Capítulo 1572: Chapter 266: What Hayna Fears
Hayna shook her head in some confusion.
As a legitimate Knight of the Knight Nation, she actually didn’t understand why they were called by such a name—was it just because they rode camels?
Shouldn’t they be called cavalry?
Just like Avalon’s “Sky Cavalry.”
Hearing this, “Bai Ke” Prodeno sighed.
He said to Hayna: “Because the original slave knight was a knight on the Path of Strength. It was in the era when giants still existed, a human knight captured and brought to Parthia. A minor noble from the Helasal Empire.”
“…And then?”
Hayna wasn’t very familiar with the era of the giants.
“Then—of course, he didn’t want to continue being a slave. But what could he do? So he said to the slave trader, please let me join you.
“The slave trader was also very surprised. He had seen slaves cry, beg for mercy, and attempt to escape or resist… but it was the first time he’d encountered someone wanting to join his team. He really did need people; after all, having one more person when capturing was always better than having one less, and slave traders often conflicted with each other, resulting in personnel losses.
“But of course, he wouldn’t easily trust the other party—what if it was just a trick? Maybe he just wanted to get his armor and weapon back and then suddenly escape or retaliate.”
“…Indeed.”
Hayna nodded.
She thought that if she were in a similar situation, she might pretend to defect to the other side and then wait for a chance to strike back. It was also a kind of tactic.
“So the slave trader demanded him to commit seven great sins—among them were killing unarmed old men, eating infants, assaulting women, trampling on the King’s portraits, etc. Then he had him swear voluntarily to renounce Helasal, leave his family, and sent the evidence of his crimes and the body fragments of those who died because of him back to Helasal.
“At that time, this knight even dreamed… hoping his family elders could save him.
“Soon, a harsh letter arrived. It was from the elder of his family. He harshly reprimanded the young knight and openly announced his removal from the family, stripping him of his noble status and all personal assets. This proclamation was already made public throughout the country when the letter was mailed.”
Undoubtedly, this was an attempt to sever ties.
He had committed a monstrous crime, and there was no way to save him. So it was better to protect the family’s honor by severing ties before these deeds became known.
Upon hearing this, Hayna’s pupils trembled for a moment.
“It seems you understand already.”
Aiwass said softly: “Upon realizing he could never go back… he fell. He became more vicious, more ruthless, more wanton than those slave traders.
“As a knight from a knight family, he offered the complete set of mystical skills cultivated by his family to his benevolent lords. With his bravery, strength, and beauty, he quickly became the favorite of his benevolent lords, who were called ‘slave knights’ by those who feared and hated him, which instead of angering him, he accepted with pride.
“Before this, the knight profession was entirely monopolized by the Hermes Knight Family. Afterward, mass production of knights became a possibility.
“Soon, this knight announced that because his family had betrayed him, he would open his skills for everyone to use. The precondition was that the successors had to commit at least one of the seven great sins he had done—if he alone fell for survival, it only showed his personal moral failing. But if many fell for the same reason, then his fall was not significant.”
“There is a detail here,” Bai Ke added, “according to our research, the reason he allowed people to commit just one great sin to become a knight was not because of his leniency but due to fear and selfishness.
“Because after he completed the seven great sins, he received blessings from the Fallen Celestial Marshal. He worried that if someone did the same as him, they could gain the same power, making his power no longer unique.
“So, to hide the true secret of his strength, he intentionally confused the truth, spreading the job details to allow more people to become knights.
“Since then, ‘slave knight’ became a profession. This profession, besides gaining the power of Supreme Heaven, also received blessings from the Fallen Celestial Marshal.”
“…Could it be that knights are such an evil profession?”
Hayna found it hard to believe: “So what did this slave knight do then?”
Aiwass said: “From what I know, he later returned with gold and silver and personally killed his father to inherit the title. Afterward, because he attempted to violate a noble widow in the church cemetery, he was destroyed along with his soul by a Descent Apostle… and thus, he did not live to return to Parthia or become a demon.”
“Later, there was a slight change in the situation. Because the internal affairs of the Helasal Empire became chaotic and the management on transcendent individuals became increasingly strict… As people’s loyalty to the Monarch decreased, at least ‘trampling on the King’s portrait’ became less unacceptable.
“Some young men who did not possess knight inheritance took this shortcut to become rebel knights. By right, they had no chance to become knights but with no evidence of guilt, they were suspected to be covert rebels against the King.”