Chapter 517 The Referee Knight in Action
A day's work is very hard. Even though the working hours of workers in the north have been greatly shortened, everyone is still tired after a full day's work.
However, apart from being tired, there was no sadness on their faces, but rather a kind of satisfaction and happiness that was beyond words.
This is easy to understand. People are always easily satisfied. When you have a stable job that can support your family and you don’t have to worry about your livelihood and survival, you will also feel satisfied and happy.
At least for little Jimmy, he is very satisfied with his current life and is very satisfied with his current life.
For an orphan who was once helpless and almost died of cold and starvation in winter, his current life is unimaginable in his dreams.
Although it is not big, it is enough to shelter from the wind and snow. Although it is not high, it is a job that is enough to support myself and my sister. Although it is not rich, it is still able to provide food and clothing for myself and my sister. A life of worry...
What else can you ask for in a life like this?
People need to be content. His mother once taught him before her death that people should cherish blessings in life, so that blessings can last long.
Those who do not cherish their blessings and squander their good life will not last long.
Not to mention Delong Wangshu, who has an already good life, but always feels that it is not enough and wants more people. Such people cannot feel the beauty of life, let alone feel happiness.
Little Jimmy keeps his mother's teachings in mind. He knows that some things do not belong to him. If he asks for extravagant things, he will not be able to keep what he has now.
So he never asks for things that he thinks he doesn't deserve, just like if he can study, he just lets his sister study while he works hard.
Because he felt that a life where two people could go to school was still too luxurious for them.
However, if some people are satisfied, then naturally some people will be dissatisfied.
Little Jimmy is satisfied with his current life and feels very happy. Naturally, some people will feel that his current life is still not enough to satisfy him.
When little Jimmy went home, he noticed someone on the road promoting some kind of religious belief.
Little Jimmy is not interested in this. His mother has taught him that there can be no other gods except Heavenly Father, not to mention that in Little Jimmy's view, belief in gods is actually useless.
When he and his sister were about to freeze and starve to death, it was the kind people in the north who saved them and gave them clothes, food and a good life now. They should be grateful and worshiped, and they should also worship the creation. The Earl of the North is responsible for all this, not these unknown gods.
It’s just that little Jimmy can resist these heresies, but not those who are not so satisfied with their current lives.
Children have simple minds and don't have so many messy thoughts. It's easy to talk about it. However, adults are different. Adults have more complicated minds and think about more things. They naturally have more desires in their hearts and are also tempted by them. increase.
What these guys who promote certain religious beliefs preach is that by believing in their gods, they can receive blessings from the gods. As long as they are pious enough, they can ascend to the kingdom of gods and enjoy life in the kingdom of gods forever. .
There, people don’t have to work. Honey and milk flow in the river. You just need to lie under the tree, and the ripe fruit will fall into your mouth. Everyone will not die or get sick. All desires of people will be fulfilled.
As long as you believe in God devoutly, you will be qualified to enter the Kingdom of God.
Such words are very deceptive to ordinary people at the bottom who have little knowledge. Even to those in the middle class of society who have certain knowledge and live a relatively prosperous life, such words They all have strong bewitching qualities.
Only the real dignitaries have no interest in this. After all, for them, the so-called Kingdom of God has no other attractions for them except that it can protect them from birth, old age, illness and death.
In the mortal world, they were able to hold out their hands for clothes and open their mouths for food, and what they ate were delicacies from the mountains and seas instead of unwashed wild fruits.
As for honey and milk? Who drinks such an ordinary thing and has to lie down by the river to drink it without any image.
So this inexplicable rise of religion is spread among ordinary middle- and lower-class people, and the higher-ups are dismissive of it.
At the same time, because of the missionary activities of this religion, they were quickly targeted by the official agencies in the north.
After all, their missionary behavior was too blatant. They started preaching in the northern border almost without any concealment. This was naturally easy for them to be targeted by official agencies.
There is no such thing as freedom of belief in the Victoria Empire, and the church has also entered the north because of its cooperation with Perficott. Now someone is coming to grab business. What do you think the church will do?
Not to mention anything else, the church's tribunal sent a magistrate to investigate the matter, and also dispatched a team of referee knights for this purpose.
Of course the church has armed forces, but because they are only a religious group, the scale of these armed forces is strictly limited.
Generally speaking, the church is allowed to keep certain self-defense weapons in the monastery or church. After all, bandits and robbers were relatively rampant in the past era. The reason why the church built the church is So there is a practical need for solidity.
But in addition to these, the bishop of a diocese usually has a certain number of armed monks or parish guardian knights.
The number of these people is not large, but if they are gathered together, they can probably be about the size of a knighthood. They are responsible for protecting the parish from being invaded by various evil spirits.
Generally speaking, this group of people is mainly composed of knights or armed forces who believe in the All-Father, and many of them are even local nobles and their knights.
A simple summary is that the local armed forces use a layer of religious cover.
But the Church itself is not without real power, such as the Inquisition and the Knights of the Skitarii.
They are an elite force composed of direct lineage extraordinary beings trained by the church. They have a strength that is comparable to that of the regular army. At the same time, because of the church's strong financial resources and knowledge, they have far better equipment than the general kingdom's army.
So in the age of cold weapons, the church’s protective knights have always been synonymous with well-equipped and powerful strength.
Such an armed force once became the church's supremacy over other countries. Even the king's succession required the church to be crowned in order to have legal rationality. However, with the rise of thermal weapons, the former knights have gradually been eliminated by the times. This is true for the noble knights of various countries, and the same is true for the protective knights of the church.
Although the church is upgrading their equipment and trying their best to improve their strength and adaptability in the era of hot weapons, overall the church’s armed forces no longer have the deterrent power they once had. .
But this is only compared to various countries. If you are facing the evil sects of all kinds of demons and monsters, then the church's protective knights are still synonymous with power.
And because the church and Perficott have reached an important cooperation, the church even formed a knightly order for her composed of referee knights from the Inquisition. The knights of the church are now used. Steam Knight Armor.
These church special edition steam knights are different from ordinary steam knights. The church is involved in the production process of their armors.
Not only are the parts of the armor consecrated, but melted holy silver is used to copy scriptures on the surface and interior of the armor in places that are not easily scratched or worn, or after the final assembly is completed, it is done by someone at the level of a diocesan bishop. Hold mass and bless it...
In short, how the church used to create sophisticated weapons and armor for the Guardian Knights, now it also uses this set on the Steam Knight Armor.
This also makes the steam armor equipped by the church knights look more gorgeous, majestic, and more dangerous and deadly than the armor of ordinary steam knights.
After all, these church guys are willing to spend a lot of money to participate in the production of these steam knight armors, and they also consume all kinds of precious resources. Of course, they are not just for the sake of looking good.
This is one of the unique skills of the church, the manufacturing technology of divine grace weapons.
Although this part is only a very low-level divine weapon manufacturing technology, it still makes the Church's special version of the Steam Knight Armor about 10 to 20% stronger in performance and power than the ordinary Steam Knight Armor. It has excellent performance and has special attacks against various evil beings.
Without the return of the old gods and the Evil God Sect, neither the Victoria Empire itself nor Purficott would have been able to sell such an important strategic weapon as the Steam Knight Armor to the church.
But facing the threat of the old gods, the power of the church is undoubtedly very important. After all, only the church has been fighting against these sects of the old gods for so many years.
Their combat experience and these veterans are very valuable assets.
For this reason, when the church proposed cooperation and sent her an entire order of knights composed of referee knights, Perficott immediately equipped them The upgrades have allowed these referee knights to enjoy the treatment of steam knight armor.
Now there are evil sects operating in the north. These referee knights, who were originally targeted at these evil sects, will naturally not be idle.
Following the magistrates sent by the Inquisition, and with the cooperation of various departments in the Northern Territory, they began to investigate and clean up the spread of religion in various parts of the Northern Territory.
If it is just general folk beliefs and the like, as long as it is not related to the gods of the past, it is mostly not a problem. As long as the statues of the gods are destroyed, illegal worship is prohibited, and the believers are fined a sum of money, it will be over.
As for what kind of punishment the lords who rule them will impose on them, that is the lord's own business.
Other than that, it is not so polite.
If it is the true evil sect, then the referee knights will let the opponent taste what it feels like to hit them with a mace the size of a watermelon after they have been upgraded.
After all, although the knights of the church are very different, the initial training and training are the same, but as they become official knights, part of their main responsibility as a guardian knight is to act as the church’s facade and regular armed force. , while the other part was stuffed into the Inquisition and became a referee knight specializing in fighting against the evil sect.
This difference in functions also results in differences in style and experience between the two.
Most of the ordinary Guardian Knights have little actual combat experience. After all, after the church has become a general trend, these ordinary Guardian Knights have basically no chance to go to the battlefield. They serve more as guards for important members of the Church. Or a church ceremonial guard.
In fact, the original plan of the church was to arrange a team of protective knights for Purficott as her bodyguards.
After all, they have relatively rich experience in protecting important people.
But considering that Perficott had to face the problem of the Evil God Sect, the cardinals of the church discussed it and finally sent this referee knight.
They do not use more ceremonial weapons such as lances or knight swords that are used by ordinary knights. Instead, they prefer heavy weapons such as one-handed battle axes and maces that are more lethal at first sight.
This is mainly due to the influence of the combat environment of the referee knights. The situations they encountered did not allow them to use lances. Short-handled weapons such as maces can be used in close indoor fighting. It's far more useful than a fancy-looking knight's sword.
And even in actual combat, the effect of a mace hitting a knight's sword is very good. You can catch one or two hammers, but you can't catch eight of ten.
Is the hammer broken? That's just not hammering enough.
In particular, the mace is very useful for breaking doors, clearing obstacles, and smashing certain hidden areas. In addition, it is an armor-breaking weapon. The mace is very popular among referee knights. .
So when Purficott upgraded them to the Steam Knight, the attached weapon was unanimously requested to be a mace.
Perfect also followed suit, so he gave them all heavy maces of considerable weight, ensuring that even a fully armed ordinary knight would be smashed into pieces with one blow. Meat.
I have to say that these referee knights and magistrates are indeed very experienced in tracking down cults. They quickly joined forces with the intelligence agencies in the north to figure out what this sudden sect was about.
Most of them are early middle- and lower-class immigrants who did not do well in the Northern Territory. They were originally unable to make it in the empire. After arriving in the Northern Territory, they found that the conditions in the Northern Territory were harsh. It takes far more effort than in Langton to live a barely decent life, so these people inevitably start to complain and blame others.
Originally, Purficott was too lazy to take care of these people. Even the reports about these people were not qualified to be sent to Purficott. The officials below took care of it themselves.
But some evil sects took a fancy to this and sent people to incite these people and seduce them with the so-called Kingdom of God.
In order to make the people in the north believe in them, they even made up the story that Perphycott’s achievements today were all the result of their gods’ blessing to Perphycott, but Purphycott But Kurt disrespected the gods after taking advantage, and the believers of the gods would sooner or later attack her.
(End of this chapter)