Estrada, the Hand of Miracles, the strongest paladin, the earthly ascender of the Holy Light, each honorary name represents countless feats and great achievements, and he can often be seen in the heroic epics that have always been sung in the tavern, if you insist on a single title to summarize the first half of his legendary life, "Living Epic" is probably the most appropriate.

"He is the most pious, the bravest, the most humble, the most powerful paladin." This is not only what Roland knows about it, but also what the world has always thought about it.

Piety, for thousands of years, he has never turned his back on the faith of the Holy Light, every moment he has limited himself with the righteousness and precepts in his heart, daily prayers, water and black bread to keep himself away from greed, even the popes of the past who were deeply jealous of him, no one dared to question his faith.

Brave, in countless wars, as long as someone lends a helping hand to him, as long as it is in line with the justice in his heart, Estrada has never refused, and as long as he participates in the war, he will always be at the forefront, the scars on his body that even the Holy Light cannot heal, but there are no deserters' vest scars.

"....... Holy Light will never refuse the help of mortals, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we will fight for the Holy Light and justice until the last moment."

Simple words, but never a nihilistic slogan, even in a hopeless desperate situation, as long as there is a need for the redeemer behind him, he has never left.

Humility, unlike other high-ranking people who live in luxury, he has never had the consciousness of the upper echelons of the church, they all live in collective dormitories equipped by the church, and anyone can go directly to him, and the old paladin has countless disciples. He loves young warriors. And to cultivate talents for the joy of life. There were countless heroes and heroes in that long list of disciples, and one of them gave him a headache.

“…… Roland, if you can take it a little seriously, you can definitely become one of the most powerful paladins in history. No, no, no, this is not a reason for you to skip school, in order to be worthy of your talent, I will give you a special make-up lesson. The Holy Light Divine Technique can't bother you, how about swordsmanship? What, you're already a Juggernaut? Why don't we talk about philosophy? What, philosophical and theological debates still have to be colorful? Okay, if you lose, return your wallet to those brothers. Heh, I'm going to lose? Joke. ”

Estrada still remembers that sunny afternoon, the boy with a sunny smile on his face. With the wallet of the senior brother who just won the gambling game, but with inexplicable sophistry. Won away half a year's salary.

"To satisfy the utilitarian beliefs of the ego? Merely a pure belief in its righteousness? Little Roland, don't tell anyone else, no, it's not that I don't disagree with your idea, otherwise you won't win. But there are some guys, even more stubborn than me, who directly destroy the opponents they can't defeat in debates. I don't care, but you're still young, don't make trouble for yourself. ”

Perhaps, what Essotrada regrets the most is that he did not get to the bottom of it, did not reverse Roland's overly radical ideas at the beginning, but only thought that this was the whimsy of a young genius, which would be gradually corrected in the harsh reality and the popular perception, but he did not expect that the little difference would gradually grow bigger and bigger, and he would go to the point of irreversibility step by step.

Powerful, long years let him know that justice without the backing of power is meaningless, and the strongest paladin... No, maybe he is the strongest human being, and no one will object, although it has been more than a hundred years since he last attacked.

"....... Roland, past hatreds have driven you into madness. It is all my fault that I made you and did not save you from a desperate fate. Roland, face me! Face your unqualified mentor. Today, I am here to correct the mistakes of the past, even at the cost of my life. ”

The glorious figure that rushed to kill countless undead disasters alone in the Eternal Night Catastrophe is still engraved in the eyes of the world, and the great achievement of challenging the Emperor of the Eternal Night and his legions alone after the destruction of the Templar coalition has become the most dazzling relief on the ceiling of the Cathedral of Anton.

Pious, brave, humble, and powerful, as a paladin, Estrada is perfect, and if you want to find any shortcomings in him, probably, it can only be too perfect, too dazzling.

Successive popes have regarded it as a useful knife, but that's all, when personal prestige is above the pope, and when those "personal statements" sometimes conflict with doctrine and church authority, the church hierarchy naturally finds him annoying.

Over the years, he has also been accustomed to being idle, feared and excluded, and his position has risen and fallen countless times, but his faith has not wavered in the slightest, and he just does what he does in hand seriously.

“…… Child, justice is not difficult to understand, it is just a good thought from the bottom of the heart, and faith is the process of discovering and expanding one's own good thoughts. We pursue the faith of the Light only by believing that He can keep the good thoughts in people's hearts. When it's time to make a choice, ask yourself the bottom of your heart, and you can make your own choice - AD226 early spring. ”

Although his beliefs are a little different from those of the church, the sentence "Doctrines that do not lead people to goodness are cults" have given him countless troubles, but this teaching on faith has still spread throughout the continent, and countless young people have chosen the glorious profession of paladins, and the holy light of the paladins is also subtly different from other clerics, and the "good thoughts in the heart" have become the weakness of the strongest paladins who are always attacked while the motto of the young knights outside the city.

"If the oracle of the God of Light and your justice come into conflict, what choice will you make?"

He was once questioned, and his answer caused a lot of controversy, and he laughed in public when he thought he had grabbed his pigtails, and the thunderous answer still reverberated throughout the Templar.

"Holy Light is above, and if my faith is in conflict with the most basic morality and justice, then there is no need for such a faith."

That year, with the powerful light that fell from heaven as evidence, he thought so, and did so.

This is the year when the divine messenger representing faith descends from heaven. And when they decided to slaughter the infidels. When the will of the so-called gods and the most basic moral justice conflict. When the pure battle of ideas turns into a real life-and-death conflict, what choice will he make?

Two days ago, he also received a letter from his disciple, which began with the same question.

"Mentor, let me ask you again, what would you choose when there was a conflict between the will of the God of Light and the righteous thoughts that came from the bottom of your heart?"

Originally, Estrada was still very puzzled, but now. But he could only pinch the letter on his chest and smile helplessly.

"Really? Have you seen it all? So, Roland, I tell you, my mind has never changed, and if the faith of the Holy Light is really lost even the most basic goodwill, then there is no need for such a belief to exist. ”

The silver hammer of holy light fell heavily to the ground, and the heavily armed old paladin rode his old horse to block the way, in front of an endless army of holy war.

The old knight shook his head helplessly. For many years, he has been known as the earthly spokesman of the Holy Light. He never imagined that one day he would face the battle banner that represented the holy light and justice, but his arm did not waver in the slightest, and the boiling fighting spirit had already explained it.

"The Light will never refuse the call for help from mortals, and as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we will fight for the Light and justice until the last moment."

Behind it was the pagan city-state, and the old knight's unmistakable roar echoed throughout the battlefield, but at this time, in front of the weak old knight, the glorious vanguard of the Holy War Legion retreated inexplicably.

No, not all of them retreated, but some suddenly took a step forward and stepped out from under the glorious banner of Light.

"Ken? Unexpectedly, the first person to face me was you, my disciple. ”

A little nostalgic, a little surprised, but without the slightest hesitation, after making such a choice, the old paladin was mentally prepared to face any opponent, even if he was his proudest disciple.

"Old antique, your disciples can't be counted, what's so strange about having me."

It was a middle-aged knight with a dark face, and when the fellow demigod paladin Ken walked up to Estrada, he drew his sword, but suddenly turned back and shouted loudly at the place he had just come.

"Hey, it's been preempted by the old antique again, how long are you going to wait. Is it slower than my unsuccessful fellow? ”

One by one, the paladins silently walked out of the camp, drawing their blades to face the past allies, while their companions who stayed in place could only sit back and watch this happen with shame on their faces.

"The Light ...... above"

This time, it was not only the paladins who came out, but also those once pious priests of the Holy Light who had made their own choices, even if it would make them lose their status and honor, even if it would make them the most shameless apostate and depraved in their past. Pastor Fall.

“…… If the faith of the gods conflicts with the most basic morality and justice......."

The knights of the kingdom who had participated in the holy war also came out of the ranks, their knightly virtues were not to slaughter civilians, and the red-faced knights made decisions that would not disgrace future generations, even if it would cause them to suffer the wrath of their lords and kings.

“…… Killing civilians? Damn, that's more than two million people, so there's no need for such a belief to exist! ”

Estrada's quote was read out by everyone, and the resonance of faith made him make the same choice, and in the next ten minutes, in the hesitation of the front-line commander and the time for advice from his superiors, the scattered fighters made their own choice.

Although in the end, Estrada's side was still not as good as one percent of the other party's, even if they would be crushed to pieces by the army in the next moment, he still smiled contentedly.

Yes, what is he not satisfied with, as a paladin and believer, he can let his beliefs be recognized by so many people from the bottom of his heart, and even martyred for it, even if he will die in the next moment, what is not satisfied.

Suddenly, a red-robed old bishop walked out of the crowd tremblingly, his face wrinkled, holding his cane, panting heavily, and the attendants and guards around him hurriedly surrounded him.

“…… Bishop Stephen. ”

Yes, this is the current leader of the coalition, the filthy and despicable "merit-grabbers" Archbishop Stephen, and now, he has finally reached the peak of his life, but it seems that he will not live long.

And if Estrada betrayed the Templar here, if the Templar expeditionary force split here, I am afraid that the crown he had just acquired would also lose its glory, and he would definitely come to prevent this from happening.

".......Stephen, needless to say, I've already made my decision."

Even though many people in the church are not ashamed of Stephen's actions, but looking at the old man who is about to die, thinking of what he did, Estrada is inexplicably a little regretful, in his memory, Stephen in the past, is still a stubborn orphan who was bullied by his classmates and did not complain, but secretly hid and cried for the sake of the parishioners who were unable to save him.

And in the midst of everyone's gaze, the old bishop, who had finally passed his temper, finally spoke.

"Ace...... Trada, I ...... I'm not here to stop you, I know that since you've made up your mind, words mean nothing to you, and I'm ...... I....cough cough cough......

A violent cough made the old man bend over, and there were already more blood stains on the ground, but he stubbornly stood up with his cane and gritted his teeth.

Seeing the scene in front of him, even Estrada was a little unbearable, he wanted to help, but the old bishop knocked out the helping hand.

"Smack!"

Old Stephen finally stood up straight, but there was a flaming will in the old man's eyes, and the old man's roar echoed throughout the world.

"I know you look down on me as a 'dirty bastard who snatches the merits of war' and 'a black-hearted bastard who steps on the bones of a servant', but I am also a disciple of the Light, and what is it to sacrifice my personal honor for the sake of bringing us hope and light...... You say, as a bishop, as a propagator of the Light and as a shepherd of the faithful, have I done something wrong......."

The old man's blood-red eyes scanned back and forth, and he heard the roar from the bottom of his heart, although he was in power these days, but the eyes full of contempt were more, and the relatives and friends who had lived and died together drew a line with him, who could he say to his grievances, and now, under the gaze of everyone, it suddenly broke out.

Those paladins who looked down on him in the past have changed a little, maybe they were too harsh on the old man in the past, but this is not a reason for them to change their current ways, and the next scene made everyone unbelievable.

And now he's ...... I have set aside a qiē to defend the Holy Light faith, not even the most fundamental justice, and I have also set aside a qiē to defend what he does. Mentor, I am not the leader of this coalition, I am with you to face the future, even if it is doomed to death, even if it is not possible to ascend to heaven in the future...... Ahem, ahem. ”

A violent cough caused him to bend down again, but this time, the old bishop had the mentor help him up.

At this time, even those warriors who were still in the Holy Light camp looked at this old man who had already lost his reputation with respect.

And when the leaders of the Supreme Coalition were all betrayed, this time, the entire Holy War Coalition was in an uproar, and the warriors who had just made their choice hesitated again, and some naïve people speculated that perhaps, if there were more people who chose to betray, the civil war in the Templar Church would not have broken out, and this would have become a key turning point in history.

And at this moment, the dazzling fire pierced the sky.......

“…… Yes! ”

The flaming sword fell from the sky, and before old Stephen could scream, he was nailed to the ground by the blazing holy sword, and the old bishop, who had just made a heartfelt choice, fell.

"This is the saint I have no regrets"

The unwilling old man finally stretched out his hand to the sky, and when he took one last look at this beautiful world, his mentor's hand turned into gray-black ashes, and the trace of blood that had just been spit out on the ground became the last trace of it.

The scorching winged angel descending from the sky stood in mid-air, and the archangel Akas silently watched the mortals below, even at this moment, he still had no emotion.

And in the mid-air behind him, the powerful angel legion had already completed the assembly, and the angels under the heavy armor were just silently watching this side, and the scorching flames on the white wings and holy swords had already indicated their choice.

"Honor the divine decree of the Holy Light, apostate, kill without mercy."

And it was the old knight's holy hammer that greeted him. (To be continued......)