Chapter XXXIX
After reaping the first success, the archbishop finally relented and baptized the remaining paladin candidates, but unfortunately, less than half of the hundreds of young people from all over the continent of Lordaeron completed the test and became knights favored by the Holy Light.
Although this is only the first paladins among humans, the proportion of successful transformations is too embarrassing. What's more, among the more than 50 paladins, there are still some noble children who do not belong to the Lordaeron Kingdom, which makes the Lordaeron King who plans to form the Silver Hand Knights here?
Of course, the major human kingdoms will definitely increase their efforts to cultivate paladins after verifying the true combat power of paladins, and now, there is an opportunity for these knights favored by the Holy Light to prove their strength to the entire human society.
It was an order from Tyrenus Minechr II, Lord of Lordaeron.
Because the Amani trolls had gone south to Hinterland through the Daron Mill Woodland a few days ago, causing some damage to the people in Lordaeron, including the Kaorin junction and the vicinity of Stratholm, His Majesty ordered the requisition of the civilians of Stratholm to build a watchtower east of Stratholm near the mountains where Zulmasa was located.
At the same time, Terenus sent two brigades of the Kingdom's Second Legion to Stratholme, asking Stratholme's defenders to cooperate with the Second Legion in clearing the mountains around the watchtower, and flexing their muscles against the troublesome forest trolls.
Of course, in order to verify the success of the new class system of paladins, the Knights of the Silver Hand, who are embarrassed by their numbers, are also in the plan for this operation.
Although the nobles of Stratholme have been clamoring to become a joint monopoly like the Hand of Tyr because of their distance from the center of the kingdom of Lordaeron, in the face of the second legion close at hand, this group of guys has to hold on to their own to complete the task assigned by the king.
Regardless of the world, as long as there is determination and great attention from above, the intensity of execution must be staggering.
On the very second day, a garrison of 1,000 men set out from the city and began to cooperate with the kingdom's army to carry out a large-scale sweep of all the nearby humanoid races, including trolls, kobolds, and gnolls.
At the same time, another 200-strong soldier escorted hundreds of laborers to the intended location, in addition to a team of 300 men to transport logistical resources.
Almost half of the garrison of Stratholme ended their usual idle days and began their hard work just because of a letter of dispatch from Terenus.
"This is the true power of the Lord of Lordaeron," Roland said to the girl in front of him, "You have to resist not only the ambitious Terenus, but also the enterprising and powerful kingdom of Lordaeron. ”
"However, he will not start a war rashly until he is sure whether the orcs in the mouth of the descender will come to this world and personally confirm the strength of the orcs."
Speaking of this, Roland shrugged his shoulders and made a helpless expression: "Terenus is a great king, although he has his own ambitions, but his purpose is for the benefit of the kingdom of Lordaeron and the human race, but you accidentally got in his way. ”
The dislike of the enemy should not affect one's judgment of the other party, otherwise there is a high possibility that the brain will be hot and make a blind decision. Therefore, although Roland, as a High Elf, did not have a good sense of Tyrenus, he still did not deny the wisdom of the other party and his ambition to fight for the interests of the kingdom of Lordaeron.
Under the tutelage of Roland and the Knight King, Illusia, who was slightly tougher than before, had become a true paladin after several days of meditation. After these few days of observation, the young elf has a certain conjecture about the difference between a paladin and a priest.
In Roland's opinion, although both priests and paladins can use the light, relatively speaking, paladins are more extreme. Even the paladin who became an undead in his memory still maintained the so-called goodness, but the undead's exorcism would cause him to suffer a certain amount of damage when he used the holy light.
In contrast to the Paladins, the priests are not all pure believers in the teachings of the Light.
Among them are the Shadow Priests who open their arms to the opposite side of the Light, harnessing the ancient and decaying energy of the Shadow with madness; Among them are priests who seek a balance between light and darkness, using the light to save their companions while using shadow energy to treat their enemies with caution, but also restraining themselves with strict precepts to avoid falling into madness.
In his opinion, perhaps only a priest who devotes himself to the Light and stands completely opposite to the Shadow has the possibility of transforming into a paladin. And Illusia is exactly this kind of guy with a tendon in his head.
Since his "apprentice" has gained something in the way of the paladin, Roland, as a teacher, will naturally not stop moving. These days, he has not only gained a lot of valuable lessons from the notebook handed to him by the archbishop, but also finds a certain amount of time every day to learn swordsmanship from the Knight King.
You read that right, it's learning! Not only does the Dull-Hairy King have memories of being a king, but she also has the swordsmanship knowledge she learned before, but she doesn't seem to have the memory of being summoned as a Heroic Spirit to participate in a Holy Grail battle.
And the Dull Hair King's own swordsmanship skills can be described as supernatural for Roland, a rookie who can master the primary swordsmanship, otherwise he would not let the Dull Hairy King be in charge of Illusia's training.
Through these days of continuous efforts and precipitation, Roland has not only made breakthroughs in various attributes of his body, but also gained in the field of the Way of Holy Light and swordsmanship, stepping into the fourth order and entering the ranks of intermediate paladins. At the moment, his system properties have become:
Name: Roland Morning Song
Race: High Elves
Attributes: Strength 7, Agility 9, Constitution 6, Intelligence 9, Willpower 8
Health 60/60, Mana 90/90, Health 130/130, Holy Energy 230/230
Talents: Arcane affinity
Class: Paladin (4th Order) / Mage (Trainee)
Subclass: Brigade Mage
Mana pool: Light 8/16, Dark 13/16, Water 13/16, Fire 13/16, Earth 13/16, Wind 13/16
Language: Salas, lingua franca
Specialty: Sword Specialization Intermediate, Divine Favor (Intermediate)
Skills: Divine Judgment, Holy Light, Holy Storm, Inspiration
What made him even more excited was that as he entered the middle level, the set of cards that originally belonged to the Knight King once again opened a new secondary card, and simply put, the Dull Hairy King finally got her exclusive weapon. As a result, the ambitious elven paladin has begun to confidently plan the next schedule.
Unfortunately, just as he was about to leave Stratholme and head south, an acquaintance interrupted his plans.
PS: Thank you for the correction of the three book friends, Yi Yi Yi, Yi Yi Jiao, and Huang Mei Wei, so that the author Jun understands that the original priest can use the Holy Light and Shadow at the same time, and everyone is also welcome to give more opinions