Chaos Crown

Chapter 129, The Monk and the Vow of Poverty (the third one!)
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The night after arriving in Guangze, the Duke of Kayneth sent someone to greet them and arranged accommodation for the group. The Duke himself was still vacationing in his manor at this time. He expressed his regret for the incident and dealt with it. Related personnel.

In the end, a general who was beaten all over his body and his back was bloody was sent to Aaron by the Duke. The Duke's special envoy told Aaron: We have already punished those who should be punished, and now we hand over this malfeasant to you , Your Excellency Aaron Salian, you decide how to deal with him.

The implication is that the fate of this man is left to Aaron to handle.

Duke Kayneth did this very interestingly: he didn't want to meet Aaron directly, because that would inevitably affect his Duke's prestige by personally apologizing, but he handed over his generals to let Aaron handle them, expressing a Great sincerity.

But he said that he would let Aaron deal with it at will, and the Duke himself had already used the punishment. If Aaron really wanted to do something, it would be tantamount to using the punishment twice.

That's why Duke Kayneth played very skillfully. When the Duke's personal guards dragged the general into the room, he really looked sluggish, blood was still dripping from his body, and the flesh on his back and his legs were all messed up. He was held up by two armored guards.

"Your Excellency, I'm sorry! It's my responsibility." The general knelt in front of Aaron dejectedly: "Please deal with it, Your Excellency, I, Joachim Pope, will not have any complaints!"

Aaron sat on a chair and looked at General Joachim Pope who was kneeling in front of him, with a complicated look on his face for a moment.

Blame him?Are you going to kill him?But Duke Kayneth had already been punished, and Charlotte also expressed his deepest thoughts. Aaron was not very sad, and even vaguely felt that Cyric had helped him deal with a problem.

Don't blame him?But this is indeed his responsibility. His soldiers are not optimistic about the clansmen who were exiled by him.

Seeing his shameless expression, his rotten flesh trembling in the midwinter wind, the anger in Aaron's heart dissipated a little, he waved his hands and said, "Untie him."

"Yes!" The Duke's armored bodyguard released the general's rope, and General Pope kowtowed once, then continued to kneel without speaking.

"General Pope, you joined the army very early. During the war with Zambia, I could hear your name even in Susar. No matter what you say, you are a strong general. Since His Excellency the Duke has already punished you Now, then I won’t kill you today, I just hope you can remember this lesson from now on so that you can do it yourself.” Aaron said lightly.

"Yes, thank you for your kindness!" General Pope breathed a sigh of relief. He is not yet 30 years old this year and is a new star in the Duke of Ireland's army. I fell down!
"No, the matter is not over yet." Aaron said coldly, "I haven't completely forgiven you yet!"

"Your Excellency?" General Pope raised his head in disbelief.

"Tomorrow, I will go to the scene with my teammates to investigate the situation. Since His Royal Highness has sent you, this part of your army should be on standby. If something happens, I need you and your army to respond at any time. "

"...Understood! Joachim Pope is waiting for your instructions at any time, Your Excellency Salian!"

When the Duke's personal guards took the general out, Leonard, who was planning to warn him, smiled and said, "As expected of a junior, he easily brought us a support army, but he still owes us a favor."

"His Royal Highness Kayneth-Ires is scheming." Aaron shook his head and said with a smile: "Knowing that I would not do anything to his general, I sent him here to act in a play, which can be regarded as exposing this matter."

The Duke of Kayneth had helped Aaron twice before, and the 1000 golden lion coin ticket could be said to have solved Aaron's urgent needs, and then he helped him when he met the princess. As soon as the play was played, the relationship between the two was preserved, and Aaron's face was also saved.

"Rest well at night, tomorrow we will go to the Monk Monastery." Aaron got up: "Then go to the scene."

"Okay!" Leonard went out.

"Sister?" Aaron looked at Charlotte.

"Well, okay, sister knows." Seeing that her younger brother didn't leave her alone, her little face bulged like a bun, and seeing Aaron's firm attitude, she reluctantly left Aaron's room.

The next day, after breaking away from the main force, Aaron, Charlotte, and Leonard walked into Guangze.

Aaron's first impression of this place was that it was barren, dilapidated and cold.

The swamp with no end in sight is covered with ice and snow, the land is barren and withered everywhere, and the thick layer of ice covers the swampy land underneath. Unlike inhabited places, the wind and snow in the distance covered the sight of the three of them, only the hills that were faintly visible in the distance stood with many pillars.

Those are all kinds of animals, monsters, and even human bones.

"This is really not a place for people to stay." Leonard sighed: "It turns out that your people have been exiled here, junior."

"Yes, but this is already an extrajudicial favor from His Majesty." Aaron shook his head, his brows were tightly frowned: "Let's go to the Monk Monastery first."

"Monk?" Charlotte blinked excitedly. Although the eldest lady doesn't like this kind of wild environment, she likes to be with her younger brother. When she heard the word monk, the eldest lady smiled casually: "I thought The monks are long gone."

"The way of a monk is indeed too harsh." Leonard admitted this, and the paladin brushed the snowflakes off his robe with his fingers.

Paladins are actually very similar to monks. They all gain powerful power by resonating with the original laws of the world through various rules and regulations and sacred oaths.

However, there are still essential differences between the two professions. Paladins advocate "joining the world". They swear to uphold justice and justice, swear to fight against the eroding darkness with all the good in the world, and swear to hunt all the evil lurking around. For a paladin, living in isolation and practicing alone is very rare and does not conform to the teachings of the paladin, and its existence itself determines that it is born for adventure.

The monks are different. For the monks, "entering the world" is only for "exiting the world". The monks seek to improve themselves through meditation and precepts. Production activities, visits to neighboring villages and towns, and services rendered in exchange for food and other supplies are "birth".

The only choice is to leave the monastery and take risks in the mortal world, that is, "enter the world". Leaving the place of practice, ending the collective lawful life and becoming a wanderer, this is quite a harsh change for monks, and it is not easy accept.

Therefore, paladins are born adventurers, and monks often come out to take risks for important reasons.

That's why the eldest lady said that she thought the monks had long been extinct.

Because if the warrior is the most prevalent occupation in the kingdom, then the monk is the rarest and least existential occupation in the kingdom.

This is the hardest, toughest, most grueling career path!
And even if one can become a legendary monk, one still has to be bound by the rules and regulations.

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There are some monsters in Guangze, such as goblins and gnolls.

But Aaron doesn't even bother to look at these monsters now. He saw enemies from a distance, and when he raised his hand, a Tzeentch flame exploded into the crowd of goblins, quickly forming a Tzeentch fire demon, and the entire goblin The group fled in panic.

Leonard looked at Aaron's spells curiously, paladins always felt that Aaron's magic had a strange evil spirit.

However, Warlock's bloodlines are all kinds of strange, and the spells they cast are also different, so Leonard didn't say anything.

After the group walked five kilometers, they arrived at the Monk Monastery.

The scale of this monastery is surprising. If in Aaron's mind, the monastery = a huge stone deconstructed building complex, then the monk's monastery is just a wooden village in the hills of the swamp.

The entire monastery only uses wood as the wall, enclosing a small open area between the two hills, and surrounding the valley to form a monastery. The buildings inside are all made of wood, and many places have been in disrepair for a long time. , Below the open area is the frozen swamp, so the monks used wooden planks to make many bridges and steps to connect the wooden houses.

The gate of the monastery is also made of wood. Although the gate is closed tightly, it feels like it will fall if pushed.

Aaron knocked on the door of the monastery.

An old monk came out. He was wearing an animal skin robe, his hair was cleanly shaved, and his eyebrows were already white. He glanced at the three people below, and the monk said, "Who are you? Recently Guangze There was a bloody incident, a group of cannibals broke in, and many people were killed, so the Guangze Monastery was closed, and it is temporarily not accepting outsiders."

"I'm Aaron Salian." Aaron shouted, "That's why I'm here! I want to ask about the murder and about my son Maximian. I also want to see him." empty' master."

The old monk hesitated for a moment, seeing that Aaron's expression did not seem to be fake, and his appearance was two or three points like Maximian, so he nodded.

The gate of the monastery opened, and there was a chill in the face, as well as livestock crowded in the canyon.

There are probably less than a hundred monks in the Guangze Monastery, and they are also engaged in production at ordinary times. Among them, the high-grade death cheese they make, made of animal milk squeezed from the domesticated Catobrax beast, is popular all over the country. To 5 gold lion coins.

This soft cheese with a red paraffin rind is still a delicate, expensive addition to the dinner table.

Aaron repeated his request.

"You came just in time, the last Salian." In the wind and snow, the old monk clasped his hands together and saluted Aaron: "Kong didn't clean up today, you can go see him directly."

After finishing speaking, the old monk took Aaron, Leonard, and Charlotte to a longhouse made of thatched grass. This longhouse was a bit dilapidated. It is covered with thatch, and the furnishings in the house are very simple, except for some basic daily necessities and a hard bed.

Apart from an iron pan hanging in the air, there is not even any metal products in the room.

A warrior monk with thick eyebrows, wearing trousers and sandals, leggings and arms with thick eyebrows, small eyes and big nose folded his hands together and stood up to welcome everyone.

The old monk said a few words to introduce the origins of Aaron and others, and then left the house.

"Hello, Master Kong." Aaron saluted the monk respectfully.

"Your Excellency is awsome." The monk immediately replied, no joy or sadness could be seen on his face, he just lowered his head humbly.

"Let me introduce you, this is Master Kong." Aaron turned to Charlotte and Leonard and introduced: "He is not only a monk, but also an ascetic monk who made a vow of poverty! "

"Hehe~" The ascetic monk named Kong smiled lightly.

Charlotte didn't respond, but Leonard was deeply taken aback.

Ascetic? !Poverty oath?

The oath of poverty is recognized as the most powerful oath in the kingdom, but it is also the most stringent oath!

The requirement of this oath is that the oath-taker voluntarily renounces and donates all his wealth!And since then can no longer own or use any material wealth!

How strict is this oath?
Let us put it this way, once a man has taken the Poverty Oath, he is only allowed to own the following property in his adventures:
One, a simple non-magical weapon such as a staff, club, dagger, hammer.

Two, a set of ordinary cloth armor with non-magic attributes.

Three, no more than one day's ration at most.

Fourth, you are not allowed to actively use any magic items, unless they are given to you by your teammates, and you are not allowed to wear any magic equipment, even if it is borrowed by your teammates.

Fifth, do not leave overnight money.

By taking the "Poverty Vow", the monks will be called "ascetic monks". They give up magic weapons and all external help, and hone their "mind, body, and skills" to the greatest extent by eliminating material enjoyment. , so as to pursue the power of transcendence and holiness.

The bonus of the Poverty Vow is very powerful. Even an apprentice-level ascetic can get high bonuses in physical attributes, defense, and magic resistance after taking the Poverty Vow. , this bonus will become stronger and higher.

They are one of the professionals with the highest perception attributes, and they are almost immune to most of the charm and mind spells.

However, the ascetic monk is also the most difficult and arduous career path that will quickly exhaust people physically and mentally. The powerful power brought by the vow of poverty helps them and also binds them. Once the vow is broken, the power of the ascetic monk will dissipate. , turning back into a normal monk, and will never be able to take the Poverty Vow again.

Any little hole in the heart, any little pleasure beyond the scope of the oath, will break the oath, and there is absolutely no possibility of redemption.

"Dervish is really powerful, they can face a dragon alone.

Ascetic monks are really weak, they will collapse because of a gem. "

——Kingdom Joke

Therefore, there are often many challengers in the pledge of poverty, but 90% of people cannot last for a year. It is difficult for ordinary people to resist the temptation of material things, especially for races with strong desires like human beings.

Leonard could tell that Sora was not young, which meant that he had been on this road for a long time.

This can't help but make the paladin awe-inspiring.

"Master Kong, I need your help." Aaron said respectfully, and he took out Samir's letter.

Kong nodded, he took the letter, glanced at it a few times, and instead of rushing to reply, he stared at Aaron.

"Master?" Aaron was puzzled.

"You don't need to call me Master, young man, just call me 'Kong'." The ascetic stood up and stared at Aaron.

"Young man, you give me a strange feeling."

"I can feel your kindness."

"But I can see something in your eyes."

"I saw the most primitive darkness in the depths of the universe, and the most ferocious madness!"

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