Knights, Let’s Smash Them

Chapter 83

83 – Superstar Knight (2)

The moment he arrived at the capital, Petalonto, Regius was seized with a strange feeling.

Cool air even in summer. However, the temperature is just right, not too cold.

As if frost spirits sometimes descended in winter, the traces left by the spirits were all over the city, and the mountain range behind the city was like a picture.

It was an environment that Regius, an elf living in harmony with nature, could say was truly magnificent.

But that’s not all.

The expressions of the residents were all gentle.

There were only two types of cities in the north that Regius had visited so far.

A large city that has grown on the basis of rich resources and has many people living in it, but has lost its smile due to being eroded by numerous entangled negative emotions.

On the contrary, many small and medium-sized cities and towns where people are satisfied with their lives, but the number is so small that they do not have enough power to change people’s moods.

But this place did not fall into either category.

The atmosphere in Petalonto was very friendly and lively. It has a distinctly different feel from the typical northern cities.

“It’s strange.”

It was indeed a mysterious place.

When you pass through the rough and insignificant outer wall and enter the interior, you will feel the cozy air and vitality.

This is not something that can be artificially created.

It comes from the history the city has, the life that has settled there, and the wisdom of the powerful people who rule the city.

‘As rumor has it, I heard that it was a really ugly place in the past, but from my point of view, the atmosphere was not too bad in the past.’

I think we’ll probably stay here for a few more days.

Regius smiled lightly and thought as he gazed at the panoramic view of Petalonto.

A group of excited children passed by in front of Regius as he wandered through the alleys.

“Lucy—! Go together-!!”

“Ahahahaha! Zone! Come quickly!! People who come late buy something to eat!”

A girl with beautiful blonde hair came into his field of vision.

In a fleeting moment, Regius noticed that the child was not an ordinary human and hurriedly turned around.

The children had already gone through the alley and disappeared.

“Gold Dragon?”

The name of a great race that came out unconsciously.

I heard that you were completely cut off, but are you still there?

Seeing that he was in the form of a child, could Hatchling be a polymorph?

When Regius was staring blankly in the direction the children had disappeared in a situation that had passed so quickly.

“hahahaha, sorry. This old man will apologize on behalf of you. The kids in our city are pretty lively.”

An elderly man comes up to me with a big smile and talks to me.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a race blessed by the Great Grove in Petalonto. Are you a traveler who has just arrived?”

Regius responded by bowing his head toward the old man who was willing to be kind to himself, a stranger.

“Yes, it is. Old man.”

Originally, elves generally did not treat humans with respect.

They are a race that lives on for an eternity.

Unless you use other methods, such as magicians who transcend the logic of the world, there are many cases where they are generally much older than humans whose average life span exceeds 70 to 80 years.

But Regius was always respectful.

It was a way for Regius to pay homage to a being who lived a short but burning life more fierce than any other race.

“But that blonde haired girl… ….”

“Ah, you mean Lucy. It is the pride of our city. Isn’t her face very beautiful even though she is still young?”

“Are you even a son of a nobleman?”

“I am the adopted daughter of Baron Alroy of Luvern, who is in charge of the Knights of our territory. She said that she had lost her way in the woods and took her child, who was carrying her, and adopted her as her daughter.”

Lubern Alroy.

It was the name she had heard from her close friend Wolfgang.

He was a hidden hero who played an active part in the great expedition and a good man who gave the compatriots of Regius the favor they deserved.

If Wolfgang puts it that way, at least he probably doesn’t have ‘bad’ intentions about the lineage of the gold dragon.

Regius took out a small marble from his pocket and handed it to the old man.

“Can you accept this?”

A pill containing the blessings of the forest.

It was made from medicinal materials gathered only in the Great Forest, and was a medicine that could only be obtained by paying a large amount of money among humans.

As Regius hands over the pills, the old man’s eyes widen when he realizes their identity.

“No…… ?! How could you give me such a precious thing…… !!”

“It is a token of due sincerity for the kindness you have shown me. Can I just ask you one more question?”

“Tell me anything. This old man will answer you wholeheartedly.”

Regius closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them.

“Where can I meet someone from Luvern Eilro?”

***

“First pass. We will inform you again when the final selection is made through an internal meeting of the knights later.”

“Thank you, Amir.”

Decat put his palms together lightly toward me and the guild leader, then left the drawing room.

“If it were, I would be a cleric-knight.”

“It’s not uncommon here.”

As far as I know, I heard that there were cases in which monks concurrently served as knights in the real world.

The Teutonic Knights with their impressive iron cross helmets, or the Knights of the Holy War appearing in all sorts of conspiracy theories.

So I decided to get one. Having a priest in your order isn’t a bad thing at all.

In any case, in order to actually be granted a knighthood, you must first get the permission of the knight commander, Xianne, and finally, the permission of the lord Dionaos Rupel.

First of all, it is possible in my line to grant qualifications to apply for the 1st round.

In addition to Decart, who had a hot impact from the first hit, the lineup of average knight-level personnel was like this.

A wandering knight from the eastern territory of Karahan.

He naturally became a wandering knight when the successor of the lord he served lost in a power struggle.

Although not an official knight, another member of the Southern Duchy was active as a knight candidate.

It is said that he could not become a knight simply because he could not pay the money he had to pay to become a knight.

‘Because knights of a certain size are very territorial even when they have knight positions.’

Though the Imperial Black Lion Knights, just like the name of the Empire’s strongest knights, select knights solely based on their martial arts skills.

In the case of the halfway marquisate or county, and some of the lesser duchy’s knights, there were many cases where many other things were needed besides ‘one’s own ability’ to become a knight.

For example, a bribe or a chance…….

Still, if you were a dukedom knight candidate, you would have the basic skills.

It would be okay if I pretended to be deceived and brought him back.

And the last one was an Imperial Ranger.

I wondered why the ranger was acting as an adventurer in Rupell’s territory, but it was the same as this one had a pitiful story.

-I was injured during an operation and my finger was cut off. Since then, he has retired from being an Imperial Ranger and is now an adventurer and hunter.

From noble mtl dot com.

A man with an impressive dwarf-like beard showed me his right hand.

The place where the ring finger and little finger should have been was empty.

He added that while he showed his wounds, he had no problem shooting his bow.

The reason why I want to join the Knights is simple life.

They say he doesn’t hire well as an adventurer because he seems to have problems in many ways.

But isn’t the fact that two of his fingers were amputated and he shoots a bow proves that he’s a great fighter?

I passed without looking further.

People who lost something in their body were always strong.

It appears in a famous pirate cartoon in the neighborhood.

A middle-aged red-haired man from a clearing land who gave his left arm to a new world.

Anyway, I was thinking of raising four candidates for average knights like this, and taking eight out of the other eleven as squire rather than average knights.

Although squire is commonly used to mean a servant, it doesn’t feel like a servant at all, and it’s definitely not a bad protocol as it’s a title for a low-ranking knight.

In the first place, the Snow Leopard Knights do not have their own knight training course, and it is a bit difficult to take them as candidates in a situation where there is no instructor to professionally manage and train knight candidates.

Of course, I express my deep regret to the other three who did not pass the interview.

At first glance, I could see that he was a newcomer.

After all the interviews were over, the head of the adventurer’s guild asked with a satisfied expression.

“How are you?”

“What…… It’s pretty good. When I meet him, it doesn’t seem like 15 is that small.”

“Because it is a quiet territory, talented people hidden like this are hidden here and there.”

In the end, you’ll have to check yourself to see if he’s a real player or not, but at least when you saw him face-to-face or on paper, there were no major problems.

“Still, it would have been nice if there was one more average knight level player… ….”

“You are too greedy, Baron.”

“Is that so?”

“This Yeongji is just starting to come alive. I can assure you that as more time passes in the future, better talents will surely flow in.”

The guild leader said with a twinkle in his eyes. He was unreservedly revealing his affection for the Rupel estate.

It’s rare to find someone who genuinely likes his or her area, but who doesn’t manage things well.

He is a very trustworthy person.

As usual, adventurers’ guild managers only approached with a ‘business’ attitude, this attitude increased the trust of the guild leader.

Definitely a rare case.

I think it would be better to keep it by my side if possible in the future.

“Now I need to talk to Captain Xianne and the existing knights.”

“I see.”

The sooner the recruitment, the better. In fact, I hate to admit it, but right now our Knights have almost a handful of manpower.

Of course, even if they were to attract all the applicants from earlier and accept them as members of the Knights, it would be difficult to get out of their gambit for a while.

Still, it will be much better than now.

It should be at least as large as the Knights of the Country.

It was then.

“Stir…… Excuse me, Baron Luberne.”

The receptionist at the Adventurer’s Guild stuck out his head and looked at me.

“An adventurer has come to visit the administrator in the lobby. You must have seen the announcement…….”

When I turned my head to look at the guild leader, he shrugged as if he didn’t know.

“Isn’t the announcement closed yet?”

“Our staff went to collect flyers that were posted all over the city and nearby villages. Could it have been oddly mixed?”

“Hmm… ….”

The number of people has been roughly selected, so for me it doesn’t matter if I withdraw because it’s roughly closed.

Besides, everyone else has submitted their documents and checked meticulously, but we can’t give them special treatment just because they came late, right?

“I’m sorry, but please tell me it’s already closed. You can’t just make an exception for him.”

However, the receptionist scratched his cheek as if he was having trouble with my words, and continued his answer.

“Yeah, but…… The grade of the adventurer in question is a bit strange.”

“What is it?”

“It’s a diamond.”

The silence that came for an instant.

My eyes met with the guild leader almost at the same time.

“Diamond Class Adventurer? Not gold, not platinum, not diamonds???”

“Why is a noble person with less than 20 people in the empire here?”

“Come on! Hmm!!”

I quickly straightened up and sat down to adjust my clothes.

“Of course not. Please tell them to come in. Be polite so as not to offend anyone.”