NABC Chapter 950 Jingze Jingjiang
Chapter 950 Jingze Jingjiang
Chapter 950 Jingze Jingjiang
Although both are ultimate time-related skills, the Lord of Science and the God of Time and Space are different things.
The God of Time and Space is strong in traveling and changing, but it only affects itself. If it is not explained actively, other people will not know. The Lord of Science is strong in confusing time and reversing everyone's concept of time.
Just like in the Conan world, it can be hot summer today, but it can be covered with snow tomorrow, and March 3st can be followed by December 1st, and no one will feel there is anything wrong.
They can naturally go through the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter in four days, and in everyone's eyes, time moves forward in a single thread. For example, today is March 3rd, and tomorrow will become March 3nd under the influence of the Lord of Science. In the understanding of all people affected by the skill, March 3nd is still the tomorrow of March 2rd.
This is indeed the case. Time has not really gone backwards. Under the influence of science, people who have entered chaotic time will only stop growing in physical age, but their experience will be enriched. The experience of March 3 has become an fait accompli.
This sounds like a skill that benefits everyone. As long as Ji Xing has enough magic, everyone can follow Ji Xing into an era of infinite life. However, as the ultimate time skill, the Lord of Science has its own extra powerful points.
The first point is – quick set up!
When Ji Xing said that to Hinata, his "Dominate Science" skill enveloped the time and space of the entire Western countries. Everyone understood that although today's date was June 1723, 6 in the Holy Emperor's Years, tomorrow would be August 3, 1721.
The weather in August was a little hotter than in June, so when the residents of the Holy French Empire got up the next day, they naturally changed into short clothes, and what they saw was indeed a scorching summer.
August 8th is the annual date for the selection of Paladins. On this day, the streets of the Holy Empire will be decorated sacredly and solemnly, and various businesses and stores will post banners to celebrate and bless, and give some discounts to the knights participating in the selection, and even provide some free meals.
But this time the 'incident happened suddenly', and they should not have been able to make such preparations. However, after daybreak, the streets were quickly arranged to be exactly the same as the Paladin Selection Day that should take place every year!
Because if they knew that the annual Paladin selection was about to take place, the Holy Empire should have made these preparations, so they made these preparations, which is very scientific.
Similarly, if they had known that the Paladin selection was imminent, young people aged 18 to 35 who were interested in participating should have rushed to Ruberios long ago. So they showed up in Ruberios at the right time and were ready for battle... even though some of them were thousands of miles away yesterday!
The area affected by Ji Xing seemed to have become a unit drama, with his skills completing the rapid jump of background and story!
The change was so smooth that only one person in the entire Holy Empire noticed something was wrong, and that was Chloe.
Although she has not yet awakened the ultimate time-related skill, the little girl has her future self inside her body - the Time Elf, who has a natural defense against time skills.
Others, even Luminas, cannot find any trace of Ji Xing's ultimate skill because they do not have it yet.
It was not a good feeling to be the only one sober while everyone else was drunk. Since last night, the little girl's mind was in a mess. She could guess that it must be Ji Xing who did something, but this feeling was too strange, wasn't it?
And why don't you let me know too?
The little girl had a fierce expression that had no deterrent effect. She secretly glared at Ji Xing who was following behind with a look of mockery on his face. Then she turned around and watched from afar with her four friends as Hinata was reviewing the elite paladins who were responsible for assessing the new recruits.
Today, Hinata was wearing a white dress, which was also her uniform as the Right Hand of God. She looked even more heroic, and the paladins lined up in front of her were even more neatly dressed and looked majestic.
"Recite the Ten Commandments of the Paladin!"
After explaining today's precautions and assessment content, Hinata's sonorous and powerful voice echoed in the hall, and the paladins responded in unison.
"First, have a sincere faith! Always be loyal to your beliefs, to your ideals, and to the one and only almighty god, Luminas!"
"Second, the Hand of Justice! Act in the name of justice, protect the weak, and punish evil!"
"Third, fearless courage..."
The majestic momentum rushed into the sky, and Jianye and the other three boys were almost stunned. This thing was too cool for boys of twelve or thirteen years old, even cooler than Transformers.
After the neat announcement of the Ten Commandments, the paladins walked away with even more orderly steps, and Hinata turned and walked towards the children.
"Reciting the Ten Commandments word for word and practicing their contents are the basic requirements for being a paladin," she said.
"Recite..."
This is a bit annoying for the kids, but Hinata won't offer any comfort: "During the three-day selection, the church will basically eliminate nine out of ten people, and the remaining one out of ten will be intensively trained for a month. A small number of them can become official paladins, a small number will be included as paladin candidates, and the rest will still be eliminated.
The first item in the assessment a month later was the recitation of the Ten Commandments, and this item only eliminated a single digit of people every year. It's not that they can't recite it, they're just nervous. Many people even finished reciting it before the selection. Many non-Paladins have been practicing the Ten Commandments throughout their lives. "
“But isn’t it strange?” Alice asked, “God Luminas is actually a demon king, right? The only, all-powerful…”
Hinata shook her head slightly: "This world is full of ugliness. Lady Luminas can bring peace and equality to the Holy Empire. To the people here, she is a god. Maybe you will understand when you grow up a little bit."
After Luminas went to the Demon Federation, Leonard and others also learned the true face of God, but now they are still devout paladins, because Luminas is a god to the people of this country.
Hearing this, Ryouta blinked and said, "So Rimuru-sensei makes monsters and humans live in peace. Is she also a god?"
Hinata paused, shook her head, then nodded, without giving an answer, only saying, "I'll take you to see the selection exam."
The preliminary test has three levels.
The first level is the "Test of Conscience". Several examiners have unique skills that can tell whether a person's mind is pure or whether they have committed evil deeds. Some evildoers who want to sneak into the Paladin team may even be caught on the spot.
This thing is quite metaphysical, and the five children are confused. Hinata glanced at Ji Xing and said, "This test was originally completed by one of the Seven Stars. That master has a unique skill called 'Merciful' that can see through good and evil at a glance. But because of some problems, this test needs to be more complicated and cross-checked by multiple people."
The children showed little interest in this.
But Hinata is very confident about the quality of the children brought up by Teacher Jing. Being naughty is the nature of children, but she believes that the children's character must be flawless.
Unlike myself, I almost failed this test back then.
The second level tests your diligence.
People who pass the first level can basically be guaranteed to be "good people", but good people are not necessarily not lazy.
"There is a reason why the selection day is set in August." Hinata explained, "Although the Holy City is always shrouded in the barrier set up by Lady Luminas, it is warm in winter and cool in summer, and the farmland is divided into several blocks to ensure that crops mature every month so that no one will starve.
But different types of grains have different planting areas. Early August every year is always the busiest harvest season because the rice, known as the sacred rice, matures at this time and is harvested in batches.
The candidate paladins who pass the first level will be divided into different teams of 100 people and led by official knights to help farmers complete the harvest. After a day of hard work, their character and perseverance will be judged. "
"Rice and rice..."
"Teacher Jing seems to have mentioned it, but I've never seen it in the field!"
Teacher Jing…Hinata felt a little complicated, and nodded: "I'll take you there."
Wait? Chloe couldn't help but glance at Ji Xing. Only she knew that today was not August 8th at all, but June 9th. According to what Teacher Jing taught, it was too early for the rice to mature at this time. Would it be exposed? !
It was not until she stepped onto the street and saw the lively atmosphere, the children running around happily, and the people calling Hinata's name in unison with reverence that Chloe realized that things would not be that simple.
Sure enough, she soon saw the neat golden fields and the children called out in unison:
"Wow, what a beautiful rice field!"
"Hinata-sensei! Can we help with the harvesting too? I want to go too!"
Hinata nodded slightly, motioning to Reynard who was following nearby, and the 'immortal' soon went to teach the children how to harvest the rice paddies himself.
Of course, they were more playing than working. The three boys were swinging their sickles tirelessly, and Chloe was chewing the rice grains one by one, as if trying to find out what was wrong.
Hinata and Jixing stood on the edge of the field, and the last Paladin selection two years ago, no, one year and ten months ago, flashed vaguely in their minds.
Why is it that the annual Paladin selection should have odd and even numbers, but Hinata completely ignored it at this moment, or it is impossible for her to care.
She remembered that time when she was also patrolling on the ridge of the field, supervising the selection of paladins. At a certain moment, she saw a familiar figure, her teacher, Izawa Shizue.
It was two months later that she received the news of Izawa Shizue's death and being swallowed by the monster slime. So looking back now, she felt that the teacher might have had a premonition at that time and came to see her for the last time.
Perhaps because she saw that her current situation was good, she left without any worries, and Hinata did not chase after her to recognize her. It was not that she had a bad relationship with her teacher. Shizuka was probably the only person who gave her a warm feeling before this.
The problem lies with her.
She was born in an unfortunate family. Her father was a compulsive gambler who left the family in debt. Her mother could not accept her father's violence, so she chose to believe in the religion and ignored family affairs.
The only good thing is that such parents also gave her a genius mind.
When she was 15 years old, she made her gambling father disappear without anyone noticing and left her mother a considerable sum of insurance money.
Even so, her mother still ignored the family affairs, so she planned to clean up those members of the Brown Cult. But in the meantime, she came into this world by chance.
When she first arrived, she happened to meet a villain who coveted her beauty, which made her distrust everyone and think that every world is the same.
Shizue Izawa was the only person who warmed her heart, but at that time she thought Shizue Izawa was too "weak" and following her would not change this filthy world, so she chose to leave until she found "hope" in Luminas.
However, her previous experience made her realize the disadvantages of lack of communication. She felt that her personality needed to be changed. Looking back on the past, she also found that she had indeed missed a lot.
Naturally, I also thought of Shizue Izawa.
Maybe I regretted it now. At least when I saw Teacher Jing's back that time, I should have been more frank and chased after her and talked to her.
So when she saw these children who were once taken care of by the teacher, she couldn't help but show some tenderness, and her impression of Rimuru also changed greatly.
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world. In the future... I must be more frank.
Hinata thought so and looked at the ridge of the field in the distance, and suddenly stopped moving.
A familiar figure wearing an anti-magic mask was standing there, which made her feel dazed and shocked... Am I hallucinating? !
Until Ji Xing beside him stretched out his arm and greeted the figure: "Hello."
(End of this chapter)