General Lanlin of One Piece

Chapter 69 Ilya

"What did you say? Are you a revolutionary army?"

Rorschach was shocked and looked at Ilya in the cell in disbelief.

This man who regards countless people's lives as ants could actually be a member of the revolutionary army?
Is Dolag blind?

Perhaps seeing Rorschach's shock, Ilya showed a serious look for the first time.

"Don't misunderstand Mr. Dorag, he is the only person I respect."

Speaking of this, Ilya showed a rare look of reverence.

"Mr. Dorag is a true pioneer. He is the first person in this decadent world who dares to stand up and show that he is not collaborating with the world government. He lights up the lights openly and brings hope and light to the world. man!"

"Unlike the Pirate King Roger, whose hope of overthrowing the World Government rests on a group of chaotic pirates, Mr. Drago takes the lead and personally goes to those places that are poor and have fallen into darkness for various reasons, losing hope and future. Send food, send warmth, send hope of living!"

"What he did did not make the world become as chaotic as the great pirate era. Instead, it ignited a spark in some forgotten corners."

"He once told me personally that it was indeed on the day of Roger's execution that he awakened to the path he wanted to take in the future."

"But he is destined not to make the world chaotic like Roger. He will open up another path alone and save the world."

"It was me who failed his high expectations and fell into the wrong path. But..."

Elijah suddenly shed two lines of tears from the corners of his eyes and raised his head, "I don't regret it."

As Ilya told the story, Rorschach's eyes opened wider and wider.

The shock in my heart is beyond words.

He thought he had overestimated Elijah.

Unexpectedly, he still underestimated the other party.

This man actually saw through Roger's true intentions.

Ilya continued.

Rorschach also found out that Ilya's identity was that he was once a staff officer of the Revolutionary Army.

Although his status is not as high as the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Army, he is comparable to the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Army. He is a real high-level member of the Revolutionary Army.

About ten years ago, in 1506.

Because no matter what he did, Ilya could not get the respect and appreciation of his father. He left the Prince Kingdom in anger and went to other countries in the North Sea to relax.

By chance, he met Dolag who was organizing a civilian uprising in that country.

Maybe it was a fateful encounter.

With the help of Ilya's outstanding eloquence talent, Dolag successfully seized the power of the small country without bloodshed.

The common people who were oppressed and had no enough to eat overturned the rule and exploitation of the nobles and gained their own land and freedom.

Dolag extended an invitation to Ilya, and Ilya did not refuse.

Because at that time, he was also shocked by Dorag's courage to challenge the World Government.

In the following years, Ilya helped the revolutionary army dismantle the aristocratic rule of several small countries in the North Sea, allowing tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of civilians to escape from their dark lives and gain hope of survival.

He also gained confidence in himself.

He believes that as long as he doesn't give up, he will definitely be recognized by his father.

He didn't want the throne of the Prince Kingdom, he just wanted a word of approval.

Later, the focus of the revolutionary army shifted to the South China Sea. Ilya did not follow, but chose to stay and promised to take care of the few small countries that had received light.

And it was precisely because of this incident that it became a turning point in Ilya's life.

"Do you know what I saw when I returned to those countries that overthrew the aristocratic rule after seven years?"

A look of ridicule appeared on Elijah's face.

I don’t know whether the object of ridicule is myself or someone else.

Rorschach did not answer, but he already had a vague answer in his mind.

"I saw that the darkness swallowed the light again, and the civilians of those countries returned to the era of exploitation and rule. Moreover, they were even more miserable than before they were overthrown!"

Ilya said with a look of pain on his face.

The chains clattered, and he raised his hands and held his head. "Why is this so?"

"Shouldn't it be?"

"Obviously, all the nobles have been killed, and there are no bloodline heirs to the royal family anymore. Those commoners should have become the masters of those small countries."

"Why are new aristocrats, new exploiters, and new rulers born?"

"Haha, I can't believe what I saw. I want to find the answer!"

Ilya looked up suddenly, his eyes bloodshot.

"One of the small countries, I remember it was called Konis."

"It was a very small country. It couldn't even be called a kingdom. It had a population of less than 1 people."

"I broke into the palace, which looked just like an ordinary manor, and captured all the new rulers of Konis Country and interrogated them."

Ilya smiled, "Hahaha, I got the answer. The rulers themselves are from the civilians who were once oppressed. They are the more far-sighted and cultural representatives of the civilians, so after we leave, we will Leave the country of Nice to them."

"Who would have thought that in less than five years, no, even three years after we left, they would regard themselves as the rulers of Konis!"

"Moreover, because of the previous rebellion in Konis Country, they have intensified their treatment of civilians who were once the same class."

"I couldn't believe my ears. I thought what I was doing was a sacred thing, saving the world from dire straits."

"But I didn't expect that this was not a rescue, but pushing them into a darker abyss."

Elijah lowered his head and shrugged his shoulders.

From a low chuckle to a loud laugh.

While laughing, weeping tears.

"I left there, and before I left..."

"I killed all the ten thousand citizens of that Konis country!"

"From top to bottom, from the elderly to the children, from men to women, no one is left behind!"

Ilya stared at Rorschach and said word by word: "Then, I came up with the idea of ​​​​finding the essence of all this, the answer."

"Only by knowing the nature of the world can we prescribe the right medicine and prevent things like Konis from happening again."

"If you don't understand the nature of the world, no matter how hard Mr. Dorag or Roger or others try to change it, the world will still end up in the same shabby state it is today!"

"Rorschach!"

Elijah's voice rose.

"I admire what you said very much."

"About courage and faith, kindness and conscience."

"What you said is absolutely correct, it is completely the right path!"

"Mr. Dorag and the others are also adhering to a similar path, so they can do dangerous things against the world regardless of life and death."

"But if you don't find a way to deal with the nature of the world, then everything you do will eventually return to the original point!"

"That's fate and power!"

"Control them, and you may become the new rulers of the world."

"Destroy them and the world will move towards an unknown future."

"This is a choice that must be made. There is no third way for you to take."

After Ilya said all this emotionally, the aura on his body suddenly weakened rapidly like a candle in the wind.

It was like his mind collapsed in an instant and he lost the idea of ​​living.

His delicate and handsome face became haggard.

A pair of numb eyes looked at Rorschach through the fence.

"Rorschach, if you have the chance, please tell Mr. Dolag the answer I got. You are the first person I appreciate besides Mr. Dolag."

"Courage, maybe I have never really had it in my life..."

(End of this chapter)