Duke Udar currently commands three main knightly orders.
They are the Oath Knights, the Shining Star Knights, and the Black Court Knights.
The knights of the Oath Knights wear golden armor with feathers adorning their shoulders, symbolizing "unbreakable loyalty".
Its members are mostly sons of hereditary nobles, drawn from various noble families. It includes not only sons of noble families or other collateral relatives, but also members of the main family who will undergo trials.
This is the Royal Guard Knights, personally led by Duke Udar. They are the strongest, with an average strength of around seven-star knights!
It should be noted that even the Imperial Guards in the capital are only at the seventh star level. However, to determine who is stronger, they must personally test their strength to decide the winner.
If the Oath Knights represent the glory of the nobility, then the Shining Star Knights represent the mission of the nobility!
They wore azure armor, with their family crests engraved on their breastplates, and their weapons were inlaid with fragments of meteorite iron, symbolizing a "mission guided by the stars."
Their duty is to protect the frontier territories of various noble lords in order to consolidate the power of the nobles. Their strength is also considerable, with the Knights Order's strength at the mid-six-star level.
The third knightly order was named the Black Garden Knights.
His cloak was embroidered with dark owl patterns, which followed him closely as he moved. His dark armor symbolized "authority in the shadows."
He is a ruthless character responsible for fighting against demons and enemies. He ranks second in strength, with an average strength at the late stage of the six-star level.
Of course, an excessively skilled knight means that there aren't many of them.
Especially the most powerful Oath Knights, the entire Noble Alliance only has five hundred official knights.
The Knights of Shining Stars have the most, with a total of 50,000 official knights.
The Black Court Knights are second, with a total of 30,000 official knights.
Of course, as a duke, he had more than just these three knightly orders under his command, but those were all subordinate knightly orders managed by these three.
This is the information that Xiao Dai found out today.
The most important piece of information, however, is what Xiao Dai saw in her memories...
The Holy Cross Knights, a fourth order of knights that should have existed!
They wore pure white armor, with a black iron cross emblem in the center of their breastplates, and a blood-red gemstone inlaid at the crossroads, symbolizing "a faith defended in blood".
The cloak is made of dark gold silk with silver-edged thorn stripes, representing the hardships on the path to glory and sacrifice.
Back then, it wasn't just used to deal with the demons; it was also responsible for supervising the nobles who had just formed the Noble Alliance. Its strength was around the early stage of the six-star level. Keep in mind that at that time, the Shining Star Knights and the Black Court Knights were only at the late stage of the five-star level.
This demonstrates the importance of this knightly order!
Therefore, before Prince Amir's death, the Holy Cross Knights were the second order of knights under Duke Udal, a product jointly supported by the Holy Church, which was then at its peak.
Until the Holy Church declined and the twelve cardinals and saints broke away to form the Temple of Light, the Holy Cross Knights were the most powerful knightly order under the Oath Knights!
Back then, they even cooperated with the Holy Church to seal away a nine-star great demon who was almost released!
But later... instead of rising to great heights, they were all wiped out in an operation to exterminate the demon race!
According to limited publicly available intelligence, there were traces of the resurrection of the Netherworld Demon King there, which Duke Udar used as leverage against the Empire, sending an invitation to the capital and officially beginning his leadership of the Noble Alliance against Prince Amir.
Therefore, the only remaining archmage, Azro, was also sent to the border to investigate the matter of the Underworld Demon King.
As for the Grand General?
Ha... He was suppressed and exiled by the emperor for who knows how many years.
Whether he's alive or dead...who knows?
The duties of the Holy Cross Knights were also divided between the Shining Star Knights and the Black Court Knights, with one focusing on internal affairs and the other on external affairs, thus preventing them from being defeated all at once.
"Does the Holy Cross Knights really exist? How many years have passed since those rumors began?"
"It's been five years now. The prince passed away from illness three years ago. Perhaps due to memory confusion, in Verania's memory it all seems to happen in the same year..."
Xiao Dai also brought out all sorts of intelligence information, but before he could introduce the next piece of information, the window of their room was suddenly opened!
"Who is it this time?"
Liu Lang cautiously drew his natal giant hammer, while Xiao Dai also flipped over and pulled out his holy shield. However, Liu Lang's brows relaxed, and he looked at the innkeeper in front of him with some surprise.
Mark!?
"You! Who are you?"
“Vellania...what’s your name? You seem to recognize me?”
The visitor was none other than Mark!
Xiao Dai stared in astonishment at the Knight Mark before him, who was none other than the last Holy Cross Knight.
They were the only two survivors of that encounter! And the other one was Villania!
"mark?"
"Vellaia... I haven't heard her name in a long time. Who are you all?"
Mark looked at the intelligence reports Dai Shanren brought back with a complicated expression. They were full of information about the Holy Cross Knights and the Holy Church, and included the name Verania...
After all these years... is Veraia still alive?
"Hey! You're eavesdropping, aren't you?!"
"You still have the nerve to call yourself a knight? Holy crap, you're a seven-star knight, and you're still sneaking around eavesdropping in the middle of the night?!"
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