Section 226

"Count Melos? He is so daring. Does he think that Lady Finina's identity as the God of Water is fake?"

"I saw it with my own eyes! Dozens or even hundreds of people rushed towards Lady Finina, but it was useless! She just said 'kneel down', and then everyone knelt down."

"Hiss~ So powerful? Lady Finina is always smiling... I mean, she is very approachable. Gods are still gods."

"Of course, Lady Finina is going to judge the gods. If she doesn't have some strength, how can she make other gods surrender?"

The news of the attack on the God of Water has spread. Although there are few people at the scene, there are a lot of people who claim to have 'seen it with their own eyes', and the more they say, the more outrageous it is. What Lady Finina said, the holy words are the judgment from heaven. Within a radius of ten miles, all the gods will surrender.

The people of Fontaine finally understood that Lady Funina's "lively and cute" appearance was just an act. This was a dramatic performance of Lady Funina interacting with her people. Don't be fooled by her appearance!

Thanks to this, those who had questioned Funina in the past hid in the crowd with their tails between their legs.

"Okay, then Villette, let's start. I can't wait to enjoy this drama." Funina said with a smile as she sat in her own audience seat.

Villette nodded slightly and was about to announce it when Melos in the defendant's seat suddenly shouted, "Wait a minute!"

He made a decision immediately after seeing Su Chen standing in the plaintiff's seat. Although he didn't know what evidence the latter had in his hands, his intuition told him that once the court officially opened, there would be no room for redemption.

"Then Judge Villette, I apply for a duel to prove my innocence!" Melos shouted loudly.

"Wow~"

Su Chen raised his eyebrows.

In Fontaine, a just trial is a necessary process for adjudicating crimes, but there are always exceptions. In order to give hope to some people who are unwilling to go to the court and have some strange obsessions, the law of Fontaine stipulates that the person to be tried can prove his innocence by dueling.

As a famous lawyer, Su Chen naturally knows this law.

Although he thinks this rule is really a bit outrageous, what he is looking forward to now is this scene.

"Mellos, are you so unconfident about this trial?" Su Chen sneered, "As the deputy commander of the navy, have you retreated before the battle?"

Mellos defended himself, "Ryder, you don't have to irritate me in this way. I am the deputy commander of the navy. Because of this, I don't think you are qualified to judge me. I protect the Fontaine Sea and fight for my people. This honor does not allow me to accept the trial in this way, so I choose to duel! I will use my own power to crush those slanders and prove my innocence!"

"Oh! Not bad!" Funina applauded and laughed, "Very motivated, you are so loud, then it makes sense~ Anyway, the trial will continue, and it's not bad to watch the duel among the people occasionally."

The people in the audience looked at each other.

Mellos is indeed very loud, and being loud makes sense? Forget it, since Lady Funina said so, then take it as it is. Anyway, in Fontaine, duels can also be regarded as a part of the trial.

Then Villette's expression did not change. For him, whether it was a trial or a duel, what he had to do was the same.

"What about you?" He looked at Rost and the others.

"We won't apply for a duel for now."

Rost shook his head immediately.

They had discussed this just now. This trial came too suddenly. The series of charges made people a little confused, but after calming down, they thought that Reid might not have evidence to accuse them.

On the contrary, if they were confused and went to duel, they might fall into Reid's trap.

"Where did he get our evidence?" The result of Rost's discussion with others was that they would never admit it!

Even if, let's take a step back, they really lost this trial, at most they would be imprisoned in Melo Petersburg.

There is no death penalty in Fontaine!

With so many years of operation, they can live well even in there.

But Melos didn't want to gamble like this. He was confident in his martial arts, but on the contrary, he felt inexplicably afraid of Su Chen, so he chose to duel.

"Then, Lord Melos's request for a duel is approved."

As soon as Violet finished speaking, Fernina propped her chin with her right hand and said capriciously: "Ah~ It's too troublesome to go to the duel field at this time, why not start on this stage."

Fernina's tone suddenly became cold, giving the people present an illusion that 'Lord Water God is angry'.

So was the smile just now real or fake?

The trial has begun, and the audience has already taken their seats.

Vilette glanced and nodded: "Okay."

As long as it does not violate the principles of the trial, he has no objection.

"Then please ask Miss Aina to come up." Violet ordered.

Then, under the astonished eyes of everyone, Aina, who had been waiting for a long time, walked out of the room next to her.

"This..."

"How could it be Aina?!"

The nobles were stunned.

At this time, Aina changed into a black outfit, a long sword on her waist, and her chestnut hair was tied into a neat ponytail.

She walked onto the stage and turned to look at Herlous. Although she didn't say anything, she was telling everyone that she was in charge of this duel.

Herlous's face darkened: "Aina, what do you mean?"

Navilette explained: "Ms. Aina has always been one of the duel agents of the Law Court."

"How is it possible?! Isn't she Ryder's secretary?"

"Yes, but she is also a duel agent, but her usual job is to guide duel agents rather than participate in duels, which is a special situation." That Villette did not lie. Aina was indeed a duel agent of the Law Court, and she was also a trainer.

This was Aina's own request. When she passed the assessment with her strong combat ability and quickly became the best duel agent, she proposed to only serve as a teacher and find a new job for herself.

Because Aina's ability is indeed excellent, and it doesn't take too long to be an instructor, and more importantly... the salary is halved, there is no reason for Villette to refuse such a request.

As for why outsiders don't know, this is also Aina's own request.

"Count Melos, please." Aina's expression was cold, and no emotion could be seen on her face.

But Su Chen, who knew her best, naturally knew the unique side of this duelist and the unknown deeds of a competent secretary. It was because Su Chenwu knew about it that he was relieved to hand over the management of the Legislative Department to her.

"Aina, do you really want to fight me?" Melos snorted coldly, "Don't forget, you have a cooperation agreement with us."

Aina said calmly: "I have handed over those agreements to lawyer Reid. He will represent me in another case. My trial will come soon, but before that, I still have the right to exercise the duties of a duel agent."

Melos and others were stunned.

They had an agreement on the distribution of interests with Aina. It was because of this agreement that they were considered to be people on the same boat, and there was no need to worry about Aina's betrayal.

Unexpectedly, Aina actually took the initiative to "surrender"?

"Melos, you must kill her!" Rost said in a low voice, "This woman will keep us imprisoned in Melos Petersburg forever."

Melos did not speak. He walked down from the dock and asked the guard for a duel weapon - a big sword. As the deputy commander of the navy, he was quite confident in his martial arts. No matter what Suchen and Aina were planning, as long as he could win this duel, there was still a chance.

"It seems that you have been playing tricks on us from the beginning." Herlous stared at Aina, "What benefits did Reid give you? Why did you follow him so wholeheartedly?"

"Lord Reid didn't promise any benefits."

"Then why did you betray us? In your current situation, how much can you earn even if you work hard all your life?"

"Although Lord Reid didn't promise me any benefits..." Aina's eyes became extremely cold with the sword on her waist, "But he gave me a chance to take revenge."

Herlous was stunned: "Revenge?"

"Six years ago, a large number of children disappeared in Gray River."

Herlous' pupils shrank: "You too..."

Aina said coldly: "Those who were killed by you, turned into Fontaine water to tell me that revenge must be taken... revenge, they, come to claim your soul."

"That depends on whether you have the ability!!"

Herlous roared, raised his sword and rushed towards Aina.

The latter did not have the Eye of God, they were all mortals, and he was a battle-hardened naval commander, how could he lose?

It should have been like this.

When Herlous launched his attack, the entire theater fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on the two people. Their thoughts were the same as Herlous's. How could an unknown duel agent beat the deputy commander of the navy?

But.

Ding~

When the greatsword was about to fall, Aina raised her long sword, and the blade stretched against the greatsword, making a sharp sound. As Aina moved forward, the two figures crossed each other.

Incredibly turning, the sword in Aina's hand seemed to extend like a flexible arm. When the silver light flashed, blood splashed out.

"Ugh!"

Herlous screamed, and his right wrist was cut by the blade, the tendons of his hand were cut, and the tip of the greatsword fell to the ground.

Crash~

Everyone exclaimed.

"How is it possible?!"

Feeling the coldness coming from behind, Herlous turned around in shock and anger, but his eyes blurred and the severe pain came again.

The tendons of the other hand were also cut.

The greatsword lost its support and fell to the ground.

Clank.

"Who are you?!"

Herlous screamed in fear.

"The undead who came to take your life."

Aina was extremely fast, even from a third-person perspective. She clearly didn't have the Eye of God, but she made Herlous powerless to resist.

After a few moves, Herlous's hands and feet were cut off, and he collapsed on the ground, his face full of fear and despair.

Everything happened too fast, and he didn't even react to why he lost. At this time, looking at Aina approaching step by step, Herlous's mind went blank, and he crawled back desperately, blood overflowing from under him, dragging into a long bright red line.

"So, after losing the power of the nobility, you only have this ability." Aina shook her head in disappointment.

"You..."

"Haven't you remembered yet?" Aina's eyes were filled with deep sorrow. "Back then, those lovely children in that orphanage were taken away from their last shelter just because of your greed... It's so unfair. Why are some people born high and mighty? Why can't we who live in the Gray River erase those worldly prejudices no matter how hard we try? And why is it a sin to just want to live an ordinary life?"

Hellos' brain trembled, and he remembered. He finally remembered that six years ago, in the Gray River Operation, his team of 100 people all died in that orphanage.

It was said that it was a woman who killed them, but in the end no one knew her identity, and even a legend of "Gray River Ghost Demanding Life" was born because of this.

Because that incident itself was an illegal action, Herlous himself was also afraid, and when everything was settled, it was left unresolved.