Chapter 292: Kendall City—Knight Lanisha and Discussing Arrangements

Kendall City, Upper District.

In the backyard of a house with a bright architectural style, besides a garden full of evergreen flowers and plants, there was also a semi-buried underground training ground.

This sturdy building, layered with hard bluestone, was a sturdy training house specifically prepared by the previous generation of the Kendall Baron for the knights in the territory.

Because the strength of Knight Rank powerhouses far exceeds that of ordinary people, even during training, the usual aftermath is very dangerous for ordinary people watching the excitement.

Earlier, when Kendall City was first built, conditions were poor, so the only two county knights at that time had to train in the wild. But even so, onlookers watching the excitement were often killed by things like stones occasionally sent flying.

Later, when the underground sewers of Kendall City were officially built, multiple dedicated villas for knights and matching rock training grounds were specifically built in the Upper District.

With better conditions, in the following years, Knight Rank powerhouses joined Kendall County one after another.

At this moment, inside this sturdy rock training ground, bursts of air roaring sounds were faintly coming out.

An old man pushed open the heavy wooden door carved with a sword and a wolf head and walked into the interior of the building.

After entering the door, one did not directly face the internal training ground, but a stone wall. This old man was wearing a sophisticated high-class butler uniform, and even though he was old, his figure was still straight, and his steps were powerful.

He walked through the passage next to the stone wall after entering the door, and walked to the end along the curved passage that clearly followed the outline of the building.

Here was a small copper bell hanging. The old man picked up the Small Iron Hammer hanging next to the copper bell and knocked on the copper bell a few times with a 'dong-dong' sound.

The bell sound reverberated repeatedly in the sturdy passage, making the old man, who was after all advanced in age, feel uncomfortable. But he pursed his lips tightly and still stood straight without moving.

Just as the bell rang, in the training ground directly connected to the turn at the end of the passage, the roaring sound quickly weakened and then disappeared. A lady wearing windproof goggles made of crystal walked out of the training ground with vigorous steps.

She was carrying an exaggeratedly heavy metal heavy sword in her hand, and with just a casual flick, she threw this astonishingly heavy sword into the sand pit at the other end of the training ground.

With a 'boom' explosion, as the heavy sword fell into the sand, sand splashed onto a large area of the surrounding ground, and the sand with the most force hit the wall of the training ground, making a 'pi-pa' intense sound.

"Uncle Sali, what's the matter?" This lady walked over and took the silver water bottle handed over by the old man. She did not drink directly from the mouth like men, but instead took the exquisite silver cup the old man handed her, and drank all the water in the water bottle in small sips, but cup after cup.

Immediately after, she took the dry cloth towel handed over and wiped the sweat beads on her head, face, and neck clean.

After taking the cloth towel, the old man bowed slightly and said: "The Baron urgently summons you for a meeting. The other few knights currently in the city have also been urgently summoned."

Frowning, the lady, who was a Kendall Knight, took off the gloves on her arms and asked: "Where did something happen? Need to urgently summon us?"

The old man did not change his posture, still bowing slightly and said: "At noon, people came from Yinyulin Village. They brought a huge piece of animal body tissue in a cart. And they claimed it is the mouth of the Magic Beast that has caused people to go missing on the road outside their village recently."

The lady was a bit impatient: "Magic Beast, Magic Beast, Magic Beast. How come they are everywhere in the county? The Baron urgently summoning us means he has already confirmed it is indeed the body of a Magic Beast. Then the question is, who left this Magic Beast's mouth? Don't tell me it was those ignorant villagers; a Magic Beast is not something ordinary people can contend with."

The lady walked in front, the old man followed two steps behind, and they walked out of the training ground along the curved passage.

"According to what the people from Yinyulin Village said, it was a city warrior named Jier," the old man said affirmatively.

"From the city? I seem to have heard this name. Uncle Sali, do you know this person?" The lady hung the sturdy gloves she had taken off on the fixed spot on the wall of the passage, and then took off the sturdy training boots on her feet while walking, also hanging them on the wall.

On the wall of this passage, many various training tools were hung, but looking closely, one could see they were basically divided into two types: one was old-style men's equipment, all hung in high places that were inconvenient to reach. The other was new-style women's equipment, all placed near the ground for easy use.

"The large number of slime monsters in the swamp south of the city before were handled by this person. I heard people say he hunted over a thousand slime monsters in total, all made into membranes for construction," the old man thought for a moment and said affirmatively.

The lady blinked and curled her lips: "So slime monsters can also be used to make this thing. I remember membranes are waterproof materials for construction, right?"

The old man smiled: "Your memory is very good, that is correct. In addition, I heard from the butler of the old knight's house that this young warrior named Jier also had an active performance in the recent crusade against the goblin settlement in Doraerlin Village."

The old knight is the Knight Lord of Doraerlin Village. Why does everyone call him the old knight? The reason is very simple: it is because his age is truly very old.

When he first established the Doraerlin settlement, he was already over thirty years old. Over these decades, of the partners who established the village together, only some little guys who were young at the time remained, such as Duomu and Nia. Of course, now they must be called Old Duomu and Pastor Nia.

In Kendall City, only the master stonemason among the craftsmen—Master Lianshude—was older than the old knight. However, Master Lianshude's health was truly robust.

Hearing the old butler's answer, the lady put on comfortable slippers while pushing open the wooden door of the training ground: "He is a talent. I must recruit this person into my Hunter team later. The results of the wolf pack crusade this year will definitely be greater."

"Yes, after this young warrior returns to Kendall City, I will arrange for someone to invite him at the Fox Tail Chamber of Commerce," the old man said affirmatively.

"Fox Tail Chamber of Commerce? Does this person have a relationship with Old Fox Tail?" The lady stopped her steps, asking while looking at her family crest on the wooden door of the training ground.

"Rumor has it that he was saved on the road by a steward in the chamber of commerce. It seems he is not a local. At first, he couldn't even speak the Empire language, and it took him half a year to learn how to speak."

The lady crossed her arms curiously: "Can't speak the Empire language? That means his identity is not ordinary. Could it be like in hero story legends, having some different background, or carrying a peculiar bloodline?" Speaking of this, her eyes were shining.

The old man coughed twice, bringing the female knight he raised back to the original topic: "Knight, please hurry. The Lord is urgently summoning. Please do not keep them waiting."

Pouting, the female knight rolled her eyes and walked towards the second floor of her house in slippers with a 'pa-ta pa-ta' sound.

The old man followed at a further distance behind, raised his right hand wearing a thin glove, and signaled to the maids waiting in the backyard garden, signaling them to follow their mistress and help her change clothes to go out.

After the female knight walked into the hall of the Baron's mansion, she immediately saw the huge pile of Magic Beast body tissue on the floor in the middle of the hall. Even without looking with her eyes, she could feel from her own perception how powerful that large pile of tattered Magic Beast body tissue once was.

But this thing was also a bit too ugly, right?

The female knight was wearing a set of light armor for a cavalry lady, with a Fine Sword for armor-piercing hanging at her waist.

It was exactly the Southern Kingdom style currently popular in the Kingdom.

Such an outfit made the several male knights sitting on chairs discussing with the Baron frown, but it was hard to say anything, after all, this Lanisha was someone they had watched grow up. In addition, because knights basically do not fear ordinary cold or heat, their clothing and dressing were basically unrelated to the season.

Coming to the empty chair prepared for her and sitting down, the female knight curiously asked about the ins and outs of this Magic Beast body tissue, as if she did not know the relevant information before.

"This is how it is, the situation is like this." Kendall Baron explained the news he knew in detail to Knight Lanisha. "So, which knight is willing to make this trip? The Irupachi family is the descendant of an early attendant of our Kendall family. In terms of reason and emotion, a knight should take people there. It is best to eliminate the Magic Beast. If not, driving it away so it dares not invade our human territory for decades is also acceptable." The Baron himself was very strong, so he spoke quite casually with the knights.

Clearly, Yinyulin Village had its own Knight Lord, but everyone, whether it was the Baron himself or the several knights present, did not take Knight Fikena, who should have come but did not, and whom everyone was used to, to heart.

Everyone knew about Knight Fikena's situation. It was just because the Baron himself felt that in his Kendall County, every village should have a Knight Lord. This was not only for others to hear, but more because Kendall Baron wanted to go further and increase his family's title. Besides performing meritorious service for the King or other great nobles, there was only the path of solid improvement in his own territory and population strength.

The Noble Council had precedents, and the God of Nobility would also appropriately raise the titles of lords with high territory strength.

Back to the Magic Beast matter.

Among the knights present, besides Knight Lanisha, the old knight, Knight Kela, and a Knight Lumi who did not often come to Kendall City were also there.

The four knights only needed one to take a small number of people to defeat this weak Magic Beast that could be injured by ordinary people.

The few looked at each other.

Knight Kela spoke first: "I cannot go. The militia of each village in the county has basically arrived, and the annual routine training is in progress. Moreover, next year." Speaking of this, he glanced at the Baron himself, and the Baron nodded slightly to signal.

Knight Kela, having received the signal, continued: "And next year, we are going to use troops."

As soon as this was said, the others were all shocked. There was no one else in the hall besides them, so everyone asked directly: "Use troops next year? Fight whom?"

Knight Lanisha was also shocked; she had not participated in a war yet. When she was young, her father wanted to take her to the battlefield to see, but at that time she had no intention of accepting her father's knight status, only thinking of letting her father have another younger brother, while she herself went to a big city to learn the knowledge she was interested in. Wouldn't it be good to become a city clerk after finishing her studies in a big city of the Kingdom? Having to be a small land knight in the border area of the Kingdom was too boring.

It was a pity that her father passed away early later, and she was the only adult direct bloodline in the family. Although she was very reluctant at first, she finally accepted her father's status and duties. The light Charcoal Pencil and paintbrush were replaced by the deceptive Fine Sword and the heavy sword practiced with bitterness. The beautiful dresses she used to wear often had to be replaced by knightly steel armor specially ordered from the Province Capital.

The exquisite carriage she rode every day was also replaced by an unruly Armored Warhorse with a strange bloodline left by her father.

As part of the violent machinery that maintains rule, the female Knight had actually prepared herself for the possibility of participating in war. But upon hearing that the fighting would start next year, the news still caught her off guard.

"Ahem, we are not fighting other Nobles within the Kingdom, please rest assured. It is because a new, large iron ore vein was discovered in a disputed area in the southern part of the Kingdom, and the local Lord has come to seek aid. After the Baron gave it consideration, he decided to officially participate next year, not only to maintain the Kingdom's power and prestige, but more importantly, to obtain a lower agreed-upon price for the iron ore. If you all fight bravely, you might even be able to obtain a share of the iron ore vein's profits." Knight Kela saw that everyone present was reliable, so he spoke his mind.

Of course, he briefly glossed over the cause of the war; after all, once a war begins, the cause is actually not very important to those participating in the fighting.

The other few Knights who received the news were silent for a while. Then, the old Knight spoke up: "Since that is the case, the stability within the County must be maintained. Although my cultivation of my Heir is not particularly ideal, I am willing to make the trip."

The Baron spoke: "Mr. Wenmis, the cultivation of your Heir is the most important thing. Your thought of considering Kendall County at this time is excellent, but you cannot leave your post. I also understand the situation with young Wenmis; it is currently a critical moment, and your guidance to him cannot be paused."

Knight Lumi stood up. He looked at himself and Knight Lanisha, then said: "Then I will go. Since the old Knight cannot leave, I have nothing to do, so I will make the trip."

Knight Kela and the Baron looked at each other, and the Baron said: "You have other tasks. Calling you here from your territory this time is because I have a pressing matter here that you must do."

Knight Lumi scratched his head, not knowing what matter there was that only he could handle. After all, his abilities were average, and other than having served in the Kingdom's Knight Order for a period of time, he had no other special traits: "What is it?"

Knight Kela took out a letter, and at the same time, the Baron also took out a letter.

Both letters were thick stacks; inside, they were clearly not just letters, but likely contained other important documents and the like.

"These contain the contracts and letters responding to the demands of the southern border Nobles. I have already written the contents supporting the war effort inside. You must make the trip yourself, ride the Imperial Knight Order's Far-travel Gryphon, and return as soon as you get a response after arriving." The Baron explained the contents of his letter.

Then Knight Kela pointed to his letter: "Lumi, the relationship with the south goes through me. After arriving at the location, first find the recipient of my letter; he will have the channels and connections to contact the southern border Nobles. Also." Knight Kela then pulled out a letter of recommendation: "This is a letter of recommendation to ride the Knight Order's Far-travel Gryphon. I have some connections in the Knight Order. After going to the Northern Border Knight Order station, find Knight Folz among them. We are friends, and it just so happens that their Knight Order still owes a favor from a previous matter, so let them use this to repay it; don't worry about them making things difficult for you because of this."

Knight Lumi took the two letters and the letter of recommendation, nodded, and said: "Then when should I set off?"

Everyone said in unison: "Eat a meal before you go; we haven't seen you in a long time."

Female Knight Lanisha patted the chest plate of her lady's light cavalry armor: "What about me? I'm the only one left. Finally, it's me going to deal with that Magic Beast that popped up."

The Baron smiled: "This Magic Beast is not very powerful; it can just serve as a combat training session for you before you suppress the Wolf Pack."

Knight Kela pointed outside: "You can just bring that team of Hunters of yours. I heard that group lost three people before; at this time, they must have the thought of getting revenge."

The old Knight coughed twice: "Be careful. It is best to find the person who wounded the Magic Beast and ask about the actual combat situation so you can have a clear idea."

Knight Lumi packed the letters he received into a sturdy box, wrapped it tightly with rope, and tied it to the belt at his waist: "Don't get your face scratched up in the Forest. Also, pay attention to the upcoming winter snowfall. Looking at the situation, it will be very soon. When going into the Forest to deal with the Magic Beast, you must be prepared for the night." He pointed to his eyes: "We Humans are naturally ill-suited for night combat. Night lighting is very important. Bring more things that can emit light at any time. If you have the connections, you can go to the city and find the Sun God Church to ask them to borrow a batch of Flash Amulets."

The others also became interested and gave suggestions to Knight Lanisha one after another. They each had rich experience in countering Magic Beasts. The old Knight had the most, while Knight Kela had dealt with particularly powerful Magic Beasts in the army. The Baron himself talked endlessly about the combat logs his ancestors left in their respective diaries, which contained many methods and comments on countering Magic Beasts.

Knight Lanisha made a sour face, her hands not stopping as she recorded what everyone said into a notebook.

These old men were just like this, arranging things for her without permission, never listening to her thoughts and judgments, and always rambling on in some inexplicable places, just like her father.

Thinking of this, Knight Lanisha felt a moment of trance. Years ago, when her father was still around, was he also like this, talking and laughing for a long time with these uncles of hers?

Seeing them looking so happy, it made Knight Lanisha, who was reminded of their usual serious side, feel a bit unaccustomed.

This must be their true selves, right? Their usual serious appearances were all put on. If you gave them a big barrel of wine, maybe it would be even better?

At this moment, Knight Kela slapped the table hard: "Hurry and find someone to get some wine. It just so happens that Lumi is going on a long journey; we can't send him off without drinking."

The old Knight coughed twice, straightened his body, and said to the Baron: "My Lord, hurry and bring out the good wine your father treasured back then! I know that when he was building Kendall City, he also built a hidden wine cellar on the side of the passage under the water tower. It's full of good wine; let's drink that today."

The Baron wore a feigned look of surprise: "I didn't expect my father to have hidden such a place; I didn't even know. I remember looking at the construction blueprints, and there was no Secret Chamber in the passage under the water tower?" In fact, he had discovered that place himself when he was a child and had transformed it into his secret base.

Of course, he couldn't let others go in to see it at this moment. After all, he hadn't changed it back all these years, so it seemed he would have to go himself.

He rang the bell to summon the attendant, gave instructions, told the chef to make something good for the evening, and called the Butler to invite the Priestess of the Sun God Church in the city, hoping the other party would lend a batch of Flash Amulets for combat lighting.

After making the arrangements, he slipped away, rushing ahead to the original wine cellar to personally take out a small barrel of the fine wine his father had treasured.

Knight Lanisha was impressed by these guys and hurriedly found the Butler waiting outside the hall, asking her Uncle Sali to bring a bottle of the mild sparkling wine for ladies that she had brought from the big city.

The strong liquor they drank was really not something a lady whose Knight training was not yet 'complete' should drink.