Chapter 44: Arousing the ambition of followers
Through Roland's narration, Murray roughly understood the embarrassing situation of the Sun Knight in the Sun Empire today.
Originally, in the Sun Empire, knights had an unrivaled noble status, especially those Sun Knights who had been baptized by the Sun God Sect, which was a symbol of the supreme power of the Sun Empire and the spokesperson of the Sun God's power.
It's a pity that since the magic brought by the witch to the Sun Empire, the status of the knight has plummeted.
An even more powerful and terrifying force was discovered, and the impact was almost incomparable to that of the knights, and the knights' unattainable status began to crumble.
When machines were introduced to the Sun Empire, magicians collaborated with dragon mechanics to develop mechanical staffs that were easy to cast.
With the advent of mechanical staffs, magic began to spread widely throughout the empire, exacerbating the complete collapse of the knight's image.
So today, although there are still knight schools in the Empire, there are very few people who can really simply practice knights.
Most knights can only enter a place such as the garrison in the end, and their status is almost not much different from that of ordinary soldiers, and they may eventually need to rely on magic to get a chance to be promoted.
Because the knight's situation is so awkward, Roland and Paine come to the Steel City together, and in order to make a living, Paine can only hide his identity as a trainee knight.
Roland sighed and said, "If it were exposed, maybe even in the sunflower choir, those guys would make a laughing stock of the fat man." ”
Murray didn't expect that the status of knights in the Sun Empire would be so embarrassing now, and he couldn't help but think of the neighbors at school.
It seems that his three neighbors, even Kane, who attends the warrior school, will learn some very basic magical knowledge in school.
As for Alice, she went to a magic school, and as for Andrew, what she learned was a special one, and what she learned was a priest unique to the Sun God Cult.
From this point of view, the status of knights in the empire is really not high, and they are obviously suppressed and excluded.
Murray let out a long sigh and said, "Well, since you are so frank, then I will accept your followers. ”
Seeing the excitement of the two guys, one fat and one thin, he immediately said, "However, if you want to follow me, you have to show your skills." ”
After a pause, Murray asked, "Last night, the three major gangs were fighting, what was the final result?"
Paine was stunned and didn't know how to answer, but Roland seemed to have expected Murray to ask, and hurriedly said to Murray: "Last night, the choir and tavern were calculated by the Bad Boy Brotherhood, and we were almost cut off by the Bad Boy Brotherhood, but fortunately, there were also some strong people in the choir and tavern who made a move, and finally stabilized the situation, and did not lose too ugly." ”
In fact, the victory of the Bad Boy Brotherhood is expected, and last night the Bad Boy Brotherhood was obviously planning for a long time, specifically targeting the other two gangs.
Recall what Uncle Raul said last night that the Brotherhood of Bad Boys belonged to Viscount Lane and was secretly fostered in order to deal with the other two gangsters who were backed by divine power and imperial power.
Well, if that's the case, it looks like the Bad Boy Brotherhood didn't take any hit from Jack's death.
Murray then asked Roland, "So what are the big losses of the choir and the tavern?
Roland shook his head and said seriously: "No, the choir lost three blocks of control, and the tavern also lost two blocks, which is equivalent to being kicked out of the lower city." ”
After a pause, Roland lowered his voice and continued: "Moreover, the choir and the tavern have strong people who have died, and it is indeed a big loss. ”
"Oh, are there all strong people who have died?"
Murray was immediately excited when he heard the news, and he instantly came up with some ideas in his head.
After pondering for a moment, Murray asked, "Since there are strong people who have died, then some positions of power in the choir should be vacated a lot, right?"
This time Paine hurriedly said, "Of course, even the old guy who stopped you on the street before our choir is dead." ”
Roland glared at Paine, blamed Paine for talking casually, and then said to Murray: "The fat man is right, the choir leader in charge of the lower city last night was indeed besieged and killed by the two strong men on the bad boy's side, and it is said that the two strong men who besieged were also seriously injured. ”
Listening to Roland's account, Murray couldn't help but sigh: "I really can't imagine that the battle last night would be so tragic." ”
Paine couldn't help but interject at this time: "That's it, Roland has analyzed before, originally our choir and tavern association wanted to completely solve the Bad Boy Brotherhood, so our garrison department was arrested during the day yesterday, but it was just a dispensable fuse." ”
This time Paine interjected, Roland didn't blame again, but continued: "It's just that we didn't expect that the Bad Boy Brotherhood has already been arranged. ”
Whether it's Roland or Paine, in fact, both of them are just looking at last night's fight from the perspective of the gangsters.
But with Raul's previous explanation of the gangster, Murray will feel that things are not so simple when he looks at them from the perspective of a bystander.
Now this contains the struggle and game between the three powers of "divine power, imperial power, and private power".
At the same time, the arrival of Salia shows that the empire is indeed going to attack Viscount Lane, who has obtained a large fief by merit and is a staunch supporter of industry, I am afraid that he will become a tester for the royal family of the Sun Empire to take back the fief.
Roland and Paine looked at each other, and watched as the young man in front of them suddenly stood there silent, as if caught in some kind of thought.
Although the two of them felt very strange, they didn't dare to disturb the young man, so they could only wait quietly.
After waiting for a long time, Murray came to his senses, looked at Roland and Paine, and asked, "You two, do you want to be the head of the choir?"
The two of them were stunned by such a question, and they didn't know how to answer at once?
Murray quickly changed his question: "So, have you two ever thought about it like this?"
Roland understood first, and shook his head with a wry smile: "I don't dare to think of this kind of thing, the head of the choir wants to be approved by the Viscount of Lane Church, and I don't have such great ambitions." ”
And Paine said angrily, "I thought, why should we be under someone else, why can't we command others?"
Listening to Paine's words, Roland felt a little apprehensive, after all, saying this sentence in front of Murray was tantamount to denying the previous request to follow.
However, Murray was very happy after hearing this: "Hehehe, good, very good, in that case, then you two should start by becoming the head of the choir in the lower city, I believe that your choir should have a very fair and just election method, right? ”
At this moment, both Roland and Paine were completely stunned, not expecting that the young man in front of them would give them such a problem.