The Strongest Knight

Rodney stopped walking, and it seemed that this conversation would end here.

Not far away, three junior inspectors were feeding meat to the griffins beside them. This new species, bred by the night elves, one of the strongest races in recent times, was the patrol team's means of transportation. It could fly thousands of kilometers a day.

Before leaving, Rodney spoke again: "You don't need to be too repulsive or fearful of the ancient blood in your body. In addition to suppressing it, you can try to control it, provided that you have a strong enough mentality and personal will."

"Knights who can harness the power of ancient bloodlines are often more powerful than those of their peers."

"Have you already mastered the ancient blood power in your body?" Gray asked.

Rodney shook his head. "It's not about control. We knights who try to control ancient bloodlines divide the degree of control into several levels, namely: taking, borrowing, fusion, and control. I have only reached the borrowing level. In theory, control is the perfect state we can reach after we completely use the ancient bloodline for our own benefit."

"'We the knights who are trying to control the ancient bloodline', does that mean there is another corresponding faction?" Gray was very perceptive and felt that Rodney seemed to be trying to promote him and impart knowledge to him, so he asked directly.

Rodney smiled calmly. "You are very smart. A large number of people in the kingdom, especially those who chose to erase the ancient blood in their bodies after being promoted to high-ranking knights, call us knights who try to master the ancient blood as the Fallen Reserve."

Rodney didn't elaborate, but Gray could sense the helplessness in his words.

Gray doesn't have any prejudice. Everyone makes different choices, but there is no need to attack another choice.

Gray recalled the feeling when the aura of corruption entered his body. His blood boiled and his emotions became different. It was very dangerous. He had many dangerous thoughts and desires, but with Gray's complex soul from his previous life, he was able to suppress his desires.

Don't know how to control that power?

Perhaps, those acupoints that can concentrate the mind and calm the spirit can help one control the blood circulation?

"This is some of my experience in 'borrowing' blood power. If you are interested, you can try it. You are a smart man, and I believe you will grasp the scale so that I will not come to Birch Castle next time to eradicate a new fallen person." Rodney handed over a small notebook. After Gray took it, he walked directly towards the griffin.

Lord Rodney, why do I feel like you are deliberately spreading dangerous knowledge? Is it really appropriate for you to do so?

Of course, Gray didn't say this.

Watching the ferocious griffin take off, Gray tossed the small notebook in his hand and finally put it back into his arms.

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In the sky, the griffin flew northward, and when it reached a remote valley more than 30 kilometers away from Irenburg, it slowly descended.

Rodney and his three companions walked straight to a hidden cave.

The cave was deep and as we walked along the winding road, we gradually heard a faint roaring sound.

The four inspectors' expressions did not change as they stepped into the deepest part. An alien creature tied to the wall appeared in front of them.

When the alien saw Rodney, there was a look of intense fear in his eyes.

"Master Rodney, shall we begin?"

"Let's start." Rodney looked at the alien with a bit of fanaticism.

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"To practice the Knight Bloodline Method, you actually need the fallen energy of alien species or fallen beings to cooperate. You have to forcibly extract the ancient bloodline energy on the edge of danger and gradually establish contact with it so that you can borrow it at any time."

"Could it be that I have to find an alien species first before I can start practicing the bloodline method?"

"There should be other ways." Gray looked at the acupuncture point map on the wall, his eyes focused on hundreds of acupuncture points that were considered fatal points in previous lives.

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After the inspection team came, Birch Castle was quiet for a long time.

During this period of time, Gray practiced knightly martial arts quietly and gradually had the idea of ​​​​a third martial art.

The combination of the Knight's Bloodline Method and the Knight's Martial Arts has also achieved some results. After Gray continuously stimulated several vital points with the Knight's energy, the ancient blood in his body would boil slightly.

But the intensity of the boiling is not enough for Gray to forcibly take the blood energy, so he needs to continue exploring.

On the contrary, in the condensation of the knight soul, Gray once again condensed the sixth knight soul.

It was also after this that Gray finally felt the effectiveness of the Knight's Breathing Method decrease.

It might take a year to condense the seventh knight soul.

This is when the Grey Knight Breathing Method, with the help of the auxiliary system, has reached 100% practice and is six times more effective than an ordinary person.

By this calculation, Gray's original talent for cultivation was actually not outstanding. If it weren't for the modified knight breathing method, Gray might have encountered a ceiling when condensing the second and third wisps of knight soul.

Fortunately, Gray is still young. Even if he uses more time, he should be able to condense the tenth knight soul in his early twenties and then try to be promoted to a formal knight.

During this period, the wizard apprentice Angele crossed the border and came to Birch Castle twice.

Both times, he came to Gray to exchange medicinal materials for making potions.

Gray used the gold coins to exchange for the medicinal materials needed by the wizard through the channels of Birch Castle, and then traded with Angele in exchange for five tubes of body-tempering potion.

The shelf life of the body-tempering potion is very long, and Gray plans to save it for use when he breaks through the bottleneck.

Relying on Gray, the knight apprentice of the Dru Kingdom, Angele was able to exchange for many wizard materials that were of little use in the Dru Kingdom.

After the transaction a few days ago, perhaps because he had enough foundation, Angele said that he would try to break through to become a formal wizard. He has not appeared since then, and no one knows whether he failed or succeeded in the promotion.

The promotion process for a wizard is more dangerous than that for a knight. If a knight fails in his promotion, at most he will lose a few wisps of knight soul. Although the path of a knight is blocked, his life is not in danger.

Once a wizard fails to be promoted, his magic will backfire and he will slowly die in pain. Even his soul will disappear, and he will lose the chance to report to the realm of the dead.

Such difficult promotion conditions may be the reason why every wizard has a somewhat strange personality.

Gray still hopes that his wizard friend can be promoted successfully.

Soon, in autumn, the recruitment of knight cadets for Birch Castle this year was put on the agenda.

This year's recruitment task fell on the shoulders of several experienced senior brothers from Pound. Duran was also pulled in to make up the numbers. Gray, Garu and Plan were the ones with the least time.

However, since Pound and his men were responsible for recruiting knight trainees, the daily tasks naturally fell on Gray and his men.

That day, Gray and the other two were assigned two different tasks by Fielding.

Garou goes to Stoneclaw to investigate a murder, while Gray takes Plan, who is on his first mission as a knight's apprentice, to eliminate a group of bandits roaming nearby.