Chapter 43 Honorable Camp

At this moment, no one spoke. (《》||)

Karenic's eyes were red, and tears filled his eyes as he stirred up the battle ring over and over again. Roy, on the other hand, sat and watched quietly.

He knew better than anyone what it meant for a knight to regain his fighting spirit, and he knew better than anyone else how Karenic was feeling at the moment.

Like an old man rejuvenated, like a woman regained her beautiful countenance, like a blind man seeing the world again, there are no words to describe the joy of the moment when a knight regains his fighting spirit.

That's an impulse.

A kind of blood "fluid" all over the body is surging, and a heart is happy as if it is about to explode, and it is the urge to yell, cry, and laugh.

Roy knows how it feels. Because not so long ago, he was exactly the same as Karenich.

Karenic gently stretched his arms and looked at his palms.

With the operation of the Water System Dou Qi Heart Method he practiced, the sixteen battle rings gradually took on a 'blurred' and clear blue 'color'. Some of them rotate clockwise, others the opposite. As the speed of the ring's rotation increased, suddenly, the light in the room dimmed.

A large amount of fighting energy poured out of the battle ring. Under the adsorption of these fighting spirits, the energy of heaven and earth turned into a whirlpool that was invisible and shadowless, but could be clearly felt. The vortex devoured the air and light around it. The darker the room, the brighter the battlering.

Karenic stood up and clenched his fist sharply!

With a bang, the air around him seemed to be crowded, and there was a loud noise, and the wind howled, lifting his long hair and the corners of his clothes high.

In the void, several slender and dazzling winding electric lights appeared between the battle rings, like raging poisonous snakes, twisting their bodies frantically.

In the lightning, the muscles of his body rapidly expanded, and the green muscles and transverse blood vessels bulged high, and the bones of his body made a crackling sound like firecrackers.

A moment later, a powerful force burst out of Karenic's body with boundless power. The whole room was shaking. Doors and windows made loud noises. The workbench and the chair Roy sat on were pushed and slid away for several meters.

"Whew!" Under this terrifying oppressive force, Roy couldn't help but inspire the battle ring to resist.

Although he knew very well that Karenic did not have any hostility, the power of a knight of light who burst out in ecstasy and selflessness was still not something that a small armed knight could match.

This was the first time Roy had felt the power of a Great Knight of Light up close. In the face of this power, he is like an ant in front of a raging wave, or a kite in a storm. It was as if it would break through the wall and fly out in the next moment.

This is the strength of a high-ranking knight!

Roy resisted, and at the same time, his eyes lit up as he looked at Karenich, who was immersed in joy, and had a deeper understanding of the power of knights. The thought of such a knight, riding a war horse that was also inspired by the fighting spirit to become a giant beast galloping on the battlefield, galloping across the army, made his blood boil, his heart moved, and he could not help himself.

It's his and Tom's lifelong dream, and he's going to go no matter what!

A battle ring lit up in Karenich's hand.

With the throbbing of his fingers, the circular battle ring suddenly contracted together, turning into a solidified mass of water. The mass of water writhed, first a small head appeared, and then a pair of wings. Finally, it transforms into a blue bird.

As soon as the bird appears, it flutters its wings. However, as Karenich's fingers closed, it instantly turned into countless entwined filaments of light and points of rising light, and disappeared. ..., when it reappeared, it had become a blue dagger in Karenic's hand.

Poof, the short sword just appeared, and then disappeared, and in the next second, what appeared in the light filament that dissipated was the head of a tiger roaring with a fierce tiger. Templar |

The battle ring is ever-changing, do whatever you want. I only saw Roy dizzy and was 'confused'. He knew these weren't toys. As soon as Karenich's mind moved, the battle ring would break through the wall like lightning, sweeping through the space of tens of meters, and blasting a hole in the warehouse in the distance.

This is the knight's fighting spirit transformation and battle ring detachment. It is an ability that only knights of the second order brave or above have.

The image of the battle ring will give the war ring the corresponding characteristics. The agility and speed of the bird, the hardness and sharpness of the sword, the strength and ferocity of the tiger, and the corresponding martial arts, can make the knight's combat effectiveness increase exponentially.

If it weren't for the fact that the farther away the battle ring was from the body, the faster and greater the power attenuation, and it could not exceed fifty meters at most, I am afraid that in this world, there would be no place for magicians to stand.

After a long time, the light of the battle ring gradually faded from Karenich's body. He stood quietly for a moment, then turned his head and looked at Roy Dao.

"Thank you. ”

In this life, he has thanked humanity countless times. But there has never been a more solemn and sincere thank you than at this moment. Roy gave him not only vindictiveness, but freedom, respect and the professional life of a knight!

"Don't thank me, you're my follower knight" Roy smiled and waved his hand, "Guess what, am I willing to let an ordinary person protect me, or am I willing to let a knight of light support me so that I can do whatever I want?"

Karenic laughed. He liked Roy, not only because Roy had healed his injuries, but also because of the smile that always made people smile like a spring breeze on the boy's body. It's a trait that makes you want to get close to it and feel at ease.

Karenic didn't say anything more thanks.

He was a man of the utmost love. From the moment he knelt in front of Roy and swore an oath, he had already regarded the boy in front of him as the object of his loyalty. The original Longmen Iron Gate had died two years earlier. The current Karenich only exists because of Roy.

After calming down his excitement, Karenic asked, "Young Master, before me, how many people did you treat?"

"One. Roy held up a finger.

"Really?" Karenich laughed, "So, I'm the second lucky one, who is the first?"

Roy walked over to the wooden cabinet, poured twice as much coffee, handed Karenic a cup, pointed to his nose and said, "Me!"

When he took the coffee, Karenic's hands were still shaking from the pain in his body. Hearing Roy's words, the smile on his face froze at once, and he asked in disbelief.

"You're treating yourself?"

"Of course. Roy sighed and sipped his coffee. That kind of extreme pain is something he still doesn't want to remember.

Karenic was completely stunned. Having just experienced this hellish pain, he knew very well what torture it was. If it is tortured, I am afraid that there is no need to ask questions, and the tortured person is eager to tell the story of "wetting" the bed when he was a child.

It's still someone else's own treatment. If he wanted to heal himself, he couldn't imagine how much pain Roy had to endure at that time. What a strong will it takes to endure severe pain and maintain clarity.

When he looked at Roy again at this time, Karenich's eyes were like seeing a monster.

"Unbelievable" Karenic took a big sip of coffee and asked in surprise, "Young Master, have you been injured before?"

Sipping coffee, Roy recounted a qiē about himself. Beginning with Bolabel a year and a half ago, and continuing until now, apart from the secrecy of the verdict and the identity of the heir to the Order of Farrington, everyone else has told Sù of his first follower.

At first, Karenich listened quietly. The latest chapter of the Templar |But the more he listened, the more shocked he became.

From a small waste handyman who can't cultivate his fighting spirit, to being canonized as a guardian knight by Elethea, then to falling off a cliff and entering a desperate situation, to rescuing Philip and the young man in front of the battle of Medin City, the experience is incredible.

When Roy finished talking about himself, he smiled casually and asked curiously, "Karenich, tell me about you." I know about your loss of vindictiveness, but how can you become a slave with your identity?"

Karenic sighed: "That was a year and a half ago"

After listening to Karenich's account, Roy learned that it turned out that after Karenich lost his fighting spirit, his status in the Ninth Army plummeted. The Ninth Army was a border army and a descendant of Prime Minister Donald, and its internal tilt was very strict.

When Karenic was the head of the Knights, no one dared to challenge his authority. But when he lost his fighting spirit, not only the commander of the legion wanted to sweep him away, but the other generals of the legion couldn't wait to seize his position.

Originally, in most of the knights, there was a system of honorable camps. This battalion is specially prepared for those knights who have the status of knights but have lost their fighting spirit. Knights who have lost their vindictive spirit can do some auxiliary "sex" work in the camp and receive a relatively small salary, but they can still get by.

With Karenich's status and merits, not to mention the Ninth Legion's Honor Camp, even the Royal Honor Camp with a higher status in the imperial capital, his qualifications are enough.

However, Karenic, who was disheartened, chose to leave directly.

He is an Imperial Earl, an Imperial Knight registered in the Knight's Palace, and he has a piece of his own fiefdom near the Emperor.

When he got home, he took off his armor and sealed his sword. Karenic spends most of his time in the castle, instructing the children in martial arts, doing carpenter's work, and walking with his wife. He thought that in his life, he might live like this.

But no one expected that less than three months after returning home, the war broke out.

Originally, this had nothing to do with Karenich. After all, he who has lost his vindictiveness is just an ordinary person. Moreover, his fiefdoms were located near the imperial capital, a full 3,000 kilometers from the nearest war front. It wasn't his turn to do anything.

However, the outbreak of war gave some nobles who wanted to seize his fiefdoms a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and excuse.

As soon as the war broke out, Karenich was ordered to pay war taxes, and was required to wear armor and lead the territorial forces to report to the local lord.

The fief of Karenich was a royal fief and did not belong to any noble lord at all. He had every reason to refuse this unreasonable demand. However, in order to avoid contradictions and unnecessary trouble, he still did as requested.

Because of the remoteness from the battlefield, and the fact that the empire had not begun to recruit the nobles here, the gathered nobles and their soldiers had nothing to do all day.

For the first few days, I trained on the training ground in a pretended manner, screaming and sweating. In the days that followed, there were almost no people on the training ground. What everyone does every day is to drink, dance, and hunt. ..., these damned nobles, took this war as a game. They brag, show off their strength, gallop through the crowded streets on fast horses, and put on huge battles at every turn, just to curry favor with a few pretentious women.

A large amount of taxes collected from the common people were wasted like flowing water. Even before the shadow of the enemy could be seen, the people were already overwhelmed.

That alone was enough, and what angered Karenic the most was that as time went on, the poor and boring aristocrats turned their attention to ordinary commoners. In the name of suppressing bandits and training troops, they act recklessly. It is not known how many civilians have died as a result.

Karenich's savings had been depleted before he had lasted more than three months. Because he was unwilling to raise taxes on the commoners in his own estates like other nobles, he flatly refused when the nobles demanded that the war funds be paid again.

This is tantamount to stabbing a hornet's nest.

After buying off most of the nobles and gaining their acquiescence, a marquis, who had been the treasurer of the army and had long coveted his fiefdom, sent a heavily armed tax collection party directly to Karenich's domain under the pretext of resisting the imperial decree.

Needless to say, what happened later.

When the cattle, horses, pigs, and sheep of the people of the territory were forcibly expropriated by the tax collectors, when the civilians and territorial guards who had stopped them were cut down in pools of blood, when several maids and a child in the castle had "disappeared" after the tax collectors arrived, Karenic angrily stabbed his sword into the chest of a tax collector.

"It's a trap. As soon as he heard this, Roy said categorically: "No matter how arrogant a guy is, he would not dare to go to the castle of an imperial knight to collect taxes." ”

Karenic smiled wryly. He found that in this regard, he was not as judgmental as Roy. As Roy said. This is indeed a trap.

Originally, killing an ordinary tax collector in his capacity was at most a little money. But who knows, that tax collector actually has the status of a nobleman!

Karenic didn't know how this identity of the tax collector came about, but this sword directly buried his qiē.

On the day he was captured, the whole castle was bleeding.

His wife and three children all fell in a pool of blood. At that time, if it weren't for the fact that several nobles couldn't stand it and joined forces to stop it, Karenic would have been killed on the charge of rebellion. At that moment, the opponent's sword was less than a centimeter from his chest.

In the end, he became a slave. and was designated to be sold to the far south.

The only belief that sustained Kalenich in his life, even willing to be a humiliated slave, was hatred. No matter how slim the chance, no matter how tortured he was, he swore that as long as there was still one breath, he would go back and take revenge.

Karenich fell silent after saying his story, and the room fell silent.

"So, a few prayer hours ago, you were still thinking about running away, right?" Roy asked with a smile on his lips and a relaxed smile.

Karenic nodded a little awkwardly.

In fact, he had already discussed with the two servants, no matter where he was sold or who he was sold to, as long as he had the opportunity, he would escape and return to the imperial capital to find revenge. Of course, at that time, he didn't know that he would meet Roy.

And now, even if Roy chases him away, he won't leave. Such an act would only disgrace the honor of his dead family and knights.

"I promise you," Roy said, "that when I have the opportunity in the future, I will go with you to talk to your enemy." I think he'd love to see a Great Knight of Light standing in front of them!"

Karenic clenched his fists. When he thought of such a scene, he couldn't help but feel his blood surge. "Alright" Roy looked at the time, "We haven't had dinner yet, and hopefully there will be hot dishes by this time." ”

Roy stood up and walked out of the room side by side with Karenich.

"Young master, I have an idea" Karenic looked at the thin young man who was more than half a head shorter than himself, hesitated for a moment, and said, "You know, I used to have many subordinates in the army. I want to bring them all in."

"Army knight?" Roy startled.

"Former Knight" Karenich explained: "The Ninth Legion has been abolished. However, as far as I know, the Rongyang battalion will not participate in the battle, and they can leave the army at any time. If you can help them regain their vindictiveness."

Before Karenich's words were finished, Roy, who had just opened the door, stopped, and his eyes lit up in an instant.

Building up an armed force of his own is the most urgent need he needs to protect the people around him and contend with powerful enemies in this "chaotic" world.

He can find a way to earn money, and his identity can also be obtained through guò knight training camps and military exploits, and even the mining and territory are not completely hopeless. However, the most fundamental manpower problem of the armed forces is something that Roy cannot solve now.

Not to mention an ordinary commoner, even if it is a nobleman with a territory, how many people can recruit a few powerful knights?

In the past, Baron Bryan was already the richest lord in the three nearby counties, and he could only recruit a few armed knights to serve.

After all, although loyal knights do not have to worry about food and clothing, they have no chance of promotion. Except for the nobles of the princely rank, who can give some knights the hope of owning a fief, the other nobles are not very attractive to powerful knights.

In contrast, knights prefer to stay in the barracks or join the Order in search of opportunities to make a difference. Even if that doesn't work, they usually choose to join a mercenary group or simply become a freelancer. At least it was free, without having to look at the face of the allegiance lord, patrolling along a few fixed roads every day, drowsy.

The problems faced by the nobles were also the problems faced by Roy.

Take Ivan and Sanjie as examples. Although they have always been loyal to him, they are the family knights of the Momiji Karley family after all. If it weren't for the fact that he saved Philip in the first place, he would not have dreamed of letting a just knight and three brave knights follow him.

You can't recruit knights, and building your own armament is a castle in the air. In the aristocratic world of the jungle, no matter how rich and powerful he is, no matter how rich he is, he is only the object of mermaid meat, let alone wrestling with opponents such as the Golden Dragon Family.

And now, Karenich's words opened a skylight in the midst of darkness!

Roy grabbed Karenich's arm.

Knights are the foundation of an empire's armed forces. If you usually want to recruit knights in the army, you are simply looking for death.

Putting aside their status and wealth, don't say that the knights are unwilling. And even if they did, how many nobles would stand by? They would pounce like wolves and tear this audacious idiot to shreds!

But the Rongyang camp in Karenich's mouth is different!

Roy had previously studied with a retired soldier about marching and fighting war, and knew a lot about the military. Naturally, I have also heard of the Rongyang Camp.

Not only did the twelve legions of the border army have a Rongyang camp, in fact, all the knights, the noble armed forces and even the royal guards have a Rongyang camp.

Although in the eyes of ordinary people, the Rongyang camp is all waste that has lost its vindictiveness. But in fact, there are not only ordinary second-order brave and third-order fair knights, but also fourth-order glory knights and fifth-order Great Light Knights.

Moreover, the loss of fighting spirit because of combat is more than enough to show their courage and combat experience.

Karenich was the former head of the Knights of the Ninth Legion, Knight of the Great Light, Count. And now, it is his followers, the squire knights.

How many people are there like Karenich?

How much loyalty will these knights, who have already lost a qiē, return the favor after they have given them a new lease of life?

At the thought of this, Roy was so excited that he almost suffocated, and only grabbed Karenich's arm tightly, unable to speak for a long time.

"Does Master Roy want me to inform someone to boil water for a bath?" Outside the door, Ivan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the two of them coming out.

He was reminding Roy and Karenic to take a shower and change out of their bloody clothes when he suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the aisle next to him.

The three of them turned their heads at the same time, only to see Jesse, Malt, and a lot of elves and human slaves, rushing over. At the front of them, two of Karenich's companions roared in unison, rushing towards them like two mad bulls.

"Let him go!"

"Raised by a son of a bitch, I'll fight with you!"