Even before the Knights began to decline, a rival organization based on a very different organizational concept appeared.
骑士团尚未走向衰落之时，一个与之相对立的组织就已赫然出现，并且还秉承着截然不同的组织观念。
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Financial decline is often undetectable because the evidence of organizational woes is not apparent from the handful of financial measures investors and creditors typically examine.