The Lion King.

The sun is shining as always. It's just that this brightness illuminates the fall even more.

It's like you're watching a flower wither in front of you, little by little, and every bit of decay is so clear, so clearly visible.

The depressed streets, the garbage everywhere, the sparse pedestrians, and the few pedestrians who did seem to be in a bad mood.

An old man and the butcher quarreled at the corner of the street, the butcher blew his beard and glared, the old man kept coughing, but he still insisted on arguing loudly.

A young man walked past the woman and snatched her basket, and the woman tried to catch up, but the young man turned and kicked her to the ground, and could only scream and cry in anger.

"What are you doing? Aren't you going to help me?"

One of the children said, "If the paladin is here, he won't leave you alone." But we drove him away. ”

Hungry children rushed into the store, took a loaf of bread and fled. The baker chased after him in exhaustion.

Hiding in the box, the child eagerly stuffed the bread into his mouth, but was grabbed by the baker who arrived in a hurry.

The people in the streets watched indifferently.

A group of civilians gathered outside the gates of the Lion King's Palace to protest against skyrocketing prices.

Benedict II covered his ears in the palace and sang ugly songs in irritation to hide the shouts coming from outside the door.

"You promised us to maintain the Paladin's New Deal, and you don't even dare to see us now?" someone shouted.

The lion king's life is getting worse day by day, and everyone is suffering.

Everybody was talking about paladins.

The author of "The Knight Guide to Becoming a Player", oh no, he is now the author of "Lich Paladin". The author was sitting in a dark room at a desk facing the window, writing hard. Scratch your head once in a while, take a bite of bread to satisfy your hunger, and drink a sip of water to quench your thirst.

Dean, the former pastor of the White City and now Bishop Isaac, stood on his balcony and watched quietly. Now he is one of the few people in the entire Lion King who doesn't need to worry about his livelihood. However, he was not happy at all.

Raising his head, he quietly looked up at the clouds in the sky, remembering a knight he had inspired one night more than a year ago. I remembered what I had told him.

"What is he doing now?" he said to himself.

......

The sun shone on the earth, and the wind blew gently, fluttering the banner of the silver moon.

"Knights of the Silver Moon, for the sake of justice, charge ——!," Gray shouted.

The voice rippled through the middle of the battlefield.

Tenedas raised his horse's hooves and charged towards Levi.

Almost at the same time, Catherine raised her lightsaber.

Vivien's figure slowly disappeared into thin air.

"Charge ——!"

Every one of the Knights of the Silver Moon was shouting and roaring. The dwarves' faces were distorted, and Andrew's face was filled with fear. Like a tidal wave, they swarmed towards Levi, who had his back to them.

Shelley covered her lips and stared blankly, crying.

Jean II, Luson V, Arthur, Camilla, and everyone present stared with wide eyes and blank eyes.

......

Dean stood quietly, thinking, taking a deep breath, turning and walking inside, looking at the full-length mirror hanging by his bedside, and seeing his mediocre-looking self in the mirror.

When I looked at it, I saw it.

I don't know why, he suddenly gestured with his hand, looked at himself in the mirror, and said, "Be obedient to your own heart and follow your own heart...... There may be many people who can tell us what to do, but after all, we need to see with our own eyes and judge with our own hearts. Why do we need 'spirit', we need 'faith', because the world is gray, and if we don't have 'spirit', if we don't have 'faith', it's easy to get lost. So we need them ......"

......

"We shouldn't go in this direction!

"So you're still trying to run, right? you disgusting elf!" replied with a mallet roar in the midst of the chaos.

The light fell from the sky and fell on the four paladins who belonged to the Holy See. The angels had given them the power to sprint back and forth like gods in the Knights of the Silver Moon's defensive circle, just as Gray had faced Benedict II that day, and no one could stop them.

"For the ——! of Justice"

Gray activated the pendant of "Krimatha", rode his horse, and knocked Levi off his horse.

"Be careful, he has powers that don't belong to heaven!" a paladin shouted.

Turning the horse's head, Gray was already riding his horse and chased after Levi, who had fallen from his horse. However, an angel's shield was already in his way.

Catherine's lightsaber and Julian's lightsaber were wrenched together, with all their strength, but they could only retreat little by little.

......

"But. Taking a deep breath, Dean looked at himself in the mirror and continued, "But they're not perfect. After all, the world is also complicated. Like you said, you don't know if your actions of helping others are actually helping them. I don't know if my efforts to persuade others are actually helping others. Even, I'm worse off than you. You know what? When the kids asked me about the 'miracles,' I was actually empty-minded. ”

......

Andrew quickly condensed a fireball in his hand.

A paladin rode past Andrew, and the next moment, Andrew's hand that had condensed the fireball had been thrown into the sky. The bare wrists were left sprayed with blood. He screamed miserably.

Karl's body was pierced by the spear, picked up, and flung to the side.

The mallet swooped down on a paladin, only to be slammed back with his shield. A mouthful of blood spurted out.

"He's magical! Beware ——!"

Gray was still fighting, sprinting back and forth. He was a lich, and Levi alone was no match for him, however, it soon became two against one. Two paladins blessed by divine power fought against him alone.

In the sky, Catherine was also in a difficult battle with the two angels.

Patches of white feathers mixed with golden blood swayed down, dripping on the crisp grass, dripping on the fierce battle.

The people on the periphery were all watching in amazement as this civil war in the Holy Camp began.

......

Dean smiled, looked at himself, and said in an affectionate tone, "But, my child, if we don't do that, then when a young man as confused as you comes to church, there will be no enlightenment." Maybe not everyone we help really benefit, but there will always be beneficiaries. Maybe we don't always do the right thing, but there will always be the right thing, right? If people can't get help from others, how can we expect them to help others?"

......

"Deal with the Undead Riders first! I'll cut them off from the manipulators!"

Dao holy light fell from the sky, swaying on the bodies of the Silver Moon Knights and the bone horses, and in an instant, a white mist rose from the battlefield, but there was not the slightest scream. The undead knights still hold on to the fight.

Catherine wanted to help them stop the damage caused by the Light, but she had no more power left. A sword pierced her abdomen from behind.

"Catherine, your mission is over. ”

"No...... No, it's not over yet...... My paladin did not fall into darkness. Catherine trembled slightly, pushed Julian away, and her body slowly fell from the sky like a kite with a broken string.

Gray inspired the "Krimasa" pendant, however, to no avail. Even with more magic, the gap between a hundred and fifty-year-old lich and a first-class angel is still desperately large. He could only dash in vain against the shields used by the angels.

All in vain.

Gradually, his range of motion has been limited to the middle. Watch the unilateral slaughter taking place outside.

......

"Faith and spirit are the light in our hearts. What it needs is not that you use it as a box to bind yourself into. It's about believing in it and understanding it. Perhaps everyone may have a different understanding of it, but in fact, no two people have the same view of chivalry, just as no two people have the same view of the Holy Spirit......" Dean spread his hands and smiled, but tears unconsciously welled up in his eyes.

......

Shelley's eyes widened and she stared blankly, tears raining down.

"Let's go! They won't last long! I need to send you back to White City!"

"No...... I can't go. ”

Jones grabbed Shelley's hand and urged, but she only shook her head lightly and stood motionless.

Everyone was staring blankly, amazed, embarrassed, cheered, or despaired.

In the face of paladins and angels with absolute power, the legendary Knights of the Silver Moon are unexpectedly vulnerable, and the situation has evolved into a one-sided slaughter.

The blue-nosed and swollen mallet was trampled under Levi's feet on a war horse.

Andrew lost his right hand and left leg and lay on the ground crying.

Blood flowed across the earth.

Under the light of the Holy Light, the movements of the Silver Moon Knights gradually slowed down.

Carl's hand was about to hold the sword, but he still kept silently chanting: "Protect...... Protect the Paladins from ...... Protect the Paladin...... Leave ......"

Gray had been dismounted. Tenedas was pinned to the ground with two spears, unable to move.

......

"We must not only have faith, but also have spirit, and we must illuminate the darkness around us, but we must also ......" Dean was already choked, but he still insisted on saying: "We must pass on faith and spirit to others through our own actions, so that others do not have to sink in the darkness." When you fervently believe in chivalry, obey your own heart, and do what you understand, whether it is right or wrong, this in itself is already the best interpretation of chivalry......"

After saying that, as it was, this is what Dean said to Gray on the night when Gray was confused. It is Gray, the starting point of the path to the divine.

At that time, he was still an ignorant knight, and he would even be sad that Irene did not allow him to take the child into the barracks, and he would be happy that he had helped two more old people today, and he would persistently and tirelessly look for those who needed his help every day.

"That's a good thing to say......" Looking blankly at himself in the mirror, Dean's tears suddenly burst out of his eyes. He smiled bitterly and sighed softly: "Follow your own heart, pursue the true meaning, ask no questions about right and wrong, and illuminate others." It must have been the most glorious moment of my life, when I inspired a true paladin. He touched the divine, and I ...... And I chose ...... I chose a different path. chose to live like a coward. I obeyed my heart, but is my heart really like that? Is the world so dark that it is? It's so dark that it's ...... Are you so gloomy that you don't want to leave a window for true integrity and goodness?"

......

The wind was blowing gently.

The whole world fell silent, and everyone fell, leaving Gray standing alone.

A sword stuck in his shoulder, but there was no blood in sight.

A spear pierced him in the abdomen and became his support.

With such an injury, if it were an ordinary person, he would probably have died a long time ago.

Catherine, who was already unconscious, lay quietly not far away.

Gray stood alone, leaning the Silver Moon Banner.

Everyone was staring at him blankly.

The pendant of "Krimasa" hanging from his chest has cracked open and has completely lost its magical luster.

Four paladins and four angels besieged him. The paladins are scarred, but the angels are still full of magic.

Everyone was watching in amazement.

"Gray. Levi rode his horse, gasping heavily, and whispered, "Surrender, you have no chance." ”

"Surrender...... Black Cat said in a weak voice, "we really can't beat it...... You don't have any magic anymore. Everyone else has fallen, and no one will come to our rescue. ”

"I'm a knight...... Brave knights will fight to the end. Gray said intermittently, standing alone, looking up at Levi standing in front of him, "I must hold on to my beliefs...... If you also have your own beliefs, please follow through on them. Don't hold back. ”

......

The sun shone obliquely through the window, shining on Dean's snow-white, but unusually heavy uniform.

......

"It's too late to go!" Jones cried.

Shelley shook off his hand and snatched a short sword from his waist.

"What are you doing?" Jones was stunned.

Turning around, Shelley was already on his horse and running towards the middle of the battlefield.

Jones wanted to chase after him, but he didn't dare, because he had already seen Levi looking towards him. Shelley could only be allowed to gallop towards the middle of the battlefield on horseback.

"Gray, I'm here to save you...... I'm here to save you......" She kept silently and silently, and she had never even seen his face.

But that's love.

He kept his promise, and she should keep it.

"Gray——! I'm here to save you——!" she cried out against the wind, holding her dagger in hand.

Everyone made way for her, including angels and paladins. Let the girl come to her lover.

Dismounted, she walked up to Gray step by step and looked at Gray. It was as if there were only two of them left in the whole world.

"Shelley......" Gray also stared at her blankly.

She gently stroked Gray's mask, touched her forehead with Gray, and said in tears, choked up, "I'm sorry, I said it...... I probably won't be able to beat them. I really can't beat it. I'll be with you, though. ”

As she spoke, Shelley smiled sweetly and turned sideways to face Levi, blocking in front of Gray. He clenched his dagger and trembled.

Her own weakness, her fear, the threat of death, all of them, nothing could stop her determination to rescue her lover, even if it was a doomed rescue. Just as he stood by his beliefs, she had to hold on to her love.

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