There is only a thin line between heaven and hell.

Such metaphors are often quoted, and when the metaphor becomes reality, the shock is far beyond Minerva's expectations, and the mental preparation that has been made before it instantly disappears.

Since Roland became governor, the SAR has achieved the separation of military and government, and Titans has been strictly restrained, except for the gendarme, he has basically kept to himself. The garrisons outside the SAR do not have such restraints, and they completely use military police and terror to govern the occupied areas.

In the occupied territories, Titans closed all local schools and sent thousands of people to Charlemagne as slave laborers. In the six months since the start of the fighting, some 200,000 adult males have been loaded onto trains to serve Charlemagne's industry and agriculture, and those who have escaped have to face brutal exploitation by the occupying forces, leaving no food, livestock, or vehicles left, and dying if they violate curfew orders or are found to be outside without permits. In order to effectively curb the activities of the guerrillas, all the farmhouses that might have harbored the guerrillas were burned down. In winter and early spring, the situation of farmers is even more dangerous, and many farmers are stripped naked in the cold weather of minus ten degrees Celsius, and then driven to death in the wilderness and woods. In addition, Titans also practiced brutal hostage executions, such as in the Logroño area, when a Titans transport wagon was crushed by a landmine, killing all the male residents of several nearby villages and razing all the houses to the ground.

The tyranny of Titans did not bring them the "peace" they had hoped for. On the contrary, the racial hatred provoked by them is like a factory assembly line, which produces terror and resistance groups. At the same time, the number of ordinary criminal cases has increased exponentially, and as a result of the occupation forces' direct involvement in the black market and smuggling activities, as well as the abolition or weakening of the existing local security institutions, social order is on the verge of collapse, and robbery and theft are becoming more and more rampant. In some areas where law and order are chaotic, there are few people in broad daylight, and they look like ruins.

In a world without order and law, the only thing that prevails is the law of the jungle.

The strong live, and the weak die. That's all.

For the powerless and weak, this world is hell. It's still the lowest kind.

Minerva bent over and retched desperately, obviously she couldn't even vomit the acid water, her face was also green, the terrifying scene in front of her was still holding her tightly like a devil, and Gloria, who was supporting her, was also disgusted and angry.

This is the village of Arce, just 20 kilometres from the village of Tars, which had just been visited by a group of uninvited visitors two hours earlier, leaving behind a savage and bloody sight. The doors and windows of the houses were smashed open, and the streets were littered with tattered furniture and cutlery. Most of the houses and warehouses had been set on fire and were still smoking, and there were lifeless ruins everywhere. The naked bodies of the women, many of them girls under the age of fifteen or sixteen, and many of them elderly women, were on the edge of the rubble, and their clothes were torn apart. The women also wore ropes around their necks to hang them. Some of the women's heads were buried in mud and dung pits in the graves, and their lower bodies, which showed signs of violence, were exposed to the sun. An old man is nailed upside down to the beam of the stable. There was also a row of people lying at the base of the wall of the ruins, all old men and children, whose throats had been cut by sharp knives and fell there.

Such a crazy and bloody slaughterhouse is rare even on the battlefield, and a few guards who are accustomed to seeing blood and dead bodies can't bear it, and they turn their heads and vomit.

Roland stood aside, unable to utter a word. The witch's underbelly-like hellscape blankened his thoughts, and his shell-like body trembled slightly in the wind.

Through various sources, he already knew all about the occupation zone, and there was no shortage of disgusting photographs and videos, but after seeing it with his own eyes. Only then did he realize that words and pictures could not describe the cruelty of Cheng dù in case. That kind of shocking horror can turn a brave man into a coward, and even reawaken the memories that have been sealed in the depths of his heart.

The burning sky, the unbalanced villages, the people lying in pools of blood, the overwhelming black diamonds.

When he came back to his senses, he found himself breathing in the air greedily, his body cold, and his limbs trembling, like a man who was about to drown.

Breathe, breathe, breathe.

After three deep breaths in a row, when consciousness finally regained consciousness, Roland shook his head, turned and walked to Diana's side, and said earnestly:

"Sister, Diana, I can't find the priest for a while, see if you can ......"

"It is my pleasure, although there is no anointing and no final confession, but at least I hope that my prayers will show the way to the Mother Goddess for the souls of the dead. ”

"Please. ”

Looking at the row of corpses at the base of the wall, Roland closed his eyes in pain.

Who would do it? Titans, bandits, guerrillas, and in the occupied territories, there is no difference between the army and the bandits, and they are often worse than the bandits. It is entirely possible that the uniformed crumbs will destroy the small village of Miè on a "whim", and the bandits are similar, and the murder of the village is their specialty. As for the guerrillas, they could well expect revenge from the guerrillas if a village handed over the guerrillas who had been hiding to Titans, or provided a guide to lead the way for the troops engaged in a mopping operation.

Everyone is suspicious, and it seems that it will take a while to investigate clearly, and it will take a month just to pass the approval process across regions, plus the prevarication of official articles...... Most of the investigation will not be resolved.

But before it got dark, Roland and his party knew the truth.

"Little brother, you said that in the village of Arce, it was Juan's men who did the machete, but behind them were Uncle Charlemagne of Titans. ”

The roadside restaurant owner, whose arms were as thick as his thighs and a pistol and dagger at his waist, stirred the soup pot leisurely, with a nonchalant expression on his face, the arms and eyes churning in the soup did not seem to affect his mood, and the guy with Moxigan's head on the side was hanging a hairless corpse upside down, and the chef licked the meat chopping knife with his tongue with a dozen steel rings, and then began to break down the work with a cruel smile on his face. In the smell of meat, the sign of "Fresh Meat Stock" swayed outside the store, and the shelves in one corner of the store were lined with weapons with clearly marked prices.

In an almost terrifying environment, Roland endured his complaints and continued to listen to his boss.

"The Titans have been smuggling everything from military cans, opium, weapons to living people through underground pipes. As long as they can be exchanged for money, they sell everything. However, the latest batch of opium and escort people disappeared for no reason after entering the SAR, and the last stop before entering the SAR was Arce, and in order to investigate and retaliate, Juan's gang was sent into the village, hey, a bunch of unlucky people. ”

"How do you know?"

Roland placed an Eju gold coin on the table. The boss put away the gold coins and sneered.

"When the group of Wang Ba came back, a few guys who claimed to be cadres settled down in my place, saying that they never gave money to the restaurant, and they smashed things and set them on fire, which was really annoying, so they simply slaughtered these three people indiscriminately and stewed the soup. It is estimated that there will be a large group of people to retaliate later. Would you like a bowl of our signature stock?"

"Gangsters?"

Roland pushed the soup aside and tried not to look at the paws with the gold ring in the bowl.

"You're going out for the first time, and you won't feel anything when you see more and more. ”

The boss pulled out the ring with his greasy finger and grinned:

"Probably Titans, this kind of thing is already a regular occurrence here. If you're in the mood, you'll be able to see us kill those pieces of chop and make them into macaroni later. ”

"That's really ...... It's exciting. ”

Throwing out a gold coin, Roland walked back to the carriage quickly, the carriage left with its front feet, and there was already a thunderous sound of horses' hooves behind it, and the hotel guys grabbed the meat knives and axes and rushed out, still shouting "Hip Hop." Fresh meat is coming to the door!!"

"Where is this the end of the century......

Pull down the curtains and leave the spitting and the bloody scenery behind. Roland began to sort out the information.

The authenticity of the information is only about half of Cheng Dù, who paid the money, and received false news everywhere, not to mention that the other party still opened a black shop, and its reputation was not much better. However, the description of Titans manipulating bandits and participating in opium smuggling is quite consistent with the information previously obtained. So at least this part is true.

But these things are probably also well-known secrets in the local underworld. It is not difficult to get the same information as long as you inquire more. The point is that opium and the people transporting it suddenly disappeared, and Titans manipulated bandits to attack villages in order to retaliate and investigate - how true is this news?

The smuggling of opium was a head-off business, and arrogance such as Titans could only be carried out secretly. There are roughly two delivery routes. The first is the ships of the Guò Navy, although this route is fast, but it has to share a share of the pie with the Navy, and the market is small; the second is that the Guò Saalbadu Special Zone is transported to various countries, in the context of the fact that all countries have closed trade to Charlemagne, this passage accounts for more than half of the proportion of both traffic volume and market share, once something unexpected happens, it will indeed make the criminals involved in opium smuggling nervous, not to mention that people and goods suddenly disappear out of thin air, and they cannot search with great fanfare, and it is reasonable to dispatch local gangs who are familiar with the environment to investigate, and this decision directly leads to the tragedy of Arce......

Everything seems to be linked, but this is speculation and rhetoric, and is not supported by conclusive evidence. If he wants to find out the truth, he can only start with the so-called "opium that disappeared out of thin air", and only after mastering this batch of evidence and understanding the ins and outs of the matter can he take action against Titans. There is no other way.

(The bandits attacked the village of Arce because it was the last place where opium appeared before it entered the SAR, and the closest populated area to Arce was -)

Roland jerked his head up, and as he stomped the floor, he cried out loudly:

"Turn around! Let's go back to Tails!"

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"Not bad. ”

Throwing the report aside, Li Lin commented in a low voice.

As a commander or as a parent, what I am most afraid of encountering is a report that reports good news but not bad news, because there are countless cases of misjudgment that deviates from the real report, and eventually leads to tragedy, and an accurate and true intelligence is sometimes even worth a group army group.

The same is true for children's education, if they do not have a correct grasp of the various circumstances of the education target and have a reliable understanding of their psychological and physiological changes, it is impossible for the educator to formulate a practical and effective education policy, and the probability of successful parenting will be reduced.

Fortunately, Roland is quite worry-free in this regard, except for not paying much attention to the expansion of the harem and reproduction, the growth in other aspects is quite smooth. As for whether this kind of growth meets the criterion of "making children as if they are as successful as themselves, or even more successful", it is a matter of opinion.

Roland, like his biological father, was a straightforward idealist at heart. In a corrupt world of money worship, realism, and extremism, people with this kind of personality are a rare breed. Although he is a bit of an honor student and a good man, as long as the stage is set up at the right time, not only Castile but also the international stage will welcome his debut.

Although there are many relationships that they have carefully planned and guided public opinion, the main reasons do not stop there, and their own actions and charms are also factors that cannot be ignored.

At his age, he has a strong sense of justice, and the hairy boy who is hot-blooded and doesn't care about others grabs a handful. There are very few who can carefully grasp the development of the situation, grasp the balance of power, and seek the best outcome. While doing this, he was very restrained not to impose his ideas on others, but he also desperately conveyed the message that there should be no end to discrimination and violence, that there is coexistence between people and between races in addition to killing, and that it can be done if you sit down and talk to each other -- it is indeed rare to be able to do this.

"And, the potential performance is superior to that of Lenard Darke. ”

Although everyone knows that Roland is extremely talented in all aspects, there is basically no other information that can measure Roland's strength. All Li Lin has in his hands are the footage and recent observations of the battle between Roland and the Ostolian independence activists last year. However, if you want to judge, these are enough.

Conclusion - In terms of strength, Roland is roughly close to or surpassing Rinnard Darke. But there is still a lack of spirituality.

As a former agent of divine will, Li Nadu was constantly doing dirty work in a shadowy world. Roland's situation was quite the opposite. Under the watchful eye of the public world, it is expected by everyone. Is this happiness or misfortune?

"In any case, there is no way to verify the Shura field experienced by the two until the gap between quality and quantity is closed. However, there are still many ...... methods."

Destroy his ideals and turn him into a man who doesn't trust anyone, or distort him with a cruel reality?

Now, there is an ongoing plan. If you want to proceed smoothly, you still need to do some preparations...... In short, let's expect the Seven Original Sins to complete the mission. (To be continued......)