Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 25: The Knight Templar, Part 1
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...—1st January, E643 | Eden, Emiliel Holy Kingdom—...
NEW YEAR is welcomed with joy by every country. People hold various events to enliven the first day of the new year. Starting from eating together to big festivals, both in the village and in the city. No matter what, the new year is never empty.
Cities in Emiliel Holy Kingdom—which in fact the country with the highest religious value—pun is no exception.
Together with Axellibra, the total number of cities in this country there are seven. Ephrons. Carmelite. Eden. Abilene. Canaanite. And Sheba. Axellibra was in the middle of the six cities, while the cities were escorting Axellibra in a hexagon star formation. The holiest city is of course Axellibra, but in this world nothing is more beautiful than the City of Eden. The city whose concept and realization was initiated by Nueva Vermillion is the real personification of the word “surga”.
However, even in this city called the garden of paradise, the excitement of the new year remains real.
With the snow still falling bleaching the streets and the roofs of the houses, people were busy enlivening the city— making it seem really alive. Axellibra is the safest city in the history of Iceland. Even when Lake Deus was still there, Axellibra since its formation has always been the safest. The existence of Fie Axellibra guarantees that. Even as the tension of the Islans rose, the inhabitants of Axellibra lived without burden. Look how happy they are to celebrate the new year!
Unfortunately that did not apply to those who belonged to the elite forces of the Knights Templar. With the war on the horizon, they have no time to celebrate the new year with their families. Every day busy. Ensure physical stay fit. Practice techniques to stay sharp. Train movement in formation. Tracing materials about tactics and tactics from the strategist. And other things.
The majority of the soldiers' activities were outside the city, only activities that did not require them to actively move were carried out in the city.
The Knights Templar were divided into twelve divisions, each division being named Order 1 through Order 12. Each division was led by a Saint. The lowest was the Order of the 11th Knight Templar, the Order previously led by Saint Marcus Vehelmi Vandiesell. Previously they numbered 30,000, but two-thirds were later killed and left with 10,000 alone. Now, under the command of Saint Rossia Himera, their number had increased to 40,000.
The division with the most number of members was held by Order 1, the Order commanded by the strongest Saint at this time: Arthur Lancedragon. The order had a total of 120,000 soldiers. Of the six Orders not headquartered in Axellibra, Order 1 is one of them. The Order of the Knights Templar with the largest number of troops is based in the heavenly city, Eden.
Arthur Lancedragon, the leader of the 1st Order, was a twenty-one-year-old young man. He officially became a Saint three months ago. Arthur succeeds his grandfather, Ulbath Lancedragon (the previous strongest Saint status holder). As is their tradition since the beginning of the change of leader of Order 1, Arthur killed Ulbath in a duel full of honor witnessed by Pope and Fie Axellibra.
Arthur, like the other Lancedragons, has dark blue hair. Arthur's hair is short, but his hull extends past his chin. The sideburns framed his masculine white-skinned face—as if to be a bodyguard for his nose. Arthur's eyes are sharp, his irises are deep blue, and the dark color in his eye bags shows just how hardworking the Saint is.
The second youngest Saint wears black— semi-rubber pants with shoes that are also the same color. His clothes were typical of royalty, his arms were long and blue in color. In that shirt he was wearing a black shirt. Surrounding his clothes was a thick white hairy robe on the neck—the cloak was open, not a single button was hooked. A double-bladed sword symbol with the tip facing down was clearly drawn on the back of the robe.
Walking with her through the snowy path was Merlin Cameleon, a woman of Arthur's age with her long waist-length purple hair bobbing.
This fair-bodied beautiful-faced woman was wearing a thick robe covered in a black purple color. In his left hand was tightly held onto a sheet of paper with ink scratches on it, while his right hand was twitching to put emphasis on what his mouth was muttering.
Merlin was Arthur's right-hand man in the Order of 1 Knight Templar, he was not much weaker than Arthur himself.
“That means Ed's Forbidden Valley can't be a major battlefield,” Arthur said.
“With the active movements of the Warebeast Great Kingdom and Vladivta Kingdom forces on the northwest side of Ekralina, your conclusion is on target. Favilifna Kingdom allied with the empire. If the Warebeast Great Kingdom occupied Ekralina, the Favilifna Kingdom would be in danger. They can't let that happen. The Imperial Army will occupy Ekralina. We can't let one of them occupy that kingdom.”
“Yang means Ekralina Kingdom will inevitably become a battlefield,” concludes Arthur. “By taking over Ekralina, we can start a war with Favilifna Kingdom. They have refused to accept the punishment they have to accept, starting it from the kingdom will not tarnish the name of Knight Templar.”
“But that doesn't mean we should leave the Forbidden Valley Ed,” Merlin continued. “Ordo 1 Knight Templar will keep centralizing position there. Our task is to secure the territory, to prepare it as the capital of Islan. Tonight I will go straight there; yesterday Saint Rossia has sent a message that all the construction for our military base is done.”
“Ordo 1 is the main fighting force of the Knights Templar. If Ekralina Kingdom becomes the main battlefield, we should also be there.” Arthur refuted. “Can't Order 2 or 3 take over our duties in the Forbidden Valley?”
“...Don't tell me that you haven't finished reading all the books about Order 1 Knight Templar, Arthur.” Merlin sent a sharp look at Arthur, then let out a long sigh. “You are now Saint Order 1. Our order is responsible for preparing the Forbidden Valley of Ed as the capital of Islan. This noble task has been aspired to by your predecessors. You as their successor should understand..”.
“You can't blame me for not having finished reading all those books,” Arthur complained.
“Your lazy grandfather was indeed amazing: he died leaving so many jobs for you.” Once again Merlin let out a long breath. “I will take care of all that for you; you just need to hear instructions from me. But of course it's not free. After this conflict is over, you must accompany me to meet my parents.”
“Of course, I don't have a problem with that. But Merlin, you're really amazing. I was very helped by your presence.”
“Then remember your words well. There's nothing better than me you can find.”
“Ha-ha-ha. Of course, Merlin, of course.”
They continued to talk about things that were not serious while their feet continued to step. Arthur and Merlin arrive at their destination just a dozen minutes later. It is a medium-sized church, but the tower is the tallest of all the churches in the City of Eden.
“Just get here, Merlin, you can go back to headquarters.”
“I have to make sure you actually teleport to Axellibra. Like I said, your grandfather is famous for his habit of deceiving his subordinates. He often uses the teleportation system to abandon his duties and avoid meetings on the grounds of misdirected teleportation.”
“Don't equate me with that old man! I'm the man in charge. My dad made sure I didn't grow up to be a slacker like my grandfather.”
“Then don't complain much. Comein. I'll see if you're really different from your grandfather or not.”
Arthur sighed in resignation hearing Merlin insist. Finally he could only nod, together they stepped into the church.