“Come to think of it, I think I’ve heard that once you become a knight, you have to become a military officer. What will happen when you graduate?”
“Did you enter the school without knowing anything?”
“huh.”
The reason Noah entered Nightray was because his grandfather sent him.
Before that, I didn’t even know that such a school existed.
As a first-year student, he hadn’t thought about anything after graduation.
Seeing Noah’s sincere eyes, Veronica sighed and said,
“All knights have an obligation to join the reserve army and respond to the call in wartime. But that doesn’t mean you have to be a professional soldier.”
“then?”
“Well, in general, knights are divided into whether or not they have a large knight corps.”
The knights were literally a group of knights.
“There are over thousands of knights in the Empire. Among them, there are places where more than a thousand knights belong, and there are places where only a couple of people manage it in a small way.”
“So much? Then what do the knights do?”
“The purpose of establishing the Order of the Knights is different. Therefore, it can be divided into two main categories.”
The first is the military knights.
“You can see the military knights literally as professional soldiers. It usually refers to the 8th family or the members of the Central Knights.”
Orders of knights owned by powerful forces such as the imperial family and the 8th family.
Their characteristics are enormous size and great power.
They could be said to be the closest to the traditional knighthood.
“The second is the Freelance Knights.”
“freelancer?”
“Even if you are knighted, you are free to decide how to live with that power. They make money by working as mercenaries or hunting monsters, but they are more corporate than you think.”
The inside of the empire was relatively stable, but there were many places overseas where demon beasts still remained within the territory.
For this reason, there were many types of knights, such as knights specializing in beast hunting, war mercenaries, manpower dispatch, and simple requests.
Members did not have to be knighted as long as the leader was an official knight, so there were even knights in the name alone.
“There are many relatively small knights here, but Geomrim, which is considered the best among freelance knights, boasts the largest scale in Korea.”
“If it’s a black forest, surely… … .”
“yes. The Temple of the Moon, located in the Crescent Moon Islands, is also one of the four great clans of the Black Forest.”
The largest single Knights.
If the 8th generation commanded hundreds of knights, the 4th generation of the apostles were united under the name of the sword forest.
Even if they are not particularly united, there are advantages to being gathered together.
“The Temple of the Moon rarely leaves its area due to the speciality of its swordsmanship, but for now, it plays an important role just by blocking the big wave in the south every year.”
“They said that after graduating from the 8th family, they usually go to their family’s knights, so most of them must be the former.”
“yes. Thanks to this, the Freelance Knights, excluding the Black Forest, are usually frantic about recruiting talent. Most of the people who contact you outside of your senior year are freelance knights.”
“Hmm. that’s interesting. So if I were to make use of my speciality, am I on the beast hunting side?”
“What are you talking about? If your skills are as good as yours, of course they are the imperial knights in the center!”
Veronica put down her pen and began to rant.
“People from the 8th generation go to places belonging to their respective families, and they say that this side is always short of people! We cannot afford to miss a talent like you!”
“That, well… … ?”
Strictly speaking, Noah could also be said to be of the Lichtenau family, the 8th generation, but Veronica did not know that fact.
‘It’s not like I decided to join the family side of the knights in the first place.’
Noah’s graduation was a long time ago, so it was enough to worry about it later.
However, since people around me started graduating, I couldn’t help but be interested in it.
“A normal rookie knight’s skills are at the level of proficiency with intangible swords. To put it mildly, it can be seen as a higher ranker in Nightray.”
“Is it lower than expected?”
“Because Nightray is a world-class elite educational institution. A Nightray Alumnus title would be more valid than a normal regular knight business card.”
Even among the official knights, there were many who could not use attribute conversion.
In that sense, Noah, who is ranked 16th in the nightray ranking and can also use attribute conversion, is not lacking in swordsmanship.
“If I can win the title of Nightray Graduate with skills like yours, I’m sure I’ll be able to make a super-fast career in the Imperial Knights! A shortcut to fame! Isn’t that attractive?”
“I wasn’t really interested in improving my career, but listening to it, it seems like a lump… … ?”
“Yes? You will never regret it!”
The reason why Veronica was suddenly eager to recruit Noah was simple.
‘Ugh, I was the first to steam it!’
The Holy Spirit sword that Noah is currently using, Amwol, was originally a special gift from Veronica.
As the princess, who will be in charge of the Imperial Knights in the future, as soon as she saw Noah in the entrance exam, she made a point early on.
Normally, when the princess put a fortune on her, others would take their hands off it.
However, Theodore, the head of the Riber family, openly coveted Noah.
‘To be honest, it’s hard to guarantee better conditions than Ribery in the Imperial Knights… … .’
If it was the Brilliant Emperor, Veronica was just a princess.
On the other hand, Theodore is the head of Ribery.
From noble mtl dot com.
He was a person who could do as he pleased if he belonged to the Knights of Ribéry.
Unlike Veronica, who is all about convenience, Theodore can give you at least one of the general manager positions at will.
That alone was worrying, but Noah managed to achieve 16th place before the third semester was over.
A big prospect with no place to belong.
Rookies with such conditions were rare.
‘If this happens, I will no longer be able to avoid attention.’
At the year-end festival, not only the heads of the 8th family, but also the masters of the black forest and numerous knight commanders come to visit.
‘They would know all of Noah’s skills just by looking at his face.’
From then on, there was no advantage or anything.
I couldn’t be relieved if I didn’t get a definite answer from Noah before the end of the year.
‘So somehow, I have to make sure I don’t lose sight of it until then… … .’
However, contrary to Veronica’s thoughts, Noah’s concern was something entirely different.
‘It’s the end of the year… … .’
that very day.
Noah’s grandfather was going to come here.
* * *
After that, Noah kept 16th place throughout the 4th semester, while gaining experience by sticking with those who were above him.
Unfortunately, it was impossible to raise the ranking further, but there was an unavoidable reason for this.
“… … If you fight this, the arena will be destroyed and the game will not be decided outside the field.”
“yes? Are there reasons why we don’t play ranking matches with the kids below?”
Like human chess at the end of the 3rd semester, unless special rules were used, a general ranking match with 15 immovable players was impossible.
With the ranking match rules made based on general students, there is no choice but to lack something, whether it be time or space.
“But if you limit your sword skills, it won’t be fun.”
Guy Zack said as he sat down on the rubble of the smashed arena and gulped down some water.
“If you are among the 15, why don’t you switch to that authority? I’ll give you the rest of the authority too.”
“I don’t think it will be difficult since there are many places to play. It’s all about getting to the top 15 first.”
“Well, now next week the top two will graduate, so you will automatically be ranked 14th.”
After continuing the ranking match as the 16th place, Noah became close with Guy Zack, and it became a daily routine for him to review and talk about the contents after the game.
“I heard Felix can keep time?”
“well? Around the 20th place, Shiba-senpai got caught by mistake and seems to be going back and forth.”
“Certainly Shiba is difficult to deal with. Among those who can’t use attribute transformation, it must be one of the best fighting powers?”
At first, Noah, who received attention after being ranked 16th, became less interested when he adapted to this ranking and settled down.
Thanks to this, the current concern among students is whether Felix can reach 17th before the year-end festival.
“It’s not long, won’t it be enough?”
“The higher you rank, the fewer people there are, and the number of matches also decreases, so it might be difficult for a week.”
“Oh, there is that too. I forgot because I sucked in honey thanks to the event that came and went in double digits.”
“Guy Jack? Noah? Are you here?”
“Senior Anise?”
“Aha, since the two of them disappeared together, I came here just in case, and it was as expected.”
Anis, who lost her ranking to Veronica in the event match of the third semester and became 11th, has remained in that ranking to this day.
Fabrice’s fighting style, which gave up swordsmanship and poured everything into rigid body technique, was particularly advantageous in the current ranking match.
Based on his overwhelming physical ability, he finishes the opponent before he can do anything.
Anis was a terrifying figure who could actually destroy an opponent before the arena was destroyed.
From the opponent’s point of view, it was difficult to avoid going outside the market even if they endured, so once they were beaten, they would say, ‘No… … ‘ A voice came out.
However, Anise did not obsess over ranking matches because despite her great talent, she did not want to become a knight.
That ranking is a ranking that came naturally because he simply sincerely accepts attacks.
In fact, when she appeared alone, Geysack would become a joint killer.
“Did you find it?”
“It’s a call for a meeting.”
After supervising the entrance exam, Noah was often called in to replace Aslan with his duties.
As the name suggests, the 15-member meeting was a meeting where the 1st to 15th place participants participated, but Noah, who was ranked 16th, was also entering on behalf of Aslan.
Because of this, Noah thought he was looking for himself as a replacement for Aslan again, but it was a little different.
“By the way, it’s not even the day of the regular meeting, so what’s the convocation?”
“Aslan is back. Noah, I am looking for you.”
Aslan, who had been confined to Stellarium ahead of the year-end festival, returned to Nightray.
* * *
“Then, will everyone participate except Theodore and Cocoa-sama this time?”
“yes. All the heads of the remaining 8 families, including the Lichtenauer family, and the three sword lords other than Cocoa have already expressed their intention to attend. A deputy will be present at Ribéry and the Temple of the Moon.”
The unprecedented situation of the student master night graduation ceremony.
All the titans who control the empire were gathering in Nightray.
“It’s been a long time since the state minister appeared in public, so it’s a pity. Cocoa-sama must be disappointed.”
Guanghuijie looked out the window and said.
His gaze was directed north, where Sanctum Keep would be located.
“Then take care of Stellarium while I am gone. You, too, would like to go to pick talent yourself, but you can’t empty this place.”
“How can I be dissatisfied? Everyone would be envious of the number of people who have already been appointed.”
The commander of the 1st Imperial Knight, Kiev Brimstone, laughed without any regrets.
“If I were to take Master Knight around as vice-captain, everyone would have a good look on their faces.”
Aslan, who was summoned to Stellarium, was the only one who knew what conversation he had with Emperor Bright.
However, as a result, it was decided that Aslan would be appointed as the vice-captain of the 1st Imperial Knights after graduation.
“You’re a fun fellow, and you’ll like it too.”
Gwanghuije laughed as he recalled what Aslan said when he rejected his proposal.
‘At first, I was going to bring him in as an executor and put him in pursuit of the Precursors.’
This young Master Knight came to the Bright Emperor with a much more interesting task.
“You seem to like it quite a bit?”
“okay. He was a very funny guy.”