The crew was restless, and there were doubts in their eyes looking at Needle.
"Be careful, pay attention to your words!" Cyanobacteria take a step forward.
But the next moment, the needle reached out to stop him.
Needle Jin calmly looked at the excited Xi Suo with blue eyes: "I just seek truth from facts and uphold justice."
"The identity of the orc should not be an obstacle to our investigation of the real culprit."
"Assuming Mane is not the real culprit, then please think about it: you framed an innocent person, and because you took away the shipwright's retaliation without permission, you implicated more innocent people on the same ship and put them to death. And the real culprit may still be alive, right next to you, watching you frame you indiscriminately, and seeing the fight between you and Mange and others as a good show."
"If that's the case, don't you think this is a connivance of sin and a dust of justice?"
Needle's tone was always stable, and this rhetorical question made his face turn red, but he could only be speechless.
The crew's small chatter also calmed down, and they had to admit that what Needle said made sense.
"If you have conclusive evidence, I will definitely administer justice for you. Believe me, this is my pin, a Templar's promise to you." The needle patted the thin rope on the shoulder.
He turned his head to look at the expressionless mane, and then said dejectedly: "Master Needle, I believe you."
Zidi narrowed her eyes: "But Lord Needle, we have found traces of Mane and Sandao. They deliberately cleaned the battlefield and cleaned up their footprints. This move itself contains malice, doesn't it?"
"This is my habit." Mane took the initiative to explain rarely, and his previous words changed his impression of the young knight a lot.
"I have to take responsibility for myself and for our group. Even if the boatman doesn't want to go with me, I will do everything possible to catch him alive!" Mane made no secret of his intentions.
"Bad guy!" When the silly big man heard this, he angrily hammered the wooden stick to the ground.
Needle Jin thought of Hei Juan's guess at this time.
He stared at Mange: "This is the style of a soldier. Have you served in the military? Which army?"
Mane snorted coldly, did not refute, but did not answer, but said, "Are you interrogating prisoners, Templar?"
"Of course not." Zhen Jin shook his head, "However, this matter needs to be resolved after all. Good communication is a prerequisite for cooperation. If you repeatedly refuse to prove yourself, how can we believe in you?"
Mange sneered: "You want me to prove myself? So how do you prove your identity? If some people come out casually and call you a nobleman and say you are a Templar, can you convince us? I have heard that every Templar is always under the watchful eye of the Holy Emperor. Maybe you should pray to the gods and send divine magic, so that we can be convinced."
Needle Jin suddenly clenched the hilt of the sword, his brows furrowed deeply, his face sank, his eyes became as cold as ice, and he shouted in a low voice: "Mane, pay attention to your words! How dare you despict the gods! I carry the gaze of the Holy Emperor, which is a blessing from the gods. Divine art is a gift from the gods, not a performance or a proof of identity. Apologize to me now, right away! Otherwise, you will have the wrath of a Templar!"
Needle said, taking a step forward, approaching Mane.
The cyanogae, black roll and others behind him all stroked their weapons, Zidi reached into his leather bag, and the big fool picked up the wooden stick and let out a low roar from the depths of his throat. After a while, the wound on the little giant's body had stopped bleeding. The Giant Bloodline grants him strong resilience.
Mange's face changed slightly, and he also realized that he had said the wrong thing.
He stroked his chest with his right hand, bent down and bowed to Needle, and bowed: "I was wrong, what virtue do I have to dare to despict a god? This is my sin. I swear that I will contribute 300 gold to the Holy Wisdom Temple as punishment for my disrespectful words this time. And I will kneel before the wise pastor and take the initiative to repent of today's sins."
This is the age of the gods.
Slandering the gods will indeed be condemned by the gods.
Just like aristocrats should be high, faith is even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Even the three knives and others who followed Mange were uneasy when they heard Mange's words just now, and privately thought that Mange was too reckless.
Seeing that Mange was very sincere in admitting his mistake, Needle's face cleared up a little.
Heijuan suddenly said: "Wait! Mane, do you dare to swear to the gods of your faith that you were not the murderer of the camp or the captain's murderer?"
"Attack the camp?" Mane is confused.
"Our camp has been attacked by bat monkeys and rhinos, do you dare to swear that these herds are not under your control?" The black scroll continued to question.
Mange snorted coldly, folded his arms and raised his head, and shut up without answering.
The people around Sandao laughed angrily: "It's really imaginative!"
"Use your brain, we're all here."
"How do we control these beasts?"
Heijuan sneered: "Then how do you explain that our No. 2 camp, as well as the rope and the boatman, were all besieged by the beast just now."
"We have also been attacked, why should you doubt us?!"
Heijuan stared at Mane Ge and narrowed his eyes: "You are a half-orc, even if you don't have any special means. These people around you may not be missing!"
Sandao stared at Heijuan indifferently and asked lightly: "Can half-orcs control herds? Is it because of the blood of orcs?"
Black Scroll sneered: "Then why did you show up in time to rescue the silly big man and the boatman? What is the explanation for this?"
"So, we took action to save the shipwright in time, is there anything wrong?"
"Didn't your knight also show up in time?" Someone immediately asked rhetorically.
"Speaking of which, it's because we are not pure-blooded humans, you doubt us!" The people around Sandao were filled with righteous indignation.
"Don't say anything." Mane Ge stretched out his hand to stop the quarrel, he looked at the needle, and his attitude became cold and tough again, "I don't have any explanation for this matter. I don't need to explain it to you."
Needle sighed deeply, and also stopped the people behind him from questioning.
"There's no point in continuing to argue."
"Let's go, let's go back to the camp together." Needle took the initiative to extend an invitation to Mange and the others.
"What?"
"My lord!"
"My lord, do you want to bring these goods back to the camp?"
Xi Suo and the others widened their eyes, and they were quite surprised by the decision of the needle.
Needle slowly scanned these people with blue eyes, his eyes were clear and sincere: "What if not?"
"We are all people in the same boat, and we are all victims of shipwreck."
"We have wounded people now and need to go back to camp to rest. And they also had wounded people who had been injured by rescuing the boatmen. This is all I saw with my own eyes."
"Seeing is not necessarily believing, my lord." Heijuan spoke, "What if it's a bitter drama? Is it a bitter trick?"
"Thank you for the reminder." Jin Jin looked at Heijuan appreciatively, "What you said makes sense, it is indeed possible. However, there is another possibility, isn't it?"
"Until all possibilities and doubts are truly confirmed, we should not deny one possibility because of another. Mane may have been wronged, isn't it?"
"Everyone, please imagine, if he was a pure-blooded human race instead of a half-orc, would your suspicions about him be much lesser?"
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Needle turned around again and looked at the people on Mange's side.
"We come from many places, we have identity differences, but here, we are all victims who have fallen to the island and want to escape."
"Our goals are aligned. We should be united, and any suspicion, indifference, disgust, opposition, etc., will make it difficult for us to cooperate, thereby reducing the possibility of us escaping from here."
"I am Templar Needle. Here I promise you that I will treat anyone fairly and justly, no matter where he comes from, no matter what race he is, no matter what his blood is. I will also severely punish criminals and punish the real culprit, so that evil does not go unpunished. I will do my best to lead everyone to seek hope for salvation together!"
For a while, everyone looked at the blonde boy and was moved by his categorical words.
"You...... Are you willing to accept us?" Sandao was slightly stunned.
As the leader of the mercenary regiment, he has dealt with many different beings. However, even a goblin with rich life experience like him rarely sees such a superior and noble person who treats everyone equally!
Needle smiled: "I am a Templar, and I will not deceive you with lies."
"Templar ......" Many people chewed on this word in their mouths, and they were a little distracted.
"It's interesting." Mane rubbed his chin, he looked deeply at the needle, looking at the young knight in front of him with a new gaze.
At the next moment, the extremely brave warrior's voice was slightly raised: "It's okay! Then I'll follow you back."
"My lord?" The people around Mange were amazed.
Just as Xi Suo and the others guarded against Mane, Mane's group was also guarding against each other.
Sandao immediately stated: "My lord's decision is my decision."
The former mercenary members who disagreed with this immediately shut up.
The rescue of the needle rope, the boatman and others this time was very timely and successful.
Although the bat monkeys and silver rhinos attacked fiercely, everyone was only injured, and no one was killed.
The journey back went smoothly, and a large number of people returned to the camp safely.
"There is actually an arrow tower?"
"They built a camp so quickly?"
"This place has also been attacked by fierce beasts."
"Didn't you say it? It's a bat of monkeys, and the silver rhinoceros!"
The people around Sandao were talking.
Mu Ban and the others were overjoyed when they saw Needle, Xisuo and others, and when they saw Mange and the others, they showed a look of surprise.
After the explanation of Heijuan and others, as well as the appeasement of the needle, Muban and the others reluctantly accepted this fact.
However, under their strong statement, Mange and others were not accepted into the camp after all, but were temporarily stationed nearby.
ps: The subscription is bleak, friends.
To be honest, it was a bit unexpected. When this book was put on the shelves, there were more than 8 collections, but the first order is currently only more than 2,000, and the average order is more than 1,000. This subscription ratio is a bit unreasonable.
In the morning, I analyzed the reasons:
1 The pace of books is slow, especially in the early stage, which leads to more and more people raising books.
2 books are group-like, plot-based, use a movie structure, lay a lot of foreshadowing, and disperse the pen power to each character, resulting in infrequent conflict points and no motivation to chase up.
3 When the protagonist has not yet reached enlightenment, the Templars' Wei Guangzheng and Fang Yuan's styles are completely two extremes. A large number of our original book friends lost their patience.
4. The power system is set up old and has no new ideas.
5. There are too many things to improve, and the steps are too big, and the eggs are pulled.
There may be other reasons, and I will reflect on it and actively adjust it.
I appeal to students who hope to read pirated copies as genuinely as possible, and each chapter is only a few cents for a genuine subscription.
Indeed, this writing technique may not be in line with the reading habits of online texts.
I had expected this, but I didn't expect it to be so miserable.
As I said in my testimonial, I let go of any burden of fame and explored a new path of writing as a pure author. So, no matter what the final result is, I accept it calmly.
I firmly believe that a good novel is a good novel, and the solid and wonderful story content will have a natural attraction, and gradually more book friends will appreciate this way of writing.
Just like when Gu Zhenren was first written, it was similar to the current situation, and then it was written slowly.
So please rest assured that I will continue to do my best to create. This book, like my other books, as long as it is not a powerful external cause, it will not be a eunuch or an unfinished business.
I saw some book friends talking about the explosion, and I wanted too, but there was no way to explode the watch. Group portrait writing, plot adjustment, and learning and absorbing knowledge all require a lot of time and effort. At present, the two watches are already the limit, and they may be adjusted to the first watch because of the concept of quality first. But I will do my best to change the two watches.
I have to sigh that in the past ten years, the formation of the writing rules of online articles has a strong practical foundation. The experience of fragmented reading of online texts, such a subscription incentive mechanism, it is natural for the vast majority of people to choose the writing method of online text characteristics. After all, you have to eat first to survive.
But I'll stick with it.
I think moonlight is more beautiful, and I will write a more beautiful novel if I write like this!