Patrick

Biography

The Blackblood mission

Patrick is one of the three legendary figures whom Lillian introduces at a secret gathering, representing Tyr's Church of Justice beside a wizard and druid. He later joins their operation against Malar. His role is to enter the Blackblood Tribe first, disrupt its ceremony, steal the accumulated legendary blood, kill one legendary hunter, and lure the enraged werecreatures into an epic isolation matrix prepared by his allies (Chapters 980, 982).

Inside the trap, Patrick and Leylin Farlier cooperate against another legendary hunter. Patrick's Clean Break cuts through the creature's scales and energy defences, allowing the pair to decapitate it before the tribe can complete a divine-force sacrifice. He is shocked by Leylin's area attacks, recognising that his own single-target killing power cannot reproduce a legendary spell's destruction across thousands of enemies (Chapter 983).

Battle with Malar

Malar's descending avatar moves faster than sound and tears off one of Patrick's arms before he can evade. Patrick stops the bleeding with milky-white healing light and refuses to withdraw while the god remains undefeated. Once the allied formation suppresses Malar's epic defences, a manifestation of Tyr restores Patrick to full strength and wreathes his crystal sword in flame; his counterattack drives the blade into the avatar's thigh nearly to the bone (Chapters 984–985).

Malar then uses Absolute Stealth and Phantasmal Killers to separate the allies. Patrick enlarges his burning sword into a five-metre broadsword and resists at peak strength, but Malar's claw uses Shatter to break it. Divine force immobilises the paladin, causes his qi to wane, and leaves his defences useless as the avatar devours him (Chapter 985).

Appearance and personality

Patrick is a cold-looking man of few words. He is disciplined enough to execute the mission's most provocative role alone and uncompromising enough to refuse retreat after losing an arm. His courage is not presented as ignorance: he recognises the limits of his area damage and the shock of Leylin's strength, yet still returns to melee when Tyr creates an opening.

Magic, bloodline, and abilities

Patrick is a legendary paladin who specialises in direct holy sword combat. Clean Break concentrates his attack through scales and energy defences, and his peak output can expand a crystal longsword into a five-metre burning blade. He can also use milky-white divine light to regrow flesh and stop bleeding after losing an arm, although this first treatment does not immediately restore the limb (Chapters 983–985).

Tyr's manifestation later restores Patrick completely and ignites his weapon. That sudden recovery and empowerment come from his patron deity rather than an unlimited self-healing reserve. Even with this aid, Patrick cannot pierce Malar's epic protection until the allied formation suppresses it, and he cannot resist the avatar's Shatter property and divine-force restraint once isolated (Chapter 985).

Relationships

• Leylin Farlier: Temporary ally whose combat ability shocks Patrick.
• Lillian: Fellow legendary and organizer of the mission.
• Tyr: Patron deity who empowers Patrick in his last battle.
• Malar: Enemy god whose avatar kills and devours him.

Items

• Crystal sword: Holy weapon wreathed in flame by Tyr and broken by Malar's claws. (Chapter 985)
• Legendary blood: A Blackblood Tribe stockpile Patrick steals to sabotage the ceremony and enrage the werecreatures; it is mission loot rather than a personal combat item (Chapter 982).