I was a knight in the Middle Ages

Tianshi woke up from his coma and suddenly found Alpha feeding him. Tianshi immediately became furious, jumped out of bed, and threatened Alpha with a dagger.

"Old Taoist Priest, what you did is not what a gentleman does." Alpha didn't expect the Taoist Priest to suddenly attack him, but he could only give in temporarily.

"A gentleman does not accept food given out of pity. I will not eat a single cent of food from you bandits." The Taoist priest's face turned pale, and he seemed to be possessed.

"What evidence do you have to say that we are robbers? Can you confuse right and wrong with just one sentence from you? The people you protect are the real robbers, but you are framing others." Alpha was angry but did not dare to show it, so he could only remain rational and calm.

"Do you think I dare not kill you?" The Taoist tightened the dagger in his hand. The sharpness of the dagger made Alpha feel a stinging pain on his skin.

"You dare to kill me? Of course, as a heavenly master, your words are law. You can say black is white and wrong is right." Alpha stared into the heavenly master's eyes with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

"You knights have been levying heavy taxes and oppressing the people. Which one of these is not a heinous crime?" The murderous intent in the Heavenly Master's eyes became more and more intense.

"Hahaha." Alpha laughed, but the mockery in his eyes increased instead of diminishing.

"What are you laughing at? Is what I said wrong?" The Taoist priest was a little annoyed.

"Maybe you saw someone else doing this, but does that mean everyone in the world is like this? Lilia." Alpha suddenly shouted.

"I was rescued from a bandit den by Lord Alpha. Without Lord Alpha's help, I would have been a dead body long ago." Lilia understood what Alpha meant.

"I was also rescued by Lord Alpha. Those bandits killed my family, raped me, and used us as food. It was Lord Alpha who took us in."

As the knights told their stories one by one, the murderous intent in the Taoist priest's eyes obviously weakened. The old Taoist priest could see that these people were telling the truth, and that lies could not deceive the Taoist priest's eyes.

In fact, Tianshi also knew that his thoughts were too extreme, and he was just angry because of Alpha's contempt.

"The people you protect are the real bandits, the real criminals." Alpha's words successfully aroused the murderous intent of the master.

"Anyway, I have a clear conscience. Even if I go to the underworld, I will explain to the King of Hell the fact that the Heavenly Master has killed innocent people." Alpha closed his eyes and waited for death, but the Heavenly Master put down his butcher knife.

"Lord Alpha." Everyone quickly grabbed Alpha and subdued the master.

"Kill me!" There was no color in the Taoist's eyes. Alpha was right. His fault was that he met the wrong people. He mistook bad people for good people and good people for bad people, and he refused to admit it.

"No, the Taoist priest is not a bad person, we just have different positions." Alpha did not make things difficult for the old Taoist priest.

"But he..." Lina was unwilling to let go of this Taoist priest who almost killed her man time and time again.

"It's okay. I will stay away from the Heavenly Master this time." Alpha didn't want to die again.

The moment Lina let go of the old master, the old master suddenly exerted force, rushed close to Alpha, and slapped Alpha hard on the chest.

"No!" Lina said with anger and self-blame.

"No!" Alpha grabbed Lina's sword and blocked her fatal attack on the Heavenly Master.

"Lord Alpha, why are you like this?" Lina looked at Alpha in disbelief.

"Master doesn't want to kill me." Alpha spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body felt much better.

Lina quickly bandaged Alpha's palm and stared at the Taoist priest fiercely, fearing that the old Taoist priest would hurt her man again.

"How do you know I won't kill you?" His previous palm strike almost took Alpha's life, and now Alpha could not withstand his Heart-Stirring Palm at all.

"If you want to kill me, wouldn't it be more convenient just now?"

"Forget it, you are the first Westerner I don't want to kill." After seeing the knights of the Western world, the old master did not have any good impression of them. Alpha was the first.

"That's because you haven't tried hard to understand. In fact, many knights are different from what you imagined." After being hit by the old Taoist priest, the bruises on Alpha's chest were basically shattered. I believe it won't take long to recover.

"The more I look at it, the more indignant I become." How could the Heavenly Master not have conducted a thorough investigation?

"I'm leaving. If you want to kill me, do it now." Tianshi didn't want to see the man in front of him again. This man had mocked him time and again, but the other party was someone he didn't want to kill, so he had no choice but to leave.

"You old man, my master has saved you time and time again, but you didn't even say thank you. You have no manners at all." Lilia deliberately mocked.

"Lilia, don't be rude." Alpha scolded with a stern face, but his eyes were full of encouragement.

"What do you want?" The Taoist priest was also a smart man, how could he not understand the cooperation between the two.

"I saved you only because I had a dream. In the dream, I was also an oriental person, practicing oriental martial arts." Alpha certainly had his own purpose, especially the Heavenly Master's Thunder Method.

"Eastern and Western martial arts are not compatible. You can't learn them." Just like the Heavenly Master can't learn Western fighting spirit.

"You haven't taught me, how do you know I can't learn it?" Alpha didn't believe it. How could he know without trying?

"I hurt you once, you saved me once, I saved you once, and you saved me again. Now I give this set of skills to you. If you can learn it, I will teach you more profound skills if we meet again next time." The old master took out a secret book and handed it to Alpha.

"Master, are you leaving like this? You gave me a secret book, and I gave you a gift in return. Since you don't want to bully the weak, then take these gold coins." Alpha presented all the hundreds of gold coins he had.

The Taoist priest took a look at it but did not accept it.

"Master, in this world, you can't get anywhere without money, so you better accept it."

"I won't accept your things for nothing. This book 'Heart-Controlling Palm' is for you. Remember, I won't be responsible if you can't learn it." The Taoist priest took the gold coins and took a rabbit from the Alpha grill.

This time the Taoist priest did not look back and left gracefully.

Alpha looked at the two secret books in front of him, "The Heart-stimulating Palm" and "The Sun Sutra", and felt a little regretful, because what he originally wanted was the "Five Elements Thunder Secret Art".

However, Alpha could accept the secret book in front of him, at least it allowed him to try Eastern martial arts.

"Lord Alpha, what are these characters? I can't understand them." Lina looked at the Chinese characters on the secret book and didn't understand any of them.

"These are all oriental characters. When I learn them, I will teach you."

Alpha thought of the advice given by the Taoist priest before he left, that the unique martial arts skills of the Heart-Cultivating Palm cannot be taught to Lina and the others. Although this can be considered an Eastern martial art, it contains some cruel mental methods that go against the right path.

The secret book given by the old master is the "Sun Sutra" that Alpha is studying. This is a unique book that talks about the four meridians and six vessels of the human body. It is just right for Lina to master and pass on to her subordinates.

The Taiyang Meridian can make a person light and healthy, and also have a strong attack ability, especially focusing on the study of acupuncture points. Only when the meridians are smooth and unobstructed can the power be exerted, which is in line with Alpha's concept.

"Lord Alpha, why is there a piece of paper in this secret book?" When Lilia opened the "Sun Sutra", a piece of paper fell out.

"What is this?" Even Alpha couldn't understand the words on the paper, but he felt that they were very familiar and should be oriental characters.

"Tai Xuan?" Suddenly Alpha understood the first two words, "Tai Xuan Jing?"

Alpha was shocked. This was not a unique skill on the Island of Heroes, and the learning method was also extremely special.

Alpha put away the secret book and decided to study the Taixuan Sutra.

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"Lord Alpha, Torres City is ahead, we will be there soon." Lilia looked ahead and estimated that it was at least five kilometers away from Torres City. However, a few kilometers was a short journey, and the warhorse would only take half an hour to travel slowly.

"Pack your bags and get ready to go into the city." Alpha put away the secret book and prepared to go into the city.

As for the secret book practice, Alpha knew that he was not a genius, and he did not have the aura of a protagonist, so he did not dare to expect to learn it quickly and burst out like the protagonist. Even the Taixuan Sutra did not require reading words, but reading pictures to learn, Alpha could not understand the mystery.

However, Alpha did not give up. Alpha believed that just because he was not a martial arts genius, it did not mean that he could not learn Eastern martial arts.

"Lina, Lilia, you go to the city later to buy a carriage and some clothes and medicines. I'm going to see the Grand Duke. If everything is fine, we'll set off back tomorrow morning." Alpha arranged the tasks in an orderly manner.

"Lord Alpha, can your body take it now?" Lina knew Alpha's physical condition best. These days, even if Alpha did a little more exercise, he would be out of breath, not to mention exerting his fighting power.

"Don't worry, the Heavenly Master has healed my injuries, and my strength has at least recovered to some extent." Alpha deliberately mentioned the Heavenly Master in order to weaken the hostility of several people towards him.

"Well, that's good. We'll go shopping later. Lord Alpha, please be careful. We'll be waiting for you at the City Lord's Mansion." Lina was still a little worried.

"I understand. Don't worry about the city." After Alpha said this, he rushed to the city lord's mansion without stopping.

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"Alpha, why are you back?" Linda was surprised to meet Alpha at her father's door.

"I just came back and was about to report some things to the Grand Duke." Alpha did not expect to meet Linda just after returning. He was a little embarrassed, but then a teasing look appeared in his eyes.

"Alpha, your father is calling you, come in quickly." Linda didn't dare to let Alpha stay too long, fearing that he would suddenly go berserk, so she quickly pushed him into the room.

These days, Grand Duke Houston was very excited. In troubled times, military power was the most important. The Grand Duke took advantage of the bandit incident to temporarily increase the number of knights by 500, but they had to withdraw them afterwards. Now, the Holy See directly increased the number of fixed holy knights for the Grand Duke by 1,000 because of the Bilis Fortress incident, which made him overjoyed.

However, as the number of troops increases, the corresponding expenses will also increase. Previously, 3,000 knights were the limit of the tax revenue of this land, and the Grand Duke was considering how to increase the tax revenue.

"Grand Duke, I came back this time to give you a suggestion, mainly regarding the Bilis Fortress. I suggest building a commercial city in the Bilis Fortress." Alpha did not beat around the bush and directly stated his thoughts.

"Fort Bilis?" Duke Houston pondered for a moment, "Do you know that it is a city that cannot be defended by garrison troops?"

Alpha was confused, he had never heard of this matter.

"From Bilis to the west, according to the map, this area is mostly deep into the Fatalia Empire, and a small part borders the other two empires. The area borders the three major empires, making it the best choice for a commercial city."

Grand Duke Houston continued to explain, "However, it is precisely because of this protruding land that no matter which empire it is, we are not allowed to station legions there, otherwise it may cause a large-scale military conflict."

"What's the situation with the border corps?" Alpha knew that there were 10,000 border knights stationed at the border with the Fatalia Empire.

"The situation is different. There is no city support within a hundred kilometers behind the Border Knights, and all supplies need to be mobilized from other areas. This greatly limits the border army's offensive capabilities." Such restrictions are also the result of discussions among all parties.

"That is to say, the Legion cannot be stationed in the Prominent Area." Alpha frowned. If there is no stable and safe area, then the Commercial City is just a decoration.

"Yes, except for the border guards, other legions cannot be stationed there permanently. There are strict restrictions on the number of military personnel entering and the time, and they must be notified in advance." The result is that banditry is rampant in this area and it is impossible to completely resolve the problem.

Even Alpha's dragnet-style sweeping operation could probably only stop at the edge of the bulge, and the bandit problem in the bulge might not be completely resolved.

"What if the Chamber of Commerce organizes mercenaries on its own?" Alpha had originally decided to have the Grand Duke station troops and collect customs duties, but now it seems that this method is not feasible.

"There is no limit on this, but how many people should be stationed? The upper limit of individual mercenaries is 500 people. These people can defend the city, but if we want to stabilize the entire salient, the number is not enough." Grand Duke Houston obviously did consider this issue, but gave up halfway for this reason. This area is different from other locations. Bandits are rampant, and there is no way to solve this problem without heavy troops.

"Form a joint army to supplement the fortress's defense, and the Chamber of Commerce will organize mercenaries to suppress the bandits." Alpha suddenly suggested.

"How do we unite?" asked Grand Duke Houston with interest.

"The three empires, the Holy See and the Grand Dukes jointly send troops to form an alliance, and these knights are to guard the fortress and are not allowed to enter or leave at will." Alpha expressed his thoughts based on his consulate experience in later generations.

The Grand Duke of Houston did not express his opinion, apparently weighing the pros and cons.

"Then how many troops do you think each side should send?" the Grand Duke suddenly asked.

"One hundred to two hundred people are enough. More people will be a burden, and it may cause the forces of various parties to grow stronger and weaker, making it difficult to control." Alpha explained that if these foreign soldiers entered the city in too many numbers, they would be difficult to control.

"Then each country will send 100 troops, I will send 100 troops, and you will send 100 troops on behalf of the Holy See. As long as it is not a tripartite alliance, we can both have the advantage in military strength." The Grand Duke obviously agreed with this plan.

"Then what about the Chamber of Commerce mercenaries? Who should be in charge of the unified command?"