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Chapter 14

Camrad_RIP 29.08.22 в 21:01

The scabbard was not a pretty sight, but it did what it was supposed to do, holding the stick of the manipulator even when I was bending and jumping. I decided that if I was going to be a paladin, I had to be one to the end, so I printed the emblem of Amala, the flower of a bell on an open palm, and glued it to the scabbard. Design! But now that was sort of all there was to it.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:22

"Comp, launching the Creators of Destiny."

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:23

Welcome... Checking...

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:25

The room was brightly lit by the sun beating through the window. By the way, the windows had small, lead-lined panes the size of the palm of my hand. Didn't notice when I first looked around. It's very pretty.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:26

But the walls are simple painted boards, dividing the long room. It was probably a barracks, and then partitioned into nooks for the sergeants and tens to lie down in.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:26

So, visit the Martial Skills Instructor, visit the Temple, for a blessing, visit the Healers Instructor, then buy scrolls, make scrolls to sell, and visit the Khramm. Maybe he's already sold my lots... What am I forgetting? Oh yes, most importantly, to go to the library, talk to the priests, and find out what my divine patroness actually is. And whether yesterday's increase in faith was accidental or natural.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:32

"Open the interface change dialog box. Import an external file."

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:41

The pre-prepared settings were assimilated by the computer for a few seconds, and then a confirmation message popped up. There, now it will be a little more convenient... when I get used to it.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:41

I put my sword on my belt, and I left the room as a rookie temple guard.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:41

The training ground was still noisy. Training only stopped when darkness fell, and now, in the morning, practically every area, track, and equipment was occupied. Beginners, in pairs, were practicing blows and defenses, and more experienced warriors were practicing on dummies, in the corner two paladins of the temple were discussing something, twirling weapons in their hands. I turned off my helmet and glanced at the monitor - from above it looked almost the same, but more cartoonish. What progress has come so far, the picture matching is just perfect! By the way, my avatar was now standing rubbing the temple of the helmet on his head, as if wondering where to start.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:44

I put my glasses down and headed for the warrior instructor.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:44

"Sir Instructor! Hello! You said that with enough experience, I could learn new fighting techniques?" I saluted the instructor standing next to a couple of rookies, and he turned around.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:46

"Are you ready yet? Okay, go over to that dummy."

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:55

I obeyed, and in half a minute the instructor finished his explanation to the rookies and came over to me.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:55

"I see you're ready to learn the paladins' basic fighting technique. Our strength is not in the sophistication of our weapons but in the firmness of our faith, which means that any blow in which your soul is invested will be stronger than a blow delivered by body strength alone. Look carefully!"

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:56

Instructor froze in front of the dummy, the sword lowered to his leg slowly poured with white light until the whole thing glowed. A flash of movement, an arc that flashed and disappeared, and the dummy collapsed. Cool.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 16:58

"Remember, this is a stroke of faith, not a stroke of strength. And if your faith has given you a worthy goal, your strength will increase! But also remember that this power will not help in an unnecessary fight - only in a fight with evil!"

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 17:02

Congratulations, you have learned the Strike of the Warrior of Light!

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 17:05

This is a class skill that has a restriction on its use (read the reference!)

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 17:05

Attention, the application of this technique can be set in different modes!

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 17:06

Calling the game menu, I activated the pre-made settings. Now the skill will be applied automatically when the recovery time expires.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 17:06

"Thank you, Instructor!"

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 17:07

He responded to my bow and immediately turned away, going back to his beginner's training. So, I learned my first and only combat technique up to level one hundred. Now for the spells.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 17:08

The priests' instructor had to be searched for. The servants and guards I met gave me mutually exclusive advice on the search, and I even began to think that this was such a new quest. It was simpler than that - the preceptor was revising the vast basements of the temple, which were a long chain of halls underground. In one of them, filled with bales and barrels and bundles of roots, I found the person I was looking for. A stocky man in a gray robe, with a book in his hands, was examining something at the bottom of a barrel in the darkest corner.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 17:09

"Excuse me, sir, are you the instructor of the priests?"

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 17:09

He looked away, glanced at me, and stared down at the bottom of the barrel again.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 17:13

"I was told that you could teach me the magic of the temple."

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 17:13

"I'm busy!"

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 17:14

Insolent NPC.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 17:14

"Maybe I can help?"

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:02

He looked away from what he was contemplating and looked me over.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:03

"You can. We've got to get these five barrels to the other end of the vault, to the other ones. The stupid novices were too lazy to carry them there, so you do it."

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:04

I looked around at the front of the work. Five barrels of two hundred liters each at a distance of two hundred paces...

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:04

"We have to drag... hey, where are you going?"

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:04

He was already yelling at my back. Before you move anything, you have to know the route.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:07

"One minute, honorable instructor!"

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:08

Half of it was enough.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:08

"Instructor, no need to take them anywhere. There's room for three barrels, that's why they left them here."

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:09

"Then why are there not two, but five?"

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:09

"Because two of them would have been quickly used as props or covered with something. And five barrels are harder to lose than two. Besides, they are in this nook in plain sight and not on the passageway. How much..." I looked closely, "how much salted fish goes a week?"

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:10

"Two barrels." The priest pressed the thick book to his stomach and looked at me with interest.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:10

"It means that this corner will soon be free. And there will be room there if you need to put something up quickly and briefly, for example, when shuffling supplies in neighboring halls. I'd recommend that you put a more sturdy pole on top of these barrels. This way you won't be tempted to use them as stands for other containers. Well, and consume them first. That way the space is naturally freed up without too much hassle."

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:11

The priest thought something over.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:11

"Yes, that sounds logical. I'm not much of a stock expert, but the brother storekeeper is away at the fair, and we'll have to fill in for him this week. Well, if that's all right, let's go to spellbinding rest!"

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:12

He slammed the book shut with obvious relief.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:13

As everyone knows, the first thing you learn in the warehouse is how to properly explain to an impertinent supervisor that the thing should lie exactly where the loader is comfortable. Ah, that first internship, I'll never forget! I wonder if the priest really didn't figure out that it was the two barrels that were supposed to stay here as a week's supply? Or maybe he just got bored in the dark and cold cellars?

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:15

The spell chamber was a bit of a mouthful. It was, in fact, a simple room with vaulted ceilings and a small altar of Amala in the center. I caught myself putting my fist to my forehead.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:15

"Come on in, brother. Stand in this circle."

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:16

In front of the altar, a mosaic circle was laid out on the floor, and I stood in it. The priest mumbled something, and with almost no visible effect I began my training. A minute, another, and the room trembled a little.

Camrad_RIP 30.08.22 в 18:16