Chapter 165: The First Victory Of Many.
"It all started many years ago."
"6 months after coming of age, our lord led us from the front for the first time."
"Duelled a man to death for the first time."
"It was his first great victory, killing 200 men with 50."
"And it would not be his last."
Jordis Mantelon, successor to the Grandmaster of Loyalty and 4th wing of Athurus.
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To understand why Railius won the duel, you have to understand how the player base as a whole had developed in its initial stages.
Over the last 6 months in the game and 1 month in real life, the DO players have fallen into a few categories.
The first are those players who take up more combat-orientated roles. These players are brave enough to face the crucible of the bloody battlefield and join the military of one nation or another. It also includes the more independent ones who want to stay neutral, becoming mercenaries or hunters and risking life and limb every day.
The players who survived these harsh conditions and were tempered by the cruel medieval world, except those few who started off as landed nobles, would become influential people in the future. They would hold vast military strength in their hands, with some able to change the fate of nations.
They would also all have personal strength that did not lose out to the very best soldiers of the world.