Original God's Dark Priest

As the white light flashed, a quiet and beautiful picture that seemed like a dream appeared before the two people.

It was a spring afternoon, or perhaps a midsummer morning, the time was just right, and the breeze was not dry.

Bright sunlight filtered through the gaps in the clouds, forming tiny beams of light in the air due to the Tyndall effect. A white-haired girl in a simple dress lay on the endless green grass.

She laughed freely, not knowing what sorrow was. She squinted her eyes slightly, trying to see the sun hanging high in the sky, bringing light to the world. She touched the earth with her skin, feeling the slight stinging pain when the grass leaves brushed against her body. The fragrance of grass and trees lingered at the tip of her nose, which was the taste of life.

"Oh... this should be the most beautiful part of all the memories. What a carefree time, with thin clouds in the sky and the sun dyeing everything into broken gold. Even the shy flowers will dance along to the song.

This is Silk's hometown. When she was a child, Silk lived here. She was curious about everything and often skipped school to play in various places.

Treasures deep in the sea, secrets in the distant stars, and those strangely dressed adults on the merchant ship... yes, merchant ships. That's where everything turned."

The little fairy's words stopped abruptly when she talked about the merchant ship. This was not a good memory for her.

Saphir frowned slightly: "Merchant ships...if it is just pure commercial activities, it will not lead to disasters. In fact, commercial activities themselves are actually conducive to economic development.

Unless it was a gang of robbers posing as merchants, carrying out plunder, conquest, colonization... or simply extermination. Such behavior is quite normal at the interstellar level. "

The fairy nodded and said, "The truth is pretty much what you guessed. A spaceship landed here that day. The people who got off the ship smiled and said they were from a neighboring planet and wanted to conduct friendly trade.

Si Ke Ke's parents, uncles and aunts... everyone warmly entertained the guests from afar and allowed them to explore the planet freely. Both the host and the guests had a great time.

At that time, no one expected what would happen next. A few months later, an unknown army suddenly arrived and silently destroyed everything on the planet.

"The vanguard, investigating strength, carrying out cleansing... a very traditional means of invasion." Saphir was not surprised by this, as he had seen it too many times.

Ying asked curiously, "Have you ever done something similar?"

Saphir rolled his eyes. "What are you thinking? Whether it's the Divine Realm or the Styx, the colonization strategy does not include the option of complete annihilation. We usually choose enslavement and education."

"It doesn't feel much better." Ying curled her lips. Sure enough, the invaders were all hateful, and Saphir was not a good person either. Hmm... she seemed to have never said that she was a good person?

Saphir spread his hands: "There is nothing we can do about it. There is an old saying that those who are not of my race must have different hearts. Even different races on the same planet have irreconcilable contradictions, let alone people from different planets or even different galaxies?

If a force wants to expand, it needs resources. This is the most basic expansion. When the war escalates to a war between gods, the nature of the war will rise from an aggressive war to a religious war, which is the most tragic.

Resources can be negotiated and divided. No matter whether it is land, oil, minerals or anything else, as long as they exist objectively, they can be divided into equal values. That means they can be solved with money. These are just small matters.

Religious wars are a complete fight to the death, forming a fixed worldview. No one with their own beliefs can be left alive. They must all be killed, all files destroyed, and their beliefs severed. Only children who have not yet formed a mature worldview are left behind, and they are trained, educated, and developed into believers from a young age...

This is a long process, accompanied by blood and crime.”

"So, your hands are stained with the blood of a lot of innocent people." Ying Youyou said.

Unexpectedly, Safir shook his head and said, "You are wrong. I have never participated in such things."

"Aren't you the Lord of the Divine Realm? Would they do these things without your instructions?" Ying expressed her disbelief, and the little fairy stared at Saphir with burning eyes. If this was true, then Saphir would not be much different from the person who destroyed Sikok's hometown.

Saphir then shook his head: "First of all, this kind of thing has never been part of my mission. I was born into the lowest cannon fodder camp because of my bloodline. You know what cannon fodder is? The kind that is sent to die.

The first time I went to the battlefield was to face the Styx Combat Force, which was also the battlefield where I climbed up step by step. There, I met the first Seraph Uriel, and with his help, I was qualified to exchange my military exploits for status.

Later, also through Uriel's introduction, I gradually got to know other people, and then took the position my mother held before her death, becoming a law enforcer, that is, the angel of death.

From the beginning to the end, I was facing either demons or angels, and I had no chance to see ordinary people. Until I overthrew the old ruler of the God's Realm and took that position myself, I had never really seen other races.

The expansion of believers does not require the divine domain to take action itself. We have affiliated star regions, and those races will spontaneously conquer other galaxies to complete expansion. They do not need my approval or permission. In fact, I cannot control their expansion behavior.

I have to admit that this is in my favor, so I have no reason to order them to stop. You are right. As a ruler, I do have responsibilities in this matter of aggression. After all, I am a vested interest. But for those who sit in that position...

The lives of the conquered are worth less than grass. What Silk experienced was most likely such an invasion. To be frank, her tragic fate may not have attracted the attention of those in high positions, or they may not even know about it. "

After Saphir finished speaking, everyone present fell silent. Neither Ying nor the little fairy could say a word.

It is too cruel and ridiculous that a nightmare that tormented a person's entire life is such a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning and can even be downplayed.

Ying couldn't listen any more. She looked at Saphir with deep eyes: "So, you will be indifferent to this?"

Sensing the emotion in the yellow-haired girl's tone, Saphir chuckled: "Why? In your opinion, am I this kind of person?"

"I've never really seen through you, so I'm not sure." A good relationship does not mean understanding. Ying never felt that she really understood Safir. She just felt that Safir cared about her and was willing to be close to her from the bottom of his heart.

If the other party was so cold-blooded and heartless, Ying felt that she really needed to take a good look at the relationship between the two.

Saphir sighed, leaned down, and fiddled with the slowly flowing river water: "Do you know why I am here? If I am content to be the master of my own divine domain, no one can kill me, but I still went through many reincarnations and came here.

It was because although I overthrew the old rule and tried to rebuild the order of God's Domain, I was unable to fundamentally change the nature of God's Domain. So, I began to carry out drastic reforms.

My actions completely damaged the interests of certain people, including the Council of Elders, the Holy Temple, and many old guards... That was a huge commotion, and the entire God's Domain fell apart. Because of the changes in the God's Domain, the disaster spread to almost half of the universe. In the end, the Lord of the God's Domain fell, and the Atrium God's Domain was completely shattered.

The Styx also lost their master, order no longer exists, my momentary radicalism led to irreversible consequences, Ying, you should know why I did this.

At that time, an old bald chicken who was only half alive told me that it was a taboo for people in high positions to have sympathy for lowly slaves. I directly strangled his last breath and got a reputation for being cruel.

But it turned out that he was right, and I did pay a price, but I think that what I did was also right, although when the old order is overthrown and the new order has not yet been established, more people will be caught up in the storm.

But if we can establish a new order where there is no more blood and tears, and the weak no longer struggle with no escape, then it will all be worth it.

After seeing Silkok's experience, I am more convinced that my choice is correct. Don't you think so, little fairy? If I am not mistaken, Silkok is a victim of expansionist wars and even genocide.

So what did she see? Separation of life and death? Her hometown was engulfed in flames of war? Her loved ones turned into corpses before her eyes, but she was powerless to do anything about it? "

"Both." The little fairy slowly uttered two words, and the hostility that had just arisen completely disappeared.

It can be seen that Saphir is different from those invaders. At least, she is the kind of person who can give up everything she has in order to try to change. This kind of person... is not a bad person.

"Silkcock skipped school that day, so she wasn't discovered right away, but on her way back, she happened to witness the tragedy.

Countless people called for help, familiar people, close people...father's brothers, mother's sisters...and the little girl next door, the lame vendor, the old-fashioned big-nosed teacher..." It counted the identities of the deceased one by one, engraved them into its memory, and then revealed them, with a despair as deep as darkness.

Taking a deep breath, the fairy calmed down and continued, "Human lives are like cheap commodities that no one cares about, burned by the fire. She could do nothing but keep running until the figure of that person appeared in front of her.

If the Evil Knight hadn't happened to pass by here, she would have died in the fire and would never have understood the reason for all this until her death."

"This is a little unreasonable. Massacre, pure massacre, this is not reasonable even in the war of gods." Saphir looked at the little fairy with some confusion, "Even if it is for the purpose of unifying faith, converts and children should be left behind.

There is no unbreakable civilization. There are always traitors and children. But the disaster you are talking about, they don’t even spare the children?”

The fairy nodded helplessly, "Yes, they were all killed because she and her people were a 'threat'."

Ying opened her eyes wide, somewhat incredulous.

Saphir was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed out loud: "Threat? What's the reason? Destroy an entire civilization because of a possibility? Even the most warlike and bloodthirsty Norse people will domesticate some livestock.

Are these invaders mechanical life forms executing anti-organic equations?"

“When the merchant ship was investigating the planet, it discovered that the planet had experienced extremely harsh environmental conditions, but there were still traces of human activities in both severe cold and extreme heat.

They further discovered that the people here had gradually acquired the ability to adapt to various environments and forces during their long evolution.

They saw it as a potential threat and decided to nip it in the bud. So they called in the army and permanently resolved this hidden danger. "The fairy's tone was emotionless, neither resentful nor sad, just a calm narration.

Ying was shocked: "Just because of a conjecture, so many innocent people..."

"Yes, those who are seen as threats don't even know they have this gift. The fire burns everything, including all the innocence and kindness." The fairy said, lowering her head.

Saphir's smile became even more dangerous. "Potential... Isn't this a breeding ground for warriors? Tolerance to extreme environments, whether it is exploration or combat in extreme environments, is indispensable talent... Because of this choice of extinction, the decision maker is also a brainless one."

Safir put himself in the invader's shoes and thought about it. As an invader, when encountering this situation, the best way to deal with it is indeed to kill directly.

But the evaluation criteria for this so-called good is very ambiguous, because killing them all is naturally easier and there will be no trouble after all, as long as all the victims are dead, there will be no victims, just like sneaking in to assassinate is assassination, and killing everyone with the help of the invincible weapon is also assassination.

There is no difference between the two; it's just a matter of how many people die.

Warriors with well-developed limbs like to use invincibility because they don't need to think about the problems ahead and can just rush into it. Sometimes Saphir also likes to make such decisions. After all, she is also a reckless person.

But use your brains and consider the subsequent benefits of establishing exchanges with this civilization. Those without conscience can colonize and seize the genes of the people on this planet for research.

Those with a conscience can choose to support it, and then use it as their own reserve of soldiers. The people on this planet can grow into good soldiers with just a little training, and they can be loyal to them by giving them some small favors. Why not do it?

You can even support a small number of them, establish a puppet regime, completely control the planet, and then continuously supply talents to the outside. This is better than killing them all directly, right?

The fairy didn't know what Sapphire was thinking. It explained the logic of Silk's behavior to itself: "Since good and evil can only be determined by strength, the only thing she can trust is the sword in her hand. Before death comes, she must keep running forward."

Ying sighed: "But this is not a reason for her to isolate herself. Suppressing herself like this will only increase her pain. This is not the way to become stronger, never."

"No one wants to repeat the pain of the past, right?" The fairy did not answer, but turned around and looked at the end, "Well, the road always ends, and my story is over.

She is there, waiting for you and for me. Go and meet her. This is my destiny... and my greatest wish in all my long years. "

Before they knew it, they had reached the finish line. There was a lake at the end. The water in the lake was clear and it was the source of the river.

And now, Silk was standing alone by the lake, waiting for the arrival of several people.

It's time to face the master within.