Chapter 127: On Meritorious Deeds
The speed of the Temple of the God of War was not slow, and early the next morning, the chief paladin of Locks personally came to Jenn's residence. At this moment, he has swept away the previous decadence, and the whole person is full of spirits, Jenn knows that this guy must have gotten quite a lot of benefits from the previous ghost ritual without looking closely, and the faint power emanating from his body alone is enough to prove it.
"It seems that your ceremony was a success, congratulations, Chief Paladin of Locks."
Looking at the paladin chief of Locks Paladin, who had a joy between his eyebrows and couldn't be concealed, Jenn looked unusually leisurely and calm. The decadence of the God of War Temple is their own problem, and it has nothing to do with Jenn at all, so there is no need for him to smell the chicken and dance and follow the God of War Temple, as long as his interests can be guaranteed.
"Thanks to you, Mr. Jenn. Without your help, we wouldn't have been able to retrieve the statue intact, and the Temple of the God of War would probably not have been able to regain its former glory. ”
Compared with Jenn's laziness, the Locks Paladin has an unconcealed gratitude and excitement on his face, and it is no wonder that although Jenn's temper is not very good, his methods are first-class. Locks knew very well that without his help, the temple would not have been able to retrieve the idol so smoothly in the dark realm. A temple that was about to sink was thus restored to God's favor, and for the believers Jenn was simply their savior.
And in the face of the gratitude of the Paladin Captain of Locks, Jenn was unmoved.
"It's nothing, Chief Paladin of Locks, it's only natural to take money to do things. I just did what I was supposed to do. ”
"But for our temple, what you've done is far more than we could have expected."
Locks wasn't a fool either. Hearing the strings and singing knows what he thinks, and when he hears Jenn's words, he knows what he thinks. So Locks didn't hesitate. He gestured behind him. Soon, two paladins walked in respectfully, one of them holding a silver-white disc in his hand, while the other paladin held an elegantly decorated long sword.
"After we retrieved the idol and regained the charismatic approval, the Templar Order approved your application, Mr. Jenn."
As he spoke, Locks took a long wooden box placed in the silver disc and respectfully placed it on the table in front of Jenn and opened it. I saw it in this long wooden box. There is a parchment scroll trimmed with gold and sealed with a sacred seal. And next to the sheepskin scroll, there is a medal of honor. It is carved with a pattern peculiar to the Templar Order -- a right hand holding a scale, and an eye open on the scale.
Seeing this medal, Jenn finally relieved his heart, the Medal of Honor awarded by the Templar Order is a good thing, and there are two kinds of nobles on the Klein Continent. One is the nobility in the state power, most of whom are loyal to the royal family. Recognized by the ruling class, and thus rewarded by the nobility. On the other hand, there is the glorious aristocracy of the Templar Church, who are not loyal to a particular ruling class, but who are able to enjoy the supreme glory through it. In a certain way. The nobles of the Templar Church are much more popular than the nobles of a country, and the nobles of a country can only run in the nest, but the honorary nobles recognized by the Templar Church can be supported by all the temples on the continent of Crane. This alone makes it clear the difference between the two.
The Templar Church awarded such a medal of honor. There are also historical reasons. In history, the Klein Continent has been attacked by the shadow of evil more than once. However, due to the entanglement of interests between various countries, they are often unable to unite against evil.
And in this case, defeating evil can sometimes become a mistake. In many cases, cultists infiltrate the ruling classes of certain countries, and those heroes who uphold justice have defeated evil in the end, but their actions have also brought inevitable losses to some countries. For example, in AD329, the hero Raidon led his team to break through many obstacles and finally eliminate Garcia, the witch who was in trouble. But the problem is that Garcia was also the only princess of the Kingdom of Curres at that time, although it was said that Her Royal Highness the princess was tempted by demons to fall into darkness and deserved it, but Garcia had to choose to learn the secret methods of evil in order to save the country, and most of the indiscriminate killings of innocents after her fall occurred in the enemy country of Curres. Although Garcia has killed many innocent people, who cares about this among the people of the Kingdom of Curlace?
What is the use of a temple for justice? When we were bullied by the enemy nation, who in your Templar Order was willing to help the Kingdom of Cooles, except for asking the two sides to sit down and negotiate all day long? Although Princess Garcia has fallen, she has fallen for the sake of our country and people, and she has sacrificed for her country!! And you so-called heroes, you only see how innocent the civilians who were killed by Princess Garcia, are the villages and towns that were destroyed by the invasion of the other side on the border of Curres more than innocent?
Therefore, many people in Curres are very dissatisfied with the death of Princess Garcia, and in turn, they naturally resent the hero Raidon and his companions. So much so that after Raidon and the others entered the territory of Cooles, they were even deliberately locked in prison for many days under the pretext of the other party, and finally shocked the temple before they were released.
After several such incidents, in order to avoid "bleeding and tears" for the heroes, the Templar Church finally created such a medal of honor to protect the "legitimate rights" of the heroes.
Holders of the Medal of Honor not only have the right to affix the emblem of the Templar Order to their coat of arms, but also have the right of sacred immunity. This means that even if a Medal of Honor holder breaks the law in one country, that country is not in a position to arrest him and put him in a prison cell. If they really want to punish the other party, they must gather all the evidence and submit it to the Holy Inquisition.
This is obviously not a good thing for those countries, and the Holy Inquisition, while pursuing justice and goodness, will not condone evil. Suppose the Medal of Honor holder is a mismatch and draws a sword to help eliminate a nobleman, trafficking in human beings, or holding a cult ritual for the evil act. Even if he is a minister, the duke, in the eyes of the Holy Inquisition, he is innocent. In this way, the punishment must be unpunished.
However, religion should not interfere too much in political affairs. Due to the quality of the Medal of Honor, which is a "gold medal for avoiding death", the Templar Order has only 100 Medals of Honor in the past few hundred years. Considering that most of the humans on the surface who are eligible for the Medal of Honor do not live to be one hundred and fifty years old. Now there are only a handful of "honorary nobles" left on the entire Klein Continent.
Unbeknownst to Jenn, there had been a debate in the Templar Order over whether or not to award him the Medal of Honor. After all, he killed so many soldiers of the Valkyrie Principality in front of him, although it was said that there was a reason for the incident, but it can also be seen that this person is ruthless, although there is no problem with his family background after investigation, and he also helped the Temple of the God of War to get back the image of the Sage, but Jenn's cruel and tyrannical behavior made many representatives of the Templar Church quite dismissive, thinking that if the Medal of Honor was awarded to Jenn. With his kind of murderous temperament without saying a word, I am afraid that the Holy Inquisition will be busy in the future. The Templar Order's status in the hearts of nations will be diminished.
However, in the end, the Templar Church decided to award the medal, and after investigation, it was found that the Pachanommons family was indeed recorded by the Templar Order, which means that the other family did respond to the Templar's call to go to the Dark Lands to participate in the battle between good and evil during the Second World War. Since the facts are true, the Templar Church should not be shameless. After all, they were the ones who called on everyone to die in the first place, and they always had to give something in return.
Second, Jenn's murder can be regarded as a reason, and the other party obviously intends to kill him. It is not unreasonable to say that Jenn is justified or overly defensive. After all, he didn't take the initiative to kill so many people, it was those soldiers who killed him and were killed instead, and the Templar Order wouldn't be so stupid as to call on the believers to sword and not fight back.
The last reason was that the Templars thought that giving Jenn a badge of honor would help him to do good. The so-called barefoot is not afraid to wear shoes, and Jenn was alone before. No money, no power, no big deal if you die. But now, he has the glory of the Templar Order. There is an industry, and there is nostalgia. As a result, Jenn had more concerns. I don't think I'll be going too far. After all, for so many years in the Klein Continent, there are many heroes who have thrown themselves into the darkness for various reasons. Jenn is originally a bloodthirsty and murderous person, if he doesn't have something to leash, maybe it won't be long before a fallen dark hero will appear on the Klein continent again.
Logically speaking, the Templar Church was supposed to hold a grand investiture ceremony, but in order to avoid irritating the Duchy of Valkyrie, which was already about to go crazy, in the end they didn't make too much trouble, but made a brief gift in private, and dealt with it like this.
Jenn didn't care, though, as he wished the Templar had kept a low profile. So, after confirming that everything was correct, he put away the parchment scroll and medal in front of him—from this moment on, Jenn was already an official decorated nobleman of the Templar Order.
"Congratulations, Sir Jenn."
Watching Jenn put away the scroll and medal, Locks smiled warmly and congratulated him respectfully.
The knightly nobility of the Templar Order, although also referred to as knights, unlike the ruling class of the general state, did not have titles of dukes and marquises, but were entirely replaced by priesthood. After the Templar position, the Knights belonged to the sword-wielding class, and they were on a par with the Bishops and Paladins of the various temples, with only the Archbishop and the Elder above them. The reason why it is simply called Sir is to distinguish it from the dukes and earls of ordinary countries, and to show the independence of the Templar Order itself.
Although the nobles of this level do not enjoy the benefits of land bounty like the magnates of the state, they can form a holy order on their own or build a temple on a separate piece of land with the consent of the Templar Order, which is much more valuable than buying and selling a piece of land due to the unique closed nature of the Templar Order, and the honorary nobility is hereditary, and it is unlikely that the Templar Order will reclaim their power and glory unless the descendants do something heinous.
In other words, the current Jenn is at the same level as the Locks Paladin in terms of his priesthood, so there is nothing wrong with him being so enthusiastic.
"This is also thanks to the Temple of the God of War, Chief Paladin of Locks, without your great assistance, I am afraid that the glory of the Pashanon Gate will not be able to see the light of day."
The so-called acting is to play a full set, and now that the benefits have been obtained, Jenn doesn't mind continuing to attack the Oscar for Best Actor here. He stood up, bowed respectfully to Locks, and replied with a slightly trembling tone of excitement.
Facing Jenn's expression, Locks was obviously quite satisfied, so he didn't say anything, just smiled and nodded, then turned around and took the long sword in the hand of the other paladin and handed it to Jenn.
"Without your efforts, all we have done would have been in vain. Sir Jenn, this sword is in the collection of the Temple of the God of War, it is called the Blue Light, it is rumored to be forged from the meteorite of the deep sea, and it has been bathed in the blood of a blue dragon, and it is hoped that it will bring you the light of victory and glory, and take you one step closer to justice. ”
"Thank you."
In the face of the kindness of the God of War Temple, Jenn did not hesitate, and quickly reached out to take the long sword handed by Locks. Although Jenn did search for a lot of treasures from the dark elves after destroying Morsoblais, the problem was that the magic of the dark elves' forged weapons came entirely from the depths of the rock formations that contained magic in the dark region, and after getting to the surface, it was simply a piece of scrap metal. Although the gray dwarves are skilled in blacksmithing, they are all forging heavy weapons, and Jenn looks down on things like tomahawks and flails. [Cerberus] As Jenn's killer weapon, it is naturally impossible to take it out casually to deal with some robbers and bandits, and now that the God of War Temple is willing to give him a divine weapon, then Jenn naturally accepts it.
Thinking of this, Jenn retracted his thoughts, gripped the hilt of his sword, and pulled it back. I only heard a "swish", and the blade that shone with cold light came out of its sheath in response, and then the piercing cold aura suddenly spread to the surroundings. Even the floor and table were covered with a faint layer of hoarfrost. Not only that, but when Jenn looked closely, he realized that the blade of this long sword looked as if it was soaked in water, and it was as unpredictable as a phantom.
It's a good magic weapon.
Glancing carefully at the long sword in his hand, Jenn nodded in satisfaction, and then he put it back in its sheath and hung it back at his waist. And looking at his movements, Locks also showed a little smile. Then he asked.
"Sir Jenn, I wonder what you're going to do next? If you want to stay longer in Cardiff........."
"It's a good place, but I don't want to be approached by the Valkyrie Principality three or two times."
Hearing Locks' wooing, Jenn shook his head. Of course he understood the paladin's thoughts, but Jenn was reluctant to get involved in this. He is the son of the Demon King, and the most important thing is to bring disaster and death to the surface, which is his duty and mission.
"I see."
Faced with Jenn's answer, Locks was not surprised.
"So, when are you going to go?"
Hearing this, Jenn reached out and pushed his glasses, and a strange cold light flashed in his eyes.
"I'll leave as soon as I'm done with a little bit of chores."
Then he spoke. (To be continued......)