My Players Are So Fierce

Typal considered himself a well-experienced person.

Although his family background wasn’t as impressive as Little Rich Brother, Old Huo, Little Ashina, and Lady Aqua, when compared to the overall standard, it wasn’t hard to conclude that Typal was actually also a “moderately wealthy” successful individual.

Moreover, what he was most proud of was that achieving financial freedom was entirely due to his own hands and wisdom, and he had achieved the first step towards financial freedom at a young age, all without relying on others.

In short, he was a person who was confident in various aspects. However, even so, when he saw the quest shared by Uncle Fording, even the Honorary Knight who always adhered to the RP spirit couldn’t help but break character and mentally exclaim “Holy crap!”

Was the development team this thoughtful?

Knowing that their Torrent Knights was currently just an empty framework, they simply pulled a prestigious knight maiden with noble and leadership qualities from the background to join them, helping them quickly build up the proper structure that a knight order should have.

Moreover, the final hint in the quest had already implied to the two leaders that all the resources needed by the Torrent Knights could be obtained from Miss Becky’s family.

Plus Miss Becky’s unique background, she was the granddaughter of Hunting Baron Kudel!

Look, look, all the key elements were complete.

Who would believe this wasn’t a “surprise” prepared by the development team for them!

“The Torrent Knights welcomes all like-minded individuals who are dedicated to defending justice, helping the weak, and protecting the light! We wholeheartedly welcome your joining, Miss Becky.”

Uncle Fording took a deep breath, putting on the appropriate bearing and posture of a “professional RP player” and said loudly:

“As long as you’re willing, you can become one of us at any time.”

“Wait!”

Typal immediately spoke up to stop Uncle Fording from pulling Miss Becky into the knight order. Holding the hilt of his sword at his waist, he very seriously explained to Miss Becky who was blinking her eyes:

“I’m not opposing this wise decision, I just think you should at least understand us before joining. We Torrent Knights have come in response to the world’s calling. Currently, although we only have the numbers of two vanguard groups, subsequent reinforcements are already on the way.

We will eventually establish our own city on the land of Transia.

I personally also very much welcome you to join us, however, Miss Becky, you must understand that we are a faith organization, not an ordinary military force.

The faith known as the ‘Holy Light’ does not yet exist in this world, and we cannot exercise the Holy Light’s powers of purification and healing here, but this cannot weaken the hearts of us loyal knights in defending our faith.

What I want to tell you is that if you already have your own faith on this continent, then rashly joining us would not be the correct choice.

Because our Holy Light doctrine is incompatible with the overly personified deities of this land.”

“Oh, you don’t need to worry about that.”

Becky shrugged, playing with her riding crop, saying:

“I come from the Goldflower Kingdom. When I was studying in the Genoa Peninsula, my country had already eliminated its state religion by its own hands. We are all people without faith. At least in the witch hunters’ view, we are a group of non-believers.

As for myself…

I’ve actually never been very interested in things like faith since I was young, perhaps because the old church’s doctrines seemed too weak and idealistic to me, and were full of a kind of stale preaching atmosphere that didn’t suit my taste?”

“Miss! Please do not discuss faith with such a casual attitude!”

Lady Liwen beside her immediately reminded:

“Especially since we are currently under Avalon’s watchful gaze. You may not believe, but you cannot show such obvious disdain, let alone speak ill of it. This will bring trouble to you and your family.”

“Alright, alright, I understand.”

Miss Becky stuck out her tongue, then coughed once, and said with a serious face to Uncle Fording and Typal before her:

“So, you mean that to join you we must first believe in the Holy Light?”

“No, the knight order does not force members to believe in the Holy Light, but you must at least have some understanding of our otherworldly faith.”

Typal gave Uncle Fording a look, Uncle Fording blinked, then spoke up:

“Having traversed the gap between worlds, we didn’t bring any Holy Light scriptures with us.

But please don’t worry, our faithful followers are already transcribing those scriptures and doctrines and the stories of the Holy Light from another world. Once the first draft is complete, we will immediately give it to you to read.

However, before you make your final decision, we cannot yet allow you to join our knight order. Please understand, we also have our own rules and way of doing things.”

“Ah, I can certainly understand that.”

Miss Becky wasn’t angry, she waved her hand saying:

“I also didn’t expect to smoothly join an organization with specific action guidelines in one go. But I’m very curious, you call yourselves defenders of the Holy Light, so your combat power should be very strong, right?

Why do all the knights I see in the camp seem so weak, even my guard soldiers can dominate them in terms of strength?”

“Ahem, this is still due to the traversing between worlds causing us to lose most of our power.”

Typal made up an explanation:

“Even great lords who could fight hundreds alone in another world would be stripped of the blessing power of the Holy Light after responding to the summons to enter the new world.

But this means nothing to us.

We will face challenges here to quickly become stronger and ultimately regain our power, and spread the virtues of the Holy Light here.”

“So that’s how it is?”

Miss Becky nodded, seemingly accepting this explanation. She then poked her cheek, suddenly realizing:

“No wonder your growth speed is so fast! I heard grandfather say that you all generally can break through the Black Iron Trial within a month. Such large-scale advancement is simply a miracle.”

“Yes, that’s the reason. The rules between worlds are ultimately different. Although we lost our power, the talent belonging to the strong still exists.”

Uncle Fording quickly added a “patch” for himself, then he coughed once and said:

“However Miss Becky, since you come from the renowned Seville family, we have an impolite request. As you can see, the knight order has just been rebuilt in Transia. Through Lord Murphy’s favor we were granted an undeveloped territory stronghold. We are very confident we can build up Torrent Fort.

However, the various supplies needed by the knights are still scarce.

The Kadman People’s Army has extended a helping hand to us, but their weapons and armor do not conform to the Holy Light precepts. We urgently need true knight equipment to rearm ourselves.

Therefore, if possible, we hope to use your connections to urgently purchase a batch of equipment from the Seville family, including combat plate armor, knight horse gear, and warhammers and greatswords that conform to our faith.”

“We will pay according to market price.”

Typal added:

“The doctrine of the Holy Light does not allow us to take advantage of fellow travelers. Please rest assured, this transaction is only asking you to be an intermediary and has no other meaning.”

“Hey, you’re thinking too much.”

Although Becky was rough and bold, she wasn’t stupid.

She quickly understood the meaning in Typal’s words, this knight who was a head taller than her was afraid she would overthink things. It seems they really cared about their dignity and honor.

“My father has been seeking to open up sales channels for the family business in more areas. He would only be happy to have another partner when receiving orders from Transia, and wouldn’t have any other thoughts.

So, how many sets of equipment do you need?”

The Princess Knight of the Seville family asked:

“And what styles and specifications?

Our family produces armor in several grades. The price difference between the lowest grade ‘Cavalry’ and highest grade ‘General’ is tenfold. The armor I’m wearing is the ‘General’ series, produced after the family introduced hydraulic forging presses from the Carpe workshop.

If needed, we can also enchant your armor, and each set of General plate armor comes with a weapon set of equal quality.”

“Uh, the wealth radiating from the luxurious plate armor you’re wearing is enough to blind us poor knights’ eyes. I don’t even dare to boldly inquire about the price lest it stimulate my poor wallet and cause my heart to stop beating from excessive shock.”

Typal sighed dramatically:

“As you can see, the knight order currently needs rebuilding in all aspects, so we can only order the lowest grade plate armor and equipment. The first batch needs 150 sets with matching warhammers.

However, we have requirements for the armor style and weapon aesthetics, they must strictly follow the Silver Hand Knights’ armor style and have sacred precepts engraved on the armor and weapons.”

“That will cost extra.”

Knight Liwen beside them proved worthy of being the golden-haired Princess Knight’s steward, already taking out her notebook to record the client’s requirements.

This black-haired black-eyed female knight said very seriously:

“With your current numbers, I think 150 sets is a bit much.

100 sets would be more appropriate. Seville family armor is known throughout the human world for being reliable and durable. As long as there are qualified blacksmiths for maintenance and repairs, they can guarantee use until after the Black Plague ends.”

“No, we need at least 150 sets.”

Uncle Fording shook his head saying:

“Grand Duchess Tris made a spirit energy prediction that the otherworld summoning gates will be very stable in the next few months. We will have elite reinforcements continuously arriving in Transia.

150 sets is just a conservative number.”

“Then make it 300 sets!”

Knight Liwen waved her hand grandly, suggesting:

“With 300 sets you can enjoy the Seville family’s merchandise discount, and adding in Old Lord Kudel and Miss Becky’s face, the family workshop will probably give you a 20% discount.

Only about 40,000 gold coins needed, and if you want to purchase horse gear too, 60,000 gold coins will be enough.”

“60,000?”

Uncle Fording and Typal exchanged a glance.

That number was truly terrifying.

Currently the Torrent Knights had less than 5,000 in liquid funds on the books, and this was after everyone enthusiastically participated in the “Transia Population Census” activity.

However, the two weren’t worried about this. After reaching an oral agreement with Miss Becky and Lady Liwen, Uncle Fording left Typal in the tent to tell the curious Miss Becky stories about the Holy Light and Silver Hand Knights, while he quickly left the tent and used the computation bead to contact the current “lender” among the players.

“What? 60,000 gold coins? So much! I don’t have that either.”

Little Ashina’s exclamation came from the other end of the computation bead. She said dejectedly:

“Lady Aqua and Fatal Orchid used up a large portion of the team’s funds to purchase supplies. I only have about 10,000 gold coins left now, and it’s too late to collect from the forum for you now.

Why don’t you ask someone else?”

“But there’s no one else as rich as you all.”

Uncle Fording said somewhat anxiously:

“I’ve already signed the contract with them, we at least need to pay the deposit, right? We brothers here represent the face of the Holy Light master.

If we cause a scandal about owing debts, I’m afraid I’ll be purified.”

“Who says others don’t have money?”

Little Ashina said sourly at this point:

“That casino in Treasure Bay has been making big money lately. This Old Huo is really talented, you should go find him. The liquid funds there should be enough, just don’t know if he’s willing to lend to you.”

“Treasure Bay?”

Uncle Fording suddenly remembered that when Typal came over earlier he wanted to discuss something related to the village chief’s proposal from Treasure Bay, and said it was related to political topics among players.

This made Uncle Fording’s heart skip a beat.

Damn!

This is really thinking of something and it appears! Whatever Old Huo wants to do with the five collective farms, as long as he’s willing to lend the Torrent Knights a sum to get through this current difficulty, our group will definitely support him.

After all, the Torrent Knights’ basic territory is all in Torrent Fort, the Newbie Village area is just Typal’s “private fief”.

But this needs to be discussed with Typal.

Uncle Fording thought this way, and as he approached the tent he heard Typal vividly telling Miss Becky the story of “Stratholme and the Filial Son” inside.

He secretly glanced, Miss Becky was listening very intently.

Hmm, a bit too intently, just like a child who likes listening to bedtime stories. That expression of excitement on her face was truly indescribable.

Everything about this girl is good, just that she’s rough and bold.

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Three days later, at the Torrent Knights’ camp, a family knight of the Seville family accepted the high-grade spirit bag handed over by Uncle Fording.

Inside was a deposit of 30,000 gold coins, upon which Grand Duchess Tris had personally applied unique spirit energy techniques using Kudel’s blood.

Only direct bloodline members of the Seville family could open it.

The handover of this deposit also confirmed that the Torrent Knights would truly have their own armed forces, allowing them to break away from the awkward position of being subordinate to the Kadman People’s Army and become independent.

Meanwhile, at the front of the main camp’s open ground, Honorary Knight Typal and his brothers very solemnly planted a wooden sign symbolizing the Torrent Knights and Holy Light faith into the ground.

This represented that their stronghold was officially established from today!

Although currently it was just a camp full of tents, the Stonemason Guild had already accepted the order. In at most half a month, a village named “Torrent Fort” would appear on this land.

“Not easy.”

Typal turned back to say to Archmage Marin behind him:

“Finally, we can also have our own home in Transia.”

“Uh, I don’t have such rich feelings as you.”

Marin criticized:

“I just think this is a stronghold city that will be built by our own hands. It needs a very, very long time to become the Torrent Fort in our memories.

To be honest, I have no confidence at all in whether we can finish building this city before the game’s public test.

But I don’t care about these things now…”

He looked left and right, revealing a very gossipy expression as he moved forward and said quietly to Typal:

“What’s the background of that blonde knight who’s been following you these past few days? Why do I always see her staying in your office and tent?

Is that the cyber wife you found for yourself?

Damn!

You’re amazing, you know? This character model is simply perfect!”

“Don’t talk nonsense!”

Typal shook his head, saying very seriously:

“Miss Becky is just very interested in the Holy Light doctrine and the tragic songs of the Silver Hand Knights, always trying to hear more legends and tales about the Holy Light knights from me.

I’m organizing these stories hoping to make them into a booklet, which will also be convenient for spreading this otherworldly faith to more locals in the future…”

“What faith, that’s just our slogan.”

Marin pouted saying:

“It’s fine to deceive others, but don’t deceive yourself, brother. Among all of us, not a single one has even a bit of faith to speak of. In the eyes of those extremist witch hunters, every single one of us belongs on the stake.

Besides, believing in the Holy Light there was because the Holy Light would actually grant you power. Now we’re in Transia, the Holy Light can’t reach here.

Since it cannot grant us power, then it’s just left as a slogan.”

“I used to think that way too.”

Typal was silent for a moment. Looking at the hidden quest “Guide Miss Becky to Join the Holy Light Faith” on his character interface, he said quietly:

“But at some point in the past, I suddenly realized that this matter might not be as simple as we imagine. I feel that digging deeper into this aspect will definitely lead to surprises, and moreover, those will be surprises that the development team wants to guide us to accomplish by ourselves!

Hmm, let’s wait and see.”