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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 Forbidden Army to start training. The whole process is long and boring, and it basically depends on whether they survive.
Is the boy's own spirit strong 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 tenacious will. 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 the Ya
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
Line of sight to enemies, protecting the Gray Knight from enemy magic and ranged attacks.
The second skill is dispel. 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 Strike (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 gifts.
But for Petain and others, everything they knew has changed dramatically. During the years of training 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 cleared holes, bringing destruction to darkness and bringing glory back to Britannia again and again.
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 is never extinguished. The Holy Seat of the Lord of Mankind is burning. Five recruits.
They swore that they would fight to the last moment for the survival of mankind 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 Arden Forest?" Sitting behind his seat, Ryan asked the five of his heirs.
"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 new one.
To his great surprise, Pétain also brought home a lot of food and cloth, 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 goddess.
To be honest, Pétain felt sad about this scene, but there was nothing he could do about it.
"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." Petain 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 is considered to be greater 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 some 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
When we saw Arabi’s relatively egalitarian social structure,
After seeing 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. They wandered outside the laws established by the nobles, but they robbed the rich and gave to the poor.
Overthrow the tyrannical nobles and fight for justice.
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 in a down-to-earth manner, rely on military merit to rise, and can move freely in the sun. Who wants to continue to be a bandit? But in the
In the north, where the reform is not that 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 dominates the mountains deep in the forest and is king.
But most of the knights didn't bother to pay attention.
It is worth mentioning that the Masked Han were never made up of only serfs. Many knights and nobles also chose to join the ranks of the Masked Han. Many of them were illegitimate children who were kicked out. Freedmen sergeants who were defeated and faced court-martial were convicted of crimes. 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 mistaken killing of Chaos believers. This Holy Grail Knight put down his glorious position. He chose to join the Hidden Han gang and spent several years raising the couple's three fugitive children 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 an expedition or have their noble titles and fiefs confiscated. Many of them The disciples 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 make the Sixth Marshal Bertrand as the commander, the Seventh Marshal Rokossovsky as the deputy commander, and summon the three men 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 concealed Han people."
"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 battalion of halberds, a battalion of swordsmen and a battalion of musketeers and grenades of the Old Guard, the 1st Lancers Regiment, an army of approximately twelve thousand men, set off towards the depths of the Arden Forest.
The "Green Wind" team of wood elf rangers has also arrived.
Across the valleys and glades of the Kingdom of Knights, there are glorious river valleys and dense forests.
Bertrand, Marshal of Britannia and Commander-in-Chief of the Old Guards, 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: "Many years have passed, and when I come to this deep forest again, I always feel like I'm home."
"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 Anchi, 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 quick 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 him 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.
At this 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, when I first joined His Majesty's command, he had already served for several years, and was later successfully selected into the Old Guard. 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 Walaya Gate, Tim died in the Battle of Titan Gate, and Steve died in Hetland.
At the Battle of Sieg, Didier died at the Battle of Wolfen." The most senior among the Old Guards
The old sergeant major Lochier said, this veteran who has served for 25 years has a face full of scars and looks so fierce that he can swallow people in one bite: "There are only a few of us old guys left, but as long as I still have
As soon as I take a 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, and this was Britannia's new popular minstrel song "King Llane".
"King Ryan, please recruit some generals."
"Knights and nobles, come on stage one by one."
"King Ryan, your command is loud and clear."
"Who will accompany me on my expedition to all directions?"
"Pious people, take responsibility."
"I swear that I will follow my king."
"A prudent person, think twice."
"Where does my king plan to go on an expedition?"
"Angland, the Sorrow of the Dwarves."
"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 the nations of mankind!"
"The evil will be dispersed, and blood debts 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 bring benefits to 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, hoping to contact the Holy Grail Knight, Baron Claude.
However, after several hours of marching, the five Gray Knight recruits were the first to discover something strange: "Something is wrong! There are traces of corruption everywhere in the settlements deep in the forest!"
"What?!" Bertrand immediately ordered the entire army to speed up and march quickly to the settlement, where the baronial castle of the Holy Grail Knight Baron Claude is located.
The army arrived late, and 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 frightened and quickly sent people to search, and the five Gray Knight recruits immediately began to purify 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!"