Pale Emblem

Chapter 193: Small but Not Humble

In today's era, the laws of the world are strict and complete, the four elemental seas are difficult to reach, natural life is gradually prospering, and powerful extraordinary individuals are restricted. For example, the path of promotion for human knights is full of obstacles, and even the theory of bloodline is established.

Low-level bloodlines manifest as low-level knights, and high-level bloodlines manifest as high-level knights.

Bloodline cannot be crossed!

Todd was born in a humble family, that was because his knight bloodline was of extremely low rank. No matter how hard he worked several times harder than an ordinary person, he could not change the fact. He could only rely on a blood purification potion to barely be promoted to an apprentice knight.

Later, he joined the Randall family and was appreciated by the Earl, who gave him a golden potion. He took this opportunity to resonate with 11 elements, reaching the pinnacle of an apprentice knight and was only one step away from becoming a formal knight.

This step is a natural chasm.

Todd was not willing to give up. He had extraordinary perseverance and persisted in practicing the knight training method.

It was a secret method created by the Earl of Golden Eyes, the Divine Knights, and the Kingdom's wizard scholars, which aimed to tap the potential of the knight's bloodline and increase the success rate of bloodline manifestation.

Unfortunately, the potions he had taken before had already exhausted the potential in his blood.

The Knight's Forging Method is of no help to nobles who have ascended through the ranks by taking medicine.

However, as long as conditions permit, Todd will practice the Knight Forging Method once a day and circulate his fighting spirit to try to resonate with the twelfth element.

A few days ago, or to be exact, the day before Chimera attacked, Todd discovered that the twelfth element was loose.

He wasn't sure whether it was because of his long-term persistence that it paid off, or if it was for some other reason.

However, when Todd carefully experienced the twelfth element these days, he had a vague feeling that if he continued to turn southwest, his chances of successfully resonating with the twelfth element would be greater.

Chimera and Wyvern were flying from the southwest to attack them.

So, the lair of Dragon King Firumat is also in the southwest?

Todd wanted to find someone to talk to. Among his companions, only Charlotte was a knight, and the two could verify each other.

Charlotte's situation is similar to Todd's. She also took potions to be promoted to Bronze Knight, and then relied on gold potions to resonate with twenty-three elements to become a senior Bronze Knight. However, her knighthood has come to an end and she can no longer continue to be promoted to Silver Knight.

"Senior knights like me who were promoted through potions have exhausted the potential in their bloodlines. There is a clear difference between me and those senior knights who were promoted naturally."

"The difference is that senior knights who are naturally promoted can mobilize void elements, but we can't..."

"But that was before!"

Charlotte raised one of her slender hands and clenched it into a fist. A green light appeared from the void, like a cloud or mist, and slowly rotated around the female knight's arm, like a nimble fish.

Todd's pupils contracted, he took a deep breath, bowed and asked, "Sir, when did you notice this change?"

He used honorifics for Charlotte.

The vast majority of senior knights with high-ranking bloodlines will have no difficulty in being promoted to Silver Knights. The so-called barrier is like a half-open door that opens with a push.

An important manifestation is that they can mobilize void elements in the senior knight stage.

Then, according to the common understanding of the knight nobles, Charlotte is regarded as a silver-level knight because he mobilized the void water element.

"Unlike you, I have no ambition to be a knight... Being able to serve His Highness Randall is the greatest fortune of my life." Charlotte smiled slightly, and then said seriously: "I never practice knight training. I discovered the abnormality of the elemental position a few days ago."

As she spoke, she turned to look at the two flying dragons and the group of monkeys that were continuously devouring the alienated flesh and blood.

"With your naked eyes, you saw a group of wild beasts fighting for flesh and blood. However, that day I suddenly had a different vision. What I saw was not the wild beasts eating, but the transfer and accumulation of elements... The water element, earth element, fire element, and wind element were being transferred by Philip IV to the flying dragon and violent ape, and accumulated in large quantities in their bodies."

"That's why the beast keeps eating without defecating. The alienated flesh and blood it eats directly participates in the alienated changes in its body."

"I am therefore convinced that I have mastered the elemental perception of a high-level knight!"

Elemental perception originates from the underlying laws and has a very high priority. It can give one a glimpse into the essence of the development and changes of things and is a signature ability of high-level knights.

It is said that the elemental perception of the Divine Knight has transcended the limitations of time and space, making him always invincible.

Charlotte's elemental perception is still at the most basic stage, with a perception radius of less than 20 meters and only targeting a single target.

Even so, she can see changes in things that are different from what the naked eye can see.

In Todd's opinion, it is obviously more difficult for a knight who takes drugs to be promoted to a silver knight than for an apprentice knight to be promoted to a knight.

Now that Charlotte has been promoted to Silver Knight, there is no reason for him to fail.

"Don't be happy too soon." Charlotte glanced at him and said calmly, "I know very well that the elemental barrier has opened a crack for me, but I still can't push open the door... Your current situation should be similar. I advise you to act cautiously and not rush to the 12th element rashly, lest you fail and get seriously injured."

Todd was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "Thank you for your warning. I will always keep it in mind."

He paused for a moment, then said, "Perhaps, this is a magical country... I remember that before the master decided to expedition to the Assyrian Empire, he summoned us to the family secret castle to prepare, which included learning the historical secrets that the master had collected and analyzing relevant intelligence."

"The manuscripts of those historical secrets were mainly provided by the Trigoval Paladin Family."

"The manuscript records that about 10,000 years ago, the Pantheon, the wizard organization that ruled most of the ancient city-states, was completely defeated in the war. The remaining Pantheon wizards, with the help of the dragon clan, took a large number of mortals with them, crossed the Jinshui River, and fled to the southern continent, where they are now unknown."

"...Before the Pantheon fled south, they organized an elite group of extraordinary knights to raid the barbarian holy land on the Arreat Plateau and steal the holy relics of the barbarians and dwarves."

"However, the golden knight who carried out the theft mission did not follow the Pantheon wizard to flee south. Instead, he chose to lead his family to surrender to the Church of Light and offered the holy relic."

"They are the ancestors of the Trigoval Paladin family."

"...Until 1,500 years ago, under the secret manipulation of the church, the Pantheon wizard organization in the human kingdom was revived. However, the new Pantheon went out of control due to the sudden appearance of the great wizard Blair, and eventually severely damaged the Church of Light."

"While the church was destroying the Pantheon, a wizard took advantage of the chaos to steal the barbarians' holy relics and escaped."

"The Golden Paladins of the Trigoval family were responsible for hunting down the traitorous wizard. They chased him all the way to the distant Assyrian Empire." "The Paladins had another encounter in the Assyrian Empire. They even accidentally exposed the information of the human kingdom to the Ant Queen... but there was no mention of the wizard in Trigoval's notes."

"What was that wizard's name...Oh, it's Malf."

Charlotte nodded and said, "You remember correctly, the wizard who defected is called Malf... The Paladins lost track of Malf in the Assyrian Empire, and they were unfortunately involved in the Assyrian blood sacrifice incident, so they no longer had the energy to track down Malf's whereabouts."

"But we have learned that the wizard Malf consciously went to visit the Ant Queen, and with the help of the Ant Queen, he successfully crossed the Golden Water River and entered the Southern Continent."

"As for, how did Malfoy know about the existence of the Ant Queen? What was his purpose in going to find the Ant Queen? And what method did he use to get the Ant Queen to help him?"

"…We don't know the answers to these questions. Perhaps the master knows the truth, but he hasn't told us yet, and we have been separated from him."

Todd's expression was a little heavy at the moment. He was silent for a moment and then said, "The half-elves in Dragon Country are probably the descendants of those ancient people. I don't know how they changed from humans to half-elves... Moreover, I suspect that the wizard Malf from 1,500 years ago also came here."

Charlotte couldn't help but frown. When His Highness Randall summoned the most elite forces of the family to expedition to the Assyrian Empire, they had eliminated the threat of the Ant Queen, but they didn't expect His Highness to be trapped in this mysterious and unknown Dragon Kingdom.

Before, the historical secrets they read were just historical secrets. Now, they are trapped in them, and the clues in the historical secrets reveal terrifying meanings.

The powerful Ant Queen turned out to be just a node in the historical clue. After finally defeating the Ant Queen, His Highness Randall immediately fell to the next node of the clue.

——The Dragon Kingdom of the Southern Continent!

What kind of existence can manipulate the fate of His Highness Randall?

When Charlotte thought about this question, she felt powerless.

The most outrageous thing is that they had just entered the territory of the Dragon Kingdom and didn’t know anything about the situation, but they had to immediately participate in Bettina’s dragon-slaying plan?

Logically speaking, Dragon King Filmat should be more difficult to deal with than the Ant Queen, right?

"Wait, I know everything you are talking about, but I don't understand what you mean. For example, the wizard Malf, he lived fifteen hundred years ago and died a long time ago. I'm afraid even his bones can't be found now. What does he have to do with the Earl's mysterious disappearance?" Marcy, who was listening, couldn't help but ask.

"Well, it doesn't seem to matter."

"Haha, haha." Seeing that her man was stumped by the question, Marcy couldn't help but laugh triumphantly.

The Savage Warrior doesn't seem very smart, but she also has fewer troubles.

Todd secretly criticized his partner.

Of course, clues to historical secrets will not be of direct help in finding Earl Randall.

The reason why he took the initiative to mention the contents of the notes of the Trigoval ancestor paladin was to remind Lady Charlotte cautiously and obscurely:

Don't mess with Bettina, she is no longer the cute and greedy little fat girl she used to be.

In fact, Bettina is very powerful. She has inherited the magical legacy of the Assyrian Empire and the Ant Queen, and now she should be a transcendent of the same level as His Highness Randall.

Moreover, Belle has grown up and shows obvious possessiveness towards Prince Randall, so she does not hide her annoyance towards Charlotte.

Last winter, His Highness Randall suddenly called out to his followers, and only Aka heard it. When Aka arrived at the scene, he found that Bettina was already waiting there.

Charlotte, Todd and the others could not hear His Highness' call.

This is enough to show that Bettina and Aka are the ones who have the ability to help His Highness.

Neither can anyone else.

Since His Highness called Bettina, it means that His Highness trusts her.

Even if Bell was hiding something, they had no right to question him.

Fifteen hundred years ago, the legendary paladin of the Trigoval family was wiped out when they tracked down the Assyrian Empire. Although he escaped back to the Church, he was seriously injured and died in the end. Even the great restoration technique cast by the Pope could not save him.

The legendary Paladin was involved in a major incident in a foreign country and couldn't protect himself. Why do these third- and fourth-level knights and fierce warriors think they are so self-righteous?

Charlotte looked at Todd deeply and said calmly, "Even if these historical secrets are of little help in finding His Highness, as followers of the Randall family, we must use all means to rescue our master."

"As His Highness Randall's sworn knight, I sincerely hope to receive the full support of Todd and Marcy, the two of you family retainers."

According to the laws of the human kingdom, when the head of a family is unable to take power personally, the order of transition of temporary power in the family is the mistress, the heir, the sworn knight, and the chief squire.

Charlotte actually holds a very high position in the Randall family. Todd and Marcy, who are usually followers, have to be controlled by her.

Of course, Charlotte has no power of her own, and family members often ignore her existence.

Marcy didn't think too much and immediately half-knelt down to show Knight Charlotte her support.

Todd could only kneel down and obey. He was not sure whether Charlotte understood his hint.

Bertina has changed so much that her appearance, temperament, and abilities are like a completely different person. If Charlotte angers her, an irreparable tragedy may occur.

Charlotte seemed to see through Todd's thoughts. She asked, "Todd, do you know what 'Your Highness' is?"

"The queen, prince, and princess can be called His Royal Highness by the king and the church..." Todd thought for a moment and added, "But in the ancient city-state era, the 'one-man country, the uncrowned king' can be called His Royal Highness...referring to the Golden Knights and spellcasters above level five."

Charlotte nodded and said, "According to the ancient laws that have been passed down to this day, the title of His Royal Highness counts as one... Logically speaking, both Emerson and Bell, the father and daughter, can be called His Royal Highnesses. Since they are His Royal Highnesses, the family rules have no effective constraints on them. However, we are not His Royal Highnesses, and we still have to abide by the oath of loyalty we made to the Earl."

Bettina is now a princess, and she has her own ideas. But this does not mean that the followers of the Randall family can do nothing when their master is in trouble.

"That's beyond doubt." Todd lowered his head and said sincerely.

"Get up..." Charlotte nodded with a smile and said, "Victor once told me that according to the law of supernatural attraction, powerful supernatural beings will attract powerful enemies. Philip IV attracted Chimera and Wyvern, and Bettina attracted the Dragon King Firumat..."

"However, if you want to push down a mountain, you will first face falling rocks. Dragon King Firumat is the lord of this country and is protected by the power of destiny. If Bettina wants to deal with him, I'm afraid it won't be smooth sailing."

"These two days are the critical period for Bell to cast spells. We must do a good job of patrolling and taking precautions... I estimate that those half-elves will come back to become our enemies."