Chapter 21 : Knight Attendant
Chapter 21: Knight Attendant! Starfall Longsword!
Blackstone City had more than fifty Quasi-Knights.
Some of them were noble offspring like them who had come to study, in other words, to become Knight’s Squires.
The rest were squad leaders who had fought their way up through military merit from the city’s garrison.
Among these Quasi-Knights, more than a dozen had become Knight Attendants to the five great knights of Blackstone City.
Leo wondered whether he might, in the future, become the Knight Attendant of the sixth knight of Blackstone City, Eve Sova.
Perhaps Knight Laforin had such an idea.
For ordinary people, becoming a Knight Attendant was actually something worth great pride.
Because the path of a knight was extraordinarily arduous.
Most ordinary people, even if they exhausted their entire lives, might never even touch the threshold of knighthood.
Thus, becoming a Knight Attendant was also considered a very good path.
Knight Attendants followed Formal Knights onto the battlefield year-round and were extremely close comrades.
Therefore, most Knight Attendants were the closest people to the knights they served.
It also meant finding a powerful backer.
Just like Zoro, the son of the butler Burton, who had risen through military merit to become the Knight Attendant of the High-tier Knight Laforin.
As Laforin’s attendant, Zoro had obtained a large amount of resources provided by Laforin.
His status in Blackstone City was also extremely high.
“Take it one step at a time. First, max out Mount Control.”
Leo left quickly with Arthur.
Behind them, Rog and Eddie watched their departing figures.
Eddie’s expression was grave.
“In such a short time, he has already obtained the opportunity to learn the Breathing Technique. It seems Leo will become a very troublesome competitor in the future.” Eddie appeared to be talking to himself, but the corner of his eye was observing Rog.
“Heh, the Breathing Technique isn’t something that’s so easy to learn. Body, brain, resources—none can be lacking. He’ll soon understand what real hardship means.” Rog had already been learning the Breathing Technique for half a year. Just memorizing the breathing rhythm chart had taken him three months, and even now he had not mastered it.
Just as the two were speaking—
“Huh? You two change faces pretty fast.” Hogg had appeared silently behind them at some point.
Rog was startled. He had always ignored Arthur’s inconspicuous little follower.
At this moment, he could only cover his embarrassment with a fake smile.
“Tch.” Hogg didn’t bother wasting words with them and quickly headed toward the stables.
……
When Leo replaced his white horse’s horseshoes with a larger size,
he realized that in just over ten days, his white horse had grown a bit bigger again.
Leo tilted his head up, looking at the white horse that belonged to him.
Perhaps because he saw it every day and lacked a reference point, he hadn’t noticed the change.
This was the effect of Level 5 Mount Control.
【Mount Control Level 5 100/100 (Spirit +0.5, horses personally trained will continuously increase their potential; effect is related to Spirit attribute)】
Through this horseshoe replacement, Leo successfully maxed out the experience of his second skill.
Arthur and Hogg helped Leo prepare the tools and materials. After completing these preliminary preparations, the two of them went aside to study Eve Sova’s sword.
As for the remaining operations that could grant experience, Leo completed all of them personally.
Just like the 【Swordsman】 class, after the 【Mount Control】 class was maxed out,
Leo saw that in his unassigned class column, a new advanced class had appeared.
【Unassigned Class: Beast Tamer (Green)】
He checked the requirements for class advancement.
【Beast Tamer (Unassigned)
Advancement Requirements:
1. Spirit attribute reaches 1.6, current 1.4 (not met)
2. Agility attribute reaches 1.1, current 1.0 (not met)】
The advancement requirements for this class were much simpler.
After all, 【Sword Master】 was a Blue-tier Class, while this 【Beast Tamer】 was a Green-tier Class.
Naturally, the higher-quality class had a higher entry threshold.
“But it looks like I’m being choked by the Spirit attribute again.”
Looking at it this way, up to now, Leo had already maxed out all the skills he could grind.
No new class had been unlocked, and there were no new skills left to grind.
At this point, increasing Agility and Spirit attributes had become his top priority.
Agility was tied to physical fitness, while as for Spirit—
aside from improving it through skills, Leo had not found any other way to increase it for the time being.
In fact, Leo was currently facing quite a few problems.
The Beastkin Meat he bought last time was almost finished, and he only had one silver coin left.
There were still ten days before the next merchant caravan arrived.
Life always brought one problem after another.
While thinking, Leo looked toward Arthur and Hogg nearby.
The two of them were huddled together mysteriously, seemingly conducting some kind of experiment.
Leo walked closer and saw that they had placed a piece of dry grass on the blade, and Arthur gently blew on it.
With almost no force, the dry grass was instantly cut in two.
So sharp!
“My heavens.” Arthur stared at the blade in amazement.
He then tore off a finger-width strip of cloth from his clothes and placed it on the edge.
At this moment, Leo also leaned in. With a light blow, the strip of cloth was directly sliced into two.
This was even sharper than hair-splitting sharpness.
As the son of a count, Arthur seemed to have some knowledge in this area.
He lifted the sword with both hands. “Such a heavy sword. Leo, you’ve struck it rich this time. Whether it’s the material or the craftsmanship, this sword is extraordinary. At the very least, it’s a fine-grade treasure sword.”
“Fine-grade.” Leo knew that in this world, knight swords were categorized by quality into ordinary, good, fine, and legendary.
Excluding the rare legendary grade, the quality of this Starfall Sword had basically reached the highest tier.
Leo took the Starfall from Arthur and began to examine it carefully.
When Eve Sova had used it, it had seemed so light and nimble, but in reality, the sword weighed even more than a ten-jin training heavy sword—likely close to twenty jin.
This indicated that the material density of the sword was extremely high.
Leo lifted the sword with one hand, executed a flourish, and then walked toward a nearby wooden stump.
Accompanied by a heavy whistling sound through the air,
the longsword fell casually, and a chunk of the stump was sliced off at an angle—like cutting tofu.
Leo then picked up a rake nearby, aimed at its iron head, and gave a light swing.
With a clang—
one of the iron teeth on the rake was directly cut off.
It sliced through iron like mud.
Leo had originally thought this sword merely looked valuable, but he hadn’t expected it to be this formidable.
However, after just a few casual swings, he already felt a slight soreness in his forearm.
A weight of twenty jin—being able to lift it didn’t mean he could wield it effectively.
A weapon wasn’t the heavier the better. If he couldn’t swing it for long periods, such a heavy weapon would instead become a burden.
“Looks like… I still can’t use this sword in actual combat.”
After putting the sword away, Leo declined Arthur’s suggestion to go eat out. He returned to the dormitory, ate something casually, and then headed toward Eve Sova’s courtyard.
Eve Sova had said she would teach him the Breathing Technique and advanced sword techniques.
Leo was already eager beyond measure.