The next day, when the first rays of sunlight had just fallen on the earth, a young man in a pure white robe, who looked no more than sixteen or seventeen, hurried across the great hall, crossed the quiet path covered with moss, and walked to the small lake behind the church.

Next to the lake, there stood a small wooden house, which looked quite old by the color of the wood - and just yesterday the cabin, which had been locked down for five years, was finally opened to accommodate a young man.

A young man who is said to be able to fight the adjudicators.

Standing in front of the wooden door, the young man gently stroked his chest, calming down his increasingly nervous and rapid heartbeat, and then bent his fingers and gently knocked on the wooden door.

There was a lot of fear in the childish voice.

“…… Chu, Your Excellency the Knight of Chu Lie? ”

Squeak –

There was only a slight sound of fingers tapping on the wooden door, and the wooden door had already opened weakly, and the morning light shone into the wooden house, which contained only a wooden bed and a rudimentary sword stand, but it was empty.

“…… What about people? ”

………………

Bang!

Rumble!

North of the Holy See, on top of a hill.

Facing the scattered morning light, the dull sound of breaking the air was accompanied by a short and powerful fist, which sounded very rhythmically, one punch and one kick, clean and neat, without many complicated routines, but with only the strong physical strength, it swayed a power that was enough to shatter the boulder.

The air was crushed by the fist blade, turning into a viscous wave of air that lingered around the boxer's body.

Rumble!

The last straight punch, wrapped in the fist's edge of the wave of qi like a long dragon, mighty, straight into the sky, the faint mist was stirred up, revealing the city that gradually woke up.

"Whew~"

Gently exhaling a breath of turbidity, Chu Lie looked at this familiar but also slightly unfamiliar scene, and a slight wave flashed in his eyes-

During the two years of cultivation, every day before the morning light, I had to practice boxing and sword practice in this place, and I used to feel that I almost needed to do my best, but now I only had the function of warming up.

The passage of time often leaves no trace, and the years spent in the killing are even more so, only the comparison at this time makes Chu Lie have a little substance in the flowing time.

"Really...... It's been a long time~"

With a soft mutter, Chu Lie's right fist was slowly withdrawn, and then it swept from the hilt of the standard knight's sword that was inserted upside down on the ground.

Zheng~!!

Suddenly, there was a clear sword roar, and the knight's sword turned into a sharp sword light, falling straight down the mountain, and under Chu Lie's feet, the two qi of yin and yang flashed, and the figure shattered the air in front of him, accompanied by the sharp sword light, roaring down.

While! While!!

While!!!

The melodious bell rang, and the city in the morning light, accompanied by the prayers of the priests, slowly woke up.

In just a moment, Chu Lie's figure had already appeared inside the Holy See, outside the Great Hall, the ground that had been shattered by the strength of the fist yesterday had been restored to leveling, and the old man who was still dressed in sackcloth sat directly on the ground, his eyes slightly closed, and his muscles slowly trembled with the sound of long breathing.

"Whew~"

With a long breath, the old knight slowly opened his eyes, just like the past years, Chu Lie still stood solemnly beside him, waiting quietly.

His gaze swept over Chu Lie, and all the aura that belonged to the mountains was keenly captured by the old knight.

"It seems that you haven't forgotten your previous practice."

Chu Lie replied in a deep voice.

"Don't dare to forget."

It's hard to forget......

His brutal practice transformed him from a crazy avenger who was essentially an otaku to a true warrior.

How can such a memory be forgotten?

Crash~

The strong wind was blowing, and the old knight's body stood up instantly, holding the long sword that was lying horizontally beside him with one hand, and then stepped out, and the old man's voice fell.

"Let's go, as a ...... 'junior', there are some people you still have to visit."

"First place...... Former presiding judge. ”

……………………

Even if it was just a simple visit, but it still took a considerable amount of time, the presiding judge, the archbishop, and the red-clothed priest, all of them were old, and they were clearly the ancestors of the old knight generation, and each of them, whether it was the chief judge who was strong enough to the level of a great knight, or the red-clothed priest who was only slightly angry, was surrounded by an extremely strong bloody aura.

Hundreds of deaths and remnants, life and death battles.

Such a label is really difficult to associate with those old men who laugh peacefully, but it even surpasses Chu Lie's murderous aura, but it reminds Chu Lie what kind of past these old men had.

Pedal Pedal Pedal ~

Bidding farewell to the last old man, Chu Lie followed his teacher and slowly walked out of the wooden house that was not very big, even simple, facing the sunshine that was already westward, the old knight's footsteps paused slightly, and then changed the original direction and turned to the other side.

Crossing the inner city where these old men lived, and entering the outer city where the active knights lived in silence, in front of a courtyard with the outermost position, the old knight stopped, and a knight's sword was inserted upside down in the open space in front of this courtyard, and each long sword blade was already broken, but it was inserted upside down, and there was a tragic and unparalleled aura lingering here.

The wind blew through the long sword, and there was a subtle sound of slaughter, and it seemed that the knight, who had been killed in battle, held the sword again.

Bang!

The right hand was raised, and it was heavily knocked on the chest, and the old man's head hung down slightly, and behind the old knight, Chu Lie also raised his right hand and knocked on the heart, greeting these seniors who had died in battle.

look and posture, meticulous -

Nothing else, this is just a latecomer who has inherited the will, and it is simply a tribute to the forerunners.

"This is a family that has passed on the 'stigma-guardian' for generations."

The right arm was lowered, and the old man's voice sounded solemnly: "The patriarch of the first generation died in a fierce battle with the demons, and at the cost of his life, he forcibly held a city for three days. ”

"And his descendants are proud of it, carrying the will of generations of ancestors, and have always played the role of guardians, brother to brother, father to son, until now, this once glorious knight family ......"

Slowly stepping past these murmuring long swords, the old man stood in front of the door, and a little complexity and guilt appeared on his cold and hard face.

"There is only one person left......

"The year before you, you arrived at the Great Knight Realm, and in the same year, you killed a monster of the same level, inherited the stigma, and inherited the name for 3,700 years."

"Guardian Knight!"

While! While! While!

With a bend of his fingers, the wooden door was gently slammed by the old man.