Mythical Card Master: Start with the Knight

"I have to say, I did make a mistake."

Jim looked at Chu Ming and suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. He felt that the wine in his cellar might be in danger.

Crono came over at this time and said with a smile: "I see, there is wine to drink today."

Jim raised his shoulders and hummed: "It's not over yet, don't get too happy too soon."

As he spoke, he paused, with a hint of physical pain on his face, "If ten knights really pass the trial, I will fulfill my promise. Don't underestimate the integrity of our dwarves."

Chu Ming smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Jim."

"snort."

The old man snorted softly and returned to the front of the training ground.

…

Chu and Ming also returned to the front of the training ground, and the second trial began immediately.

Seemingly influenced by David, the second knight showed extraordinary strength after coming on the field. He easily defeated his opponent and passed the trial.

At this moment, Chu Ming suddenly discovered a detail that he had just ignored - after David exerted his ultimate intention, it seemed that other knights were also affected by his belief. Most of the knights' strength was improved, and even a small number of knights were also affected by his belief. Successfully released the ultimate intention.

This forced Chu Ming to consider the impact of group will on the Knights of the Sun.

Even if he can find a way to use the will of the group, he might be able to use it to train knights, or develop a fusion technique based on the will of the group.

"The Fusion of Ultimate Intention Skill... seems to be working."

Chu Ming's eyes brightened slightly, and he secretly wrote down this idea, and then continued to focus on the battle in the center of the training ground.

Ten minutes later, the fourth battle ended quickly, with the Legion Knights winning.

The Legion Knights had won four consecutive games, which made Jim's bad premonition grow stronger.

Fortunately, after the fifth trial began, a knight of the regiment lost to a dwarf warrior, which cheered up Jim who had already lost hope.

Immediately afterwards, the sixth and seventh trials...the trial venue passed. In the twenty-first trial, the number of knights in the regiment who passed the trial reached ten.

Jim's whole body was numb, but now that he had lost, his heart felt a lot more relaxed. He gave up struggling and continued to watch the duel.

The trial lasted until evening. When the last trial was over, except for Chu Ming, Miguel and Nathan, 23 of the forty-six knights in the entire mercenary group passed the trial and obtained the power of the gods. Gift.

To be honest, even in Chu Ming's estimation, he thought that there would be no more than fifteen knights who could pass the trial this time. Unexpectedly, the collective will had such a great impact on the Knights of the Sun, and many knights were forced to do so. Break through midway and gain the strength to pass the trial.

After the trial, the dwarf warriors left the training ground with unfinished content, and the knights of the regiment gathered in front of Chu Ming, waiting for his instructions.

Chu Ming and Jim were in front of the knights. He said calmly: "You performed well today, exceeding my expectations."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the knights who passed the trial were filled with smiles, while those who failed lowered their heads and felt very disappointed.

Chu Ming glanced at all the knights and continued: "I can understand that some of you have failed the trial. After all, challenging the limit itself is difficult, but there is still more than a month left before arriving at Clinton Kingdom. I hope you don't it disappointed me."

"It's okay to be disappointed, but it won't make you make any progress. What I want to see is your fighting spirit."

"As long as the fighting spirit is still there, the trial will not be an insurmountable mountain for you."

"Yes, Captain."

The knights who failed the trial raised their heads and responded.

Even though they were still feeling down at the moment, with Chu Ming's comfort, the fighting spirit returned to them. They clenched their fists and secretly determined to train harder and try to pass the trial next time.

Chu Ming nodded with satisfaction. After finishing his post-war ideological work, he turned to look at Jim.

He thanked: "Thank you Mr. Jim for your help."

Jim waved his hand, "It's a small thing."

"Come with me, it's time for me to fulfill my promise."

Chu Ming and Cronuo looked at each other, and Cronuo smiled secretly.

After letting most of the knights return to the hotel, Chu Ming and others followed Jim to his home.

Jim's home is in an ordinary citizen neighborhood. Most of the residential houses here have yards in front of them. The dwarves will dig cellars in the yards and store the brewed wine in the cellars.

When Chu Ming and others first entered the yard, they saw several dwarf children playing and playing with wooden swords imitating knights. After Jim's wife saw that he had brought back human friends, she warmly invited Chu Ming and the others. Go inside and eat.

Chu Ming couldn't refuse, but he happened to be curious about the eating habits of dwarves, so he agreed.

After Miguel and Nathan saw Chu Ming agreeing, they stopped being pretentious and agreed readily.

As for Cronuo, he had already become involved with the children in the courtyard and became a king-like presence. Several children immediately pulled him to his seat.

After waiting for a while, the woman brought over a pot of vegetables and fruits. In addition, there were thick-cut grilled steaks, smoked sausages, baked bread, mixed vegetable salads... This meal was a combination of meat and vegetables. It is full of color, flavor and smell. The aroma of the meat sausage alone is enough to tantalize people's taste buds. Add a steaming bowl of vegetable and fruit soup to appetize, and it will make people feel satisfied.

At the dinner table, everyone chatted happily, talking about the customs and customs of Reran Kingdom, the situation of Violet Principality and other topics.

During this period, Jim left the table once, and when he came back a few minutes later, there was a shiny earthenware pot in his arms.

He said cheerfully: "This is the ale left by my father. It contains a variety of qi and blood plants, which can promote blood circulation. Feel free to drink it, but don't be polite to me."

Jim poured the amber mellow wine into the cup and handed it to Chu Ming and the others.

As soon as Chu Ming took the wine glass, the history book appeared and he turned the page.

【Qixue Ale】

[Quality: Dark Blue]

[Remarks: It can effectively increase the speed of knight’s energy and blood circulation, which lasts for one month (cannot be superimposed)]

Chu Ming shook the dark wine in the glass and took a sip.

As soon as the wine enters the mouth, a mellow aroma of wheat hits the nostrils. The wine is sweet but not spicy. It is said to be ale, but in fact it is more like fruit wine.

Chu Ming tasted it and poured the whole glass of wine down his throat.

He didn't feel anything at first. It wasn't until his energy and blood gradually rose and his blood power accelerated that he realized that the ale was really a good thing.

But for him, it's just a taste. His knight's power has reached its extreme, and this blood ale is not of much use.

On the contrary, many knights in the mercenary group have just improved their talents and are in the golden period of improving their strength. If they can have the help of Qi-blood ale, they may be able to break through the realm soon.

Thinking of this, Chu Ming and Jim talked about the situation of the Corps.

Jim was also very happy and directly gave him the entire wine can.

In fact, the effect of qi-blood ale will last for a whole month after drinking a glass of qi-blood ale, and the effects cannot be stacked and have no effect if you drink more. The whole jar of ale is enough for the entire corps to have one cup.

…

The dinner lasted for more than an hour, and the night had completely fallen. Chu Ming and others said goodbye to Jim and returned to the hotel.

After a busy day, the knights were exhausted. Chu Ming did not bother them. After giving the ale to Miguel for safekeeping, he washed up and returned to the room to practice.

Early the next morning, the knights packed their luggage. After Chu Ming said goodbye to Jim, the carriage team set off again and continued south.

A month later, the carriage team arrived at Beltram, the southern city of the Reran Kingdom and the hometown of Crono.

Crono's full name is Crono Harlowen, and his Harlowen family is a rare human aristocratic family in Beltram, and even in the entire Reran Kingdom.

The ancestor of the Harlowen family, Grand Duke Harlowen, was once the founding general of the Kingdom of Reran. After the victory in the pioneering war, Grand Duke Harlowen received the title granted by the kingdom and spread his branches in Beltram until today. The Wen family is still active in the political arena of the Reran Kingdom. They have relationships with many dwarf master craftsmen and dwarf families. They are veritable local leaders of the Reran Kingdom.

After Chu Ming and Crono returned to the Harlowen family, they were ceremoniously welcomed by the family nobles. Although the Harlowen family has great influence in the Kingdom of Reran, the power of the magicians in the family is the same as the current situation in the Kingdom of Reran, which is almost non-existent. , most of the epics are knights.

It was not easy for the family to have Crono, a mage genius, and the tribe naturally cherished him very much. Even Chu Ming, who had the identity of a mage, felt the enthusiasm of the Harlowen tribe.

Especially after the Harlowen tribe learned from Crono that Chu Ming had a legendary mage talent, they became even more enthusiastic and took Chu Ming to see their daughter whenever they had time.

It was not a good thing for Chu Ming to feel too welcome for the first time, so he stayed in Beltram for three days, waiting for the remaining knights of the regiment to complete the trial before planning to leave.

Early morning, outside the city gate.

Crono patted Chu Ming on the shoulder and said with a smile: "My cousin is pretty. Why don't you talk to me about your relationship? It's so boring to practice all the time."

Chu Ming said angrily: "You still have the nerve to accuse me. I remember you are almost fifty years old. If you were in the Dark Age, you might be an old man now."

"Ahem, isn't it because I haven't found the right one? Besides, women are not as interesting as magic."

Crono coughed awkwardly and quickly changed the subject.

"I have asked my family to find connections and have the master craftsmen build the long sword and magic pattern armor you want. I estimate it will take several years to complete them. I will send someone to the Clinton Kingdom to inform you if there is any news. "

"Thanks."

Chu Ming waved to him, "If you encounter any trouble that cannot be solved in the future, you can try to come to me."

Crono was about to say that there were so many epics in his family, how could anything happen, but when he thought of the disaster that happened in the Violet Principality, he hesitated, and finally nodded.

"goodbye."

Chu Ming said goodbye to Crono and walked into the carriage.

Crono couldn't help but said: "The Kingdom of Reran and the Kingdom of Clinton are not far apart. Remember to write to me if you have anything to do. I will ask the White Pigeon Post to send the letter for me."

"I know, take care."

Crono waved goodbye to the carriage team and watched the carriage team disappear from sight.

He sighed, "I finally made a friend, but I didn't expect to wave goodbye so quickly."

"Maybe, if I want to go out for a walk one day, I can visit him in the Clinton Kingdom..."

Crono muttered and walked back.

…

Half a month later, after more than half a year, the carriage team finally crossed the border of Reran Kingdom and entered Clinton Kingdom.

During the three days they stayed in Beltram, the remaining knights of the regiment, including Miguel and Nathan, also passed the first trial.

Among them, after the fox knight Nathan passed the first trial, the knight's talent directly broke through to the medium level, and there is no limit to the epic road.

The talents of Miguel and the knights of the regiment have also been upgraded from inferior to inferior.

Within a few days of passing the first trial, with the help of Qi-blood ale, Miguel gained strength and successfully broke through to the deep blue level.

With the help of Qi-blood ale, the knights of the regiment practiced hard, and most of them broke through their original realm.

There are forty-six corps knights, three of whom have broken through to the blue level, while the remaining knights are all at the dark green great knight level.

After just over a month of training, the strength of the entire mercenary group has directly risen to a large level, and this is not the end of the corps knights. As long as they are willing to practice diligently, their final knight level will be at least the blue level.

But if they want to continue to move up, it is almost impossible to break through to the epic level. Even the God of War Trial cannot help them.

After all, the second trial of the God of War Trial involves crossing a large class to defeat the opponent, which is simply impossible for them.

In fact, it's not just them. It's considered good for a knight in a kingdom to pass the second trial. Other knights don't even dare to think about it.

The wool of the God of War Trial can only be collected once. If Chu Ming wants to build his own epic knights, he has to think of other ways.

But this is not a problem that he should be concerned about at the moment. It will take several years for the mercenary group to collectively reach the blue level. It will still be a long time. What he has to do now is to return to the Brick family to obtain the epic knight inheritance, and then in a few years Break through to the level of epic knight within time.

The overall level of the current knights in the mercenary group is comparable to that of the escorts in some small cities in the Clinton Kingdom. Even without Chu Ming's help, they can thrive in the Clinton Kingdom without him having to worry about it.

…

Mid July.

Clay County.

After traveling in the Clinton Kingdom for eight days, the carriage team entered Clay County where the Brick family was located.

Clay County belongs to the West County in the Clinton Kingdom, while the capital of the Clinton Kingdom is in the East County.

As one of the three major families in the Clinton Kingdom, the Brick family has hundreds of epic knights and its influence spreads throughout Clay County.

In addition to the three major families in the Clinton Kingdom, there are also epic families of all sizes.

The family power in the Clinton Kingdom is so huge, but the royal family has been able to maintain such a long-term rule. This is due to the strength of the royal family. The Clinton royal family has the absolute strength to suppress all family forces in the country. They are legendary among the royal family. There are also a terrifying number of characters. There are thirteen legends who appear on the political stage, and there are countless more who hide behind them.

In the face of such terrifying strength, even the Brick family, one of the three major families, was just an ant-like existence and did not dare to resist the royal family at all.

This also led to the fact that even if the Brick family could directly control the entire Cress County, they did not dare to do it openly. They just stayed in the city of Sauron and secretly developed the power of knights.

In the carriage, Irina stuck her head out and looked at the wild scenery. After looking at it for a while, she turned her head back with a blank look on her face.

In fact, Irina had never left the City of Sauron before she was eleven years old. The only time she traveled far was when she followed Chu Ming to the Violet Principality.

Compared to Clay County and the City of Sauron, she was more familiar with the Violet King City. In the King City, Trina and Mattie would take her to visit the King City in their spare time.

The only person she could remember clearly about the city of Sauron was Renn's mother Nulia.

Before the little maid Irina went to the Violet Principality with Ren to study, she had been following Nuria. That gentle woman was as good to her as her mother, making the girl never forget her. From time to time, she would nag Chu Ming about wanting to go back to see Nulia.

Looking at the girl's blank expression, Chu Ming smiled softly.

Irina is like this, and so is he. He only has some memories of the City of Sauron in his mind. As for Clay County, Ren, a cultivator, has never traveled out. He saw this place Some parts of the land are just unfamiliar.

"Master, how long will it take to arrive? I miss Lady Nulia so much."

Irina took Chu Ming's hand and shook it.

Chu Ming rubbed her head and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, we will reach the City of Sauron in about a day or two."

As soon as he finished speaking, an accident happened suddenly. The carriage team stopped. A man in front of him rode up to the carriage where he was and said:

"Captain, there are a large number of sheep migrating ahead and the road is blocked."

Chu Ming was stunned for a moment, showing an expression that didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He was really afraid of something.

He thought for a while and ordered: "Stop first, there is not much time left."

"Yes, Captain."

The knight rode in a circle and ran to the front of the team to report Chu Ming's order.

The carriage team waited for a long time, and they discovered that it was not just the sheep that were migrating, but also other gray wolves, wild deer, etc.

Miguel, who was at the front of the team, finally discovered something was wrong. There was no shepherd to manage these sheep, but they were just running around. The carnivores and herbivores were at peace with each other in the migrating team. They looked more like they were avoiding something. .

He looked towards the forest in the distance. Animals were still escaping from it, and there seemed to be a faint roar coming from inside.

After realizing this, Miguel was about to inform Chu Ming in person, but he didn't expect that Chu Ming had already come out of the carriage and was standing on the grassland looking at the forest in the distance.