Prologue: Free Knights

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The aims and purposes of the Free Knights: For justice, for greater good. Let our knights be able to stand up for what they believe in, and justice will live forever.

The slogan of the Free Knights: Help, Heal, Guard, Loyalty, Faith, Courage, Glory!

The Freedom Knights' philosophy: Defend what we stand for, defend what we have, protect what we cherish, and fight for what we believe to be right!

The Freedom Knights are the warriors of freedom on the continent of Calradia, fighting for freedom and justice, fighting to the last drop of blood!

The Free Knights, along with the Lancers, the Royal Knights, the Knights of the Two Lions, and the Knights of the Storm, are known as the Five Knights of the Continent of Calradia.

The Free Knights were the last of the five knights. The members are made up of Swadiaans, Virgians, Nords, Rhodoks, and Kuguits.

The freelancers differ from the noble knights in that they have no fiefdoms, no status, and only a self-proclaimed knighthood.

The origins of the Freeknights came from a knight in the kingdom of Svadia who was stripped of his fief and title by his lord.

In the beginning, freelancers were commonly referred to as wandering knights and down-and-out knights by noble lords, soldiers, merchants, and commoners of various countries.

It refers to the down-and-out knights who have been banished by their lords and are penniless wandering around the continent of Calradia.

The original wandering knights were expelled by their lords and had no fiefs and no source of income, and in order to survive, they were forced to join some mercenary groups or bounty hunter groups as mercenary knights to earn commissions.

The city with the largest number of freelancers in the entire Calradia continent is Chanda, which is located in the north of the Calradia continent, north of the 'Balt Sacred Mountain', between the 'Polak River' and the 'You River', which has the reputation of 'Ranger City'.

The formation of the Free Knights stems from the invasion of the continent of Calradia by the Drua Order of the Dark World, when Chanda was the only free city on the continent of Calradia.

At that time, the dark order of Plius was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the donations of the landlord and the support of the lord made the dark order have unprecedented power, including its own army, and the shadow gradually shrouded the continent of Calradia.

Where the Dark Knight passed, nothing but blood and pain remained. The Dark Order's bloody operations have drawn resentment among the populace, and the growing power has become a threat to the Empire.

After 20 years of missionary and development, the power of the Dark Order has penetrated into all corners of the continent of Calradia, and even the lords in the army have members of the Order.

When the Empire's crusading army of 40,000 people drove to the foot of Balt Mountain, they were greeted not only by the dark knights of the Dark Order, but also by the renegade lords, and countless followers who came spontaneously.

The Empire's armies have been routed, but there is still a thorn in the side of the Dark Order. As dazzling as a flame in the dark. It is the light of the continent -- Zenda of the Free City

During these dark ages, Chanda's trade through the port under the wise leadership of his lord maintained its prosperity and civilization.

The extremely wealthy city of Chanda gained autonomy. The guild caravans from all over the country have their headquarters in Chanda.

This also includes the Mercenary Guild and the Bounty Hunter HQ. It is also the only city that has not been invaded by the forces of darkness. The last pure land of the continent of Calradia.

Ever since Prieus instigated the Dark Knights to stir up trouble, bounty hunters and mercenary groups on the continent have been fighting unyieldingly against the dark forces, and the long-term conflict has finally turned into irreconcilable hatred.

Therefore, the dark army that had just left the sacred mountain of Balt first targeted Zenda.

There was another purpose for Prius to attack Chanda, arming the army was a very expensive thing, and Chanda meant wealth in the eyes of Plyus.

Conquering Chanda not only cleared the last obstacle on the continent and extinguished people's hopes, but also obtained a lot of money.

In the face of the dark army of Prius, there were less than 2,000 defenders in the city of Chanda, and the number of bounty hunters and mercenaries remaining in the city and the urgently mobilized recruits barely reached 4,000.

In the face of a powerful enemy army, the fall of Chanda City seems inevitable, the imperial army is busy protecting itself, and the hope of rescue seems slim, and some refugees begin to flee the town.

There was not a hint of expression on the face of Garrison Officer Harris. Just when people lost hope, one morning, with the first rays of sunshine.

A team of mercenaries arrived in front of the city of Chanda, led by a young knight whose banner was the motif of the Wings of Freedom, and no one recognized the coat of arms, who might have come from another continent or from a declining aristocratic family.

Come and save Zenda in this time of crisis. Many people thought he was crazy, but soon they were impressed by his enthusiasm.

Chanda's army was far inferior to the Dark Legion in numbers, and the standing army in the city consisted of only two regiments of halberdiers, and there was no knight order capable of confronting the Dark Legion.

However, the boy was able to recruit a certain number of militia and hunters from the surrounding towns, and the surrounding terrain was suitable for these longbow-armed hunters to use their strengths. All horses in the vicinity were also requisitioned for military use.

At that time, there were not a few hired knights with horses in the castle, but there was no strong group.

In order to resist the powerful Dark Knights, under the call of the young knights, all the mercenary knights in Chanda City, as well as those warriors who owned horses and could ride horses, were all taken under his command.

Then, under the name of the Young Knights, the third largest knight order on the continent of Calradia, the Free Knights, was established in the city of Chanda.

Since then, the Free Knights have become the guardians of Zenda. And the daily expenses of these freelancers are all borne by the lords of Chanda.