Chapter 2: Heroes (1)

At noon the next day, under the leadership of Elvis, Allen and his party of five came to the Knight Academy early, in addition to Alan and Elvis, there are two men and one woman, the girl is called Felicia, a native of the imperial capital, who joined the Academy of Magic a year later than Allen, and is currently a student in the intermediate class, two teenagers named Sean and Elton, both of whom are magic students of the same year as Allen, and the relationship has always been very good, and the two are also admirers of Bernard, so they came together, and Felicia read a lot of knight novels when she was a child, and she had a chivalric plot like other girls, so she was also called by Elvis。 In order not to be conspicuous, several people took off their magic robes and wore civilian clothes.

Nicholas Bernard's meeting was held in the Grand Hall of the Knight Academy, the largest building of the Knight Academy, with huge stone pillars and domes everywhere to set off the grandeur and solemnity of the Great Hall. In the square in front of the auditorium stands a statue of a knight holding a large sword.

At this time, outside the foyer of the auditorium, there were already guards standing guard under the two stone pillars that required two people to hug each other.

A few people met Elvis' friend Robert, a tall, shrewd-looking fellow, in the grove next to the auditorium. According to Elvis, both men were from the southeastern part of the empire, and Robert liked the mule made from good mountain grapes on Elvis's estate. This time, Robert exchanged the muller wine he brought from home for the identity of five who entered the meeting site.

"El, did you bring the wine?" asked Robert, straight to the point.

"There are only these two bottles left, and I don't want to drink them, so I'll give them all to you. Reluctantly, Elvis pulled out two bottles of wine from under his shirt and handed them to Robert.

Robert swept the wine in his hand, as if his saliva was about to run, and then took out five pieces of clothing from one of the packages he was carrying and divided them among the five men. When distributing it to Felicia, Robert stared at the girl for a long time, and finally said: "The clothes may be a little big, you can wear them improvised, the guards will not pay attention, but you had better pay attention when you go in, find a corner location, there are no such good-looking women in the Knight Academy." One thing to be reminded of is that nothing can happen, and you must not say that I gave me this dress. With that, Robert left happily with two bottles of wine.

Several people changed into the knight cadet uniform brought by Robert, tied their belts, and looked at each other for a while, all of them had a feeling of being handsome and handsome of young heroes, especially Felicia, who was dressed in a strong suit and heroic, and several teenagers looked at it uncontrollably.

In order not to let the guards at the door find out the identities of several people, they especially waited until there were more people to attend the meeting, and then they stood in a row, sandwiched Felicia in the middle, and followed the others in with their heads down.

The auditorium is a large space, with huge arched windows on both sides, which can ensure sufficient light even if the room is not lit, and at the front is a two-foot-high platform with a row of chairs, then a stool, and a four-step-wide passage in the middle, paved with a red carpet, leading to the entrance.

A few people sat down in the back window and looked around curiously.

"That's magnificent!" said Felicia, looking up at the huge dome of the roof and the delicate stone carvings on the walls around it.

"These stone carvings should describe the scene when the humans expelled the orcs, you look at the knight with a big sword on the east side, it is the founding emperor of our empire - Yus the Great, it is said that Yus the Great personally led his Wind and Thunder Knights and the Holy See's Templar Knights to defeat the orcs Minotaur heavy infantry regiment, for the human expulsion of the orcs made a great contribution. The name of the Wind and Thunder Knights has a great origin, it is said that the Wind and Thunder Knights were brave and good at fighting, coming and going like the wind, whether it was an encounter or a positional war, Yus the Great led the army to give the orcs a head-on blow with a thunderous wrist, so the world called the Wind and Thunder Knights, and every knight was respected as the Wind and Thunder Knights. In order to recognize the merits of Yus the Great and his knights, after the war, mankind divided a large area of territory from the Sunset Grassland in the north, the Elven Forest in the east, the Mount Bestran in the west, and the Togo Hills in the south (the junction of the Yus Empire and the Sig Empire) to Yus the Great to establish his own empire, and set the imperial capital in the capital of the orcs in the year Boulder City, and now the walls and many ancient buildings of our imperial capital are still left by the orcs back then. Alan admired the stone carvings on the surrounding walls while selling his historical knowledge to a few people.

"So, Julius the Great is also a knight?" Felicia looked at the huge knightly relief, and little stars seemed to pop up in her eyes.

"Yes, the knights of that year were built by Yus I, even if they later became emperors, they still left a tradition of attaching importance to the construction of knight legions for the empire, and this royal knight academy was built by the order of Yus I back then, providing the best knight talents for the emperor's ** team. This auditorium is estimated to have been built in honor of Yuss I. Alan continued to sell his knowledge of history to the girl

"I don't seem to see the Templar Order, weren't they the main force that drove out the orcs back then?" Elton asked, with a fox.

"Yes, when the orcs were expelled, the human race mainly relied on the three major legions, the Templar Order of the Holy See, the Wind and Thunder Knights led by Yus the Great, and the mixed cavalry corps led by Hig I, among which the Templar Knights had the strongest combat effectiveness and the greatest effect. In the Battle of Togo Hills, the three legions joined forces to meet the orc corps led by the first warrior of the orcs, and at the decisive moment the paladin-Heywood Roland killed the first warrior of the orcs Kent Harrow in front of the battle, and then obtained the head of the orc priest Casa Moon in the army of ten thousand armies, thus completely destroying the fighting spirit of the orcs. "Allen's transfer target began to show off his knowledge of history to his male classmates again.

"Alan, you know so much, who told you all this history, as far as I know, the Academy of Magic doesn't teach these courses. Felicia asked weakly.

"My father, when I was a child, loved to hear stories about the various mercenary adventures and knights fighting wars. It occurred to Alan that he had not heard from his father, Duran Kanter, for a long time, and that the letters he had written to him in the past two years had also been lost.

Just as Alan was showing off his knowledge of history to several people, a voice interrupted him. "Quiet, quiet!" shouted an academy teacher standing on the stage, slapping the table.

The noise in the auditorium gradually subsided, and everyone focused on the teacher, "Dear students, three hundred years ago, the founding emperor of the empire, Yus I, set a promise for us to be "loyal, upright, brave, and good at war" The knight's creed, three hundred years have passed, these creeds have been the goal of each of us to strive for, countless predecessors uphold these creeds on the road to defend the territory for the empire, some of them have made great contributions to the empire, these people are the pride of our empire, the glory of our academy, is an example worthy of our learning, is worthy of our respect, today we are going to usher in such a senior, a warrior who defeated the orcs, a hero who has made great achievements, let us stand and welcome General Nicholas Bernard with warm applause, stand up. ”

"Huh", the whole audience stood up, and the auditorium immediately broke out into warm applause.

In the applause, at the door of the auditorium, a group of people walked in, among which there were three people in the first row, and in the middle was a young man, wearing a standard light knight's suit, silver chain mail set off his figure and looked extraordinarily strong and straight, long golden hair without helmet restraint was scattered behind his head, rectangular face, the outline line appeared resolute and confident, under the broad forehead, a pair of thick eyebrows concealed the light blue eyes.

"It turns out that he is General Bernard, how handsome!" Felicia's eyes almost turned into a heart shape.

"He has a wife, and the children are said to be two years old. Alan added on the side.

"Who are those two people next to him?" asked Sean.

"The old man in civilian clothes on the left is Earl Willford Lead, the head of the Knight Academy, and on the right is the Marquis of Dangley Williams, the Imperial Minister. Elvis replied beside him, "These are all heavyweights of the imperial side." ”

The three of them walked to the center of the stage and stood still in the applause of everyone, the young knight in the middle saluted a standard knight below, and the old man in civilian clothes pressed his hands twice, and the audience fell silent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon! Today it is a great honor for us to invite Marquis Dangery Williams, a veteran of the Imperial Brigade and Minister of the Imperial Army, and General Nicholas Bernard, an outstanding representative of our Academy, and let us welcome them again with warm applause. Dean Leader went straight to the opening remarks.

"As we all know, more than 300 years ago, the founding emperor of the empire, Bach Yous, led his Knights of Wind and Thunder to drive the orcs to the north of the Sunset Grassland, thus laying the foundation of our empire. And in these wars, our cadets who graduated from the Royal Knight Academy have always played the role of mainstay. Every year, there are no less than dozens of knights who graduate from our academy and finally set foot on the battlefield against the orcs, and they lead the army to squander their blood and even give their lives on the battlefield against the orcs, in exchange for the stability of the empire and the peace of mankind, they are your example. Today, with the support and arrangement of Minister Williams of the Imperial Ministry, we are honored to have the distinguished representative of our Academy, the hero of the Empire's fight against the Orcs, General Bernard. The old man's voice was not loud, but it was deep and penetrating, and even Alan and the others, who were sitting at the back, could hear it clearly.

"Next, we have invited the Marquis Williams, Minister of Imperial Affairs, to give a lecture. There was another round of applause.

"Ladies and gentlemen, first of all, let me express my respect to our Knight Academy, to Dean Lead, and to everyone sitting here on behalf of the Emperor's ** Department. It is the army of our empire, our knights, our soldiers who have ensured the safety of the empire and humanity with courage, perseverance, and blood. And our knight academy is the soul of the fight against the orcs, for three hundred years, our academy has sent a large number of military talents to the emperor's ** team, they use their practical actions to interpret the loyalty, integrity, bravery, and warlike chivalry, leading the imperial army to fight bravely, defending the territory for the empire, they are the pride of the empire. ”

The Marquis Williams was about forty years old, and his voice was bold and loud, quite inspiring.

"In the three hundred years since the founding of the empire, successive emperors have regarded our academy as the source of the chivalry of the imperial team and the cradle of the officers of the imperial team. The Empire selects the best talents to train and learn here, and expects you to become the most loyal soldiers of the Empire and contribute to the Empire's national defense. Secretary Williams patted General Bernard on the shoulder and continued, "There is no doubt that the young general standing next to me is the best example." I'm sure you've all heard of last year's victory at Valenguan, a rare victory over the Orcs in the Empire in the last decade. You may not know that in the past ten years, the activities of the orcs in the Sunset Grassland have increased significantly, and many nomads who make a living here have been driven to the western desert, and the strength of the orcs is also stronger than a year, especially in the past three years, the empire has been tired of defense in the battle against the orcs, and there are few victories. Therefore, last year's victory at Valenguan became particularly significant, not only dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the orcs, but also greatly boosted the morale of the imperial soldiers, sweeping away the decline of the orcs in recent years. When the report of the victory came, His Majesty Yuss was very excited, not only rewarded all the soldiers of Valengate, but also awarded Nicholas Bernard, who had distinguished himself in this battle, not only to raise Bernard to the rank of major general, but also to award him the Order of Warrior and the title of Imperial Baron. This time, General Bernard returned to the imperial capital from the frontier to participate in the award ceremony, and the medal was awarded by His Majesty himself. ”

"General Bernard was supposed to return to Valen Pass to lead the army for training after the award ceremony, but I specifically asked Dean Leader to keep him, hoping that he can go back to the academy to meet with his junior disciples, share his experience against orcs at the border pass, and give you a chance to communicate, I hope you can take advantage of this opportunity to ask your senior brother for advice, and strive to grow into an imperial hero like your senior brother as soon as possible. ”

Immediately there was warm applause from the audience.

"Thank you Marquis Williams for your affirmation of our College and for your encouragement, and let us once again thank the Marquis with a round of applause. Dean Leader took the lead in applauding, and the students below also applauded.

"This old guy really knows how to talk. Elvis clapped and scolded, and Alan stabbed him to shut up.