The statue for the statue was delivered on the eighth day. Although Alfonso wanted it to be faster, the stone Lin Xiao requested was too big for an ordinary carriage to transport. In addition, Alfonso wanted to send some things along the way, so time slowed down.
Fortunately, there was no rush for this matter. There was no time limit for this advent. According to the time flow rate of this world and the main world, it would be fine even if he stayed for a hundred years.
Along with the carriage came a batch of daily necessities and a small group of craftsmen.
In fact, Alfonso wanted the church's first church to be built in the town of Gibson, but the town now had a Holy Church and he couldn't go there. He could only try to prepare some craftsmen to build the temple better.
Lin Xiao met Alfonso in the newly opened wasteland outside the village. When he came, Lin Xiao was opening the Book of Wisdom to summon a ring of fire to explode and burn the surrounding wasteland weeds.
Anyway, this plane is vast and sparsely populated with wasteland everywhere. He planned to open up the wasteland around the village of Forle, either for farming or expanding the village.
The common magic operations in the main world are as magical as miracles to the people in this world. Even though Alfonso has seen the real miracle of resurrection, he is still shocked at this time. Every time he sees him, his faith becomes more devout.
After finishing his own work, Lin Xiao turned to Alfonso and asked:
"You, what did you see just now?"
Alfonso answered honestly:
"I saw the flames flying out of the hands of the messenger of God, burning everything!"
Lin Xiao smiled and shook his head:
"The flames represent destruction, but also mean rebirth. There is rebirth after destruction. My child, after experiencing the last disaster, what do you think of?"
Alfonso was silent for a while, and said:
"I was thinking, if I have more powerful power, I can protect my people."
"Very good!"
Lin Xiao walked forward with the scepter, and Alfonso followed closely. He didn't speak, and Alfonso didn't speak either, but his heart was pounding. A strong premonition told him that something that might change his fate was about to happen.
Lin Xiao held the Scepter of Life and walked around the entire Forle Village slowly. Finally, he returned to the place where he started. He turned to look at Alfonso. At this time, his face was emitting a faint light, and a dignified pressure came over him. Alfonso knelt down subconsciously and as if he had received a blessing.
"You are very lucky. The great God of Life and Wisdom chose you."
The Book of Wisdom began to open, and it opened to the last page in one breath. There was a finger condensed by light falling from the sky and touching the forehead of a knight who knelt devoutly.
"In the name of the God of Life and Wisdom, tell me, child, are you willing to become the guardian knight of my God and guard the glory of my Lord?"
Alfonso raised his head with joy, suppressed his excitement and said loudly:
"I do!"
"Very good!"
Lin Xiao nodded with satisfaction, closed the Book of Wisdom with his right hand, and the condensed light ball flew out and turned into a hand of light, pointing at Alfonso's forehead.
At the same time, he stretched out his hand and waved it, and an exquisite treasure chest made of pure gold appeared in his hand.
When Alfonso opened his eyes, a ray of life light flowed in his pupils.
He opened the pure gold treasure chest. In the dazzling golden light, a set of exquisite white armor and a sword handle guard was a lightsaber with open wings of an angel, and a book of wisdom that was about the same size as Lin Xiao's hand slowly floated up and fell in front of Alfonso.
A full set of Paladin armor, a holy sword of life, and a holy book of wisdom.
This is the full set of Paladin armor set by Lin Xiao. The Paladin armor includes armor head, gray leg armor, belt, etc., each of which contains several defensive magic.
The holy sword of life contains many offensive magic.
And the holy book of wisdom contains many functional magic.
All combined together, it is a full set of equipment for a Paladin.
In Lin Xiao's setting, the lowest level of the church is the church knights, which are the fourteen villagers of Forle Village who were trained before. Each of them has the physique and strength equivalent to that of an ordinary knight, and is equipped with a set of elite weapons and armor that are not available in this plane. Each of them has a powerful force equivalent to that of a formal knight.
The second level is called the Paladin. The church does not have one now. In his imagination, he will have a set of shrunken Paladin suits, and he will also work as a priest to preach. The
third level is the Paladin, that is, the high-level of the church, with extraordinary combat power far beyond the military power of this plane. The function of the Book of Wisdom in their hands is similar to that in Lin Xiao's hand, and it also comes with a group resurrection spell.
The framework of the church has been set up, just waiting for implementation.
Now the first Paladin of the church has been born. Later, he will gradually promote several Paladins. At that time, he can free up his hands and leave the preaching to his subordinates.
In the past few days, Lin Xiao has formulated a five-year development plan.
The first thing is to let the first Paladin of the church become the patriarch of the Gibson family in order to formally implement the development plan.
Although the current Baron Hermann is still in the middle-aged and elderly stage, not old, but the baron is a believer of the Holy Church and does not agree with their ideas.
Of course, if he is willing to spend some effort, he can also pull this baron over, but Lin Xiao is not interested in this. He needs a younger Paladin or Paladin.
This problem is easy to solve. Now Gulda next door is developing rapidly. The descender who was not sure whether he came from the nightmare world or the spirit realm originally planned to offer the Gibson family's mine to make a name for himself. This time he suddenly lost half of his strength, especially half of the weapons and equipment he brought down with great difficulty. He will definitely come to investigate the situation, which will naturally lead to a conflict with Baron Gibson.
Although his strength has declined by nearly half, if Gulda goes out personally, Baron Gibson will definitely not be defeated. If the baron is injured or killed in the conflict, Alfonso can quickly take over the territory.
At that time, whether he manages on behalf of the baron or inherits the title, it will be the same. As long as the power is in hand, it is impossible to give it up.
Telling Alfonso about this plan, he agreed without hesitation, but hoped to save his father, Baron Hermann, by then.
Lin Xiao agreed to this and was more satisfied with this first paladin.
A few days later, a rumor appeared in the baron's territory, saying that two groups of robbers wanted to rob the convoy of the baron's mansion, but a conflict arose and a fight, and finally both sides were injured. The lord's mansion captured several wounded soldiers and a large number of elite weapons and armor.
The rumor spread throughout the territory at a very fast speed, and at the same time spread to other surrounding territories.
This was a rumor deliberately spread by Alfonso, the main purpose of which was to dispel Gulda's vigilance.
If he didn't say so, Alfonso, who suddenly lost so many troops, would be very vigilant and would not dare to come for a long time. Maybe he would directly modify the plan.
With the rumor spreading, Gulda would think that there was a second adventer nearby. Although he was also very vigilant, he dared to come over when everyone suffered huge losses, and he would speed up the plan to come over.
During this period, Lin Xiao began to strengthen the second batch of church knights and the first batch of paladins.
The church knights used the twenty elite warriors from Gulda who were captured. These warriors were carefully selected by Gulda. Now they all believe in him. After experiencing the miracle of the great resurrection, they all have devout faith and are worthy of careful training.
In addition, there are also thirty militiamen who came with them. This batch will be retrained as full-time warriors and serve as reserve forces for the church knights.
As for the first batch of paladins, they were naturally selected from the previous fourteen church knights. The six best ones were selected from them, including the four who escorted him before, and the other two who stayed in the village with the most devout faith.
In the early stage, unless the combat talent is very good, the core members will only choose the most devout faith.
The six paladins were strengthened by the infusion of divine power, each with a set of paladin suits, and their combat effectiveness instantly soared.
It is worth mentioning that Lin Xiao, in combination with the situation in this world, has listed a simple level of individual combat power.
The individual combat power from low to high is:
Militia - men in their prime, they do what they should do at ordinary times, but they will undergo certain training every once in a while, have certain combat qualities, and can go to the battlefield with a simple weapon when fighting. They are also the most numerous and lowest-level cannon fodder in the military system of major lords.
Full-time soldiers - that is, professional soldiers, no longer need to participate in labor, and their main task every day is to train combat skills. They are equipped with standardized metal weapons, and their protective gear generally depends on the territory's finances. Some are leather armor and some are mail armor. They are the backbone of the major territories.
Elite warriors - elite soldiers who are stronger than professional soldiers and weaker than knights, and are also the reserve of knights. In the aristocratic system, they are also called knight apprentices.
Knights - have the physique and strength of several times that of adult men, superb combat skills, similar to generals on the battlefield, and have very strong combat power.
Grand Knight - The advancement of knights. Generally, small nobles and small lords do not have such powerful warriors who have experienced hundreds of battles. From Alfonso's mouth, it is learned that there are no more than five Grand Knights in this vast area ruled by Earl Dyson.
According to Alfonso's description, the combat power of the Grand Knights spans a wide range. The strong ones are much stronger than the weak ones. Even the weakest ones are stronger than the church knights with elite weapons and equipment, and are equivalent to the church paladins.
But if the paladin uses the divine arts in the paladin three-piece set, it must be stronger than the Grand Knight. After all, the extraordinary power is still very strong.
It is said that there are legendary paladins above the Grand Knights, but this is just a legend, and the entire kingdom has never heard of it.
It is said that the legendary paladin has power beyond the imagination of ordinary people and can split the thick city gate with a sword.
According to this assessment, this paladin has the physique and strength equivalent to the sixth-order extraordinary level, which is indeed extremely strong in this world.
Comparing this Paladin with his enhanced Church Paladin, the Paladin strength comparison in Lin Xiao's imagination should not be much different. In his imagination, the complete Church Paladin will have extraordinary physique and strength, plus the Paladin three-piece suit, it should be able to beat the Paladin of this world.
(End of this chapter)