The Royal Knight Academy was the Flame Kingdom's largest knight academy. The "Royal" in its name indicated that it stood on the same level as the Royal Arcane Academy.
It was not merely a school; it also served as the superior authority over knight academies across the land.
Local knight academies generally taught students only up to the level of Earth Knight before graduating them. Those wishing to continue their studies after becoming Earth Knights could only attend the Royal Knight Academy—rather like pursuing a master's or doctorate.
Thus, the Royal Knight Academy nominated a great many outstanding knights, more than all the outstanding knights recommended by knight academies throughout the kingdom and by nobles of the fiefs combined. They were all youths who had become Earth Knights at a very young age, or who showed promise of becoming Sky Knights.
Liszt's task was to select the finest among them and bring them into the Dragon Knight Candidate Plan.
There don't seem to be enough exceptional seedlings. There's simply no one who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Emily, and not many who can match De Gaulle, Nicholas, or Hippolyta either... It seems this batch of Dragon Knight Candidate Plan members will have a hard time producing another Dragon Knight. But then again, can Nicholas and the others truly become Dragon Knights?
Shaking his head, he stopped dwelling on the matter.
It would naturally be cause for joy if they became Dragon Knights. If not, then they would continue training generation after generation; one day, new Dragon Knights would surely emerge.
Besides, perhaps in a few years, his own training with Fire Dragon Rio would allow him to shatter the barrier and become an invincible Bulwark Knight.
Perhaps he might even conquer the entire Legendary Continent with nothing but a