Regardless of whether Roger took Castle Huber's words seriously or not, he still trained hard every day in the next few days. [ ] With the help of the primary training ground, coupled with the Dragon Slaying Swordsmanship Compendium, he was indeed superb in the use of fighting spirit.
Therefore, Roger quickly mastered the method of using Dou Qi.
Roger told Bonnie the good news, and the female knight was surprised and offered to spar with him. Of course Roger would not refuse. The two sparred a few times in the classroom, and Bonnie put away her sword and said in surprise:
"I felt the power of fighting spirit when I fought with you just now. As expected, you have been promoted to a bronze-level strongman. There is no problem in passing the strength test! I didn't expect you to be promoted successfully in such a short time. In my memory, I have never
No one else has done it.”
Roger's vanity also got a small satisfaction from being recognized by "Senior Swordsmanship Teacher" Bonnie. But he quickly remembered something, frowned and said: "That guy Pilk always makes things difficult for me.
The last time I took the exam, I asked for an ancient elf to be translated. Now that I can get the knighthood as long as I pass the strength test, this guy won’t do anything bad to me again, right?”
"Probably not." Bonnie's words reassured Roger a lot: "I heard from other teachers that His Majesty found out about Pilk deliberately making things difficult during the exam, so he was very dissatisfied with him and scolded him severely.
A meal. If the Minister of Military Affairs hadn't spoken for him, I'm afraid His Majesty would have deprived him of his position as principal."
"Deserves it." Hearing that Pierke was unlucky, Roger's mood improved a lot. But he didn't intend to let Pierke go just like that. This guy was either with Janson or a lackey of Vatel. He was not a good person anyway.
.If Roger hadn't known that his current power was not strong enough to live happily after killing a noble, he might have taken action against the bald man long ago.
No matter what Roger thought, time always passed at its own pace, without any reason to stop or speed up. The last few days passed peacefully, and the day of strength test finally arrived.
This is also a big day for the knight school. Because after the strength test, students who pass all tests will be awarded the title of knight in public and officially become a member of the upper class of the kingdom. So those students who passed the first three tests are very
Excited, because after today, their three years of hard study will bear fruit and they will become knights of the kingdom. This is the common ideal of all students.
The teachers in the school are also busy with the strength test, and many of them seem a little nervous. Because His Majesty the King will attend the strength test today, and will also personally award one of his students with a knighthood, just to arrange the king's guard of honor.
This gave the teachers of the Knight School a headache.
Pierke was so busy that he was sweating profusely, and his bald forehead was glistening in the sun because it was covered with sweat. But he couldn't care about that now. He just wanted to complete today's strength test without making any mistakes. Last time he was studying for the exam.
The matter of embarrassing Roger was somehow known to Alonso III, and he was called into the palace and scolded him. The angry king also planned to take a test on Pierke's ancient elf level, and said that if he failed the test
Just strip him of his knighthood.
This scared Pilk to death. Of course he knew that he knew nothing about the ancient Elvish language. If he was deprived of his knighthood, it would be equivalent to losing his noble status. Fortunately, Vattel said a few words to Pilk.
It was only Longso III who let Pierke go. But after such a scare, Pierke has become much more honest. What's more, the king will be here in person today, and he will never dare to make things difficult for Roger in the test of strength.
"Damn maggots, they actually caused me to be scolded by His Majesty the King!" Thinking of Roger Pierke, I felt so angry that I couldn't help thinking viciously in my heart: "Huh, I don't believe this country bumpkin from the Lund Peninsula.
He can be promoted to bronze in three months. As long as he fails this exam, we will find someone to kill him after the limelight passes!"
While Pierke was thinking evil thoughts, Roger had already arrived at school. After learning that Alonso III also attended the strength test, he was completely relieved. This king, at least for now, stands with Roger and the Hamilton family.
Here, with him in Pilk, the old guy won't dare to mess around.
Other students also came to the school one after another. After learning that His Majesty the King was visiting the school in person and would personally award a knight title to a student, everyone was very excited and eager to perform well and become the lucky one to attract the King's attention.
"Childish..." Listening to the heated discussion of other students, Roger curled his lips disdainfully. He was not interested in attracting the king's attention. It would be most beneficial to obtain the qualification of a knight and then further obtain a noble title and territory.
Not long after Alonso III arrived at the school, the strength test finally officially began. The test was divided into two steps. First, each student had to cut off an iron and wood stake as thick as an adult's arm in one attack. To pass this test,
The students who are tested have to fight with a knight who is at least a senior bronze knight. Only after gaining the approval of the other party can they pass the strength test and be qualified to hold the title of knight.
After several days of practice, Roger has become more proficient in using the fighting spirit that just appeared in his body. Coupled with the particularly sharp sword, it is no problem to cut off the thick iron wood, and he easily passed the first round.
test. Most other students also passed the first round
The test, but considering the way Pilk behaves, Roger knows that many of his students must have been deliberately let go before passing the test. But Roger doesn't care about this, as long as he doesn't block his own way, as for Pilk
Why is he not interested in taking care of those students?
The students who passed the first test gathered in the arena in the center of the school. This huge arena was temporarily divided into several areas, where the students would fight their knight opponents. Originally, these knights who fought with the students,
It was all arranged by the knight school, and the students drew lots to decide which knight they would fight. But just after the first batch of students entered the arena, Alonso III, who was sitting on the viewing platform, suddenly spoke.
"I selected some people from the palace guards, all honest and loyal knights." There was obviously some kind of amplification magic on the viewing platform, and Alonso III's calm but majestic voice echoed throughout the arena: "I have decided
Let these knights test the strength of the students. After all, the students may also join the palace guard, so let them get familiar with their future partners as early as possible!"
Although Alonso III spoke lightly, the expressions of Pilke and many students immediately changed. These students naturally stole Pilke's joints and wanted to pass the test of strength. It was easy to cheat in the previous test of chopping iron wood.
Pierke had also secretly informed the knights arranged by the school, asking them to show mercy to certain students. However, Alonso III suddenly announced that the knights of the Palace Guard would test the students, which made all the arrangements of Pierke's students come to nothing.
Roger had a clear view of the reactions of Pilk and some students, and couldn't help but secretly thought: "Hehe... someone is going to be unlucky!"
After the second round of the test began, what Roger expected did happen. The knights of the palace guard would not show mercy to the students, and many students were eliminated soon. As these students left the arena, they looked at Pilk
With a look of resentment, Roger couldn't help but feel very happy when he thought about how this guy was so anxious to explain to the other party afterwards.
However, he was happy because he still had to pass the next test. When it was Roger's turn, he randomly drew a number. When he entered the arena, he discovered that standing opposite him was an acquaintance, Captain Philippe Massa of the Palace Guard.
"Viscount Massa..." Facing this handsome man, Roger couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "Your Majesty must be too considerate of me, and he even sent a silver-level expert to test me."
"Don't talk nonsense. This is not His Majesty's arrangement. It was all decided by your own drawing of lots!" Massa denied Roger's words seriously, but he quickly put on a smile and said, "But I'm very kind to you.
I heard that you and Bonnie are very close, tell me, how did you win her heart? I pursued her for a long time, but I never succeeded!"
"What do you want to do?" Roger asked warily.
"Don't get me wrong, I know Bonnie's character very well. Since she has chosen you, I don't have any chance. I have completely given up on her." Massa rubbed his hands and said: "I just ask this to know what you are.
How to impress Bonnie, just treat it as... a purely academic discussion."
In fact, what Massa said is indeed the truth. The Viscount is handsome and well-groomed. At a young age, he is already a high-ranking man. He is also the most trusted minister of Alonso III. With these conditions, Massa is in love.
He was invincible. Many aristocratic ladies and young ladies in the capital regarded Massa as their dream lover. As long as he hooked his little finger, many women would take the initiative to crawl into the Viscount's bed.
Massa was such a playboy, but he failed miserably when pursuing Bonnie, which became one of the rare examples of failure in his "pursuit of women". However, although Massa was romantic by nature, he would never force the other party.
After being rejected by Bonnie several times, he gave up completely and turned to attack other targets. This time he accidentally learned that Bonnie and Roger were close, so he came to find out what was going on, which could be regarded as perfecting his pursuit.
Use female skills to improve your success rate in chasing girls.
Seeing that Massa was sincere, Roger felt relieved, opened his arms and said affectionately: "I didn't pursue Bonnie on purpose. It's fate that we can be together. It's fate!"
"If you don't want to say it, forget it, you're stingy!" Massa didn't believe what Roger said, so he drew out his long sword with a "swish" sound and said: "Take the test!"
"I wonder if this guy will avenge his personal revenge. Should I make up something to fool him?" Seeing the unkind look on Massa's handsome face, Roger couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.
However, Massa no longer gave Roger a chance to talk nonsense, and the long sword in his hand had already been chopped off. When Roger saw this, he did not dare to be careless and quickly ducked sideways. His body had just moved halfway, and Massa's long sword had already been cut off.
He cut it down hard, leaving a deep mark on the ground.
"I wiped it, I want to kill someone!" Roger was frightened and broke into a cold sweat when he saw the neat marks on the ground. He was about to ask Massa if he was crazy, but the latter stabbed out with his sword again. Fortunately, this time and
It was the same as the sword just now, with more power but less accuracy, and Roger dodged it easily.
Massa seemed to have lost his temper after striking two swords in succession. He struck Roger with one sword to the left and one to the right. The strange thing was that Massa seemed to want Roger's life with his sword.
But each sword was slightly deflected, making it impossible for it to hit Roger.
Then the most bizarre scene appeared in the arena. Roger's test was the most intense. Massa slashed sword marks on the ground. When he got up, he had already used all his strength to test Roger. But facing Ma Sa
Roger, who was tested by Sa, was actually the most relaxed student. He only had to pretend to dodge left and right, and there was no need to worry about the other party hurting him.
At this time, Roger had already understood Massa's intention, and couldn't help but thought to himself: "The king is really interesting. He sent his captain of the guard to cooperate with my brothers in acting. I am afraid that he is also afraid that my strength has not reached the bronze level, so he sent Massa."
Come and test me."
There is no doubt about Massa's strength. In the blink of an eye, he has launched more than 20 attacks on Roger. Then he suddenly put away his sword and took a few steps back. He looked at Roger with admiring eyes and said loudly: "Can you survive my attack?"
By holding on for such a long time, you have passed the test of strength!"
"Nima, there are people above who are really easy to do! If I had known this, I wouldn't have had to work so hard some time ago." He didn't expect that the strength test he had been worried about for so long could pass so easily, and Roger couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
.However, he still looked serious on the surface. He bowed to Massa honestly and said, "Please give me more advice!"
"Work hard, I'm very good to you, let's learn more about each other in the future!" Massa also pretended to say something, but Roger guessed from his winking expression that the "more lessons" the Viscount said was definitely not about martial arts.
, but refers to the means of picking up girls.
"This pervert!" Roger couldn't help but cursed in his mind as Massa turned away. However, thinking of the Viscount's romantic encounters in the capital's aristocratic circles that were longer than Lawrence's epic, Roger felt the need to meet Massa more often.
, it’s also a good idea to ask him for some advice.
While Roger was debating whether to spend more time with Massado, other students also took the second round of tests. The elimination rate of this class of students in the strength test was astonishingly high, with half of them failing the strength test.
Of course, such a result is all due to the palace guards, and all unqualified students were eliminated by their hands.
"Count Pierke, the quality of this class of students is very average." Alonso III looked at the eliminated students and said calmly to Pierke who was standing next to him: "The students of the next class must be well controlled. I don't want to
It’s the same situation again.”
Although Alonso's tone was understatement, Pierke was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and quickly bowed and said: "As you command, Your Majesty the King!"
"Okay, let's go and award honors to the students who have successfully graduated." Alonso III glanced at the sweaty Pierke and walked straight down the viewing platform.