Chapter 65 - 65: Dj meeting his Paladin Trainer! Jacob Ironhelm!

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I decided to tell Philip the entire story of what we had to deal with. Who we were running with, and who we had to kill in order to end all of it. I also told him about DJ, but didn't say he was like us. I don't need anything happening to him.

"Hmm. . . That was quite a bit you guys had to take care of. As the master of this branch, I'm sorry this happened to you guys. I'm honestly glad you guys made it out of there safe and sound. I will help Baldemar by sending him supplies, and manpower to help them rebuild their city. I will also make him the branch leader over there too. Make sure to go and talk to his brother. I have a feeling he will be quite upset over what happened, and will probably reward you guys for it." He told us.

"I don't want the reward though. . . We already got more than what we were expecting already." I commented.

"Well, unfortunately you saved his brother's town. So you will probably get something." He told me.

"Humph. . ."

"I know it isn't the greatest thing, but take it from his perspective. You saved his brother! So he will want to return the favor somehow." Philip commented.

"Fine. . ." I said grumpily.

"Anyways. . . Now onto you. So your name is Dj? You're wanting to be a Paladin correct?" He then asked Dj.

"Yes sir. I would like to go into the Protection Paladin class. I was told I need to go to the church first before signing up with you guys." He told Philip.

"That is indeed correct, but I can help you a step further. I can go there with you, and recommend you to a great trainer. He is really good at what he does." Philip told him.

"Alright, I appreciate that. So question, what type of Gods do you guys have anyways? I was told I have to follow a deity." Dj then asked.

"Well there are quite a few of them, but I would suggest waiting until you get there. Also, you don't have to pick a God. You can be a Godless Paladin. You will just be going down a different type of path than the one that wants to follow a God or Goddess." He told Dj.

"Oh ok. Well, when can we go? I would love to find out what it is like." Dj told him.

"Anything else you guys would like to add to this before we leave the room?" Philip then asked us.

"Actually I do, how do I upgrade my ring? I figured I should ask before I grab any more quests." I asked him.

"Well, normally it would take about 30 quests to upgrade from Bronze Rank to Iron Rank, but with the quest you have done and gone through. I believe you can get yours upgraded. Let's go ahead and do that before leaving." Philip commented before getting up and opening the door.

"After you guys." He then commented.

We walked out of his office, then headed directly towards Faylin's area. She didn't have anyone in front of her, so we decided to go to her.

"Hey Faylin, can you upgrade Arthrall's and Arialle's ring please." He told her.

"Mine?" Arialle then asked with confusion on her face.

"Yes yours. You've proven yourself quite a lot, so figured it was time to upgrade yours too." Philip answered.

"Alright, hand over your rings. Also, Maryra is on her way, so it shouldn't be too much longer till she gets here." Faylin commented.

"Alright, you mind waiting here for her to show up Philip?" Arialle then asked Philip.

"Sure, I can wait a little bit. It's not like she will take too long to get here." He commented.

"Indeed" I commented.

"Hey Arthrall, hey Arialle!" Maryra said while waving her hand.

"Hey Maryra!" We both answered.

"So. . . I hear you completed my quest I gave you guys? Was it hard?" She then asked.

"Maryra. . . You need to see what they went through. I'll play it slower to where you can watch most of it." Faylin commented.

"Uh. . . Ok. . . Is it bad?" She asked.

"Just watch." Philip commented.

After he said that, I got to watch Arialle, and my ring for the third time. Except this time, it was quite a bit slower. It was slower then when Baldemar watched it. After watching it for the third time, it was quite boring for myself. I have a feeling Arialle got bored of it too. After the video got done, Maryra didn't say anything. All she had on her face was a look of complete shock.

"Wow. . ." Was all she said.

"Indeed wow. . . I was honestly quite surprised by the amount of wolves they had to kill. . ." Philip commented.

"Indeed, I was only expecting them to kill around 50 of them. . . I also wasn't expecting them to be completely done with the quest so damn quickly either." Maryra mentioned.

"Is it that surprising?" I asked.

"I mean, technically yes. Just you actually had two other people with you, not including your companions." Maryra commented.

"Oh. . ." I said.

"Well, let's get this quest turned in. Also, do you want your skins? I will buy them off you if you don't." Maryra asked us.

"I don't mind, what about you Arthrall?" Arialle asked.

"I don't mind. How much are you thinking?" I asked.

"Well, hmm. . . I can do ten silver pieces for each piece of leather. That sound good?" She asked.

"Uh yeah. . . Just wondering. . . Do you know about how many wolves we have?" I asked her.

"Uh well, I was thinking somewhere around 70 of them." Maryra commented.

"Haha. . ." Arialle laughed.

"What is funny?" Maryra then asked.

"Well. . . We actually have close to 100. . . Plus the King of Wolves. . ." I told her.

The moment I told her the amount, she just stopped moving. It was like her brain turned into a machine, and it started glitching to where you can't do anything.

"Uh. . . Maryra?" Philip then asked.

"Marya?" Faylin also called out her name.

"I think we broke her Arialle. . ." I told her.

"Haha. . . I think we did. . ." She commented while laughing.

"1. . . 10. . . 100. . . Wow. . . Um. . . I don't know if I have enough money to spend on that. . ." Maryra then stuttered.

"Don't worry about it, we can pay it. You just worry about getting them skinned." Philip then told her.

"Alright. . . Thank you!" She thanked Philip for the help he just offered.

"No problem. Now, how much would you give for the King of Wolves?" He then asked her.

"Well. . . Normally if it was by itself, I would pay them 100 Silver Coins for it." She told Philip.

"Hmm. . . Alright. How does 550 Silver Coins sound to you guys?" He then asked us.

"Sounds great to me." I commented.

"Sounds good." Arialle answered.

"Alright, Faylin take care of their rings. Get the quest turned in, and I'll be right back with the money." He told Faylin while walking away towards his office.

"Will do! Alright, I've already got your rings. Let me go ahead and turn in the quest first." Faylin commented.

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"Alright, here are your two rings back. Go ahead and put them on real quick to get the experience from them. After that, hand them back to me." She told us.

We put our rings on, and the moment it did.

[Quest Completed!]

[+500 Experience gained from the completed quest!]

[+1 Ring of Greater Holding is now yours!]

I took my ring off and handed it over to Faylin. As soon as she grabbed mine, Arialle then handed hers over too.

"While she is doing her thing, I'll go ahead and pay you two." Maryra said, while she took out two pouches of coins from her ring. She handed us the pouches immediately afterwards.

"Thank you Maryra!" Arialle commented.

"Yes, thank you!" I told her.

"No problem!" She answered us.

"Alright you two, here are your two new rings! One Iron Ring for Arthrall, and a Silver Ring for Arialle! Congratulations to you two! You guys can go to the quest board, and grab six quests each normally. Just with the statement that was made the last time about you grabbing double that amount, it still applies. So make sure you guys grab quests you are able to actually do alright?" Faylin told us.

"We will, you don't have to worry about us!" Arialle commented.

"Indeed we will. Anyways, we have to train Dj here about how to do quests and what not. So it will be awhile before we go to anything dangerous!" I told her.

"Alright guys, let's head to the church now. I have a feeling Dj is getting pretty bored just standing here!" He commented while smirking at Dj who looked like he was about to fall asleep.

"Huh. . . What? Sorry I'm still pretty tired from when I ran into you guys." Dj commented while wiping the drool off his mouth.

"Haha. . . Come on bud, let's go get you set up as a Paladin!" I told him while pulling on his arm.

We waited for Philip to show the way since he knew where the church actually was. We walked for about 20 minutes towards the center of the town, where we saw a decent sized building.

"This is the church. It is actually called the Church of the Righteous Light! It is based around Clerics and Paladins!" Philip started telling us. "Once we go inside, I'll take you to the Paladin trainer I mentioned before. He is a Protection Paladin that has fought in many battles before."

"Alright, I'm ready to meet him!" Dj commented.

"Haha! Alright, then all of you follow me." Philip then told us.

We started following him towards the Church, until we reached the front doors. On either side there was a Paladin standing guard. They didn't even move once Philip pushed on the door. Once inside, we noticed a lot of people chatting, and going about the business. Some were even praying, some were fighting a stuffed fake person, and some were just sitting around. He kept leading us towards the back area where there was a door going back outside. He opened it, and we followed right behind him.

"Holy Light!"

"Reckoning!"

"Prayer of Healing!"

"Righteous Fury!"

The moment we walked outside, all we could hear was the calling of different types of spells.

"Wow. . . That is amazing!" Commented Arialle.

"Indeed it is." Philip commented with a slight smirk on his face.

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"Follow me, he is at the right back corner over there." Philip said while pointing in the direction he was taking us.

As we walked closer to the gentleman, I noticed something from him that made we want to stay near him. It felt like his Aura wanted to protect all it touched. The gentleman was at least 6 foot 5 inches tall. He had broad shoulders, his hair was cut short to where it wasn't going over his ears. He wasn't wearing a shirt at this point, but I could only see his back. On his back, there was a giant scar that ran from his left shoulder blade, to his right hip. It honestly looked like a giant claw or sword took and gashed into his back. It was very chilling honestly. Once we got near him, he turned around and smiled at us. It was a very comforting type of smile too. His face looked masculine, he had a goatee that wasn't too hairy.

"Hey Philip! What brings you over here to the Church?" He asked.

"Hey Jacob! I'm here with potential! How are you by the way?" Philip then asked.

"Haha! Potential? Who is it? I'm doing just fine, my back still gives me a little bit of issues, but other than that I'm fine!" Jacob commented.

"Yep, this lad right here! Dj Wahlle! Dj, I want you to meet a really great friend of mine. Jacob Ironhelm!" Philip then introduced Jacob.

"Nice to meet you Dj!" Jacob answered.