The examination room is quite basic.

One knight held a crystal clear jade stone in his hand and placed it on a table, while another knight placed a half-human-high instrument on the square, and the examiner knight announced: "Those who have reached the second order of star source power, or the strength of a punch of 300 kilograms, are considered to have passed the assessment, and now, the first person to be assessed, Naik, the son of Orion." ”

Suddenly, in the crowd, a tall child stepped forward and said, "I choose the Xingyuan Force Assessment." ”

As he spoke, he stepped forward, covered his palm on the jade, and groaned softly, and suddenly a triangular mark appeared on the palm, and a wisp of starlight appeared, which was the legendary star source mark, for a while, the energy in the jade resonated with the star source force, and the brightness became higher and higher, and finally stopped.

"Star Source Force, reach the first order, unqualified!" the examiner announced loudly.

Immediately after that, the second, third, and fourth, more and more children were assessed, but only a few were able to cultivate the Star Source Power to the second order before the age of 16.

Soon after, the examiner finally reported Loran's name: "Next, Loland, son of Orion!"

For a moment, there was a burst of laughter from the crowd.

Luo Lan glanced at them, and suddenly the laughter in the crowd was much quieter, except for one of the young men in luxurious white clothes, who sneered and said, "What do you see, 16-year-old waste who still hasn't awakened the star source power, do you think you can pass the assessment today?"

"Rhaegar!"

Luo Lan gritted his teeth, but didn't bother with him, turned around and walked towards the examiner, and said respectfully: "My lord, I choose the strength test." ”

"Okay, go ahead and punch with your best strength. ”

"Yes!"

Luo Lan stepped forward, as if he was practicing boxing as usual, slowly divided his legs, the strength sank, and then his arms penetrated into the strength, and his right fist was accumulated, and it was a punch against the heavy strength testing instrument!

"Peng—"

The crisp sound stirred in the wind, and Luo Lan's fist sank vigorously, causing the instrument to tremble suddenly, and the marbles inside the instrument also continued to collide, and finally 29 marbles appeared in the groove.

"Huh?"

The knight, who served as the examiner, was slightly startled and said: "The strength has reached 290 kilograms, but unfortunately, you were eliminated." ”

"Still doesn't work?"

Luo Lan stood in place and said, "My lord...... The previous knight once said that the passing standard of the assessment is 200 kilograms of strength, why did you ...... this time?"

The examiner looked at him with pity and said: "It's the order just given by the knight elder, the knight who hasn't awakened the star source power has only brute strength after all, and can't give full play to the true power of the light knight's various combat skills, so to reduce the number of people selected for strength, it also raises the standard for selection, your 290 kilograms of strength is already quite good, it's just that the luck is a little worse, go back, kid ......"

"Yes......" Loraine left with a disappointed expression.

"Next, Rhaeggar, Son of the Merchant!"

"Yes, sir!"

Rhaegar stepped forward with a smug face and said, "My lord, I choose the Star Source Power Test. ”

"Good. ”

In the next second, Rhaegar covered his palm on the jade, his eyes closed slightly, and suddenly the star source mark in his palm burst out with dazzling light, and in the next moment, the examiner knight said happily: "Yes, second-order star source power, you have passed the assessment, stand behind me!"

"Thank you, sir!"

In the square, there were constantly children who passed the assessment standing behind the examiner knight, and in the end, 7 out of 83 children passed the assessment, including Rhaeggar, and Loran was obviously among the eliminated.

......

In the evening, a carriage from the city of Alan entered the village and carried the children who had passed the examination to the city of Aland, along with their luggage, and was guarded by two knights.

Under the stars, in the woodland outside the village.

"Puffy Pong~~~"

Falling on the tree with a fist, Lorain seemed to have lost his sense of pain, and the powerful force shook the trunk of the tree, and a strong sense of frustration filled his entire mind.

The Star Source Continent, everything is respected by strength, the opening of the Sky Gate back then, let countless demon beasts run rampant on the continent, the battle between the human and the demon beasts of the empire has not stopped for a moment, and those who can fight against the demon beasts, awaken the star source imprint, and have the star source power, which is almost a prerequisite for everything, whether it is to become a knight in the future, or to become a mage, or a warrior, a hunter, etc., all this must be based on the awakening of the star source imprint, because the star source power is the foundation of the power of this continent.

Since he has lost the last chance to awaken the Star Source Mark, he can only be reduced to an ordinary farmer and hunter, and he will not even have the opportunity to become a mercenary.

......

Tired from the fight, scarred from his fists, he sat down slowly, leaning against a tree and watching the lights of the village in the distance.

Originally, Luo Lan wanted to become a knight and use a lot of knightly income to support his mother, and he would never let his mother pick wild fruits every day, but also have to do laundry for the hard workers in the village, and even if he couldn't become a knight, he could at least awaken the first-order star source power, become a qualified mercenary or guard, and take on the responsibilities of a man.

However, everything in front of him was destroyed, there was not a single star source power in his body, and he also failed the strength assessment, the long-term lack of nutrition made his cheekbones slightly prominent, the muscles of his arms were not full enough, and the whole person looked thin, if it wasn't for a pair of eyes full of spirit, I am afraid that there would be no difference from those beggars passing by the edge of the village.

The weather is getting cooler, and it looks like winter is about to begin, and if there is not enough income, I am afraid that I and my mother's winter cotton clothes will become a problem.

At this moment, Luo Lan made up his mind, although he couldn't become a knight, then he would be a real man, take a bow and arrow and a short sword, go into the mountains to search for those beasts that are about to spend the winter, and hunt some prey to come back to subsidize the family, at least, the strength of this body can always come in handy, at this moment, his eyes gradually became stronger.

But at this moment, suddenly there was a strong sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and then there was a fire in the small village, which was not the light of the pine oil lamp, but the ...... The village is on fire!

Immediately afterward, the cries of women and the wails of men could be heard in the distance.

"Oh no, there's something wrong with the village!"

Luo Lan stood up suddenly, regardless of the exhaustion of his body and the injury of his palm, the whole body seemed to keep up with the clockwork, suddenly bent and then straightened, and rushed out with a "Peng", and the direction of the straight direction was the location of the hut where his mother lived: "Is it a demon beast......? The demon beasts in the mountains have been killed by the great knights of the Knights of Light, and it is impossible to come to the village, so what could it be?!"

He ran wildly, thinking quickly, and the thorns in the mountains kept cutting wounds on his legs, but at this time Loran could not feel it, and rushed home in the shortest time, and then just as his eyes touched the home, he saw that the wooden house was already on fire, and there was a corpse lying there by the fence outside the wooden house.

Is that...... His mother!

"Hum—"

For a moment, Luo Lan's mind was blank, like a crazy little beast fell on his mother's corpse, looked up, but found that his mother's head was cut off, in the grass not far away, it is conceivable that she was cut off by a sword, and died here, and even, the mother's body is still slowly twitching.

The murderer was not far away, a sword in his hand, was stabbing the blade into the chest of the neighboring carpenter, suddenly drew the sword, and suddenly a puddle of blood sprayed out, and at the moment when the carpenter was killed, another knight reached out and grabbed the carpenter's teenage daughter, skillfully tied his hands, and put it on horseback.

......

Full of monstrous anger, but did not make Luo Lan lose his judgment and calm, he knew that the one who killed his mother was a big knight, and a big knight was not so easy to kill, at least he had no chance to be in front of him, so he didn't cry even one word from beginning to end, but tears flowed down, reaching out and grabbing the blade of the sickle, and the whole person was like a ghost, unhappily walking towards the murderer who was killing.

"Huh!"

At the moment of approaching the opponent, Luo Lan suddenly jumped forward, his body fell as quickly as a fallen leaf, holding the blade of the sickle in his right hand, and the power in his arm exploded, and suddenly the blade turned into a cold light and wiped it on the opponent's neck.

"Huh?!"

The knight turned around suddenly, but saw Luo Lan's angry eyes, and a thunderous blow, the scythe blade "snorted" and cut the skin around his neck, but just as Luo Lan continued to exert his strength, a layer of starlight covered the knight's skin, which was one of the defensive skills of the imperial knight, the starlight body, turning the star source power into a protective force!

"Peng......

With a loud bang, the rusty sickle blade in Luo Lan's hand shattered almost instantly, and even stabbed his palm, but Luo Lan didn't seem to feel the pain, his left hand was open, and his five fingers slashed at the other party's eyes like eagle claws, fast and ruthless!

"What a wild boy!"

The knight snorted, his whole body was surging with star source power, and his head suddenly deflected at a speed that Luo Lan couldn't imagine, and while avoiding his attack, the blade fell down, and smashed on Luo Lan's shoulder with a heavy hilt "Peng", and there was even a sound similar to a broken bone, and then the knight suddenly opened his hand, and the five fingers like iron pincers clasped Luo Lan's neck, and the corners of his mouth were full of sneers: "What are you, you still want to kill a big knight with your strength?"

Luo Lan didn't say a word, couldn't breathe and exposed the green tendons, and didn't struggle, but kicked out coldly, and went straight to the jaw of the knight's helmet, "Peng" His helmet was kicked off, and suddenly a face with crossed sword marks was revealed, and for a while, the knight was annoyed and angry, and said: "You wild boy, if you can't sell it for a few dollars, Lao Tzu will let you be in a different place now!"

As he spoke, he suddenly landed on Luo Lan's abdomen with another hilt impact, this blow was heavy enough, and it also had the burning sensation of star source power, and suddenly Luo Lan's mind went blank for a moment, and he fainted.

......

In the moonlight, the village was bloodied, and a group of knights plundered the village's only wealth, and left with all the children, and everything that happened in the forest seemed to stay here, and no one knew about it.