Chapter 159 Alan takes on a big responsibility



Chapter 159 Alan takes on a big responsibility

Amberxiu agreed readily. The intelligence was indeed correct. As long as the price was agreed upon, this lich would do anything, even cooperate with the Ryan Empire.

No wonder the Empire treats this lich differently. If used well, it might really develop into a traitor among the Undead.

However, this is not something that the Silver Moon Knight needs to consider. He is just a general, a warrior who charges into battle and is not good at these political games.

The Silver Moon Knight only hopes that the new generation of the Lion Empire can grow up as soon as possible to face future crises.

But these young paladins were so disappointing. They were so excited just after winning an unremarkable victory. The entire Ryan army in Sand Shadow City had a kind of restless feeling.

These can be seen from the details of their daily training. They don't hold their swords as steadily as before, they often have frivolous smiles on their faces, they pay more attention to their appearance, and like to fiddle with those useless but good-looking decorations.

The Silver Moon Knights wanted to rectify these problems, but they have never found the right time.

After winning the battle, the next step should be to reward people based on their merits rather than to blame them, as doing so will only backfire.

Amber Xiu happened to appear, giving Silver Moon Knight an opportunity.

The Silver Moon Knight had no idea what method the lich would use to attack the city, and he would not give any hints to anyone in the city. He just wanted to let these young people understand the cruelty of war. Without the protection of legendary strongmen, when they encounter an unmatched enemy, can they still maintain the courage to face death? Can they still adhere to the teachings of the Lord of Dawn? Soldiers who have not been baptized will always be just recruits.

The casualty standard of one thousand people was not just something the Silver Moon Knights made up; it was the standard of the Ryan Empire. One thousand people accounted for half of the defenders of Sand Shadow City.

When Alan Watson led the little lord to attack the castle of Amber, he was surprised that only 10% or 20% of the casualties were suffered, but the morale of the coalition army collapsed. Because the standard of the Ryan Empire is that the regular army needs to maintain combat effectiveness even if more than half of the casualties are suffered. If it cannot meet this standard, it will always be an auxiliary force that is not up to standard and can only do logistics at best.

If the current group of Sand Shadow City defenders fail to meet the standards, the Silver Moon Knights will send them all back for retraining, and their previous training officers will be punished.

Practicing the teachings of light is a difficult path. If you cannot even meet this basic requirement, you might as well be a civilian for your whole life and not go to the battlefield to die.

When he thought of this, Silver Moon Knight sighed again: "Those dwarves are too weak."

The planned large-scale military training became meaningless because the enemy was too weak, so we had to find the lich Amberxiu and spend extra money, which was really a loss.

But the Silver Moon Knights did the math. Even if Amber captured all the prisoners alive, including the paladins, regular troops and militia, it would only be three million gold coins at most. This amount of money was still within his authority, so there would be no problem.

He walked back to the military camp with heavy steps and entered the tent, where a golden-haired paladin was already waiting.

Seeing the Silver Moon Knight coming back, the Holy Knight hurried forward to support him.

"General, you are finally back, take a rest."

The empire's strongest paladin was like a frail old man who had been ill for a long time. He allowed the other party to help him up and put him on the chair.

The Silver Moon Knight coughed twice and said to the young paladin, "Alan, don't worry about me."

If Amber was here, he would definitely recognize this young paladin as his first paladin captive, Alan Watson.

The biological son of the Supreme Judge was once a highly regarded second generation in the empire. Allen lived up to expectations and became a holy knight at a young age, receiving unanimous praise from many high-ranking officials of the empire.

But all that is in the past.

Ever since Allen was captured by Amber, his life has been overshadowed.

This shame will accompany him for the rest of his life unless he can kill Amberxiu with his own hands and wash away this shame.

After finally returning to the empire, Allen took the initiative to join the desert expeditionary force. It was a way of escape, but also another form of experience.

The Supreme Judge ignored Allen on the surface, but privately asked Silver Moon Knight to take care of Allen. Silver Moon Knight also liked this devout and talented young man, so he simply took him with him as a personal soldier.

Alan was extremely excited to be able to work for the legendary Silver Moon Knight, and he served him wholeheartedly.

Then, Alan discovered the secret of Silver Moon Knight, a secret that might no longer be a secret.

The Silver Moon Knight is almost dying.

Ryan did not allow the high-ranking officials to use magic to prolong their lives, and even the emperor did not allow this, so the Silver Moon Knight naturally strictly abided by this rule. And he was now over 150 years old, and even if he possessed the most powerful holy light power, it was already the limit for humans.

His life was almost burned out, and the Silver Moon Knight could fall down without warning at any day. Now he was almost entirely supported by willpower.

He is the strongest paladin of the empire, he is the general of the empire, and the spiritual pillar of the army.

He needed to train a suitable successor to ensure a smooth handover of the empire's army, but almost all of the disciples he had accepted... had died.

The disciples who were valued and fully trained by the Silver Moon Knights were naturally excellent paladins. They also had devout beliefs and the courage to sacrifice themselves for the empire. Then, in the wars of conquest, these outstanding young people died on the battlefield, and the youngest one died in the Underdark at the age of seventeen.

When the Silver Moon Knight was running out of energy, he looked back and found that all the qualified successors were gone.

The other young people have not grown up yet. They are all impetuous and cannot take on such important tasks.

Alan was also a young man that he valued. If he were twenty years younger, he could have trained him well, but now the Silver Moon Knights could no longer accept disciples.

Alan didn't know what the Silver Moon Knight was thinking. He just recited the prayer seriously. The holy light condensed, injecting vitality into the Silver Moon Knight and eliminating the accumulated fatigue.

This made the Silver Moon Knight feel a little relieved. After recovering, he said to Allen, "The war is almost over. What are your plans? Do you want to return to the Imperial Capital and join the Knights of Judgment?"

The Knights of Judgment are different from regular armies. They are the elite among the elite and are specially established to deal with powerful legendary beings. Although they have suffered a considerable blow, it is still the best place for paladins.

Alan thought for a moment, then said, "I want to continue training in the army for a while. I wanted to wash away my shame on the battlefield this time, but the dwarves were defeated too quickly, with almost no resistance. I came here to gain experience, but in the end I only gained merit. I feel really guilty."

"It's rare that you still have such an idea. The other boys are already ready to go back to receive flowers and praises."

Being neither arrogant nor impatient and being able to see the situation clearly is a quality that is truly rare.

Silver Moon Knight couldn't help but remind him, "It's good that you can see these, but Sand Shadow City is not as safe as you think. Danger may be lurking nearby, so you must be prepared at all times."

When Alan heard this, he immediately stood at attention and saluted, and responded loudly, "Yes, sir."

Hint: This is all I can say. It would be unfair to others to say more.

Silver Moon Knight sighed inwardly, then ordered, "I will return to the imperial capital to report on my duties soon. The troops in Sand Shadow City will be handed over to you for the time being."

"Ah? General, I'm not qualified to take over, am I? I'm afraid others will have objections."

Alan is now just a paladin who has come to atone his sins. He is lucky to be favored by the Silver Moon Knight. Based on his position, he is not qualified to take over the army.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

"Don't worry, they are all eager to return to the capital to enjoy the treatment of heroes. No one wants to stay here and eat sand. Allen, do your best. You are protecting Ryan's territory."

Alan nodded excitedly and said that he would do his best to shoulder this responsibility.

The Silver Moon Knight nodded, and after a short rest, he entered the continental teleportation array. At the same time, in front of the remaining personnel, he handed over the command of Sand Shadow City to Allen.

As expected, just as the Silver Moon Knight said, all the holy warriors who were qualified to take over the city had no objection, and many even had expressions on their faces that said it was the way it should be. Allen's previous experience was already known to everyone, and this appointment was more like a punishment.

Alan didn't care about other people's eyes and just fulfilled his duties conscientiously.

He began to patrol the entire Sand Shadow City carefully, visiting every garrison position, and at the same time communicating with the soldiers very seriously, hoping to remember all of his men as soon as possible.

But before he could complete the task, a shrill horn sounded from the city wall.

This is the sound of a horn that indicates the enemy is coming! Alan was surprised and immediately came to the city wall.

Picking up the telescope and looking outside the city, a group of gnolls were drooling and approaching the Sand Shadow City quickly. The gnolls were a cruel race with no hobbies other than killing and destroying. They liked to slaughter weak creatures and also liked to use the carcasses of their prey to make ornaments and armor.

They are pure chaotic evil, without any morals or conscience.

The soldier on the wall said to Alan: "Sir, they are just some jackals. We can just go out and deal with them."

Alan put down the telescope, but his brows were furrowed.

Generally, gnolls will only attack targets that are obviously weaker than themselves. Sand Shadow City is such a tall city, how could it become the target of gnolls? This situation is not right.

Allen asked the dark-skinned soldier beside him, "What's your name? Are you a local?"

"Sir, I'm Omos, a local."

"Will the desert gnolls also attack cities on such a large scale?" Alan asked.

Alan is not an expert on monsters, so he is not sure whether monsters in the desert are different from those in other places. Maybe the gnolls in the desert just have problems with their IQ and dare not even attack cities.

But after hearing what Alan said, Omos also fell into deep thought. After a while, he said, "The gnolls have never actively attacked the Sand Shadow City. At least I have never seen it in my memory."

After hearing this, Allen became more determined and gave the order: "Something is wrong. Close the city gates and observe first."

"This... Sir, it's just a group of gnolls, not many in number."

Although Omos also felt something was wrong, he was not worried. He had seen the combat effectiveness of the Ryan Empire's army, and a few holy warriors could cut these jackals like dates.

The newly appointed commander actually ordered the city gates to be closed. Was he being too cautious?

But Allen said firmly: "This is an order, execute it immediately!"

Although Omos did not disobey the order again, he still felt that Allen was making a big deal out of nothing.

And Omos was not the only one who thought so. When the city gate was slowly closing and was about to be closed, a team of holy warriors rushed out of the city.

Alan took one look and said excitedly, "What happened?! Who asked them to leave the city?!"

However, no one can answer this question.

Because the team of holy warriors leaving the city were not the defenders of Sand Shadow City at all. They were "heroes" waiting to be transferred back to the imperial capital to be awarded medals.

The heroes disobeyed Alan's orders and took the initiative to go out of the city to fight these gnolls. No one could stop them.

(End of this chapter)


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