Chapter 950 Jingze Jingjiang
As ultimate time-related skills, the Lord of Science and the God of Space and Time are different things.
The God of Space and Time is strong in traveling and changing, which only works on itself. If it is not explained actively, others will not know it, while the Lord of Science is strong in the confusion of time and the reversal of everyone's concept of time.
Just like in the Conan world, today is still hot in summer, and tomorrow it can be full of ice and snow. March 1st can be followed by December 1st, and no one will feel that there is a problem.
They can naturally spend the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter in four days, and in everyone's eyes, time is moving forward in a single thread. For example, today is March 3rd, and tomorrow becomes March 2nd under the influence of the Lord of Science. In the understanding of all people affected by the skill, March 2nd is still the tomorrow of March 3rd.
This is indeed the case. Time has not really gone backwards. Under the influence of the Lord of Science, people who enter the disordered time will only stop growing in physical age, but their experience will be enriched accordingly. The experience of March 3rd has become an established fact.
This sounds like a skill that benefits the public. As long as Ji Xing has enough magic, everyone can follow Ji Xing into an era of infinite lifespan. However, as the ultimate time-based skill, the master of science has its own extra powerful points.
The first point is - quick setting!
When Ji Xing said that to Hinata, his skill of "master of science" covered the time and space of the entire Western countries. In everyone's understanding, although today's date is June 3, 1723 of the Holy Emperor's reign, tomorrow is August 9, 1721.
The weather in August is a little hotter than in June. So good, the residents of the Holy Emperor who got up the next day naturally changed into short clothes, and what they saw was indeed a hot summer day.
August 9 is the annual selection date for the Holy Knights. On this day, the streets of the Holy Emperor 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, so they should not have been able to prepare for it. However, when the sun rose, the streets were quickly arranged exactly like the annual Paladin Selection Day!
Because if they knew that the annual Paladin Selection was coming, the Holy Empire should have made these preparations, so they had these preparations, which is very scientific.
Similarly, if they had known that the Paladin Selection was imminent, the 18-35-year-olds who were interested in participating in the selection should have rushed to Ruberios, so they appeared in Ruberios at the right time and were ready... even though some of them were thousands of miles away yesterday!
The area affected by Ji Xing seemed to have become a unit drama, and his skills completed the rapid jump of background and story!
All these changes were even very smooth. Only one person in the entire Holy Empire noticed the abnormality, that is, Chloe.
Although she has not yet awakened the ultimate time-related skills, the little girl has her future self in her body - the Time Spirit, who has a natural defense against time skills.
Others, even Luminas, could not find any traces of Ji Xing's ultimate skills because they did not have the ultimate skills.
It was not a good feeling to be the only one awake while everyone else was drunk. Since last night, the little girl had been confused. She could guess that Ji Xing must have done something, but this feeling was too strange, right?
And why didn't I know?
The little girl showed a fierce expression without any deterrence, and quietly glared at Ji Xing who was following behind with a funny expression. She turned around and looked at Hinata from a distance with her four friends, inspecting the elite Paladins who were responsible for assessing the newcomers.
Today, Hinata was wearing a white dress, which was also her uniform as the Right Hand of God. She looked more heroic, and the Paladins lined up in front of her were dressed neatly and majestically.
"Recite the Ten Commandments of the Paladin!"
After explaining the precautions and assessment content for today, Hinata's sonorous voice echoed in the hall, and the Paladins responded in unison.
"First, devout faith! Always be loyal to your own beliefs, ideals, and the 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 the three boys including Kenye were almost stunned. This kind of thing is too cool for boys of twelve or thirteen years old, cooler than Transformers.
After the neat Ten Commandments were announced, the paladins walked away with more orderly steps, and Hinata turned and walked towards the children.
"Reciting the Ten Commandments word for word and practicing the contents of the Ten Commandments is the basic requirement of being a paladin." She said.
"Recite..."
This is a bit annoying for the kids, but Hinata won't give 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 after that month is the recitation of the Ten Commandments, and this item only eliminates a single digit of people every year. It's not that they can't recite, they're just nervous. Many people even finished reciting before the selection, and many non-paladins have been practicing the Ten Commandments throughout their lives."
"But isn't it weird?" Alice asked: "Ruminas is actually a demon king, right? The only, all-powerful thing..."
Hinata shook her head slightly: "This world is full of ugliness. Lady Luminas can make the Holy Kingdom of France peaceful and equal. To the people here, she is a god. Maybe you will understand it when you grow older. ”
After Luminas went to the Demonic Federation, Leonard and others also understood the true face of God, but now they are still devout paladins, because Luminas is very important to the people of this country. , is the god.
Hearing this, Ryota blinked and said, "So Rimuru-sensei allows monsters and humans to live in peace, is she also a god?"
Hinata hesitated for a moment, shook her head, nodded again, and did not give an answer. She only said: "I will take you to the selection test."
There are three levels in the preliminary test.
The first level is the 'Heart Questioning Test'. Several examiners have unique skills and can discern whether a person's heart is pure or whether he has committed evil deeds. There are lucky villains who want to sneak into the ranks of Paladins, and they may even be killed. Caught on the spot.
This thing is rather metaphysical. The five children looked at it in confusion. Hinata glanced at Ji Xing and said, "This test was originally completed by one of Qiyao. That master has the unique ability to see through good and evil at a glance." The skill 'Mercy', but due to some circumstances, this test needs to be more complicated and requires multiple people to cross-check."
The children were not very interested.
But Hinata is very confident about the quality of the children brought out by Teacher Jing. It is the nature of children to be naughty, but she believes that their character must not be defective.
Unlike myself, this test back then... almost didn't pass.
The second test is about hard work.
People who pass the first level are basically guaranteed to be ‘good people’, but good people are not necessarily 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 arranged by Luminas-sama, it is warm in winter and cool in summer, and the cultivated land is divided into several areas. blocks to ensure crops mature every month so no one goes hungry.
However, the types of grains are different, and the scope of planting is also different. Early August is always the busiest harvest season every year, because the rice, known as the holy rice, will mature at this time and be harvested intensively.
Candidate paladins who pass the first level will be divided into different queues in groups of a hundred, and will be led by formal knights to help farmers complete the harvest. After a day of hard work, their character and perseverance will be judged. "
"Mihedao..."
"Teacher Jing seems to have said it before, but I've never seen it in the ground!"
Teacher Jing... Hinata's mood was a little complicated, she nodded and said, "I'll take you there."
etc? Chloe couldn't help but glance at Ji Xing. Only she knows that today is not August 9th at all, but June 4th. According to the knowledge taught by Teacher Jing, Mihedao is still too early to mature at this time. Will the secret be revealed? !
It wasn't until she went to the street and discovered the lively atmosphere, the happy children running around, and the people calling Hinata's name in unison with reverence, that Chloe knew that things would not be that simple.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for her to see the golden and neat fields, and the children shouted in unison:
"Wow, what a beautiful rice field!"
"Hinata-sensei! Can we help with the harvest too? I want to go too!"
Hinata nodded slightly and signaled Leonard who was following nearby. The 'immortal' soon went to teach the children how to harvest the rice fields.
Of course, they were more playing than working. The three boys were waving their sickles tirelessly, and Chloe was sipping the rice grains one by one, as if trying to find out the problem.
Hinata and Ji Xing stood on the ridge of the field, vaguely flashing back to the last Paladin selection two years ago, no, a year and 10 months ago in their minds.
Why is it that the annual Paladin selection should be complete, but at this moment Hinata completely ignores it, or it is impossible to care.
She remembered that time, she was also patrolling the field ridge, supervising the selection of Paladins. At a certain moment, she saw a familiar figure from behind, her teacher, Shizue Izawa.
It was two months later that she got the news of Izawa Shizue's death and being devoured by the monster slime, so looking at it now, she felt that the teacher might have had a premonition at that time and came to see her for the last time. of.
Probably because he saw that his current situation was good, he left with peace of mind, and Hinata did not catch up to him. It wasn't that her relationship with the teacher was not good, Jing was probably the only person who gave her a warm feeling before this.
The problem is herself.
She was born in an unfortunate family. Her father was a man who was addicted to gambling and left a lot of debts to the family. Because her mother could not accept the violence of her father, she chose to believe in the brown religion and turned a blind eye to the affairs of the family. ask.
The only good thing is that her parents gave her a genius mind.
When she was 15 years old, she caused her father, a gambler, to disappear without anyone noticing, and gave her mother a large amount of insurance money.
Even so, her mother still ignored family affairs, so she planned to clear out those Brown Cult members. Just during that time, an accident brought her to this world.
And when she first arrived, she happened to meet villains who coveted her beauty, which made her distrust anyone and think that all worlds are 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 could not change this dirty world, so she chose to leave until she found "hope" here in Luminas.
It was just that her previous experience made her realize the disadvantages of lack of communication, and she felt that her character needed to change. Looking back on the past, she also found that she had missed a lot.
Naturally, she also thought of Shizue Izawa.
Maybe she regretted it. At least when she saw the back of Teacher Jing that time, she should have chased after her and talked to her teacher frankly.
So now she couldn't help showing some tenderness when she saw these children who were taken care of by the teacher at the time, and her impression of Rimuru changed greatly.
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world. In the future... I must be more frank.
Thinking of this, Hinata glanced at the ridge of the field in the distance, and her movements suddenly paused.
A familiar figure wearing an anti-magic mask was standing there, which made her feel a little dazed and shocked... I was actually hallucinating? !
Until Ji Xing beside her stretched out his arm and greeted the figure: "Hello."