The Knight's Journey to the Empire

Pierstro is the second most influential figure among this year's graduates of the Donbass Knight Academy.

He was born into a commoner family. With his excellent talent and extremely hard training, he became the second favored son of heaven among the graduates of the Donbass Knight Academy who cultivated fighting spirit and advanced to the rank of official knight.

But his advancement speed was still nearly eight months later than that of the first-place Kezero.

Of course, the civilians here refer to the relatively wealthy urban freemen, not the "poor" who are still struggling to make ends meet.

Those real lower-class "commoners" are not qualified to study at the Donbass Knight Academy, even if they are rich, because they are not qualified.

This qualification refers to connections. If you want to study at the Donbass Knight Academy, you need connections.

Needless to say, the nobles, even those relatively wealthy free citizens in the city who had no background, needed someone to act as a guarantor and help write letters of introduction.

And the person who can act as a guarantor is definitely not an ordinary person.

Perhaps because of his humble origins and lack of power, Pierstro is also a very hardworking "cultivation maniac".

It is said that he spends most of his day training and pushing his body to its limits, leaving him with no other free time.

Although Soran also practiced very hard, his training was continuous and appropriate in a controlled manner. He still had some necessary entertainment time, social time, etc.

Therefore, Sauron knew very little about this kind of "special talent" and had never even had any direct contact with him.

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At this moment on the ring, Kezero and Pierstro stood facing each other with swords in their hands, about ten meters apart.

39/58.

This is the physical data about Pierstro that Soran obtained from the Orphan Spirit Eye.

Kozero's data is 44/59. Compared with the two, Pierstro's physical fitness value is 5 points lower.

But in fact, at the same professional level, unless it is in the late stage or bottleneck, the strength difference represented by these five points is actually not that big.

This can be made up for by sword skills, experience, weapons, and even luck.

So if Soran were asked to guess, based on these data, he would not be able to guess who would win and who would lose.

He only knew that Kezero had a better chance of winning.

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The final round of the competition was judged by the head of the class. He stood between the two of them, looked at each other, smiled with satisfaction, and then shouted loudly, "Let the competition begin!"

Bang!

This is the sound of feet hitting the solid floor of the ring.

As soon as the game started, Pierstro was like a spring-loaded player, and he shot out at an astonishing speed.

Obviously, he was also gathering strength and preparing for a sneak attack from the very beginning.

The short distance of ten meters was covered in a flash, and it seemed that Pierstro was about to collide with Kzero.

However, Kzero's reaction at this moment seemed to be half a beat slow, and he could only hastily stab out with his sword in panic.

Seeing this, Pierstro was overjoyed, so without thinking, he raised the small round shield in his left hand to block Kzero's rapier.

But obviously, Kezero had expected Pierstro to do this, so he retracted the half-extended sword, then kicked his legs hard, stepped back and kept some distance.

Pierstro didn't use the side kick that he had prepared, and instead pushed the ground with his foot, which released half of the force, and then used the momentum to chase after Kzero.

Looking at their familiar moves, Sauron curled his lips: You can attack me by sneaking away if you want, but you are using the same tactics as me. Unfortunately, some tactics may work once but will be useless the next time.

Indeed, the tactic that Pierstro wanted to use was actually the sneak attack tactic that Soran used in the last round to defeat the enemy with one move.

But obviously, Kzero was prepared for this. He stabbed out half of the sword intentionally, just to wait for Pierstro to take the bait and buy more time to retreat.

Now it seems that the opportunity has indeed been earned, and now the two of them have put some distance between them and are standing facing each other.

"Student Pierstro, this trick has already been used by Student Soran. It won't work if you use it again. Do you understand?" Kezero frowned, his tone cold and tough, and the sword pointing at the opponent made him sound like he was preaching.

Everyone knows what happened to that unlucky guy Lisarandi when he was kicked by Sauron. He might not be crippled, but he will have to lie in bed for at least a hundred days.

And now Pierstro actually wants to use this trick against Kezero.

It's obvious that this guy has bad intentions. He wants to kill Kzeroth with one kick.

Thinking of this, Kzero naturally wouldn't give him a good look.

“Haha, classmate Kzero, I don’t need you to teach me. Whether a move is useful or not, you can only know it after you use it, right?” Pierstro had a smile on his face and a gentle tone, giving people the feeling of an older brother next door.

But Kzero sensed some tit-for-tat meaning in his smile.

"Are you sure you want to do this? Can you bear the consequences?" Kzero's brows frowned even deeper.

Due to their different life trajectories, the two of them rarely interacted with each other, so Kzero couldn't figure out where the conflict between them came from.

He didn't know what was wrong with this Pierstro today and why he suddenly became opposed to him.

"Hahahaha, Kzero, let's talk about the consequences later. Now look at the sword!" Pierstro said as he raised his sword and charged again.

Kezero was calm and composed. He easily raised his sword to block his attack, then raised his leg to give a side kick.

"Who sent you here? That Marquise?" Kzero asked in a deep voice.

He wanted to find out the specific reason, so he just defended or dodged Pierstro's attacks without fighting back.

Kzero felt that if it was really the Marquise who ordered it, then he would have to make plans early.

Pierstro bent down like an iron bridge blocking a river, perfectly avoiding Kzero's side kick, then rolled over and stood firm again.

"Hahahaha, no one ordered me to do this. I just simply want to defeat you." Pierstro roared ferociously.

It was true that no one was instructing him, and it was true that he just wanted to defeat Kzero.

Perhaps due to his humble origins, Pierstro himself has a somewhat inferiority complex.

Moreover, although he had excellent grades while studying at the Donbass Knight Academy, he was always surpassed by Kzero, and this lasted for four years.

So, how could he not feel frustrated? He worked so hard to train day and night, and there were also some "motivational" reasons from Kezero.

He dreamed of defeating Kezero and getting back a point.

So he thought that if he could defeat or severely injure Kzero in a fair and square match during this graduation competition, he would be able to avenge his previous humiliation.

He wants to prove to everyone that he is the best and that he is a one-in-a-million genius.

As a result, Pierstro's moves became more fierce and vicious, giving people the feeling that it was not like a competition between classmates, but more like a life-and-death duel in the arena.

His moves were brave, fierce, ruthless and decisive, like a poisonous snake foraging for food, revealing a little bit of sinisterness and weirdness.

Fortunately, Kzero is no pushover. He has used his fighting spirit to temper his body for a year, and his physical fitness and other aspects have been greatly improved.

Therefore, he could resist all of Pierstro's moves, and could dodge those that he couldn't resist.

As the saying goes, a person's character can be seen from his handwriting, and the marks left by his sword can also reveal a person's character.

It is not difficult to see from Pierstro's sword moves that he is a narrow-minded person. He is not insidious and cunning, but he is definitely not upright.

Of course, only people in the industry can see this.

If ordinary people watch it, they will just watch it.

It is just like listening to a master’s sermon. Those who can understand it will naturally be enlightened; those who cannot understand it will truly be “listening to your words as if they were your whole talk.”