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Chapter 162 Paladin (Part )
Dolan witnessed the entire process.

He was with his servants, holding weapons in his hands, and looked foolishly at the heavy infantrymen in oriental armor slaughtering and pursuing the fleeing soldiers.

The strong mental shock made the poet scholar forget to put down the weapon in his hand for a while, so that after several players approached him, they looked at this NPC with strange eyes. The guys behind him had put down their weapons, so why was he still holding the weapon?

However, despite watching, the player did not do anything to this strange guy.

The reason is simple. The icon above this guy's head is white, and he is obviously a civilian unit. Killing him will cause you to lose reputation.

Players are not willing to attack civilians, their reputation is precious.

The game "Empire" is very strange. It does not have the upgrade and point-adding system common in other games. The only things players can upgrade are military rank and equipment.

But after playing for a long time, players discovered that the game actually has an invisible body point-adding system.

That is reputation value.

The higher the player's reputation value, the better his physical fitness. For example, a new player who has just entered the game and a veteran player with a reputation value of 100 are simply two different species physically.

A curious player conducted an experiment. They took a new player who had just joined the game and a veteran player who had been in the game for a long time. Although he hadn't made any big splashes, he had participated in almost every event. They compared their physical abilities.

The former is skinny, while the latter is fat and strong. Even if the newbie accelerates to a hundred meters and crashes into the old man, he will definitely be bounced away, while the old man will stand there motionless.

On the contrary, if an old player deliberately does something wrong, causing his reputation to drop by half, and then commits suicide and resurrects, not only will his body's weakness period be doubled, but his physique will also be reduced by half.

Obviously, the game planner has built an invisible upgrade system in the game. Players with high reputation have good physique. When their reputation drops, their physical fitness also drops, and the drop is very severe.

Therefore, players in the game now generally cherish their reputation very much. If it is not necessary, they are not willing to lose it for unnecessary reasons.

Of course, if the NPC is ignorant of the consequences and insists on doing something that gets in the way, the player will definitely not hesitate or be polite, because as long as the reputation is not lost in large quantities at one time, the physical fitness will not drop significantly.

If something extreme really happens, then it’s better not to die. If you don’t die, there is no need to resurrect, and your body won’t lose weight.

In short, players generally do not kill neutral civilian units indiscriminately, and Dolan did not actively attack the players. Although he was holding a weapon, in the player's system judgment, he was still a civilian.

So, the heavy armored infantrymen passing by ignored Dolan.

It was not until they had gone far away that Dolan realized something was wrong. He still had a weapon in his hand!

However, after thinking about it, he turned around and ordered the servants to pick up the weapons that fell on the ground, and then took them to chase after them... Dolan was ready to help and drive away the fleeing soldiers.

As a result, Dolan took his men around the town, watched the show for more than ten minutes, and did not encounter a single opportunity to take action.

The players are not stupid either. When they see Doran coming, they will speed up their actions and clear out the monsters before the six NPCs who are obviously out to steal the kills arrive.

When the players piled up the captives and spoils in the town square, Dolan was also there. He was not driven away, so he saw and heard the officer in the more beautiful armor discussing with his subordinates.

This shocked Dolan greatly. To be honest, he had never seen such a thing, nor had he even heard of soldiers returning the spoils of war to civilians.

In particular, these spoils were not looted from civilians, but from defeated soldiers.

To be honest, Dolan himself wouldn't think there was anything wrong with this unless the soldiers returned the things to the townspeople.

Because soldiers join the army and fight in wars, isn't it because they can gain spoils of war and get rich?

In Dolan's subconscious, the army should be a group that is more evil than bandits and more brutal than robbers. Therefore, when a team that does not conform to common sense appears, he is shocked and feels that these soldiers have problems with their brains.

However, when Black and White Bear asked one by one and got the approval and approval of the vast majority of them, Dolan, who was listening to their conversation on the side, suddenly realized that these soldiers did not have problems with their brains, but had unique ideas and disciplines.

In their minds, the ownership of the spoils does not depend solely on who takes them in battle, but is based on respect and protection for civilians. This concept seems so strange to Dolan, yet so admirable.

Dolan couldn't help but ponder. He remembered that he seemed to have seen similar behavior somewhere... Oh, yes, in a book. He had seen a team of knights do the same thing in a fantasy knight novel.

And this team of knights is called Paladins.

What is a Paladin?
This is a kind of noble person fictionalized by writers, who is highly skilled in martial arts and upholds justice, morality and beliefs. They have eight major concepts... humility, honor, sacrifice, bravery, mercy, spirituality, honesty and justice.

And now, Dolan saw sacrifice, mercy, honesty, and justice in the actions of this group of twenty men holding flags with double-headed eagles and strange square patterns.

Sacrifice: When necessary, sacrifice personal interests, even life, to protect others or achieve just goals.

Compassion: Sympathize with the weak, be compassionate, and help those in need.

Honesty: Be honest and trustworthy, do not deceive, be consistent in words and deeds, and be true to your soul.

Dolan saw three of the eight virtues of the Paladin at once.

Just as Dolan was silent and dazed by his own thoughts, the officer's voice woke him up like a rusty sword scraping across the stone slab.

"According to the rules set by His Royal Highness Prince Chris, killing someone means paying with one's life, using strong alkali to chop a chicken, and stealing or robbing means chopping off one's hands..."

Before he could finish his words, a series of wails erupted from the surrendering soldiers, and five of them began to ooze yellow liquid from their crotches.

"Hey, come here... Yes, I'm telling you, stop looking around, come here."

The officer in the plumed helmet pointed at Dolan and beckoned him over.

Dolan walked over without knowing what was going on.

"Judging from your clothes and the entourage behind you, you should be a respectable person in this town... Now go gather everyone in the town to the square, retrieve your belongings, and witness the execution..."

(End of this chapter)