Dardaniel didn't seem to care about this. He even squatted down, carefully inspected the knight's body, and reached out to pinch his wrist twice.
"It won't last more than two days." Dardaniel stood up and frowned: "Look at his injuries... what can cut a fourth-level knight in half?"
"And this!" Du Wei frowned and pointed at the things placed together with the knight's body.
It was a long sword, which was obviously the weapon worn by this knight during his lifetime. But this sword was also broken into two pieces!
"Maybe during the battle, the opponent chopped this guy and his sword into two pieces at once. Is that so?" Du Wei frowned.
"It's very possible." Dardaniel turned back and glanced at Du Wei: "This guy was buried. Look, this snowdrift is his grave. If it is a Warcraft, the Warcraft will not bury the body, it will only leave it
His body was dragged away and eaten. Only humans would do that."
Du Wei thought for a moment, then looked at Dardaniel: "Dardaniel, what level of warrior are you?"
"I have the title of third-level swordsman. My swordsman level is not high, but I am very confident in my archery skills." Dardaniel answered.
"I know." Du Wei said sternly: "Friend, you should have experience. Look at this broken sword... the cuts on it are very neat. It's not surprising that a powerful monster can bite off a samurai's sword in one bite. But
The incisions are so neat, it’s obvious that they were cut with a sharp weapon! I don’t think this was done by a monster. Obviously, this knight didn’t die at the hands of a monster, but was killed by someone.”
After hearing Du Wei's words, Dardaniel immediately calmed down and looked carefully at the broken part of the sword.
After a long time, he raised his head: "Yes, you are right, I am too careless. In a place like this, I only pay attention to the monsters."
"Still the same question... Dardaniel. You are a third-level warrior. What kind of master do you think can cut off a fourth-level warrior with a single sword or sword?"
Dardaniel's face became more solemn:
"The fourth-level knight has mastered fighting spirit. A knight who has mastered fighting spirit is not very weak. If he wants to cut it off with one sword..." Dardaniel thought carefully and looked at the sword... Suddenly
, his eyes lit up!
"Look! Harry! Look at the chest of this knight's leather armor... look at this place!"
Dardaniel seemed to have discovered something. He supported the body with all his strength, and then pointed at a shallow mark on the leather armor on the knight's chest: "Look, it's right here. Do you see it?"
Du Wei leaned over and said, "Well, it seems like something was originally hanging here, probably a badge or something... but it was taken down."
"Yes." Dardaniel nodded: "This is usually where knights wear their badges. However, you see there is already a badge on his chest. It is the badge of a fourth-level knight issued by the Knights Guild... On the mainland
,What kind of knight would wear two kinds of badges?"
The two looked at each other and shouted at the same time: "Holy Knight of the Temple of Light!"
In the Roland continent, where religious power is strong, the Temple of Light has strong religious influence, and in some ways this authority almost threatens the imperial rule of the empire. The temple has its own taxes and a certain amount of armed force. This armed force is
Temple of Holy Knights.
The Temple of Light will train some people from childhood, and after a certain age, they will distinguish each person according to their talent. Those with martial arts talents will let them train martial arts. After they become adults, after baptism and testing, they will choose among them.
The outstanding and most devout people join the Holy Knights of the temple. Their mission is to defend the honor and dignity of the temple with their lives, and to contribute their voices to the temple and the gods.
In the entire continent, only the holy knights of the Temple of Light will wear two knight badges on their chests. One is the knight level badge according to the Knights Association, and the other is the glorious holy knight badge, which is the identity of the holy knight.
symbol of.
Similarly, when a holy knight dies in battle, his companions will take off the emblem of the holy knight who died in battle, bring it back to the temple, and store it in a place called the "Temple" to commemorate the sacrifice of the knight who died in battle.
Dardaniel's eyes flashed, and he quickly rolled up the sleeves of the dead knight. The clothes were already stiff from the cold, and it was very difficult to roll them up, but when the sleeves were rolled up to the elbow, Dardaniel
Sighed: "It seems that my judgment is correct. Look at this scar, it was burned with sacred oil. This is a kind of baptism for holy knights in the temple. Every holy knight has this kind of scar on his arm.
Scars caused by oil burns.”
Du Wei leaned over and saw a mark on the corpse's arm. The mark was very unique, as if it were a beating flame.
Dardanelle explained while gesticulating: "When a young holy knight is baptized, there will be a large pot of hot oil beside him, and then the Pope of the temple will personally preside over the ceremony, holding a pot of oil in his hand.
A special iron sword with a seal inlaid on the sword head... The sword and the seal together represent the mission of the Holy Knight to defend the secular authority of the gods with 'force and power'. During the ceremony, the Pope will
I personally dipped the end of the sword with the seal in the hot sacred oil, then burned it red and branded it on the arm of the baptized knight! This mark is the glory of every holy knight! It is also their glory...
...On the other hand, if you do something against the gods, become a rebellious, violate your own beliefs, or commit a serious crime as a holy knight, you will be punished by the temple... Even before you are executed, the temple will put a hand on your arm.
Scrape off this mark with a knife! This means that even if you die, your soul will not be forgiven by the gods!"
In fact, Du Wei also knew what Dardaniel said, and he nodded: "Well, so, although it is usually said that the Holy Knight wears two badges, the Holy Knight himself will think that he wears three badges.
.And the third badge is this scar on their arm.”
"So you know this too, Harry." Dardanelle sighed.
The two of them buried the dead knight again in silence, and then both of them looked a little solemn!
A killed holy knight! And he was also a fourth-level knight with good martial arts skills!
This is no simple matter!
The Holy Knights have a very special status in the empire. They are responsible for guarding the power of the gods in the human world. They are a special group. These people have practiced asceticism since childhood, are strong, and have devout beliefs, and...it must be said that most of the Holy Knights
Their moral character is very noble.
And the most important thing... no one dares to murder a Holy Knight!
Even a holy knight who violates the law or betrays his faith can only be judged and punished by the temple itself.
Let alone a sinner... Even if he is a normal holy knight, if he kills one, it will be tantamount to challenging the authority of the Temple of Light! Challenging the authority of the gods’ agents in the human world!
He is an enemy of the entire Temple of Light!
Becoming an enemy of the Temple of Light... Even the emperor or the magic union would not dare to do this!
Anyone who dares to be an enemy of the Holy Knight, or even kill the Holy Knight, is a notoriously powerful and evil guy.
For example, decades ago, a powerful and evil magician killed tens of thousands of civilians in order to study necromancy, and even turned a small town into a ghost town overnight. This approach offended the temple, and sent
He killed the Temple Knight and paid a heavy price to kill the magician.
There are many similar things like this in history, and it was the Holy Knights who took action to do these things.
But that’s all!
In addition, the Holy Knight will never do other boring things!
Not to mention going into the frozen forest to hunt monsters!
Holy Knights are not mercenaries!
In this ghost place, the Holy Knight appeared, so there is only one explanation: the Holy Knight came here to perform a mission! They came to hunt down some evil strong man! Use their swords to defend the honor of the temple!
"I think our journey may not be peaceful." Du Wei and Dardaniel looked at each other with complicated eyes.
•;
After taking a short rest, the two buried the dead holy knight again and continued moving forward.
However, one day later, they discovered the tomb again!
There were three graves this time! All three graves were buried with dead holy knights! But this time, Dardaniel was stunned on the spot after taking a look at one of the corpses!
"Brother... Lord Gofit! This is Lord Gofit!!"
Looking at a man lying under the snow, wearing a silver armor... In this damn weather, he is not wearing leather armor, but is wearing a metal armor. This is absolutely crazy to ordinary people.
!Metal things are more likely to freeze to death in such a cold place! Far more useful than leather armor!
But this dead man is wearing metal armor... If he is not a madman, then it can only mean that he is very powerful, so strong that he is not affected by this cold weather!
This guy's face was very clean, and there wasn't even a trace of blood on his body. This was different from the other corpses Duwei and the others found. Apparently the people who buried him treated him with extra courtesy because of his different status. Even when burying this knight,
At that time, someone helped him shave his face and tidied his hair meticulously.
He just lay quietly in the snow pit, holding his hands on his chest. In his hands, a beautiful long sword glowing with silver lay quietly on his chest. This man looked very handsome, although he had already
His whole body was turning black and blue from the cold, but Du Wei could still think of how elegant he was when he was alive.
"Lord Gophet...the high holy knight of the temple." Dardaniel said with a gloomy face after the initial surprise: "He is also...an eighth-level knight! Harry, you have to know that above the eighth level
All the knights have the title of great knight! Killing a great knight... I really can’t imagine who has such strength and dares to be the enemy of the temple!"
Dardaniel stood up, and then bowed deeply in front of the corpse of the knight named "Goffet": "Lord Goffet, I didn't expect to see you here... I saw you last time
When I was there, I was still by the Marquise's side. Thank you for driving away the evil guy who cursed our lady that day."
Having said this, Dardaniel's eyes showed a hint of sadness.
Du Wei remembered clearly that Dardanelle mentioned this name when he first met him... Marquise Liszt met an evil magician during an outing, and there happened to be a holy knight by her side at that time.
To protect, the holy knight is the dead Gophet. Gophet went to see the Marquise Liszt on behalf of the temple to thank the Marchioness for donating a huge amount of wealth to the temple.
Du Wei looked into the distance...except for the sound of the wind, there was silence and no movement.
The lake in the distance is still covered with ice, and there is not even a shadow of a ghost on the vast snow.
"It can kill an eighth-level knight and holy knight, and this eighth-level knight has the help of many companions..." Dardaniel whispered: "A person with this kind of ability can be regarded as a
They are among the top strong men in the mainland! When did the Roland Empire have a guy who dared to challenge the temple and had such powerful strength?!"
Du Wei was lost in thought and seemed to have no reaction to Dardaniel's words. However, he soon seemed to have remembered something. He suddenly squatted down, picked up Gofit's body again, and then placed it under his body.
Digging hard!
"Harry! What are you doing?" Dardaniel was a little unhappy: "Please don't disturb Lord Gofit's sleep!"
"Dardaniel, don't you know... When the Holy Knight buries his companions, he will also bury the relics that the companions carried with them under the corpse!" Du Wei replied in his mouth, but kept in his hands: "It just so happens.
I have heard that those holy knights who are devout in their faith often have the habit of writing diaries because they need to pray every day and cannot pray in the temple when they are outside. These knights often choose to write diaries to record their inner thoughts.
Discourse.”
Soon, after digging a hole under the corpse, Du Wei let out a low cry and pulled out a cloth bag from underneath. After opening it, there was a small silver pendant with a small statue of the goddess of light on it, and a
A dagger... and a small notebook!
"Look, this is the diary of Knight Gofit." Duwei raised his head and glanced at Dardaniel: "I think there should be an answer to what happened."
Dardaniel didn't speak, he frowned: "I don't think this is a good idea. Master Gofitt definitely doesn't want anyone to touch his things... Harry, just put them back."
However, Du Wei did not listen to him. Instead, he opened the diary and flipped through it. After a while, Du Wei said loudly: "Look..."
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