Chapter 25 Part II

Alex nodded and took Joyce into the tent. The tent was very spacious and a lamp was lit. Alex asked Joyce to sit down while he knelt on Joyce on one knee. In front of him, the voice trembled.

"Joyce." Alex trembled: "I'm sorry... for making you endure so much... it's my negligence..."

Joyce laughed with tears in his eyes and said, "Don't say that, teacher."

He hugged Alex by the shoulders and lowered his head to kiss on his steel helmet. This kiss immediately made the little tent warm and rippling, as if something was spreading between them and affecting Alex.

The three soldiers stood in silence behind him.

"Should we leave you alone for a moment?" The archer gave an ambiguous smile from under his cloak.

"Thank you." Joyce said, "Thank you for taking care of Alex."

This sentence made everyone laugh. Alex held Joyce's hand and knelt in front of him on one knee, as if there was something to say. His beautiful eyes stared at Joey from the gap in the helmet. Alex whispered: "Joyce, I beg you as the guardian knight commander, my priest."

Joyce: "?"

Alex said: "Darkness covers the middle-earth land. I can hardly fight it alone. I have found someone to protect you as your knights and brought them to you. It is them."

Joyce: "..."

Joyce looked at the three men in cloaks behind Alex, breathing nervously for a while.

Alex said: "Their loyalty is unquestionable. They are willing to devote their lives to you, give up everything in their lives, and fight for you at any time. The fall of the Golden City marks the beginning of another holy war in our future path. , It will be very difficult to fight without further support."

Joyce was shocked at first but quickly calmed down. When he saw Alex bringing someone to rescue him, he vaguely remembered the vacant of his guardian knights. Alex was the knight commander, followed by Hugh. He can also recruit three more knights as a priest.

As mentioned in the priest's handbook, the ability of guard knights depends not only on the power of their priests but also on the number of knights and their relationship with each other. The comrades' relations are like siblings, one more knight, the ability of the entire combat team will be multiplied exponentially. But it was just that Alex brought three strangers to him in this way, which made Joyce feel a little sudden.

What was their strength? How was their personal character? Were they have high morale and discipline like Alex? Would Joyce pour his emotions and trust to them just like Hugh and Alex? These questions Joyce didn't know the least.

However, after thinking about it, he trusted Alex unreservedly. With Alex's vision and ability, he once selected Hugh for him. Then these three people, at least, were recognized and respected by Alex. It should not be much worse.

In a brief silence, Joyce looked at the three people in cloaks. The young man had already seen his face before, as well as a big man, and an archer... He noticed that the young man's hands were shaking slightly. Immediately Joyce realized that they were more nervous than himself because they were afraid that Joyce would not accept them.

It may be difficult to decide to give up everything else in their life and follow a priest and the knight commander Alex. Joyce thought they were strangers, but, wasn't Joyce also a stranger to them?

Alex has fought the evil army alone for a long time. He has to protect his priest and defeat the enemy. Keep fighting alone would make Alex hesitate to make decisions for future and neglect potential threats. Fighting like this for a long time will only make him a burden Alex. If he had one more guardian knight to protect himself when he departed for battle, it would make each other feel more assured.

In any case, Joyce was willing to accept it. It was just that the knights arrived too fast, which made him a little surprised. But when he went through it carefully, it was now the most critical juncture. The Golden City has fallen into the dark side's hands, and it was not an exaggeration to say now was the survive or die moment. They have to pull themselves together and get into the fight as soon as possible.

He remembered the Pope's words, and then said it without thinking.

"In the presence of the Holy Light, our souls have no difference." Joyce smiled and said, "Thank you for your trust in me, everyone. I would like to make a contract with you and devote my life to you. In the future, Please tolerate my waywardness and take care of me."

Following Joyce's words, the atmosphere in the tent changed slightly, and it became warm and romantic in an instant.

No one spoke, Joyce noticed that Alex was still silent and said, "Teacher?"

Alex nodded and said, "This is only the first thing, and the second thing... I want to tell you, this is bad news, Joyce."

Joyce then became nervous and said, "Did something happen to Shakes Kindom?"

Alex hesitated for a moment, and then said: "There is no news from Shakes. It's like this. Half a month ago, when I parted with you, the Legion of Undead resurrected the behemoth Saloman Snake in the Tucker Mercenary Principality. . In order to kill that ancient beast, the holy domain knights paid an extremely painful price."

Joyce held his breath and listened quietly. Alex said, "Teacher... didn't protect himself, I'm sorry, Joyce."

Alex slowly took off his helmet, revealing his face.

With a burn scar on Alex's left face, Joyce said in surprise: "Quickly turn the light on and let me see!"

Alex's eyes were flushed and he remained silent. Joyce knelt on the ground and looked at Alex's face in the light of the light. The palm of his hand glowed with lyricism, but he couldn't recover his scars-his handsome face was ruined, the left eyebrow has completely disappeared, and half of his face seemed to have been corroded by intense acid, but fortunately, he finally healed. Joyce felt a little sorry. If Joyce was by Alex's side when he was injured, he might be cured. It is a bit late now, but there is still hope.

"The Dark Saloman snake spews poisonous mist." The hunky man explained to him behind Alex: "I was fighting with the knight commander at the beginning. He suffered a facial attack in order to rescue the trapped soldiers including me. Saloman's poisonous mist was corrosive. This corrosion cannot be cured with herb medicines and holy-light treatments. No way has been found yet."

"It should be cured somehow." Joyce looked at Alex's profile seriously, and the left ear was gone, leaving a hole. Joyce said, "If I could get the essence of holy water, maybe it can promote his skin regeneration..."

"I thought it was bad news." Joyce sighed in relief and smiled: "It's okay as long as your body is not hurt."

Alex was shocked and looked at Joyce. Joyce looked at him with a smile, and said, "Teacher, are you reluctant to take off your helmet because of this? For a moment, I thought you didn't love me anymore. That's it, no more hiding."

Alex would not know how to answer for a while, just replied: "I... Joey..."

The three studs behind Alex all laughed, and the boy said lightly: "I told you, he shouldn't mind."

"Of course I don't mind." Joyce said with a smile, "I think you are more handsome than before."

Since Joyce met the scarred-faced Ray, he didn't know why, but he no longer cared about people's appearance. Instead, he felt that a beautiful and perfect knight with masculine beauty and had suffered so much for protecting him. It was enough to melt his heart when he stood by him.

And Alex's situation is not too bad, at least the other side of his face was still handsome without an injured profile.

Joyce looked at it for a while, leaned forward, plugged Alex's lips, and kissed him just like that. Alex's movements became stiff, and then he hugged him.

After a long time, they separated, and Joyce suggested again: "If you mind it, teacher, you can put a mask on you, and you will become a beautiful man with a silver mask."

His optimistic suggestions made other people a lot easier. The stigmata on the side of Alex's neck was shining, and he felt Joyce's sincere and rippling love. He nodded and said, "There is a third Something, but... let me postpone it, it's not that important."

Joyce said, "Okay, then now..."

He fantasized about what he was going to experience next and was a little embarrassed. Looking at them, a question that made him laugh emerged in his mind: Are you guys going to jump on me one by one or all together?

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