Paladin

In the early morning of the next day, all the hustle and bustle of the night had stopped.Someone on the street was sweeping away the traces left by the bonfire.

Evan received a document from the holy city of Corunna. The contemporary Pope Byron III personally recognized his identity as the Saint of Dawn, invited him to meet with the General Court, and will officially issue an official document in the near future, announcing that there will be a A 1-year-old saint awoke from an ancient slumber.

A team of guards of honor and guards from the holy court have arrived here. They will be responsible for guarding Evan's journey. Hugo, the inspector general of the Holy City, personally handed over the reins of the horse to Evan. The members of the Knights Templar will accompany him back to the to Corunna.At the end of the team were Gao Shan and several soldiers who decided to follow to the holy capital.

Evan got on his horse and adjusted the reins a little. When he turned his head, he saw the Emden people standing not far away, looking at this side.

Evan gestured to them with two fingers together; people bowed and watched him.

Someone handed him a knight cloak, and Evan understood and put it on.

This platinum-and-gold cloak is two meters long, and it is only useful when riding on a tall war horse.On the cloak is the iris flower representing the sacred purity, and guarding it is the two-handed knight sword representing the Templar Knights. A total of eight knight swords form an exact cross-symbolizing the eight virtues of the knight.When it appears in the Knights Templar, it means the identity of the leader of the team.

The accompanying knights blew their horns, which meant they were about to set off.

The paladins at the rear of the team got on their horses one after another, and the red cross flag on a white background fluttered.

Until this time, the mage still hadn't appeared.

Evan stroked the horse's mane lightly, and then clamped his legs.

"drink!"

The war horse raised its hooves silently and started to run.

This team of knights immediately followed, rushing towards the road like a platinum torrent.

The long cloak fluttered, and as the speed of the horse's advance gradually accelerated, it fluttered up, covering Evan's back.

Everything was flying fast, and Evan hadn't ridden for a long time. When he left the urban area of ​​Moa City, he looked back on the first hill.

A figure stood on the cliff in the distance, looking at him from a distance; above the long sky, there was also a flying eagle circling and singing.

The knight team crossed the hill and finally disappeared on the horizon.

The dust settled on the road, and the bustling crowd watching them gradually receded.

Hewitt stood on the cliff, pulled down his hood, and said calmly: "Go back, Louis, there is nothing to see."

The demon squatted on his shoulder in aggrieved manner, and squeaked twice in frustration, but he pinched it mercilessly and forced it back.

At this time, the mage looked up and saw the giant eagle hovering above his head with a long cry and swooped down.

After the eagle spread its wings, it was probably more than one meter long. When it fell, the wind it brought blew against Hewitt's skirt and robe.

Hewitt said slowly: "It's you again, Druid, what are you still following us for?"

The giant eagle landed on the ground, and its neat dark wings gradually began to retract. The feathers retracted, and its body elongated into a human shape. Finally, he put on a simple coat.

It was a half-elf, perhaps of some mountain goblin blood, and therefore somewhat shorter than the usual half-elf.As a half-elf, the biggest difference between him and a pure elf is the hair - well, yes, one of the characteristics of pure elves is that they have no other hair except hair, and male elves don't even have beards.

The half-elf druid, now in human form, has a druid-like bushy beard that completely covers the lower half of his face; his curly brown hair looks long and unkempt Like a bird's nest.He is in good health, wearing a coat that has been used for an unknown amount of time, standing in front of Hewitt: "Mage! I ask you to tell him that my name is Delevingne, did you tell me?"

"Forgot." Hewitt said blankly.

The Druid shook his head and said angrily: "Oh! God! You bastards! I will find a chance to say... tell me where Evan is going now?"

"He's on his way to San Corunna," Hewitt replied.

"Corunna! Why is it Corunna?!" The druid sighed in frustration, "has his identity been confirmed? Why are there so many paladins around me... I don't even dare to go up, in case Once they find out, I will be hacked to death!"

Hewitt was silent for a while, and the druid said: "Ah, you were also afraid of being hacked to death by those paladins, so you didn't go up? Oh, I'm so annoying, the power of the Church of Illuminati in Sabylon is becoming more and more terrifying. Now, I can't find any corner in Moa City where I can meet Evan... The life in the east of the empire is getting more and more difficult, I still try to sneak to the west, like you mages..."

The druid babbled on and on, even Huitt couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "What are you looking for?"

"Uh, that's right! I'm here to inform Evan!" The Druid finally remembered after being interrupted, "His phoenix is ​​making a big fuss in Nestor Province, fighting with the Snow Wind Sect!"

"Phoenix?" Hewitt pondered for a while, "The phoenix in Crystalsong Forest had already left there a few months ago, and it turned out to be trapped in Nestor Province, no wonder it never appeared... We haven't seen each other for a long time. I got relevant news."

Nestor Province is often referred to as Xuefeng Province, and it is the largest province in the Kasa Empire, bordering on the north of East Bierrence Province, the home of mages.The Onyx River, which runs through East Bierrence, originates from the mountains of Nestor.

It hasn't been very peaceful there recently, and the Snow Wind Sect has been eager to move, but they didn't expect to try to capture Evan's ancient phoenix. Maybe he will go to Nestor after reporting to the Thorium Council... Huiter thought.

He thought for a while, and the druid next to him shouted frantically: "Ah, ah, I forgot that you are a mage, and you can't just appear in the crowd of paladins! It seems that I have to go by myself!" Chase!"

"You'd better find an opportunity earlier," Hewitt reminded, "Don't forget the destination of their trip. Once you are within a thousand miles of the holy capital, if you dare to break into the barrier of dawn, wait Let it be made into roast quail."

"I can only turn into an eagle and an albatross, and I can't turn into a quail!" The druid roared depressingly, and jumped straight down from the cliff.

His figure disappeared below, and then a huge goshawk flew up again. It flapped its wings and chased after the Paladin team again.

……

In the evening of this day, the knight team camped on the side of the road, preparing to rest.

And the druid flying in the sky was caught by the accompanying paladins before he found a chance.

The paladins had actually been staring at the goshawk closely following the group for a long time, and seeing it hesitate several times outside their range, they finally seized the opportunity to shoot it down with their crossbows.

The druid was caught with his wings bound, and was frightened out of his wits. He hurriedly acted like an eagle with his tail between his legs, not daring to be discovered by the paladins that he was a druid.

The paladin brought it to Hugo, the inspector general of the Holy City. Hugo watched it for a while, and was about to use magic to detect whether the eagle's mind was normal, but was interrupted by Evan who was passing by.

Evan said: "I'm sorry to bother you, but this eagle is my friend. I fed it once, maybe it came to say goodbye to me."

The knights bowed to salute him, and Hugo smiled and said, "Hahahaha, we thought it was a druid... Since it is your friend, let me return it to you."

As he spoke, he pulled out his boot knife and cut the hemp rope that was wrapped around the wings of the giant eagle——the blade lightly passed over the eagle's body, and all the fur on the eagle's body was blown up.

Evan picked it up with great effort, stroked its feathers—felt it trembling all over.

"Rest early, we have to continue to set off at dawn tomorrow." Evan smiled at Hugo, and returned to his tent with the eagle.

The druid was scared out of his wits, and was taken back limply, lying on the ground like a hen.

Evan suppressed his laughter and said seriously: "Mr. Druid, are you following us? This is very dangerous, not all paladins are as indifferent as me..."

"My name is...Draven." The druid's voice trembled, and he shrank into a ball, and it took a long time for him to stop shaking.

"Okay, Mr. Delevingne." Evan changed his words, "I assume that you have worked hard to follow the team and want to meet me, and do you have something important to say?"

"You can't go to the holy capital of Corunna!" Druid immediately shouted, "A big thing will happen there recently, although I don't know what it is... But the astrology of the prophets and nature guardians among the centaurs Everyone has already seen that something big is going to happen in Corunna!"

The Holy City is the core of the Holy See of Light, the main court is set up in it, and several armies are stationed on the periphery all the year round - including the Knights Templar, among them there are thousands of magic spellcasters with profound cultivation, what kind of Can such a big event happen in Corunna?

Evan pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, thank you for your reminder, Mr. de... Delevingne. But I'm afraid I still have to go to Corunna. On the one hand, I need to go to meet the Pope, and on the other hand On the other hand, I am also a paladin, and I have this obligation to protect the holy land."

After hearing this, the druid eagerly flapped his wings twice, circled around twice and said, "But you have more important things! You...do you remember your phoenix?"

"Of course..." Evan whispered, "I haven't heard from him, I... I thought he had already left, just like my other comrades in arms."

"Your phoenix has guarded you for 1 years!" cried the druid.

Evan suddenly fell silent, took a deep breath, and slightly concealed: "Holding... sorry, I just heard about it. Xiao Ao... is he okay?"

The Druid could hear that his tone was choked, and he was silent for a while, before saying again: "He's trapped in Nestor Province... The people from the Snow Wind Sect have fought with him recently. Aye Wen, you have to take care of this matter, the nature guardian has sent a message, the spring is almost over, but the ice and snow on the Nestor Mountains have been melting-the heat wave caused by the Phoenix there is already irresistible! Onyx River The flood season is coming, if the Phoenix continues to stay and fight there, I am afraid that the entire eastern plains of the empire will be submerged... including the lairs of those mages, and the territory of your Knights Templar, but they are all on that fertile plain. !"