Banner of the Evil God

In the far south of the continent, in an inconspicuous rural village of the Thunder Principality, Knight Howard James was patrolling the territory with his two sons. When the farmers saw the knight and his son passing by, they all stopped their work and saluted them.

This salute was almost pure courtesy. Compared with the uncultured and rude northwesterners composed of pioneers, the farmers in Keen Territory, where the belief in the God of Literature and Art was once popular, were much more polite.

Knight James was already 42 years old this year. As a mid-level knight, his body was almost at the end of his prime, and he would start to decline in one or two years at most. In contrast, his two sons, Bonn, 22, and Sean, 18, had grown up. The eldest son even gave him a granddaughter, and with his 15-year-old daughter, he had a large family.

Compared with Knight Divol Os, who died on the battlefield and left only two sons, aged 15 and 12, he was much luckier. When he went out to fight, Creek considered that he was weak and familiar with the territory, so he left him to look after the house. Divol had no other choice - the lord had to have at least one knight under his command when he went to war.

They participated in the earth-shaking battle, and in the end, only twelve of the more than one hundred people returned home alive, and not even one person was intact. Even Lord Crick was seriously injured. In contrast, although Knight James did not get a memorial to boast to his descendants, at least he was still alive and unharmed.

This made him very grateful. Although it was difficult to say it, and although he was a little stupid, he was still very clear in his heart - intelligence nine was actually not very stupid, it was very common among warriors, and no warrior with intelligence nine was regarded as mentally retarded.

However, this incident also sounded a wake-up call for him. Since winter, whenever he inspected the territory and handled government affairs, he had to bring his two sons with him, hoping that these two guys would learn the skills that a lord should have as soon as possible, so that they could take over after his retirement and continue to be loyal to the Baron.

"Baron" naturally did not refer to Anna, but Crick. Although officially, the current Baron Keen is Anna Keen, in fact, everyone knows that Miss Anna has neither the interest nor the talent to be a lord, and the future of Baron Keen still depends on Lord Creek.

"Alas! I wonder when the Lord's body will recover..." Thinking of Lord Creek's current situation, the loyal Knight Commander couldn't help but sigh deeply.

"Dad, don't worry! He will definitely recover!"

"Yes, how could a man who can come back alive from the battlefield of 'The Day the Sun Goes Out' be defeated by a mere disease!"

If Creek were here and used his "crossing ability" to look at Bonn and Sean, he would find that the loyalty of these two young knights is as high as his father, both of which are full of 100.

Before he participated in that war, the two young men were not very convinced of a poet lord, but when he participated in that horrible bloody battle, dragged his body that was severely injured by the curse of divine power to escort the body of his best friend back, and killed the evil female devil on the way, his image in the hearts of the young people suddenly became tall and noble, just like an idol.

What does the curse of divine power mean? It means that he has been involved in battles at the level of divine messengers or even holy spirits. How brave it is to get involved in such a battle as a mere mortal!

What does it mean to bring back the body of Knight Spencer Smith? It means that he was by the side when the knight died. The famous master died in the battle, but he was able to survive and leave with the body of his companion. This requires very accurate judgment and extraordinary wisdom. After all, he is a believer of the God of Literature and Art, not the God of Luck.

As for the fact that he killed Miss Maggie, who had done evil many times and once became the general manager of the evil Noble God Church in this area, while injured and sick on the way back, it further proves that he is an iron-clad tough guy, and he should not be underestimated even if he only has one breath left.

Brave, wise, strong, and good at governing, with a righteous and noble character, Lord Crick is like a hero from myths and legends, enough for these young people to look up to and admire.

Although Crick himself repeatedly emphasized that there were many errors in these statements, and there were many random derivatives. But everyone thought he was being modest and no one believed him.

Crick had no choice about this. The more he explained, the more people thought he was covering up - after all, the cruelty of that battle was well known to everyone, and the volunteers fought in the most dangerous place on the entire battlefield. He was not only able to come back intact, but also to bring back the body of his friend. This is an ironclad fact.

...Although in fact, the Spencer Society was rescued alive from the battlefield by him.

On the one hand, there was also the reason why Crick did not want to damage his friend's reputation. The relationship between the Smith brothers and sisters seemed a bit weird, which reminded him of some unhealthy works he had seen before crossing, so he repeatedly reminded himself not to say what he shouldn't say, and even to try to forget what he shouldn't remember - he also told Donaldson the same way.

Donaldson was the man hired by Maggie, who grew a big beard and wore heavy armor, pretending to be the legendary adventurer Paul.

This guy's strength is certainly not bad. After all, he is a character of the twelfth level. Although his loyalty is only 60, Creek has a plug-in that can monitor his loyalty changes at any time. As long as his loyalty does not drop, 60 is fine. The most rare thing is that his intelligence is as high as 16, which is simply the level of a mage!

With such a high intelligence, it is no wonder that he can disguise a legendary warrior with the strength of a mere intermediate warrior, and even deceive the Spencer Society who almost stepped into the legendary realm.

Paul is a wandering legendary warrior who does justice everywhere. However, in the past one or two hundred years, he has rarely appeared in the world. Some people think that he has become a god, while others think that he feels that there is no challenge in the main plane and ran to another world to adventure. The last time he appeared was more than 20 years ago when he saved the Smith brothers and sisters who were kidnapped and almost killed by bandits.

It might be fate. In that tragic battlefield, they actually met someone who knew Paul - General of the Southern War Zone of the Orc Empire, "Iron Teeth" Iroh.

Paul is a half-orc, and like Morani, he is a lion-man. When he had not yet awakened to become a half-orc, he used the name of Reynard. At that time, he was called "Heavy Armored Lion". He was a fierce general of the Orc Empire and a good friend of Iroh. Later, Reynard awakened and embarked on the path of a kind ranger. He parted ways with his old friends and changed his name to "Paul" - Paul was a famous knight in history. He devoted his life to protecting the weak and saved countless people in his nearly four hundred years of life.

With the change of time, few people still remember the former "Heavy Armored Lion" Reynard. Instead, Ranger Paul is more well-known.

However... In fact, Paul has become a legend. The last time Iroh met him was sixty years ago. At that time, he looked very haggard, sitting alone on a stone by the lake, thinking silently, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Iroh invited him to drink, and he said he had quit drinking.

At that time, Iroh looked as if he had seen a ghost. The dignified "heavy-armored lion", a hero who could drink dozens of kilograms of wine in one meal, actually quit drinking? !

Iroh never saw him again after that. According to this orc general, Reynard, who didn't even drink, was no different from being dead.

Of course, Creek didn't think so. He always felt that the ranger Paul must still be alive. Maybe he was lost on the road of life? Or maybe he was just trying to level up in seclusion? In short, even if he couldn't see it, this legendary figure would sooner or later appear on the stage of history again.

... Of course, this didn't prevent him from asking Donaldson to cut off his beard, put on light armor, and return to the appearance of a normal warrior.

By the way, Donaldson's real profession is not even a heavy-armored warrior. I really don't know how he can play a legendary heavy-armored warrior so well!

He obviously doesn't even have the level of a first-level bard!

Donaldson's current job is to be Creek's follower, handling many chores for him. This job is not easy, but it is not very hard either. The key is that there is no danger. Donaldson is quite strong and looks very imposing, but in fact he is not very courageous. He is a complete fool. If he is asked to fight with others with a knife, he may not be able to exert even 70% or 80% of his strength. It's a pity that he is so big and has such a majestic face...

"Sort out these documents." Just as Knight James took his sons to patrol the territory, Creek was also working. After reading the regular news reports bought from the Thieves Guild, he asked Donaldson to classify and collect these materials. Those that may have a major relationship with the territory are put aside, those that may have a direct relationship with the territory but are not very important are put aside, those that are important but will not have a relationship with the territory are put aside, and those that are not important are put on the other side.

Donaldson is quite familiar with this job and has never made any mistakes. He deserves to have been with Maggie for a long time.

At present, the most important news is naturally the independence of the Griffin Principality. But this news has nothing to do with Baron Keen's territory and is not worth paying more attention to. In contrast, it is the infighting among the upper echelons of the Thunder Principality that makes Creek a little worried.

Although Baron Keen seems to be a big shot, he is really nothing in the entire Thunder Principality. The small confrontation between the big men before caused heavy losses to the territory, and Creek himself almost lost his life. If it is involved in such political waves again, Baron Keen's small boat may be smashed to pieces by the stormy waves at any time.

So Creek has been thinking about what methods to think of to avoid these political infightings from the upper echelons so that his small territory can develop slowly and peacefully?

After thinking for a long time, he sighed deeply, coughed twice, covered his chest, and shook his head helplessly.

After all, the cards in his hand are too few and too small. Facing such a storm, there is really no good way...