The Strongest Knight

Vince began practicing under Gray's supervision.

Everything in Birch Castle was operating normally, and not much had changed since Roland's departure.

Gray just lost someone to chat with, but fortunately there were Duran and Plan, two talkative knights who came to visit from time to time. The increasingly cheerful Garu would also come to Gray from time to time to humbly ask him questions about sword skills.

The nineteen-year-old Duran also successfully condensed the fifth knight soul and became a middle-level knight apprentice.

He perfectly inherited Sir Fielding's chivalrous talent.

Red-haired Plan's talent is a little worse. He is two years older than Gray. At the age of sixteen, Plan has just condensed the first ray of knight soul. I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to advance to a mid-level knight apprentice.

Garu did not use the wizard's body-tempering potion, but he also successfully condensed the second ray of knight soul. Recently, he is considering whether to use the potion to break through and condense the third ray of knight soul.

Among the last batch of knight trainees, only Gray, Garu and Plan managed to condense the soul of knight within half a year.

Most of the remaining knight cadets left Birch Fort, and a dozen outstanding cadets were recruited by Birch Fort and added to the cavalry team of Birch Fort.

After seven or eight days of such uneventful life, Viscount Campbell appeared in Birch Castle again.

This time, the Viscount really had something to ask of Birch Castle.

Gray, Duran and Pound were summoned shortly after Viscount Campbell entered Fielding's study.

Viscount Campbell's territory produces a lot of materials, some of which can be traded in the Kingdom of Dru for wealth.

However, Viscount Campbell would hoard some special and valuable resources related to mages and wizards, and travel to the Central Region every few years to trade them.

Although the forces in the Central Region are complicated, these supplies have no trouble selling there and can be sold at a good price.

Although the profits are huge, if the caravan does not have sufficient escort forces when it arrives in the chaotic Central Region, it will inevitably lose both people and money.

Therefore, when going to the Central Region to trade, Viscount Campbell would ask for help from Birch Castle. Of course, there would definitely be a reward, and one third of the proceeds from each transaction would be given to Fielding.

Birch Castle and Viscount Campbell have carried out this kind of cooperation many times, so this time Campbell just came over symbolically to report the news, and Fielding decided on the personnel to be dispatched.

The sixth disciple Pound, Duran Fielding, the tenth disciple Gray, plus twenty cavalrymen from Birch Fort, these are the people who will escort Campbell to the Central Region.

Pound is a senior lower-level knight apprentice who has condensed four strands of knight soul. Duran is a middle-level knight apprentice who has condensed five strands of knight soul like Gray. Together with Gray, a middle-level knight apprentice with outstanding swordsmanship, they are enough to deal with most bandits.

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It takes two days and one night to reach the destination. If you set out early in the morning, you will arrive at the destination in the evening of the next day, so you must prepare a tent and enough dry food and drinking water.

With Bond, a senior brother, around, Gray and Duran naturally saved a lot of effort. Bond arranged everything properly, and Gray only had to wait to go out early the next morning.

The cavalrymen's knight suits are naturally not allowed to be worn. No matter which force it is, they will not allow a fully armed cavalry team to appear in the territory.

The cavalry needed to change into casual clothes and only carry a heavy sword and a longbow.

The next morning, Gray told Vince, who had been assigned a separate courtyard in Birch Castle, not to fall behind in his training. He would test his knowledge of acupoints when he came back. Then, he and his two senior brothers led the team straight to Green Town.

This was Gray's first time back to Green Town since becoming a knight's apprentice.

Because it is the closest to Birch Castle, the public security in Green Town is surprisingly good. In the past six months, nothing has happened that would alarm Birch Castle.

Before the caravan arrived at the agreed location, Gray said something to Pound and Duran, left the team and rode Redback towards his home.

In the alley at the end of the south street of Green Town, Gray took out the key and opened the creaking gate.

Several gray shadows in the yard heard the noise and quickly ran out. It turned out that no one had lived there for a long time, and the wild cats had come and treated the Gray family's yard as a paradise.

Gray picked up the broom and swept the yard, then opened the door to the inner room.

Fortunately, Gray sealed the three rooms in the inner room very well, and no strange animals came in.

"If there's a chance, renovate it and ask someone to take care of it." Gray still has deep feelings for this small courtyard that has been with him for three years.

A figure suddenly flashed through his mind. Gray closed the door, shut the yard gate, and walked up the main street as usual.

Gray is now stronger, his facial features have changed from delicate to tough, and his height has reached 182 cm, which makes him stand out among the crowd.

Although there is still a hint of childishness on his face, no passerby will look at him as if he were a child.

Before he knew it, Gray had arrived at North Lane Street.

Having seen the prosperity of Stoneclaw City, visited the luxurious Viscount's Mansion, the solemn City Lord's Mansion, and even lived in the quaint and majestic Birch Castle, Gray thought that North Lane Street, where the rich people of Green Town lived, was nothing.

No. 8 North Street Lane is the residence of Mark, a businessman in Green Town. Gray has worked here for nearly three years and has developed exquisite chopping skills. This skill also allowed him to beat the talented Garu in the heavy sword chopping event in the Birch Castle Knight Training.

A few traces of nostalgia flashed in his eyes, and Gray sighed. Finally, he let go of the unrealistic thoughts in his mind and turned to leave.

"Squeak", at this moment, there was a sound of a door opening, and a familiar figure of Gray walked out of the house.

He is the housekeeper in the house of businessman Mark.

"Butler, long time no see." Gray greeted him awkwardly. After all, standing stupidly at someone else's door was not a good behavior.

"Oh, hello, who are you?" The butler said with a cautious but polite smile on his face.

Although Gray was not wearing a knight's suit, he was wearing a valuable casual uniform. In addition, the long sword made by the Birch Castle dwarf blacksmith Shanlie, which was worth at least ten silver coins, hung around his waist, made the butler realize Gray's outstanding status.

Gray was at the age of growth and his figure and appearance had changed a lot in the past six months. For a moment, the butler did not recognize that the young man in front of him was the lumberjack in the backyard.

"It's me, Gray Christian." Gray took the initiative to speak out his name.

"Ah! It's you!" The usually serious butler couldn't help but sigh when he saw Gray's current appearance and heard the lumberjack's name.

"You have become a knight? Not bad, Gray. When you were able to do the work of three people, I knew you would not be an ordinary person in the future."

Looking at the young man in front of him who was half a head taller than him, the butler was both surprised and proud. Being related to a knight was no joke.

"My master is at home now. He has always admired knights. Gray, do you have time to come in and sit down?" the butler invited.

Gray shook his head: "I'm sorry, actually I have a mission today, and I will leave for the Central Region soon."

"Central Region? That's amazing!" The butler sighed. Viscount Campbell has the ability to cross the border and go to the Central Region to do business. Small merchants like Mark don't have this ability at all. If he takes the goods to the Central Region, he will probably be eaten up by the unscrupulous merchants over there.

"Butler, excuse me for asking, is that brown maid still working here?"

"Oh, Anna? She also quit her job not long after you left. The two of them quit their jobs one after another, so I have a deep impression of her. It is said that some distant relative took her away and left a large sum of money to her family when she left!"

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Gray drove the Redback out of the North Street Alley and galloped along the knights' exclusive road on the main street. When he arrived at the town entrance, the caravan in the distance slowly approached.

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