Hammer 40k: Far East Storm

Although Li was puzzled about the "dead", he did not care too much. A ruling group may use any means to maintain the authority of its rule. Deifying the surname of this ruling group is not a special thing in itself. In the history of the Flower Empire, emperors of all dynasties would have a process of deifying themselves before ascending the throne. The title of Son of Heaven itself carries a very strong sacred color.

I think the Greyjoy family should do something similar. Only this family favored by the sea god can produce real "dead", which is itself one of the processes of deifying the Greyjoy surname.

And according to Hayreddin, the combat effectiveness of a "dead" is extremely limited. He defeated a "dead" in a one-on-one situation. For people of this level, no matter what title he has, Li does not need to care too much. What Li really wants to see is the various high-level organizations in this world and the people living under these organizations.

Regardless of whether Li finally decides to help the rebels, he must at least do one thing, that is, after the intervention of the Knights Templar, the world will become better.

"Wake these two guys up," Lee pointed his chin at the old wizard and old knight lying on the ground, "I have some questions to ask them, maybe our first stop should be the Wizard Association."

Young James quickly brought two basins of cold water and poured them on the faces of the two old men. After they woke up in a daze, he respectfully saluted Lee who was sitting on the chair.

"What's wrong? You still salute me to thank me after being beaten?"

"This is to thank you for not killing us." The old knight's etiquette was particularly solemn. He leaned on his sword and staggered in front of Lee, knelt on one knee, and then raised his head and said sincerely to the sitting Lee: "Hello, I am Knight Hugo. I spoke rudely to you before, insulted you rashly, and drew my sword and waved my weapon at you. The battle between us has begun, but you easily defeated us with strange means. Logically speaking, our lives are in your hands, you can You took our lives easily, but your kindness made you let us go. No matter what, your nobility makes me feel guilty and ashamed. And logically, we should have been your captives, but we are willing to pay to redeem ourselves. "

Li looked at the old knight who was kneeling on one knee in front of him, looking up but with a red face, and then looked at Master Paracelsus standing behind the old knight. This strong inner circle mage was awkwardly counting the lines on the floor. Obviously, what happened just now made the two old men a little embarrassed.

Li looked at Hayreddin, his current employee, and asked, "Is that the truth?"

"Yes, for ordinary people, you can deal with them at will, but these two people are a guardian knight of the Church and an inner circle mage of the Mage Association. Their status is equivalent to that of nobles. According to the rules, you either ask for ransom from them or kill them, but it is difficult for you to force them to stay as slaves."

"What if the other party is an ordinary person?"

"Then they will become your slaves and your private property."

"Will fighting lead to this result? You can get captives and slaves by fighting casually? Then wouldn't people who can fight in this world live happily?"

"How is it possible? Of course there is a difference. Generally, there are rules for fighting between nobles. Duels and sudden attacks with swords are completely different."

"I see." Li smiled, "It's interesting. So you two, now you are my captives, please sit down and talk."

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, found good chairs with confidence, sat down on the round table, and began to drink leisurely. For the two, their lives were guaranteed.

"I woke you up to ask you a few questions, and I hope you can answer them honestly."

"Please ask."

"How long has the Mage Association been established? What kind of organization is it?"

"Not long after the establishment of the Holy See, the Mage Association was also established," Master Paracelsus sat for a while, and had recovered from the dizziness. Hearing Li's question, he hurriedly answered: "In the eyes of most people, mages are always evil and terrifying, and the Holy See is a place people yearn for. This is just the prejudice of fools. The fact is that the Mage Association has always relied on the Holy See to maintain it, and the Mage Association was originally established under the will of the Holy See. It can be said that the Mage Association is just a branch of the Holy See, which is specially used to guide those with special talents."

"Has no special person come to you and ask you to take away those with special talents?"

Master Paracelsus was stunned, and then replied: "I don't quite understand what you mean."

Li nodded, indicating that he understood.

There are too many worlds belonging to the Empire, and not every world is lucky enough to be visited by the Empire's black ships. If there are no black ships arriving in this world to take away those dangerous psychics, then the psychics in this world will naturally become a problem.

"Tell me more about the Mage Association!" Li continued to ask: "Many people think that mages are dangerous people. They will bring danger to themselves and the people around them. Master Paracelsus, what do you think about this issue?"

"This is a very objective statement," the old master Paracelsus nodded and admitted: "The talent possessed by the mage is both an ability and a curse. This ability makes you become like They are different and incompatible with ordinary people, and in many cases this book means death, especially when they show a certain degree of harm. Every father will get angry when he sees his child's hair, but not Because this burning hurts themselves, the first thing they think about is not that the child has special talents, but that the child is cursed by the devil."

A criminal can plunge several villages into panic, a perverted serial killer can plunge a city into fear, and an evil psyker can plunge a country or even the world into crisis. among. In particular, if a powerful force is not controlled, it may cause terrible harm. In other areas where the Empire has tight control, the control over psykers is very strict. Very few psykers escape the surveillance and control of the Empire. These special talents will be forcibly sucked into the Empire's system. Within, provide services to the empire from all directions. In the Far East, this control was naturally relaxed, and the empire adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards some less important worlds.

But the world itself has taken corresponding actions to avoid this threat. The Mages Association should be established under this spirit.

"The mage will bring together those with psychic abilities, give them tests, and let them learn, so that these people can bathe in the teachings of the God Emperor and understand good and evil." Master Paracelsus said : "These people are not ordinary people. The education methods of ordinary people are not suitable for them. Only mages are the same kind as mages. For all mages, mages will be their true home and their refuge." Place."

Of course, it's not just that, these mages will also be monitored and controlled. Li saw through the relationship between the mages and the so-called guardian knights at a glance. The guardian knights on the one hand protect the mages from the enemies in front of them in battle. The more important task is probably to decisively execute the mages when they cannot control themselves.

Just like the way the defense forces treat psykers, the psykers in the imperial defense forces are protected by guards on the one hand, and their lives are always threatened by the guards on the other hand, as long as there is something wrong with these psychic powers. , the guards will definitely shoot the person they protect decisively.

Therefore, the guardian knights of this world are not so much guardians as they are monitors and hunters. Facing the old knights who can summon the power of the Holy Spirit to fight, ordinary psykers may not be able to resist this kind of The enemy, the divine power, can completely repel and defeat the weak psychic energy, restraining the power of the psychic within a wide range and losing the psychic ability. These psychics are fully armed and undergo rigorous training. The trained guardian knight is nothing more than a chicken waiting to be slaughtered.

"It's very interesting, how the mages fight, and what kind of test did you just say you were going to give them?"

"We summon the power of nature to fight for us through spells and gestures." Master Paracelsus said: "Fire, frost, and lightning can all become our weapons. Mainly through the spirit and soul. Cultivation makes our souls stronger and our spiritual power more abundant. There are more than 100 kinds of magic in the Mage Tower, but there are only 20 kinds that can be learned. Most of the others rely on talent. ”

"There are more than a hundred kinds of magic." Li's eyes sparkled instantly, and he just gave him a pillow when he felt sleepy. Some time ago, he was still worried that he had powerful psychic powers but no suitable way to use them. Now he can Okay, "Can I go take a look?"

"Ahem, I think the spells that the mage knows are not worth mentioning for a powerful spellcaster like you."

"No, no, on the contrary, I am very interested. If I can, I would like to start as an apprentice in your Mage Guild. However, I am not here on vacation, and I am a little busy, so I am afraid I can only go there for a little while. Take a look, you won’t reject me, right?”

Master Paracelsus sighed helplessly, "I'm afraid the Mage Council has no choice. They can only reject you. A powerful mage like you has become a gray mage. This is already very dangerous, and it is not It’s your responsibility. It’s impossible for the mage to open the library to you, it will only make your danger greater.”

"Grey Mage?"

"Those mages who killed their guardian knights and broke away from the Mages Association and the Holy See are usually called gray mages." Hayreddin explained: "There are many gray mages in history, and some are hidden in unknown small places. The islands have escaped the pursuit of the Holy See, and some have caused terrible damage to the world. Three hundred years ago, the Blood Mage once bloodbathed three large islands, and tens of thousands of people died under his evil magic."

"That's it. But you can't blame me. I don't have a guardian knight at all. It's a pity that the library can't be opened to me. But you two don't need to be nervous. There's no need to worry anyway. Even if your library is closed to me now, It’s completely open, I’m afraid I don’t have much time.”

The old wizard and the old knight did not speak, but it was obvious that the two old men did not believe that there would be wizards in this world without guardian knights? Even if he had never joined the association and had not undergone systematic learning, if a wizard practiced alone, how could he have such a strong soul and spirit? Master Paracelsus used mental oppression on the young man, but he did not expect to be stunned by the other party's powerful mental power. This shows that the other party's strength is far beyond his imagination. He is an inner circle wizard, and he is probably not as good as ordinary people in front of this young man.

Instead, Hayreddin looked out the dark window and did not say much.

"Then let's do it this way. Have a good rest tonight. We will set off tomorrow. First, go to the wizard tower to take a look, collect the ransom by the way, and then go to see Daenerys. Are there dragons in this world? It's really exciting."

The few people did not communicate too much. Jaime took Li to his room and turned around to find Hayreddin. The two talked for a long time, but most of them were Hayreddin telling Jaime about their sea snake army.

Jaime asked about this sudden appearance of Lee several times, but Hayreddin avoided the question. In the end, he was a little impatient with Jaime's questions and said, "What can I say? This man is full of secrets and extremely powerful. Fortunately, he is not a bloodthirsty person, otherwise we would probably be doomed tonight. We know nothing about this man, but fortunately we know that he has extremely powerful strength and does not look like a madman, so there is still a great chance that he will fulfill his promise. Think about it, it is a ship that can sail on the seabed."

"Then about Daenerys, should What should we do? Should the Sea Serpents join the rebels? "

"Don't worry. If Daenerys wants to liberate the slaves, then things won't be that simple. Let's put this big thing aside. I still have to earn my own ship first. Without a good ship, it's all nonsense. Nothing can compare to strength. As long as our Sea Serpents are strong, no matter who becomes the king of the sea world, it doesn't matter to us."

The next day, just after dawn, Li took his employee Hayreddin, the old knight and the old wizard directly into the port. On the port, Li saw the Sea Serpent that Hayreddin was proud of.

Unexpectedly, the Sea Serpent turned out to be a large sailing ship. From the appearance, it looks a bit like a large Spanish sailing ship, with a high-raised gorgeous tail building and high ship side, but compared with the large Spanish sailing ship, the hull of this sailing ship is more narrow and long, obviously for speed considerations.

Li boarded Hayreddin's ship and was arranged to the most luxurious captain's room. This was originally Hayreddin's room. After a busy night, the whole room had been cleaned up and was waiting for Li to move in. However, he still couldn't go out to sea immediately. At noon, the Sea Snake was filled with food, water and wine, and the sails were opened. It slowly glided out of the port amid the cheers of the crowd.

"This harbor looks pretty good," Li said while lying on the side of the ship. "It's lively and everyone is very enthusiastic. They are very polite and friendly to you, Hayreddin."

"That's because this is a harbor city and also the base of the Sea Serpent Corps," Knight Hugo said from the side. "This city is protected by the Sea Serpent Corps, so no noble lord dares to attack this city for the time being, but the people here are not that good. Farming in ordinary noble manors, at least you don't have to worry about food and drink, and you don't have to worry about safety issues. In such a harbor city, you may be cut in the throat from behind at any time, and the other party may just like the buttons on your clothes."

"Just because of a button, you want to kill someone?" Li was a little stunned. "Are buttons expensive?"

"How is that possible? Even the gorgeous buttons on the nobles' dresses are not worth much."

"Then why didn't he Wouldn't it be better to ask me directly, without threats or intimidation? "

"Because they believe that asking for something is far less effective than taking it directly. It is better to take it yourself than to have someone else give it to you." Hayreddin shrugged and said, "Pirates all think so, but even so, Drasa is much better than the big islands controlled by nobles. At least it is free here. Everyone from the air to here is free."

"It's just a group of criminals, slaves, and prostitutes who have escaped here. What freedom is there?"

"Then what are you? As a knight, you are plotting rebellion?"

"Daenerys is a true queen worth following," Hugo said, "The bishop supports this queen to make the people of this world better."

Looking at the islands that are gradually going away, the pigeons flying under the sky, and breathing the air with the smell of sea water, Li no longer listens to these meaningless quarrels.

How happy the people in this world should be. They have fresh, unpolluted air, and beautiful blue sea and sky that make people's hearts ripple, but they can't live a good life. Why? g

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