The Path to Sainthood from Fairy Tail

Li Xuan, on the other hand, was outside the encirclement.

Looking at the owner of the carriage, he sighed, "I thought you were living a good life in this small town, but I didn't expect you to start cosplaying as a mummy the next time we met."

"woo woo woo woo……"

"Oh, I forgot you can't speak right now. Don't worry, I'll untie you right away."

As the bandages binding the boss were untied, he opened his mouth and took a deep breath of fresh air.

The boss, finally free, was moved to tears and choked out, "I... I knew you would come to save me. I've been praying every moment these past few days, and the gods have not abandoned me."

Li Xuan laughed and said, "The gods don't know where you are. You are the only one who hasn't given up on you. If you hadn't held on during this time, you wouldn't have been able to hold on until I got here."

Although the boss had broken free from all constraints, the long-term tension and irregular eating habits made him unable to even stand up in moments of relaxation.

After several attempts, the boss could only lie on the carriage, tightly holding Li Xuan's hand, as if entrusting his son to someone on his deathbed: "My lord, I..."

Li Xuan patted his hand and comforted him, "Take your time. You're safe now. Eat something later, then get a good night's sleep, and you'll be able to go home when you wake up."

His voice seemed to have a magical quality; the boss felt relieved after hearing it and slowly closed his eyes.

The soldiers on the perimeter suddenly moved in unison, quickly clearing a path.

At the same time, an impatient voice came from the end of the road: "Honestly, why didn't you just handle this kind of person yourself? Why did you make me come all the way here?"

Li Xuan turned to look in the direction the voice came from and laughed, "How can I mobilize these soldiers to arrest these people if you don't come yourself?"

The visitor was none other than Duke Paler, Gerd.

His face was full of helplessness. He was originally very happy when he first met Li Xuan, hoping to get more money and hear about his future plans.

Unexpectedly, Li Xuan didn't say a word and directly led him towards the direction of Dia Pass.

As Gerd thought about his experiences along the way, a wave of nausea washed over him.

Even the wildest horse in the duchy could not surpass or even reach the intensity of the gallop Li Xuan was giving it.

He never wants to experience that again in his life.

"By the way, why did you suddenly stop?"

On his way there, he seemed to encounter something and suddenly stopped. Gerd, who had been traveling a bumpy road, thought he had arrived at his destination, but when he looked closely, he found that he was surrounded by dense jungle and could not see a single person.

Li Xuan said casually, "Oh, it's nothing, the church was just attacked."

Gerd hurriedly exclaimed, "Why are you only telling me now about something so important?"

"It's too late to mobilize troops now, no, that's not right! We should mobilize troops immediately, otherwise..."

Li Xuan calmly replied, "What's the rush!"

"Putting aside the fact that the attackers to the church were just a bunch of rabble defeated by the allied forces, the people who stayed at the church could handle them. Besides, there are people from the Church of Life there, and I have already gone to provide support. Everything will be fine."

"Maybe by the time I arrive, those people will have already been reformed and will be receiving ideological education."

Gerd was completely confused. "Aren't you here right now? What do you mean you've already gone to provide support?"

"Oh? Didn't I tell you? It's a simple clone technique, friend."

"So, the you standing before me now, is it an avatar or your true self?"

"It's a secret, my friend. And what's the difference between a clone and the original? Their abilities are almost identical."

Gerd had heard of clone magic before, but he had never heard of a clone being able to take on a group of soldiers.

Even if these soldiers were just remnants.

Even the most powerful clone magic is already quite impressive if it can help move some things.

Even the main body of the clone needs to allocate a portion of its consciousness to control the clone, since clones created from clone magic generally do not have self-awareness.

"Perhaps we understand the concept of a clone differently. But that's not important. Now that things are settled, do you have anything else to do?"

Li Xuan stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, we can handle things at the church. Even if we rush back now, it won't be as good as it was before."

Gerd smiled knowingly and quickly took Li Xuan's hand, saying, "That's great, I happen to have something I need you to handle."

Li Xuan grabbed Gerd's hand, "Wait a minute, let's deal with those bandits first."

Gerd casually remarked, "Why not just execute them? Keeping people like that around is just asking for trouble."

Li Xuan shook his head, clearly disagreeing with Gerd's one-size-fits-all approach.

"Didn't you once organize a convict army? How's it going now?"

Speaking of this, Gerd sighed softly, "They're all gone. They were all left on the battlefield. Not a single one came back..."

“That’s perfect. Although these people have been burning, killing, and looting along the way, causing countless families to be destroyed and people to die, they are clearly beyond redemption. Why not just throw them into the convict army and let them atone for their sins until they die?”

Gerd understood what Li Xuan meant, but judging from his furrowed brows, he clearly didn't want these people to go in.

He explained, “My initial intention in establishing the convict army was to give some people with a conscience a chance to start over. These people were first and foremost a group of deserters who left the battlefield almost unscathed, clearly having prepared to flee during the battle. I don’t trust such people to fight for me.”

Li Xuan smiled and said, "Don't be so serious. Although they are wicked and no good people, what will happen to the families they have persecuted if we just let them die like this?"

Without hesitation, Gerd replied, "Those families who were hurt naturally relied on the help of their neighbors, and they are not in my territory, so they have nothing to do with me."

"No, if you think like that, your perspective is too narrow."

Li Xuan began to reason with them in a teacher's tone: "First of all, these people aren't the kind who rob you and leave your neighbors alone. They're like locusts swarming across the land, leaving nothing behind. If you want neighbors to help each other, the prerequisite is that the neighbors themselves can survive!"

"Furthermore, you said that those victims didn't live on your territory, so you ignored them. What if it were your own people who were robbed?"

Gerd answered directly, "Of course, I'll provide aid. They are my people, which means they are my property. I can't just watch them starve to death."

Li Xuan laughed and said, "That's why I said your vision is too narrow. Although you are a duke with a vast territory, your perspective is limited to this territory..."