Chapter 3: The Break of Friends
Hans was depressed because of the failure to slay the dragon, which led to the death of his friend and the shattering of his dreams, and William's mood was no better because he was supported by ghouls.
Hans remembered the memories of the day, and the scenes that seemed like movie scenes came to Hans's mind, and they almost lingered like nightmares.
Evil dragon, so strong, too strong.
The huge body of more than ten meters can smash the soldiers on the ground into flesh just by falling down heavily.
Flying high in the air, able to dodge their round after round of bow and arrow attacks, its huge and bloated body did not affect its flexibility, like a nimble bird, flying freely in the air, for them, the condescending attack from the sky, it was like a nightmare.
The indestructible dragon scales outweighed the knight's armor a hundred times, arrows could not hurt him, and even the knight's spear could only leave a faint white mark on its scales.
The dragon's claws can easily tear off the knight's armor and pull the knights off their horses.
This is not a dragon slaying that takes the evil dragon as the prey in the story, but a one-sided, one-sided slaughter of humans by the evil dragon.
William looked for his companions in his former village, feeling melancholy, not thinking of the nightmarish scenes of the past, but full of fear of this era.
He may never be able to return to the original world, William has his own family in the original world, and he is full of nostalgia for the original world, and the unexpected crossing did not make him mentally prepared to come to another world.
"Deep Blue, give me some more!"
William said subconsciously, and suddenly the atmosphere became quiet for a moment, a crow croaked in the tree, Hans looked at William suspiciously, and asked, "What were you yelling just now?" ”
William wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, smiled awkwardly and politely, did not answer Hans's question, and lamented in his heart that he really didn't have a protagonist's life, and he didn't even have a plug-in after crossing over.
Hans didn't care, moving the corpses on the battlefield, the strength of the nearby mercenary group was enough to shock the Thorne Kingdom, but it was still so powerless in the face of the evil dragon, as fragile as a human baby.
"William, I'm sorry!"
Hans moved the corpses from the battlefield away, searching for the corpses of his companions, and said in a tone full of guilt, with a thick sense of self-reproach in his words.
"Why, say that!" William said in surprise.
"When we went to the Brave together, my father was against it at that time, and I don't understand why he was against it, but he was worried that I would make a meritorious achievement and surpass my brother. That's what I thought at the time, so I didn't even discuss it with my father, who was a knight, and just took everyone away. ”
Hans said with self-reproach that knights are the backbone of this world, and even the baron has only two knights in his hands.
Knight is a dream profession for almost everyone in this world, and not only Hans, but even Wilhelm and the dead Hess and Kuhn dream of becoming a knight.
If you want to become a knight, you must become a knight's servant, and from a young age, you must go to the knight's house, serve the knight, take care of the horses, wipe the armor, keep the weapons, and learn the combat skills of using a spear and sword.
According to the rules of this era, if you want to become a knight, you must first pay for your own war horse and corresponding weapons and equipment, and these rules that have been handed down since ancient times have completely cut off the dream of poor people who want to become a knight and gallop on the battlefield.
Although William and his party are all free people from good families, at most they don't have to worry about starvation, but it is obviously impossible to support a war horse for war and armor that can be used as an heirloom for the nobility.
A set of knight's armor was worth the equivalent of half a manor.
Even if both horses and armor are possessed, if there is no corresponding knightly skills, there is no knight teacher, and it is not possible to teach by word and deed, so there are both war horses, armor, and knights to take in as subordinates, and only the second and third sons of the knights have these qualifications.
Although Hans was a knight's servant, his father was a real knight. It's just that it's not so simple for him to become a knight, the baron only has two knights in his hands, and if he wants to be promoted, he has to find another way.
Even if Hans was the bastard son of a baron, it was impossible to become a knight, and the promotion of a knight required the permission of the lord or king.
The knight's manor as a fief is only superficial, and the real essence is that the lord or king gives his authority to the knight, and this authority is the holy seal.
Only with the permission of the lord can the knight be promoted, and the extraordinary power will be awakened because of the ritual, and giving too many knight holy seals will make his power decline.
Emperors, kings, dukes, marquises, counts, viscounts, barons, knights, the hierarchy is quite deep in the world, and the recognition of qualifications is, in a sense, like a person.
William touched his head, remembering the world's setting for supernatural powers, which always reminded him of a game for some reason.
"This is also our common decision, there is no point in listening to the old man and the woman, my father is old, and my mother doesn't even know a few words except for nagging, how can I listen to them?"
William said calmly, this is not what he meant, but the thoughts of his predecessor William and everyone.
The old people are chattering endlessly, and the age gap between them makes it difficult for both parties to understand each other, and young people often easily question each other's wisdom accumulated through experience.
"Ahh It's hot. ”
Hans suddenly exclaimed, the sudden sound made William feel strange, and he looked in the direction of William, and saw a magnificent greatsword that had fallen to the ground radiating as holy as the bright moon.
This is the holy sword held by the "unlucky brave" who intended to slay the dragon, but was slaughtered by the dragon in turn.
The holy sword radiated holy brilliance and energy, and Hans, as an undead, felt unbearable, and he cried out as he should not have felt pain, covering his eyes with his arms, and crying like a child,
William ran over quickly, grabbing the hilt of the holy sword.
The brilliance of the Holy Sword, which was originally emitting brilliance, disappeared in an instant, Hans took a few steps back, and after the Holy Light disappeared, he was no longer afraid and injured, at this time, there was a strange expression on his face and eyes, "William, why, you can get permission from the Holy Sword, why can you get the Holy Sword, and I feel pain even when I touch it." ”
With hatred in his eyes, Hans looked at his former friend, his eyes were full of hatred, and he said in the same commanding tone as before, "Hand over the holy sword, I will become a brave man, give me the sword, how can you have the talent to become a brave man, I am the son of a knight, and your father is only a blacksmith." ”
William felt the energy transmitted by the holy sword in the palm of his hand, and found Hans's murderous intent towards him, and said with sadness in his eyes, "Aren't we friends?" ”
"This is my friend of the Lord." Hans took a knight's spear from the ground and said to William, "Give me the holy sword, and I will not forget you when I am famous, my friend." ”
William was silent, looking at the rotten half of Hans's face, and what he wanted to say was not said in the end.
It's not that I have the qualifications of a brave man, but that you, who are no longer human, are not qualified to touch the holy sword at all.