A large mansion in the west area of the imperial capital, after coming to the imperial capital, Leo's family lived here.

Even though she was down, Helena still didn't want to lose the dignity of the nobles, and insisted on choosing a bigger house.

Fortunately, there are many nobles who have fled recently, and the housing prices in the imperial capital have even dropped.

The Baroness took advantage of their relationship to find out all sorts of news, but it wasn't good news.

The knights of the empire have been cowering in the imperial capital, and have never planned to attack, allowing the troops of the Canaanite Empire to conquer cities and territories on the territory of the empire.

This made them feel very desperate, could it be that the royal family just gave up?

In a small garden, Leo pulled out his cross-sword, and a crippled horse had been completely reduced to black ashes.

After the battle in the Jungle, Leo found that his fighting spirit could absorb the life energy of the other party, and his strength also increased greatly, at least about thirty percent stronger than before the Battle of the Jungle.

So he started experimenting, but the results of the experiment did not seem to satisfy him.

The life energy provided by a war horse is so low that he can hardly even detect it, and it is not comparable to those knights at all, which makes his hope of quickly improving his strength completely disappointed, can only a strong life provide sufficient life energy.

No sooner had he left the garden than he saw Helena coming in a dejected state.

"Mother, what's wrong with you?"

Leo hurriedly asked.

"Good news, bad news, which one you have to listen to first. ”

Helena's expression darkened, as if she had received some major blow.

"Let's start with the good news. ”

Leo said.

"The Empire has hired a powerful wizard to help, and the Empire has been saved. ”

Helena said.

"What? A wizard made a move?"

Leo couldn't help but be shocked.

Being able to support an empire by one person and not be afraid of the five knights, he really wanted to see the strength of this kind of person.

"That's right, this is from His Majesty the Emperor himself. And the empire decided to recruit knights and knightly squires in large numbers, preparing to counterattack and regain the lost territories. ”

Helena said.

"That's a good thing, why are you so upset, mother. ”

Leo said suspiciously.

"At the same time, there was a conscription order, and the nobles who lost their territory must contribute all the knights, reserve knights, and at least two-thirds of the knightly squires to fight for the country, otherwise they would be stripped of their titles and territories, and sent to prison. ”

Helena said with a wry smile.

"This ...... So my father and I were on the call-up. ”

Leo said in surprise.

"That's right, Leo, you're only 15 years old, why is the empire so ruthless that it lets you go to war. ”

Helena hugged Leo and wept bitterly.

"Don't worry, with my strength, even if I go to the battlefield, I can survive. ”

Leo comforted.

"You idiot, remember to go to war and follow your dad. Don't come out if you have something, as long as you can come back alive, it will be a victory. It's a big deal that we don't deserve this nobleman, and we live the same in other countries. ”

Helena said with red eyes.

"I know, I don't know, mother, don't worry, I'm fine. ”

Leo said with a touched face.

To be able to make Helena say that she doesn't even want a knighthood shows how important Leo and his son are in her heart.

I don't know how many families stayed awake all night, cursing at the edicts of the Empire.

In fact, these nobles are not vegetarians, they have the most important force in the empire - knights, and a large number of nobles have begun to protest in tandem.

But it's a pity that this is the imperial capital, and the power of the royal family here is deeply entrenched.

Before they could complete the tandem, the empire made a decisive move.

Five nobles were guillotined, and fifteen were thrown into prison and stripped of all their domains and titles.

More than 100 knights were convicted of sinners and forcibly conscripted into the Order to atone for their sins.

A protest was brutally suppressed before it even began.

Luckily, Helena was very discerning and flatly rejected their invitation, which made him admire his mother even more.

At the Knights of the Stars, Fairhouse was having a conversation with Leo.

The aristocracy was the cornerstone of the empire's rule, and even though the empire forcibly recruited many nobles' subordinates, it still gave them all kinds of preferential treatment.

For example, Fairhouse and Leo can enter the same Knights, and due to Fairhouse's strong strength, they can directly become one of the squadron leaders of the Knights of the Stars.

The Knights of the Stars is one of the Knights of the Empire of Kouyata, and since recruiting a large number of noble knights, its strength has skyrocketed, from less than 200 to more than 300.

Since Leo is only a mid-level knight, he is just an ordinary soldier for the time being, but he can participate in the competition for the squad leader, and this is exactly what they are talking about now.

"The two major dukes in the country rebelled, and the strength of the empire was greatly reduced. Coupled with the fact that a large number of nobles have defected to the enemy, the strength of the Canaanite Empire has skyrocketed, and it is very difficult to regain our territory, and we may have to become honorary nobles in the future. ”

Fairhouse said with a sigh.

The nobility of the feudal nobility and the honorary aristocracy are completely two different concepts, the feudal nobility has its own territory, can collect taxes independently, has its own army, has complete judicial power in the territory, and is the uncrowned king of the territory.

The honorary nobles were much worse, they had no territorial income, and they could not even afford to raise an army, so they could only wag their tails and beg for mercy from the empire.

At the thought that he would become an honorary nobleman, Fairhouse was lonely.

"So this war is very important for us, we must use the sword in our hands to seize a territory for the family and achieve the great revival of the family. ”

Fairhouse said, "This squad leader battle is very important, I don't care what your mother says, I can only win, not lose." ”

"I see. ”

Leo said, just muttering to himself how he knew what Helena had told him behind his back.

"Father, you just have to rest assured, none of those mid-level knights and high-level knights are my opponents, and I guarantee that I will be able to grab the position of squad leader. ”

Fairhouse nodded, "I don't worry about your strength, I'm just reminding you." In addition, I heard the good news that the wizards of our empire and the wizards of the Canaanite empire had a great battle, and in the end our wizards were victorious. ”

"Really? It's wonderful. Are the wizards of the Canaanite Empire dead?"

Leo hurriedly asked.

"No, in the end, the two sides shook hands and made peace, agreeing that no wizard or wizard apprentice would be allowed to participate in this war, and it could only be solved by us mortals. ”

Fairhouse said with a sigh.

"Why didn't he kill the other side? So we won the war. ”

Leo said.

"We don't understand the wizarding world, maybe in their eyes we are like a group of ants fighting for food. ”

Fairhouse said.

Leo couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and it was a really bad feeling to think that what he was fighting for with all his might was nothing in the eyes of everyone else.

But soon he cheered up, what about wizards, he also had something that wizards were extremely envious of.

And he believed that sooner or later he would be able to enter the wizarding world and become a great wizard.

"You don't need to be on duty today, go back and prepare for tomorrow's squad leader's competition. ”

Fairhouse said.

"I see, father. ”

**

**

"Let's fight for the captain of the 4th squad of the 12th squadron, and the next one to play is ......"

There were a large number of knights sitting in front of a bluestone ring, and in the center of the front row were the high-ranking members of the Knights of the Stars.

One of them, a brown-haired man in his forties, had a calm gaze, it was none other than Brandon, the leader of the Knights of the Stars, and the few people sitting next to him were several captains of the Knights.

Watching the fierce fight between the two knights in the ring, Brandon had a smile on his face.

"The knights competing for the captain this time are quite strong, and there are so many high-level knights. ”

"Those nobles have extremely deep backgrounds, and I don't know how many they are at the peak of the ride. If His Majesty hadn't issued a conscription order, how could our Knights have grown so much. ”

A red-haired man said with a smile, he was the captain of the new Fifth Brigade, Flame Knight Scott, and he was also one of the strongest men in the Star Knights.

Brandon nodded, those nobles have hundreds of years of accumulation, and they have all kinds of powerful knight cultivation methods hidden in their homes, and their background is indeed not to be underestimated.

"By the way, Scott, I heard that your son Robin is also coming to take the squad leader test. ”

"That's right, he has just been promoted to a high-level knight recently, and I don't think there is a problem with his strength, so let him participate in the squad leader competition. ”

Scott said with a smile.

"High Knight, that's amazing. The fighting spirit with the fire attribute is just competing for the squad leader, isn't it a bit condescending. ”

Brandon said.

"There's no way, this time the knights are so masterful, maybe he can't even compete for the captain. ”

Scott said modestly.

"Hahaha, you're underestimating your son too much. I heard that the other day he competed with several squad leaders of the Knights, and the result was that he defeated them within a few moves. ”

Brandon said.

"Young people have to sharpen their temperament. ”

Scott said with a smile, "It's almost time for him to play, and he's participating in the battle for the captain of the 13th squadron." ”

Brandon nodded, then watched the game intently.

"Now for the battle for the captain of the 1st squad of the 13th squadron, it is the high-ranking knight Robin and the middle-level knight Leo on the field. ”

Leo ...... The name seems familiar. ”

Brandon said suspiciously.

Leo ...... Could it be him?"

Scott seemed to remember something, and his face changed slightly.

"You know him?"

Brandon asked.

Scott nodded solemnly, the nobles are a group of well-informed guys, coupled with Helena's encouragement, the news of Leo killing a high-level shadow demon knight has already spread throughout the imperial capital, becoming a new generation of geniuses in the empire.

In the Battle of the Jungle, the assassination of a peak knight by the Shadow Demon Knight shows Leo's extraordinaryness.

As a result, Leo has the nickname The Dark Knight, but there are also people who don't like him who call him the Devil Knight.