Faerun: The arcane mage is still too imprisoned.

Arya stared blankly at Lance as he cast three second-circle healing spells in quick succession.

"...Lance, you must be a Primal Paladin, right?"

Lance, who was rolling up his sleeves, paused upon hearing this.

"no."

Arya didn't believe her: "Then where did you get those healing spells?"

"Of course I'm a mage." Lance smoothed out the last remaining wrinkles on his sleeve.

"He's just doing a side job as the original Saint."

Paladins are among the most unique professions.

Unlike pastors, pastors include both pastors from lawful good churches and pastors from chaotic evil churches.

Furthermore, one cannot become a pastor without believing in God.

However, paladins, although they are widely present in the churches of lawful good deities.

However, more than a third of paladins do not believe in specific gods, but rather in abstract concepts such as order, justice, and goodness.

Moreover, these concepts are not just psychological—they can actually empower people.

If one has enough talent and puts these concepts into practice, they can improve a paladin's attributes and level.

He led the Paladin from the lowly Karami to the legendary rank.

Paladins can learn martial arts and magic if they want, or they can be directly taught these skills; it's guaranteed they'll learn them.

Such paladins are called Primal Paladins, or Primal Paladins for short.

Because they were the original paladins, the church paladins were merely clumsy imitations of them by the gods.

But as time went by, the latter gradually surpassed the former in number.

Among the original paladins, those with exceptional talent can master and cast all the spells of a good priest of the same rank, and their spell slots are no less than those of a priest of the same rank.

This makes their professional strength the highest among all professional classes in Faerûn, and fighting against opponents of higher levels is as easy as eating and drinking.

However, there are no such overrated characters among the Church Paladins, and they make up less than one percent of the original Paladins.

In most cases, there can be no difference between church paladins and primordial paladins.

It's worth mentioning that while the Church of God has more paladins, easier job recruitment, and faster early-game advancement,

However, after reaching the 11th level of the Exemplary rank, the advancement speed is generally slower than that of the Primal Paladins.

Moreover, the gap widens as time goes on. With a base number three times that of the latter, the former has less than one-fifth of the number of people reaching the level 20 legendary rank, and their average strength is at least half that of the latter.

The most powerful lawful good faction on the entire continent, the "Sword of Judgment," was formed by the primordial paladins.

The group is primarily composed of these original paladins, along with a large number of other lawful good class members, including various races, and even liches, abyssal succubi, mind flayers, and so on.

With over five figures in legendary status, it is the faction with the most legendary professionals across the entire continent.

Every primordial paladin is protected by the Sword of Judgment—regardless of their rank or whether they wish to join the Sword of Judgment.

As long as the reason is valid, even a level 1 Primal Paladin can go to the "Sword of Judgment" to invite multiple legendary professionals.

The Sword of Judgment considers the Material Plane to be a mortal world, therefore their tolerance for mortals is relatively much higher.

However, the tolerance for gods and their derivatives, such as the church, is very low.

Their efforts to uphold order and justice are countless.

The most famous and exciting event was the public declaration that a joint action by the Church of Losanda, Lord of the Dawn, and Tyr, God of Justice, was unjust.

Then the sword of judgment launched a fierce attack on their church.

In this incident, the combined number of legendary professionals lost by the three factions exceeded four figures.

Seeing this grand occasion, the Mage Alliance also got involved.

In particular, a mage with a level of 35 and a peak Saint-level mage expressed his willingness to "join hands with the Sword of Judgment" and provide the Sword of Judgment with personnel and material assistance free of charge!

Following suit, more churches stepped in to help the Church of the Lord of Dawn and the Church of the God of Justice.

However, under the powerful suppression of the Mage Alliance and the Sword of Judgment, the Church's defeat was evident, and it made a series of foolish moves.

Even the avatar of Lord of Dawn, Losanda, who had expended a great deal of faith to descend upon the Prime Material Plane, was secretly plotted against by the Mage Alliance.

It perished just as it arrived, before it could do anything.

The mages enjoyed their meal and said they would come back next time.

This was the most devastating operation ever undertaken by the Church of the Two Gods and the Sword of Judgment in a single event.

This is even greater than their losses in a single battle against the Abyss, Hell, and Evil Faction Church.

Finally, the incident ended with the intervention of the Goddess of Magic, the withdrawal of the Mage Alliance from the operation, the release of the prisoners by the Sword of Judgment, and the divine decree issued by Tyr, the God of Justice, which led the Church to take a significant step back.

What is your opinion on Lord Lossanda, the Lord of Dawn, who suffered the most severe losses among church personnel and even lost an incarnation?

Nobody cared.

Everyone else is satisfied except you?

Then you should look for the problems within yourself.

Thus, the mighty and powerful Lord of Dawn, who ruled over light, could only hide in his divine kingdom, silently licking his wounds.

Of course, Lance is not a paladin, much less a former saint; he is merely using the name.

Arya paused for two seconds.

Then she took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

"Part-time paladin." She repeated the word, her expression complex.

"Primal Paladins... so it can be a part-time job?"

Lance glanced at her: "Is it strange?"

Arya nodded: "I have never seen a part-time paladin, let alone a primordial paladin."

So, am I just ignorant?

Arya fell into deep thought.

However, this makes a lot of things make sense.

She stood there, her mind racing through the experiences of the past few days.

On the night Reims entered the city, Baron Yodl and his family set off.

Over the next eight days, twenty-five gangs were completely eradicated.

Tonight, he dragged her along to take down this cult that had been entrenched for many years, and also killed a projection of an evil god along the way.

She had always found it strange—why was Lance, this mage, different from other mages?

Other mages were at home researching spells or conducting strange experiments.

Lance, on the other hand, is always out and about, targeting those scumbags.

Now she understands.

So Lance was a paladin!

"That's not surprising," Arya murmured. "That's not surprising..."

Lance looked at her: "Isn't that strange?"

"No wonder you enjoy killing so much, you're a paladin after all..."

Lance didn't reply and continued looting the nearby area.