Chapter 62 Something Warm (1/2)

While riding her horse, Teresa took a deep breath as she conditioned her mind and body.

Being a Golden Knight does not only require a powerful body, but also a flexible mind capable of making sound decisions, especially during battles.

Not only a Golden Knight's life was at risk when he/she fights a Monster. Civilian lives are also accounted for, and a Golden Knight must do his/her best to protect them from harm.

Luckily for Teresa, there are no human settlements inside the Monster Territory that she was about to go to. That means that she can focus more on eliminating her target.

”~~~” Teresa's body then started to glow as golden particles started to converge upon her body.

Teresa felt euphoria as she felt her power rising as the golden particles entered her body. She continued of absorbing these golden particles until she felt full.

”It's really refreshing as always.” Teresa commented as she flexed her lithe body. ”If I can do this every time, then I could beat up my teacher…”

In the Human Faction, there are two ways that a human can gain power and fight against the members of the Monster Faction.

First is the Mage Path and second is the Knight Path.

Both Paths allow humans to manipulate the Essences around them to give them powerful combat abilities.

These Essences are quite numerous, giving the Mages and the Knights different Essences that they can access.

They can use Fire Essence, Earth Essence, Void Essence and others more, depending on their affinity.

However, the way the Mages and Knights use these Essences are vastly different from each other.

For the Mages, they rely more on controlling and guiding the Essences around them to create powerful spells.

As for the Knights, they absorb and integrate the Essences inside their bodies, making their bodies stronger, and also allowing them to perform feats that are impossible with just a normal body.

Teresa is a Knight, which meant that she had to absorb the Essence inside her body to make herself stronger.

But unlike the normal kind of Essence, the Essence that Teresa has was a fairly special one.

Her Essence, the Golden Essence, is not just one type of Essence. It was a combination of several Essences, which were mixed together to produce the Golden Essence.

The Essences that were combined were the Light Essence, Life Essence, and Divine Essence.

Each of these Essences were already damaging against Monsters, as their properties were already against the Monsters.

Combine these three Essences together, and their product that is the Golden Essence can be considered to the most powerful Essence that can be used against opposing Monsters.

”Hmph, with my Golden Essence, I can easily finish this mission!” Teresa muttered to herself confidently, as if it was already a forgone conclusion.

Teresa's thinkings can be said to be right, as Golden Knights like her can easily fight Monsters that are of higher rank than her, due to the powerful properties of her Golden Essence.

With these confident thoughts inside her head, Teresa let out a cheerful hum as her horse continued on carrying her.

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After 4 hours of travelling, Teresa was able to reach her destination.

”....” Even though she had been trained by her father to fight, Teresa still could not help but feel nervous, as this is her first time to actually hunt a Monster inside a hostile territory.

”Don't be nervous! You already have your Golden Core, so you do not have to worry about losing energy when you fight!” Teresa whispered to herself as she surveyed something inside her body. ”Just follow the battle plan, and you will win!”

The Knight Path and the Mage Path has 10 Grades of power, witch each Grade stronger than the former one.

Naturally, Grade 1 Knight/Mage is the weakest, while the Grade 10 Knight/Mage is the strongest.

These Grades allow the distinction of strength within the Human Faction, and it also shows the people that should be given more attention.

Each Grade has distinct classifications on them, allowing easier segregation of possible tasks.

Grade 1 Knights are the Knights that have started to slowly integrate their chosen Essence with every part of their body.

It was only when the Grade 1 Knights have fully integrated the essence with their body that they can try to reach Grade 2.

A Knight is considered to be a Grade 2 Knight when they can manifest their Essence on their weapons and attacks, allowing more flexibility on their power.

As for being a Grade 3 Knight, which was Teresa's current state, it can only be reached when a Knight successfully creates a dense ball of their Essence inside their body, which is called the Essence Core.

This Essence Core will provide a Grade 3 Knight with an explosive power and powerful abilities, which are very useful against battle with Monsters.

Only those who become a Grade 3 Knight are allowed to exterminate Monsters for the better of the Human Faction.

”Take calm breaths Teresa, you can do this. You will not fail…” Teresa took a deep breath as she tried to calm herself down.

It seems to have worked, as she always did this whenever she was scared.

Teresa approached a nearby tree as she tied her horse near it.

The grasses around the tree will be enough to keep the horse well-fed until Teresa arrives the next day.

Well that is, if Teresa can still come back.

Teresa shook these negative thoughts out of her head as she said,

”Of course I will come back! I am just going to fight a big boar! Heck, I am going to cook that one too!”

With these powerful acknowledgements, Teresa started to enter the Monster Territory, which turns out to be a large forest.

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Teresa held her spear in a tense manner, making sure that the spear was in the right position so that she can easily use it if a monster was out there to ambush her.

”Huh?”

At this part of the forest, Teresa was sure that some Monster should have already tried attacking her.

Naturally, since she was still at the edge of the forest, the monster that will attack her are the weak ones. This is already a fact that was preached on their monster combat classes.

But right now, Teresa was not seeing anything that resembled an attack to her.

”Puch.”

Teresa suddenly felt that she stepped on something soft, prompting her to look down.

”!!!” Teresa brandished her spear, as she saw that what she stepped on was a Rabid Rabbit, a Peon-Class Monster that were only good for being a pest.

But Teresa knew that their sharp teeth were already enough to tear a normal person in half.

There is no way that Teresa will allow this Rabid Rabbit to make its first move.

”Wuwuwu…” But to Teresa's incredulity, the Rabid Rabbit that she stepped on did not attack her at all. Heck, the Rabid Rabbit was not interested in attacking her at all!