Later, Claire accompanied Hant and others to stay at the preliminary test site for a while. Because there were many projects, the whole process was not very fast.
The initial test items include weightlifting to test strength, a 100-meter race to test speed, and mastery of weapons. Although more than a dozen teenagers compete together each time, there is a lot of content, and there are also many people coming to participate in the selection, so the overall speed is not very fast.
The test took a full day, and the test was roughly completed only after the street lights were turned on at night.
There are more than two hundred young people who have passed. This is just the first test. There will be a retest later, which will reduce the number to about one hundred and thirty. This is the number that Claire expected.
Nafu City doesn't need too many knights. The five hundred or so expected by Claire are enough. We will recruit about a hundred for now and will gradually increase the number later.
The number of knights doesn't mean anything. Quality is much more important than quantity. One hundred Gold Rank knights play a much greater role than a thousand Silver Rank knights.
Even ten thousand Bronze Knights are no match for a hundred Gold Knights. Bronze Knights simply can't break through someone's defense. They can easily chop you down like a vegetable or a melon.
The re-examination is on the third day, and the location is on the plain outside Nafu City. The area here is relatively large and suitable for the assessment content of the re-examination.
That night, Hant also led Knight Squad and the construction team to set up a temporary re-examination site outside the city. Claire also pulled Isaac out to help, so that this guy wouldn't spend a lot of Gold Coins sitting in the laboratory for a day.
With the help of mages and knights, the temporary place was built very quickly and the area was very large. It was almost the same as the large gymnasiums in the previous life. Although there were some shortcomings in details, Claire was very satisfied that such a building could be built in such a short time.
After the establishment of the venue was completed, Claire spread the news widely. Within a day, the news spread throughout the viscounty. Almost everyone knew that a retest of the knight assessment would be held outside the city the next day.
Sure enough, early on the third day, the temporary place outside Nafu City was surrounded by a sea of people, and people kept pouring in.
Some tourists traveling to Nafu City from outside originally planned to see the mermaid statue or the performance of Wendy, but they were also attracted there. Not only tourists, but also people from Nakin Town and Gilded Rose Town, which were a bit far away, also came over, intending to take a look at the so-called knight re-examination site.
Claire also arrived early and saw so many people sitting in the venue and the excited expressions on their faces.
Claire is thinking in his heart whether this knight recruitment project should be transformed into a festival unique to Nafu City.
This is very interesting. In these two days, the products in Nafu City can be sold at a discount like the Double Eleven in the previous life, attracting foreign tourists and promoting consumption. At the same time, this kind of festival of Nafu City can be promoted as a kind of culture, which can not only build the reputation of Nafu City, but also improve the sense of honor and cohesion of Nafu City people.
A lot can be achieved in one fell swoop.
When the retest time came, Hant, as Knight Captain, officially rang the bell to start the retest.
The retest has officially begun. There are many contents in the retest. For example, it is required to be able to ride a horse proficiently and be able to complete attacking movements on horseback.
There are many people who know how to ride horses, and many of those who come to participate in the selection are like Kellan. They have been helping the family since they were young. They often ride horses to Nafu City to buy daily necessities or sell some agricultural products in exchange for money.
But it would be a bit difficult for them to complete the attack action on horseback. Many people have never learned this action. This also caused several people to fall off their horses during the retest.
However, Hant also invited Rona over in advance. After using healing magic to treat them, the injured teenagers were able to resume normal activities in a short time.
In addition to horseback riding, there is also a two-person competition. The winner can advance to the next competition. This does not mean that if you lose, you will not be able to become a knight. If you perform well in the competition, you can also be admitted as an exception.
In addition to the competition, there is also the focus of the re-examination: the test of courage!
This test is very simple, that is, you must persist in front of the Wolf King for more than thirty seconds.
Although the Wolf King is often beaten by Claire, it is now a real level four monster. As a wolf monster, it looks very fierce from the outside, and it still has Dragon Bloodline in its body. The legs of ordinary adventurers will tremble if they feel the slightest breath of it. Not to mention, these teenagers are still ordinary people.
Therefore, if they can persist for more than thirty seconds, their psychological quality is considered qualified, and there will be no situation like running away on the battlefield, or being too scared to lift the weapon in their hands. Both situations are very fatal.
Not everyone has courage. Some of the teenagers who have performed very well in other events before can't stand in front of the Wolf King for more than three seconds. This comes from physical and psychological fear and cannot be solved by simply telling yourself not to be afraid.
Courage is very important for knights. Claire dared to fight Count Grein's hundreds of people with more than 60 knights. If he didn't have the courage, he might not dare to charge, let alone fight an enemy that was many times more powerful than himself.
After another day of assessment, one hundred and thirty-four young men were finally selected to become new knights in the re-examination, and the top three among them could also receive the reward given by Claire.
The three teenagers stood on the stage and looked at Claire who was walking towards them with excited expressions. They were extremely excited. That was the Viscount! How could I be so close to him!
Claire took out three fruits from his arms. These were small fruits that Rona had picked up in the backyard.
Claire smiled and handed it over, "This is for you, this is yours, and yours. After eating this fruit, you can advance from bronze to Silver Knight."
The three teenagers took the small fruit that was given to them. They did not even lower their heads to take a look at the precious fruit. Instead, they looked at Claire excitedly and shouted, "Thank you, Lord Viscount!"
Seeing their performance, Claire smiled slightly and then asked, "Who is first?"
Then a boy with brown hair raised his hand, "It's me!"
"Tell me, what's your name?"
"Owen! My name is Owen, Lord Viscount!"
Claire flipped his hand, took out a sword from Spatial Ring, and said softly, "This is a sword made by the best blacksmith in our North District. I will give it to you now."
Claire handed over the sword in his hand and asked, "Owen, can you hold this sword?"
Owen was refreshed, feeling a sense of mission resting on his shoulders, and shouted loudly, "I can! I will become your sharpest sword!"
Claire looked at his red face from shouting loudly and laughed, "I believe you can do it too."
After Owen took the sword from Claire, he hugged it tightly and couldn't put it down. The two teenagers on the side also showed envious expressions, regretting why they didn't perform better and win the first place. If he was the first place, it would be the Viscount who said those words to him.
Then Claire turned back and continued, "The second place will receive one thousand, five hundred Gold Coins, the third place will receive one thousand Gold Coins, the fourth to tenth place will receive three hundred Gold Coins each, and all those selected to become knights will receive one hundred Gold Coins each."
"Finally, even the young people who failed the re-examination should not be discouraged. Keep up the good work and there will be another selection in six months! Although there are not as many places as this time, please make good use of it. I also give you a consolation prize, ten Gold Coins for each of you!"
Claire As soon as these words came out, the scene became excited. This was the first time for them to see such a big gesture.
"Ouch!"
"The Viscount is so kind to us!"
"When I get back, I will force my kid to exercise hard. At five o'clock in the morning... No! I will call him up to train at four o'clock. He is fifteen years old and can participate in the selection next year!" A father shouted loudly, completely unaware of the complicated expression of the young man sitting next to him.
Everyone present shouted, "Long live the Viscount!"
Even the tourists who came to watch the excitement became inexplicably excited. They liked this atmosphere very much, "Long live the Viscount!"
And those teenagers who failed the re-examination also shouted loudly and encouraged them.
"I will definitely pass next time!"
"I will definitely become your knight!"
This is to make up for yesterday's leave. I will add another chapter tomorrow to make up for what I owed yesterday.