dark witches rise

Chapter 144 Paladin?The power of the wizard?
Hain Harbor is extremely lively tonight.

at night.

Blossoming snowflakes are falling in the wind.

Luxurious carriages were invited to drive towards Governor Craigie's mansion.

in one of the carriages.

Jayne, the heir of Viscount Gendry's family, poked his head out of the carriage window and looked towards Governor Craigie's mansion, which was brightly lit and illuminated half of Hayne Harbour.

"It's so lively!"

A gust of cold wind blew, and Jayne rubbed his red nose from the cold and sat back in the carriage.

Besides him, there was another person in the carriage.

A middle-aged man was sitting with his eyes closed and a long silver sword on his lap.

Jayne's uncle Talu the Grand Knight.

As the heir to the family of Viscount Gendry, Jayne respected his uncle very much.

Because the reason why he was able to become the heir of the family, and the reason why his father was able to become the Viscount, was all because of his uncle.

Grand Knight Talu was the eldest son of the Gendry family back then, with outstanding talent, he stepped into the Grand Knight realm at the age of 21.

However, the Grand Knight Talu is not interested in inheriting the family. What he really cares about is the way of swordsmanship, the way of knighthood. Becoming the head of the family will only hinder his cultivation.

So he blatantly gave up the position of Patriarch, and supported Jain's father, who was ranked sixth, to become a Viscount.

Otherwise, with Jayne's father's sixth pick, how could he inherit the Gendry family?

Jayne looked at his uncle who hadn't seen him for many years.

The Great Knight Talu should be over 60 years old, but he looks like he is only in his early thirties, so no one would suspect that he is his elder brother.

Jayne muttered in his heart, "The 21-year-old great knight, the 25-year-old great knight, is now 62 years old, how strong is he?"

Suddenly, the Talu knight moved.

He opened his eyes, bright eyes like the rising sun, with infinite warmth.

"Uncle, uncle, what's the matter?" Jayne asked nervously.

"How much do you know about that Roja?" Talu Knight asked.

Roja, the protagonist of this banquet, is a new wizard apprentice.

Everyone knew that Governor Craigie would send people to the Ten Thousand Devils' Nest for wizard trials every five years. Unfortunately, for decades, not even a single wizard apprentice could be trained.

I didn't expect that not only two wizard apprentices came out this time, but I heard that Roja's strength is the best among many wizard apprentices, and there is a high probability that he will become a third-class apprentice in the future, and maybe he can get a glimpse of the real wizard realm.

Everyone wants to see the legendary wizard and the power of the wizard.

So tonight, everyone who has connections in Hayne Port went to Governor Craigie's mansion, even people from cities hundreds of kilometers away drove here after hearing the news.

After all, the opportunity to get in close contact with wizards may be once in a lifetime.

Facing the inquiry from the Great Knight of Uncle Botalu, Jayne dared not neglect.

"Lord Roja has shown extraordinary strength even before the wizard trial. I heard that he hunted and killed the top monster carp by himself."

"There are rumors that with his strength, he ranks in the top ten among all the great knights of the Shenglan Kingdom."

"It's a pity that he lived in seclusion at the time and rarely interacted with others, so we know very little about him."

"I only saw him once from a distance when I was visiting Governor Craigie's mansion. At that time, he was sitting under the waterfall practicing."

Jayne told all the things he knew about Roja, and the Talu knight listened quietly, without any change in the expression on his face.

After finishing speaking, Jayne asked cautiously: "Uncle, who is stronger, you or Lord Roja?"

After asking, Jayne swallowed nervously.

After the big knight's eyes flickered a few times, he said calmly, "It's impossible for a big knight to beat a wizard."

Seeing the Great Knight of Talu who closed his eyes and continued to rest, Jayne opened his mouth, hesitated for a while, and still did not continue to ask.

Jayne lifted the curtains and continued to look at the night scene outside the window.

Arrived.

Jayne and the Great Knight Talu got out of the carriage and walked towards the banquet hall.

A few hundred meters away from the hall, they had already heard the noise coming from the hall.

Enter the hall.

The melodious and beautiful music came to the ears.

The aroma of food fills the air.

On the dance floor, handsome men in suits and leather shoes, and women in long skirts with flowers, they danced arm in arm.

From the moment he entered the banquet hall, Jayne opened his mouth in shock.

He knew that many people would come to this banquet, but he didn't expect there to be so many people!

This vast hall, which can accommodate thousands of people, is almost full.

"Baron Knight, Jimmy Knight, Multidimensional Grand Knight, Viscount Church..."

Many big people who are rarely seen at ordinary times gathered together at this time.

There is only one reason!
Jayne looked towards the most eye-catching place in the hall.

All eyes fell on one person, a young man who was having an intimate conversation with Miss Weiss.

That man looked so ordinary, so ordinary that he didn't deserve to appear beside the beautiful Miss Weiss.

But now no one dares to have any objections.

Because that seemingly ordinary but confident man is the protagonist of this banquet, the first-class wizard apprentice——Roa Nange!
Jayne searched among the crowd, and sure enough, he quickly found the person he was looking for.

——Mad Dog Luffy!
Mad Dog Lufu is Miss Weiss' fanatical pursuer, and any man who dares to get close to Miss Weiss cannot escape Lufus persecution.

On the surface, three suitors of Miss Weiss have died under Lufu's sword, but no one knows how many of them are secretly.

If there is a man who dares to be so close to Miss Weiss in normal times, Mad Dog Roof will definitely rush to teach that ignorant person, even at the banquet hosted by Governor Craigie.

But that didn't happen.

Mad Dog Luffy was actually sitting in the corner, with a distorted expression, drinking one glass after another, not to mention making trouble, not even daring to cast a jealous and hateful look at Roja.

"That's right, that's a wizard!"

"No matter how crazy the mad dog Lufu is, he knows how to measure it..."

"Uncle?"

Jayne panicked as soon as he entered the banquet hall and walked straight towards Roja, the apprentice wizard with a sword in his hand.

"Uncle, he probably wants to..."

Jayne wanted to rush up to stop the Talu knight, but Talu's behavior had already attracted the attention of the surrounding crowd.

People looked excitedly at the Talu knight and discussed in low voices.

"Is that the Grand Knight Talu of the Viscount Gendry's family?"

"Look at his steps and eyes, does he want to challenge the wizard?"

"Is this normal? Who wouldn't want to see the power of a wizard?"

Listening to these words, Jayne knew it was too late to do anything now.

All he could do was watch and pray.

"Are you Roja Wizard?" Talu Knight looked directly at Roja and asked.

"Oh? You are?" Roja put down the wine glass in his hand and smiled.

"I'm Talu Gendry, I want to see the power of a wizard, and I want to fight you." The great knight Talu said in a deep voice.

As soon as the words of the Great Knight Talu came out, the entire hall suddenly became extremely quiet.

Everyone clenched their fists and looked at Roja expectantly. They all wanted to see the power of the wizard!

After Roja and the Grand Knight Talu looked at each other for a while, they looked sideways at Governor Craigie.

Governor Craigie, who was sitting in a wheelchair, nodded slightly to Roja, "Knight Talu is the strongest in our Hayne port, even if you are a wizard, you have to be careful, if you are careless, you may suffer a disadvantage. "

Governor Craigie's words made everyone excited.

As the competition was about to begin, people retreated consciously, leaving a space with a diameter of 20 meters for the two fighting.

People looked at the two standing ten meters apart and discussed in low voices.

"Who do you think will win?"

"Do you still need to ask? It must be Wizard Roja?"

"How many moves do you think the Great Knight of Talu can sustain?"

"Well, I haven't seen a wizard before, and I don't know how strong a wizard is, but if Wizard Roja uses his magic power to fight with all his strength, I think five moves will be able to bring down the Great Knight of Talu."

"Can the Great Knight of Talu force out the strength of the Roja wizard?"

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Grand Knight of Talu moved.

Clang!
The long sword was unsheathed, and a burst of cold breath emanated from the blade.

The cold air, which was originally cold winter, became even colder at this time, and the crowd couldn't help but retreated another ten meters.

"Wizard Roja, if you underestimate me, you will lose miserably." As soon as the words fell, the Talu knight turned into a cold light and slashed towards Roja.

"what?"

"what?"

"It turned out to be?"

There is actually a layer of armor condensed by life force on the body of the Great Knight Talu!
It is the shining armor unique to paladins!
The Grand Knight of Talu turned out to be a paladin?

Shouldn't all the holy knights in Shenglan Kingdom be wizards pretending to be wizards?
Could it be that Talu was also a wizard?
While people were exclaiming, Roja drew his sword out of its sheath.

Roja's body was burning with a warm light of life. Although it did not form a radiant armor, the light of life was so dazzling that it almost illuminated the entire hall, making everyone in the hall feel warm.

Boom!
The sword blades collided instantly, and the ear-piercing sound formed caused the ears of the people in the hall to buzz.

After a sword strike, the Talu knight's offensive did not stop.

He revolved around Roja and drew out his sword continuously, and the sword light shrouded Roja's body like a ball of cotton.

The chill emanating from the knight's holy sword in his hand froze the air.

Facing the fierce attack of Talu Grand Knight, Roja just stood still and defended with his epee.

Bah!Bah!Bah! ——

The sound of interlacing sword blades was connected together, and the water cup on the table in the hall was constantly vibrating, making crackling sounds.

Everyone looked at the two fiercely fighting in a daze.

They didn't expect Talou to be a paladin!
What shocked them even more was that even paladins couldn't force out the wizard's true power!
This is just a first-class apprentice who has just become a wizard apprentice, the weakest!

The ultimate goal of all knights, the protagonist in songs and dramas, the majestic paladin can't even force the full strength of a mere first-class apprentice?

Paladins are so weak in front of wizards?
The dreams of many who grew up listening to paladin legends were shattered, and a sad atmosphere filled the hall.

Ugh--

A sigh.

The Grand Knight of Talu paused his attack.

A few minutes ago, the Talu Knight, who was 30 years old, now has a dry body and wrinkled face, and his black hair is all gray.

"Uncle!"

Jayne ran over nervously, he stared at Roja while supporting the Talu knight, "What did you do to my uncle?"

"Don't be unreasonable to Wizard Roja!" Talu Knight angrily scolded Jayne, "I'm just exhausted with too much vitality and I'm tired, it's none of Roja Wizard's business."

Talu Grand Knight bowed his head to Roja, "Thank you for giving me the opportunity to fight with you."

There was a touch of sadness in the tone of the Talu Grand Knight.

Before the fight, he knew that he would lose, but he didn't expect that he would lose so badly. The opponent didn't even use his magic power, he didn't even attack, he just kept defending, which made him exhausted.

"The way you became a paladin took a shortcut. Your vitality is not even one-third of that of a paladin. Although you have the armor of brilliance, you can only be regarded as a half-step paladin, and you can't show the true strength of a paladin at all. , otherwise our battle tonight will be unpredictable." Roja said.

"Haha, I also want to become a real paladin, but the vitality required to become a paladin is too huge, and it is simply not something that humans can possess." The great knight Talu said with a wry smile.

Listening to the conversation between Roja and the Grand Knight Talu, everyone breathed a sigh of relief after knowing that the Grand Knight Talu was not a real Paladin.

"Let me just say, how can a paladin be so weak?"

"It's obviously not a paladin, but I got a copy of the shining armor, which made me almost misunderstand."

"Who can remind him, don't use the armor of radiance to bluff outside again, if he is misunderstood by others and tarnishes the reputation of the paladin, can he bear the responsibility?"

Listening to the gossip around him, Jayne clenched his fists angrily.

Jayne wanted to confront those sarcasm, but was stopped by the Talu knight.

The Great Knight of Talu pressed Jayne's shoulder with one hand, shook his head at Jayne, looked at Roja respectfully and said, "Lord Roja, can you show us the mighty power of a wizard?"

(End of this chapter)