Chapter 32 : Holy Capital Great Knight
Chapter 32: Holy Capital Great Knight! Chaotic Battle!
As the captain, he had always adhered strictly to rigorous principles in his conduct.
Only after Leo finished treating the final horse’s wound did things conclude.
Before he knew it, Leo had already been working for over an hour.
He had also gone through all the memory fragments of the horses.
Most of what he observed were the Golden Knights drilling their Breathing Technique and swordsmanship.
The knight captain had watched Leo the entire time, then strode over to him.
He glanced at Leo’s trousers and shoes, already soaked through with melted snow. “Young man, you’ve done a good job.”
“Thank you for your praise.”
“You’re a fine citizen.” The knight captain’s tone and form of address toward Leo had already changed. “Come.”
The captain stepped closer, placing a hand on Leo’s shoulder.
In the next instant, a surge of golden radiance spread out.
Leo felt a wave of heat envelop him, driving away all the chill from his body.
His soaked trousers and shoes became completely dry and comfortable in an instant.
“Kind young man, may fortune be with you.” The knight captain led his horse, preparing to leave.
Leo respectfully performed a Knight’s Etiquette salute, only to find two silver coins placed on his shoulder. “Sir Knight, I said I didn’t want money…”
“The Golden Knight Order never owes its citizens.” With that, the captain cast Leo a distant glance before leading the team onward again.
The knight order escorted the merchant caravan forward several hundred meters, disappearing into the forest.
The vice-captain rode to the front of the formation, lowering his voice. “Boss, wasn’t that blessing you gave the boy just now a violation of Article 319 of the knight order regulations—during escort missions, one must not…”
The captain shot him a sideways glance and cut him off. “Knight Grell, according to Article 597 of the knight order regulations, shouldn’t you address me as ‘Sir Captain of the Holy Capital Great Knights’ while on duty?”
Grell sighed and glanced back toward Blackstone City. “You only had one chance to use that blessing… may luck be with him.”
……
Leo looked at the silver coins in his hand. Logically speaking, the work he had just done was indeed worth that price.
‘Never owing citizens, huh.’
Leo put away the coins. His goal had already been achieved—once there was a first time, there would be a second.
With the knight order gone, he prepared to return to the castle as quickly as possible.
From the memory fragments of those warhorses, seeing the dead animals along the way had given Leo a faint sense that something was wrong.
“Returning to the castle is the safest option.”
Additionally, from the sparring scenes of the Golden Knights, he had gained quite a bit of inspiration regarding swordsmanship.
It felt like watching a professional basketball game before playing himself in his previous life—suddenly feeling incredibly powerful and eager to put it into practice.
Not far away, Eddie had witnessed everything and clenched his fists tightly.
In his eyes, Leo’s behavior just now was utterly disgusting.
“Always sucking up to whoever he sees. No wonder he managed to take Eve Sova as his teacher. Looks like he’s done plenty of this kind of thing behind the scenes.” Eddie gritted his teeth, speaking in a low voice.
“Usually arrogant in the Training Room, but the moment he meets someone strong, he grovels. And mercy? It’s nauseating.
This country bumpkin actually has some tricks, Leo Laide.
Too bad—even if you lick all their horses clean, you still can’t change your lowly status.”
Eddie cursed under his breath, his teeth grinding audibly.
Staring at Leo’s departing figure, a sinister flame flickered in his eyes.
Originally, Burton had already arranged for him to follow Zoro in one-on-one training afterward.
But at this moment, he had decided to head to the Training Room again.
Moving swiftly toward the Training Room, Eddie’s steps quickened.
“Don’t you like fighting? I’ll help you—let you fight to your heart’s content.”
……
Leo returned all the way into the city without wasting any time wandering.
He went straight back to his room and immediately cut off a piece of Blackwater Lizard meat.
While practicing the Breathing Technique, he casually roasted the meat over the fireplace and quickly swallowed it in a few bites.
Then, while digesting, Leo headed toward the Training Room.
However, upon arriving, he discovered that the Knight’s Squires were looking at him with hostility today.
Rog quickly led a group of people to surround him. “Leo, you finally showed up.”
Leo faintly sensed that something was wrong.
Previously, they had clearly established a very harmonious sandbag… no, sparring relationship.
But today, their attitude had suddenly changed drastically.
Something must have happened.
“Come on, make a move. Didn’t you say you were treating us like fools? Go ahead, mock us.” Rog held an Iron Sword.
On the other side, a long-haired youth spoke, “You even said we’re useless trash who know nothing except being born into the right family.”
Leo looked at the long-haired youth—he had no recollection of this person at all.
His gaze swept around as more and more people surrounded him.
“Stop talking nonsense. Hurry up and hit him, Rog. Beat this brat up.”
“The law doesn’t punish the masses. If we all attack together, even Eve Sova won’t be able to do anything to us.”
“Right, there are so many of us. We’ll just insist he struck first.”
“Together!”
No one knew who started it, but soon the group of squires had forced Leo into a corner.
“What are you trying to do? Planning to bully the few with numbers?!” Arthur shouted loudly from outside the door. He hated this kind of behavior the most.
If so many people rushed in at once, Leo would definitely be at a disadvantage.
He had just arrived at the Training Room and, seeing conflict about to erupt, had already sent Hogg ahead to the knight hall to inform Eve Sova.
At this moment, the squires kept closing in on Leo and Arthur.
Everyone was waiting for Leo to explain.
Leo looked at the group and had already guessed that someone must have incited them.
He could not let himself be slandered and suffer this silent loss.
Thus, he drew the Iron Sword from behind him. “I think you’ve been incited by someone. But he’s not wrong—being so easily manipulated does make you a bunch of trash.”
The squires present looked at Leo, not expecting him to admit it outright.
“You!”
Some still wanted to argue, but Leo did not wish to waste more words. He spoke directly, “Stop talking. Come at me together.”
Leo had just watched so many Golden Knights’ techniques.
His mind was filled with inspiration—he wanted to test it out.
“He… what did he just say? Come at him together?”
“Has he gone crazy…”
“He must be crazy.”
Several squires nearby muttered.
But Leo had already made the first move.
With a sudden burst—
Leo stomped the ground and charged straight into the crowd.
After grinding so many one-on-one fights,
it was time to experience real battlefield combat—what it felt like to be surrounded by enemies.
Though these Knight’s Squires had been shouting fiercely moments ago,
faced with Leo’s initiative, they all panicked.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sound of blades colliding rang out.
Leo’s sword carried immense Power of Dark Tide.
With a single sweep, he forced back the front row of squires.
Although Leo only knew this one move for now,
the Power of Dark Tide was merely a method of exertion. Combined with his fully mastered Basic Sword Techniques,
it was more than enough to deal with this group of weak youths.
Leo was unstoppable—his Iron Sword swept across with overwhelming force.
No one could withstand his immense strength.
In just a few seconds, he had already driven back Rog and a number of squires in front of him.
Now Leo stood in the center of the Training Room, surrounded on all sides.
On a battlefield, one-on-one fights were rare—chaotic battles like this were the norm.
And this was exactly the effect Leo wanted.
Moreover, Leo noticed that after the battle began, the swordsmanship experience on his panel started increasing.
Clearly, facing multiple opponents placed him under greater pressure.
His experience points began to rise rapidly.
At this moment, Leo was like a lion surrounded by hyenas.
Yet he charged left and right, constantly beating back enemies from all directions.
Though there was some pressure, Leo still felt capable of handling it.
No matter how many there were, he only had to face the three to five closest opponents at any given moment.
The greater challenge came from the exhaustion caused by continuous waves of attacks.
But for Leo, this was not a problem at all.
In just a few minutes, his swordsmanship experience had already increased by 3 points.
Leo was getting into the rhythm of farming, while the squires who had once shouted aggressively had already lost all their momentum.
At this rate, a breakthrough in swordsmanship seemed within reach.
But in the next moment, Leo’s eyes shifted—
behind him, a figure was already launching a sneak attack.