The Knight's Journey to the Empire

"Butler, whether from the perspective of being the Earl's retainer or from the perspective of Baron Soran's friend, I think Baron Soran is a trustworthy person!"

"Tell me about it in detail!" Butler Mark showed an interested expression on his face.

Magellan thought for a moment and began to speak: "First of all, I think Baron Soran is a smart man."

"This does not just refer to his extraordinary intelligence or his unconventional thinking: for example, he came up with the method of making [Snowflake Sea Salt] and the [Anglican Islands Immigration Plan], which is unimaginable for ordinary people. "

"He also said that he could recognize his position and would not have some inappropriate thoughts: for example, in the implementation of the [Anglican Islands Immigration Plan], as the proposer and main executor of the plan, he could have sought more benefits for himself, but he did not do so!"

"Even the title of Viscount and the fiefdom in the [Angliss Islands] were temporarily awarded to him by the Earl!"

“Everyone could see it at the time!”

"Also, at the emergency meeting held two months ago, it was also clear that he could have fought for greater benefits for himself, but he agreed to Andre's proposal and shared his own benefits without monopolizing them or taking more!"

"So it also shows that he is a person who knows how to judge the situation and distinguish the important from the unimportant!"

"The second is his character. Soran has a very stable character. He is polite, enthusiastic, modest, easy-going, generous, and so on. These wonderful qualities can all be seen in him!"

"Although I haven't known him for a long time, I've never heard of him disliking or hating anyone! I've never even seen him lose his temper!"

"But what I know is that he is definitely not a weak and incompetent person! If anyone looks down on him and challenges his authority, I think Soran will definitely explode with anger!"

"After all, his previous identity was just the second son of a knight! And with such an identity, he was able to come back alive from the Western War, establish merit, and obtain hereditary territory! This is enough to prove that he is not a coward!"

"And he is very kind. I have heard that in his territory, White Bear Territory, Baron Soran does not impose any exorbitant taxes on the people. Even the annual agricultural tax he collects is a little lower than that in other territories!"

"So the people of White Bear Territory all support and love their lord from the bottom of their hearts! You know, this is very rare in other noble territories!"

"Finally, it's about how you treat people! Baron Soran is really sincere to his friends. Even if it's something very valuable, as long as it can help his friends, he will give it away without hesitation!"

"Besides, Baron Soran is very willing to give others opportunities to grow. Regardless of whether that person has the ability or not, as long as he is willing to learn and grow, Baron Soran can basically make good arrangements for him!"

"But he also has his own bottom line. He is not as insidious and cunning as other nobles. Moreover, he seems to hate those who are lazy and have no ambition to make progress!"

Magellan finished speaking about what he knew about Soran in one breath.

Of course, most of these were his honest thoughts.

But some of the views are exaggerated.

Because he wanted to show a better image to his good brother in front of Butler Mark, who was a Knight of the Pillar State, so as to win some favor from the other party.

So he continued to retreat and advance: "Butler, the above is my opinion of Baron Soran. Some of the views may be exaggerated! But I promise that this is indeed my true thought!"

Butler Mark nodded slightly, did not respond to Magellan's words, but began to think about something!

Seeing that Butler Mark had no intention of speaking, Magellan felt embarrassed to disturb him.

So I could only wait on the side.

It is midsummer now and the temperature in the air is still relatively high.

Especially now we are at sea, without any shade.

But Magellan stood next to Butler Mark and did not show any enthusiasm.

Because the fighting spirit of Butler Mark is a relatively rare alien ice-type fighting spirit.

He was like a big block of ice. Just by standing next to him, one could feel the coolness invading him.

And this feeling is extremely comfortable in this hot summer.

Magellan suddenly felt that it would be very nice if Butler Mark could use his ice-type fighting spirit to chill a glass of ice beer for him at this time!

Unfortunately, he only dared to think about it and didn't dare to take any action at all.

Unless he is really tired of living!

How dare you order a powerful knight of the Pillar State to do such a thing!

After a long time passed, Butler Mark seemed to have figured something out!

So he continued to ask: "What about his shortcomings? What do you think are his shortcomings?"

"Disadvantages?" Magellan frowned slightly.

Because he really couldn't understand why Butler Mark asked this?

But since the other party had already asked this, he could only bite the bullet and answer: "If you must mention the shortcomings! Then there is one that is really suitable for him!"

"That's being cautious! Baron Soran is too cautious! He won't take risks unless he is absolutely sure. He lacks the necessary spirit of adventure!"

"Of course, this can't be said to be a disadvantage! But overall, this may cause him to lose a lot of development opportunities!"

Magellan answered almost reluctantly!

Although he and Soran had known each other for a relatively short time, they had similar personalities.

Therefore, the feelings between them have long surpassed ordinary friendship, and it may not be an exaggeration to say that they are brothers of different surnames!

And precisely because of his familiarity, he is very clear about Sauron's shortcomings!

Therefore, this so-called "caution" was just that he picked out an insignificant shortcoming among the shortcomings of Sauron that he knew about, and mentioned it.

If he were to describe in detail all of Sauron's shortcomings, he would probably need a whole day and night to finish!

But can these be said?

He was hoping to establish a good image for his brother in front of Butler Mark!

Therefore, Magellan was lying to the powerful knights of the Pillar State!

So he couldn't just answer against his will!

"Magellan, you are so cunning!" Butler Mark pretended to be angry and scolded Magellan.

Butler Mark is an old man who has lived for more than 40 years and has quite rich life experience.

Moreover, for a butler, being able to read people's expressions is an important professional skill.

So how could he not be aware of Magellan's little thoughts?

But he did not blame Magellan for this. Instead, he was a little envious of them for being able to cover up for their friends at this age.

You know, his friends of the same age are now hunchbacked old men!

I don’t even know if he’s still alive!

Moreover, with his current strength and status, those friends no longer dare to "talk to him fairly" as they did before!

Magellan knew that his little trick had been seen through, so he could only pretend to be honest and smile!

But just as he was about to say something else, a burst of rapid gong and drum sounds came from behind the transport fleet, rumbling and echoing through the sky!

Suddenly, this reminded Magellan of the first time his fleet encountered the sea monster Nidhogg.

When he thought of the horrific appearance of the sea monster Nidhogg, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

So he hurriedly reported to Butler Mark: "Butler, this is what happened when my transport fleet encountered the sea monster that day!"

"I think it must have come again today!"

"Yes! Magellan, it's coming again! I can already feel its breath!" Butler Mark said calmly.

He stood at the bow of the pilot boat, gazing coldly in the direction behind the fleet, his eyes were burning and his breathing was heavy.

"Magellan, you must command the fleet to move forward at full speed and leave this dangerous sea as soon as possible! I will go over and take a look now."

As soon as Butler Mark finished speaking, he jumped up without caring whether Magellan responded or not, and jumped onto another ship behind the pilot ship.

Only Magellan was left standing there with a blank mind and a mess in the wind!

But soon, Magellan reacted!

So he began to follow what Butler Mark had said and calmly commanded the transport fleet to leave the dangerous waters.

As for the safety of Butler Mark, that was no longer something he could consider!

After all, if even Butler Mark can't deal with the sea monster [Nidhoggr], then what use is there for him to stay except delivering food to the sea monster?

……

As a strong man with the professional level of a Pillar Knight, Butler Mark not only possesses extremely powerful strength, but also has control over his own power to a meticulous level.

For example, now, he jumped from one ship to another. Although the force of each burst was very strong, it did not damage these ships at all.

He was like a gust of wind, just gently passing through the ship.

Sometimes, before the sailors on the ship could react, he had already jumped to the next ship!

After jumping back and forth like this, Butler Mark soon arrived at the last ship of the transport fleet!

Then he saw the scene that Magellan had seen:

More than a dozen thick, sticky tentacles stretched out from the sea and tightly grasped the hull of a medium-sized kap ship, making it unable to move.

Then the tentacles tried to wrap around the ship tightly, squeezing it madly and trying to crush it to pieces.

The sailors on the ship were wailing madly and fighting back desperately, but it was all in vain. They could only watch despair approach little by little.

But when Butler Mark saw this scene, he was not afraid at all. Instead, he was eager to try it!

Because ever since he broke through to the professional level of Pillar State Knight, he has even comprehended the [Natural Law of Ice], but he has never fought with a knight of the same level!

Therefore, in the eyes of Butler Mark, encountering the sea monster [Nidhoggr] today is a good opportunity!

Moreover, he could clearly feel from the breath of this sea monster [Nidhoggr] that it was a super monster.

And his strength is not much stronger than mine!

……

Then, Butler Mark no longer hesitated and jumped directly from the last ship into the sea.

Then he walked on the waves and rushed towards the direction of the sea monster [Nidhogg].

Originally, the distance between him and the sea monster [Nidhoggr] was not far, only about seven or eight hundred meters!

So after a while, he rushed to the front of the sea monster [Nidhoggr]!

Of course, if someone pays close attention, they will find that there are pieces of grooved ice-blue floating ice left on the sea where Butler Mark ran.

That was Butler Mark using his fighting spirit to transform the frozen seawater in order to give himself a leverage point on the sea surface to provide power for the charge.

However, apparently no one noticed these small details!

Because now they don’t even have enough time to escape!

And it is obvious that after Butler Mark approached the sea monster [Nidhoggr], the attack methods he used were more eye-catching.

After Butler Mark approached the sea monster [Nidhoggr], he jumped directly from the sea to a height of twenty or thirty meters.

At the same time, the enchanted greatsword in his hand glowed with blue light, and he used an ice-blue fighting spirit to slash at one of the tentacles of the sea monster [Nidhoggr]!

The speed of this fighting spirit slash was extremely fast, and it hit the target in a flash.

However, this tentacle was indeed tough and was not cut off directly, but it was completely frozen by the extreme cold attribute carried by this Dou Qi Slash!

And it was frozen hard, turning into ice cubes.

Just at this moment, Butler Mark, who had jumped into the air, arrived.

Then he swung the enchanted greatsword in his hand and struck hard at the frozen part of the tentacle.

So the ice tentacles were directly broken off, and shattered into several pieces of ice that fell down!

And that tentacle was also cut off.

That part fell onto the deck of the medium-sized cap ship with a loud bang!

This broken piece of tentacle did not lose all its vitality directly.

The most pointed part is still shaking!

At the same time, Butler Mark landed steadily on the deck of the ship!