Chapter 170: A Knight's End: I
Joseph Griffin has never been so flustered or relieved in his life.
Since being framed as a traitor by the moths in the Holy See for sticking to the righteousness in his heart, Griffin has been most difficult to face with his brother, Alex Dean.
When Griffin was chosen by the Holy See to be an alternate knight's squire from among the many orphans in the orphanage, Alex Dean was just a stern and caring instructor, a "big brother" in everyone's minds.
At that time, Griffin was malnourished at a young age and his physical development was relatively slow, and he could not keep up with the intensity of training.
However, due to the fact that Griffin and Instructor Dean are four or five points similar in appearance, everyone else in the training camp privately rumors that Griffin is not the Knights training camp that entered the Knights "through the back door".
However, in the end, these doubts were silenced by the amount of training Griffin was far more desperate than ordinary people.
In the practice of knighthood in the Holy See, there are three branches:
Holy Knight: Good at using a variety of light spells, good at coordinating large-scale team battles, and extremely good at group buffs and morale-boosting spells.
In the end, every pope of the Holy See has also advanced from the Holy Knights, and the only one who can be named "Holy" is the [Paladin].
Knight of Punishment: Good at using various battle spells to suppress opponents like a storm in an extremely crazy combat style, he is the sharpest "blade" among the Holy See's forces.
Advanced is the top class with only seven slots, the Judge Knight, and the strongest of the Judge Knights in the past will be named the Judge Knight.
Defensive Knight: As the name suggests, he is good at protecting teammates and taking damage, and is the most reassuring "reef", and he is also the most anticipated teammate candidate for priests and papal wizards.
As long as you're a defensive knight, you'll be able to cast spells with all your might before they're completely down, with no regard for your own safety.
Don't even worry about casting spells that will hurt your allies, because your teammates will be better than your enemies.
The advanced profession is an honorary profession with twenty candidates - Guardian Knight, and only knights who have shed blood and made meritorious contributions to the Holy See can receive this honor, and they will be canonized by the Pope himself.
Currently, the title of the strongest guardian knight is temporarily vacant.
This also reflects the embarrassing situation that knights who specialize in defense actually face.
The credit is earned by those who are responsible for killing and making plans, and ordinary defense knights want to obtain the title of guardian knight, and basically have no other chance than to fight for their lives.
Only a few can survive, and most of the missing arms and legs are the norm.
Griffin chose to become a defensive knight, in addition to the bonus of his own [talent], he has only one simple purpose - to protect the knight of Alex Dean.
In Griffin's simple thoughts, Knight Dean's meticulous care for himself, his guidance in spirit and belief, and his future development are tantamount to a "guiding light" on his own knightly road.
Another event that had a profound impact on Griffin's knighthood occurred when Griffin was twenty years old.
As the young Griffin grew stronger, his appearance from four or five points to seven or eight points of resemblance to Alex Dean, the Knight of Adjudication.
Eventually, under the witness of the bloodline identification spell performed by the Holy Knight of the Holy See, the silver-haired Joseph Griffin and his brother were attacked by a dark wizard at birth, and Alex Dean, the blonde knight who was attacked by a dark wizard and died, were determined to be blood relatives.
As for the blonde hair of [Adjudicator] Alex Dean's big brother, it is because of a mission:
At that time, Dean almost died on the spot, but the Holy See sighed at the high level of his talent [crossed out], and thanked Dean for his loyalty, and 11 Holy Knights joined forces to infuse the vital light and divine power into the dying Alex Dean.
Since then, Alex Dean has been infinitely loyal to the Holy See and has since become blonde.
When Joseph Griffin knew that the eldest brother he respected was really his own eldest brother, he strengthened his belief even more, always taking his eldest brother as an example and restraining himself with the character taught by his eldest brother.
Until...... He was given the life-changing mission: the Inquisition of Heresy.
Disguised as a remnant Death Eater, go and slaughter a wizarding colony, young and old, or house-elves, all of them will be slaughtered, leaving no one behind.
Be sure to redirect the wizard's attention in the direction of the Death Eaters.
This seriously violated Griffin's bottom line, and when Griffin was about to inform Brother Dean of the details of this mission and ask his eldest brother to decide, the task leader actually carried him behind his back and quietly advanced the mission deadline by one day.
At the same time, a reply was received from the "big brother": "Everything is based on obeying the command of the Holy See as the first condition." Griffin, who replied to the letter, inadvertently found the writing habits of his own legion commander in the individual handwriting of the reply.
Just as Griffin was stupidly preparing to go to the Legion Commander to reason, his teammates returned to the Legion garrison wearing bloodstained armor and carrying the body of a mortally wounded papal wizard.
All of the team members looked at Griffin with hatred, and they said that it was because of Griffin's cowardice, which led to the tragic death of one of his teammates.
If Griffin is present, even if he bears this level of injury, he will not necessarily be in danger of life, not to mention that Griffin, as a defensive knight, has his exclusive life-saving hole card.
And this papal wizard who died in battle happened to be the wife of the leader of another squad.
After a night of fermentation, the entire Legion garrison heard the voice of Griffin as a [Coward].
The Legion Commander, who was supposed to be held accountable by Griffin, instead waved his hand and ordered Griffin to be detained and cut off all means of communication for Griffin.
The Legion Commander is well aware of the responsibility he will have to forge a [Adjudicator] reply, but Griffin is a useful pawn, so he has to constantly "manipulate" Griffin by impersonating Alex Dean of the Adjudicator.
Now that the problem is exposed, the corps commander personally directed this "farce", and it can be said that no one else knows the truth of the matter except the corps commander himself.
As long as Griffin's guilt is sealed before the [adjudicator] arrives, then all problems will cease to exist.
However, as soon as everything was planned, three messages in a row, such as bad news, good news, and ordinary news, were delivered to the corps commander's desk at the same time.
The bad news is that Griffin has escaped from prison with countless attacks, and it is possible that he will contact [the adjudicator] brother to clear his name.
The good news is that instead of contacting the Adjudicator on his mission, Griffin chooses to ask for his name to be cleared by a Bishop who is "his own" who is in cahoots with the Legion Commander.
The common news is that there is a very prestigious and impartial "archbishop" present who is inspecting the work of the subordinate bishop of the legion.
Hearing Griffin's complaint, it was decided to hold a Holy See "hearing" for him, which was equivalent to a Muggle court.
This baptism is not the same as the baptism experienced by a newborn at birth, and if the knight is proven innocent at the hearing, then he will receive a precious holy water "baptism".
On the other hand, if the knight is found guilty of violating the law, then he will face the problem of being burned at the stake.
Only a scorching flame can give the guilty a true baptism.
The Legion Commander stared at the three messages in front of him, and a grim smile rippled from the corner of his grinning mouth.
"This time, you're completely screwed, Griffin."
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