The Sun King's Evidence

Preparations for the creation of Gray Knight recruits have begun since Ryan was just an earl.

The Church of the Fairy of the Lake searches for boys with magical talents from all over Britannia, and then enters the training cabin set up by the Emperor and the Imperial Army to start training. The whole process is long and boring, and it basically depends on whether they survive. Whether the boy's own spirit is tough enough to survive Ryan's psychic impact.

These powerful Gray Knights were created by the Emperor's supreme power, Lion's pure blood, and Malcador's tenacity. Their sacred beliefs intertwined their missions with each other. In order to fight against the demonic creation, the Gray Knights used their own will and Asia's tenacity. The spiritual energy of space is bound to coexist. Each of these five recruits is not only an excellent knight, but also a psyker. Each of them has completed many tests and has a preliminary understanding of spiritual energy.

The five Gray Knights have all learned the two most basic skills of the Gray Knights. The first is psychic light. This skill allows the Gray Knight recruits to be shrouded in shining pure spiritual light during battle. This light can obscure Enemy sight, protecting the Gray Knight from enemy magic and ranged attacks.

The second skill is dispelling. The gray knight's spiritual energy can expel all magic including eight wind magic. Of course, it depends on the opponent's magical strength and the gray knight's own spiritual energy strength.

In addition to these two basic skills, the Gray Knight named Petain has even mastered a third special ability-Thunder Blow (also known as Thunder Palm). Petain has learned how to use his powerful psychic power to achieve The ability to tear apart the mortal world can ignore armor with one blow and directly tear the opponent's flesh and blood through spiritual power, and increase the speed of all nearby allies.

It has to be said that the recruits grew up very fast following the original body. They had never felt such powerful power and such high glory. When these recruits returned to their hometown, they were considered to be gifts from the goddess and gods. The messengers, villagers and even their own parents thanked the goddess and the king for their blessings.

But for Petain and others, everything they knew has changed dramatically. During many years of cultivation in the training cabin, they have been instilled with a huge amount of knowledge and understood the meaning of their lives.

More than 10,000 years have passed, too many sacrifices and too much pain.

Five recruits stood in front of the original body. Gray Knight recruit Petain stood at the first place. He looked at the original body in front of him. Ryan Malcador had completed countless miracles and victories. His glory was world-famous, and his power was world-wide. Unparalleled, he resisted several invasions so that the civilians of the Kingdom of Knights could live and work in peace and contentment. His great expeditions plowed the courts and swept the dens, bringing destruction to darkness again and again and bringing glory back to Britannia.

Sacrifice is the cornerstone of humanity, and blood is the fertile ground for growth. The battle may never end. The sky is always dark, but there is still hope. The light of dawn has never faded. The Holy Seat of the Lord of Mankind is burning. The five recruits They swore that they would fight to the last moment for the survival of humanity until their souls returned to the embrace of the Emperor.

That is their highest pursuit and the meaning of life.

"What's the situation like in the Gray Mountains and the Arden Forest?" Sitting behind his seat, Ryan asked the five of his descendants.

"The situation is not good, sir," Petain said to Ryan. The Gray Knight recruit had just returned home to see his parents. Ten years later, his parents were already old, but seeing his son return home was already a To his surprise, Pétain also brought a lot of food and cloth home, and at the same time whispered to his parents that he had been chosen by the goddess and became the legendary son of Britannia.

The ignorant serfs knew very little. They only knew that in Britannia, the Lady of the Lake was the eternal god, and the serfs were overjoyed to have children serving under the skirt of the goddess.

To be honest, Pétain felt sad about this scene, but there was nothing he could do about it.

"It's not good?" Ryan frowned: "Let me be clear, Pétain, as well as Foch and Joffre. What I want is an answer, not such an ambiguous answer. A bad harvest by the serfs can also be said to be bad. It's equally bad to have entire villages wiped from the horizon."

"The beastman tribe in the Arden Forest has begun to fully recover, Your Majesty." Pétain said hesitantly: "According to the reports from the outposts and serfs in the former Duchy of Artois, signs of beastman activities are becoming more frequent. , many settlements in the eastern part of Arden Forest have been subject to small-scale attacks by beastmen, and there are also some low-horned beasts occasionally appearing in the west."

"Did it start again?" Ryan nodded slowly. Unknowingly, more than twenty years had passed since he destroyed the Demonic Rock. It seemed that the beastmen were about to make a comeback: "Why didn't I hear the report?"

"Baron Claude, Knight of the Holy Grail, thinks he can solve the problem by himself." Pétain said seriously: "In fact, this Baron has carried out several encirclement and suppression campaigns, but the effect is not ideal, and compared with solving the problem of beastmen, The other group of people are considered bigger trouble and worse off.”

"Another group of people?" Ryan asked strangely. As a Holy Grail Knight and a territorial baron, Claude could of course choose to organize his own army to solve problems in the territory, so it was understandable that he did not report it, but the other group of people did not report it. That's very strange.

"It's the legendary Hidden Man, Your Majesty." Pétain spoke in detail about the three forces entrenched in the Arden Forest.

In addition to the Holy Grail Knight Baron Claude and the resurrected Beastmen, there is another force in the Arden Forest, which is the army of the Masked Han composed of a large group of human "black households", numbering approximately more than 10,000 people, including All the old, weak, sick and disabled.

There are actually maskers, right? Ryan frowned.

The Masked Han are all desperadoes. They are called happy people. They originated from the famous Chi Yan Great Expedition. After this great expedition, many serfs who followed the knight on the expedition saw a different scenery. The serfs After they saw the relatively equal social structure of Araby, the freedom and equality advocated by the southern countries, and the rise of the empire's military achievements, they scorned the "chivalry" of the knights and began to rebel, wandering around the rules set by the nobles. They are outside the law, but they fight for justice by robbing the rich to give to the poor and overthrowing the tyrannical nobles.

Since Ryan came to Britannia, the number of members of the Masked Han gang has been greatly reduced. After all, they can farm the land steadily, rise through military service, and move freely in the sun. Who wants to continue to be a bandit? But in the north, where reform efforts are not so strong and some remnants of the old aristocracy remain, the Hidden Han gangs still exist. The largest of them is the Hidden Han gang in the Arden Forest. This group of people occupy mountains deep in the forest. King, and most of the knights are too lazy to pay attention.

It is worth mentioning that the Maskers have never only been composed of serfs. Many knights and nobles have also chosen to join the ranks of the Maskers. Many of them are illegitimate children who have been kicked out, free civilian sergeants and criminals who have been defeated and face court-martial. The knight lord with serious stains, and some great nobles who want to correct their previous fatal mistakes.

In the history of Britannia, there was even a Holy Grail Knight who joined the Masked Han group. Just to make up for his mistake, he regarded a devout noble couple as a major stain for the wrongful killing of Chaos believers. This Holy Grail Knight put down his glorious status and identity, chose to join the Masked Han gang, and spent several years raising the couple's three children on the run before leaving.

Of course, this masked Han gang received a large-scale recruitment this time - Ryan's order to cancel the privileges of the nobility forced a large group of old nobles to either go on expeditions or have their noble titles and fiefs confiscated. Many of them The children fled deep into the forest to plot revenge, and some deserted while serving in the army.

Ryan didn't care about it. On the one hand, this was a small problem. As long as the group lived peacefully in the depths of the forest, there would be no trouble. The second thing was that Ryan had been fighting every year since he succeeded to the throne, and he basically didn't have much time to care about it.

"The name of this masked Han gang is 'Free Britannia', and it is said that the leader of the Hidden Gang is nicknamed General Charles." Pétain was obviously very disdainful of this leader: "Your Majesty, what should we do? ?”

"Call a large army immediately!" Ryan's answer was simple and clear: "Give me the order to have the Sixth Marshal Bertrand as the commander-in-chief and the Seventh Marshal Rokossovsky as the deputy commander, and summon the three members of the Old Guard. A battalion, the 1st Guards Lancers and Mousilon's troops were dispatched to conduct an armed reconnaissance of the Arden Forest!"

"Your Majesty, is this necessary?" The five recruits were very surprised by this.

"The army will become rusty if they don't fight for too long." Ryan said calmly: "Let them clear out the beastmen. As for the group of maskers, tell Bertrand to try to persuade them to surrender, but if necessary, they are allowed to do so within a certain range. As for the cleanup, the five of you...will also go with you, responsible for cleaning up the corruption and checking whether there are Chaos believers in this group of maskers."

"yes!"

…………I am the dividing line of armed investigation…………

After Ryan's order, a huge army was assembled in Mousilon, including several Mousilon infantry regiments, a dozen groups of fanatical knights errant, several groups of kingdom knights, an artillery regiment, and A halberd battalion, a sword battalion and a musket grenade battalion of the Old Guards, as well as the 1st Guards Lancers Regiment, an army of about 12,000 people set off towards the depths of the Arden Forest.

The "Green Wind" team of wood elf rangers also arrived.

Across the valleys and glades of the Kingdom of Knights, the glorious river valleys and dense forests.

Bertrand, the Marshal of Britannia and the commander-in-chief of the Old Guard, walked in the dense forest. The former leader of the Bergerac Bandits was filled with emotion. He looked towards the commander of the Halberd Battalion who was walking beside him. Raymond said: "After many years, I always feel like I am home when I come to this deep forest again."

"Your Majesty's first battle when he came to the kingdom was to deal with the beastmen in the Arden Forest, a battle of chivalry." Raymond also said quite easily. This old guard battalion commander is also an out-and-out veteran. He discussed this matter and said unceremoniously: "I have to say that the head coach at the time, the Marquis of Anchy, was really a waste. Under his leadership, the Chivalry Army was almost completely wiped out. If it weren't for the Right Army where His Majesty was at that time, Make a decisive decision and choose to attack the Ten Thousand Demonic Rock directly. Maybe the entire northern part of the kingdom will be in danger in the next few years."

Neatly and full of majesty, the Old Guards who moved like art walked in the middle of the team, with scouts on both sides. Rokossovsky was wearing a newly manufactured dwarf master-level rune full-body plate armor, with a front base Marshal Slev did not participate in these topics, he just looked around warily.

But Beria is full of interest in this topic. The Ugor people have always regretted that they joined Ryan's camp too late and lacked qualifications. Faced with Ryan's first battle after coming to Britannia, Beria felt very sad. Interest: "Your Excellency Bertrand, it is said that the right-wing army at that time was almost successfully ambushed by the beastmen. If it had not been for a local serf soldier who risked his life and told His Majesty that it would rain, allowing Your Majesty to deduce the attack of the Beastmen. Time, the right army will be very dangerous?"

Who knew that when Beria said this, everyone fell silent, especially the veterans of the Old Guards. Many veterans with thick beards couldn't help but sigh.

Beria immediately realized whether he had said the wrong thing and quickly apologized: "I didn't mean to."

"Deny, from Bastogne." Bertrand sighed: "He is a brave young man, good job. He was made a sergeant because he reminded His Majesty in time. After that, he followed His Majesty all the way to the expedition and won many victories. Due to his military exploits, he had already served for several years when I first joined His Majesty’s command, and was successfully selected into the Old Guard later on. Unfortunately, Denis died in the Battle of Wallaya Gate.”

"Almost all of the soldiers who were in Deni's group died in the battle. Deni and Amedeh died in the battle of Valaya Gate, Tim died in the battle of Titan Gate, and Steve died in the battle of Hercules. In the Battle of Sieg, Didier died in the Battle of Wolfen." Rothier, the oldest sergeant major in the Old Guards, said. This veteran who had served for 25 years had scars all over his face. He stood up so fiercely that he could swallow people in one bite: "There are only a few of us old guys left, but as long as I still have breath, I will continue to fight for His Majesty."

Everyone was silent. Yes, it was His Majesty Lane who lifted these mud-legged people out of poverty. It was His Majesty Lane who brought them a higher status and glory. In return, they were willing to die for His Majesty.

A song rang out from the army. This was Britannia's new popular bard song "King Llane".

"King Ryan, please recruit some generals."

"Knights and nobles, please come on stage."

"King Ryan, your command is loud and clear."

"Who will follow me on my expedition to all directions?"

"People of faith, take responsibility."

"Swear to follow my king."

"A prudent man, think twice."

"Where does my king plan to go on an expedition?"

"Angland, the Dwarf's Sorrow."

"King of the Hammer, decisive battle at the Eight Peaks."

"Chaos moves south, threatening all directions."

"My king's instructions, the spirit of chivalry."

"Follow me to defend all human nations!"

"The evil will be dispersed, and the blood debt will be paid with blood."

"King Ryan, let's set off on an expedition."

"The loyal ministers followed him to the battlefield."

"They go to the other side of the ocean."

"Returning with great honor will benefit all directions."

The song floated across the entire Arden Forest. It was already early winter, the sky was clear, and there was no snow. The army headed deep into the forest, trying to contact the Holy Grail Knight, Baron Claude.

However, after several hours of marching, the five Gray Knight recruits were the first to notice something strange: "Something is wrong! The settlements deep in the forest are full of traces of corruption!"

"What?!" Bertrand immediately ordered the entire army to speed up and march quickly to the settlement, where the Baron Castle of the Holy Grail Knight Baron Claude is located.

The army arrived late. Deep in the Arden Forest, the entire castle and an entire village next to it had been completely razed to the ground.

The body of Baron Claude, Knight of the Holy Grail, was hung on a large eight-pointed star of chaos emblem at the entrance of the castle. It was placed in a cross and nailed to it with a beastman's spear. The head had been chopped off, leaving only Body.

Bertrand and Rokossovsky were alarmed and quickly sent people to search, and the five Gray Knight recruits immediately began to cleanse the corruption.

After searching around, Beria told Bertrand a horrifying fact: "Two marshals, except for the body of Baron Claude, we did not find any corpses in the village and castle, only blood stains and traces of battle.”

"This shows that there are too many mouths to fill." Bertrand's face was very ugly: "Tal is on top!"

"It's it! It's it!!!" While Bertrand and others were still discussing the situation, a scream came from the wood elf ranger team. Some rangers, including captain Dais, saw it. After a certain mark, everyone showed an expression of extreme fear: "It's back!"

"The shadow evil cursed by Kunos and Isa has been resurrected again!"

"Disaster is about to strike Athel Loren again!"

"We must inform the Islay Glade Council immediately!"

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