Formal Blacksmith, Visitors from Holy Radiance Church (Please Follow-up Reads)

Still, the church's return was one thing; Levi considered himself a law-abiding man.

As long as he did not take the initiative to provoke the church, the church probably would not do anything to him either.

It was just that he could no longer evade the tithe and all kinds of other church taxes as he had before, when the emperor was far away and the mountains were high.

There was nothing he could do. The church was the maker of this world's rules.

Whether the gods were real or not, the Seven Major Orthodox Churches were unquestioned giants.

And in the Emerald Kingdom, the Holy Radiance Church was heaven itself.

"In the end, I still don't have enough strength. If I had the strength of a Great Knight, I could just stay far away from worldly disputes, and anywhere in this world, I'd be strong enough to protect myself."

"And if I became a Legendary Knight, then just like the Shining Tavern that's rumored to have a Legendary Knight holding it down, I could open Black Markets directly in the cities and territories of your great kingdoms and great nobles, refuse to pay taxes to you, and you still wouldn't be able to say a thing."

In an age when miracles did not appear, Legendary Knights were Gods of the Mortal Realm.

Therefore, Levi's goal was very clear. If he could not become an existence like a Wizard,

then he would at least become a Legendary Knight and properly be a God of the Mortal Realm for once.

In the blink of an eye, the Month of Flowers had already passed.

Judging from Knight Fred's information, the church moved very quickly.

No sooner had they sent away the masters of Rock Territory and Frostwind Territory than they began driving the Serfs in those territories to build a church even grander than Levi's castle.

At the end of the Month of Flowers, on this day, Levi practiced the Frost Wolf Breathing Technique step by step as usual according to the Inheritance Scroll.

"It's already been a month. It only took me half a month to cultivate the Black Snake Breathing Technique. Could it be that this Bloodline Breathing Technique really does require a bloodline?"

Levi was unwilling to accept it. Logically speaking, with a shallow-level breathing technique, he should have been able to get started in just a few days. Yet he had already practiced this shallow-level Frost Wolf Breathing Technique for a month and still had not even entered the door.

That left him somewhat discouraged.

"I'll persist for another month. If it still doesn't work, I'll try the Giant Bear Breathing Technique. If the Giant Bear doesn't work either, then I'll give up. That Magic Armor can only be melted down into Mithril and reforged into ordinary armor."

Levi muttered to himself. It would be a lie to say he was not disappointed.

However, this month had not been without gains. With the help of the Black Snake Secret Medicine, his Black Snake Breathing Technique had gained one thousand proficiency points in just one short month, more than twice the normal cultivation rate.

At this speed, before the Black Snake Secret Medicine ran out, he would be able to step into the level of a Formal Knight, provided he successfully condensed the Seed of Life.

The proficiency of Golden Cross Slash had also increased by more than one thousand.

His forging had also made a breakthrough. This month, he had been forging armor plates. This was fine work, much harder than forging a Knight Sword.

Because it was his first time forging them, Levi was very unskilled, and with the recent abundance of affairs, it took him a month just to finish the main parts of the armor.

On this day, Levi was once again hammering away at the forging table in the castle.

He used the Cold Forging Method to forge the armor. The knight had asked Levi to design armor similar to Plate Armor. Relatively speaking, the craft of making this kind of armor was not very difficult, and it was somewhat better than cumbersome Chainmail.

Moreover, only this kind of Plate Armor could defend against the piercing of crossbows and longswords on the battlefield. Chainmail could only defend against some ordinary arrows, though its advantage lay in being light.

Bare-chested, Levi revealed his strong muscles. The final part of the Plate Armor, the breastplate, gradually took shape under his countless hammer blows.

Finally, along with the proficiency prompt, this set of Plate Armor that Levi had specially designed for that knight was complete.

And Levi could also be considered a Formal Blacksmith now. [Forging Proficiency +101] Sharp lines, rugged beauty, a heavy bearing, the scent of metal—Levi admired this masterpiece of his with satisfaction.

"Not bad, not bad. I'll price it at 25 Gold Coins a set," Levi thought. Under normal circumstances, the market price of this kind of Plate Armor was around 20 Gold Coins.

But what he forged, under the enhancement of [Guaranteed Masterpiece], was definitely better in quality than what ordinary blacksmiths forged. Selling it for 25 Gold Coins apiece was not expensive at all.

Only nobles and knight masters could possibly have the money to buy a full set of armor worth twenty oxen. For an ordinary Pre-Knight or squire, it was already good enough to have one piece.

There was nothing to be done. The most important reason was still that this world's productivity was backward, and iron production was extremely low.

After crossing over to this world, Levi finally knew how happy it was to live in his previous life.

Even as a noble, his sense of happiness was still far inferior to that of his previous life.

The comfort and convenience brought by technology were things one only realized were precious after losing them.

"Just forging this one set of Plate Armor gave me several hundred points of forging proficiency from start to finish. This really is a major project."

"After I forge a few dozen pieces, my forging should be able to advance to the Fourth Order. I wonder if the special effect will change then."

Levi·-----

Black Snake Breathing Technique: Third Order (5011/10000)

Golden Cross Slash: Third Order (5427/10000), special effect: Advanced Vibration

Animal Taming: Third Order (Limit), special effect: Wild Heart

Forging: Third Order (2008/10000), special effect: Guaranteed Masterpiece

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Levi looked at the Proficiency Panel. Although compared to a few months ago, there had not been much change in order, there had been tremendous progress on the progress bars.

He had just put the armor away when he saw Knight Fred walk over. He had been waiting here for some time.

"What is it, Lord Fred?" Levi put on his clothes and asked.

"Young Master, people from the church have arrived," Knight Fred said with a shrug.

"How many came?"

"Only two. One priest and one Formal Knight."

"Then let's go take a look."

Levi put on his noble attire. To be safe, he still wore a layer of Chainmail underneath.

Ever since learning how dangerous this world was, Levi even slept wearing Chainmail, and two layers at that. He would also place a Heart Guard Plate over his chest. It was very uncomfortable, but it was safe.

Outside the castle, a priest wearing a white Holy Light robe stood outside the castle gate, accompanied by a church knight in silver-white armor, waiting for the master to open the door.

"Lord Abraham, this Black Serpent Baron truly has no manners. He actually made us wait so long in this shabby place," the tall, slender knight said with displeasure.

As a Formal Knight of the church, and furthermore a member of the Radiant Knight Order, whichever territory he visited, he was admired by thousands.

The priest glanced at the knight, then said calmly, "Glimmer Knight, do not be impatient. That will only let the enemy seize your weakness."

And as the castle gate opened, Levi and Knight Fred rode slowly out on horseback. With a smile on his face, Levi dismounted and performed a standard noble salute.

"Dear Priest Abraham, I sincerely welcome you to Blackwater Valley."