The Strongest Knight

"I can't make any guarantees, but I don't think my teacher will be personally involved," Gray said.

"Knight Fielding doesn't need to take action himself. If his knight companion can help to distract the wizard a little, I will be able to kill the wizard." A cold light flashed in Angele's eyes, and he pointed at the black shadow in the sky and spoke.

"Of course, you also need to help, because the wizard has three disciples." Angele added.

Perhaps sensing Angele's current powerful strength, Hei Yu cautiously chose to fly at a low altitude to reveal his tracks, so that he could intervene in the battle as soon as possible if Angele attacked Gray.

Gray pondered for a while and nodded slightly.

The resources required for a wizard's training are incomparable to those of a knight, which also means that every wizard is destined to become cruel in order to obtain resources.

This is determined by the path he has chosen. If Gray had been reborn in the wizarding world of the Western Regions, he might have taken the same path and experienced various life-and-death apprentice battles during his apprenticeship...

As long as Angele does not harm his interests, Gray will not interfere with Angele's choice.

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"Since your wizard friend has been promoted to an official wizard, he naturally has the capital to negotiate with Birch Castle." In the study, Fielding spoke carefully.

"I have no objection to you helping him get the position of Red River Valley councillor, but you have to know that action will be dangerous. Compared with the benefits that Birch Castle can gain, I value your future more. Birch Castle will eventually be handed over to you in the future."

Although the knight apprentices in Birch Castle all saw what Fielding meant, this was the first time that Fielding himself said that Gray was the future heir to Birch Castle.

"Teacher, benefits always come at a price. How can a little danger hinder my path as a knight?"

"Besides, I have your knight partner, Lord Kuroba, here with me. If anything goes wrong, I can always escape back."

"I do need that body-tempering technique. After all, my knight talent is not the best." Gray said.

"Since you have made up your mind, then just go for it." Fielding nodded, "Hei Yu will go out with you later. You two should cultivate your tacit understanding so that you won't be confused about each other's intentions during the battle."

"Thank you, teacher~" Gray raised the corner of his mouth and thanked sincerely.

"Remember not to leak the name of Birch Castle. We are not afraid of the Red River Valley alone, but the Central Region is a volcano that can ignite at any time. The wizards and mages will not sit idly by and watch the knights in the north interfere with the Central Region." Fielding added.

Gray nodded, "I understand. Even if something really happened, it was just a secret plan by an apprentice of the Knight's Castle and a wandering wizard. It has absolutely nothing to do with the castle itself."

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Fielding thought for a moment and said, "However, you don't have to be too hostile to wizards and mages. The world is different now. The will of the world has awakened. In another place, we knights, wizards, and mages have to fight side by side."

Gray raised his eyebrows: "Can you tell me more specifically?"

Fielding laughed and scolded, "You little brat, I'm just giving you some peace of mind. You don't have to worry about these things now. You will understand them naturally after you become a formal knight."

"Okay." Gray blinked. It seemed that this world was even more fantastic than he had imagined. World will? An existence similar to Gaia's consciousness?

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Half an hour later, Angele, who was getting a little impatient, suddenly felt something. He looked up and saw a black shadow circling and falling down.

Gray stroked the soft fur on Kuroba's neck and said, "Thank you, Lord Kuroba."

Then he jumped off Hei Yu's back.

Heiyu chirped softly in response to Gray, then glanced at Angele with a sidelong glance and turned his head to comb his feathers.

Feeling the rich breath of life and a hint of threat from the giant creature that was three meters tall and more than five meters long in front of him, a trace of envy flashed in the eyes of the wizard Angele.

"Your teacher treats you well." Angele had not expected that Gray would bring out Fielding's knight partner in just a moment. Seeing this, Angele knew Gray's answer without asking.

"Isn't that nonsense?" Gray rolled his eyes and held out his hand. "Give me the body-tempering technique first."

"No problem." Angele thought for a moment, then without hesitation reached into the storage bag at his waist, took out a thin piece of animal skin and handed it to Gray.

"This is a body-building method from an ancient tribe in the Western Regions. It requires a specific herbal prescription to be used for exercise." Angelet gave a brief introduction.

Gray took the animal skin and looked over the prescription carefully. After finding that all the herbs on the prescription were needed, he took the animal skin and put it into his storage bag.

"When do we act?" Gray asked.

"I can only confirm that the wizard councillor will leave in seven days, but I cannot confirm the exact time of the day. Just in case, please wait outside the Red River Valley in six days."

Angele handed over a purple maple leaf, "We'll use it to communicate when the time comes. We can use it for instant communication within a certain distance."

"Okay, but I have to state in advance that if the situation goes beyond my expectations, I will choose to leave directly." Gray looked at the new maple leaf, put it against his chest, and then spoke.

What is considered to be beyond expectations is naturally for Gray to judge.

"Well, it's a deal." Angelet said with a smile. Starting from the feet, his entire body quickly turned into densely packed rotating maple leaves, and then disappeared among the maple leaves.

"What a weird way to leave..." Gray looked in the direction where Angele left about ten meters away and walked towards Heiyu.

"Master Hei Yu, shall we go find some mountain rabbits for a snack?"

Heiyu's eyes lit up, and he cried like an eagle to signal Gray to go up quickly.

Children aged five or six are easy to trick. Gray smiled sinisterly and rode happily on Heiyu's back.

So, after playing around in the woods near Birch Castle for an entire afternoon, Gray and Black Feather's relationship grew further, and Gray also got used to how to move on Black Feather's back and launch attacks.

There are still six days left for training, and by then the cooperation between Gray and Heiyu will be further improved.

When they returned to Birch Castle in the evening, Black Feather returned to its cage on the rooftop, while Gray went to the medicine garden with the animal skins containing the body-tempering techniques.

The medicine garden has a complete range of medicinal materials, but the stock is insufficient and needs to be purchased to complete the supply.

Gray directly spent ten gold coins to pre-prepare twenty portions of medicinal herbs, and then took two sets of existing medicinal herbs back to his room.

Asking the servant to fill a bathtub with warm water, Gray threw the corresponding herbs in one by one in order.

Then he took off all his clothes and jumped into the potion.

"There are only thirty-eight moves in total. Let me try." Gray began to practice in the bathtub according to the movements of the body-building exercises.