[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bear-school-astartes":3,"chapter-bear-school-astartes-bear-school-astartes-chapter-118":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bear School Astartes",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1619848,2087,"Chapter 118. Noble Knight","bear-school-astartes-chapter-118",118,"\u003Cp>The Noble Knights’ armor is much more ornate than that of the Wandering Knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s also far sturdier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For their fathers always must provide some dignity for their children who will serve as Count’s personal attendants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not just for the safety and combat efficiency of the younger generation, but also for the rivalry among noble ranks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, you often see golden trims and complex intricate engravings on these knights’ armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The small Shield pendant on the chest is engraved with their individual family crests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lord Earl came running in panic, there was no need for excessive command arrangements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The front line of Noble Knights equipped with sword and shield automatically made an opening so that Lord Earl could dash straight into the protective circle of the battle formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Steza’s eyes, when he saw his own Noble Guard regiment, an exceptionally strong desire for survival erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew very well that these knights’ combat power was different from ordinary soldiers and Wandering Knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a difference forged by money!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He joyfully rushed towards the gap in the battle formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as he was about to brush past the front line Sword and Shield Knights and charge into the protective circle...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar voice rang out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get down, Lord Earl!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The address in the words was not out of respect, but... mockery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Steza’s pupils suddenly trembled, and instinctively, he plunged to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next moment, a familiar sensation of being pressured by the wind was felt on his scalp again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those were two war hammers, picked up from the group of corpses just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The projectiles, carried by speed, emitted a mournful howl through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And before anyone reacted, they slammed right into the opened formation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang!\" *2\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Solid steel colliding with hollow steel! The sound was piercing to the eardrums!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two tall rear Knights, their originally conical protruding helmets were directly dented by the flying war hammers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though their sizes differed and positioning varied, the places hit were startlingly identical!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood sprayed out from the breathing grille of their helmets like juiced fruit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No chance for cries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coupled with the armor, the body weighing over a hundred kilograms, the upper body was immediately knocked backward, crashing into the knights behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sudden weight shattered the balance of the knights behind, knocking them over collectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two war hammers, killed two, toppled six. A total of eight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The formation of the Noble Knights broke apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the controlled brief formation change from before, but a real disarray!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among the front-line Sword and Shield Knights, there seemed to be a leading figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his helmet stood some beautiful and ostentatious tail feathers of pheasants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he immediately raised his shield and shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shield Guard close ranks!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the first to realize the severity of the issue after the sudden change in situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle formation is one of the decisive factors affecting the fight’s outcome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never heard of a Knight Order winning after being dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earl who ran over was precisely a means for the enemy to force them into a temporary formation change!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking advantage of the window during the change, their group’s combat power was reduced by at least seventy percent in less than ten seconds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not know who the opponent was, nor why the opponent had such profound confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confidence to strike the Noble Guard’s formation in under ten seconds of window time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inquiring about these was meaningless, for the formation was already scattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could only try his best to remedy the situation, desperately try to send Lord Earl to a more secure rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shield Guard close ranks! Immediately!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shouted again, waking up the bewildered comrades beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the time for this response... was already too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom boom boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the shadows of the corridor far away, it seemed like some frenzied beast was charging blindly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely the sound of footsteps on the ground caused the building, entirely made of stone blocks, to tremble slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound was urgent and terrifying, first echoing from the other end of the corridor, but in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just by listening, they knew the opponent had advanced more than ten meters!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This corridor was only twenty meters long!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Noble Knight with the tail-feather helmet anxiously stared into the darkness deep in the corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt as though everything slowed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The comrades urgently moving towards him, the shouts of men... all slowed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until from that shadow, a towering figure burst forth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even from his slowed perspective, the opponent was fast like a shadow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But each step pounded with a sound that clearly indicated how terrifying the opponent’s weight was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A human’s mass is obviously bigger than a war hammer, so the wind pressure caused by this man’s sprint was even more intense than that of the war hammer throw earlier!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like a gust of wild wind passing through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Noble Knight with tail-feather helmet instinctively raised his shield, placing it between himself and the opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the figure rushing like a charging bear suddenly stamped down hard before reaching the shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stone-built ground trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this fellow, sounding heavy-footed, leaped straight up over two meters high!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the helmet, the Noble Knight’s eyes unconsciously opened wide, his vision shifting upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In mid-air, the figure folded into a crouching posture, and in the next moment...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boom!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A boot clad with plate armor stomped directly onto the helmet above the Noble Knight’s head!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the immense impact, the eyes within the Noble Knight’s helmet rolled back; his upper body bent backward like snapping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boot descending from the sky stomped from the helmet right into the ground!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine dust shook out from the ground’s crevices, a web-like crack spread from the point where the helmet hit the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The helmet underneath the foot no longer looked like it could fit a human head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only at this point, amidst the cries of the downed knights, had the Sword and Shield Knights not yet regrouped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann from the corridor’s end had crossed twenty meters in a sprint, all in less than one point five seconds!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, he came out clutching something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the middle of a chaotic Noble Knights formation, Lann, crashing in with a burst helmet, casually tossed a glass flask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Sword and Shield Soldier with decent reflexes raised his shield in time to block the flask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glass collided against the iron-wood shield, shattering, spreading the liquid inside everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Steza’s manor was constructed large, this was, after all, just a corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavily armored knights had no place to hide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The knight raising the shield took several deep breaths within his helmet, then let out a panicked scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s lamp oil! Scatter! Scatter...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before uttering several words, Lann already raised his left hand expressionlessly, casually pinching out the Magic Seal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Igni.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon touch, flames adhered to the oil, flowing and staining the ornate armor of the knights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including those who were lying on the ground since the start and couldn’t escape, eighteen individuals now had flames wrapped around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, there were five remaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden Quen Rune surrounded Lann’s body, and the flames couldn’t harm him for the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the screech of iron, Lann drew the sword from his back amidst the sea of fire, walking outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five Noble Knights at this moment surrounded Count Steza in the center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though seemingly steadfast, those few pairs of iron boots shuffled hesitantly up and down back and forth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knights, regulate your breathing. Your hearts are chaotic now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the blade bright like water hanging beside, Lann calmly approached the remaining five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, flames burned, among which those trapped in armor clawed and stumbled frantically, cried, and screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lann’s face was silhouetted black by the firelight, only those cat-like eyes, faintly shimmering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regulated? Then I’m attacking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind, there was only one path upward; the five Noble Knights swallowed saliva, exchanged looks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In unison they roared to boost each other, charging towards Lann...\u003C\u002Fp>",1348,"2026-06-06T10:40:07.941Z",1,"novelbin.me","f6691bafa8b5948606edb7a44b1b04bf7db44f0e6af41e4c987672cdbda9d2b8","bear-school-astartes-chapter-119","bear-school-astartes-chapter-117",1043,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbear-school-astartes-cover.jpg"]