When the shining light in the field gradually dissipated, everyone finally saw the situation in the field clearly. Aaron maintained a half-kneeling posture on the ground, and the area where he was located sank a bit.
What surprised everyone outside the court was that Aaron's shocking punch just now did not hit Barthilas. If that blow had landed on Barthilas, I'm afraid this guy would have fallen. He suffered a broken tendon and fracture. However, although Barthilas now looks very embarrassed, and although most of his body has been buried by the mud stirred up by Aaron, judging from his slightly heaving chest, he is still alive.
"Why don't you kill me?" Barthilas slapped the dirt covering his head indiscriminately, glaring at Aaron with a ferocious face.
"Wouldn't it be dirtying my hands if I kill you?" Aaron looked at Barthilas with a contemptuous attitude, and slowly stood up, but had no intention of continuing to attack Barthilas.
"You!" Barthilas gritted his teeth and looked at Aaron. Aaron's contemptuous attitude made him feel a surge of unknown anger. Regardless of the fact that he was seriously injured at the moment, he forced himself to take a breath and clenched his fists to hit Aaron.
However, during this process, Barthilas discovered that Holy Light in his body had disappeared without a trace. The punch he threw with hatred was no longer powerless because of this discovery. Thinking of before Those words Aaron said, a string in Barthilas's heart immediately broke, and he murmured, "No, this is impossible. Did Holy Light really abandon me? No, this is impossible."
"Holy Light didn't abandon you, it was you who abandoned Holy Light." Aaron seemed to have expected this scene, and said to Barthilas expressionlessly.
The expression on Barthilas's face changed several times, and finally turned into a slump. His body fell to the ground weakly, and his eyes no longer had the slightest sparkle, as if they were like rotten wood. There was no reaction until several Paladin took him away at the signal of the old Mograine.
Seeing Barthilas being taken away with a lost look, Aaron did not restrain his Holy Light, but looked expressionlessly at the old Mograine and Knights of the Silver Hand who came over with apologetic expressions.
"Sorry, Mr. Aaron, I didn't expect Barthilas..." Old Mograine was about to say something, but was interrupted by Aaron.
Aaron waved his hand to old Mograine and said, "Lord Mograine, I believe that Barthilas's actions must have nothing to do with you."
Old Mograine was about to say something, but heard Aaron continue, "I only have one question, and I would like you to answer it."
Old Mograine instinctively felt something was wrong, but he still nodded and let Aaron continue.
"I think you saw what Barthilas did just now."
"I saw it, please rest assured, Barthilas will definitely pay the price for what he did."
Aaron shook his head and said, "Of course I believe that Barthilas will get the punishment he deserves, but I have no intention of interfering with this matter. After all, I am not a judge. I mean..."
Having said this, Aaron paused slightly, "I mean, you should have seen that he was still able to use Holy Light even after he made the move to assassinate me, right?"
"I saw it." Old Mograine nodded hesitantly, vaguely aware of something in his heart, but it was not clear yet, so he could only let Aaron continue talking.
Aaron continued, "As long as you have seen it, what I want to ask is, why does Holy Light still protect Barthilas? Why did Holy Light still protect him when he made actions that were obviously not in line with the practitioners of Holy Light? I refused to give up on him. If Holy Light wanted to give him a chance to repent, then shouldn't I be protected by Holy Light? Everyone should have seen the situation at that time. If I hadn't reacted quickly, I might have been killed."
When he said this, the Holy Light in Aaron became more and more surging, and the Holy Light in the people around him became more and more restless.
Aaron turned around and looked at everyone with thoughtful expressions, and asked loudly, "I want to ask, what exactly is Holy Light protecting?"
As Aaron said these words, the restlessness of Holy Light in everyone reached the limit. For a while, many Paladin and Priest who wanted to scold Aaron for such blasphemous remarks about Holy Light were unable to speak, and more people fell into deep thought.
"Vereesa, let's go." Aaron didn't pay attention to these Paladin, which were basically down, and greeted Vereesa, and the two of them got on Dreadwake and left Grand Monastery.
This is also a step that Aaron has planned for a long time. The previous results have been sufficient. If he stays and is entangled again by Paladins of Silver Hand, he will fall behind.
"Aaron, don't you have any grudge against Paladins from Silver Hand, right?" Vereesa stared at Aaron for a while before speaking.
"Why do you think so?"
"You should have seen it. After you said those few words, the Holy Light on Paladin all dimmed. And that Barthilas. I wonder if he won't be able to be Paladin in the future, right?"
Aaron thought about it. According to his induction just now, Holy Light in Barthilas's body is indeed close to disappearing. However, this can be regarded as one of his purposes. If not If this guy Barthilas stirs up trouble, maybe Tirion will not be expelled from Silver Hand, and then this knight order will not continue the fragmented situation in the game.
However, this is not the main purpose of Aaron. After all, the best way to prevent Tirion from being expelled from Silver Hand is to kill Lordaeron in the wilderness. If the wandering Eitrigg just lets Barthilas leave Silver Hand, then the contact between Tirion and Eitrigg is still very likely to happen.
"Actually, I just want to shake these Paladin's belief in Holy Light." Aaron pondered for a while and decided to tell Vereesa all about his plan.
"You really have a grudge against Silver Hand, right?"
"What if I tell you that I want to protect Silver Hand?"
"Are you sick? Are you not clear-headed?" Vereesa looked at Aaron in surprise, but found that Aaron's expression was very serious. He was not joking at all, and his face did not look like he was sick. "Then can you explain in detail?"
"Actually, I have always felt that Silver Hand's belief in Holy Light has gone astray..." Aaron organized his words and explained, "You have seen the performance of that Barthilas. Even if he wants to kill me and take Silver Hand Warhammer away, he can still use Holy Light."
"That's because he has a firm belief in Holy Light and insists that what he does is in line with Holy Light's teachings, right?" Vereesa said with some hesitation.
Aaron nodded lightly and said, "That's it. No matter what he did, he thought it was a manifestation of his piety to Holy Light. What's even worse is that as long as people like him don't doubt themselves, they can still continue to use Holy Light, which makes him feel that he is right."
"So, you just want to shake their thinking?" Thinking of Aaron's words and deeds before leaving Grand Monastery, Vereesa vaguely understood Aaron's thoughts, "Could it be that future Paladins will make any big mistakes because of this reason?"
"That's it." Aaron remembered that after Order of the Silver Hand split, Scarlet Crusade, who inherited most of the original power of the Knights, completely transformed into an extremely fanatical avenger. Finally, under the guidance of a certain Dreadlord, he continued to do things that made his relatives sad and his enemies happy, until he was finally destroyed in the biting cold wind of the north Northrend.
The change of Barthilas can actually be said to be the precursor of this change. This young Paladin became extremely fanatical because of his extreme hatred for Orcs, even if he just saw Aaron didn't want to join Silver Hand, so he had the idea of killing Aaron and leaving Warhammer. But because Holy Light never abandoned him, he had no intention of reflecting on himself.
The reason why Aaron performed such a performance today is to make some Holy Light believers begin to reflect on their belief in Holy Light. Judging from the performance at that time, under the resonance caused by Holy Light in Aaron, Everyone at least listened to Aaron's words. As for what they can come up with, it is not Aaron's control. However, as long as Paladin's belief can become a little more rational, Aaron's actions will not be in vain.