Chapter 56 The Extraordinary System of Witches and Knights
The brilliance of the setting sun swayed in the evening wind, and a vine leaf swirled in from the tower-shaped skylight and landed on Gilo's forehead.
Ji Luo swept down the vine leaves and touched his unshaven chin, his face looked haggard as if he had a serious illness.
Ever since he was abducted by the villagers of Moulin Rouge from the Holy Grail Mountain to the Gulag Monastery, he has been imprisoned in this abandoned turret.
It's like being forgotten by everyone.
There was food and clothing, but there were few people to talk to all day long.
Only during breakfast and dinner every day, when the young pontifical guard waited for him to finish and collected his wooden bowls and plates, he could chat for half an hour.
Life like this is really difficult.
Gillo can almost imagine the future - the crazy hedgehogs were wiped out by the church, the church discovered his existence, examined his false identity, and then sent him back to the Witcher Castle .
The witcher has a certain degree of immunity. The judgment may depend on the church, but imprisonment or execution still has to go back to the witcher guild.
Based on his behavior, he may be punished for several crimes and may have to work as a medicine slave in Eagle Fort or Snake Fort until he dies.
Every time he thinks of this, Ji Luo is so sad that he almost drops his pearls.
Just when Gilo was secretly feeling sad, the creaking sound of the wooden door opening quickly attracted his attention.
“Long time no see, Gilo.”
When Horn appeared in Gilo’s field of vision, he couldn’t believe his eyes.
But when he saw the wine, roast chicken and white bread in Horn's hand, his body froze.
Especially beside him was Danji, a strong man carrying a flaming sword.
Ji Luo suddenly couldn't stand up and fell limply to the ground.
"Your Majesty, do you have anything to do with me?"
"I remember we talked about it when we chatted before, saying that a witch needs hundreds of knights. It takes thousands of troops to annihilate it, right?”
"Yes."
"You know, Jeanne is a converted saint. Logically speaking, why do I feel like she can't do this?"
" Of course, Miss Jeanne is not a complete witch."
Horn picked up the wine and poured him a glass: "Then tell me."
< br>"Your Majesty, this has to start with the knight." Seeing that Horn was not here to take his own life, Gilo immediately relaxed.
"When it comes to knights, this Lord Danji must know better than me, but since His Majesty asked me to speak up, I will show my shame."
I don't know if I have been holding it back for too long, Gilo began to talk incessantly as soon as he spoke.
“According to the empire’s system, although the title of knight can be inherited, the knight’s rank must have extraordinary abilities.
The knight’s rank from lowest to highest is the squire knight, square flag Knights, Knights of the Order, Titled Knights and Grand Knights
Many country bumpkins, um, I mean civilians, think that the number of breathing spells is equivalent to the rank of the knight, but that is already in the classical era. Something happened.
Today's knight rank is determined based on military exploits and knight competitions. The breathing method is not completely equated with the knight's own combat effectiveness. "
"I see, hey, what rank are you in, Danji? "Horn turned to Danji and asked.
Danji did not answer, but responded silently, muttering "Knights who believe in chivalry are the real knights." "Knight affairs, Can you call me a loser? "
Gillot wisely changed the topic from this: "Among these three, the Knight of the Order is the pinnacle of knights.
For example, many title knights are awarded after death, and few people can get the title alive.
As for the Great Knight, it is a state that can only be achieved by breaking through the nine-stage breathing method. It is the pinnacle of extraordinary martial power.
However, since the end of the Hundred Years War, few knights with the Nine-stage Breathing Technique are willing to be promoted to Grand Knights..."
Following Gilo's narration, Horn sorted out the extraordinary knight system bit by bit. The context.
Supernatural power has always been the core violent system of the nobles' oppressive rule, and it will naturally become more specialized and refined with the development of civilization.
The military that Horn is most concerned about. On the other hand, the Extraordinary Knight has developed a sophisticated tactical system
Take the Kingdom of Leia as an example. The main unit of extraordinary knights in the Kingdom of Leia is called the Command Company.
The organization of an order company is as follows:
A order knight, a banner knight and a squire knight form a cavalry team. Occasionally, cavalry archers, Swordsmen, spearmen and crossbowmen.
A basic tactical unit consists of 3 to 9 people.
Since swordsmen and spearmen are temporary workers and non-staff personnel without extraordinary strength, they are not counted in an order company.
An order company consists of one hundred lancers, including 100 order knights, 100 banner knights and 100 squire knights. There are only 42 command companies in the entire Kingdom of Leia, which are in the hands of the royal family, the three dukes and the lion knight Prince Condai.
This does not mean that there are only 4200 Knights of the Order in the Kingdom of Leia.
Because after the Order Knight is certified, he is forced to join the Order Company.
Many knights with the strength of the Knights of the Order do not want to get involved in this muddy water. They will deliberately not participate in the Knights Competition or let others know.
After digesting these contents, Horn continued to ask about the witch.
"Your Majesty, when I was training at Snake Castle, a scholar from the Salin Society once gave us a lecture." A look of reminiscence appeared on Gilo's face, "He once told me a rule, The development of extraordinary power has always been in a continuous cycle of quantity and qualitative change."
"Quantity and qualitative change..." Horn muttered these two unfamiliar terms.
“Yes, when the knight breathing method was first invented, there was only one section, and each section of knights could cause a dimensionality reduction blow to ordinary knights.
So, more knights began to study it. , quickly developed the second-stage breathing method, the third-stage breathing method, and up to the ninth stage.
After reaching the ninth level limit, the knights began to study extraordinary martial arts in order to defeat the enemy on the battlefield.
Knights with extraordinary martial arts can defeat opponents at the same level or even across levels, so the knights continue to develop extraordinary martial arts to make them stronger and more popular.
When extraordinary martial arts evolved to the point where it was difficult to improve, knights began to invent extraordinary weapons and armor.
We are now in a period of stacking up extraordinary armor and extraordinary weapons.
This is why people do not use the number of breaths to judge the knight's martial prowess as in the classical era.
Because a knight's martial arts, in addition to the extraordinary power itself, also includes the application of extraordinary power, the skill of using extraordinary weapons, and a series of comprehensive abilities combined together.
When we discuss a Knight of the Order, we always equate it with the Six-Part Breathing Technique.
But in fact, if a sixth-level knight from the classical era were to fight against an order knight, the order knight could easily win him within a few rounds. "
"But, what does this have to do with the witch's combat effectiveness? "Horn asked.
Gilo laughed: "Your Majesty, the development of all extraordinary martial arts follows this rule, and witches are no exception. ”
Listening to Gilo's explanation, Horn gradually understood.
The witches at the beginning could suppress mortals at will with their own power.
But with the development of a series of extraordinary skills such as breathing, holy water, and blessing, the relative strength of the witch began to decline.
In order to resist the knights and demon hunters, the witch also began to study extraordinary skills and extraordinary weapons.
But witches have an extremely terrifying ability. They are almost immune to the effects of all evil artifacts and monsters, such as the side effects of the bone whistle.
With this ability, when those battle witches appear, they are all covered with strange objects, and they also wear witch armor and masks that protect against holy water.
And the life span of witches can reach 150 to 200 years. After long-term training of skills, as long as they are not crazy, they can do it no matter how hard they pull their hips.
Every old witch whose lifespan exceeds 100 years is more terrifying to the church than the ogre expeditionary force of the Flesh Royal Court.
After all, the Ogre Expeditionary Force still has traces to follow, and a flexible witch is the nightmare of many church leaders.
The dark witch Toluya Magami, known as the Bishop Killer, assassinated two dukes, four cardinals and a pope by herself, and even managed to escape.
The church was forced to say "Winged Angels, take action!" before they arrested him and burned him at the stake.
Not to mention the heaven-defying existence of the female Pope Joan.
“To become a witch capable of defeating thousands of armies, Miss Jeanne still lacks training, rare items, and the accumulation of time.” Gillot raised a finger, “This is the first Point."
"The second point is that Miss Jeanne's extraordinary ability is very powerful, but her lightning cannot penetrate steel.
The knights. They all wear iron armor, which causes Miss Jeanne’s relative strength to decline again.”
Of course, there was one thing that Gilo didn't say, but everyone present knew it, and that was becoming violent.
The violent witch will experience an explosive increase in strength.
But this is not within the scope of Horn's consideration. After all, the witch's rage is not directional. It will be bad if he lifts a rock and hits his own hanging.
Horn rubbed his chin.
In this case, in order for Na to be able to exert a higher combat effectiveness, the witch armor and rare items cannot be obtained, but a mask to protect the holy water may be available.
ps There will be another chapter later
(End of this chapter)