In the year 857, the year of the Divine Sleep was eventful, first with a border clash between the two empires, and then before Astros, the then king of Bledsoe, Byzantium, and his winged lion companion Alasius were assassinated, and the first in line to the throne, Kaye Lane, disappeared.

This shocked the entire continent at the time, and it was hard for people to imagine that for Byzantium and Alasius, who had just shown their strength on the cold-stone border, who could have the strength to assassinate them silently overnight, or in Lionheart City. Although, in the end, the finger of everything was pointed at Garnt, there were still many people who scoffed at it.

Two of them are at least level 12 or above, even if they can't beat them, no matter how bad they are, they can still run or call for help, and one of them is even a winged lion who is known for his speed.

But in any case, in the absence of sufficient evidence, considering that only Garnte had this ability and Bledsoe at the time, and according to the evidence of the scene brought out by Bynes, who was the first to discover that Byzantium was killed, sharp nails with obvious bestial characteristics and rough and heterochromatic skin danders, all pointed at the same object!

So, the half-orc empire is like this, silently carrying this dark cauldron, or, this is, what is their purpose?

- General History of the Continent of Navia

Kaye gasped, feeling like a hill squeezed into the house, he thought about many possibilities, but he never expected that the owner of this wooden house was actually an orc!

The orc who came in was at least 3 meters tall, and the door to the wooden house was already very wide, but he still had to bend down when he entered. Kaye is also 1.8 meters tall, which is already the best among his peers, but he can only barely reach the chest position of the orc, and even has to raise his head to speak.

The tall orc, with dark green skin, shoulder-length coffee-black hair scattered untirelessly behind his head, and a rare pair of dark red eyes, looked at Kaye motionlessly. He was wearing a pair of wide black linen pants that reached the knees, and he had no clothes on his upper body, but simply wrapped his abdomen a few times with a cloth of unknown material.

The muscles all over his body were like bulging hills, and Kaye had no doubt that he was the type who could directly cover people with his muscles. However, this explosive muscle, combined with his tall figure, seems to be unusually harmonious, without a trace of abruptness. His body is typically carved with various totems, and two wide plate axes are crossed from side to side.

Kaye stood up vigilantly, his feet slightly apart, and secretly reached for his saber beside the bed, ready to fight at any moment.

"If I wanted to kill you, you wouldn't be here. Isn't it? ”

Perhaps everything that has happened during this time is to constantly subvert Kaye's worldview, although he also knows that there are many people in some other races who can learn the lingua franca of humans, but as orcs who have long been enemies of humans and have not been monstrosified in the eyes of humans, generally only people of considerable status will learn human language.

At this time, in a remote wooden house, a tall orc spoke the human lingua franca fluently, even with a slight Nomatic steppe accent, which really shocked Kaye again.

"Do you speak the lingua franca? did you save me?"

"It's not a rescue, it's just a handy way to bring you back. There are quite a few people who get lost in Castis, but you don't look like it. As he spoke, he unfastened the axe from his waist and hung it on the wall.

The orc's movements made Kaye feel a little more reassured, and thinking that his life was saved by the other party, he stopped the hand he reached for Charlotte and sat back on the edge of the bed.

Kaye's behavior also surprised the orcs slightly, and he pouted, "You believe me so easily, aren't humans all cunning and suspicious?"

"Like you said, if you're going to do my good, it's easier to do it while I'm unconscious. Besides, I can see that I am no match for you at all. Kaye looked into the orc's eyes and said calmly.

"You... Unlike humans... My name is Hulk, what about you?"

"My name is Kaye. If it had been before I was unconscious, maybe I wouldn't have been like this, all the information about orcs that I was exposed to since I was a child appeared as an enemy. But now, I suddenly realize that the person you think is closest to you may not really be on your side, and the enemy may not necessarily be on the opposite side. From now on, I only believe in what I see. As he spoke, his fists clenched unconsciously again.

I must go back and find out all the truth! I will make all those involved in this incident pay with blood!

Hulk glanced at Kaye obliquely, remembering that he had seen such an encounter, and he couldn't help but speak.

"I don't know what happened to you, young man. But there is a saying in our orc tribe - never dwell on the sorrows and anger of the past, sadness will only make you waste time, anger will only blind you. There is an insurmountable gap in everyone's life, if you move forward, there will be a day when you can step out, if you dwell on the past and stagnate, you are destined to never get through. ”

Hulk's words struck like an empowering, and Kaye suddenly remembered Ira Young's story and what his father had said. He remembered his faith, his father's expectations of him, Ella Young's remorseful eyes and relieved expression.

Kaye picked up Charlotte "Breeze" and placed it across his knees.

This is the last gift that my father gave him.

"Charlotte, Holy Sword, I swear to you that I will abide by the manners and character of a knight, and that I will follow my father's teachings and expectations—that I will fight alongside you, and with our strength, I will protect those we can help and punish the evil we can see. I, Kaye Lane, ask you to witness here. Kaye muttered to herself, silently vowing.

As the last word of his last word dissipated, Charlotte faintly began to glow with a green glow, as if in response to Kaye, and the green light spread towards Kaye's body, and finally enveloped him.

Kaye's eyebrows, a flash of golden light, slid towards Charlotte's hilt and vanished. But if you look closely, there is an extra golden border around the green leaf emblem on the hilt.

Then, the green light that surrounded Kaye also retracted like a low tide, submerged into the sword, and disappeared, as if everything was an illusion and had never happened.

"Congratulations, young man, it seems that your origin is not simple. This is the contract reaction of the Spirit of the Sword, and only if it recognizes your sincerity and sincerity, this will happen, one in ten thousand. Hulk looked at Kaye, who was still immersed in the strange scene just now, and explained aloud. However, even in such a rare scene, Hulk's eyes did not change in the slightest, neither surprised by the contract, nor greedy for Charlotte, as if it were just a normal thing.

"You can take a good rest, after all, you've just woken up, I'll take care of today's ingredients. ”

......

After Hulk leaves, Kaye begins to ponder how he felt.

At first, when the green light surrounded him, he only felt a warm and kind, vibrant aura enveloping him. But then, an indescribable feeling arose.

Kaye felt a breath of energy in his physical strength, a little unpredictable, a little ethereal, but surging, and eventually, a small part of that energy was submerged in Charlotte. The rest were again infelt.

Kaye had a vague premonition that this energy was related to his coming-of-age form, but just now he forgot to ask Hulk about the specific date now, and even if it was really related to the coming-of-age ceremony, there was no one around him to guide him now, so he had to figure it out on his own.

Kaye tried to mobilize the vitality in his body, but it was okay not to move, and this attempt really startled him.

Obviously, he was in a coma and didn't do anything after being sent away by Alastus, but his vitality more than doubled, and Kaye felt that as long as he was lucky, his vitality would continue to surge, and it would become more condensed, and it would undoubtedly be more lethal.

Kaye's heart moved, and he tried to gather the vitality to the position of his index finger, and sure enough, a faint milky white halo immediately enveloped Kaye's index finger.

"Vitality control" - this is the symbol of the advanced mid-level knight - the knight lord, at this stage, the knight Oude can condense and compress the vitality in his body to the point that it has materialization, and can be released outside the body within a limited distance.

Of course, in the stage of low-level knights, you can also rely on some special martial arts to achieve the effect of releasing vitality, such as Kaye's "cross slash" when he was in Afflica, but from the beginning of the knight lord, he is free to control the vitality, and even show the vitality in various forms in battle.

However, to put it simply, the consumption of concentrating and releasing the vitality is much greater than that of ordinary use, and in addition, it takes long-term and persistent practice and talent to be able to control the vitality at will.

It seems that the Byzantines instantly swung a hundred wind blades mixed with vitality when fighting against Miltaidas, which is already a terrifying, pinnacle-level control power.

Kaye felt that he should have reached the level of a level 7 sacrifice lord by now, and he was not even far from a level 8 heroic lord, the growth he had gained in the battle between Afflica and the Black Knight some time ago, the accumulation of hard training in his usual time, and the surge in his vitality this time, made his strength increase by leaps and bounds.

At this moment, a strange smell wafted from outside the wooden house, and Kaye suddenly felt a huge hunger rush over him, and his stomach rumbled.

"Kaye, come out and eat. Outside, Hulk's shouts rang out.

Pushing the door out, the sun shines through the dappled shadows of the trees on his face, and the surrounding greenery is surrounded by tall cedar trees like loyal guards, separating them from a paradise.

In front of the wooden house, Hulk set up two huge bonfires, smoking from them, and on the fire, I don't know what kind of animal's meat has been roasted golden brown and crispy, and from time to time the meat oil is dripping downward, making the fire crackle.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Kaye felt that his heart was at peace like never before.

............

During the meal, Kaye asked the orcs beside him as if he remembered something:

"Hulk, what month is it today?"

"August 20"

......

Really... Is it all because of the coming-of-age ceremony... What kind of power, exactly, is this?