Crown of Chaos

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The night after arriving in Guangze, the Duke of Kaynes sent someone to greet them and arranged accommodation for the group. The Duke himself was still on vacation in his manor at this time. He expressed his regret for the matter and dealt with it. Related personnel.

Finally, a general who was beaten all over and with bloody wounds on his back was brought to Aaron by the Duke. The Duke's envoy told Aaron: We have finished punishing those who deserve to be punished, and now we will hand over this derelict to you. , Your Excellency Aaron Salian, you decide how to deal with him.

The implication is that this man's fate is left to Aaron to handle.

Duke Kayneth's move was very interesting: he was unwilling to meet Aaron directly, because that would inevitably affect his ducal prestige by apologizing personally, but he handed over his generals to let Aaron handle it, expressing Extremely sincere.

But he said he would leave it to Aaron to do as he pleased, and the Duke himself had already used punishment. If Aaron really wanted to take action, it would be equivalent to using punishment twice.

So Duke Kayneth played this skill very well. When the Duke's personal guards dragged the general into the room, they found that he looked sluggish, his body was still dripping with blood, and the flesh on his back and legs were all messed up. He was held by two armored guards.

"Your Excellency, I'm sorry! It's my responsibility." The general knelt in front of Aaron dejectedly: "Please handle it, Your Excellency, I, Joachim Pope, will not have any complaints!"

Aaron sat on a chair and looked at General Joachim Pope kneeling in front of him, his expression a little complicated for a moment.

Is it his fault? Want to kill him? But Duke Kayneth had already punished him, and Charlotte also expressed her innermost thoughts. Aaron was not too sad, and even vaguely felt that Cyric helped him solve a problem.

Don't you blame him? But this is indeed his responsibility. His soldiers did not take good care of the tribesmen who were exiled by him.

Seeing his shameful expression, and the rotten pieces of flesh trembling in the cold wind of midwinter, Aaron's anger dissipated slightly, and he waved his hands and said, "Untie him."

"Yes!" The Duke's armored bodyguards released the general's rope. General Pope kowtowed once and continued to kneel without speaking.

"General Pope, you joined the army very early. During the war with Zambia, I could hear your name even in Susal. In any case, you are a fierce general. Since the Duke has punished you Well, then I won’t kill you today, I just hope you can remember this lesson from now on so that you can take care of yourself." Aaron said calmly.

"Yes, thank you for your kindness!" General Pope breathed a sigh of relief. He is less than thirty years old this year and is a rising star in the Duke of Ireland's army. When he was supposed to show off his talents, he ended up being ruthless in this matter. A hard fall!

"No, it's not over yet." Aaron said coldly, "I haven't completely forgiven you yet!"

"Your Excellency?" General Pope raised his head in disbelief.

"Tomorrow I will go to the scene with my teammates to investigate the situation. Since His Highness the Duke has sent you here, then your army will be on standby. If something happens, I need you and your army to respond at any time. "

"...Understood! Joachim Pope is waiting for your instructions at any time, Lord Salian!"

When the Duke's personal guards took the general out, Leonard, who was about to give some words of advice, smiled and said: "As expected of a junior, he easily brought us a support force, but he still owes us a favor."

"His Royal Highness Kayneth Ireland is very sophisticated." Aaron shook his head and said with a smile: "Knowing that I would not do anything to his general, I sent him here to act. This is a way of exposing this matter."

Duke Kayneth had helped Aaron twice before. The golden ticket of 1,000 gold lion coins could explain Aaron's urgent need. Later, he helped Aaron when he met the princess. Aaron must accept this feeling and act like this. With one drama, the relationship between the two was saved, and Aaron's face was saved.

"Have a good rest at night. We will go to the Monk Monastery tomorrow." Aaron stood up: "Then we will go to the scene."

"Okay!" Leonard went out.

"Sister?" Aaron looked at Charlotte.

"Well, okay, sister knows." The eldest lady's face bulged like a dumpling when her brother left her alone. Seeing Aaron's resolute attitude, the eldest lady reluctantly left Aaron's room.

The next day, after leaving the main force, Aaron, Charlotte, and Leonard entered Guangze.

Aaron's first impression of this place was that it was deserted, dilapidated and cold.

The endless swamp is covered with ice and snow, and the land is completely white and full of desolation and withering. The thick layer of ice covers the swamp land underneath. The messy gravel and swaying dead trees along the way look like nothing at all. Unlike an inhabited place, the wind and snow in the distance obscured the sight of the three of them. Only the vaguely visible hills in the distance had many pillars standing on them.

Those are the bones of various animals, monsters, and even humans.

"This is really not a place for people to live." Leonard sighed: "So your people have been exiled here, junior."

"Yes, but this is already an extrajudicial favor from His Majesty." Aaron shook his head, his brows furrowed: "Let's go to the Monk Monastery first."

"Monk?" Charlotte blinked excitedly. Although the eldest lady didn't like this kind of wild environment, she liked to be with her brother. When she heard the term "monk", the eldest lady smiled casually: "I thought The warrior monks have long since become extinct.”

"The way of the monk is indeed too austere." Leonard admitted this, and the paladin brushed off the snowflakes on his robe with his fingers.

Paladins are actually very similar to monks. They all gain powerful power by resonating with the original laws of the world through various rules and regulations and sacred oaths.

But there are still essential differences between the two professions. Paladins advocate "joining the world". They swear to uphold justice and justice, swear to fight with all the good in the world against the encroaching darkness, and swear to hunt all evil lurking everywhere. For a paladin, living in isolation and practicing alone is very rare and inconsistent with the paladin doctrine. Its existence itself determines that it is born for adventure.

The monks are different. For the monks, "entering the world" is just to "come out of the world". The monks seek the path to perfect themselves through meditation and precepts. They spend most of their time in the monastery practicing, and by the way do some Production activities, visiting neighboring villages and towns, and providing services in exchange for food and other supplies are all "out of the world."

The only choice to leave the monastery and venture into the mortal world is to "join the world". Leaving the monastery, ending the collective regular life and becoming a wanderer is a very harsh change for the monks, and it is not easy. accept.

Therefore, paladins are born adventurers, while monks often take risks for important reasons.

That's why the eldest lady said that she thought all monks had become extinct.

Because if warriors are the most common profession in the country, then monks are the rarest and least existential profession in the country.

This is the most difficult, arduous and grueling career path!

And even if you can become a legendary monk, you are still bound by the rules and precepts.

…………

There are some monsters in Guangze, such as goblins and gnolls.

But Aaron didn't even bother to look at these monsters now. He saw enemies from a distance, raised his hand and fired a Tzeentch flame. The flames exploded into the group of goblins, quickly forming a Tzeentch fire demon, and the entire goblin group. The crowd fled in panic.

Leonard looked at Aaron's spells curiously. The paladin always felt that Aaron's magic had a strange evil aura.

However, the bloodlines of warlocks are all kinds of strange, and the magic they cast is also different, so Leonard didn't say anything.

After the group walked five kilometers, they arrived at the Monk Monastery.

The scale of this monastery is surprising. If in Aaron's mind, the monastery = a giant stone deconstructed building complex, then this warrior monastery is just a wooden village located in the hills of the swampland.

The entire monastery only uses wood as a wall, surrounding a small open space between two hills, and forming a monastery around the valley. All the buildings inside are also made of wood, and many places are in disrepair and dilapidated. , below the open area is a frozen swamp, so the monks used wooden planks to make many suspended bridges and steps to connect the wooden houses.

The door of the monastery is also made of wood. Although the door is closed tightly, it feels like it will fall if pushed.

Aaron knocked on the monastery door.

An old monk came out. He was wearing an animal skin robe, his hair was shaved cleanly, and his eyebrows were already white. He glanced at the three people below, and the monk said: "Who are you? Guangze recently A murder occurred, a group of cannibals broke in, and many people were killed. As a result, Guangze Monastery was closed, and now it is temporarily not accepting outsiders."

"I'm Aaron Salian." Aaron shouted: "That's why I'm here! I want to ask about the murder and what happened to our son Maximian. I also want to meet him." Master Kong'."

The old monk hesitated for a moment, and seeing that Aaron's expression didn't seem to be fake, and that his appearance was two-thirds similar to Maximian's, he nodded.

The gate of the monastery opened, and there was a chill and livestock crowded in the canyon.

There are probably less than a hundred monks in Guangze Monastery, and they are also engaged in production. Among them, the high-grade death cheese they make, which is made from the milk of the domesticated Cato Blacks, is popular all over the country. One pound of it is It costs 5 gold lion coins.

This soft cheese with a red paraffin-like rind remains a delicate and expensive addition to the dinner table.

Aaron repeated his request.

"You came just in time, the last Salian." In the wind and snow, the old monk clasped his hands together and saluted Aaron: "Kong has no Qingxiu today, you can go directly to see him."

After saying that, the old monk took Aaron, Leonard and Charlotte to a long house made of thatch. This long house was somewhat dilapidated. The ground was paved with wooden planks and half-built on the swamp. Covered with thatch, the furnishings in the house are very simple, with nothing except some basic daily necessities and a hard bed.

There wasn't even any metal in the room except for a hanging iron pot.

A monk with thick eyebrows, wearing commoner trousers, casual shoes, leggings and armbands, with small eyes and a big nose, clasped his hands together and stood up to welcome everyone.

The old monk said a few words, introduced the origins of Aaron and others, and then exited the house.

"Hello, Master Kong." Aaron saluted the monk with great respect.

"Your Excellency, you are so complimentary." The monk immediately returned the greeting. There was no joy or sadness on his face, he just lowered his head very humbly.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Master Kong." Aaron turned to Charlotte and Leonard and introduced: "He is not only a warrior monk, but also an ascetic who has sworn a vow of poverty! "

"Haha~" The ascetic monk named Kong smiled faintly.

Charlotte didn't react at all, but Leonard was deeply surprised.

Ascetic? ! Poverty pledge?

The oath of poverty is recognized as the most powerful but also the most stringent oath in the kingdom!

The requirement of this oath is that the oath taker voluntarily gives up and donates all his wealth! And from now on, you can no longer own or use any material wealth!

How strict is this oath?

Let's put it this way, once a person takes a vow of poverty, he can only be allowed to own the following properties while venturing out:

One, a non-magical simple weapon, such as a long stick, a short stick, a dagger, or a hammer.

Second, a set of ordinary cloth armor with non-magical attributes.

Three, no more than one day’s ration at most.

Fourth, you cannot take the initiative to use any magic items, unless it is help given by your teammates, and you cannot wear any magic equipment, even if it is borrowed by your teammates.

Five, don’t keep overnight wealth.

By taking a "poverty vow", warrior monks will be called "ascetics". They give up magic weapons, give up all external help, and eliminate material enjoyment to hone their "mind, body, and skills" to the greatest extent. , thereby pursuing the extraordinary and holy power.

The bonus of the Poverty Pledge is very powerful. Even an apprentice-level ascetic can get high bonuses in physical attributes, defense, and magic resistance after taking the Poverty Pledge. And as the strength of the ascetic increases, , this bonus will become stronger and higher.

They are one of the professionals with the highest perception attribute. They are almost immune to most charm spells and mental spells.

However, asceticism is also the most difficult and arduous career path that can quickly make people physically and mentally exhausted. The powerful power brought by the vow of poverty helps them and also binds them. Once the vow is broken, the power of the asceticism will dissipate. , turned back into an ordinary monk, and would never be able to take the vow of poverty again.

Any small loophole in the soul, any enjoyment beyond the scope of the oath, will break the oath, and there is no possibility of atonement.

“The Dervishes are really powerful, they can face a dragon on their own.

The ascetics are really weak, and their faith will collapse because of a gem. "

——National joke

Therefore, there are often many challengers to the pledge of poverty, but 90% of people cannot persist for a year. It is difficult for ordinary people to resist the temptation of material things, especially for a race with strong desires such as humans.

Leonard could see that Sora was not young, which meant that he had been on this road for a long time.

This can't help but make the paladin awe.

"Master Kong, I need your help." Aaron said respectfully, and he took out Samir's letter.

Kong nodded, he took the letter, glanced at it a few times, and did not rush to reply, but stared at Aaron.

"Master?" Aaron was puzzled.

"There is no need to call me master, young man, just call me 'Kong'." The ascetic stood up and stared at Aaron non-stop.

"Young man, you give me a strange feeling."

"I can feel your kindness."

"But I can see something in your eyes."

"I saw the most primitive darkness and the most ferocious madness in the depths of the universe!"

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