Chapter 333 Becoming the Torch

Lorencos was the person who had followed the Iron-blooded General the longest. The two had known each other when they were young, and Lorencos was only a few years younger than the Iron-blooded General.

They swore an oath together, joined the army together, killed the enemy together, and successively became legends on the battlefield.

Lorencos is the Iron-Blooded General's most trusted right-hand man. The two have blocked knives for each other. It can be said that they are not even as close as each other with their wives.

But as Rachel Angelou became increasingly brutal, Lourencos began to feel lost.

The fanatical belief in the empire once made Lorencos believe that everything he did was just and a contribution to all mankind.

There is no doubt that humans live very well in the Lion Empire, much better than in other kingdoms, so unifying the continent and making all humans happy is a great cause worth fighting for.

However, some people will take this madness to the extreme in bloody killings, while some people will have this enthusiasm extinguished by blood.

Rachel Angelou became more and more extreme and cruel, and the age limit for her killings became lower and lower. Lourencos had talked to Rachel Angelou about this issue, but nothing could shake Rachel Angelou's will.

After all, he is a paladin of the Oath of Conquest. If he lets go of it, he will become an oathbreaker.

Lorencos once tried to hide his inner confusion, not thinking, not introspecting, and everything would not become a trouble. This worked well until Frodo was born.

Lorencos never thought that she would be able to give birth to a child when she was almost sixty years old.

He originally did not want a child. Since he was full of sins, how could he have the nerve to have a child? But in the end, at the request of his wife, they conceived Frodo. Thanks to the power of the Holy Light, it would not have been easy to have a child at the age of nearly sixty.

After becoming a father, there are many things that I have to think about. But as Amber said, the old people in Ryan have long been inseparable from the empire.

Their relatives and friends are all fanatical followers of the empire, and it would be a torture for a person to be sober.

They tried hard to keep it all, which was the first prerequisite, and then they could change the empire.

And such a premise often leads to them being unable to do anything.

Lorencos is no different from James Watson, and in the end Frodo becomes Rachel Angelo's subordinate and his closest guard.

Then, Frodo also had blood on his hands.

Lorencos had hidden this guilt deep in his heart, and he usually behaved normally. But when Frodo was turned into a dead spirit, this guilt broke out.

Otherwise, Lorencos would not have allowed Alan, a traitor, to stay with Frodo for a night.

When Allen mentioned the unjust war, Lourencos couldn't hold it in any longer.

"Alan, you are right. We have committed boundless sins. The Holy Light should turn into fire and burn me. Frodo, we will all fall into hell."

Frodo was shocked by his father. He was just a little shaken, but his father actually admitted the words of the traitor? Alan also felt that it was a bit too smooth. He was wondering how long it would take to find people who shared the same ideals as him, but he found two, and one of them was a legendary paladin?

"It must be the blessing of the Lord of the Morning!"

Alan firmly believed in this great god.

However, although Lorencos thought Allen was right, he did not bow down and asked, "Alan, what are you going to do?"

Allen quickly replied: "First, we look for more like-minded people. Our power is too weak to stop this war."

Lorencos asked again, "How long will it take you to search? Even if the lich makes a scene, plus the curse, it can only delay the search for a month at most. How many people can you find in this time?"

Alan hesitated, he had no answer to this question.

"I don't know. I just realized recently that I know too little about Ryan. Before, we were all blinded by fanatical beliefs, and even our hearts were closed. How many people can I find in this short time? Maybe only a few. However, no matter how slim the hope is, we must always try our best."

The more Alan spoke, the more determined he became. This was not going to be an easy task.

Even if the Lord of Dawn blesses him and allows him to find allies immediately, it is impossible for a few people to increase to hundreds or thousands in the next few days.

Even if such a thing really happened, it would definitely be a trap set by that iron-blooded general.

But Lorencos would not let Alan off so easily, and continued to ask, "If you don't have confidence in yourself, how can you stop this war?"

Allen was no longer confused, and said frankly: "No matter what the result is, I will appear on the battlefield. If necessary, I will stand on the side of the Unholy Song and help them fight against Ryan's invasion. I don't expect many people to accompany me to the battlefield in just a few days, but I am not important. What is important is that there are people who think the same as me. Even if I die on the battlefield, there will be people who remember what I did, and soon someone will make the same choice as me."

Lourencos said sarcastically, "Are you so confident? If you die, everything will be over. I will not acknowledge this meeting. I will even join others in spitting on you as a traitor."

Allen said confidently: "Of course I am confident. For more than a thousand years, Ryan has believed in the Lord of the Dawn. I believe in the Lord of the Dawn. Under His glory, there will never be a lack of warriors. I am just the first one, the one who lit the fuse. Even if I burn out, there will be descendants who will continue to save this empire."

This is the truth that Arthur Lane told him, people will die, but ideas will not.

Among the hundreds of millions of people in this empire, Allen does not think that he is the most special one. The warriors of this empire are just in confusion. They don’t know what to do, and they don’t even know if there are like-minded companions around them.

Allen would tell these confused warriors that many people have discovered the corruption of the empire and are willing to sacrifice their lives to save the country.

After hearing what Alan said, Lorencos was silent for a long time, until Frodo couldn't help but ask: "Father, you...what's wrong with you?"

Lorencos said to Frodo: "My child, you still have a chance to atone for your sins. If you don't want to fall into hell, follow Alan."

Frodo still couldn't accept it. Why did he suddenly have to follow this traitor?

This doesn't make sense. Even if there is something wrong with the Empire, is it treason? Can't you just stay in Lion and find a way to change it?

Frodo could not help but retort: ​​"Father, perhaps we can find another way..."

"Maybe, but you can't wait." Lourencos sighed, "Just like it's impossible for Allen to gather enough strength before the war starts, if you hesitate any longer, you will have no chance to atone for your sins. Do you think the curse has really disappeared?"

Frodo recalled the feeling of slowly turning into the undead, and the unshakable fear once again enveloped his heart.

Is this really the only solution I have?

Frodo looked at Alan in confusion, but Alan shook his head and said, "Although I don't know how many sins you have committed, I want to tell you that if you change your position in order to atone for your sins, it will be meaningless. This is a sacrifice, not a deal, Frodo."

Alan's understanding of the Holy Light is becoming deeper and deeper. In the past, he still cared about achievements and right and wrong.

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

But now, he is no longer obsessed with these calculations.

Fulfill your oath and fight for justice. There is no gain or loss, no size of merit. These are totally unimportant.

If Frodo did anything to atone for his sins, he would never be forgiven by the Lord of the Morning.

Lourencos sighed and said, "You're right, I was wrong."

"So, no matter what I do now, I will go to hell?" Frodo felt that his brain was about to stop working under the impact of so much information.

Alan nodded. He would not deceive Frodo just for an extra helper.

"Frodo, go back and think it over carefully, but if possible, please don't report me. I need more time to gain more support from others. If you have thought it through, come here to find me. I will wait here until the war begins."

Two days later, Allen waited for the father and son, as well as several paladins they brought with them.

At first, Alan thought that Frodo and Lorencos had changed their minds and brought people to capture him, but the number of people was too small.

As it turned out, these holy knights were all instigated by Lorencos.

Just as the Holy King said, many people in Ryan had the same idea as Allen. However, they didn't dare to show it, and they didn't know who around them had the same idea as them.

Alan is now a torch that will attract countless moths ready to fly into the fire.

Lorencos said, "In fact, there are more than just these people. There are at least 30 people in Liuyan City who are willing to follow us. They are all my subordinates. I know them very well. However, they are too weak. Our defection will definitely attract pursuers. If we take them with us, they will only die in vain."

Allen agrees with Lourencos that like-minded people don’t necessarily have to get together.

Rather than waiting for Liuyan City to hunt them down and kill them all, it is better to leave some fire behind, which will sooner or later turn into a raging fire.

Everything went incredibly smoothly. Within a few days, Allen had six high-level paladins and a legend under his command.

Adding Alan himself, this is already a very luxurious power.

The advantage of having a small number of elite soldiers was soon revealed, and Alan easily avoided two waves of pursuers from Liuyan City.

But at this time, Allen suddenly discovered a strange situation. When he was hiding from the pursuers, he saw several tieflings sneaking into Liuyan City.

At that moment, Alan ignored the danger and stayed outside Liuyan City.

After waiting for a long time, he saw these tieflings coming out of Liuyan City smoothly.

He didn't lose any limbs, nor did he have any obvious injuries. He just left in one piece.

This is not in line with the style of that iron-blooded general. He is a ruthless man who wishes to exterminate other races. There is no rule that when two countries are at war, envoys should not be killed.

There was only one possibility for these tieflings to leave safely: they brought news that made these iron-blooded generals very happy.

Are the tieflings going to surrender? Or are some tieflings trying to be traitors? Or are they the traitors arranged by General Ironblood? In any case, this information must be very important.

Alan had to think about a question. Should he try to figure out the information, or should he remind those key figures first, such as the lich that made people feel unconscious when they thought of him?

(End of this chapter)