The Specific Promotion Method for Knights

In Finley's house in White Flower City.

In the corner of the room, there was a case full of sealed liquor, which Finley had prepared in advance for the celebration.

Although he currently has a significant advantage, Finley isn't one to open champagne halfway through the game, so he's being extra cautious and hasn't left the house for the past few days.

'Knock knock,' Fran knocked on Finley's door. After waiting for a few seconds, Finley opened the door.

Upon seeing that it was Fran, they hurriedly welcomed her inside.

"Hey, Elan, what brings you here?" Finley asked.

Finley was very enthusiastic towards the friend who had helped him win the previous duel.

"If you're wondering what to do in the upcoming battle, I can tell you there's absolutely no need to worry. Our opponents aren't actually that strong; as long as we play normally, we should be able to win."

Fran found a chair and sat down, then said to Finley:

"That's not what I wanted to ask about. I wanted to ask about the Promotion Method to knighthood."

"Promotion?!" Finley paused, then suddenly realized. "Right, how could I forget? You've reached this level; it's time to think about a promotion."

Finley sat directly on his bed and began explaining the Promotion Method a knight to Fran.

Fran narrowed her eyes; in fact, she had wanted to ask the knight about the specific methods for a long time.

The entire knight system gave her the impression that something extra was always needed to boost one's chances of advancing to Formal Rank.

This is different from the way mages are promoted; the rules for promotion for knights are much stricter.

They hadn't asked before because they weren't familiar with each other, but after that victory, their relationship grew much closer, so naturally they could talk about it.

"First, if you want to be promoted, you must join a knightly order and obtain a knightly title from the order. Only then will you have the foundation for promotion."

Finley said that.

"My knightly title is Hound, which I held even before I joined Duke Theodore's Knights."

"If I succeed in becoming the lord of White Flower Territory, then my family's coat of arms will feature a Hound, symbolizing my status as a knight."

"And if my son inherits my territory, he will also inherit my knighthood, and he can be called the Hound Knight."

"These are some of the uses of the title of knight."

"Logically speaking, as long as you obtain the title of knight, you are qualified to be promoted to a full knight, even if you are not in the Knights Order."

"However, almost no grandmaster of a knightly order would bestow their family's knighthood title upon an outsider, and the procedure is extremely complicated; almost no one is promoted in this way."

Fran suddenly spoke up, interrupting Finley's explanation.

"Hmm... just tell me about the Knights."

Finley blinked and said:

"I thought you didn't want to join the Knights, so I didn't mention it... Well, let me tell you about it."

"The Knights cannot be founded by just anyone; it requires the support of a territory."

"Territory?" Fran asked, puzzled.

"Yes, territory. Any knightly order needs a piece of land as a foundation to allow its members to advance in rank."

"My knightly order is able to advance so many ranks thanks to the vast lands owned by Duke Theodore."

"And when I become a lord, I can also arrange for my subordinates to be promoted to Formal Rank, although the number will be much smaller than that of the knights."

"For example, the White Flower Territory has a limit of about five First Order knights, but I have to offer two spots to Duke Theodore, so I can only provide three promotion slots."

"If Elan wants to be promoted like this, he can come find me."

Fran waved her hand, refusing:

"No need," Fran then asked another question that puzzled her.

"Does that mean that once a knight is promoted, they no longer need the support of territory or a knightly order?"

What she wanted to ask was why Finley, as a surrendered knight, hadn't experienced anything after leaving his order.

So, does that mean that once I promote someone, I can just kick them out, recruit more, and continue promoting them, and then I'll have a lot of knights?

Finley chuckled:

"That's not the case. A knight's promotion requires the Territory Blessing, but similarly, after promotion, if you want to unleash the Formal Rank, you also need the Territory Blessing."

"If a knight leaves his territory and his order, he will find it almost impossible to exert his full power."

"Even if it's forcibly activated, it can unleash the power of Formal Rank, but after a few times, it will be close to death."

"Therefore, every knight must join a territory or knightly order in order to maintain his extraordinary power."

Fran seemed to understand something; this time she did.

She was truly trapped in the mindset of her past life, believing that since there was a spellcasting Profession like the mage, it was normal for there to be Physical Profession like the knight.

But in reality, this knight was not what she had imagined; rather, he belonged to a different class Profession.

This system revolves around territory; it's essentially named after a knight, but its core is still Profession centered around territory.

Fran suddenly felt that the Profession in the Adventurers Guild were not abstract or difficult at all; on the contrary, she now felt that the Profession of knight was rather special.

The Profession sold by the Adventurers Guild can be promoted by completing certain tasks, and there is no pressure after promotion. On the contrary, knights face various restrictions after promotion.

The fact that knights have become the mainstream Profession on the continent is simply because their promotion process is simpler and more people can be promoted.

The knight may appear to be a pure Physical Profession, but in reality, it's not the same at all.

After Fran learned this, she actually felt that the Physical Profession that were promoted from the Spirit Realm were the orthodox ones, and that they were 'warriors' who could be ranked alongside mages.

Having learned this, Fran also understood the deeper reason why the Alliance was not interested in these border lords.

As a Profession, lords also have their own way of getting promoted, which is to acquire more land. By acquiring more land, they can naturally get promoted.

Even if the Alliance wanted to promote people in this way, the territory required would be astronomical.

Just reclaiming the entire Antir Region and establishing a reasonable system of governance would require a great deal of effort.

However, this only allows the lords of these regions to reach the peak of the second tier, with no sign of the third tier.

Therefore, most of the mages in the Alliance are not interested in these territories; they are mainly interested in the relationship between lords and territories.

What they wanted was to break free from the constraints of being a lord, so that mages could also receive the territorial bonuses.

This is currently difficult to achieve.