The Lord of Ashes

After installing his mother's large floor-to-ceiling painting, Thain walked towards the outside of the Earl's Mansion.

When he arrived, many people "greeted" him.

Whether it's with good intentions or bad intentions.

When he left, no one stopped him.

Old John wanted to dissuade him at first, but after Thain said a few words through voice transmission, John opened his mouth and finally sighed.

Senior Knight Attendant Greiner also felt that he could not just let Thain leave.

But the countess's hysterical roar after she came back to her senses, and the cold and indifferent look in Thain's eyes when she left, made Greiner shudder.

He was not afraid of Thain's strength, but rather intimidated by Thain's look.

Legner had seen a similar look on the Count countless times.

Although the Earl is a powerful and respected nobleman, those who are familiar with the Earl know that he is also a moody person whose thoughts are difficult for outsiders to grasp.

However, in most normal situations, Earl Grant is relatively approachable on the surface.

Only when he is angry will people feel that the temperature of the air has dropped a few points.

After passing through numerous rockeries, gardens and the luxurious Earl's Castle, Thain knew that this prosperity did not actually belong to him.

When Thain walked to the Earl's Castle, the stone bridge connecting the outside of the castle, a group of dusty knights appeared in front of him.

This is an elite knight squad of twenty people.

What is striking is that these twenty knights all have the strength of intermediate attendants or above.

Including the black horses they were riding, they seemed to be no ordinary breed. A sharp claw on the horse's hoof indicated that these black horses had a trace of Warcraft blood.

Appearing at the front of this team of knights was a noble man wearing purple armor and a red cloak.

The first time he saw the other person, Thain determined the other person's identity.

Including that noble man!

In addition to the reminder of the bloodline tracing magic mastered by Thane, more importantly, the two of them look so much alike!

No wonder the squadron leader at the east gate of Grant City mistook Thain for the Earl.

The same hair color, similar height, 80% similar faces, and even their temperaments in silence are 70% similar.

If there's a difference, it's that Thain's eyes have changed.

His mother, and the small difference in appearance and temperament is mainly due to the lack of the knightly masculinity of the Earl.

What Thane has is more rationality and calm temperament.

Earl Grant is stronger than Thane. Although the opponent has not yet reached the level of a knight above the first level, he is already at the quasi-knight level.

How old is Earl Grant?

When he and Lady Catherine gave birth to Thane, Earl Grant was only an aristocratic young man of eighteen or nineteen years old, which meant that he was only in his early forties this year.

The age of forty is a hurdle for many knights and attendants.

Although protected by the power of fighting spirit, especially those high-level knight attendants, they can basically live to be eighty or ninety years old, or even a hundred years old.

But it is undeniable that after reaching their peak state around the age of forty-five, every year thereafter, as their life span increases and their bodies age, the strength and potential of these knights and attendants will irreversibly deteriorate.

Not to mention, there are some knight attendants who experienced irreparable hidden injuries and accumulated old injuries in the early years of the war, which will accelerate their aging and regression.

On the contrary, magicians become stronger with age.

The older the spellcaster is, the more knowledge he has and the more profound truths he has mastered.

Under the premise that knowledge is power, no one will look down on an old spellcaster.

On the contrary, older spellcasters are generally considered more reliable than younger spellcasters.

Earl Grant has the support of the Earl family. Although he did suffer many serious injuries in his early years, he basically recovered later.

At his early forties, he has reached the level of a quasi-knight.

According to convention, and the potential shown by Earl Grant in previous years, there is at least a 60% chance of being promoted to an official knight in the future.

Sixty percent is already an extremely high number.

And after being promoted to the first level or above, it will be another encounter and world.

Having a lifespan of nearly a thousand years is just one of them.

What's more important is that only by reaching level one or above can these knight attendants and magician apprentices in the wizarding world come into contact with the "essence" of the world.

Only then can we understand what the "Wizard World" is and what the "Wizard Civilization" is?

The Grant family has a rich heritage. As the head of the family, Earl Grant has actually been roughly exposed to part of the essence and truth of this world many years ago.

For example, the perennial conquest wars between the Lycian League and the Kingdom of Western France and the Orc Empire.

After Earl Grant was promoted to Senior Knight Attendant at the age of twenty-three, he understood through family connections why the three major human kingdoms had been at war for many years.

In the Lycian Alliance, as long as the noble rank reaches viscount or above, the family background will not be too simple.

As long as you become the head of a family or reach a certain level or above, you can have access to relevant secrets.

Only the tens of millions of civilians in the kingdom, as well as those low-level knights and attendants, don't know what the truth is.

I only thought that the reason why the war broke out was because of the long-standing grievances between the three major human kingdoms.

And he also regarded war as an important channel for his promotion and wealth.

It is true that some low-level knight attendants were knighted during the war, but if statistics were collected, it would be found that those who were knighted during the war had to reach the lowest level of high-level knight attendants.

And under normal circumstances, the title of aristocrat is not too high.

In the Lycian League, "Lord" and "Knight" were the most commonly awarded titles.

Generally, senior servants who perform outstandingly in war will be awarded "knights", and those who reach the level of quasi-knights will be awarded "lords".

And if they can go one step further and reach a level of life above the limit of mortals, then the real noble title will be waiting for them.

As the first generation of nobles to create a family, a viscount is the lowest standard.

As an earl family, the Grant family can only explain one thing.

This family has given birth to knights above the first level, and there may even be more than one.

As for whether there is a higher level existence, I don't know, because Thain has been away from home for many years and does not know the secrets of the family at all.

On the contrary, his father, Earl Grant, had inherited the position of head of the family early and was still the main lineage, so he should know more.

"Where are you going?" On the war horse, Earl Grant held a riding crop and looked at Thain quietly on the stone bridge.

In fact, Earl Grant went to Skolway City for a pre-war meeting and brought more people with him than this.

But after hearing about his eldest son, Thain, who suddenly appeared in the family territory, Earl Grant immediately threw away the large army and rushed back with only twenty of his own guards.

The large beads of sweat rolling down the bodies of these black warhorses with the blood of Warcraft marked the strenuous exercise they had experienced before.