Chapter 20: The Knights

At noon, the warm sun shone on the endless plain outside the city, and about 2,000 well-trained noble knights waited for the arrival of weapons, armor, war horses and other materials in the barracks. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Madam, go and urge Baron Nobis, the three have arrived, go!" At Haraus's order, the queen, who looked much younger than the king, nodded, and walked towards the nearby barracks, where the three Harongos brothers had already arrived.

"Harlaus, what's wrong with you, it's not your way to release pigeons!" Harongoth, who was full of seriousness, jumped off his horse, and as Marshal Raldian, he did not regard Harauth as a king at all.

"Harongos, even if your brother is the one who gave me the throne, there is a way for everything, and I am your king!!" A heavy slap was slapped on Harongos's face, and the face of Harungus who was hit by the palm of his hand was slightly deformed, and blood flowed down the broken wound.

The remaining two brothers immediately stopped the angry brother, they knew the purpose of Harlaus's move, and they had been working for the state affairs since the three of them took the throne for Harlaus, and in recent days, Harongoth's move to impose taxes to stabilize the morale of the army has caused the people of Raldian to lose confidence in the country and leave their homeland, which has fundamentally affected the economy of Raldian, so punishment is necessary.

"I deserve it, you didn't do anything wrong, can you talk about the real reason why we were called here?" Harungus broke free from the two brothers' hands and wiped the blood from his face.

Haraus nodded. Leng asked coldly, "Do you three remember what you did more than ten years ago?"

"You mean to eliminate your political enemies and seize military power for you in the struggle for the throne?" guessed the three brothers.

"The Royal Order was originally my brother's own army, commanded by his confidant, Count Nobis, and your brother designed to frame Nobis in order to win this prestigious knight order for me, is that clear?" Haraus added.

"So, Your Majesty came to Uxhall to see General Nobis who had been demoted?" Craggs lost his words for a moment, mistelling the news he had, much to Harlaus's displeasure.

"Kraggs, as a subordinate, are you taking care of it a little too much? You actually started to spy on my trip! Anyway, I don't hide anything, the Royal Knights have been in the doldrums since I succeeded to the throne, and have lost their former glory, just because their recognized leader has been framed by the three of you for treason, and if there is no Royal Knights to participate in the war, how can we protect the land from the Dark Knights?"

"And what do you want? exile our brother for these old reasons?"

When Harlaus and Harongoth were in a difficult dispute, the queen's figure appeared in the barracks not far away, followed by a young man in plate armor, and when the queen and the man came behind Harlaus, several people immediately stopped the abuse and retreated to the side.

After being persuaded to retreat, Harungus was dissatisfied, and looked up and down at the man in front of him, his reddish-brown hair and dense beard almost occupied half of his face, and his thick eyebrows like a double-edged sword had a long hooked nose and piercing eyes, giving people a sense of wisdom and coldness.

"Who is this young man?" he asked Haraus, who was beside him.

Haraus snorted coldly, but without replying, Harongoth asked the young man, "Who are you, can you tell me?"

The man's eyes suddenly flashed with murderous intent, and a long sword pointed directly at Haringos's throat, and said coldly: "My name is Hogan Nobis! Count Harungos, you don't know me, but I can't forget everything you did to my family! You framed my father, he lost everything, even his honor, and now Rui Erdian once again needs the strength of the Royal Knights, my father has no intention of going into battle, and his former duties are shouldered by my Hogan." ”

Thirty-five years ago, Hogan was born into an aristocratic family in Uxhall, the son of a close confidant of the late King Harrais Eastridge, who was one of the most powerful in Ryerdian at the time, so Hogan received the best education as a teenager, and his father taught himself military knowledge and trained him to be a good knight. At the age of twenty, at the age of twenty, Hogan received the news of King Halles's death in battle on the way to the banditry at his wedding to his bride. Asona and the other clansmen who held the right to inherit the throne started a battle for the throne, and finally the scheming Haraus won the battle for the throne and inherited the military and political power of the kingdom of Ryordian, while the Duke of Nobis, who was dead to the power of the late Harles, was falsely imprisoned by the Haringos brothers for treason, and was spared death because of his previous merits, and was exiled to his hometown of Uxhall, where Hogan, who spent fifteen years with his family in frustration, responded to Harlaus's call to lead the Royal Knights, and his condition was - to let Harengoth and his family who ruined their lives receive the punishment they deserve。

The sword did not pierce Harongos's throat, but instead Hogan took a step back and put away the sword, saying, "It is because my family is still alive in the world that I did not kill you, and for the sake of your advanced age, I challenge the three of you as a knight!"

"You heard that, too! I need Hogan's abilities, so I'll do what he asks, even if it's at the cost of the lives of the three of you, and pick out a suit of armor to get started!" Haraus ordered, deciding to preside over the duel himself.

"I accept this duel, whether you win or lose, you just need to serve Harlaus!" After his brother dressed himself in a piece of forged armor, Harongus stepped forward on his own and drew his sword.

"Needless to say, it's enough for me to defeat you in a duel!" Hagan replied as he placed his sword on Harongoth's sword.

At this moment, the atmosphere on the scene was extremely tense, the two sides of the duel were the heirs of the strongest military commander of the former Rui Erdian, and the Optimus Knight, who was famous on the continent for the current Rui Erdian, the eyes of both sides never left the opponent's sword, and when Harlaus gave the signal, the two stabbed the opponent almost at the same time, but Harongoth's sword was relatively longer, and this weapon advantage gave him the upper hand, and Hogan urgently avoided it when he realized the crisis, dodging a fatal stab.

"Why! Don't you dare to attack! Only to this extent, but you can't fight me!!" As soon as the words fell, Haringos brandished his long sword and launched a surprise attack, slashing dozens of blows in a very short period of time, Hogan couldn't parry for a while and retreated, for an old man who was nearly sixty years old, Harongoth's strength was really strong, and he didn't live up to the name of the Optimus Knight at all.

In the first round of the confrontation, Hogan was down, and when he regained his footing, Harangos struck again, and the two swords collided violently in the air, creating a burst of sparks. In response to Haringos's frantic slash, Hogan seized the opportunity to aim his sword at the sun, and the harsh reflection made his opponent dizzy, and Hogan successfully slashed Harangos back and pulled it back.

"Young man, it seems that you are an expert at using swords, I wonder what your other tactics are......" Harongus gestured to Craggs beside him, and he picked out two thin iron bullet shields from his armament and handed them to his brother and Hogan respectively.

"It's rare that you've thought it so thoughtfully, if I don't use it, wouldn't it be rude!" Hagan agreed, fastened the warhead shield to his left wrist, and charged forward with the shield.

"Come! At first I only thought you were a down-and-out nobleman, but now I have a different opinion of you, let me see if you have the talent to lead the Royal Knights!" Harongus echoed, and greeted him.

When the two of them collided with their shields, they made a muffled sound, and then quickly entered the battle, their shield defense skills were as brilliant as their swordsmanship, and the shields of both of them were covered with scratches when the swords were struck in turn, but they were still inseparable.

As a last resort, Hareng had a plan, rushed forward and hugged Harungus's waist and threw him to the ground, and then picked up his steel fist and smashed it at Harungos, in order to avoid injury, Harungus raised his shield to protect his head for the first time, but Hogan took the opportunity to step on his shield.

After his opponent was overpowered, Hogan kicked his sword away, and the tough Harangos finally lowered his head and admitted his defeat. For him, the opponent in front of him is a hungry avenger, and because of his past actions, unless a miracle occurs that is less than a chance, he will surely die under the sword of Hogan.

"Click!"

Harungos, who had been restrained by Hoegen for the second time, couldn't believe what was before him, and Hoegen let him go again, and the tip of his sword stabbed into the lawn a stone's throw from his chest, and the young man reached out to the old man and pulled him up from the ground.

"You're not going to kill me, I'm the one who ruined your family......" Harungus still couldn't imagine Hogan's state of mind, and didn't dare to look him in the eye.

"You are very proud, but I know that you are faithful to the Kingdom, and for this reason my father has always held you in high esteem, even if you framed him. The moment you accept my challenge as a knight, the grudge between us is over. Hogan calmly put away his saber and brought Harongus to Harlaus.

"You are such an inscrutable child, you do have the qualifications to lead the Royal Order! Now kneel, I canonize you as the Captain of the Royal Knights, the protector of the kingdom loyal to Ryrdian, and reclaim the former domain of the Nobis family!" Harlaus praised Hogan's performance, directly restoring Hogan's father's former title, and also gave Hogan his gilded plate armor and the Knights' sword.

Harlaus, on the other hand, handed over the three purchase orders to the Harungos brothers, instructing: "The morale of the Royal Knights has returned, and now they need armaments. From now on, I will scatter all my personal belongings and put them into the treasury, and Harungus will immediately mobilize all the top blacksmiths in the country to take charge of the collection of weapons. Craggs made a trip to the Rhodoc Chamber of Commerce on my behalf, ordering the best armor from them. The military horses produced by Uxhall are only enough for the local defenders, so I need Claes to visit Kugit and buy first-class war horses from Saiga at all costs, and the return of the Royal Knights is completely in the hands of you and the other four!"

A week after the revival of the Order began, the Harungos brothers had made great progress, thousands of horses had set off from the territory of Kugit and arrived at the Royal Knights' headquarters with Uxhall as a relay station, and the higher-ups of the Rhodok Chamber of Commerce mobilized all the craftsmen to create more than 2,000 sets of knightly armor, which were escorted by the Chamber of Commerce's dart masters. In addition to the weapons work in the country supervised by Harungus himself, thousands of steel-forged swords and spears, as well as an equal number of warhead shields and kite shields, were added to the Order's armory, and the final preparations were completed.

On this day, on the endless fertile field where the knights were stationed, Hogan changed into the armor of the leader of the Royal Knights given by Haraus, carried the knight's sword, and rode the heavy war horse of the divine horse to patrol back and forth on the plain, surrounded by more than 2,000 heavy knights in silver armor standing on the heavy armored war horse, holding the sword, The knights with helmets each had an unusually heavy but powerful heavy metal cavalry spear stuck in the ground at their sides, and the royal knights rallied under the leadership of Hogan, and the royal knights, a symbol of the strength of Ryrdian, were reborn.

"Knights!!The Dark Knights who swept across the continent hundreds of years ago have reappeared! Our Knights may not have such a long history, and they may not be the opponents of the Dark Knights, but the heart of honor as the strongest knights cannot be shaken! We are the legend of Calradia! Not the Dark Knights from a different place! Firmly believe in this! Pick up your guns and let the honor of the Royal Knights be revived again!!"

Hogan's cry awakened the knights' long-dormant blood, and in the wave after wave of cries, the knights grasped the overweight giant spear and followed Hogan's footsteps to the distant horizon......

With the passage of time, the united front formed by the countries of Calradia has gradually taken shape, and King Antao of Gronia responded to Atros's request and ordered him to lead about 2,000 people of the Royal Navy of Gronia and the powerful Demon Dog Knights to support Calradia. Although the number of followers of the Drua Church in the interior of Karadia is increasing day by day, since the Black Flag Kugit people left the mainland, countless rangers of the Kugit Khanate have begun to go deep into various places to wipe out the apostles of the Dark Order, and tens of thousands of believers who have embarked on the pilgrimage path for the trial of blood and fire have been arrested by various countries one after another, making it impossible for the Dark Order to gain a foothold in the interior of Calradia.

Although the Church affiliated with Garnif was purged in response to the invasion, Sion's Order Army still threatened Calradia from all sides, originating from Minella Island. Under the dark clouds that hung over the entire Strait of Caledos, the Spear Legion of the Underworld and the reorganized Thunder of Destruction were already ready for battle, and the presence of the Hammer of Conquest that raided the Snow Fort of Pruss and the Arrow of Judgment that were lurking in support of the invasion plan, the Calradia kingdoms were terrified of the Drua Order, and by the time Shion gave the order to invade, it would be the beginning of the holy war.

However, at the most critical juncture of the situation, as the commander of the Dark Legion, Shion faced an unprecedented crisis and unexpectedly returned to his hometown of Chanda, Aracis took into account the past friendship and opened the city gate for him, and for Shion, who betrayed his best friend and left his hometown, returning here is already a gamble, all the townspeople of Chanda Town seem to have seen an enemy, picking up all kinds of miscellaneous items and throwing them at Shion, accompanied by unbearable angry scolding.

Despite being smashed by various vegetables and fruits, Shion still ignored the angry townspeople, until an ignorant little boy threw the stone in his hand at Shiang, he naturally reached out to catch the stone, stared into the boy's eyes and smiled: "Children, it is very dangerous to throw people with stones, remember not to do it again." ~”

The boy nodded mechanically, visibly timid, and Shion crushed the stone in his hand at this moment, and the crushed stone powder carried away in the breeze. The boy was so frightened that he cried, and the townsfolk around him were shocked, and the fear in their hearts made them instinctively stop what they were doing and slowly retreat under Shion's demonic smile.

"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you. Seeing that the little boy beside him couldn't stop trembling, Shi Ang comforted him coldly.

"Old friend, it looks like you've really been well welcomed!" Kay suddenly appeared behind Shion and grabbed his wrist.

At the same time, the fear in the townspeople's hearts was dissipated by the arrival of the Count, and Aracis persuaded the angry people to dissuade him, handed over the frightened child to his family, and hurriedly disappeared into the streets of Chanda with Shion and Kai.