The brave man opened the coffin and rose

Chapter 66 Am I Still a Good Citizen?

“Human knowledge depends mainly on material production activities.”

"They are basically all captives captured by the Lizardmen from nearby farms and towns. Their usual living experience is farming."

"Farming is a production activity with considerable risks, especially in the North. The laws of the weather are difficult to summarize. Even if there were no follow-up effects left by the devil, the North itself is always cold and freezing."

"So, this creates a personality where you want to get something and hoard it when you see it."

"Now that I've suddenly turned over and seen so much wealth, it's inevitable that I'll have such thoughts."

“But conscious agency is the greatest characteristic of human beings.”

"Just like I gave you the opportunity to exact revenge, you can also choose to forgive me."

"Besides, I would never suddenly put you in a desperate situation."

"Salary, rewards and punishments."

"Then, I gave everyone an afternoon to make their own choices. I also emphasized that those who were reported and voluntarily turned themselves in during this afternoon would be innocent."

"It's late now, but I'm still willing to give you a chance."

After saying this, Abes took out an hourglass that he had prepared long ago and turned it over.

This thing was found in the kitchen area. Perhaps it was prepared to facilitate cooking stages such as stewing soup that require controlling the heat and time.

As time passed, perhaps it was because of the pressure from the scout team members standing behind Abes, ready to go; perhaps it was because they suddenly had a change of heart; perhaps it was because they witnessed the relief of the public inventory being carefully calculated, recorded and preserved by Kronos and his men.

In short, a few more people came forward and said that due to negligence, they had not handed in some things.

As the sand finally disappeared into the transparent glass bottle, Abes stood up.

"Now, it's your turn to exact revenge for your own choices."

Abes raised his hand, and beside him, Gaviling, who had been prepared, led the scout team and instantly dispersed in the camp.

Among the total team of nearly eight or nine hundred people, less than one-third actually participated in the looting at the beginning.

And after the demand was made that all the spoils be returned to the public, the vast majority of people returned what they had taken.

There are also many people who only hand them out after being reported.

After Abes finally put out the hourglass, a group of people's psychological defenses collapsed and they hurriedly took things out.

And what's left is...

"There are many?"

"Thirteen."

Jiaweiling, who had already finished observing everything, quickly brought his men to present these people and the physical evidence to everyone.

Gold and gems wrapped in small packages and buried underground or sunk in the water; there was even a set of blacksmith tools that someone had gone through great pains to hide; and magic scrolls and potions that sparkled with magical light and could be exchanged for a large sum of money at first glance.

These physical evidences looked particularly ridiculous when compared with the public treasury behind Abes, which was led by Kronos and was counting and recording them one by one and then storing them in a list.

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Abes didn't want to recall what happened afterwards.

Abes had long anticipated the people's curses on this group of people, as well as their crying and confessions, which were not sure whether they were sincere or not.

The reason why these people are put forward directly is not only to warn others, but more importantly, to let them have an understanding of law and punishment.

Everyone knows that the murderer will be put to death, but how should the other crimes be judged?

Soon, Abes's proposal of expulsion and labor as a way of expiating the crime was unanimously recognized by everyone.

Five people who hid a large amount of property were expelled by them and were not allowed to join again.

As for the rest, their sentences ranged from several months to several years of labor, depending on the amount of their property.

During the period of labor atonement, not only do you have to take the initiative to deal with various hard or complicated tasks, but you also don't get paid like you do in the logistics team.

This makes some people cry without tears.

Especially the young man who was determined to hide a set of blacksmith tools. Not only was he not worth much, but he was also a blacksmith and was classified as a talent in the logistics team.

If he handed it in, as a talent, he would be able to get much more salary than the other people in the logistics team.

Perhaps it was because of his distrust of officials and soldiers due to past experiences, in the end this seemingly honest guy refused to hand it over, leaving the others sighing for a long time.

After these people were convicted, everyone realized that in addition to the death penalty for murder, the other crimes could also be measured.

After all, if a murderer is killed, then he can be punished equally; then what about stealing and deceiving? Should we let everyone steal from him and tell lies to him?

And when everyone has this idea, they will transform a crime that is not punishable by death into a certain period of unpaid labor.

Only then will it be easier for them to deal with the Lizardman captives.

Only they realized the concept of crime and punishment.

The message that Abes had arranged for Anivia to help promote, "Don't mistreat prisoners," would not be an empty talk.

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In the camp, the lady who had just joined the camp looked over with scrutiny at what she had witnessed in the afternoon and evening.

It's... confusing.

Is it the right choice for me to pretend to join in for its safety?

The lady, wrapped in a black robe, was playing with a short stick with a frost pattern that she had put on her head as a bun.

Then she looked nervously outside the tent at the tall horse she had brought.

Through the magic of camouflage, she could see the hooked beak behind it, like that of an eagle.

Magical beasts are intelligent and human-like beings.

Because of this, I was able to be saved by it when I jumped from a high altitude.

The clever griffin determined that the lady who jumped out of the wizard tower was not in the same group as the old guys who made its master disappear.

Fortunately, they and their magical beast managed to escape successfully.

Unfortunately, the acid curse hit the griffin's hind legs at the end.

This damn spell invented by that old Winston.

Unlike crude magic attacks like acid splash, the improved and upgraded acid curse of old Winston is closer to the level of a curse.

This curse is terrible and slow to heal. It starts to infect people the moment they are cursed, and its effects are difficult to reverse.

It will penetrate into the skin, flesh and bones little by little, and when it comes into contact with the blood, it will cause the blood to boil instantly.

What's even more annoying is that if you cut it off directly and then use healing magic, the wound doesn't go away.

She needs time, and alkaline magic plants.

By now, her wanted warrant should have begun to be distributed throughout the small kingdom.

That's why she chose to land and look for a team where she could rest.

After seeing a group of "workers" building a temporary dam in the air, she controlled the griffin to land.

He gave a griffin disguised as a tall horse as a greeting gift, and proposed to join them in the operation.

However, when she saw Abes standing in front of the crowd and giving a speech, she was a little stunned.

Why is it this guy? Isn’t he the adventurer hired by General Paddy to deal with the Lizardmen?

Now, the area on my waist and abdomen where he had stabbed me was still aching.

I have never heard of any adventurer who has an "army" of hundreds of people under his command.

Even though more than half of them are non-combatants doing logistical work, this situation is not consistent with the normal configuration of adventurers.

And after that, she was even more surprised by the slogans this guy proposed, such as returning all the captured items to the public and not mistreating prisoners.

Some novel ideas.

After asking indirectly, she realized that she was not joining a labor group to build a river channel, nor a large caravan.

Their leader, the man with the golden eyes, claims to be an ancient hero from thousands of years ago, Abeth Grande;

The silver-haired girl that he first met was the daughter of the Myers family;

Their goal is to unleash a fire of reciprocal revenge on those who ride on the necks of the people.

One piece of news after another left her speechless with surprise.

On the third day after escaping from the royal capital, Ms. Hiinagi joined a rebel army whose current goal was most likely to overthrow the rule of the small kingdom.

"It's bad. I refused to accept old Winston's evil teachings because I plan to be a good citizen of the small kingdom..."

Now, can I still be a good citizen?