A group of paladins sandwiched between the Empire and the Federation want to establish a state, which is definitely a big deal, and it is located in the strategic position of the Stratholm district, and this turmoil of statehood has attracted many people's attention from the beginning.

From New Stormwind to Pelares, from Orgrim to the Port of White Tower, in the past few days, almost everyone's eyes have been on the Stratholme region in the northern part of the eastern continent, and the number of emissaries from all over the world has reached a staggering 457, and even the Night Elves, Orcs and Minotaurs, who have never been very involved in the entanglement of the two major political systems, have symbolically sent their own emissaries.

In front of the ancient castle of the Hand of Tyre, on the slightly rudimentary camp training ground, the paladins of the Scarlet Crusaders built an antique ceremonial table out of wood and stone, which was not as ornate as the king's coronation, but considering that the paladins were going to establish a knightly state, not a secular kingdom, such a simple ceremony was not attacked by the arriving envoys.

Some believers of the Holy Light, even from the ceremonial platform full of the flags of the Knights in front of them, saw the etiquette of the classical knights during the Araso Empire, which was completely different from the cumbersome and hypocritical etiquette of the nobles, and was a certain transmission of glory between warriors, just like inheriting the flame of the Holy Light.

The envoy of the Federation is Gore, a member of the Supreme Council, who only entered the Supreme Council from the House of Lords a few years ago, and is one of the members of the relatively junior group of supreme rulers of the Federation, but in any case, he is also one of the most powerful people in the Federation, and his presence here already represents the importance that the Federation attaches to the establishment of the Scarlet Crusade.

On the other side of the viewing platform, the status of the envoys who came on behalf of the human empire was even more transcendent, that is, the great knight of the old era, the current chief of the Church of Light Protector Uther, and the Pope's most trusted privy bishop, the famous "Pure One" Holy Knight Djerk, who is famous in the entire human faith community, and with him came the archbishop of the Kingdom of Gilness, the beautiful "Flower of Light", "Silver Priest" Lady Partris.

Although the envoys on both sides were focused on the upcoming ceremony, the occasional eye contact could bring a clash of invisible flames in the air, and it was clear that, at least on matters of faith, there was also a great contradiction between the Federation and the Empire.

On the side of the Federation, in the second year of the establishment of the Federation, the Supreme Council promulgated the "Faith Act", declaring freedom of belief within the Federation, respecting the indigenous beliefs of all races in the Federation, and allowing every faith force that is considered to be "Orthodox" to open churches in the Federation.

And the belief of the Federation is under the jurisdiction of the Federal Ministry of Truth, that is to say, although it is freedom of belief, but in fact, faith is more used as a "tool" in the federal system, and this kind of instrumentalism for faith is unbearable for the devout practitioners of the Holy Light Church, and what makes them even more unbearable is: According to the information of the annual work report released by the federal government in the 18th year of the Dark Gate, in the Federation, the Holy Light Faith is being influenced by the shamanic beliefs of the dwarves, The atheism of the Sindra elves and gnomes, and the oppression and exclusion of the rising moon god Orthodoxy in New Gilneth.

Although the Holy Light believers still have an advantage in the Federation, according to the current situation, perhaps in 5 years, the Holy Light Faith will lose its current advantage in the Federation, which is a dangerous signal, once the people of the Federation no longer revere the Holy Light, it will represent the faith of human civilization torn, and this tearing of consciousness will eventually make human beings completely split into two camps from body to soul.

This is not what the Church of Light wants to see...

This is also the hidden reason why the Church of the Light supports the establishment of the Knights of the Silver Dawn, and His Majesty hopes that the Knights of the Eastern Continent can be used as the base camp of the Holy Light Faith in the Eastern Continent, so as to save the precarious form of faith in the Federation.

"Bell Bell Bell"

With the sound of a low bell, the slightly noisy scene in the whole camp quickly fell silent, and the fluttering trumpets were heard in the distance, and with the slight vibration of the horses' hooves trampling the earth, the Crusader Escort Knights entered.

The spectators stood up one after another, and some even picked up telescopes to admire the founding ceremony of the purest knight order in the eastern continent that was about to begin.

The first paladins to enter the ceremony hall were dressed in silver armor and armed with a 3-meter-long ritual spear, on the top of which hung the banners of the Church of Light, the Silver Hand and the Crusaders, as well as the personal flags of the three Grand Knights in the current Crusader group, a Grand Inquisitor and a Holy Light **Division, as well as the battle flags of the three warbands of the Scarlet Crusaders.

The 52 carefully selected paladins are all young lads, their armor is polished, and even the vests of the war horses under the crotch are embellished with blue ribbons representing victory and glory, these young knights with excellent equestrian skills straighten their waists and sit on their war horses very majestically, while those strictly trained war horses move slowly forward in a row of 5 people according to the rhythm of loud military music, without the control of knights.

The brushed steps, accompanied by the flags fluttering in the air, in the eyes of the spectators, suddenly returned to the day of the coronation of the Emperor of Lothar, the day when the paladins of the Silver Hand were the first to leave.

And the leader of the ceremonial knights was none other than the son of the Grand Knight of Fordin, the captain of the paladins, Tyran. Fordin, and the son of the Grand Knight of Mograine, Dalyan. Mograine, two fine young knights, standing on the left and right, one holding the horn of the Pope's blessing and the other holding the sacred scriptures that have been passed down for hundreds of years, to the sound of solemn music, this ceremonial knight walked into the ceremonial arena, and then separated like a stream of water, and lined up on either side of the slightly rudimentary ceremonial platform.

This superb equestrian performance and the classical knightly temperament inherited by the Crusaders have been praised by the spectators, whether it is the envoys of the Federation or the Empire, they have not hesitated to send warm applause, and some young lads and ladies even let out cheers.

And after the guide knights, there were the leaders of the Crusaders who entered on foot.

Grand Knight Mograini, Grand Knight Fortin, Grand Knight General Abydis, three white-haired old knights wearing real battlefield heavy armor, with the most serious attitude, surrounded by the escort knights, walked to the ceremony platform step by step, behind them, is the red robe, wearing the Holy Crown, the solemn face of the Grand Inquisitor Ethan Lien, and wearing a golden robe, holding the Holy Light Staff Duane and his apprentice Sarnos.

These five people are the founders of the Scarlet Crusade, among which Mograine, Fording and Ethanlian are all members of the Knights of the Silver Hand, after the end of the Whispering Harbor War, the historic Knights of the Silver Hand has existed in name only, these two great knights who volunteered to stay in the Eastern Continent responded to the call of the Grand Inquisitor Ethan Lien and joined the Crusaders with a group of Silver Hand Paladins.

After the human empire was defeated, they were unwilling to give up their ancestral land, so they founded the Scarlet Crusader to try to defend the last territory of the empire.

But these five leaders also have their own contradictions... We'll get to that later.

Behind the five commanders are the current middle managers of the Crusaders, that is, the commanders of the various orders, including the loyal lieutenant of the Grand Knight of Mograine, the Monk of the Light, Falbanks, and the High Legion Leader Erigor Leegor. Brits, the daughter of the Dawnbringer and General Abydis, Brits. High Paladin of Abydis, adopted daughter of Grand Knight of Mograine, and High Priest White. Miss Mayne, as well as Angela, the deputy head of the Mage Regiment, and Maxwell, the commander of the legion. Thomas, Duke of Tyrossos and Warrior of the Light. Thomson, Warrior of the Light Colfax, Archpriest Innigo. Montoya, Marlan, the leader of the Scarlet Legion, Rohan the Killer, Leopud the Light Hunter, Mataus the Wrath, and Lord Vadmar, who led his troops from afar and volunteered to join the Crusaders.

And that's not all the Crusader commanders, but judging from the Crusader commanders who appeared, although the Scarlet Crusaders were not very powerful, the faith organization that stood firm in Stratholme was full of talent, and its quality was definitely not worse than any legion in the world, and it was even much stronger.

This is also the confidence that the Crusaders can be firmly entrenched in Stratholme under the hostility of the Federation... A few years ago, the Crusaders even dared to confront the Darkblade Warbands stationed at Tirisfa, and they didn't fall behind... This kind of combat effectiveness is no longer comparable to that of ordinary military organizations.

Under the gaze of hundreds of spectators representing different forces, the three great knights stepped onto the ceremony platform, and in the sound of the clash of heavy armor, the three crusader leaders looked at the young people in front of them who had followed them in this land surrounded by enemies until now, their eyes were full of emotion, even the most stubborn General Abydis, at this moment, could not help but sigh.

During the period when the empire had just fallen, all the knights of the Scarlet Crusader were filled with trepidation, and everyone thought that the undead of the Chen soldiers on the border might attack the poorly defended Chapel of Light and the hand of Tyre in the next moment, and completely wipe out their remnants, but perhaps as fate would have it, they survived and supported them to this day.

The most sinister thing in the world is definitely not the battlefield of real swords and guns, in the face of the empire that is far away in Kalimdor and wants to support but has a weak heart, in the face of the federation that has a ghost in mind and always wants to corrode its will with sugar-coated cannonballs, and in the face of the undead immortals who occupy Stratholme and establish their own civilization in a grand manner, the great knights found that they and the knights under their command have fallen into a "peaceful" war, and this war is protracted and more dangerous.

Founding... This is just a helpless move, in fact, no one knows what the fate of the Scarlet Crusade and the soon-to-be-founded Silver Dawn Order will be.

But these knights, who crawled out of the dead, will never bow to reality and fate... They will fight until their true destiny strikes.

"Soldiers of the Scarlet Crusaders!"

General Abydis stepped forward, he reached out and took the torch of holy light handed by his daughter, he held it high in the air, like a forerunner who held the flame high, his low and majestic voice echoed in the ceremonial field:

"We are faithful to the faith of the Light, which burns our lives, so that we will not be lost in the darkness, it finds our way forward, and sincere faith is not only the armor that guards the heart, but also the sword that protects us, and today, under the protection of the Light, its most loyal people will establish a kingdom of Light on the earth!"

"It's a great day!"

Grand Knight Mograini stepped forward, and he also took the flaming torch from his son Dalyan, and his voice was like the most determined sword:

"We should not forget the sufferings of the past, but we must not be bound by the sufferings of the past, we must move forward, we must find the meaning of the Light in this changing world... Defending its majesty, as in defending our lives, the redemption and protection that the Crusaders represent will not be forgotten, and we will be given a new mission on top of the heavy responsibility on our shoulders. ”

"We will exist in the world in a new form, and this is not a blasphemy, but an attempt."

The last of the Grand Knights, Old Fordin, took the silver torch from Tyran's hand, and he said in a loud voice:

"In this turbulent age, the Order of the Silver Dawn will be the reinterpretation of faith for us who hold the faith, and we will prove to everyone with our own actions and our own will that faith and progress are not in conflict, and we will prove to the whole world that we, sincere believers, are not old-fashioned or ignorant..."

"It's not just our responsibility, knights, it's everyone's responsibility!"

"Today, here, I declare!"

The three great knights put the torch in their hands in front of the ceremony table at the same time, and in the furnace carved out of rock, the first golden flame of holy light was ignited, and the entire ceremony field under the day was also covered with a golden veil of light because of the surge of pure holy light, which looked like the most gorgeous human wonder.

"The Order of the Silver Dawn... Founded! ”

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