"Holy light, heal."
Felix gently placed his hand on his chest. Wisps of holy light emanated from his palm, floating like silk threads toward the wounded guards. The light, like a gentle drizzle, lightly showered their wounds, followed by a tingling, itchy sensation spreading throughout their bodies. Under the influence of the holy light, the guards' deep wounds healed visibly fast, and soon, new skin began to form.
Looking at the utterly astonished captain of the guards, Felix suppressed the weariness in his body and said firmly, "Take these two men to the mayor of the next town and tell them My Lord has forgiven their sins."
Executing these bandits in such an energy-consuming manner, then casting a wide-range holy light healing, even Felix, who had stepped into the Golden Dominion, felt a hint of fatigue. Having said this, he didn't wait for the captain to come to his senses and turned to leave. He didn't walk fast, but each step covered several meters, as if gliding over the ground.
By the time the caravan guards, stunned by the series of miraculous events, came to their senses, Felix was already nowhere to be seen.
They could only gaze at the two kneeling bandits, excitedly speculating about what had just happened.
Sitting cross-legged on a large bluestone, Felix gazed at the lush green grass in the distance, silently channeling the holy light within him.
To make everything proceed more smoothly, maintaining a sense of mystery was essential.
So after dealing with the bandits, he immediately withdrew. This incident might just be a minor prelude, considered merely a curiosity by others, but for the discerning, it might carry a deeper significance.
He couldn't afford to reveal himself too early, both in terms of strength and groundwork. Until he had accumulated enough renown, his true identity must remain hidden from the public eye.
For now, maintaining secrecy about his identity was crucial. As long as bizarre incidents kept emerging periodically, he was sure to capture everyone's curiosity.
When the foundation of his influence reached a certain level, it would be time for him to step into the limelight.
With plans for his next moves forming in his mind, Felix, after a rest, continued his journey toward Griffin Heart, the capital of the Griffin Kingdom.
The Griffin Kingdom, located on the edge of the human world, bordered the centaur territories and the elven forests. It had always been the gateway to the human world, which is why the kingdom's overall combat strength was exceptional.
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This was evident from the name "Griffin" itself.
Among the silver species, griffins were among the most formidable. An ordinary knight who had stepped into the Silver Domain would struggle against a mature griffin without full-body armor. The dive attack of a griffin was too powerful and too fast for most to dodge. However, based on the intelligence Felix had gathered, the Griffin Kingdom's ace troops were still no match for the Griffin Knights of the Titans Empire.
The Griffin Knights of the Titans Empire were known for their brutal selection process, which applied to both humans and griffins. The griffins that survived such harsh training were exceptionally fierce beasts, unafraid even of golden subspecies of dragon-like creatures.
However, the training methods of the Griffin Kingdom paled in comparison to those of the Titans Empire.
Here, the griffins were raised in the wild.
Wild-raised griffins, while retaining their ferocity, were not well-versed in combat techniques, especially in coordinating with knights and effectively avoiding human attacks and hunts.
To put it simply, the way the Titans Empire raised griffins involved constantly using humans to hone their killing skills. To foster their ferocity, human death row inmates were also part of the griffin's diet in the Titans Empire.
But this was not the case in the Griffin Kingdom. Here, griffins were raised in the wild in the Griffin Mountains and later specially trained by the kingdom through some secret method to become Griffin Knights. Although this approach reduced the difficulty of training, the griffins' habits of hunting and killing prey were already ingrained, and their weaknesses were evident. It would be hard to change these habits through training in a short time.
The only difference was that the griffin species in the world of Delrano seemed different from those in the Prime Material plane. Most griffins here possessed a magic fireball spell.
A low-level elemental magic, but with considerable power.
The typical battle strategy of the Griffin Kingdom involved an initial barrage of dense fireball spells, followed by a collective dive attack.
Felix collected this information because, during his time in the last town, he gradually learned about some friction between the Griffin Kingdom and its neighboring nation, the Romanthia Empire. As a border country in
the human world, other human nations looking to expand inevitably had to pass through the Griffin Kingdom. This led to significant tension and conflict between the two.
From the bits of intelligence Felix had gathered, he learned that the Romanthia Empire was frequently mobilizing troops at the border, indicating signs of impending war.
The people of Romanthia arrived in the world of Delrano during the first abyssal invasion, making them the latest human race to enter this realm compared to the Northern and Central Earth people.
Romanthians are tall, with adults typically reaching around 2.2 meters, standing a whole head taller than other human races.
During the era of the first abyssal invasion, the Romanthians, upon their arrival in Delrano, swiftly cleared the land in the southeast of the continent with decisive actions and then occupied the vast plains that originally belonged to the centaur territories. Over thousands of years of development, the Romanthians gradually secured their footing in the world of Delrano and established their own kingdom.
Speaking of Romanthians necessitates a mention of a mythological tale.