Chaos Crown

Chapter 34, Returning Qi and Moving Like a Wave
In the afternoon, Aaron and Lucian sat in the flag officer's office. Lucian made a cup of hot coffee for his new apprentice: "Drink it, you will start training with the recruits tomorrow."

"Recruit?" Aaron sat on the comfortable and soft sofa and drank a lot of wine at noon. He was a little dizzy and a little excited.

"Well, Her Royal Highness ordered that the Zilong Knights will train two batches of knight recruits in the past two years. The first batch of knight recruits is recruited before the spring, and the time is about six or seven months after the end of the autumn harvest. This batch of recruits is mainly composed of Preparatory knights recommended by small nobles, knights, churches, craftsmen, manor owners, and wealthy businessmen from all over the world are just like Disma. He is still an apprentice knight and does not even have the title of knight. Only after passing the examination can they become knights. , to obtain the title of knight."

"That means they become nobles, minor nobles."

Lucian sat behind the table with coffee in his hand: "The second batch of knight recruits are mainly professional soldiers who already have the title of knight, or children of great nobles like you. If you already have the title of knight or knighthood, they will join in after urging the spring plowing a little later, and the assessment will also be during the autumn harvest."

"The first and second batch of recruits essentially exist in two worlds. For the former, it is their only chance to step into the door of the nobles, the only chance in their life. The latter... most of the children of the great nobles have participated in this course. .”

"So I, who was supposed to join the second batch of recruits, became the first batch of recruits?" Aaron understood: "No wonder many of the recruits I saw today are from outside Suzar."

"If this is what Her Royal Highness means, then we can only accept it." Lucian nodded, and the flag bearer said to Aaron: "The good news is, Aaron, Manuel has at least given you the most basic training. , The bad news is that we can't open a training class just because of you, you need to be with the first batch of recruits, you are a transfer student."

"I'm fine." Aaron replied in the affirmative.

"This is the best." Lucian saw that Aaron showed a strong ability to adapt, and thought that he had been able to draw with Disma today, and there was nothing to say for a while, so the flag officer simply A topic was raised: "Now, besides you, you have also seen the other two apprentice knights I brought. Do you have anything to say to your two brothers?"

"...I am very concerned about one thing, mentor, Ian..." Aaron paused for a moment, and then added under Lucian's stern gaze: "Why did the Chief Inspector say that you are going to open an orphanage?"

"..." Lucian's flag bearer's expression dimmed a lot. He stroked his beard, and the image of the strong and vigorous hero in Aaron's impression also showed a little vicissitudes: "Reynard-George Rose Kreutz was my first apprentice knight, my first apprentice, and his father was the famous Kevin Gros Kreutz."

"Kevin Grosskreutz, nicknamed 'Grand Cross', is an outstanding paladin, his mother is a beautiful lady, these two people were so beautiful, this marriage is so beautiful Envy."

"It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. I don't know why. A couple who were so close at first chose to divorce. Kevin handed Leonard, who was young at that time, to me and asked me to take care of him. However, Leonard's mother died soon after. He committed suicide and died from that day on. From that day on, Kevin fought to be the first in the next battle, and finally died in a heroic battle while chasing the Zhentarim, and Leonard became an orphan."

"...I have seen Leonard, he is like a little sun." Aaron looked away, and turned his attention to the portrait on the wall. It was Lucian holding a child in his hand, holding the ten-year-old Leonard with him Disma hugged together: "What about Disma?"

"Disma is an abandoned child I picked up beside Longhu Lake." Lucian's eyes fell into memories, and the flag officer smiled: "I don't know what happened that day, I just wanted to go for a walk by Longhu Lake. Inside the saddle vines on the beach, I saw a baby, he was still crying in the swaddle, I held him and searched along Longhu for several hours, but couldn't find anyone, so I brought him back to the Knights , named him Disma, which means robber, after all, I might be a robber, and I snatched this child."

"He really looks like a robber. He has such a bad temper." Aaron understood, and he complained directly: "You don't even have a surname, and you dare to pull the trigger on Lord Viscount? That means he is your adopted son. If you become someone else, it is very possible to find trouble with him afterwards."

"Desma's strength has already passed the knight's assessment." Speaking of this matter, Lucian also felt a headache: "Desma is only my half-adopted son, but he just doesn't want my surname Buckman... This is just a trivial matter, his strength is actually long enough to pass the knight assessment, but he will never be able to control his temper, and he is unwilling to learn knight etiquette, he is really a saddle vine by the Dragon Lake, with a wild and disorderly nature."

"I don't know what will happen to him if he continues like this. I can feel that his desire for fighting and martial arts is more than anything else. Rules and order are inconvenient things to him..." Lucian did not say go down.

Before Aaron could answer, he heard hurried footsteps in the corridor.

"Stinky old man! You're talking bad about me again!"

Bang~ The door was pushed open, and Disma blushed furiously: "Didn't I tell you not to tell others about me all day long?!"

"Hoo~" Lucian grabbed the chopping board used to press the parchment on the table, swung his hand, and the chopping board hit Disma's head with incomparable precision, knocking down the "bandit".

"He is your junior! I have an obligation to let him know about his senior!" The roar of the knight instructor followed:

"Also, how many times have I said it! In the Knights Fortress, you must call me my post!!!"

————I want to call the dividing line of my position———

The next morning.

Aaron stood with a group of recruits. On the wide training ground, the sword master asked the recruits to stand in a semicircle and listen to him.

The sunshine in spring is very comfortable. After changing the tattered clothes yesterday and handing them over to the Knights for repairs, Aaron put on the standard training clothes, which are made of thicker linen and stitched layer by layer, similar to cotton armor. The armor covered the vital parts from the shoulders to the knees, and it was basically indestructible.

Each had a long wooden sword, and the serious scratches and gaps on it indicated that it might break at any time.

Aaron noticed that his contemporaries were highly motivated, while he was out of place.

There were nearly 20 of them, and because they were the first batch of students, almost all of them were the sons of middle and high-level bureaucrats, ordinary knights, high-level craftsmen, high-level priests, big merchants, manor owners or managers, and highly wealthy yeoman.

They caught up with the good times—due to the catastrophe of the saints and the war of the goblins, the kingdom suffered unimaginable losses. Not only King Asan IV was killed, but half of the vacancies in the Purple Dragon Knights were also vacated.

Alice Searle, the daughter of the Regent, issued a decree to recruit knight recruits across the country, so these "mud legs in the lower city" (Ian's language) also got a valuable opportunity.

Cormyr, who has experienced the catastrophe of the saints and the war of the goblins, has a total population of only 130 million, which is half the number compared to the heyday of the reign of King Asan IV.

There should have been a total of 6000 knights in Cormyr, but now there are less than 4000 knights. The Purple Dragon Knights should theoretically have 500-600 formal knights, but now there are only 300.

This is a rare opportunity to rise!This kind of opportunity makes all the mud legs (Ian's words) in the whole kingdom eager to try it!
The door to class advancement is opening to all the out-of-work people in the kingdom in a rare way!

In Cormyr, if one wants to obtain the title of great nobleman above the baron, the person must have the blood of the great nobleman, so the title of above the baron is very difficult to obtain, and the title of knight can be awarded to every commoner and outsider, as A status symbol for the lower nobility.

But this kind of thing is not so absolute. For example, as far as Aaron knows, there is a piece of land in the north of the kingdom, north of Arabel, and east of Tiffantun, called "Rock Land", with an area of ​​about 25 mu (acres). This area is composed of sand, desert, and hills. This area has been granted by the Queen Regent, that is, any domestic or foreign adventurer who can conquer this land can obtain the title of "Baron of Rock Land" conferred by the royal family, hereditary No replacement.

However, no one wants to do such a thing at all.

Because there are tens of thousands of orcs, dozens of gnoll tribes, large groups of human bandits, the stronghold of the famous evil organization Zhentarim, and many darker things lurking under the dunes.

In the same way, Cormyr also said the same about the Moon Sea region in the north. As long as you can conquer there and establish a stronghold and withstand thousands of attacks and gain the recognition of nearby forces, then the royal family will never be stingy with the title of great nobleman.

It's just that adventurers are not stupid. For most people, there is only one life.

The rewards for the title of great nobleman are indeed generous, but it also depends on whether you have the life to get it!
Now, most of the people present (except for Aaron) have the opportunity to obtain the title of knight and become a minor noble in the kingdom. How can this not excite them? Everyone's eyes seem to be filled with a layer of dazzling The light is called the light of hope, the light of ambition, and the light of dreams.

Aaron noticed that the nearly 20 apprentice knights present were all men, and none of them were women.

This is not consistent with the fact that there are so many strong women in the country. According to Aaron's knowledge, there are also [-]% female knights in the Purple Dragon Knights.

But after thinking about it, Aaron also felt that this was normal. Human males are born with advantages in strength and physique, and for these children of minor nobles or wealthy citizens, they can support one or two out-of-production knight recruits. That's definitely a preference for males.

Warrior, ranger, and paladin are the most welcome recruits of the Knights of the Purple Dragon. In special cases, there will also be a few rogues, bards, and priests. Barbarians, who are too free and don't like discipline In the same way, it is impossible for druids and monks who abide by their own natural laws higher than the rules of the knight order by choosing the path of faith to become recruits.

Mage?Warlock?They usually go to the Battle Mage Group as apprentices, and they will not come to the Purple Dragon Knight for training.

Similarly, Purple Dragon Knights also have requirements for alignments. Purple Dragon Knights generally only accept 4 alignments: Lawful Good, Lawful Neutral, Neutral Good, and Absolute Neutral.

Aaron also participated in this test. After the test of the paladins in the knight order, his camp is currently: neutral good.

Funny, Aaron remembers the first time he tested the alignment and it was lawful good.

It seems that due to the awakening of his memory and the changes in the events he suffered, his camp has begun to shift.

One thing to keep in mind here is that in the Kingdom, it is never a choice made because of a person's camp, but what kind of decision this person has made and what he has done determines his camp. belongs.

"Recruits!" The knight instructor appeared, holding a wooden sword in his hand. He looked about 36 or seven years old, with a pair of deep-set blue eyes, and a deep forehead pattern on his broad forehead read a " Three" characters, a straight nose bridge, a slender mustache, and a black hair cut into a simple board inch: "Stand up!"

"I am Instructor Simeone, and I am also the future knight brother of some of you. Yes, only a part of you, because some of you will soon pack up your bags and go home because you can't pass the assessment!" Simeone Instructor He slapped his palms with a wooden sword: "So, when you are still recruits, you'd better call me an instructor. When some of you pass the test in autumn, you can call me brother. Do you understand?"

"I understand!"

"No energy! Is this how you guys came to participate in recruit training? Also, what do you call me?!"

"Understood, instructor!!!"

"Okay! Just be so energetic!" Instructor Simeone paced in front of the recruits: "I'm glad to see you here. You are all recruits of my Cormyr, and the future of my Purple Dragon Kingdom!"

"I see your desire to serve the kingdom. In the eyes of many of you, I see ambition. Bigger, thicker, and more powerful ambition. This is good, because no ambition means no desire to progress, no Ambitious, you will fail recruit training!"

"You all know that now is a special period of special circumstances, and the kingdom needs you like never before, so you have come here, and I welcome your arrival."

"I know, some of you have received basic training, some of you have solved the troubles around the village, and some of you have even killed an owl bear by yourself. You may be the heroes of the village and the kings of the neighborhood, but...you are still If I am not a qualified recruit, I cannot entrust the future of the kingdom to you."

"Therefore, today you will receive the first training, which is to master the two most basic combat abilities of apprentice-level fighters."

"Back to Qi, and move like a tide!"

Simeone clapped his hands and signaled everyone to pay attention.

"Unfortunately, all of you here today are fighters except for a certain transfer student. None of you are spellcasters. The basis for you to defeat the enemy is the iron in your hands and the blood on your body!"

"But warriors do not mean that they have no chance to enjoy the blessings of magic, because in the kingdom, every stone, every straw, and every breeze contains magic power."

"Similarly, your body also contains magic power. Through a lot of training and repeated muscle memory, fighters can also stimulate the potential in their bodies and integrate magic power into their bodies, thereby utilizing this power."

"This is the return of qi and the rush of movement. The former can stimulate your body's energy to recover from injuries in a short period of time, and the latter can allow you to break through the limits of your body and attack continuously in a short period of time."

"Now, watch my demonstration and start practicing!"

Instructor Simeone demonstrated these two abilities again. He cut open his palm, and the power of returning air healed the wound on his palm instantly. He used a wooden sword to attack a straw man. Suddenly, he went against the mechanics of the human body and made up a blow to send the straw man flying.

Then he taught the main points of arm strength, how to control the body and the catalytic release of the spirit.

This kind of training is very hard for the vast majority of recruits. Soldiers are not spellcasters and cannot feel magic. They can only form muscle memory through thousands of exercises to stimulate the energy in their bodies to obtain these two abilities. .

Only, except for one guy.

Just one minute after instructor Simeone demonstrated the two abilities, Aaron raised his hand.

"Instructor, I have mastered it."

"........."

　I have to watch the game these days, and the schedule is chaotic, so let’s update it stably first.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)