It's early summer again, the sun is shining brightly, the scorching sun is scorching the earth, and the woods are screaming non-stop.

In this open plain, there are many caravans and pedestrians, and the heat does not stop the busy people.

A group of knights were sitting on the ground resting in the shade of a tree, and they had just finished training in the field, and they were all tired and weak.

Cook twisted a water bag and walked slowly towards the stream next to him, the breeze like a wave of heat, coming at him in bursts, but he didn't care.

Since Cook entered the training camp, it has entered his tenth year in a blink of an eye! Today, Cook has grown into a fifteen-year-old boy, and he is the same weak child he was back then.

He had curly blond hair, a tall and burly man, and his arms were thick and powerful, and he seemed to have inexhaustible strength in his body. He wore a delicate sword at his waist, his knight's boots were covered in dust, and the smell of sweat emanated from his heavy armor, which made Cook disgusted even himself.

When he reached the creek, Cook took off his armor and knight's boots, and washed them happily.

Ten years of sword practice, never stopping, how many hard days and nights it should be, few people can do this, but Cook has never felt bitter.

A knight ran quickly along the road in the plain and shouted from afar, "Lord Cook, the palace has issued an emergency assembly order, and the chief instructor has asked you to take everyone back to the camp immediately." Master Cook, you're not there! ”

Cook raised his head slightly, looked at the knight from a distance, and asked loudly, "What happened, why did you suddenly have to assemble urgently?" ”

The knight replied as he rode his horse, "The war is tight, and it seems that he is about to go on an expedition." ”

Cook quickly washed his face, then twisted his armor and hydration bladder and ran quickly into the woods.

With the sound of countless horses' hooves, Cook led the knights to gallop quickly across the plain, the dust raised behind him like a dragon!

When Cook and his party arrived at the camp, all the knights in the training camp were already on standby. Cook hurriedly led the knights into the array of the army, and stood side by side with the other knights.

This is the eastern knight training camp in the royal capital, with 1,000 knight members, and it is the latest army trained by the kingdom!

However, the kingdom did not have much time left for everyone, because the war of Luo Khan has become more and more unfavorable to the kingdom in the past year, and the kingdom needs more troops to deal with the barbarian invaders. Therefore, the soldiers who are currently in the training camp are assigned to the forward knights after only one year of training.

When all the knights were lined up, the chief knight rode to the front of the line and said loudly to Cook: "Cook, you are out of line!" ”

Cook didn't know what he had done, he rode out of the queue in a daze, and asked the chief knight, "Lord knight, why did you let me go out of the ranks?" ”

The chief knight calmly replied, "We are about to rush to the battlefield of Luo Khan, who will be out if you don't list?" ”

"Why do I have to be listed?" , Cook was very dissatisfied with this answer, he was very annoyed and asked: "It was the same when I went to Seoul last year, Dirmit and Miro both went, but they didn't let me go, why!" ”

The chief knight replied coldly, "Just because you are not yet sixteen years old, you are not qualified to participate in the battle without the age of sixteen, understand?" ”

In the camp, the chief knight is the chief of Cook, and he treats Cook even harsher than abroad, this is the rule of the Knights. No matter what you were born in, as long as you have a low military rank in the Order, you have to obey the orders of your superiors, and you will not talk about any status and status here.

Cook had always wanted to go into battle to kill the enemy, and if he could achieve great success, he would be able to ask the king to release Robit, who was imprisoned in Ritunburg. In this era, military merit is greater than anything else, and even if the king is unwilling to do so, he will fulfill the wish of a meritorious hero.

However, in the past two years, the kingdom has sent numerous expeditions to the army, but has never given Cook any chance. In the training camp, Cook watched groups of people rush to the battlefield, and the old ones were gone and new ones came, and this loneliness made Cook very helpless.

The knight's words were military orders, and Cook gave up resisting before the strict military regulations, because the knights have the rules of the knights, which are the iron laws of the kingdom for three hundred years, and even the king himself has no right to change anything.

With the order of the knight chief, a thousand knights lined up neatly and slowly left the knight training camp, leaving only Cook alone in the camp in a daze.

Early the next morning, another chief knight came to the camp, and he came with a large group of newcomers to greet Cook.

Cook already felt a little numb to these strangers coming and going, he missed Dirmit and Miro, and he missed Robit even more. But now in the whole training camp, Cook didn't have a single friend, and this loneliness made him feel very frustrated.

Cook finally became angry, and he decided to go to Duke Connor to complain to Duke Connor behind his father's back. In the morning, Cook rode out of the camp alone on a sturdy white horse and went straight to the First Duke's palace in the royal capital.

As soon as she entered the gate of the mansion, Mary rushed out and asked anxiously at Cook, "Cook, is it you?" Any news from Alto? How is Luo Khan's war going? ”

Cook was depressed, he himself had been in the training camp, and he was not very clear about Luo Khan's war. Cook didn't say anything, just shook his head and said, "I don't know specifically, but I heard that Luo Khan's war has been tight, and the kingdom has lost a lot of land." ”

A sadness crossed Mary's face after hearing this, and without saying anything, she turned and left silently.

Soon Cook went straight to Connor's council hall, and at this time Connor was discussing the matter of the territory with several nobles, and Cook said to Connor without saying a word: "Uncle Connor, why don't you let me go every time you go on an expedition, it's too unfair!" ”

Connor was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and then waved to the nobles and said, "Okay, let's stop here today, you go back quickly, don't delay!" ”

The nobles stood up and saluted, and took their leave.

After the nobles had left, Cook sat down at Connor's table in a huff and slammed his right hand into a fist.

Throughout the kingdom, no one but the king dared to do this to Connor, with the exception of Cook.

Connor didn't mind at all, he smiled and comforted Cook, "Oh Cook, aren't you sixteen yet?" You know the rules of this knighthood, they haven't changed for hundreds of years, and as a knight you have to follow them carefully! ”

Cook was very dissatisfied, and retorted: "Dirmit and Miro are now the chief knights, neither of them was my opponent when they were in the camp, I am fully qualified to join the knights, and I guarantee to work harder than them when killing enemies!" ”

Connor replied with a smile, "It has nothing to do with whether you work hard or not. Think about it, Cook, you are the only son of our chief instructor, if you are sent to the battlefield, if something happens, what will happen to your father and your mother, have you ever thought about it? ”

Cook was very stubborn, and he retorted righteously: "Uncle Connor, aren't the children of other nobles children?" In the front knights, there are many knights whose family is an only child, why should I be different from others? ”

"Alright, don't fight with Uncle!" Connor looked a little haggard, since the war broke out on the borders of the kingdom, Connor had never rested, and was busy preparing all kinds of supplies and supplies for the Knights all day long.

Connor dragged his tired body, slowly stood up and stretched, and then sighed to Cook, "Cook, you are different from others, you have to take a long-term view." The knight training camp in the royal capital is the foundation of our kingdom, and your father's position as chief instructor will definitely be succeeded by you in the future, and your father has taken great pains to do so. If you are sent to the battlefield, it will be a waste of such a good talent of yours. You have to be obedient, and the elders will not harm you. ”

After speaking, Connor glanced at Cook, and saw that he didn't react, so he continued to comfort him and said: "Besides, all kinds of accidents may occur on the battlefield at any time, and not everyone can make achievements when they go to the battlefield, so they are fighting with their lives." And even if you build up your feats, what can you do? How big a reward can it be? Is it better than you going to succeed you as the Earldom and the Chief Instructor of the Knight Training Camp? ”

Cook replied coldly: "I didn't think about it that much, I didn't want to covet those exploits. I have only one purpose, if I have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions in the battlefield, then I can ask His Majesty the King for a reward for the King to release Big Brother Robit! Doesn't it mean that when a person who has made meritorious contributions to the battlefield makes a request, His Majesty will generally agree? ”

Connor's eyes lit up after hearing this, he didn't expect that after so many years, Cook would be more worried about Robit than himself.

With Connor's understanding of the king, he deeply understood that Robit's matter was quite special, and even if Cook could really establish meritorious deeds on the battlefield, the king would not agree to Cook's request at that time.

Connor was very touched by Cook's words, he approached Cook with a smile, reached out to pat him on the shoulder, nodded very satisfied, and said, "Cook, you are very happy to have this heart, uncle." In that case, would you like to help Uncle do something more important? ”

"What's more important? Is it more important than going to the battlefield and participating in battles? You can't lie to me! ”。 Cook was anxious because he didn't want to stay in the training camp anymore and he felt he had to do something about it, because war had broken out in the kingdom.

"Of course, when did I lie to you Cook." Connor replied with a smile, and with that he returned to his seat, reaching out and pulling a letter of appointment from a drawer.

Connor handed the letter of appointment to Cook, and asked Cook seriously, "This is a letter of appointment, if you sign it, you will be promoted to the chief knight immediately, and then lead the knight to my Victorian territory to be responsible for suppressing bandits." ”

"Don't go!" Obviously, Cook didn't have the slightest interest in this mission, because he felt that as a knight, he should go to the real battlefield to kill the enemy, instead of tangling with a few bandits.

Connor patiently explained: "The front knights have to consume countless amounts of food every day, if the food of the knights is not guaranteed, then the knights of our kingdom can only participate in the battle on an empty stomach, in this case, we will definitely lose!" ”

Cook glanced at Connor and pouted, "You mean, protecting the grain convoys in the Widden Territory is more important than going into battle to kill the enemy?" ”

"Of course!" Connor said solemnly: "In all wars, supply support is very important!" If the people are hungry, the world will not be peaceful, and the army will definitely lose the battle if it is hungry, you should understand this truth! ”

Connor's words couldn't be clearer, and Cook thought about it and felt that he was right, so Cook asked rhetorically: "If I wipe out all the bandits in Widton's territory, will His Majesty reward me, and can I beg His Majesty to release Big Brother Robitt?" ”

Connor smiled and replied in a brisk tone, "That's up to you to see if you can do it!" ”

Cook was delighted when he heard this, and immediately picked up the letter of appointment and signed his name on it without hesitation.

Seeing that Cook was so positive about Robit's matter, Connor smiled with satisfaction. He instructed Cook, "Take this letter of appointment and go to your father Fawkes, and ask him to transfer knights to you from the Knights of the Royal Capital." Now that the kingdom is in constant war, the number of knights is very tight, you can get a hundred knights first! ”

After hearing this, Cook said sullenly: "Didn't you say that the knight chief, why do you give a hundred knights, isn't this the previous captain of the guard?" ”

Connor laughed when he heard this, and he said happily, "Okay, you only need to protect the convoy carrying food, a hundred people are enough." When I wait for next year, I will send knights from the training camp to make up for you with these thousand knights, how about it? ”

"Okay, then I owe it first!" Cook put away the mandate, saluted Connor, and then turned around and quickly left the Duke's Palace.