Half Elf Ranger

Chapter 60 The Fallen Paladin
"Brant Ironhand? What is he doing here?" Thorne looked at Ward's back disappearing into the bushes, feeling a little puzzled in his heart.

After pondering on the spot for a while, he seemed to have guessed something, but he was not sure, so he quietly waited for the other party to arrive, intending to see what the other party's real purpose was.

after awhile……

The sound of combat boots trampling the ground came from the intersection, and Thorne's expression changed, and he immediately looked over.

After seeing Brant and several soldiers following him approaching, he did not speak, but waited quietly for the other party to speak.

Brant, who was wrapped in full body armor, walked up to Thorne, took off the metal mask, revealing a mess of long brown hair, then stretched out his right hand, smiled slightly and said:

"We meet again, Ranger from the wilderness, thank you for your blessing, Winter City is immortal, let's get to know you officially, Brant Ironhand!"

"You should thank the guardian of brilliance even more. My name is Thorn." Thorn hesitated for a moment, then said calmly, and after speaking, he also stretched out his right hand to shake the other party.

However, the moment Thorn's right hand touched Brant's, the ring of the paladin on his index finger suddenly trembled slightly, exuding a soft light.

Ok?
The strange change made both of them stunned at the same time.

When Brant fixed his eyes on the ring on Thorne's index finger, a look of surprise flashed across his expression, and then he asked with some doubts, "Why is the ring of the paladin here with you?"

"A friend gave it to me." Thorn was also slightly taken aback. Why did this ring still have a connection with him? He recalled the paladin girl in his mind, so he replied.

"Your friend is a paladin?" Brant asked again after the gloomy look in his eyes flickered.

"That's right." Thorne withdrew his right hand and glanced at him.

"Then do you know the origin of this paladin ring?" Brant sighed slightly.

origin?

Thorne thought for a while and then replied according to the attribute introduction: "A gift from the legendary paladin Balassa to his friend."

"That's right!" Brant didn't refute Thorne's words, he glanced at Thorne, paused, and continued, "But your friend didn't seem to tell you who the friend of Paladin Balassa is. "

oh?Thorn's eyes flickered slightly: "Does it matter?"

"Balassa is a legendary paladin who believed in justice and dedication, but disappeared mysteriously in the turbulent years." Brandt turned to look at the white sky, recalling some information in his mind.

"And his friend is a legendary ranger known as the Shadow Hunter." After Brant finished speaking, he looked at Thorne carefully.

Thorne noticed Brant's gaze and was unmoved, with a very calm expression.

He didn't quite understand what the other party's words had to do with him?
It's just the origin of a piece of extraordinary equipment, he feels that there is no need to make such a fuss, just use it easily.

"Do you know about Deep Rock City?" Seeing that Thorne was silent, Brant asked again.

"I don't know."

Thorne thought for a while and shook his head. He hadn't had time to look at the map in his hand, and he still knew the outline of the world. As for the detailed distribution, he was not clear yet.

"Deep Rock City is a kind and lawful city, also known as the City of Hope or the City of Dawn. If you have the opportunity, you can experience it. I trained there for two years."

There was a hint of nostalgia in Brandt's expression.

"Does that have something to do with this ring?" Thorn was startled, feeling that this guy was talking about it, which made him not quite understand what Brandt wanted to express.

"Actually, the real owner of this ring of paladins is my former mentor. She used to be a shadow hunter ranger, but after getting this ring, she was suddenly inspired one day, and then gradually embarked on the path of paladins. , and finally became a true paladin."

"To my mentor, this ring is more precious than my own life. Since it appears in your hands, it means that my mentor has received another outstanding disciple, so I can rest assured."

Thorne looked at the ring in his hand. Through the experience of Brant's mentor, he seemed to have understood the meaning of the ring given to him by the paladin girl.

However, it may disappoint her, because the somewhat dead-headed path of a paladin is not suitable for him, and he will choose to refuse even if he is inspired.

"So you're also a paladin?" Then Thorn looked up at Brant and asked

For players and original residents, the profession of paladin is not something that can be chosen casually.

Instead, you have to be so-called inspired, and then accept your own destiny.

No one can become a paladin by learning. Whether one can become a paladin depends entirely on nature.

As for what nature is, no one can explain it clearly. There are only two types of nature: "being" and "not having". It cannot be obtained through any will or behavior.

Priests of some lawful good camps are the most susceptible group after their piety reaches a certain level.

Because the paladin's alignment must be lawful good, if he leaves this alignment, he will lose his holy power.

From Brant's body, Thorne could not see a trace of the holy power of a paladin.

"It has fallen."

A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Brant's mouth, and then he took out a dull silver holy emblem, engraved with pale hands bound by a red string.

"I have failed the God of Suffering's expectations of me. Every time I see the holy emblem in my hand, it is as if I see the disappointed eyes of the God of Suffering watching from the distant kingdom of God."

"When I was inspired by fate and vowed to become a true paladin, my greatest wish was to completely purify the group of fallen nobles in Winter City and the evil hidden in the darkness.

It's a pity that I was still too young and impulsive at that time. Two years ago, as a paladin, I stepped into the slums and lower city of Winter City despite my father's obstruction.

Because of my act of upholding justice, a bloody killing was indirectly set off, which caused chaos there, and many innocent civilians died in that chaos.

Watching countless innocent people die because of my ignorance, I suddenly lost my way, wondering whether the justice I firmly believed in was justice or not.

When the power of the paladin left me, I finally understood that when you have no ability to destroy evil, you must not start a war between justice and evil. "

After Brant finished speaking, he sighed again: "In the final analysis, it is because I am not strong enough that I have failed my mentor's expectations of me."

"Since this ring will react after touching you, it means that your mentor has not abandoned you, but you have given up on yourself. Why don't you take a road of redemption to save yourself?"

Thorne was silent for a moment after hearing this, and then spoke slowly.

"No, I used to think like a fool that as long as I believed in justice in my heart, I could change the world. Now I understand that the important thing is not the process, but the result, so it is no longer suitable for me."

Brandt showed a hearty smile after speaking, then patted Thorne on the shoulder and said:
"Thank you very much! Seeing this ring reminds me of the past in Deep Rock City, and I praise the God of Suffering! It is the brightest place I have ever seen, but it is a pity that I will never go back again."

　Thanks to book friends: Luoyue Wenxiang, Zuny, White Hunterの月, for their rewards!Thanks to all book friends for their support! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)