novelraw #141 - Section 141
#141 - Section 141
People are such contradictory creatures.
Before, she looked at a lazy bum and hated that he wasn't striving for more, hoping he would find his own heroic path, become proactive and strong, and grow up quickly.
Now, seeing him truly walking the path of a fearless hero, falling into darkness to seek the light, she feels sorry for him again.
If possible, it wouldn't be bad for him to remain a carefree, muddle-headed, idle child who wastes his time.
Such praise sounded pleasing to Roger.
I'm an adult, of course, I'll grow up and have all sorts of complete functions. It's super depressing to always be treated like a child.
Unfortunately, Roger's mental power has not fully recovered yet.
Although he is actively meditating to recover, his meditation skills are not proficient, and the recovery speed is extremely limited. He has not yet reached the minimum threshold for regional broadcasting.
If the Eternal Night Empress knew through his heart that Roger was bothered by the title "Little Roger," she could easily find a way to resolve his knot and play some adult games, naturally increasing the possibility of a confession event occurring.
Again, unfortunately, there are no ifs in life.
Roger had something to fill his stomach, so he slowed down his eating speed and asked, "Your Majesty, how many nobles can I judge this time?"
He was asking about the extent of this acting.
Although he was in character, he still had to prioritize the overall situation of the empire, deter the nobles, increase the people's confidence in the empire, and stop after completing these two strategic goals.
The Eternal Night Empress casually replied, "As you wish."
Roger couldn't help but be stunned. Another open-ended question? Is there any hidden meaning?
The Eternal Night Empress saw his expression and knew he was overthinking again. She turned the skewer in her hand and tapped him on the head with the oil-free side.
"Don't think so much, don't worry so much. Since I established the Dark Night Guard, it's not a game. If these dregs are unforgivable, then killing them all is fine. I won't give you any quotas." The Eternal Night Empress smiled proudly, "This vast empire has no shortage of ambitious people."
"Respect to Your Majesty, it is the empire's fortune to have you."
Roger couldn't help but raise his glass and drink it all in one gulp.
Theoretically, the Eternal Night Empress is the largest noble in the empire.
But she transcends the limitations of class, can stand at a higher and farther position to think about problems, and dares to take the unprecedented key step, giving herself unlimited support.
This is the trust that any era, any subject dreams of obtaining.
As the saying goes, 'Being selfless makes one strong.' The former Roger only wanted to lie flat. No matter how many rewards the Eternal Night Empress gave, he would only be grateful, not moved.
But at this moment, looking at those numb people, he really wanted to eradicate the world's perennial malpractices and let the people at the bottom understand that they are not ants.
They should be self-respecting, self-loving, and enjoy the beautiful "human" things in this world.
Bloodlines have no nobility. Labor and knowledge are the true criteria for evaluating a person beyond their peers.
But Roger knew that he didn't have the ability to implement such ideas in the empire yet.
Unless, the Eternal Night Empress supports it, unconditional support.
He thought he had to make a greater contribution to get such an opportunity.
But he didn't expect that he would now get the right to judge all guilty nobles without limits?
He thought he was just a father figure created by the script, a deterrent mascot.
Who would have thought that Her Majesty was really preparing to make those nobles his grandsons, intending to use this opportunity to sweep away the past decay and create a new era for the empire.
This surprise made Roger feel an unprecedented sense of gratitude.
He would not submit to powerful forces, but the Eternal Night Empress's determination tonight made him truly want to follow her.
"Having you is also my fortune."
The Eternal Night Empress also raised her head and drank the wine in her glass, her bright eyes gazing at Roger, revealing a faint smile, "I never thought that we, such small people, would create a great era in the end."
She teleported back to the palace, but left infinite confidence and strength to Roger.
A Dark Night Guard leader came in to report: "Reporting to the Commander, the Free Duchy Alliance has captured and executed seventy-six out of ninety-nine nobles, five committed suicide, and eighteen escaped abroad. Please instruct us on the follow-up work."
Roger said calmly, "Don't worry about those who escaped for now. Continue to collect evidence of crimes committed by nobles along the way to the north."
The Dark Night Guard leader asked for instructions: "Sir, how far north should we investigate?"
Roger's eyes flashed with that proud and unparalleled figure, and a faint smile appeared on his face, "However big the empire is, that's how far we'll investigate."
Chapter 123: Roger is really daring!
The new day arrived, and the public trial of nobles in the square finally ended.
The people, who had endured a whole day, cheered for Roger Charles and the Dark Night Guard, and left Fergus City in an orderly manner.
They came with confusion and left with excitement and hope.
Although they didn't know who would rule them next, no new lord could be worse than the demons like Duke Fergus, right?
In the future, doing bad things will be judged by the Dark Night Guard, and they will definitely not escape Lord Roger's eyes!
The bottom people, who had been suffering for countless generations, had expectations for the future for the first time.
Perhaps when the harvest comes this year, the family can have a full meal, and add a piece of meat to the child's bowl.
This winter, it's best not to starve anyone to death again.
Because of the yearning for a better future, even after waiting for a day and a night, everyone didn't feel tired. Their bodies seemed to have endless power, and they just wanted to immediately return to their land and continue farming.
This moment's drive was completely different from the previous desperate efforts to complete the lord's taxes and rents, and struggling to carry out those corvée labors.
The next job is to strive for the beautiful things they want for themselves.
Because Lord Roger promised them that they would have such rights, they deserved to enjoy such a life, and they were willing to believe it.
Because Roger helped them avenge the great nobles who were domineering and oppressive on their heads, the people's trust in him had reached the level of the Empress.
In the future, this Roger will really have a chance to be called the Little Empress!
After dealing with this big show in Fergus City, the Dark Night Guard began to hand over the administrative and military power to the provincial governor, and then led the team north to implement Commander's highest instruction: "However big the empire is, that's how far we'll investigate."
However, the biggest winner of this public trial was the beautiful reporter who bet on her career and focused on Roger the entire time.
In the eyes of this reporter, Roger did not disappoint everyone's expectations. This guy is indeed a trouble-making expert.
Only one day after the battle of Fergus Castle, Roger staged a public trial of the nobles.
Moreover, unlike the use of a large number of new technologies to capture the castle, which required hiding the details.
This public trial needed to let the nobles and civilians have a better understanding, so that the people of the empire knew that the Dark Night Guard could really restrain and sanction the nobles, and there would be no more outlaws in the empire.
So the materials discovered by the beautiful reporter could be reported at will.
If there were materials that were not discovered, the Dark Night Guard would also provide a thick reference document.
Guarantee that she wrote the article with detailed content, rich cases, self-consistent logic, and illustrations...
In short, an excellent news report, which was recited for hundreds of years in later generations, and was selected as a famous work in literary textbooks, "There is no crime in Fergus City," was born.
With the publication of "Long Live the Queen News," this article and what happened in Fergus City became known to everyone in the Imperial Capital.
The first reaction of everyone was:
How dare Roger do this?
The speed-of-light victory of Fergus Castle shocked the people of the empire, caused heated discussions in the streets and alleys, and made the nobles secretly feel cold, marveling at the power of the Dark Night Guard.
The trial of the nobles in Fergus City directly shocked the people of the empire and left them speechless, and they couldn't even say anything to evaluate.
The people accused, measured the sentence according to the crime, and immediately ruled the nobles. This series of operations directly dumbfounded people, okay?
Not to mention that there has been no such thing since the establishment of the empire, even if everyone searched their memories, recalled history books, and reviewed the legends heard in the streets and alleys, there has never been such an operation.
The most exaggerated bards would not compile such an outrageous story, because no one would dare to believe it.
But it was published in "Long Live the Queen News." The beautiful author used a unique touch that was detached from the present world and emotional for ten generations to depict the scene of hundreds of thousands of people in Fergus City vying to report, and then the nobles' heads rolled.
The magical recordings of the scene, the reactions of different people, Roger Charles walking into the rain to call on the people to expose, this scene was unbelievable and seamless, so everyone had to believe it!
Everyone didn't know about Fergus City before, but many people believed that after this trial, there was really no crime here.
Because those heinous and wicked guys had already gone to the hell they should have gone to!
The southern nobles of the Free Duchy Alliance, from Duke Fergus and below, committed countless crimes and were all beheaded.
And they were tortured before they died, and the people revealed all their past crimes.
These domineering demons finally paid the price for their past dirty deeds, instead of pretending that nothing had happened according to the traditions of the past nobles, and even showing off at the banquet what kind of tricks they had made.
This is a good thing that makes people can't help but applaud, but the people of the empire in this era will then doubt whether such a good thing can really happen in this world?
In the past Eternal Night World, there were only nobles who failed in political changes and lost wars, and there were never nobles who were beheaded for committing crimes against the people.
Now, that era when nobles were high above seems to be over?
Roger Charles, in the name of the Eternal Night Empress, led the ravenous Dark Night Guard to successfully practice the creed that nobles who break the law are the same as commoners.
The officials, magicians, and civilians of the empire were deeply shocked and speechless, let alone those nobles who had done similar things.
"What's going on? Is Roger really doing things so absolutely?"
"Doesn't the Empress care about him?"
"He is also a noble himself. If he does this, wouldn't those lowly people rebel against the sky in the future?"
The nobles were not simply feeling cold in their backs, but a bucket of cold water poured down on them on a cold day, chilling them from head to toe!
At the same time, they couldn't help but scold Roger and collectively crusade against him.
From the perspective of the nobles, Roger had completely forgotten that he was also a noble. He was standing on the same side as those mud legs, trying to ignite their emotions and overthrow the rule of the nobles?
Is this kid seriously ill? Publicly trying the crimes of the nobles, is this an operation that normal people can do?
No, Roger himself definitely doesn't dare to do things so absolutely.
This must be authorized by the Eternal Night Empress. With her approval, the Dark Night Guard dares to do such shocking things.
However, everyone scolded and scolded, but they only did it in their own homes, or among relatives and friends. No nobles dared to collectively crusade against Roger in public and request that he be expelled or something...
The nobles have already understood that Her Majesty and this Roger are already in the same group.
Maybe that day at the celebration, they were just being tricked!
To this day, even if they unite again to oppose Roger and give more reasons, it is impossible to have any substantive effect.
Maybe it will give people a handle and bring disaster to themselves!
Moreover, the power of the nobles is weaker than ever before.
At this time, the nobles who fled have accounted for one-third of the total number of the empire, and the southern noble group has just been bloodbathed again.
The remaining power of the noble class is half weaker than the night of the triumphant celebration.
After all, the larger the nobles, the more confident they were that night, the more fiercely they made trouble, and the more worried they were about the Eternal Night Empress's liquidation afterwards...
Among the remaining nobles, a considerable proportion of royalists and emerging nobles who are absolutely loyal to the Eternal Night Empress must also be excluded.
With the ebb and flow of power, the power that the noble class can unite is pitifully small, and it is impossible to repeat the grand occasion of collectively petitioning the Empress to submit on the triumphant celebration.
The weakness and disunity of the noble class, facing the royal power that showed the butcher knife, was undoubtedly exposed.
At the critical moment, there is no such thing as hugging each other for warmth and working together. Only each shows their magical powers to save their lives.
But now the remaining nobles are also a bit embarrassed.
Running away seems to be a bit too late, and Duke Fergus also demonstrated that asking for independence is asking for his own destruction.
The best choice seems to be unconditionally following the leadership of the Empress, but the existence of the Dark Night Guard makes everyone worry that their butts are not clean.
Although they didn't play as high as Duke Fergus, everyone knows very well what they have done, and they are not far from the death penalty standard.
In the past, there was no restraint, and absolute power in the territory bred absolute corruption.
Now, if this Dark Night Guard continues to investigate and continue to liquidate, I am afraid that in the end there will be no few noble heads who can still live well in the empire.
Great fear and haze shrouded the remaining nobles of the empire, and the bigger they were, the more panicked they were.
This trick created by the Dark Night Guard, instigating the people to report the lords, directly ignited the hatred of the people, which made them feel that a sharp sword may fall on their heads at any time.
Death may not be the most terrible thing.
The most terrible thing is that this Roger Charles is not a secret trial, but arranges hundreds of thousands of people to gather, exposes all the ugly behaviors of these nobles, and then sentences them on the spot.
As long as the order of appearance is well controlled, the nobles will not only have to face the exposure of their shady things, but also endure various tortures and humiliations, and endure the ridicule and abuse of the people, so that they can get the relief of death.