Even he cannot change this. This is bound to be a pyramid society.

God must be higher than man, and the extraordinary must be higher than ordinary people.

That is why when he was in the Old World, he asked Quintus what the gods and supernatural beings thought of the slave uprising.

Even Moon knew that even if he succeeded in killing the Pope, King Lionheart would still have to step in to clean up the mess.

But he decided to do it anyway.

The mayor was confused. She didn't think the guy in front of her was crazy, so she asked directly:

"Then why do you want to do all this useless work?"

Moon stood up and said to the mayor seriously:

"Because I want to make the situation of mortals as good as possible. Not only do I want the extraordinary to see what mortals can do, I also want mortals to see what they can do."

"My method may not be replicable, but as long as I have done it, it means they also have the hope and possibility to do it. Because I will try to do it at the most reproducible cost possible."

"Then maybe they who are used to silent endurance will learn to resist, and those who are used to oppressing the mud will remember that the mud may kill them."

"I didn't even think that they could try to challenge the Patriarch, challenge the Pope, like I did, as long as they could try to kill the priests who they could really easily kill."

"I can't change the nature of this world, but I want to make it a little better."

"Maybe in the end this is still a waste of effort, but what if? What if I didn't do anything in vain? So since I can do it and I promised the child, I will naturally do it."

The mayor stood there in a daze. She knew that the other party was right.

Especially since she was from the People's Federation and was a public official, she knew very well that no matter how many meetings they held, how many notices they issued, and how many laws they issued to emphasize that corruption was not allowed, it was far less effective than letting them see a few actual cases of ordinary people being killed because of corruption.

It would be even better if it happened nearby.

The appearance of a ruthless person can make an area better for at least a few years or even more than ten years.

But at this time, Moen suddenly changed the subject and asked her a question he had asked before:
"I have told you very sincerely what you want to know. So, shouldn't you also answer what you are avoiding?"

The mayor replied subconsciously:
"dragon!"

(End of this chapter)