holy flame

Samuel and his team had a smooth journey at the beginning. They also accepted the entrustment of several merchants and escorted several caravans. Anyway, they were on the way, and it would be better if they could earn a few silver coins.One and a half months later, they arrived at the border city of Feidin Kingdom. This city has the same name as the ranger——Julian, because this is the first city lord Julian?Named after Bourbon.

Samuel did not enter the city, but set up a small tent in a grove outside the city, and the ranger took the documents and money into the city to buy supplies and register with the church.What he didn't expect was that Julian went to the city around noon and came back in less than an hour. He didn't buy what he was supposed to buy, but he brought the local priest.

"My lord! I didn't expect you to come here so soon!" The officiant was about 40 years old, with gray hair, shriveled and sold out. After he was brought to this small temporary camp, he immediately grabbed the groom Doro excitedly. hands, shouting with hymn-singing voices.

"Master priest, I am not a trainee paladin, the one behind you is our master." Doro pointed awkwardly behind the priest.

The officiant was taken aback for a moment, his pale face turned so red that it could bleed...

After a brief embarrassment, the officiant finally spoke out.A subsidiary village to the north of Julian City discovered that their cemetery had been dug up two months ago.The local villagers thought that there were dark creatures, so they asked the city lord and the church for help.

At first, neither the current city lord Lukes nor the priest Martin believed what the villagers said. They only thought that the wild dogs in the nearby woods had dug up the cemetery.So it was just a symbolic dispatch of two warriors and an apprentice priest who couldn't even use lighting.Of course, these three people knew what the higher-ups were thinking, so they just took a cursory look at the village and came back to report that everything was fine.

This incident was forgotten by everyone at that time. Until a month ago, the traveling merchants who were buying and selling items in the surrounding area ran into the temple in horror and reported that all the people in Willow Village were dead!And Liushu Village is the village where the cemetery was discovered to be dug.

"There are no corpses in the village, but the houses are all destroyed. There are minced flesh, blood and broken bones everywhere, and you can clearly feel the breath of the undead... Two hundred formal troops commanded by two knights were dispatched from the city, I also ordered fifty guardian knights and two official priests of the church to join in and go to Willow Village to eliminate the evil spirits. However, no one has returned until today. And Julian City is close to the other two villages of Willow Village A similar tragedy also happened... So, I can only ask for help from the higher church, but I didn't expect you to arrive so soon, my lord." Because of sweat, the priest's greasy hair stuck to his forehead one by one, making him It looks ridiculous.

The Kingdom of Feidin is an inland country, and there is no fierce land in the flat country except for the forest, and it is surrounded by human countries, although this limits its development.But it also rarely faces threats from other species. Most of the clergy in this country do the work of curing diseases, so it is understandable that the priest is so scared and nervous.

"Actually, Lord Martin, I am not a person sent by the church to handle this matter. I am just a trainee paladin who passed by here because of his travels."

Samuel's words made Martin, who had ignited the fire of hope, feel like being struck by lightning. He trembled more obviously, and everyone present wondered whether he would cry.

"However," Samuel continued after a slight pause, "but as a member of the Holy Court, since I encounter death threats, I cannot ignore them. Before the real handlers arrive, I am willing to discuss this matter with you." Do your best." Of course, Samuel is not so noble, but the original intention of the trainee paladin's travels is to break up capable personnel into pieces so that they can deal with certain problems more flexibly and in a timely manner—such as Now like this.

So when Samuel met him, he had to take matters into his own hands. You must know that the status of a knight is not only related to the knight's personal force, but also to the knight's moral character.If he ignored it, it didn't matter if his reputation became bad, but it would be bad if the Inquisition came to his door, because this was the duty of the traveling knights of the Holy Court.

"Thank you so much! Thank you so much!" Martin finally cried out, and the snot and tears flowed together.

In fact, because he didn't deal with the report from Willow Village two months ago, the matter has developed to this point, and Martin's Julian City Church is considered to be the end of the priest.At best, he was dismissed as an ordinary priest, and at worst, he was sent to a hard labor camp, and even accused of being a traitor to the light and tied to the stake.But that is also on the premise that he is alive enough to send people from above—no matter what happens when it attacks the things in Liushu Village, it is obvious that from the beginning it only dared to dig up the graveyard in the middle of the night, and now it can make more than 200 regular soldiers, two A priest and two knights disappeared without a trace. Obviously, it is getting stronger!Who knows if it will attack cities next? !

"I need a guide who is familiar with the terrain near Willow Village, a few bottles of holy water, and some combat supplies. If possible, I will take my men and set off tomorrow morning." Samuel stretched out his hand to Julian, and the other party immediately Woke up, and handed over the purchase list that he hadn't had time to buy.

Martin looked a little hesitant, but he nodded and agreed, and immediately went back to the city to find the guide and buy the corresponding items.

In fact, he hoped that Samuel would take his people to Willow Village now, so that if that damned undead was on its way to the city, the first thing it would face was this young apprentice paladin.Of course, Martin only dared to think this way in his heart, and he would never dare to say it out loud, otherwise, if the other party hated him because of this, they would pretend to be taking someone to Willow Village, but in fact they would just find a ravine to hide and wait. What about watching a good show?

The officiant left, and several people in the small camp were listening just now. Of course, they knew that they were about to face danger.So except for Doro who was still cooking mushroom soup by the bonfire, the others began to organize their weapons and equipment. Although these things were maintained every day, it was still very necessary to check them before starting the battle.

Samuel moved out his chain mail box from the carriage - he knew that what he was about to face was very dangerous, and as a knight fighting on the front line, both leather armor and light iron armor were obviously not enough protection, if wearing heavy armor However, in the case of non-legion combat and the enemy's situation is unknown, it is very likely that he and his mount will be crushed by the weight of the armor before the battle begins.In this case, his best choice is chain mail inside and leather armor outside.The protection is enough and the weight can bear it.

"Bahn! Doro! Julian!" The other people's chain mail was also placed in the same box, and Samuel took them out together and threw them to himself one by one.

"I'm a ranger~" Julian objected.

"Crack!" The chain mail was still thrown on his head.

So the ranger rolled his eyes: "Okay~ okay~ We all know that rangers are all-round fighters, so rangers can also wear chain mail. What's more, there is an archer named Julian who wears chain mail Extraordinarily handsome."

Julian read in bits and pieces, but the only response to him was Bahn's smirk.

"My lord, shall I go with you tomorrow?" Doro asked nervously while holding the chain mail.

"Yes."

"But, but I'm a coachman. I..."

"If you don't go, I'll find another coachman." Samuel didn't even look at Doro, but just walked aside and inspected every iron ring of the chain mail intently.

"But I'm not good at fighting, I mean, if I get wounded, or if I die..."

"If you are injured, I will treat you; if you are disabled, I will support you for the rest of your life; if you die, I will find another coachman." Samuel finally looked at him, but Doro wished that Samuel did not pay attention to him , that kind of cold eyes made him feel cold.

In fact, Doro himself knew that as one of Samuel's three attendants, his job could not just be to drive the car according to his old job, and eat and sleep well at other times.Hiding in a safe place when you need to fight.Only before, compared to the tall and mighty half-breed Bahn, the ranger Julian who is well-known in the mercenary world, and their master—the young but genuine trainee Paladin Samuel, Doro felt ordinary. He is at risk of being considered a non-combatant.But now, following Samuel's few words, he really gave up.

Gritting his teeth, he began to repair his long sword. Doro knew that his future could only be found on the dangerous battlefield!

That night Martin brought Samuel's guide and the supplies he needed.The guide's name was Ben, and he was a hunter from another village near Willow Village. He took his son to Julian City to sell prey a few days ago, and stayed in the city for one night. As a result, when he returned to the village the next morning, he saw There are only dilapidated cottages, large bloodstains, minced meat and tiny bones. All his family members are alive and dead.

When Martin was looking for a guide, Ben recommended himself. His son was 15 years old, a grade enough to be independent, and he wanted to avenge his family...

"Is there anything wrong around your village?" Undead creatures that can make such a big commotion, unless they have special treasures, must have a strong dead air on them, and when Ben left the village, the thing was very Might have been on the sidelines.

Ben didn't rush to answer, but lowered his head and thought hard: "There is indeed something wrong."

"You can talk about anything."

"Okay." Ben nodded, although he felt restrained and at a loss when facing a gentleman like Samuel, but thinking about the dead family members, he immediately threw that restraint out of the blue!The most important thing for him now is to avenge his family, all other things don't matter!

"There is a river in the north of our village. About a month ago, a lot of dead fish suddenly floated in the river. At that time, some children fished up the dead fish and grilled them. The next day, these children They all died. We were scared of the plague and didn't dare to report it. We just fished up all the dead fish we could see and burned them."

Samuel nodded. He could understand this. After all, there was a plague in the village, and after reporting it, the whole village would be quarantined.When encountering a lord who is a bit more bloody, in order to prevent the spread of infection, he will even directly burn the entire village to death.

"In addition, before I went to the city to sell leather, my son said that he went hunting in the woods to the north, but there was no strange sound of insects there. At that time, I thought he was rare and strange. I suspected that the thing was Just hiding in the woods, I..." At this point, Ben suddenly lowered his head, covered his face with his hands, and sobbed, "If I can pay attention to what Hans (Ben's son) said, at least, at least I won't let you Everyone in the village..."

Julian looked at the dumb Samuel, and took the initiative to stand up and persuade the emotional Ben to leave.A quarter of an hour later, the middle-aged hunter with red eyes came back: "My lord, is what I said useful to you?"

"I don't know yet, we still have to go to Liushu Village first tomorrow to see the cemetery..."