The Strongest Knight

Winter came and summer passed, and before he knew it, half a year had passed, and Gray had spent his first year in Birch Castle.

It was a hot day. Gray was shirtless and wearing shorts, holding a long sword and practicing his sword skills in front of the sword-testing stone in the garden.

Half a year later, Gray successfully condensed the fifth knight soul and became a mid-level knight apprentice.

If Roland had not condensed the sixth knight apprentice last month, Gray would have been the one with the highest progress among the knight apprentices in Birch Castle.

"My 'Knightly Martial Arts' has finally produced results." Gray looked at the acupuncture point map hanging on the wall, a trace of relief on his face.

Hard work pays off. After Gray recalled most of the acupoint map, he took time out every day over the past six months to change the route of the knight's soul energy when he drew the sword, trying to match the effects of the corresponding acupoints.

If the power of Gray's attack relying solely on physical strength is 1, then it can be increased to 1.2-1.3 after using the knight's energy. After using the Black Water Sword Technique, it can reach 1.5 and the consumption will also decrease.

After experimenting with the routes of different acupuncture points for a long time, one day, Gray finally delivered a strike that exceeded 1.3 and reached an increase of 1.4.

Then, the auxiliary system gave Gray a surprise, suggesting that he had discovered an unnamed new skill.

Skills that are recognized by the system mean that Gray can start improving them with the help of the auxiliary system!

Then, with the help of the auxiliary system, this effective running route was constantly corrected and improved. After the cultivation degree was increased from 3% to %, Gray was surprised to find that this strike, after running through the extremely complex acupoint route, was already able to send out a sword energy attack, with an increase of .

In order to better exert the power of this sword, Gray equipped himself with a long sword. This move was also named "Crescent Moon Rising to the Sky" by Gray. The half-moon-shaped sword energy it emits is indeed very similar to the signature skill of the protagonist in a certain anime.

Encouraged by this, Gray continued his efforts and soon reaped the rewards.

With the help of the auxiliary system, Gray found it very easy to create new skills. He only needed to find the clue of the skill and be recognized by the auxiliary system. Then he could continuously correct and improve it with the help of the auxiliary system and turn it into a powerful skill.

After the correction degree of this second skill reached 100%, Gray named the skill "Instant".

'Instant' is a skill that speeds up explosive movement. After the knight's energy runs to specific positions of the legs and feet through a complex acupuncture point running route, Gray can instantly jump three or four meters away. The speed is so fast that it will definitely give the enemy an unexpected surprise during the battle.

Whether it is 'Crescent Moon Rising to the Sky' or 'Instant', these knight martial arts skills created by Gray have been greatly enhanced in power after being corrected by the auxiliary system, but their consumption has also been greatly increased.

With the energy of five knight souls that Gray has now condensed, he can only send out three "Crescent Moons Soaring to the Sky", or use it "ten times" in a row, and then his energy will be exhausted.

Even so, these two martial arts skills can definitely be regarded as Gray's trump cards.

After becoming an official knight and greatly enhancing his knightly energy, Gray will definitely be able to shine with his knightly martial arts.

......

Gray's practice was interrupted by the doorbell.

Gray wiped the sweat off his body, put on his coat, and opened the door. A servant from Birch Castle stood respectfully behind the door.

"Lord Grey, my Lord has summoned you to his study."

Gray nodded, "I see. Do you know what it is?"

"I'm not sure about this, Lord Grey, but Viscount Campbell was also at Birch Castle today. He brought a boy who looked somewhat similar to him," the servant said honestly.

Viscount Campbell? Gray nodded. "Okay, I'll change my clothes and go over."

In the past six months, Gray certainly did not stay in the house to practice every day. He also fulfilled his obligations at Birch Castle.

Gray has carried out more than a dozen missions, including eliminating bandits, assisting town guards in capturing difficult fugitives, patrolling locations where alien species may appear, etc., an average of once every two weeks.

Viscount Campbell's territory is one of the main locations where missions occur. Therefore, Gray has dealt with Viscount Campbell many times and is no longer a stranger to him.

In the process of carrying out the mission, Gray's practical experience gradually increased, and he has become a qualified knight apprentice, without any casualties.

The cavalrymen of Birch Castle also had more and more trust in Gray, the knight's apprentice, and would call him "Lord Gray" from the bottom of their hearts.

Gray changed into a refreshing white shirt and went to his teacher Fielding's study.

He knocked on the study door with ease, then pushed it open and walked in.

Just as the servant said, in the study, besides teacher Fielding, Viscount Campbell was sitting on the sofa on one side. Behind him stood a blond boy about ten years old, whose facial features were indeed somewhat similar to Campbell's.

"Gray, you're here." Viscount Campbell greeted Gray in a very friendly manner.

"Hello, Lord Viscount, teacher. Is there anything urgent?" Gray bowed, stood straight in front of Fielding's desk, and asked.

"Why? Can't I summon you unless it's urgent?" Fielding asked.

"Of course not, teacher. Once a teacher, always a teacher. You can summon me at any time." Gray shrugged indifferently and did not take Fielding's teasing to heart at all.

"Haha, you're the best at talking!" Fielding laughed heartily.

"Okay, let's stop talking nonsense. I called you here today because I want you to accept a disciple." Fielding pointed at the blond boy behind Viscount Campbell.

The boy was a little shy, and he blushed and lowered his head subconsciously when facing Gray's gaze.

"Ahem, teacher, I have no plans to accept any disciples for now. I am still just a knight's apprentice. Besides, even if I really want to promote you, Senior Brother Roland should be more suitable than me, right?" Gray almost choked on his own saliva and spoke with a dry cough.

"Bullshit! Am I doing this for myself?" Realizing that Viscount Campbell was beside him, Fielding stopped talking in time.

"Roland is ready to embark on a long journey as an apprentice, and after I accepted Plan, I announced that I would no longer accept disciples, so you are the most suitable one." Fielding said.

"Has Senior Brother Roland made up his mind? Where does he decide to go?" Gray frowned and asked.

It took Roland two years to condense the sixth strand of knight soul. He was almost thirty years old. If he continued to stay in Birch Castle, he would never be able to become a formal knight in his lifetime.

'Apprentice's journey' is the way most knight apprentices choose to find opportunities when faced with this dilemma. There are always many wonderful things in this world that can enhance the apprentice's physical fitness.

If you don't have enough talent, you can make up for it with luck. 'The Apprentice's Long Journey' is a journey of luck in which the apprentice risks everything.

"Roland will go to the Kingdom of Rohan, and then use the port there to go to the New World." Fielding said calmly. This was Roland's own choice and he would not interfere.