Chapter 271: No Banish Evil Slash!

From the ambush to the counterattack, from commoners and noble youths being abducted, to the "loose elements" of the dock district forming a rescue team, only a few hours had passed.

Living strength, or rather, combat power that can be mobilized at any time, is precious and limited for any organization or faction.

Perhaps even the Beast Cult never expected "City of Radiance" and the "Royal Family" to react so quickly.

"In the end, the core issue of organization is human action, and the key to driving human action is always mutual trust."

Greeting someone and getting straight to work versus going through individual procedural approvals and carrying transfer orders to mobilize personnel are not at all the same in efficiency.

Every member of the Class Reunion is a successor of the Heroic Souls, equal in self-perception and mutual recognition.

This kind of trust and recognition, coming from the heart, is extremely rare.

"Shall we go?"

"Let's go."

This simple and efficient rate of action is incomprehensible to many large organizations and great factions.

Unless it is a dictatorship, nothing can react faster than this.

When the Beast Cult was plotting the ambush, they likely never anticipated the counterattack would be so swift; even the group that had abducted the hostages was already being gradually caught up to.

After all, most of the factions in City of Radiance have been almost completely infiltrated by the Beast Cult; even if they cannot hinder or delay the enemy's response, they can at least send timely warnings to prevent the operation from failing.

But the Class Reunion is different; its core members are intermediaries from various organizations, factions, and backgrounds.

Once they take action themselves, they can quickly mobilize a group of combatants, needing no approvals or reports.

You take a few, I take a few, and together we have enough people.

Without intermediate processes and without procedural trials, there is no leakage of secrets and no inefficiency of bureaucracy.

Once the order to depart is given, they naturally depart.

Li En even had time, while splitting his forces into two paths, to use his own "absence" to bury a "conspiracy" on the ground.

"Listen, not revealing your identity is the top priority; do not lose your ability to detect evil, that is meaningless, the entire slave market is full of evil."

Talia once again donned the "Assassin Robe," and behind her were a group of clumsy big men; they were all very unaccustomed to being constrained by robes and tight-fitting clothes, especially while wearing those inferior "one-eyed masks."

Most of them were Paladins from the Weaver Knight Order, and His character was trustworthy.

And the prejudice most people hold against Paladins will cause them to be immediately removed from the list of attackers; in reality, classical Paladins hesitate not at all when attacking evil; as long as they remain true to their own hearts, there is no need to dwell too much on the methods.

The world's stereotypical influence actually stems from the various Paladins of the Church; they have one more rule than classical Paladins or Free Paladins: "Believe in the Gods, Serve the Gods," and the Deities often impose restrictions upon them such as "follow procedures and laws, do not lie, fight for faith."

This prejudice, at this moment, is quite useful.

The side of justice disguising itself as cultists to launch an attack is probably unique in its kind.

The clothes and disguises they wore were not fake; in today's battle, so many of these robes and masks had been captured.

And the robes and masks of most believers and low-level personnel were such homemade inferior goods; can you believe it, these low-level cultists even had to equip their own gear!

"Remember, no Banish Evil Slash! I do not want to see any traces of Radiant Damage on the corpses of these slave traders!" Some wounds are too obvious, even unique, and must be avoided.

Watching the big men nodding repeatedly, Talia sighed, completely unable to feel at ease.

She felt like a tired old hen, taking care of a flock of chicks on her own was bad enough, but these chicks were each more stubborn than the last.

"But if we don't use Banish Evil Slash, don't we have nothing left?"

Are Paladins just Banish Evil Slash launchers? Outsiders might say this, and they would probably get angry; but if you really stop them from using Banish Evil Slash, they will panic on the spot.

"No Banish Evil Slash! I have said it many times, whether you chop or bite, or even tear them apart with bare hands! As long as it is not Banish Evil Slash, it is fine!"

Paladins are basically organizational creatures; seeing one means you can dig up a nest, crushing one means a group will appear, and wiping out a small squad means you will see a whole Knight Order; ahem, I digress; in short, once the Radiant Damage of Banish Evil Slash appears, everyone will immediately lock onto the Paladins, and the next day they will come looking for Li En's group.

Talia scanned them one by one; having been personally entrusted by Li En, she had to get the job done; thinking of the way Li En had wanted to speak but stopped himself at that time, Talia guessed he had probably already foreseen the current situation.

"Wait, what are you laughing at?"