Freely.

That is, self-domination, acting on one's own volition, and being responsible for one's own actions.

In contrast to this is the Law.

Restrained by others, told what not to do, shackled thoughts, but still singing and dancing.

Therefore the people of the sea hated the law, and hated the law, and hated the covenant.

They hate all the ordinances, advice, and covenants that bind them hand and foot, yet they are still required to love other people.

Because of this, when every young child of the people of the sea grows up to understand freedom and the law, their parents will educate them about this passage, so that they know that they are for the sake of good freedom and resist the ugly law, so they leave the continent and come to the sea.

This is the truth of the people of the sea.

However, for the boy who was still a child at that time, there seemed to be no such thing as truth.

- The very fact that 'must' hate the law seems to be a form of unfreedom.

"Isn't true liberty the choice to obey the laws and ordinances and the Dri'wa and the Covenant Code?"

On a hot summer day, in an ordinary fishing village in the middle of the Sea of Troubles, this boy with pure white hair and dark purple dragon eyes questioned the 'truth' told to him by his parents with some bewilderment: "Something must be hated...... It's so free! ”

"Son!"

And in response to him, it was his father's irritable fists and kicks, which were so heavy that they could be called cold-blooded and ruthless, if it weren't for his mother holding his father, I am afraid that the boy at that time would really be beaten to death.

And in the end, his mouth was full of blood and bruises, and he heard his father's angry rebuke: "You don't know what we have given up to get our current freedom!" ”

Freely...... Is it something so important?

At that time, the boy did not have much pain in his heart about his injuries, nor did he have much anger towards his father.

He just still wondered, "Really, is it that important?" ”

After thinking about it for several years, one night when his father was drunk, the grown boy calmly picked up the sharp knife and plunged it into the other person's heart without hesitation.

"Iniquity, son...... You hate me so much!? ”

Awakened in shock in severe pain, before dying, the boy's father glared at his child angrily, and he raised his hand to scold and scold, wanting to pull out the knife inserted in his heart, but before this action was completed, the sharp knife was pushed by the boy with greater force, and Qi Gen sank into his chest.

"No, I don't hate you."

And when all this was done, the boy replied sincerely, "I just think that I have the freedom to kill, so I want to test it, you are just closer." ”

"Now it seems that I do have — a really good feeling of freedom."

"Ahh————h

And the woman who woke up from her sleep hurriedly came to check on her husband's angry reprimand, and saw such a scene—and she subconsciously screamed, and then watched in horror as her son casually pulled the sharp knife out of her husband's chest, and the blood that spurted out was like a fountain, staining the boy's snow-white hair and cheeks red: "White, beluga, what are you doing here?!!"

Hearing his mother's questioning, the boy named Moby Dick turned his head with some annoyance, from the blood of the Lord of Judgment, some kind of inexplicable spark flashed in the dark purple dragon pupils.

"Mom, you're too noisy."

He grumbled, then took the knife and walked towards his mother, who was on her knees in fear.

The feeling of freedom...... It's not bad.

Of course, all this is just a small episode in the history of the boy named Moby Dick, growing up.

It was much later that Moby Dick, who had grown into a man, realized why his father insisted on his freedom in the past, so much so that he even beat his own son in order to defend it.

It's very simple - because they have given up everything and fled the mainland, they have nothing but freedom.

Ironically, after reading many books and even many different versions of the Templar Covenant, Moby Dick realized that he did hate the laws.

In other words, Father was right—that they, the free people of the sea, should indeed spit on the law, on the ugly thing that makes people incomplete.

A large part of the law is the ordinance in which people cede their personal rights to the Covenant and the Judgment. Ordinary people have no right to kill, no right to revenge, and if they and their families are harmed, they cannot personally avenge the enemy's family, let alone take revenge on him, and after doing all this, the punishment given by the law may even be less than the harm inflicted on him by the enemy.

But if so, then if the law allows the victim to be justified in punishing the enemy and the offender.

In this way, can it be called freedom?

No.

Beluga doesn't think so.

Because that's not called freedom, it's called the fairness of homomorphic revenge.

True Freedom...... There should be no need for any logic, no matter whether anyone does anything to themselves, no matter whether they have any intentions for others, they can do anything to others as they like.

One moment, people can chat happily as if they were confidants, but the next moment they can also slit each other's throats, enjoy the beautiful scenery of each other's blood foaming out of their throats, and listen to the singing 'hehe' sound – that's freedom.

The enemy killed his parents with cruel means, but the victim didn't care, not only invited the other party to drink and play together, but even happily invited him to a banquet, without the slightest hatred - this is freedom.

When everyone is studying knowledge seriously, not only not reading, but also interfering with other people's reading, tearing up other people's pen and paper, and laughing at other people's efforts - this is freedom.

It is undoubtedly freedom to enrich one's knowledge by killing each other at sea, singing in the storm, and then plundering with impunity, and enriching one's knowledge by studying history books and ancient texts alone while playing with the women who have been raided on the island.

Freedom means that you can do anything without constraints.

The so-called freedom is to be willing to accept bondage.

Freedom is not beautiful, it can certainly be ugly. Freedom can be unbridled, but it can also be strictly self-disciplined.

It is freedom to choose the good, and freedom to choose the ugly, and only by acknowledging all of them can we be regarded as a sound free person.

As for whether he is free or not?

Moby Dick is, of course, a free man.

At a time when all the people of the sea were reckless, they taught the young boys that only by breaking more laws, by more pleasures, by plundering and killing, could they be called free—but Moby Dick showed them what was a freer freedom than unbridled pleasures, and that was to choose to study the supernatural powers in earnest when he could, and then begin his more than twenty hours of practice.

In fact, at a time when most pirates didn't even know the written word, Moby Dick had read through all the canons of the Covenant and the Law of the entire world for more than 300 years, all kinds of transcendent knowledge texts, and became a truly knowledgeable scholar of the sea.

At a time when most of the pirates did not even know a word, this man had memorized all the voracies of the past four hundred years, all the widely publicized texts and spiritual books, and in addition to this, he had collected the most precious documents written by the defective clergy during the rebellion a hundred years earlier.

He spent a long time sharpening himself, learning and growing himself, and eventually, before the age of thirty, he surpassed all the pirates in the entire Seven Seas who thought he was free, and became the king of the seas.

Then, from Sea King, he became Sea Emperor.

But...... Even if you become a great pirate across the seven seas and become a powerful emperor of the sea, can this be called freedom?

The man who has accomplished all this incredible achievement still has this confusion in his heart, and there is still some beast roaring.

No – it's still not free enough!

Even if it is the Sea Emperor, it is just that he can act recklessly in the sea, and on the land, there are dozens of divine blessings, as well as three true gods - their existence makes it impossible for many Sea Emperors and Sea Kings to go ashore freely to burn, kill and loot, and have no way to go ashore to study books.

"Not enough, far from enough, there are still people above me, there are still gods."

Even after becoming the Sea Emperor, Moby Dick felt that he was still not free enough.

However, such anxious days will eventually come to an end

At the suggestion and request of a being from another world, the pirates spent a long time finally finding a clue to ascend to the gods in the ancient calm sea of meditation.

And Moby Dick has also found the key to true freedom in this world.

- As long as I become a god, there will be no one to restrain me.

Whether it's the covenant, the law, the rulings, the judgments, everything.

No one can hinder people from doing what they want, no one can stop people from whims, no one can hinder people from killing people, and no one can refuse people to save people.

After becoming a god, this is absolute freedom.

At that time, the beluga whale couldn't help but imagine the future.

- It can kill people, make people into furniture and eat them; It is also possible to turn a slave into a nobleman, and let him become a king, and rule over all those who were originally above him.

- Destroying the Temple, burning the Covenant and the Books within, insulting the crystallization of human wisdom and order; At the same time, it is necessary to establish schools to make all the transcendent knowledge available to all and make it free for everyone to see.

-- Cutting down the wisdom of the foolish people, denying all the wisdom of mankind; Wantonly disseminate the reality that all the ruling class is unwilling to disseminate, and put the bloody truth before everyone's eyes.

That's it. That's it. That's it.

The more he thought about it, the more excited the man became.

True freedom is that 'I' feel free, that is freedom, as for 'I' have not been deceived...... Willing to be deceived is also the freedom of 'me'

Free to live, free to die.

Freedom to oppress others, freedom to be oppressed by others.

Freedom of progress, freedom of depravity.

The good and evil of the free mind, the good and bad of the free mind.

What my parents said is indeed not wrong - freedom is indeed such an important thing, can anyone really accept living without freedom? What's the difference between that and an insect that doesn't have intelligence?

He wants to bring this freedom to everyone.

"Moby Dick Sea Emperor, you, are you listening?"

Nanami, Sea of Troubles, Seven Seas Allied Forces Forward Base.

The dense black wood forms the soundproof parapet of the command hall, and the fragile thick curtain from the top obscures the outside light, and there is no other source of light except for the dim yellow element lights hanging from the roof.

And a white-haired, purple-eyed, very young-looking man, sitting on a seat carved with a sea devil whale pattern, was chatting with his eyes slightly open, as if he was half-asleep.

In a command hall converted from a town hall, a cautious voice sounded: "Sea Emperor, what do you think, what do you think of my suggestion?" ”

"Not good."

To this, the white-haired man yawned heavily, and he replied calmly, "You see, I am about to fall asleep when I hear it—or do you think what you are saying is interesting?" ”

Faced with Moby Dick's almost humiliating answer, suddenly, the middle-aged pirate who had been babbling for a long time suddenly turned red, and his black beard trembled.

But due to the deterrent power of the Sea Emperor in front of him, he still didn't dare to speak for a while.

And Moby Dick didn't say anything, 'Don't you even dare to speak, dare to call a free pirate?' Such a mockery is also freedom because of the freedom not to speak.

At this time, he just raised his head and turned his eyes sideways, and the purple dragon pupils calmly looked at the other party, staring at this ordinary pirate with an ordinary soul, as if waiting for the other party's answer.

"I think it's funny."

After a while, the pirate mustered up his courage, gritted his teeth, and repeated his previous advice to Moby Dick again.

"Sea Emperor, the news of Alber Sea King's capture has spread throughout the fleet, and now it is almost certain that the Deep Diver is missing, and Alber Sea King has really been caught and completely fallen into the hands of the Templar."

He said this, looking at the white-haired man's gaze with a hint of deep longing: "Moby Dick Sea Emperor, that ceremony, I think I can also do it—I can do what that guy Alber can do, and his strength may not be much stronger than mine!" ”

"Huh?"

After lazily listening to the other party's second suggestion, Moby Dick raised his head and looked the middle-aged pirate in front of him up and down.

His eyes are dark purple, the dragon blood that the legendary Lord of Judgment has bestowed on all beings, and all Fire Folk have some dragon blood features, and some of them will be more obvious, with scales and dragon pupils.

However, the concentration of the blood veins of the white whale is several times thicker than that of most of the Fire Folk with the naked eye, and the dark purple dragon pupils even make the middle-aged pirates who are staring at them feel a chill.

"That's kind of interesting."

Smiling and staring at the pirate who had said what he wanted, the white whale grinned, revealing a fine, sharp scale, like a shark, like a dragon's teeth, and layers of sharp scales that covered his eye lines and spread all the way to the roots behind his ears, taking up a third of his handsome face.

The white-haired Sea Emperor slowly stood up and calmly said to the blade in front of him, "Do you want to say that you want to replace Alber and become the new Sea King, and then join our plan to ascend to the throne of the gods in the future?" ”

"There's a hint that it's rare to have someone as opportunistic as you."

And when Moby Dick stood up, the pirate who wanted to replace Alber felt a strong sense of oppression coming from him - he was too tall, he was more than two meters three tall with dragon blood, he was almost like a giant whale in human form, and in addition, the abnormal sense of danger came again.

Then he heard the Sea Emperor in front of him say leisurely: "Seriously, although Alber is a boring person, I still quite like his beard, that red beard is like blood, so that I can see the bright red color without tearing his throat." ”

"Ah, as soon as I talk about this, I want to see the color of your blood."

For the first time, the middle-aged pirate had not yet understood what Moby Dick meant.

But soon, he was shocked to find that the man in front of him had smiled and stretched out his hand to him, grabbing him at random by the neck.

"You can't kill me!"

In an instant, feeling the crisis of life and death, the middle-aged pirate burst out with a powerful force, and in just an instant, layers of thick ice condensed in the command hall, and the ultra-low temperature below minus one hundred and fifty degrees spread rapidly.

I have to say that this pirate who intends to replace Alber is indeed not bad.

When he burst out of his Source Water Soul Divine Power, the air directly liquefied and solidified around his body, and finally condensed into a set of almost indestructible solid atmospheric armor, and in the originally humid seaside air, countless fine and sharp ice edges were added, and the ice edges condensed, and then turned into his blade, with a piercing sonic boom, slashing towards the white whale.

But all the actions can't stop a big hand stretched out at will.

"Oh, I could-"

Speaking casually, Moby Whale calmly crushed the sharp ice blade of the pirate in front of him, penetrated through the opponent's solid solidified atmospheric armor, isolated the ultra-low temperature of nearly minus two hundred degrees in the opponent's body, and then delicately pinched the opponent's Adam's apple.

Then, the beluga whale gently exerted force, crushing it with its flesh and blood.

"Ahem—"

Ice blue erupted from the wound, and the middle-aged pirate's eyes bulged - how could a powerful pirate at the pinnacle of the Chosen One not be able to control his blood? The throat bone was just crushed, and he could continue to live even if his heart was destroyed.

But the moment the white whale came into contact with him, he was horrified to find that all the strength in his body, all the blood, and even the water, began to move 'freely', and he didn't obey any of his instructions at all - in this way, let alone blocking the attack of the white whale, which was already stronger than him, he didn't even have the strength to deal with his injuries.

Poof—The sound of the pirate falling to the ground sounded, and the pirate's consciousness began to blur rapidly, and he collapsed to the ground, and the extremely cold ice-blue blood began to spill on the floor of the command hall, creating layers of thick ice and raised ice ridges.

"I've never seen blood of this color."

And the white whale raised his hand curiously and looked at the ice blue blood in his hand, the tall sea emperor sat back in his place, and then stretched out his slender tongue and licked his palm: "Hmm...... It's a bit like the taste of sweet ice cubes. ”

"It's kind of good."

"What's wrong, Moby Dick?"

As the fluctuations of the battle spread, soon, five more consciousnesses came.

They asked the Sea Emperor suspiciously, "I sensed the fluctuation of Lennard's power just now, what's wrong with him?" ”

The voice of consciousness fluctuated in the soul space, and Moby Dick responded disapprerovingly: "Leonard, this guy wants to replace Alber, I think this kind of person is opportunistic and annoying, so I will kill him." ”

"Anyway, the ritual of changing the celestial phenomena and affecting the elemental cycle has long ended, and the elemental balance in the world has been pried into - soon, as we find the soul of the source water, launch the deep-sea ritual, and induce the four elements to dissociate from each other from the cycle, the era of the deep-sea will come."

"At that time, we can become the gods of the seven seas...... Ah, it's the Six Seas now. Anyway, we don't need to find someone to replace Albert, do we? Anyway, they are also old friends who have been together for more than ten years. ”

"Why bother killing him, he is also a sea king candidate pirate, you kill him like this, and you will have to clean up his men later, it's a waste of time."

For Moby Dick, it is not so much free and casual, but rather a freewheeling chaos, and the other five Sea Emperors are very helpless.

But no one dared to have any opinion.

Because, in the past few decades, this seemingly free and loose guy has used absolute power to establish his absolute authority in the seven seas.

And among them, a certain consciousness who was also at the level of the Sea Emperor sighed, and only the other Sea Emperors dared to say a few more words in front of the White Whale: "Well, the ceremony is indeed almost complete, and these vassal pirates are not of much use." ”

"Right? That's true. In response, Moby Dick, who had already sat back in his seat and continued to squint his eyes half-squinting, exhaled a sigh of relief and asked lazily, "What did the pioneer say?" When to start planning? ”

"We can start whenever we want," he said. He can act at any time. ”

Hearing this answer, Moby Dick suddenly let out a hearty laugh, causing the walls of the command hall to tremble slightly: "Hahahaha, this is really a good guy - tell him." ”

The tone of his voice suddenly lowered, and the white-haired man turned his head sideways and looked into the depths of the ocean not far away.

The Sea Emperor's dark purple dragon eyes were full of curiosity and eagerness: "As long as he wants, I can start at any time." ”

"Then I'll reply like this - but be prepared, Moby Dick, you are the strongest of us, Alber has been captured, and we must be prepared to withstand the surprise attack led by the Fire Sanctuary."

"Well, that's a nuisance."

Moby Dick shook his head with some regret: "It's just a pity that in this era of imminent freedom, Alber can't act with us - I like his red beard very much, and his free dad." ”

And at the same time.

Alber, who was regretted by the pirates and was intended to take the place by many people, was being used by Su Sun as a ticket to pass through one level after another at this time.

Lai Lin Cheng, Umo City, White Dove City, Prayer Heart City...... Su Sun and his party traveled all the way, and every independent Divine Protector territory needed to pass a checkpoint.

Because of the recent climate disasters that have occurred frequently across the continent, the movement of the clergy has begun to be restricted, and according to the legal code, they must remain in the local area and contribute their part to the fight against the disasters before they can move freely.

Although he didn't plan to stay, Su Sun never minded helping others.

In fact, when some of the priests and divine beneficiaries did not have time to arrive, he would directly help them, so as not to cause more disasters to the locals.

The mentality of young people is a bit like that of hard-working parents...... It is naturally good for children to pay a little price to complete something independently, but if this thing can only be done by bleeding, it is not necessary, after all, the meaning of parents' existence is to avoid children from learning more things without being hurt.

"It's so hard, this feels like being a father and a mother at the same time......"

After simulating the divine power of the true dragon and directly using the wind to help the water to help the clouds and rain fall on a vast agricultural plain, Su Tian couldn't help but sigh in a low voice.

At this time, he had already left the plain where the heavy rain was celebrating, and was now in the VIP room of a restaurant in the Prayer Heart City in the central region of the Holy Fire Continent.

As for the young man's emotion, Yara in the soul space shook her head: "Didn't you notice anything wrong?" ”

"Nope."

In this regard, Su Sun was solemn, and he looked out of the window of the VIP room quite seriously: "Of course I noticed it—these natural disasters are all signs of elemental imbalance. ”

"Whether it's drought, floods, heavy snowfall, or desolation, in the final analysis, it's a sign that the elements of this world are starting to get out of balance...... Although it was rudimentary, if it weren't for the fact that I had spent so long in the elemental world where the elements were completely out of balance, I might not have been able to feel this aura. ”

And at this moment, Su Sun heard that the message of Ammon's soul came from outside the VIP room.

"My lord, do you want barley tea or ale?"

"Barley tea." Answering like this, the young man couldn't help but nod slightly: "The development of this place is really good, the people can establish restaurants for consumption, and the service attitude is also very good." ”

As for why Su Sun stayed in the VIP room of the Prayer City Restaurant, it was actually quite a coincidence.

Along the way, with Alber's face, the head of the King of the Sea of Troubles, Su Sun and his party passed on the Holy Fire Continent almost unimpeded, even if they were stubborn conservative priests, they would let them pass as much as possible when they saw the face of one of the seven Sea Kings, and let Su Sun enter the city to observe the real living conditions of the people of the Holy Fire Continent.

And in the process, Alber, who felt extremely ashamed, even planned to kill himself by detonating the fragments of the Source Water Soul in his body to avoid more and more excessive humiliation in the future - but unfortunately, with Su Sun here, how could he succeed in committing suicide?

As for the fragments of the soul of the source water, Su Tian had already observed it.

It is a powerful artifact that can make people comprehend supernatural powers early and help perfect them.

Even if it's not a true Water Soul Shard, it's a derivative of Water Soul. And the supernatural powers derived early, just like the Demon Devouring Lord that Su Sun obtained from practicing Divine Geometry at the Awakening Level, were all imperfect forms at the beginning, and when they reached the Commander Level, they would gradually improve and become perfect.

As for why he couldn't leave the sea, the reason was also very simple - the fragments of the soul of the source water would consume a lot of water elemental magic power if he opened the power of the supernatural power early, and before the command level, ordinary cultivators could not afford the demand for this elemental magic at all, only on the sea, with extremely strong natural elemental power, the consumption could be maintained, and as soon as he left the sea, the cultivator was naturally like a leaking jar, and naturally began to decline.

All in all, as a cultivator at the pinnacle of transcendence, Albert was also a leaky jar, but he could hold out for a long time, long enough to sustain himself until he reached the Central Sanctuary.

However, Aquaman's face may not be useful all the time.

Most of the people who pay attention to the information about the Sea King are coastal cities, and although the priests of the mainland cities in the Holy Fire have seen the images, they may not recognize them when they actually meet.

It's like the city where Su Sun is now, the City of Prayer Heart, is such a place where Arber is not recognized.

Because it was really impossible to confirm whether Alber was the Sea King, the censor could only apologize again and again, and invited Su Sun to the restaurant to rest, while going to the temple himself and inviting other priests who were familiar with the pirate situation to come over to confirm.

At such times, Alber would be furious.

"You guys, how can you not recognize me?!"

At that time, the big pirate was so angry, if it wasn't for Su Sun pressing him to the ground, he might have jumped up and punched the ignorant local priest.

This is probably the last self-esteem of the ticket.

Located in the middle of the Sacred Fire Continent, next to a large freshwater lake, the city of Prayer is quite well built, with restaurants, large farmers' markets, river fresh farming, local tool workshops and alchemy workshops, all kinds of workshops and markets are very complete.

Because the reincarnation world is ruled by the Holy Church, it cannot be simply divided by standards such as the modern era of feudal times, but Su Sun did see things like elemental furnaces and elemental cannons in the alchemy workshop of Prayer Heart City—that is similar to the true qi casting furnace of the Shenmu world, in a sense, the premise of transcendent industrialization.

"Maybe a hundred years later, the world of reincarnation will gradually become a world of elemental industrialization, just like the world of divine trees...... Well? ”

Thinking quietly, suddenly, Su Sun looked at the door of the VIP room and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Subsequently, the closed door opened.

And a figure, with his fastest speed, stumbled towards Su Sun.

"Wait, what do you want to do?!"

At this time, Ammon, who was communicating with the waiter at the restaurant, noticed this, and he was surprised: "Stop—"

However, when he hurried back to the VIP room, he did not see the expected attack.

On the contrary, a middle-aged fisherman with simple clothes and dark skin was falling in front of Su Sun at this time, crying bitterly.

After careful observation, Ammon was shocked to realize that this fisherman actually had no hands.

And in the Holy Fire Continent, without hands, it can only represent one thing.

That is, he is a criminal.

"Priest, Priest, please help me......"

The gray-haired priest could hear that the middle-aged fisherman with his severed hand was crying and worshiping Su Sun, and he wanted to kowtow, but was stopped by Su Sun.

But even so, he still cried bitterly: "I have been wronged, Priest, and I know that you are a great man when I see that Priest Ryan is treating you with all respect, and I know that you are a great man—I know that it is wrong to do so, and that it is against the precepts of the Covenant, but I am really wronged, and I can only come to you to avenge ......"

Divine Officer Ryan is the censor priest who met with Su Sun and others before.

"If there is anything, say it well, don't bow down indiscriminately, don't slurred your speech, if you can help, I will definitely help you."

Su Sun responded calmly, he stretched out his hand to help the other party, then raised his head, looked at Ammon, and nodded slightly.

Ammon frowned.

This god-follower, but not blindly believer, knew exactly what his lord meant.

"He wasn't lying."

"He was really wronged."