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Out of the hts and priests would always progress the quickest in power level However, these jobs also had the fewest individuals at the highest ranks
The reason for this was simple People in divine job classes would need to establish connections to their God and obtain the God’s assistance and divine favor… in other words, they would need to be spoiled by the God Such people would be able to rapidly grow From a certain standpoint, divine job classes depended on your personality The reed with the particular God’s teachings and the more your personal talent was corow
As long as you had sufficient divine favor, it was even possible to surpass another person’s lifetiht This hy I was called the Child of Light back in the day I had such divine favor it seeitimate child Nobody could understand why a huendary Holy Knight and possess such Holy Light radiance he seeht was probably the easiest job class of all to obtain Gold However, coend would be the hts would always say that they weren’t pious or experienced enough, but reality was always crueler than belief
Their inability to progress in power level had nothing to do with their piousness The God of Holy Light’s autoin with The server would only look at efficiency and benefits obtained
"The same amount of divine power can help ten thousand Bronze individuals enter Silver or help one hundred Silvers enter Gold Moreover, so le person at the peak of Gold find their own path to Legend So the server will naturally choose to help promote as many low-level people as it can for the sake of efficiency As for why it’s so hard for Holy Knights to reach Legend on their own… that’s because all Gold-ranked individuals who depended on outside divine assistance to reach their power level will have unstable foundations Without divine power, they’re nothing end?&8221;
Still, it was much easier to enter lower power level ranks This was appropriate for the average strongest humans who typically reached Silver or Gold and was the foundational reason why the Holy Church’s coth was sufficient to rule all of huht would a belief be able to spread
Although it was difficult to level up beyond Gold, this world would never lack geniuses and abnormal talents Those who tempered theh to Legend or higher As long as there were enough people, Legend and higher-ranked individuals would naturally appear Since Holy Knights had some of the lowest, al, it becahout all of Eich
The Holy Knight job class was a direct inheritance froht job class me with the God of Holy Light They would receive Holy Light powers in response to their prayers Without discussing the religious philosophies behind this, this hat the automated divine power server deterht would help any new Holy Light job class ht and provide divine power to assist outstanding individuals in walking even further down this path
However, there was an unsolvable Gordian knot here Since the God of Holy Light was an automated divine server, what if someone one day had a different or even co froht, just like a gaamer’s account?
"The answer is a definite yes Don’t all fallen angels and fallen Holy Knights lose their powers of Holy Light? Since all Holy Knights obtained their powers of Holy Light through the God of Holy Light, it’s just as easy for the God of Holy Light to ht&8221;
But was it really true that it would be iht…?
"I give ht At the very least, he helped ht was&8221;
As Estrada lost his strength and youth, hisas well Estrada’s life flashed before his eyes as countless memories appeared in his mind
Nobody else knew just how old he was Even the Holy Church had no records of his real age Only Estrada hi period of time would create far too many memories for short-lived huends, Estrada didn’t join this path of Holy Light because the God of Holy Light sumlory Estrada chose to becoht priest in his hometown for one reason only: because he was poor The elderly priest in his hometoas quite sickly and needed a disciple to take care of him, and the priest was also the only one in Estrada’s hometoho could afford to take him in
"Ha! I just wanted to fill my belly I never expected that I would walk so far down this path… is this fate?&8221;
As Estrada’s lifeforce diht shot out of him As they soared into the air, they transforht as everyone below him shouted in astonishht’s memories had never been clearer than this ht priest who took Estrada in didn’t live for ave his job over to the young Estrada who si a priest in a seneration was difficult It could be said that the Holy Church had started out as one of thethe frontiers and wildlands…
Although at that time the Holy War had ended for al a peaceful era, very few species expected such a weak and short-lived species like humans to successfully become the rulers of the mortal plane This status that came too easily wasn’t a stable one There was the Sea Tribe forced to the deep sea, the beastmen that lost their e side of the Holy War but beca to bon so easily
The hue swathes of new territory and explosive growth in their population This helped create innu cities, but soon these cities started disappearing for various strange reasons Soue which was secretly caused by an Evil God, sohtered by the beastory fashion and soing hoard of starving beasts Even now, the nuht re
At this point in tihts were all one family No—it should be said that warriors and commoners were all one family They would all have to work hard to survive, and all of the ier
"What? Old ain? He needs my help to set his bone injury? Wait a h-level Divine Art yet&8221;
"…A new child was just born in the Aiven Family? That’s wonderful news Wait, you want me to bless and name the new child? I don’t even knorite Is it okay if I just come up with a random na arhts? What’s that? Wait, are you here to eli in this area? Wait for uide the way for all of you&8221;
Estrada, who only joined the path of Holy Light to have so to do, discovered more and more that he loved his job In order to be able to protect his own people in this cruel world and harsh environht job class which was born in his time In fact, Estrada had personally created uidelines and standard Divine Arts, although he never told anyone about it It was known by incredibly few that this Strongest Holy Knight was also frohts
"A new job class? Aren’t we just armored priests? Well, I suppose we need a new na, courageous and pure We are the knights for our God of Holy Light We shall take on the roles of protectors in the darkness We are knights that will protect our church and people&8221;
When the first Holy Knight, Yintkachi, lifted his holy ha Estrada was there under the podiu to his idol Yintkachi speak
The first Holy Knights weren’t that special They were just warriors slightly stronger than other warriors—to put it siroup first to feel that the path of Holy Light alone was insufficient to protect their people They carried out their own oath
They roaerous of evil deical beasts They hunted down the Blood Tribe and undeadsituations, they fought against de their holorious first Holy Knight Yintkachi didn’t even survive very long He died not long after establishing the Holy Knights to an unexpected alorious battle hahtly weaker than his older brother and lasted only three months This silver battle hammer was passed down to yet another brother in arainst the Wolfmen You shouldn’t have died You wouldn’t have died if you didn’t rescue those fared you to save them You’re a true hero&8221;
"Sati You were a half beasth people wouldn’t accept you at first, you persisted down this path of protecting others You’re one of our most trustworthy companions You’re a true hero&8221;
"Findicaid You took down the Evil God Albert together with you in order to elihton district You were an unrivalled genius that should have reached the real However, the Evil Gods te a path of darkness, but you finally overcame your own temptations You… you’re a true hero as well&8221;
"Atonlaiven My slyest adopted son I thought you would have been able to succeed this battle hammer from me But why did you return it toin the world is an elder watching his young ones around hi that a little brat like you carried out your responsibilities, even an idiot like you who challenged a Demon Earl by yourself… you’re also a true hero&8221;
Estradaline of previous owners of this battle hammer Back in that year, when resources were incredibly scarce, every single weapon was a priceless treasure Unless this weapon was utterly destroyed, it would be continuously passed down aht tradition
"Roland, you stinky brat, I thought that you could have taken over this battle hammer froeneration like this one, only the slyest ones will be able to lead a good life and continue upholding this overly traditional path of protection…&8221;
Precisely because of such a tradition, the originally ordinary weapons that Holy Knights used becahts’ specialty: holy swords and holy hammers
Naturally, this silver-crafted battle hahts’ heroic spirits within it, ended up becoht in all of history Perhaps this was the strongest Holy Light infused weapon of all tiest Holy Knight froht Which Illuminates Despair From The Brink, the Guardian Battle Hammer of Dawn Envoys!&8221;
This ancient and tattered battle hah the God of Holy Light had abandoned his loyal knight, how could this divine guardian hammer, which possessed countless heroic spirits, possibly abandon a brother?
The elderly Estrada had lost the powers of Holy Light, which caused hie to the point where his hair was snohite Yet he stood still in the air as numerous silver souls walked out of the battle hammer and transformed into soul shields These heroic spirits used their re soul shards to protect their brother
"Brother Aincaso… Little brat Atonlaiven… Brother Sati… Teacher Yintkachi…&8221;
Nuh he wasn’t shaken even the slightest when the God of Holy Light abandoned and betrayed him, tears coursed unstoppably down his cheeks
"I… I knohat I should do… What path we should continue down…&8221;
Estrada once again lifted his battle haht within it into fiercely raging holy flaels once again burned in an inferno of holy flaht stood unht reappeared on his body But this tiht Instead, his Holy Light cah countless generations Estrada’s Holy Light came from deep within himself
"…So it turns out that froh up above weren’t at all protecting us We, our brothers and sisters, were the ones protecting us We believed in the Holy Light siave us the power to protect our faht the Holy Light, which was actually my companions’ path of sacrifice and protection Huin with The only ones we need to remember are all our brothers and sisters that died for us&8221;
This realization in Estrada’s soul ignited his very soulfire His raging flaht vanguard ar had gone out of the Gods’ control
Indeed, because this was just like what Roland and his Southern Sect had done Estrada had proved in front of everyone that Holy Light and the God of Holy Light were two conize this Holy Light, the light which represented protection and sacrifice in one’s soul So what if he abandoned the God of Holy Light?
Estrada’s powers of Holy Light were stolen from him? Ha! He would simply have to take theest Holy Knight froain set a precedent for other Holy Knights He becaht who didn’t worship the God of Holy Light and instead worshiped the Pure Holy Light
Under his gaze, the ht had achieved a power level enough for hio, yet he chose to remain a mortal SemiGod Once Estrada finally cast off that heavy stone pressuring his heart, nothing re his powers that had far exceededfroh to destroy these low-ranked angels
What the "bystanders&8221; below hied to steal back the powers of Holy Light that the God of Holy Light had reclai every single angel present This couard ar their faith
"It’s true that it’s still possible to use Holy Light even after being abandoned by the God of Holy Light The Southern Sect’s teachings were real The God of Holy Light is only a False God…&8221;
But currently Estrada couldn’t be happy about finally learning this As he looked at how very few co, his heart hurt If only he could have taken this step earlier, perhaps…
"Nothing will be changed Order is the highest form of perfection Allwhite-robed priest descended before Estrada His long hair was braided with the ie of the stars themselves, and his handsome face was expressionless
"Mortal, your fate will not be changed&8221;
The other person who descended appeared to be quite elderly Thorns could be seen within his eyes, and this ascetic elder had quite a sad expression
"The Order True Gods of Cleansing and Prophecy?&8221;
Many hunize these two True Gods’ incarnations The True Gods of Cleansing and Prophecy were both Follower Gods under the God of Holy Light They both could be considered slightly strong Middle Gods
"Lamar? Pete? I never expected to see the two of you in such a circuic as well as sorrowful Both Lamar and Pete had formerly been his companions in the past But now their icy cold eyes and tone were no different froht Estrada knew that perhaps this was the foundational reason why he had always refused to ascend to Godhood
"Order is the highest—&8221;
"Mortal—&8221;
The two True Gods’ incarnations started ain, but…
Smack! S them finish In front of this inherited battle hammer which represented dawn and protection, even the True Gods’ incarnations were no different fro his battle hammer, two headless divine incarnations’ corpses directly fell to the ground