Chapter 1,637 The Beginning of the Brotherhood
"Boss, I have a question."
The speaker was a friend who had only gotten together during this war. A former adventurer, he is quite famous in the area where he is active.
As soon as he learned about the abyss invasion, he joined the war and experienced the great rout in the north. It was at that time that he and Ezio established a comradeship and became one of his die-hard supporters.
Of course, Ezio would not fail to pay attention to such a comrade who could be entrusted with life and death. With a look, this old comrade knew to speak. He said:
"As far as I know, most of the people in the Brotherhood are orphans gathered by the magician, and there are also some children whose parents are from the technical guild. No matter who they are, they all have a deep relationship with the magician.
"Let's not talk about the issue of whether to close the door to the abyss. If you all come up with an opinion, won't you be able to influence the magician in turn? Doesn't he ask you to serve him for ten years? There is this level of relationship. , it’s not like I’m speechless.”
Ezio instantly understood what his partner meant. There is nothing more than two words in the words: forcing the uterus.
Any individual who is supported by a group is, to some extent, subject to the opinions of the group. The most obvious example is the relationship between a certain time traveler's hometown magnesium emperor, the consortium and the president. No need to go into details here.
So in this person's mind, he simply thinks that since the magician needs people from the Brotherhood to help him do things, even if there is a favor, can he completely ignore the opinions of the Brotherhood?
Regarding this innocent understanding of this friend who was not from an elementary school, all the friends showed wry smiles again. Ezio said on behalf of everyone:
"What you said is not wrong, but it is based on the fact that individuals and groups rely on each other. The current situation of the Brotherhood is that although the magician requires us to serve him for ten years, he will give us our freedom.
"But in fact, after we came out of elementary school, he didn't assign any serious tasks to us. To put it nicely, he gave us more freedom. But to put it bluntly, in his eyes, we were just idle chess, dispensable. kind.
"In this case, let alone influence him. Sometimes even if you want to give an opinion, you may not be able to meet the person. Besides, if you have such power, -"
Ezio pointed towards his head. Everyone immediately understood that this was a hint to the metal monster in the sky that covered the clouds and the sun.
"——Does that person really think highly of us?"
Thinking of the Brotherhood, countless outside manpower, and the help of the two empires, they can't compete with the demons and the underground world coalition, and they have been declining recently.
As soon as they took action, the matter was resolved. With such a gap, it would be a joke to say how much influence the Brotherhood's manpower has over the magician.
However, the person who originally asked the question did not completely give up his idea, and further said: "What if we have to do this? Directly lead the team to the gate of the abyss, try to close the door, and cut off the communication between the Lost Land and the abyss. Such a situation Next, is it possible that the magician will take action to stop us?"
"Why not?"
Ezio's answer without thinking stunned most of the people present. The other group of people nodded at the same time with concern.
Faced with two completely different attitudes, those who were stunned certainly wanted to know more. Their expressions immediately changed into those of curious babies, ready to eat melons and listen to gossip. The more reserved ones have the expression of someone passing by with soy sauce.
Regardless of the excitement on everyone's faces, Ezio knew that one of the most powerful tools in persuading people is sincerity. And to show sincerity, telling the truth is undoubtedly the best way.
Anyway, I am not responsible for maintaining that person's reputation, nor am I trying to make him look bad. What he said were things that that person had actually done, and he naturally said them without any burden.
Ezio said: "If you want to know that magician's attitude towards us, I only need to tell you one thing, and you will probably know. That is the opportunity for the establishment of the Brotherhood."
Just listen to Ezio's words.
The fraternity, an organization that originated from elementary schools, was not an organization that existed in the first place. It gathered all the children from elementary schools. In the early days, the children who graduated from elementary school grew up lawless and barbaric.
At that time, someone's attitude was the same as today. Although he was asked to serve for ten years, he was not actually given any serious tasks. It's better to say indulgence than laissez-faire.
It's a pity that someone's elementary school teaches almost everything except moral education. Children who come from the streets naturally have good and bad personalities.
When I was in elementary school, because we lived in a group and were suppressed by a few leading older kids, the bad kids had no place to show their talents. When they return to the streets and are unchecked, they are like tigers out of control, wreaking havoc everywhere.
He has the skills he learned in elementary school, and he uses the name of a certain magician as a banner. For a time, a few black sheep made the children from primary schools infamous. He doesn't even want to see anyone who is the same as him.
At that time, a very bad female murder incident occurred, and when the family of the deceased even came to the door, the matter finally got to the magician.
The murderer was quickly caught in front of the magician. After all, they neither ran away nor evaded. They were even proud of what they had committed and did not think it was a wrong thing at all, let alone a bad thing.
They defended themselves plausibly: "Sir, don't forget how much money you have spent to cultivate us. Less than two years have passed since the ten-year service agreement. We still have more than eight years of debts to pay. Still. Are you willing to let us die now?"
This shameless, debt-oriented attitude made a certain magician so angry that he lost all expression on the spot. He raised his hand slightly, and in a blink of an eye, he used the flash technique to take off the heads of three people.
The magician asked his apprentice to hand over the body of the perpetrator to the family of the victim and let them do whatever they wanted. Apart from this, there is no condolences or compensation to the families of the victims.
It's not that someone is really so callous, but that the victim's family members are also encouraged to make things worse. So after seeing the murderer beheaded and the body brought to them, they still refused to give up and asked a certain magician to come forward and apologize for their mistakes.
...Then there were a few more corpses. At least anyone who dares to make a scene in front of the magician's house can't escape. It doesn’t matter whether these people are real family members or fake family members.
In the end, the family without a daughter only took away the heads of the three murderers and left in a hurry. Of course, I don’t dare to bring the matter to other people. And the extra dead people became the old black dragon's extra food, and no one cared about them.
What looked like a conspiracy was actually solved because of problems caused by children from elementary school.
For this reason, the magician summoned everyone for the first time, including graduated and ungraduated children, to give a stern warning.
"Don't think that because you still owe me a debt, I won't be willing to bear the loss, so I condone your behavior. Such non-performing assets cannot bring me benefits, but bring trouble. Even if I lose money, I will not lose money." Hesitantly choose the punishment!
"When there are too many non-performing assets, I will reconsider the necessity of your existence. So if you want to live well, it is best not to have similar things happen a second time."
"Even if it happens, be smart and don't bring it to my eyes. Because I can't stand such a thing. Let me know that the person who committed the crime will definitely die. Just take care of yourself."
After the magician's warning, the Brotherhood was established under the leadership of Ezio. The original purpose of its establishment was to supervise each other. And when certain evil deeds occur, it is used as an internal executioner.
However, members of the fraternity and even children in elementary schools will not force everyone to become saints. It's a bit too exaggerated to think that one's hands and feet would be cut off for petty theft.
Therefore, there is only one method of punishment within the Brotherhood: murderers must pay for their lives! Unless the person killed is a recognized evil person, or a sinner with sufficient evidence of guilt, but his evil deeds have not been known to the public.
It's like Ezio once sneaked into the Kingdom of Silk and killed the traitors of the Brotherhood, the three Bobo Xia brothers.
It wasn't because they stole the magic silk technology and handed it over to outsiders, but because they killed their original brotherhood partners during the theft and escape process that Ezio came to visit.
As for the theft of technology, unless the magician spoke in person, Ezio would pretend he didn't see it. It’s not your own loss anyway.
General crimes are handled by the law enforcement agencies at the place where the crime was committed.
The reason why the murderer is dealt with within the brotherhood is because the family affairs are best understood by the people in the family. Children in elementary schools are not inferior to the martial arts taught by those military nobles in terms of martial arts.
Think about it. The main instructor is the former captain of the Demon King's Guards. The Demon Prince Azad provides practical combat opportunities from time to time. If he fails to pass the test, he will die. Therefore, children who take the path of warriors have abilities that cannot be solved by ordinary town militiamen.
Once these people commit heinous crimes, if the Brotherhood does not take action, it is very likely that they will be like the three bastards at the beginning, and ordinary people will not be able to deal with them, and the trouble will get out of control.
In short, one of the main reasons for the establishment of the Brotherhood is that children from elementary schools are regarded as dispensable by magicians and can be given up at any time. In order not to be given up - which may very well involve a more cruel way to deal with the aftermath - that is why some brothers will be self-respecting.
Even after the fraternity absorbed the experience of the Ikaruga Alliance, it also selectively absorbed members from outside elementary schools, adding many mutual aid functions. But the most basic internal self-suppression function has not been abandoned.
It can be seen from this that it is basically impossible to use the opinions of the brotherhood to control the will of the magician.
I really want to think that because of the relationship between the Brotherhood and the magician, I have the golden body of immortality. He just pulled the team towards the door of the abyss and tried to close the door. Guess what the magician will do?
Generously forgiving the big fraternity kids? At a loss what to do and not know how to deal with this level of 'military remonstrance'? Or just let the robot fleet take action and get rid of it once and for all?
Anyone with a good brain can guess what the magician will do!