With this resolute cry, a burst of holy light suddenly erupted! Then the flame whip of the fire demon was burst by the holy light, and Witherland was like an oracle who had come out of heaven. (Divine envoys, special invokers who are given important duties by the gods, they accept the divinity and gods of the gods, and exercise some power on behalf of the gods, such as attracting souls, crusading against enemies, announcing oracles, and even answering some prayers on behalf of the gods, and their status is very noble)

But in the face of such a Witherland, all the paladins did not show too much joy, but instead showed a look of surprise, puzzlement, and sadness. Because that's a sacred oath! It is the most controversial of the sacred oaths - the vow of revenge!

The so-called holy oath is an oath that a person must make in the process of becoming a paladin. He will swear allegiance to the cause of righteousness and embark on the path of being the enemy of the unclean things.

All those who choose the path of a paladin are not considered true paladins until they reach level 3 and make a vow. Other paladins regard the act of making this vow as a formal, solemn, and official confirmation of their inner faith.

So the Holy Spirit Oath is a very serious matter, because once a paladin has made the Holy Spirit Oath, he must keep it! If it is violated, then the paladin will fall. Of course, the Holy Spirit Oath is not only made once, in fact, as the paladins deepen their own path and faith, they will also make more ambitious vows for themselves.

The vow of the Holy Spirit does not have to be fulfilled, but it must be kept all the time. For example, if a paladin swears to bring peace to the world, this oath is obviously impossible, but as long as the paladin has been practicing this oath, then the paladin will not only not be punished for not fulfilling the oath, but will gain more power from the holy oath, such as holy oath spells, or holy light blessings.

Although the specific principle is not very clear, it is the same as the comic protagonist's memories of the explosion, very idealistic, and there is no reason to talk about it.

Sacred oaths can be broadly divided into three categories: the creed of devotion, the oath of the sages, and the most dangerous oath of vengeance!

The creed of consecration, the oath of consecration, implies the noblest part of the idea of justice, virtue, and order.

The most common paladins who have taken such vows are like the model of knights in people's hearts: dressed in shining armor, demanding themselves according to the code of honor, and pursuing justice and greater interests. These paladins hold themselves to the highest moral standards, and some of them—both good and bad—demand the same from others. Many paladins who made this vow were dedicated to the gods of order and goodness, and saw the creed of their gods as a standard of devotion.

Although there are many theories about the precise definition and requirements of the vow of devotion, the holy warriors who made this vow all endorsed the following creed.

"Honesty, courage, mercy, honor, duty"

This type of oath gives paladins protection and recovery spells, which are also abilities that paladins have in the eyes of most people, and they are all balanced, but they are not very good.

The Oath of the Sages, as old as the elves and druid ordinances, is said to be the oath of the Paladins when they were first formed, and the creed of the Oath of the Sages has been passed down for countless centuries. This ancient oath emphasized the importance of good principles over so-called orderliness and chaos. There aren't many paladins who use this oath now. Because most of the current paladins belong to the order camp.

Paladins who take this kind of oath are actually very different from modern paladins, and even have very obvious druid traces. Because of this type of paladin, the spells they get are more likely to use some elemental spells, and they can even communicate with animals. This type of paladin is more particular about fighting alone, and has little support ability.

As for the final vow of revenge, it is even rarer, and even many paladins do not quite recognize the paladins who made such vows as companions. In fact, such vows have not been around for long, in fact, they did not appear at all until the dark boiling years.

Until the turmoil of the dark and boiling years, countless beings struggled in pain and war, and some paladins who were determined to destroy evil in order to better destroy them were determined to abandon the shackles of the paladin code on themselves, believing that in order to destroy evil and protect good, they should be more brutal, more cunning, and more ruthless than evil.

It is in this context that the oath of vengeance arises, and the oath of vengeance is a solemn oath to punish those who commit great crimes. When evil forces slaughter innocent inhabitants, when people turn away from good will, when rulers are too powerful and brutal, when terrible dragons roam the countryside—at such moments, paladins will appear and take an oath of vengeance to show their determination to set things right. For these paladins—the "Avengers" and the "Black Knights", even if they sacrifice their purity, justice must be done.

The creeds of vengeance are different for each paladin, but they all include punishing those who have done it by all means necessary. For these paladins, it is better to sacrifice their own justice than to bring to justice those who have committed evil crimes. Therefore, these paladins are often in the camp of absolute neutrality or orderly neutrality, and even become the camp of evil!

With revenge as their core principle, they are simple, radical, and ruthless. Their ultimate goal is to defend good from evil and destroy evil. For this, it doesn't matter if they become evil themselves!

"Looking for a strong enemy, without distractions: chasing the enemy? Or to banish the lesser evils? I want to challenge the greater evil. ”

"There is no mercy to the wicked: it may be merciful to the adversary, but there is no mercy on the enemy."

"For the sake of victory, unscrupulous means: moral speculation will not help to destroy my great enemy."

"See evil deeds and try to make amends: If my enemies have harmed the world, it is because of my fault: I have failed to stop them in time. I must dedicate myself to helping restore all that has been damaged by the crimes of my enemies. “

Looking at the above oaths, no orthodox paladin can accept them. In the eyes of many paladins, they are called paladins precisely because they uphold their belief in goodness, and the reason why kindness is kindness is precisely because they have a bottom line and morality! But what about these Avengers? They have abandoned all this and turned justice into outright killing, with no bottom line at all! What is the difference between this and evil?

Witherland, the head of the Knights of the Burning Heart, the idol of all paladins in Askatra, he has always been synonymous with integrity, mercy, and honor! But just now, he gave up on it all!

In the complicated eyes of all the paladins, the originally brilliant and dazzling warm holy light became solemn and fierce! Witherland's eternally warm and gentle eyes gradually turned into a gloomy!

But in any case, this kind of paladin is indeed the strongest paladin, they will gain a series of incredible abilities to strengthen their power, especially the ability to pursue, once they are targeted by this kind of paladin, then the evil will have nothing to hide, even if they flee to the ends of the earth, they will be caught up. Of course, this world is fair, and if you want to gain power, you have to pay a price.

And the price they have to pay is that their souls will not be able to enter the kingdom of God! When they make such vows, they doom their camp to begin to drift away, until eventually, they will turn away from their faith, and at such a point the gates of the kingdom of God will be closed to them.

This is also the reason why the paladins are saddened, the paladins are so beloved by the gods that they will almost certainly be accepted into the kingdom of God. Even if their souls are desecrated due to some problems, the gods will not give up on them easily, and will send divine envoys to receive them. This is also the reason why paladins are not afraid of sacrifice, and they will surely have a greater new life in the kingdom of God anyway.

But once you become an "Avenger", then all this is over. Their souls will be rejected by the kingdom of the gods, and even the gods themselves will not be able to do anything, after all, the deviation of the camp is too serious, even if their original purpose is to protect the good.

But this is really the reason, although the paladins do not admit that the paladins who use the oath of revenge are companions, but they do not completely regard them as evildoers, after all, they are willing to give up the opportunity to enter the kingdom of God in order to fight evil, although this behavior is extreme, but it is undeniable that its greatness is undeniable, after all, they are completely sacrificing themselves to maintain goodness. That's why the Paladins called them "Holy Avengers".

That's right, it's the name of the artifact in Solam's hand. In fact, the original inspiration for the Vengeance Oath came from the story of the Holy Avengers.

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After breaking free of the flame whip of the Fire Demon, Witherland rushed towards the Barlow Fire Demon under a cloud of holy light. And this time, the power of Witherland's attack became even more powerful, and the huge decapitation sword that Barlow Flame Demon originally used to block was suddenly cut aside by Witherland's long sword, and then Witherland rushed into the arms of the Fire Demon.

"Boom !!" Witherland's heavy punch actually sent Barlo's four-meter-tall body flying in one fell swoop!!!

In the face of this change, the Barlow Flame Demon could hardly believe that the little man who was equal to himself just now still had such a powerful power. Only the paladins could see what the hell was going on.

"Vengeance Oath - Vengeful Spirit"

Oath of Enemies: The Paladin takes an Oath of Hatred with a bonus action, swears to destroy and mark a creature within 10 meters that can be seen, and for the next marked time (according to the will of the Paladin), the Paladin will gain an advantage over the creature's attack (+3 Strength, +2 Agility, and 50% more damage dealt against the enemy)