Freeman shanty town in Blackcastle.

Old Denver knelt in the shack to clean up his things, he had just found a job raising cows, and was about to move to the cowshed designated by Caitou. He quickly tied up a few worn-out clothes, slung them on his back, and crawled out of his makeshift den.

"Hey, old Denver, I heard that Caitou gave you a job raising cows, so you should thank me well, if I hadn't introduced you to Caitou, you would have today's life." ”

A freedman with rotten teeth blocked Old Denver's way, his outstretched dirty hands indicating his intentions.

Old Denver's ravine-filled face showed a wry smile, and he took out a dozen copper ropes from his waist pocket and handed them over.

"That's all I have. The old farmer handed the money to his introducer, this is the rule of the trade, everyone who wants to work in the hands of the vegetable head must give the introducer a commission, which can be paid later, but not withheld.

"This is not a good number, you have to use the salary to make it up to me, otherwise, your work will not last long!"

The middleman swept the copper rope in his hand, threatened a few words, and turned to leave.

Old Denver lowered his head and looked honest, but who would have thought that twenty days ago, he was still the well-known hyena leader in Blackcastle.

"For the time being, I can be considered alive, but I can't be careless, first lurk for a while, and then try to sneak into a caravan, and wait until I leave Blackcastle Town, it can be considered truly safe. Balor thought to himself.

In the turmoil some time ago, Barol immediately chose to withdraw, he knew very well that he was caught in the middle and had no way to live, whether it was the Wimbledon family or the Wilpan family, they would take out their anger on him. As a last resort, Barol used the means he had prepared two years ago to fake his death and escape.

Balor always taught a few of his subordinates that only by learning to accept their fate can they live a good life, but he himself will not accept his fate, only a fool will accept his fate!

Barol is not a fool, he is a shadow son cultivated by the Griss family since childhood, but unfortunately his master has been hanged by the Emperor of the Rand. In order to escape the purge, he mixed with the refugees and was exiled to the town of Blackcastle, with his experience and means, Barol mixed in the town of Blackcastle is not bad, but unfortunately his luck is a little worse.

"Quack!" a large bird swept over Balor's head, and he looked up to see that it was a large crow.

Balor didn't care about the crows in the sky, he was now in a hurry to get to work, but a figure blocked his way.

"Balor, my lord wants to see you. ”

Barrol was startled, and he didn't stop, but he walked around with the same speed and gait, as if the hooded guy opposite him was not talking to him.

However, the hooded mystery man blocked Barrol's path with a single lateral movement.

"You。。。。。 ”

As soon as he finished saying a word, Barol raised his arm, and a dull dagger appeared in his hand like a trick, stabbing the base of the mysterious man's thigh, and then he jumped sideways towards the shantytown next to him.

Barrol's movements were lightning fast. He has practiced this trick for more than 40 years.

Barol still vividly remembers how the old killer of the family taught them: stab when the enemy is distracted, only stab once, and leave after stabbing. Subsequently, the old killer personally demonstrated the process to them. On a street, the old killer passed by the target, and after walking more than ten meters, the target slowly fell to the ground, his heart was pierced the moment they touched each other, and the old killer had disappeared into the flow of people.

More than forty years later, the old killer of the family should be dead, but Barol is sure that his assassination skills have surpassed that of his teacher, he has used this trick to kill many opponents, and he believes that this time he will not miss.

Approaching slowly is to close the distance, saying a word is to distract the opponent, raising his hand to stab the root of the thigh, because this position will not be protected by soft armor, but there is an artery, and if it is stabbed, it will definitely die. At the same time, the dying opponent may be able to drag down some of the opponent's manpower and cause chaos, and with the help of the complex terrain here, Balor is confident that he can escape the pursuit of the opponent, which is a skill that has been honed and does not need to be thought.

It was precisely because there was no need to think that Barol didn't even know if he had stabbed the other party, he only felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, his eyes were dark, and he understood that he was finished, so he let out a wail, wailing for his end.

"Stop!"

A stout man walked towards him, his leather armor and mace at his waist indicating that he was a paladin of the Church of Radiance.

"Let him go, what's not to say?"

Johnny stared solemnly at the two men in front of him, he didn't see the scene in front of him, only the hooded guy firmly clasped the shoulders of an old farmer, and the poor old farmer could only let out a helpless scream.

Johnny sighed in his heart, in the free camp, such fights often happen, sometimes people die for a piece of bread, but the sheriff of Blackcastle does not care. Therefore, under the leadership of the captain Claude, he began to patrol the area, in order to restore order in the free private land.

"I'm Johnny, the Holy Samurai of the Church, you let him go first, and no matter what the conflict is, I will help you solve it. ”

Instead of hastily forcing the other party to let him go, Johnny made his identity known, and his experience these days has taught him that the seemingly weak party can also be a thief.

Unfortunately, the guy on the other side ignored Johnny at all, and still held on to the poor old farmer, who was no longer screaming, but kept shaking with his eyes closed, looking very pitiful.

"I told you to let him go!"

The other party's attitude of turning a deaf ear made Johnny a little annoyed, he raised his voice, and untied the mace on his waist, if the other party still didn't eat so much oil and salt, Johnny wanted to make him suffer a little.

Of course, Shak will not let go, the alchemy militia only has the master's task in his eyes, not to mention that the other party is a holy warrior, even if the Pope is in person, Shak will not bird him.

Now, Johnny wants to stop Shak's mission and takes out his weapon, so Shaq moves.

Johnny stepped forward with a mace in hand, and was greeted by a terrible sword light, which was like a match, trying to split the nosy paladin in half.

Shak's sword was too fast, and Johnny, who was caught off guard, couldn't block it at all, and he really didn't block it. But Johnny was not chopped to death, when Shak's short sword slashed on Johnny's body, he found that the opponent's leather armor was strong and tough, and the sharp short sword did not cut the opponent's body, but split the opponent three meters away.

Johnny was stunned, how could a free man knock himself flying, but he soon knew what was going on, and another sword light slashed at him.

Johnny let out a loud "whoop", and before he had time to get up, he raised the mace in his hand to block the sword, but his head was not attached to the Holy Armor. At this life-or-death juncture, Johnny inspired the Paladin's second divine skill: Holy Sword Technique.

I saw that the mace in Johnny's hand lit up with a layer of silver light, and the jet-black one-handed hammer suddenly turned bright silver, and the mace attached to the holy sword technique was extremely strong, and it also had a concussion effect, which could be called indestructible, even the knight's plate armor could hit a big hole with one blow. Johnny believed that if the dagger slashed at the mace, it would be shattered by the shock.

Seeing that the opponent's weapon had mutated, Xia Ke decisively changed the slash to a slash, and as soon as the sword light was broken, he slashed towards Johnny's arm, and he wanted to cut off the opponent's hand. But Johnny was wearing full-body leather armor, and the sword only knocked Johnny's arm to the side.

Taking advantage of this gap, Johnny decisively inspired the paladin's third divine skill: Valor.

Valianism can greatly increase the strength and agility of the paladin, and match the level of the trainee knight. Johnny pressed his hand on the ground, and the ground immediately concave a palm print downward, and with this force he rose to his feet, raised his hammer and slammed it down on Shak, and the sheer force and speed made the glittering silver mace fall towards Shak with a vicious roar. If Shaq gets hit, he's bound to turn into a mess of pulp!

Unfortunately, the battle was not successful, and Johnny's mace did not hit Shak, but smashed a huge crater into the ground, and for a time the earth was splashed everywhere, and the sound was terrifying, causing the freedmen to shout and scream.

Shak avoided Johnny's explosion with a dexterous move, and stabbed Johnny three times in a row in a reflexive way, but the thick leather armor attached to the holy armor was really like a turtle shell, and ordinary short swords could not pierce at all, but stabbed Johnny back again and again. Shaq had known this result for a long time, and he used the power of the stab to adjust the angle and prepare to stab Johnny in the eye with a sword.

Johnny secretly complained in his heart, the opponent is not only full of strength but also superhuman agility. In just two breaths, Johnny attacked once and missed, while his opponent attacked no less than five times and hit the move. If it weren't for the self-activated Holy Armor Technique, he would have returned to the embrace of the Lord of Radiance a long time ago. However, the Holy Armor Technique is not invincible, and every time he is hit, it consumes Johnny's holy power, and he can't hold on for long. The problem is that Johnny can't keep up with Shak's speed at all, so he can only be beaten passively.

Johnny inspires the Paladin's fourth divine art: Insight. Insight has only one function, which is to reconcile the power and agility of the paladins.

The Holy Armor Technique makes the armor on the paladin extremely tough and self-activating.

Holy Sword Technique increases the destructive power of a weapon, making a paladin's weapon or shield indestructible with a concussive and sharp effect.

Valor increases the strength and agility of the Paladin, bringing them to the level of a trainee knight.

However, the sudden surge in strength and speed made the paladins unable to adapt, and instead exposed them to greater flaws, so they needed insight to coordinate. Of course, the effect of this coordination is far less than that of the trainee knight, the knight's ability is the stimulation of the four elements, showing the unity of spirit and body, and they can always exert their full combat effectiveness.

But in any case, insight is also the core ability of the holy warrior, and it is the holy armor technique, the holy sword technique, the heroic technique, and the insight technique that constitute the power combination of the holy warriors, giving them far more combat power than ordinary people.

To activate these divine arts, it is relied on the holy power of the holy warriors, and the stronger the holy power, the better the effect of the divine arts, and the longer it lasts. Ordinary paladins can last 20 minutes of fighting, of course, when the Holy Nail Technique is not consumed.

Theoretically, a full-fledged paladin can threaten a knight, after all, the attack power of the holy sword is too terrifying, but this is only theoretical.

The reality is that the holy warrior who relies on the promotion of external forces cannot touch the knight at all, and the knight can break the holy armor technique with a single sword and consume the holy power of the holy warrior cleanly. Therefore, knights kill elite soldiers with one sword, and kill holy warriors generally with one sword, at most two swords. Of course, if the knight faced the fierce human paladin, there would be a fight, and the ordinary knight might also need to fly a kite.

Johnny finally turned on Insight, and at first, it wasn't that he didn't want to activate Insight, but it needed to be activated after Heroic Activation. But this battle happened too suddenly, too fiercely, and in just a few seconds, his holy power was about to be exhausted. Even so, Johnny blocked the fatal brain-breaking blow with his arm in a life-and-death moment, and then there was no more.

After Shak's short sword was blocked by Johnny, he didn't hesitate, he was as fast as a ghost, flashed to Johnny's back, kicked Johnny's leg socket, and then hit it fiercely, the paladin suddenly fell forward, his neck was exposed, and Shak slashed it with a sword, and he was about to cut Johnny directly under the sword.

"I'll go with you to meet your adult! I'll go with you to meet your adult!"

Barrol's shout caused Shak's sharp dagger to stop on Johnny's neck.

Balor breathed a sigh of relief, after a short battle, he couldn't watch Shak's movements at all, but as soon as the battle happened, Barol figured out one thing: he could go to the adult with this guy, he couldn't die, maybe he could still soar. The premise is that this powerful dead man cannot be allowed to kill the holy warriors of the church!

So, when Balor wanted to stop the battle, he didn't shout to stop, because it would be useless for the dead, and he called out the deadman's mission: to see the lord.

Seeing the short sword hanging on the paladin's neck, Balor felt that his neck was also cold, and if he shouted half a step slower, then he really had no way to live. The lord would order the dead man to cut off his head and kill himself!

"Lord Holy Warrior, you misunderstood, we are just joking, joking, my companion, my brain is not very good, a little stunned, don't mind, let's go, let's go. ”

Barol nodded and said, full of old peasant appearance, after speaking, he pulled Shak to lift his leg and left.

Johnny watched the two of them walk away with a grim face, but he didn't chase them, the paladin was not a fool, he was going to see his lord now.

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Ivan looked at the paladin captain in front of him with a grim face, talking in front of him.

"Father, it is our vocation that we clergy help those in need. A handsome young man said loudly.

"Claude, are you questioning my piety?" said Ivan sternly.

"My lord, I didn't mean that, but the free people outside the city are not doing well, they have no order, so they are not safe, we need 。。。。。。。 ”

"They are in order, you just can't see it!" Ivan rudely interrupted Claude.

"They are still short of food, and half a loaf of black bread a day is not enough for them, so some of them will go to sin and oppress more poor people, and I advise you to increase your daily almsgiving. Claude insisted on expressing his opinion.

"I don't need you to question my work, you are the paladin of the Central Church, not my subordinate!"

"But。。。。。 ”

"No, the food of the church does not fall from the sky, it needs to be collected from the lords. And this is the pioneer lord, and the lord doesn't have any more surplus food, and the situation is already very good!"

While the two were arguing, a church attendant ran in and said, "Lord Claude, Father Conley wants you to lead the way back to the central church, and Lord Earl York and Lord Baron Wimbledon are about to perform a pre-notarization and need you to perform a guard of honor." ”

"Okay! I'll get over there. ”

Claude said to Ivan, "Father, when I carry out my mission, I will come back to help these freedmen establish order, and we can discuss and find ways to collect more food." ”

Watching the new paladin captain run to the shantytown to gather his men, Ivan spat disdainfully.

"What a fool! Without hunger, without strife, without war, without sin, who would believe in our lord with all his might?"