novelraw Chapter 259 - 21: Holy Knight, Lionheart Knight, Heavy Armor Knight
Chapter 259 - 21: Holy Knight, Lionheart Knight, Heavy Armor Knight
The mad madam’s words cut right to the heart of the matter, instantly extinguishing any thoughts of betrayal stirring in the minds of the restless Lord Players.
After all, defecting meant they would have to endure a three-month cooling-off period.
During this period, they would be unable to pledge allegiance to any other power. The Cultural Soldier Types and Cultural Camps provided by the Native Power they had been attached to would be completely stripped away, and they might even have war declared on them by the very power they had previously served.
It simply wasn’t worth it.
It was far better to just lay low and wait. Once Lord Tingfeng’s Holy Empire army steamrolled their current Native Power, they could smoothly join his ranks along with the other native forces.
This way, they could avoid hindering their own development.
Furthermore, they could perform great deeds and make a name for themselves in history by following Lord Tingfeng’s Holy Empire in the future.
What could be better?
Qin Feng paid no mind to the players’ complicated scheming. His gaze was fixed entirely on Dick City, the residence of the Duke of the Northern Territory.
This city was not only the heart of power in the empire’s Northern Territory but also the most prosperous and magnificent metropolis in the entire region.
Once he took this place,
it would mean the Holy Empire had completely absorbed the entire Northern Territory of the empire.
He would also unlock the unique Cultural Soldier Type of the empire’s Northern Territory: the Lionheart Cavalry.
These were the same Extraordinary Knights he had encountered earlier, the ones riding Demon Beast warhorses.
However,
Qin Feng had no use for them.
All of his Divine Chosen Villagers would definitely follow the Extraordinary promotion path to become Sielo Knights.
There was no need to downgrade them to Lionheart Knights, whose combat power might not even be on par with the Extraordinary Level Desert Wolf Cavalry.
Only the Lord Players who pledged allegiance to the Holy Empire would be able to reap the benefits of the Lionheart Knights.
Among conventional human Extraordinary Soldier Types,
although Lionheart Knights were no match for powerful soldier types like Mages, Heavy Armor Generals, Dragon Cavalry (Flying Dragon Version), or Dragon Cavalry (Earth Dragon Version),
when facing Extraordinary Swordsmen, Extraordinary Gunmen, Extraordinary Archers, or Extraordinary Warriors,
they were still a dominant cavalry force that could easily crush such opponents.
Just as in the age of Mortals, the thunderous impact of their warhorses and heavy cavalry alone was enough to easily shatter these conventional Extraordinary Soldier Types, who were helpless against such a powerful charge.
Not to mention,
the Gulad Empire’s other exclusive Cultural Soldier Types were also very powerful.
Lord Players only needed to pledge allegiance to a native of the North of Gulad under the Holy Empire to simultaneously gain access to the exclusive Cultural Soldier Types from other Gulad Cities conquered by the Holy Empire.
For example, the Royal Dragon Cavalry (Flying Dragon Version) from the Central Capital.
The Ordinary Dragon Cavalry (Earth Dragon Version) from the Southern Territory’s main city, used to counter the Ventecenia Kingdom.
The Holy Knights from the Western Territory’s main city, who believed in the power of the Holy Light.
The Heavy Armor Knights from the Eastern Territory’s main city, who fight clad in heavy armor.
Their combat styles were worlds apart.
The Lionheart Knight was considered an advanced form of the conventional Extraordinary Knight. Other than swapping their ordinary warhorses for Demon Beast Mounts, they were not fundamentally different from traditional Knights, still relying on collective charges to inflict mass casualties.
Their movement speed was only slightly less than that of Royal Dragon Cavalry in flight, but it far surpassed the empire’s other exclusive and ordinary cavalry units.
The Royal Dragon Cavalry, on the other hand, specialized in instant-kill tactics utilizing One-Strike Evasion. They could also employ roaming and kiting strategies to wear down the enemy.
Their flying speed was unmatched in the entire army. They also had high Life Value, extremely high physical Defense Power, and formidable Magic Resistance.
Qin Feng had already experienced firsthand the incredible power of these top-tier soldier types. Aside from being extremely difficult to train and vulnerable to masters of Legendary Archery whose shots never missed, they had virtually no weaknesses.
Holy Knights possessed a certain amount of Magic Power.
They were a balanced soldier type, a product of Magic and Martial Dual Cultivation.
They could heal themselves with magic, their movement speed was decent, and the damage they dealt was considerable.
This soldier type was originally an Ordinary Knight Order, spontaneously formed in the Western Territory by the ancient Gulad Empire to defend against pirate raids from the various island nations.
However, most cities in the empire’s Western Territory were coastal, and the weather there was extremely volatile. Faced with frequent natural disasters, many of the people developed a deep religious faith. This eventually led to the evolution of the Holy Knight: a Priest-like knight blessed by religious magic. The only caveat was that, unlike true Priests, they could not heal others.
Heavy Armor Knights had the slowest movement speed, but their equipment was the finest, and their physical strength was astonishing.
Their original purpose, much like that of the Holy Knights in the Western Territory, was to defend against harassment from the savage Sub-dragon Creatures and Lizardmen of the Dragon Realm.
However,
ever since Emperor Gulad formed an alliance with the Dragon Realm—especially after many outstanding Knights gained the recognition of Ancient Giant Dragons and became True Dragon Knights who rode them—
these Heavy Armor Cavalry rarely clashed with creatures from the Dragon Realm anymore.
Thus, their purpose shifted. They became a reserve cavalry legion supporting the other three territories, using their powerful physiques and sturdy heavy armor to sweep away any enemy who dared provoke the Gulad Empire in a frontal assault.
’Speaking of which,’
’the old Gulad Empire really was plagued by disasters.’
’It’s located right in the center of the continent, so if any other native nation wanted to expand its territory, the Gulad Empire was always the first target.’
’This left the empire in a constant state of being besieged on all sides.’
’It had to rely on highly mobile cavalry units to rush reinforcements everywhere.’
’That’s how a whole series of unique cavalry soldier types evolved.’
’And it makes sense that they would build such a massive, Great Wall-like fortress in the Northern Territory.’