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Chapter II

As a servant of the Lord's Manor who specialized in taking care of war horses, Roy's daily morning job was to wash and saddle more than a dozen war horses.

The morning air was still chilly from the night. But Roy was already sweating.

Since 60 years ago, when the first Lord was the first to charge into the siege of war, breaking through the ranks of the Duke of Luria, who was waiting for his rescue, and taking this small city, which was not much bigger than a town, as his souvenir, the first clan had ruled this place for over 60 years.

After the management and construction of three generations of barons, the Polabel City was flourishing day by day. Population, grain, and trade taxes have risen more than tenfold.

Increased economic power also meant greater military strength.

Including the current Baron [Brian] himself and his son, Lord [Les], who had already become an apprentice knight in Viscount Wenger's territory in the west. The city of Borabel now had nine knights.

The number and rank of Knights who possessed allegiance to each other was widely acknowledged in the Avalon Continent as well as being the most intuitive standard of strength.

It was a proud number of Polabel people that a small baron territory had nine knights.

One had to know that even the nobles of the land that was larger than Polabel City could not afford to have so many knights!

Moments later, the warm-up for the Knight acolytes ended. A few knights dressed in leather armor also left the hall and began to instruct the apprentices.

At the center of the arena, the number one Knight of Borabel, Barker, was instructing a retainer on sword techniques.

Barker, with his dashing, well-dressed body, and his valiant retainers, who were dressed in dirty linen, each held a two-handed greatsword in their hands, moving at high speed as they chopped out with their swords to block. Sparks flew when the broadsword collided, and the violent clanging of metals could be heard.

In the middle of the fight, the squire, Geiger Barker, suddenly struck with a powerful strike.

The spectators only saw a flash of light from above his head, shooting towards the top of Barker's head like a bolt of lightning, and they all cried out in alarm.

Roy, who was in the middle of brushing his horse, stopped his brush and stared blankly at the training grounds. He subconsciously looked down at Barker's feet. He thought to himself, ”He should be using the 'retreat' step and 'sweep away all the clouds', right?”

As if he had heard the words in Roy's mind, in the arena, Barker took a step back, avoiding the attack of his retainer, and at the same time, drew half a circle in the air with the greatsword in his hand, sticking close to the retainer's longsword and twisting it.

With a clang, the retainer's sword flew out of his hand and into the sky.

”Wow!” The audience was dazzled by what they saw. They erupted in cheers and applause.

Those who were familiar with the technique would understand that this technique, 'Whirlwind', was Barker's unique technique. It was normally hard to see.

Not a single one of the Knights in Polabel City had been able to block Barker's attack. As long as it was caught by his sword, it would immediately be torn to shreds! ”A trial!”

Although the shield-bearer who had battled Barker was a tall and sturdy man, and his martial arts were outstanding even amongst the cavalry officers of the Empire's border armies, in front of Barker, he was still unable to withstand a single blow. Barker didn't even use any battle-qi. He only used a bit of force to send his sword flying.

This was a Knight! If Barker circulated his battle-qi, this retainer of his probably wouldn't even be able to take a single blow!

The level of Knights in the Avalon of Five Elements was divided into six levels.

The lowest rank was [Armored Knight]. Above them were the [Brave Knight], [Justice Knight], [Glory Knight], [Grand Knight] and [Holy Knight].

According to the different levels of strength of each knight, they were divided into one to five stars.