The Lord of Ashes

"On the order of Lady Tiya, I am here to arrest this criminal who pretends to be an earl!"

"John, are you going to disobey Madam's order?" the red-armored knight said righteously.

A group of knights and attendants from the Kingdom of West Asia behind him also pulled out their swords from their waists.

"What's your order, madam?"

"This is Redbud Castle, and this is Grant Territory!"

"No matter what happens, it will be decided by the Earl himself. How dare you, little brat, block my way?" Old John shouted violently.

Although Old John is no longer young, judging from the fact that he can still wear a pair of heavy steel chain armor, he is still as powerful as before.

As Old John kept calling him "little brat", blue veins popped up on the red-armored knight's forehead.

He is an honorary lord of the Kingdom of West Asia and a knight with a noble title.

Although the old John in front of him had followed Earl Grant for many years, he had only been given the title of "knight", which was higher than the title of Lord in Red Armor.

"You old thing, I have long disliked you."

"If it was a few years ago, I might still be a little wary of you, but now look at how old you are!"

"An old guy who is only qualified to guard the city gate, let him die!" A burst of crimson fighting spirit radiated from the long sword of the red-armored knight.

This is the ability of high-level knight servants to release their fighting spirit far beyond that of ordinary mid-level servants.

With the blessing of the power of fighting spirit, the high-level knight attendants not only have a wider range in the battle, but also have stronger endurance.

In a national war, high-ranking knights and attendants are the absolute enemy of hundreds of people.

This is a powerful being who can lead a group of cavalry across the enemy's battle formation.

The melee between the three human kingdoms of the Kingdom of West France, the Lycian Alliance and the Oak Empire has lasted for many years. The highest-level beings that have fallen in the past years are usually just high-level knights and attendants.

The red-armored knight rushed towards the direction of Old John and the carriage amid loud shouts.

The sharp fighting spirit spurted out from the long sword, even cutting a deep crack on the white stone floor in the castle.

Facing the attack of the red-armored knight, Old John sank slightly, motionless as a mountain.

As he gets older, his strength and energy have indeed declined.

But what he has more than the red-armored knight is his experience in battle.

In a head-to-head confrontation, Old John might not necessarily gain any advantage, not to mention that there were more than a dozen sub-level knights and attendants behind him.

Finding and seizing flaws in the opponent's offense is John's experience as a veteran of many battles.

When the red-armored knight attacked Old John, other knights from the earldom who had gathered around also moved.

They were not attacking Old John, but trying to intercept the red-armored knight and the dozen knights and attendants from the West Asian Kingdom behind him.

Old John is right, this is Bauhinia Castle and this is Grant Territory.

No matter what happened, the earl was the absolute being who judged everything.

Madam is not qualified enough.

In addition, the Lycian Alliance has been at war with the two neighboring human countries all year round. Although there are times of cooperation, in most cases, these Lycian Alliance knights in the earldom still share the same hatred against the guys from the Kingdom of Western France.

As the leader of the knights in the castle, Senior Attendant Legner, in addition to respecting Old John, an old man from the Grant Territory, and as a close and reliable person around the earl, he probably guessed who was in the carriage.

It is also basically clear that Mrs. Tiya requested the arrest of the other party, and what noble connections were involved.

In any case, everything will have to wait until the earl comes back to decide.

The city of Skolway itself is not far from the Grant Territory, and according to what the Earl said when he left, the meeting may be over now and he is on his way back to the Earl Territory.

Now that there is news about the eldest young master returning to the Grant Territory, the earl will surely return to the castle faster.

What Legna needs to do now is to keep both sides calm and not accidentally hurt each other.

Including the fact that he had just led people to surround him, he wanted to control the carriage first to avoid any accidents.

However, what is unexpected is.

Facing the attack of the red-armored knight and more than a dozen attendants from the Kingdom of Western France behind him, the first person to take action was not Old John, who was in a defensive posture, nor was it the senior attendant Legner who drew his sword and was about to intervene to stop them.

But it’s Thane in the carriage!

A short and rapid magic chant sounded, and Zhou

The gradually rising elemental power around them made the soldiers in the castle gradually feel uneasy.

These knights are the elite of the earldom, and almost all of them have participated in real wars.

In war, knights who master fighting spirit represent the peak of individual combat power.

But on the battlefield, what really harvests life force is magic!

A high-ranking attendant tried his best to kill a hundred enemy soldiers in a battle, and his own strength and fighting spirit should be exhausted.

But magic doesn't!

A high-level magic apprentice can easily cause hundreds of casualties as long as he hits the powerful magic in a good position and at a good time.

Moreover, the mental strength and magic level of a senior magic apprentice are enough to release two or three even powerful magic that consumes a lot of energy under normal circumstances.

In addition, magic feels more mysterious and powerful.

In the army of the Lycian Alliance, the treatment of an intermediate magic apprentice is comparable to that of a high-level knight attendant.

And he doesn't need to go into battle, he just needs to release magic safely under the protection of his own army.

The magic released by Thane is the flaming knife.

As the only high-level magic currently mastered by Thane, the Flame Knife is not a range magic, but a single-target offensive magic.

The blue flame blade slowly took shape in the air, and all the surrounding soldiers felt the terrifying power and heat contained in it.

Without corresponding equipment and relying only on flesh and blood, even if the senior attendants have the power of fighting spirit to protect their bodies, it is not a joke to force a flaming knife.

And when defensive magic items are so rare, how can a red-armored knight possess them?

As for the career difference between magicians and knights, it will actually change after reaching level one or above.

Because only formal knights of level one or above have the ability to completely release their fighting spirit and condense it into a shield.

Until then, can the knights be called worthy, advancing under the bombardment of magic.

But in fact, once you reach level one or above, the difference between the two becomes even greater due to the more refined professions of magicians.

The knights' ability to gather fighting spirit shields will not be a big deal when faced with the magicians' more diverse methods, as well as the blessings of various types of alchemy props and magic potions.