Introduction to Knight Ranks

General Deli took over from his wife,

nodding in agreement:

"Yes,

Even commoners blessed with top-tier talent might be drawn in by beauty at first,

but after they had seen

a broader world, they would ultimately choose to follow their instincts and marry someone who possessed equally outstanding talent.

That was why

I did not approve of your idea, and even called it wishful thinking."

He paused as he spoke.

"But Wayne's answer was clearly unexpected. In the Great Development Era today,

there was no crisis of blood and fire,

so beautiful love had become a luxury, especially when there was such a disparity in talent,

yet Wayne could give such an answer.

Clearly,

to him, all external things were inferior to his feelings. He wanted his emotions to be blazing and sincere."

As he spoke,

he continued with great interest, "Aurora, your mother was right.

You are a fortunate child."

Aurora nodded.

"Yes, very fortunate. The follower Father chose for me

is very good!!"

At this moment, the mature woman looked toward General Deli.

"Then should we increase our investment?"

As she spoke,

her gaze fell upon her three sons.

Eldest son, Deli Andrew.

Second son, Deli Wiggins.

Third son, Deli Naruto.

Seeing this,

General Deli shook his head. "They have not graduated yet,

and Wayne currently cannot support the cultivation resources for all three of them.

For now, let us wait and see."

He paused as he spoke.

"To be honest,

I hope all three of them can follow Wayne. Even Wayne's weakest talent, his physical talent,

is advanced.

His overall talent is only one tier below His Majesty's.

Moreover,

the fact that Wayne could say those words was enough to prove that he was someone worth following."

At this point,

he glanced at Aurora again. "Lastly, this is also a father's selfish wish.

With three brothers of supreme talent supporting her, Aurora

will have a much easier time becoming Wayne's wife."

As he spoke, he raised a hand,

stopping Aurora before she could speak. "I know

Wayne does not want anything else mixed into his feelings,

but this does not count as mixing anything in.

And since he could say those words, it proves he himself can distinguish things clearly,

because if they choose to follow him, then your three brothers

will, in essence, be serving him.

And whenever he thinks of your three brothers,

or calls out their names during a mission, he may think of you, even if only for an instant each time.

That would be enough."

Although Aurora was somewhat puzzled, since in her mind, if she wanted to see him, she could simply go see him,

there was no need to make things so troublesome,

it did not stop her from being moved.

The mature woman beside them, however, gave a soft laugh.

"Tsk tsk,

you really have thought far ahead."

Elsewhere,

Wayne took a bath and sat on the sofa, reflecting on what had happened today.

Of course,

he was not thinking about Aurora, but about knights. From the costs of knights,

to knight orders,

to followers such as wizards, honestly, the conversation today had taught Wayne quite a lot about knights.

Therefore,

his interest had been piqued. He remembered there was a compulsory course that covered knight ranks,

and he planned to find some time

to study that course.

With that thought, Wayne gathered his thoughts, flipped his hand, took out the formation diagram for the Hundred-Blade Formation, and began meditating,

imprinting runes.

After all, in the supernatural world, cultivation was the foundation of everything.

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

Noon.

Inside the villa, Wayne opened his eyes after imprinting a rune and let out a long breath.

Since obtaining the formation diagram,

the Hundred-Blade Formation had finally reached its hundredth imprinted rune, bringing the overall progress to

one-twelfth.

There were still 1,100 runes left. By his calculations, it would take roughly another 366 days to finish imprinting them all,

which was one year.

Compared to others, he was at least one-third faster.

At this moment,

Wayne swept his gaze over his spatial ring and saw that the food inside had been completely used up.

He immediately stood up.

"After a bath, it will be time to restock."

As he spoke, he headed toward the bathroom.

An hour later,

Wayne descended from the sky in front of the central building of the Teaching District, then walked inside with practiced ease.

He had just finished eating and restocked his supplies.

Since he was already out, he decided to attend the compulsory course introducing knight ranks,

taking it as a chance to relax.

After all, he had spent a whole month cultivating with his head down, and was feeling somewhat stifled.

Wayne entered and checked the compulsory course on knight ranks,

only to discover that there was still an hour

before it began.

So he slowly left the central building. Instead of flying directly toward the teaching building,

he wandered around at a leisurely pace.

Along the way, Wayne found that not many others were strolling about as he was. Most of them were flying back and forth through the air,

as though they were pressed for time.

Half an hour later,

seeing that it was about time, Wayne withdrew his appreciative gaze from the beautiful senior students and rose into the air from beside the road,

flying toward Teaching Building No. 201.

Ten minutes later,

Wayne landed in front of the teaching building. After checking the number to confirm it, he walked inside.

Classroom 302 on the third floor.

Wayne looked at the tightly shut classroom door, feeling somewhat confused.

"Did I come to the wrong place?"

But despite the thought, Wayne still pushed open the door and walked in.

What greeted his eyes was an empty classroom.

There was no one there at all.

Seeing this, Wayne did not panic. Since the time had not yet come, he first found a seat,

then began waiting.

More than ten minutes later.

The crisp clatter of high heels rang out, and Wayne turned to look.

A stunning woman wearing a red dress,

long and blazing like flames, walked in.

Wayne looked at the woman,

somewhat puzzled. The woman looked around the room before finally speaking.

"It seems there is only you."

The moment she said that,

Wayne's first thought was that her voice was very unusual. It was not crisp and clear like that of an ordinary girl,

but carried a fierce, blazing quality, as though if you disobeyed her the next second,

she would beat you black and blue.

At the same time, he instantly realized that the woman before him was the instructor.

"Hello, Teacher. My name is Wayne."

The woman nodded.

"Hello."

However, she did not introduce herself. Apparently feeling that it was about time,

she said, "Then the course on knight ranks will begin. The course lasts two hours.

The first hour and a half

will be my lecture. The final half hour will be for questions. Do not interrupt during that time,

understand?"

Wayne nodded slightly.

Seeing this, the woman seemed somewhat satisfied and nodded.

"Then let us begin.

The introduction to knight ranks is divided into three parts.

First, knight ranks.

Second, the characteristics of knights at each rank.

Third, the resources required for each rank."

She paused as she spoke.

"First, let us discuss knight ranks.

Like wizards,

knights are generally divided into the apprentice stage, followed by

Rank One through Rank Nine Knights,

They were,

the trainee stage, elementary knight, intermediate knight, and advanced knight.

After that came

Level 1 Black Iron Knight,

Level 2 Bronze Knight,

Level 3 Silver Knight,

Level 4 Gold Knight,

Level 5 Platinum Knight,

Level 6 Diamond Knight,

Level 7 Holy Dragon Knight,

Level 8 Rule Knight,

Level 9 Holy Domain Knight.

These were all the knight ranks, comprising the first part.