#1

The Silver Watch is a paladin organization whose goal is to "protect the human kingdom from the undead."

The undead are the corpses of demons awakened by demons in the Abyssal War a thousand years ago, and the souls of the originally noble warriors were twisted by evil spells and turned into undead creatures such as zombies, skeletons, or abominations that are brutal and bloodthirsty, and hate the living. Although the races on the ground finally succeeded in closing the abyssal gate, the undead were like tumors, parasitic in all corners of the world, and even established their own kingdom in the north, "Raifend".

Some time ago, armies of various races attacked Raifender and killed the Lich King. But because he didn't have time to take care of the movements of the demons, he almost opened the door to the abyss. Now that the main forces of all races are forced to expedition to the Abyss again, the finishing touches on the undead have fallen to organizations like the Silver Watch.

Tom is an ordinary trainee paladin.

Because of his healthy physique and relatively excellent affinity for holy light, he was valued by the paladins passing by the village at the most intense moment of the battle with the undead, and was recruited into the organization of "Silver Watch". Although he is said to be a "trainee paladin", he actually doesn't use too many holy light spells. Fortunately, the Paladin's basic spells are very simple. After receiving the blessings of the seniors, sincere prayers to the path of the ancient heroes can be blessed with the holy light. Tom was able to hang himself a holy light blessing spell of "Ancient Heroic Spirit Guardian". As for the rest, it's all about the melee skills learned during the usual hunting.

In fact, there are not many "apprentice paladins" like Tom. Because the battle with the undead is so tense, all races and organizations are forced to expand their recruits. It is said to be a "trainee paladin", but in fact it is almost the same as a "reserve militia". However, the Silver Watch is generous and responsible, not only providing relatively formal armor and weapons, but also conducting some necessary combat training - as long as his affinity for the Light is high enough.

If they can survive this time, the seniors will really begin to teach them the way of Light.

Tom longs for a day like this. Therefore, he is also willing to keep watch at the gate of Reifend, and follow the large army to regularly clean up the zombies or skeletons that run out of it and wander around aimlessly.

Despite the smell of death, the stench, and the corpses and stitches and limbs scattered everywhere, the fighting was not terrible. Because of the death of the Lich King, the undead creatures here have lost their control, and they are now just a rabble. Although bloodthirsty and hateful to the living, it is not too threatening.

After seeing the real war of the dead, the battle can almost be said to be "too easy" now.

However, it was this "too easy" battle that caused Tom's team to capsize in the gutter.

Another comrade in Tom's team, who is in a similar situation to him, seems to have seen his "former friend" in the group of living dead of the undead. After deliberation, it was decided to try to overtake his soul and bring his body back for a quiet burial - something that was not allowed under the rules of war, but which occasionally happened for reasons of personal affection. Especially in the period after the Lich King was killed.

As a result, Tom and the others accidentally broke away from the large army and ended up surrounded by more undead than they could handle.

No one wants to die like this, especially now that the "War of the Dead" is over. Everyone fought and retreated, and in the panic, his teammates continued to scatter and die, and finally when Tom came to his senses, he was alone and scarred next to a tree.

I can only say that "I barely survived".

Tom slashed through the last skeleton of bones that was chasing after him, but the shield provided by the "autolysis" had long since failed. His body was bleeding from multiple injuries, and he could barely move with his mental strength, and he overdrew his last body, and now he is almost dying.

It was already dark, and Tom knew he might not survive tonight.

"If only I had practiced well when Instructor Tarin was teaching the Holy Light Flash......" Tom leaned against the tree, thinking in a daze.

However, in fact, even if he learned the spell "Holy Light Flash", it would be useless.

After the shield provided by Autoanalytic is broken (i.e., "Health" is deducted to zero). People will fall into a state of complete weakness, and it will become difficult to even walk, let alone "cast spells". Moreover, the "flash of light" is only a treatment for "health", not for the "body".

If you want a healing spell to be able to heal wounds, you have to use a higher-level spell, at least at the level of "Holy Light Healing". Spells such as "Holy Light Healing" are usually only learned by paladins who focus on healing and logistics, and trainee paladins like Tom who are combat-oriented will only learn the process of "Holy Light Flash" due to lack of time.

"Am I going to die......"

Tom sadly recognized his worst situation.

"Good thirsty ......"

He couldn't use any magic power, not even the hydration bag from his magic backpack.

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#2

The moment Tom passed out, he barely thought he would ever wake up again. There was no undead plague before he died, and there could be no necromancer nearby, so it was already a "comforting" thing for Tom to be able to die with dignity and not be transformed into a zombie.

However, the truth is that when he woke up, he had no problems other than body aches. The armor was stacked beside him, and he was lying in the warm bedding - and he could even smell a little sweet, which smelled a bit like silver-rimmed flowers.

It is the kind of herb that can often be seen in the wilderness, and is very commonly used as the main ingredient of healing potions.

"Yo, you're awake?"

A girl's voice came from beside her.

The owner of the voice is definitely not very old, and it sounds like he is six or seven years old at most. The voice is very soft, although at first there is a "yo" sound, as if trying to adjust the tone, but it still gives people a rather cold feeling.

Tom turned his head and saw a young girl in a purple robe like a nightgown, sitting against a tree with a book, her long purple hair was very beautiful, and some of it was pouring on the ground.

The girl has three balls of light summoned by magic, and because they are bright enough, reading is not a problem. It's just that the book was so big that Tom couldn't see the girl's face, only her eyes, which could be called "indifferent", looked over the book on his lap and looked in Tom's direction.

However, before they could meet their gaze, they moved their gaze back to the book on their lap and lowered their head slightly, so that Tom could only see her head.

- She is a traveler and a priest by profession.

Tom, who came back to his senses, finally remembered to use his ability to probe the other party's information.

The prestige for "Silver Watch", "Church of Light", and "Sun Human Kingdom" are "Honor", "Worship", and "Worship", respectively.

In this way, he should have been rescued by this girl.