This kind of ’interest’ from the temple immediately alerted Richard, prompting a defensive hostility towards the Swan tribe.
"Sister Gortani, you are actually the daughter of Master Mourinho! Once, Master Cui Beixi mentioned you to me, but I did not dare to believe her. How could someone from the Swan Tribe possibly be a warrior? It is now that I understand that all Master said was true." Helen warmly held the female knight’s hand.
"Priest Helen, the temple sends me to protect you, which is my pride." Gortani removed her silver-threaded glove, smiled faintly, and patted Helen’s delicate small hand, responding in a crisp voice as charming as her appearance: "A warrior from the Smey Clan is no more sensational than a priest from the Pigiel race." Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn novęlfire.net
Richard found this statement a bit grating on his ears no matter how he heard it.
"The temple has already reported Helen’s ’Life Praise’ and her successful control of a double-series magic Komodo War Beast to the Main Temple in the royal city. Even the highest-ranking Red Priest was alarmed by this," the beautiful snake looked at her disciple Helen beside her with a smile: "The Kingdom’s attention to this matter has exceeded your imagination."
"This is not necessarily a good thing," Richard said.
"The reappearance of a Komodo War Beast Priest from the dust of history has already created quite a sensation. The matter of Helen’s future must be further discussed by the Kingdom’s temple. A fierce debate is happening within the Northeast Temple, discussing whether Helen should be granted a place in the ’National Olympic Priesthood Convention’ to be held next spring - if the temple learns of Helen’s ’Natural Evolution’ of ’Beamon War Dance’, there would be no doubt about the outcome," the beautiful snake said: "As for the wild Faelor, Great Shaman Wei An is not entirely comfortable. With the outbreak of the Northwest war, all border forces must deploy their best men to the front line, leaving a certain gap in the defensive forces of the Northeast Province. The temple has not seen the strength of you two following the warriors so they must send two exceptional Holy Temple Knights here to be at ease. If necessary, I can stay here for a while after teaching you the corresponding war songs."
"The combination of war dance and war song, used simultaneously, can produce the effects of two war songs. If Helen is not allowed to participate in the ’National Olympic Priesthood Convention, it’s a sacrilege!" Gortani, the silver female knight, also nodded in agreement.
The elder Andulan’s countenance brightened at the presence of a sub-dragon and the Holy Temple knights, a sudden sense of security enveloping him.
The old man did not realize that his lord’s pet Guoguo was the unrivaled champion across the Northeast Province, far more formidable than a sub-dragon.
"What the elders of the kingdom’s temple priesthood intend to do is their business, but wherever I go, Helen must go. She is my mentor, and she cannot be left behind," Richard felt that the temple was planning to take Helen away from him and decided to voice his concerns up front.
"Richard, don’t be impulsive, Helen’s future is not something you or I can control," the beautiful snake said with a gentle sigh: "For Helen’s future, you should give her some space, stop restraining her."
"Isn’t the temple too pragmatic? When Helen’s home and the whole folks of Maple Leaf Village were captured and killed by humans, why didn’t the temple take urgent measures? Now that they see Helen manifesting the ’Life Praise’ and ’Natural Evolution’, they start to change face?" Richard ignored the words of the beautiful snake.
"That’s life, Richard," the snake teacher’s tone was somewhat difficult.
"This is opportunism, my respected teacher. It doesn’t matter what the temple wants to do, but one thing..." Richard said, "Helen is not going anywhere! She stays with me."
"Lord Richard, be careful! Your words sound disrespectful to the temple!" Gortani interjected coldly.
"Leave me alone, Obischillaci! I am indeed disrespecting this damn temple, what of it?" Richard was now flush with anger and had nowhere to vent.
"Richard..." both Helen and the snake tried simultaneously to collaborate on getting Richard to keep his mouth shut, as speaking ill of the temple could be a major or minor crime depending on how it was interpreted.
Gortani took action much more swiftly than both their words. After a delicate cry, a vague pale silver glow enveloped her, and her platinum hair rippled in the windless air, exerting a powerful pressure towards Richard; Gortani’s beautiful slender eyes were also filled with indignation and anger.
There was no divine light shining on Richard but the fierceness in his eyes far outweighed Gortani the female knight’s.
"Dou Qi?" The elder Andulan was dumbfounded on the side.
’Dou Qi’ is an advanced fighting technique, always exclusive for high-ranking human warriors, as famous across the continent as the ’Self-initiated Berserk’ of the upper Beamon warriors.
However, not a single Beamon had ever practiced this mysterious fighting technique, for a young female knight from the weak-bodied Swan Tribe to emit ’Dou Qi’ was nothing short of unprecedented.
Even Cui Beixi was taken aback for a moment, but she quickly realized - Lord Mourinho had traveled in human realms, and he had a dedicated human warrior among his followers. This young Swan lady’s Dou Qi was probably learned from her father’s pursuing warrior.