Chapter 57 : The Sixth Great Knight
Chapter 57: The Sixth Great Knight!
If everything went smoothly, he should be formally granted the title of Quasi-Knight today.
By then, he would frequently interact with these Quasi-Knights.
The documents in Anthony’s hands should contain everyone’s profiles and report cards.
This gave Leo a rare opportunity to understand all the Quasi-Knights at once.
To grasp in advance the backgrounds and strengths of every Quasi-Knight.
Knowing both oneself and one’s opponents would bring nothing but advantages, and it would also help avoid unnecessary conflicts.
“The only downside is having to frequently use Hunting Moment.”
However, Leo felt that after his Spirit Attribute increased from 1.4 to 1.5, the burden of using Hunting Moment had noticeably lessened.
He tried to control the duration of each use, so he could gather more information.
At this moment, Leo was fully focused.
More attentive than anyone else present.
He carefully observed everyone’s facial features, then compared them with the information in Anthony’s documents.
Matching the data with each individual, committing everything to memory.
One Quasi-Knight after another stepped forward, and Leo did not relax for even a second.
Until Anthony flipped to the last page of his materials and then put them away.
Yet there were still more than a dozen people left untested.
Leo looked at those remaining individuals.
He understood.
These dozen or so Quasi-Knights were all Knight Attendants of the Five Great Knights.
Unlike ordinary Quasi-Knights, they had no report cards.
In fact, these Knight Attendants didn’t even need to participate in the test.
For them, there was no need for assessments.
They only needed to complete the tasks assigned by their respective knights and relied on the resources allocated to them.
They did not need to earn battle merits through missions.
However, a few of them still intended to take this opportunity to check how much their Breathing Technique had progressed.
The first was a slender female knight. After saluting Anthony on the platform, she slowly walked into the chamber.
The gazes of the Quasi-Knights immediately turned toward her.
Almost everyone in the city knew her—she was Anthony’s Knight Attendant, Tita.
She was the daily manager of the entire Knight Hall.
When Tita began circulating her Breathing Technique, Leo focused on the liquid level.
“91!”
Tita revealed a composed smile.
It seemed she had made considerable progress compared to last year.
Anthony on the platform also nodded at her with a smile, expressing approval.
Next, several other Knight Attendants took the test one after another.
Their numbers were almost all in the eighties and nineties.
Leo could roughly deduce by now—
this device divided its scale according to Breathing Technique progress.
If the liquid level reached 100, it meant the Breathing Technique had broken through to the second stage.
It was clear that these Knight Attendants were all among the most outstanding of the Quasi-Knights.
But there were exceptions.
At the very end, the short-haired recording officer behind Ray suddenly put down her pen and register.
She stepped out from behind Ray and looked toward Ross, the Grey Rhino Female Knight on the platform.
After obtaining Ross’s approval, she also walked into the glass chamber.
Leo looked at this recording officer.
She appeared gentle and scholarly—he had always thought she was purely administrative staff.
Yet she was also a Knight Attendant.
Moreover, she had been following Ray all this time. So she wasn’t Ray’s Knight Attendant?
Instead, she took orders from Ross.
Leo felt a hint of confusion.
But when she began circulating her Breathing Technique, Leo was even more surprised.
The liquid level stopped at 15.
The lowest in the entire field.
And judging from her expression, she even clenched her fist, looking quite excited?!
Leo tried to sort through the complicated information.
In the end, he arrived at a conclusion—the recording officer was likely placed by Ross at Ray’s side.
Possibly with some special mission.
After that, the field gradually fell silent.
It seemed that everyone who needed to be tested had finished.
Leo looked toward Zoro in the crowd.
He had always been curious about Zoro’s strength.
But Zoro sat firmly in his chair, showing no intention of standing up.
He did not plan to test his Breathing Technique progress.
The field remained quiet for a moment, as if waiting for the final conclusion to be announced.
But suddenly, the four great knights seated at the front all stood up at the same time.
They looked toward the same direction.
At the same time, all the Quasi-Knights present also turned their gaze there.
Outside the training ground, Eve Sova appeared, dressed in exquisitely crafted silver armor, with a wide red cape billowing behind her.
Her expression was calm as she strode toward the chamber.
Leo had just been wondering why he hadn’t seen her.
He hadn’t expected her entrance to be so striking.
She was still technically a Quasi-Knight, and now she too would undergo the test.
However, it seemed that everyone present already knew the result in advance.
For her, this test was merely a formality.
Eve Sova entered the chamber and circulated her Breathing Technique. A patch of black appeared on her palm.
Meanwhile, the liquid column in the glass tube rose rapidly, finally stopping above 100.
Not by much.
But it didn’t matter—once it exceeded 100, it meant she had already reached another realm.
The Low-tier Knight realm.
No one knew who started the applause.
But soon, everyone present began clapping.
As if it had been rehearsed beforehand, the entire field celebrated Eve Sova.
Afterward, she calmly walked through the crowd and ascended the platform.
Leo noticed that her expression remained unchanged, appearing very composed, but her steps seemed slightly stiff.
It was clear that she was somewhat nervous—or rather, excited.
When Eve Sova stepped onto the platform, the Five Great Knights all walked forward to stand before her.
It looked as though they were welcoming her into their ranks.
Especially Laforin, whose face overflowed with barely restrained joy.
He stepped forward and loudly announced a piece of news.
The formal investiture ceremony would be held before tonight’s banquet.
With Laforin’s announcement, the Breathing Technique assessment officially concluded.
After the Breathing Technique test came the swordsmanship assessment.
However, the swordsmanship test would be conducted inside the Training Room.
Leo had no way of watching it.
Although it had delayed some of his training time, he felt that the time had been extremely worthwhile.
After all, trying to gather such comprehensive intelligence through horses alone was very difficult.
From his long period of practice, Leo had discovered—
horses were better suited for surveillance and eavesdropping.
Their efficiency in gathering specific information was not high.
But now, Leo had already grasped the basic information of all the Quasi-Knights except for the fifteen Knight Attendants.
Including their backgrounds and strengths.
This would be extremely helpful for him in the future.
“However, it’s time to start preparing for my own assessment.”
There were still more than two hours before the Knight’s Squire assessment began, yet Leo felt no nervousness at all.
Just like Eve Sova, the afternoon’s assessment was merely a formality and a process for him.
But while Leo thought this way, his teacher Eve Sova did not.
She had kept the fact that Leo had mastered the Breathing Technique to herself, never mentioning it to the other knights.
She didn’t like boasting in advance—that had little effect.
She preferred to let her strength astonish everyone at the critical moment.
That was the true essence of showing one’s prowess.