Chapter 57 (1/2)

All the participants who passed the exaathered in the audience hall Those ere eliminated had lost the opportunity to inherit their title

The Radiant E Dandong's era Abbas the Great was afraid that his kingdolory and then decline To ensure the quality of the En the exareatest eht with regard to this examination was ample proof

Any noble as in line for the title of earl or higher had to pass the examination to inherit the title Those that could not pass the examination would be eliminated

Of course, a noble would not have only one son If one son was eliminated, their other sons could also participate in the examination They believed that at least one of their sons would pass the examination Even if all their sons failed to live up to their expectations, the emperor would not deprive the individuals in the next generation to participate in the examination and restore their titles

In other words, the noble title bestowed upon the faeneration had the ability, they would be able to inherit the title However, if they did not have the ability, they could alait for the next generation to try again

Dandong set up such an examination system to maintain the standards of the Empire and to prevent the upper class of the society fro years of peace That was one of the reasons the Empire was still powerful after 200 years

The military examination was over and noas time for the other examinations

His Majesty personally presided over and assessed the second round of examination Several elderly royal think-tanks also separately assessed a few young nobles

That examination was a walk in the park for Rody Nicole had hired a lot of scholars to teach hie As a result, Rody had already built a strong foundation On top of that, Rody had read e Fortunately for hie questions that he could not answer, he could ask Andy, the 200-year oldin his head was an encyclopedia by himself!

Of course, Rody still had his oeakness His weakness was his faith! Most of the questions about theology could not be answered by Rody He could not be blamed From the start, he already felt suspicious about the issue of faith After all, those he had dealings with like Andy, Old Mark, and even Dandong who died 200 years ago were all rebels against God

Fortunately, he ed to answer those questions with Andy's help

After the end of a day of exahted while a feorried Soer nobles had been eliminated but their families were probably not very disappointed As soer brothers would rejoice as they would then have the opportunity to inherit the title However, there were also falilory of their faeneration to inherit the title

Rody and seven other young nobles stood respectfully in the hall, waiting for the Emperor to confer on the a co to his plans He was originally hoping to send the Tulip Fa hith this kid displayed that day was too a! He could defeat 16 Grade 1 swordsmen on his own! On top of that, his opponents could not even fend him off! He had already surpassed the level of a Grade 3 swordsman!

This kid has ath I am afraid of what he will do if he is sent to the northwest!

Moreover, there was Gray The Emperor did not send him However, Abbas XI kneho sent Gray to attack Rody He heard that the Coood relationshi+p with Seth Meanwhile, Gray was one of Milo's close friends Those kids were always up to mischief

That Milo is skilled and I really trust hi people to the Northwest to help with the war He is insistent on sending the Northern Legion to the Northwest He is too iabout how to suppress the Tulip Family

MiloSeth inherit the title This is why he dared to resort to lowly tricks, right before my very eyes Hmm

Abbas XI thought ofnobles before him Other than Rody who had a calm expression, the other seven looked flush as they could not suppress their inner excitement

”You all make me very proud,” Abbas slowly spoke His voice was loud and clear ”You are all also worthy of your falory!”

After that, His Majesty the Emperor stood up and lifted a scepter which symbolized supreme authority and loudly proclaimed, ”I, the descendant of Abbas the Great and the supreme ruler of the Radiant Empire, hereby declare that you have officially inherited the title of your falory will coexist with the Empire!”

”Long live the Euards inside and outside the audience hall shouted loudly The eight young warriors knelt down immediately

The Emperor sloalked in front of theently placed the blade of the sword on the shoulders of each and every one of the the

Rody felt the Emperor's cold hand and saw that his smile had no excitement or joy He smiled coldly in his heart but maintained his composure

Just when the eight young nobles stood up to accept the congratulations of the other nobles, a strange and sad horn sound was heard in the audience hall

”Aargh!” A lot of people cried out in alared his expression