holy flame

"Hey! Samuel, has anything interesting happened these days?" At the dinner table, Zooey finished her soup, pointed at Samuel with a wooden spoon and asked curiously.

"Interesting thing? I don't know." Samuel shook his head doubtfully.

"But your expression." Zooey compared her mouth, "The corners of your mouth are always upturned, and your eyes are always narrowed. You look like a cat that has been eating and drinking and basking in the sun. You can Something that makes you so happy must be very interesting."

"I'm very happy?" Samuel touched the corners of his lips, they were indeed upturned, and then he subconsciously looked at Julian, so the corners of his lips curved even more.

"Oh~" Before Samuel could continue speaking, Zoe screamed strangely, and everyone else had an "I see" expression.Frank stretched out his hand and patted Julian on the shoulder across Alan: "Although I have always disliked you, but...bless you."

"Thank you." Julian smiled, although he knew that these guys probably misunderstood something - he and Samuel hadn't reached such a "deep" point, but it was a good feeling to be blessed.

Just when the dining room was full of joy, the dull bell rang suddenly!

Except for Sunday’s prayer day and the period of special ceremonies, the bells of the church will only ring when encountering enemies. This is true of other cities on the main road, and the same is true of the Bright Shield Fortress!Today was obviously not any special day, and when the second bell rang, the restaurant was already empty.

In Samuel's room, Julian and Eric are helping Samuel put on the armor as quickly as possible.This was originally one of the entourage's tasks. You must know that the knight's armor cannot be put on by the knight alone. Fifteen minutes later, Samuel, who was dressed in tin cans, went downstairs as fast as he could. Bahn was already waiting at the door with his well-groomed war horse.With the help of Bahn, Samuel stepped onto the horse and fixed himself on a special knight's saddle, so that even if he was seriously injured and lost consciousness, he would not fall off the horse and be trampled to death by his companions.

Others also came out of the room one after another, including Julian and Eric who helped Samuel put on the armor just now, and now also put on the soft leather armor. According to the regulations of the Shield of Light, they are the followers of the Paladin They will also form a troop, and when Samuel goes to train every week, they also have their own training.But unless the battle situation is critical, it is not their turn to go to the battlefield.

Only Ryan will go to the Holy Crusade to stay with the other silver-robed priests. After all, the silver-cloaked priests who "have a master" will only act alone with the paladins when the team is active. War, and priests acting alone, is courting death.

"Victory, peace." Ryan also had a white leather armor on his body, and he stroked the scriptures to bless Samuel.And Samuel raised his sword in return, turned his horse's head and left.

It took Samuel about five or ten minutes from the time the bell rang until he reached the Grand Place.This seems to be a long time. If it is a modern war and the higher-ups issue an urgent assembly order, and a soldier arrives at this time, it will definitely be dealt with by military law.

But this is ancient times, and the knight's equipment is different from the civilian uniforms of modern military uniforms. Samuel's standard paladin armor has more than 200 buttons alone, not to mention the complicated straps—— Of course, you can also just buckle a few buttons and tie a few belts if you feel troublesome, provided that you are not afraid that the armor will suddenly fall off on the battlefield and kill you.Moreover, knights are high-level arms, they are used to command, charge, and fight. When a sudden enemy attack occurs, the infantry wearing leather armor should be the first to block.And the time they have to resist is enough for the knights to prepare.

With the sound of the bell, every gear of the entire Bright Shield started to move like a sophisticated war machine...

Samuel found his place in the ranks of the paladins, and to his left was the red-bearded paladin Goyle.Goyle's figure was already two sizes bigger than Samuel's, and he was rarely so tall and burly among the paladins, so even if he was wearing full-coverage armor, Samuel could recognize him at a glance.

"Gol, the orcs have launched an attack?"

"It's more exciting than that." Gore lifted his helmet, "I heard that the Holy City received an oracle."

"Oracle?" An oracle that needs the fanfare of Brightshield far to the north?

"The continent of Valenthal, the frontline continent of the faction war, the army of the forces of light suffered a despicable raid by the undead, and suffered heavy losses. The Holy Spirit asked us to send troops to support it. Some of the lucky ones among us will go to another continent .Fight those rotting flesh crawling out of death! That's the life of a paladin!" Goyle's eyes lit up, and he licked his lips excitedly.Of course he wasn't excited by seeing Samuel's face. This stout paladin only loved his blacksmith shop and war, and he was less useful than Samuel when it came to issues of the opposite sex or the same sex.

"War...death..." Another paladin next to Samuel whispered, without fear, helplessness, or reluctance, his tone was full of expectation and desire.It even seems that his desire for death is more urgent than for war. Maybe the death refers to the death of the enemy, but it may also be their own...

Samuel stopped talking, and he stayed quietly among the paladins. He also longed for war. It turned out that he thought he would wait until there was chaos in the Crowleyan continent.But now he can establish feats earlier, get the tears of angels, and fulfill his eternal promise with Julian earlier.

Under the visor of the helmet, the corners of Samuel's lips turned up again, and he would propose to Julian with the tear of an angel.

Next, Hadro, the head of the Knights Templar, Bev, the head of the Holy Crusade, Master Bernardine, the elf leader of the Shield of Light, and several other leaders boarded the temporary high platform.They announced the message of the oracle to all the soldiers, which caused excited cheers and even cries from every legion except the Knights Templar - even if the soldiers of these legions were not "the most" Pious, but also a loyal believer.

But then when Hadro declared

When the oracle said that some of them would leave their hometown, or even leave this continent, and go to a place they had never heard of, the enthusiasm of the people calmed down.Although Bright Shield is also a place where birds don't shit, after all, except for the paladins, other legions are stationed here in turn, and they still have a chance to go home if they don't die in battle.Even if you die in battle, your family will receive a generous pension and be buried in the hero's cemetery.

And to go to Valenthal, although the pension is also generous enough, but in a strange land, can their souls find the way to heaven after death?Even if he survived, he was far away from his hometown, his wife and children, and he couldn't really be called lucky.

The silence in the square obviously had already been thought of by those in positions of power, Hadro stood up and waved his hand on the high platform, "One-third of you will respond to God's call, everything is God's will! "

And the so-called will of God is the drawing of lots.

A third of the members of each legion will be drawn, including the Paladins, and Samuel has drawn a red lottery, he is one-third of the Knights Templar...— —

The author has something to say: ① European churches have such a function, because European cities do not have drum towers or bell towers that are specially used for warning as in China, so most small villages and towns hang a bell on the square, or similar Things that can make a sound, and most cities use church bells, and in addition, they cooperate with the whistle of the trumpeter to warn the people.

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