Name: Edric Windwalker
Age: 15 years, 6 months, and 3 days
Task: Have a biological child -
* Mirelle: 179 days left, Etc (Display All)
* Reward: A random White-level skill
* Deadline: 410 days
* Non-completion Punishment: Death
Techniques:
* Great Knight Training: 1,703 / 20,000
* Great Mage Training: 108 / 20,000
Talents:
* Knight Talent: Legendary (0 / 2,400,000)
* Mage Talent: Average (0 / 100,000)
Cheat: Low Level - 1,000 XP per day
Available XP: 78,568
...
Laying on the bed, Edric was staring at the ceiling of his room; the last two months have been incredibly dull. Lyria has completely prohibited him from leaving the room, limiting his freedom of movement.
"If I was a Silver Knight, I wouldn’t have to be so afraid of assassins!" Edric thought; these days, all he thinks about is getting stronger.
Being talented is not always a good thing; in the entire Windwalker family, he is the only person with legendary talent, with very high potential to become a Silver Knight in the future; even Golden Knight rank is not entirely out of reach for him; as such, it's not strange that hostile enemies like the Darkwind family would spend so much money to assassinate him.
Of course, the reason the Darkwinds are so insistent and brazen about it is the current war going on in their territory; under normal circumstances, no family would dare be so brazen about it and assassinate talented heirs of other families in such manner because once one party does it, the family whose talented member was assassinated would retaliate; it could result in all gifted members of both families dying.
His mother, Lyria, has told him that she and Marquis Windwalker plan on retaliation, but he doesn't know the details.
"I wonder how much XP it takes to reach Silver rank?" Edric thought; he guessed it should be 100,000, but he didn't know.
"I can't wait any longer!" Edric suddenly sat up on the bed; he had not broken through for two reasons; first, because as a Great Knight, he would not be able to hide his breakthrough from Lyria, simply because Great Knights are much more muscular than ordinary Knights; it would be obvious at first glance that he became a Great Knight; only by becoming a Silver Knight can he conceal his breakthrough with little chance of leakage; however, at the moment, this is a moot point, because it has been over 20 days since his mom last visited him; she is so busy with other matters that she has no time taking care of him; judging by the situation, she may not have time to care about him anytime soon; she threw a few books and told him to master the use of internal energy.
The second reason was that mastering a Great Knight's much more vigorous internal energy is much more challenging; this point still stands. Edric still lacks the ability to use ranged attack techniques, such as Sword Ray, because he lacks complete control over his internal energy.
However, even though logic rules one way, his heart is eager to become a Great Knight.
"System!" Edric called.
“Add 18,297 XP to my knight training!” he commanded.
Even though he would not have the 100,000 he would probably need for Silver rank, Edric, at this moment, was too bored and impatient to wait for another month in this prison; before becoming a Silver Knight, he wouldn’t dare leave this room, but after becoming a Great Knight, he would at least have something to stay busy with until he can save enough XP to become a Silver Knight; furthermore, there is a chance that becoming a Great Knight would cost less than 100,000.
"Success! Status changed – Great Knight Training (20,000/20,000)."
The moment the notification flashed on his system panel, he felt molten lava moving through his veins; this time, it was much more intense than the last time.
"Damn!" The pain was so intense that his eyes blurred, his breath slowed, and he collapsed on the bed, convulsing, losing consciousness.
...
After some time, he regained consciousness.
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"System, why was it so painful? How painful is it to become a Silver Knight?" Edric asked, quite fearful; the pain of becoming a Great Knight was already far beyond his tolerance; if the pain of becoming a Silver Knight is even more than this, he couldn’t imagine whether it may have a lasting impact.
"Ding! The system can answer the host's question. Superficial answer: 1,000 XP - Thorough answer: 10,000 XP - Complete answer: 100,000 XP"
Edric sighed and forgot about it; his XP was too valuable to be spent this way.
Looking at his arms, Edric was shocked!
His physique as a knight was already impressive, but after becoming a Great Knight, his muscles grew to an unbelievable degree; his arms were now thicker than some people's legs; his height was much taller; his entire physique was sturdy, like a tank.
Standing up, he stripped naked and went in front of a mirror; the clothes he wore previously were ripped to a ridiculous degree and were unusable after this.
In one word, he looked like a mountain of muscle.
"Just like other Great Knights in the castle!" Edric thought. If he left this room now, everyone would notice his change; fortunately, he is not allowed to go out, and Lyria wouldn’t visit him anytime soon.
"But servants would notice it!" Edric frowned, understanding that his frustration had caused him to make a risky decision; no matter how many layers of clothes he wore, it would be difficult not to be noticed by the many servants around him.
"In the future, I shouldn’t let my frustration cloud my judgment!" He thought to himself.
None of his clothes would fit him now; he would have to purchase a new set.
"System!" he called the system interface.
...
Name: Edric Windwalker
Age: 15 years, 6 months, and 3 days
Task: Have a biological child -
* Mirelle: 179 days left, Etc (Display All)
* Reward: A random White-level skill
* Deadline: 410 days
* Non-completion Punishment: Death
Techniques:
* Silver Knight Training: 0 / 50,000
* Great Mage Training: 108 / 20,000
Talents:
* Knight Talent: Legendary (0 / 2,400,000)
* Mage Talent: Average (0 / 100,000)
Cheat: Low Level - 1,000 XP per day
Available XP: 60,271
"What?" Edric was shocked; he specifically looked at one line in his status.
* Silver Knight Training: 0 / 50,000
"It takes only 50,000 to break through and become a Silver Knight? Then I can already become a Silver Knight right now!" He laughed out loud; initially, he thought it would take 100,000, but it only takes 50,000.
Without delay, he directly said, "System,"
“Add 50,000 XP to my knight training!” he commanded.
"Success! Status changed – Silver Knight Training (50,000/50,000)."
When the system notification flashed, Edric felt like a frigid flow was following in his veins; it was the opposite of the previous Great Knight breakthrough.
"Damn, it's painful!" His eyes went dark, and he fell.
...
Edric opened his eyes and stood up, looking around.
"Wait, why am I shorter?" After becoming a Great knight, he became much taller, at least 6.7 feet, but now, he was much shorter, only around 6 feet tall.
"Yeah, I remember that Great Knights would 'shrink' after breaking through and becoming silver knights; my current physique is what an ordinary 15-year-old boy should have!" He thought and went in front of the mirror again; his arms, which were thick before, now looked weak; however, Edric could feel such strength hidden in these arms that was incomparable to before.
"Before, my internal energy was hot; now, it's cold, extremely cold; the quality of my internal energy now is many times higher!" He thought as he sat down and concentrated.
"Oh my, it's much easier to control this calm and cold internal energy than the previously hot and violent energy!" Edric opened his palm, and a ball of energy manifested in his hand; this cold internal energy was so easy to work with that even he, as a newbie, could manifest it in the real world.
"Let's test it!" Edric put on some clothes, which were now oversized for him, and left his room; the current building he stays in has a built-in training space.
He went down the stairs and took a sword; he transmitted his cold internal energy into the sword and slashed; he was very careful to only put a minuscule amount of internal energy into it.
The sword slash struck the other side of the training room with a silver flash; a moment later, the building shook.
Going forward to observe the aftermath, Edric was a bit surprised; the walls of this building were made of stone, yet his casual slash with very little internal energy cut the stone and nearly penetrated it; if he had used more internal energy, the entire wall would have been cut through.
Destroying an entire building with a single sword slash is far beyond ordinary.
"It's said that Knights can defeat ten elite troops, Great Knights can defeat 10 Knights, and Silver Knights can cut down ten Knights in one strike; there is a massive qualitative leap once one breaks through to Silver Knight!" Edric thought; with his internal energy, he wouldn’t have trouble destroying the city's gate with one slash; of course, doing so is a waste, as even Silver Knights have a limited supply of internal energy; once they spend it on destroying walls and gates, how should they fight when the enemy's Silver Knight arrives?
Edric looked at the sword in his hand; cracks were all over its body; obviously, ordinary swords cannot tolerate the internal energy of Silver Knights; the reason this sword was able to hold on was that Edric used such little internal energy and that the sword was a gift from Lyria able to withstand knight level battles.
"I need a new sword!" Edric thought.
Returning to his bedroom, Edric took out a few banknotes; this was most of his cash, worth 500,000 silver; the rest of his belongings were not liquid, and their control wasn't in his hand.
He changed his clothes, put a hat on his head, opened the window, and jumped!
As a Silver Knight, he is no longer so afraid of death! He would have time to run away even if he faced an assassin.
From the day he arrived in this world, he has been very curious; it's now time to explore; it would be best if he could also find a sword to buy.