Free Web NovelChapter 825: Chapter 94: The Grand Radiant Competition Festival and the Generous Divine Grace Bestowed by the Goddess (Part 2)
No wonder the crowds were so shocked and fervent, their voices resonating through the mountains and rivers; before the opening, no one had expected that a small border development territory of Hesse could present 24 Half-Lion Griffin Knights!
This scale is something that even many Count’s territories cannot produce. These are Half-Lion Griffin Knights, the most powerful regimented monster cavalry of the Empire, and even some self-proclaimed Half-Lion Griffin Knight Orders may not have so many Half-Lion Griffin Knights.
As the Empire’s top-tier military unit, the strongest representation of human combat power, the Half-Lion Griffin Knight Order is the pride and model of all knights.
Countless people pride themselves on having seen a single Half-Lion Griffin Knight. Now, here they see an entire Half-Lion Griffin Battle Group; how could the knights not go mad?
More importantly, it’s so contrasting; no one expected to see so many top-tier soldiers in a desolate border corner.
But the shock for all cheering crowds was far from over. Soon, they saw elite combat groups marching out from the castle gates one after another, with large numbers of elite knights in orderly formation, their footsteps thundering, the majestic military formations’ banners and armor shining in the world.
The formation stretched from Bauhinia Palace’s gate all the way to the Cross River Bridge, and then from the Cross River Bridge moved to the Festival Square, one formation after another aligned on the long streets, waiting for the Lord’s review in a long orderly formation.
Then, under everyone’s eager eyes, Su Li, riding the exceptionally mighty and elegantly massive Death’s Claw monster, passed through the castle gates, escorted by more than 60 Golden Armor Knights, crossing the Pride of Hesse, the Cross River Bridge, and arrived at Festival Square along the formation on the right side of the long street.
With a wave of his hand, the square erupted in thunderous cheers, far more fervent than before, the sound surging into the sky! This time, the cheering was not just from the knights; countless residents of the entire territory shouted with excitement and applause.
In the entire Hesse, Su Li truly holds unparalleled prestige; victory is the greatest inspiration! No resident would question Su Li’s prestige; under his leadership, the territory cut through thorns and defeated one formidable foe after another, eventually, through countless victories, the entire territory finally gained a firm foothold in this desolate and dangerous region and continued to grow stronger.
It can be said that without the hard fighting and development led by Commander Su Li, this land would definitely not have such a prosperous and civilized territory!
His merit, contribution, and pioneering hold an irreplaceably significant meaning for the territory.
Countless residents fervently and devoutly shouted, "Long live the Lord!"
"May the light of the Goddess always shine upon you!"
Su Li waved to the residents with a smile all the way, and then, under the army’s escort, he reached the statue in the center of Festival Square.
This is the second largest statue of the Sun Goddess in the territory, crafted by the Sun Goddess Church Priest Rong’en. The largest statue is on the monastery plains to the north of the city; that statue, over a hundred meters tall, even affects the surrounding territory of Heisen City due to its elevated northern location, allowing the residents and knights to charge fearlessly against the enemy under the gaze of the grand holy image of the Sun Goddess!
And this second-largest statue is also over 60 meters high; hundreds of knights standing beneath the huge holy image do not overshadow it but rather stand as loyal guardians of the Goddess, making her appear especially sacred and magnificent.
As Su Li approached within a hundred meters of the statue, stone fire pillars on both sides of the passage began igniting in succession. As he passed each stone pillar, the phosphorescent powder in the fire basins erupted into intense flames.
With Su Li standing before the Goddess’s holy image, the Neva Cauldron here had already prepared the tactical pieces to be offered. These are the finest simulation game pieces made entirely by the fiery sun church priests of Hesse using sun bee wax.
Serving as the ceremony host, Rong’en Priest stood beside Su Li, loudly singing, "Please, Lord, ignite the Holy Fire and offer the wax army, signifying that ’strategy should be as a hot knife through butter’!"
The classic teaching annotation of ’strategy should be as a hot knife through butter’ immediately triggered gasps and uproar across the square. Many church followers and knights experienced a sudden enlightenment! Many people in the crowd sighed, praising that Rong’en, indeed deserving to be the Archbishop, had profound understanding of the teachings, making the teachings comprehensible and enlightening the believers with just a few words.
Even some knights and ordinary residents from other churches were greatly awed, and their interest in the teachings of the Sun Goddess surged abruptly.
At this moment, Su Li also felt a sense of reverent admiration for the teachings as if a grand mission descended from the skies, shrouding him in a golden light.
He immediately raised the warhammer in his hand, stretching it into the gold-cast Neva Cauldron, and with the activation of the flame rune on the warhammer, a burst of flames instantly set all the sun bee wax pieces ablaze.
The ultra-high-quality sun bee wax created a dazzling luster like the fiery sun, with flames shooting up from the Neva Cauldron over a hundred meters high, a light pillar piercing through the pure white clouds.
The clouds were instantly dyed with a golden sheen, and from the opened clouds, they permeated with a brilliant golden light, as if a gate to the Celestial Kingdom had opened.
This divine spectacle made the well-traveled knights exclaim, "This is definitely the aura of Divine Grace descending."
