“Good day, Griffith Knight!” a girl who happened to pass by said happily.
Griffith nodded to her with a dignified and impeccable manner.
Hmm, petite, baby-faced, big breasts, shoulder-length chestnut hair, you didn’t call me Your Excellency, I’m a noble. Okay, I understand!
“Good afternoon, Miss Sissi.”
Today is March 27, the third day after returning to Homemonworth. Griffith returned to his seat by the window in the library, glancing out the window from time to time while taking notes.
His back is straight and his posture is dignified. The knight's medal on his collar has been polished to shine, ensuring that everyone must see the medal before seeing him. Everyone politely calls him "quasi-knight", and he has met two new people these days.
The girls from various branches just called him "Griffith Knight".
I can’t tell who is who anymore... I have to create a file for them to manage without losing etiquette. However, if Galadia sees it, I will be doomed!
In the first year of school, he had the opportunity to capture the flag and be directly awarded the Silver Oak Leaf Knight's Order of the Eagle by the earl. This kind of thing was extremely cool in the school. Griffith's limelight even overshadowed Aaron's for a while.
.
This feeling is so good. Griffith especially wants to talk to Galadia and ask her to praise him.
It just seems a little difficult.
More and more senators, nobles and bishops gathered in Homonworth. Nobles and dignitaries can be seen everywhere on campus. If they bumped into the daughter of the Canaanite Archon and a would-be knight playing around or eating boiled mutton, then they would be in trouble.
Is it worth it?
Although he was extremely itchy, he could only suppress his chaotic thoughts and start preparing for Raven's mission.
He now owns several magical items or sophisticated equipment, including the Bone Ring Minos, Corrupted Feather Fencing, Dread Bracers, Darkblood Cloak, Vanguard Shield, Anima Breastplate, and Upper Elf Mail. In addition to the main weapon,
Poor, everything else is basically complete.
He planned to seize the time to brew and reserve some slowing potions and healing potions to replenish the stocks that he had consumed before. The mountain monster's snot was almost used, but it should be found in the school. He could apply to the count and request to transfer the stocks in his name.
If not, ask Professor Heinz for help.
After inquiries, Griffith found that the Silver Oak Leaf Knight's Eagle Medal could give him an additional annuity of 100 silver francs per month for life. His monthly income has climbed to 250 silver francs. Although there is no additional merit reward,
The value of the Silver Oak Leaves Knight's Eagle Medal cannot be compared with merit points. If the military rank can be upgraded to a reserve officer, his income will increase.
Since the count is in the school, cash and material rewards from the Battle of Verona have been distributed, including 5,000 silver francs, 15 units of potential potion, and 1 unit of refined psychic mixture, which are worth far more than his expenses.
There was a big box of potential potions and refined spiritual energy mixture in front of him, and it was really not easy to drink them all. For him who could not improve the level of spells through study and meditation, all the spells could only be obtained through this method.
Expensive and uncomfortable way to upgrade.
With these supplies, he must upgrade his Freeze Nova/Ice Structure to level four before embarking on the potentially dangerous Raven mission.
Drink, I’ve finished all the tea Sonia made!
Griffith drank heavily, pouring all the potion and mixture into his mouth.
Similar to the ice armor spell, the fourth level spell will experience a qualitative improvement.
The range of action of Freeze Nova has been increased again, it will freeze enemies within a radius of 10 yards for no less than two seconds, and after the freezing ends, it will cause a deceleration effect lasting no less than 5 seconds, reducing the movement speed by 30%.
The accompanying freezing damage can even kill small creatures. However, the improvement of these indicators is not the most amazing. What is really powerful is that the freezing and slowing effects will have priority, making them less likely to be resisted by powerful enemies and magic defense countermeasures.
Greater reliability.
The ice structure will condense into more ice and snow configurations at a faster speed. This qualitative change allows the ice structure to continue to take effect within five minutes. He can create ice whenever he wants, but like
Like Blood Bat Storm, the continuous construction will also continue to consume Griffith's mental power.
The cooldown of Freeze Nova/Ice Construct is still 15 seconds. Under the influence of Griffith's "Focus" talent, the cooldown is reduced to seconds.
Besides this, he also has some additional gains.
The total proceeds from the auction of weapons, shields, heads and extraordinary properties seized in the Battle of Boulogne-Plachin were as high as 25,000 silver francs, so each Sciutral received 2,500 silver francs. If it were not for the shield
It was obtained by Lasalle at a low price of 6,500 silver francs, so everyone may be able to share more.
"Is the Holy Light deceiving me?" Berthier saw his father's car entering the campus and asked everyone in horror, "Is Beyeland going to move the capital?"
“No, you idiot,” Fiona whispered, “didn’t you see that there was a parent-teacher meeting?”
A large group of famous people were walking around in Homemonworth, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.
From the window, Griffith saw His Excellency Cardinal Cole of the Holy Light Church, the head of the major churches, jumping out of the carriage. He is the head of the church's ruthless and ruthless army of punishers who are responsible for annihilating believers in black magic. No matter what the newspapers say
No matter what, he didn't come here to recite sutras.
The senators, counts and bishops lived in the guest rooms of the school and the professors' rooms, and their entourage and officers filled the town. In the past few days, Count Larmore talked to his daughter several times, and for the first time he entered
When she was in the study, Sonia had a cheerful face. The second time, her face was serious as if she was about to do something big. The third time, she looked at Griffith coyly, wanting him to go in with her.
Fiona spoke softly. She saw Griffith and Lana, and when she called them by name, they both used "Your Excellency" and "Sir", with a complete sense of distance from a countess.
Further out on the sea, the fleet, with an entire legion, stayed on standby less than a day's journey from the old town with murderous intent. Their flagpole could even be seen from the school.
In the past few days, the tone in the newspapers has suddenly changed. News of victory has disappeared. News of the defeat and rebellion of the Verona army have appeared one after another. The tone of the commentators has become strange, surrounding
One piece of news went viral and said that "a group of rebels who could be killed by first-year students at Homemon Watts were actually able to pin a noble knight from Verona to the ground and beat him up."
Griffith read the newspaper several times and finally saw a sentence between the words:
“Bajeran is about to attack Verona.”
While everyone was talking in low voices, the principal's valet suddenly appeared in the library. He quickly found Griffith in the crowd and said in a high and polite voice:
“The count summons you, Your Excellency the Knight-to-be.”
“Count Larmore?” Griffith asked subconsciously.
“Yes, he is waiting for you in the principal’s conference room.”
The chattering long table suddenly became quiet. Sonia glanced at him nervously and watched him leave the library with an uneasy look on her face.
Griffith came outside the conference room and found that the count was leaning against the window and looking at the sea, eating a cup of yogurt ice. He glanced at the would-be knight and stuffed his own yogurt ice into his mouth in two mouthfuls.
“Let’s talk about your thoughts and brains, Mr. Knight-to-be,
“It is said that it is amazing. Sonia told me that you completed the staff work and logistics organization of the Battle of Boulogne by yourself, and also arranged the sniper attack on the rebel leader.”
Earl Larmour actually likes sweets as much as I do... No wonder he said he knows everything I think! When I am nervous and tired, I like to eat some cold desserts. The Earl doesn't look tired, so why is he nervous?
Griffith was thinking to himself while looking at the earl, pretending not to know anything, and said solemnly:
“With your permission, I can now give you the complete official battle report of the Battle of Boulogne-Plachin.”
“Really? Don’t you need to look at the materials and maps?”
“Yes, sir, no supplementary materials are needed.”
Count Larmour clapped his hands:
“Okay, you can keep your word. If you make a fool of yourself later, Ashford will deduct your salary month by month.
“Let’s go into the living room now, where a small group of people are brainstorming, and you’re going to record part of the conversation.
“You don’t have to worry, it’s not a random conversation. Some people may not be thinking right. I’ll correct it. Everyone takes turns speaking. Of course, I’m not saying there’s an order.
“We said, if you remember, it will be about twenty pages.
“After the record is completed, we may come to one or several resolutions and send you to perform a task under a certain resolution. This mission will be very important and you will be given sufficient intelligence support, authorization and support.
“On the surface, you pretend to be performing a daily combat mission. In fact, when you arrive at the mission site, you have to be careful and clever, be on guard secretly, and find out the enemies mixed in with your friendly forces, or find out their true purpose.
"If you complete the mission and come back alive, next fall, we will give you the command of a new experimental force. Before you become a formal noble and knight, you will be the commander of the force. You will be able to buy a house by the sea.
With an independent house, my dream of marrying my sister, an officer, is one step closer."
Griffith was about to refute the earl's last sentence.
The count saw what he was thinking and immediately continued:
"You have to be ready. This mission is different from usual. You won't be lonely. Someone is eager to shoot the Imperius Curse at my would-be knight. In this way, your mission will be over.
“Hey, how will we know that you are dead then? No matter how enthusiastic you are, you will never be able to inform us of your death.”
Griffith nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I want this mission..."
The count immediately interrupted him: "Stop, Mr. Knight-to-be. Don't forget that as a low-level officer, and a low-level officer of your age, you should not make random guesses without being asked."
Griffith felt deeply humiliated. He was wrong. He tried to find an excuse for the sake of his self-esteem, but couldn't find one. Suddenly, he noticed a piece of information.
Low-level officer?
The count suddenly realized that he had let slip... He explained with an indifferent expression:
“The military will grant you the rank of Reserve Assault Squadron Leader.”
So fast?! Griffith was shocked.
Reserve Assault Squadron Leader is a reserve officer rank, and it is also the lowest officer rank, lower than a second lieutenant, but even so, he is still an officer. From then on, Griffiths broke away from the non-commissioned officer class.
In just three days, he was promoted from a trainee knight to an associate knight, and from a second-level squad to an officer.
After receiving the Knight's Order of the Eagle with Silver Oak Leaves, Griffiths was already predicting when he would receive the rank of officer, but he did not expect it to be so soon.
His first reaction was excitement, happiness, and excitement about the increase in salary.
But soon, he felt something was wrong.
This all happened too fast.
Griffith is only a first-year student at Homemon Watts, and he still has several years to go before completing his studies. Generally speaking, the most outstanding Shutoral students can be appointed as reserve assault squadron leaders in the third year, and only in the fourth year.
It is possible to obtain the official rank of officer.
Such a rapid promotion and advancement has exceeded the scope of reuse, which means that the following tasks are extremely dangerous, even more than the dangers suggested by Professor Heinz.
"Thank you for your trust! Your Excellency, Earl." Griffith stood at attention and beat his chest in salute. Anyway, the Earl didn't discuss it with him, so he couldn't refuse.
Count Larmore nodded and continued:
"The Assault Cavalry is a Guard system. You can be independent of the command of the National Defense Forces. You do not even need to take orders from the extraordinary people on the scene. You can make decisions and report independently. In combat status, your authority is increased by two levels, which is equivalent to that of a lieutenant in an ordinary army. You can
Exercise command over the National Defense Forces and local forces.