king of the castle

Chapter 198 Strength Test

Regardless of whether Roger took what Castle Hub said seriously, he would still train hard every day for the next few days. 【】With the help of the primary training ground, and the Dragon Slaying Swordsmanship Compendium is really superb in the use of fighting energy, so Roger quickly mastered the method of using fighting energy proficiently.

Roger told Bonnie the good news, and the female knight was surprised and offered to compete with him.Of course Roger would not refuse, the two practiced a few hands in the classroom, Bonnie put away the sword and said in surprise: "I felt the power of fighting spirit when I was fighting with you just now, you have indeed been promoted to the Bronze rank powerhouse, There is no problem in passing the strength test! I really didn't expect you to be able to advance in such a short period of time, and in my memory, no one else has ever done it."

Being affirmed by the "senior swordsmanship teacher" Bonnie, Roger's vanity was also slightly satisfied.However, he quickly remembered one thing, frowned and said, "That fellow Pilk keeps making things difficult for me. Last time he asked me to translate the ancient elves in the exam. Now as long as you pass the strength test, you can get the title of knight. This guy Won't play tricks on me again, will you?"

"Probably not." Bonnie's words reassured Roger a lot: "I heard from other teachers that Pielke's intentional difficulties during the exam were known by His Majesty, so he was very dissatisfied with him and scolded him severely. A pause. If the Minister of Military Affairs hadn’t helped him speak, His Majesty would have deprived him of the post of principal.”

"It deserves it." Hearing that Pirk was unlucky, Roger's mood improved a lot.But he didn't intend to just let Pilk go, this guy was either with Jenson or Vettel's lackey, anyway, he wasn't a good guy.If Roger hadn't known that his current power was not strong enough to live happily after killing a nobleman, he might have attacked this bald man long ago.

No matter what Roger thought, time was always passing at its own pace, never standing still or speeding up for any reason.The last few days passed peacefully, and the day of the strength test finally arrived.

It's also a big day for the Rider School.Because after the strength test, the students who pass all the tests will be awarded the title of knight in public, officially becoming a member of the upper circle of the kingdom.So those students who passed the first three tests are very excited, because after today, their three years of hard study will bear fruit and become Kingdom Knights, which is the common ideal of all students.

The teachers of the school are also busy with the strength test, and many of them seem a little nervous.Because His Majesty the King will attend the strength test today, and will personally confer the title of knight to one of his students. Just to arrange the king's ceremonial guard, it will cause headaches for the teachers of the knight school.

Pilk was sweating profusely from work, and his bald forehead glistened in the sun because of the sweat.But he can't take care of these now, he just wants to complete today's strength test without any mistakes.The last time he made things difficult for Roger during the exam, Alonso III somehow found out about it, and was called into the palace to scold him severely.The angry king also planned to test Pirk's level of the ancient elves, and said that if he failed the test, he would be deprived of his knight title.

This scared Pirk half to death. Of course he knew that he knew nothing about the ancient Elvish language. If he was deprived of the title of knight, it would be equivalent to losing his noble status.Fortunately, Vettel helped Pierke say a few words, and Alonso III let Pierke go.But after being frightened like this, Pilk was much more honest, not to mention that the king will be present in person today, so he would never dare to make things difficult for Roger in the strength test.

"Damn maggots, you actually caused me to be scolded by His Majesty the King!" Thinking of Roger Pilker, I felt so angry that I couldn't help thinking viciously in my heart: "Hmph, I don't believe this country bumpkin from the Lund Peninsula He can be promoted to bronze strength within three months, as long as he fails this test, find someone to kill him after the limelight passes!"

At the same time that Pilker was having malicious thoughts in his head, Roger had already arrived at school.After learning that Alonso III also attended the strength test, he was completely relieved.At least for now, the king is on the side of Roger and the Hamilton family. With him, the old man in Pilk would not dare to mess around.

Other students also came to the school one after another. After learning that His Majesty the King came to the school and would personally confer the title of knight on a student, everyone was very excited and eager to perform well and become the lucky one who caught the king's attention.

"Childish..." Listening to other students' heated discussions, Roger curled his lips in disdain.He is not interested in attracting the king's attention. It is most beneficial to obtain the knighthood, and then further obtain the title of nobility and territory.

Not long after Alonso III came to the school, the strength test finally officially began.The test is divided into two steps. First, each student must chop off an iron and wood stake as thick as an adult's arm with one attack. Students who pass this test will also fight with a knight who is at least a bronze senior. Only after passing the strength test can one be considered as qualified to have the title of knight.

After a few days of training, Roger has been able to use the fighting spirit that has just appeared in his body relatively proficiently, coupled with the extremely sharp sword, it is not a problem to cut a piece of iron wood thick as an arm, and he easily passed the first round test.Most of the other students also passed the first round of tests, but considering Pilker's behavior style, Roger knew that many students must have passed the test because they were deliberately released.But Roger doesn't care about these things, as long as he doesn't get in his way, he has no interest in how Pilk puts water on those students.

The students who passed the first test gathered in the arena in the center of the school. This huge arena was temporarily divided into several areas, where the students would fight their knight opponents.Originally, these knights who fought with the students were arranged by the knight school, and the students decided which knight to fight with by drawing lots.But just after the first batch of students walked into the arena, Alonso III, who was sitting on the viewing platform, suddenly spoke.

"I selected some people from the palace guards, all of whom are honest and loyal knights." Apparently there was some kind of amplification magic on the viewing platform, and Alonso III's calm but majestic voice resounded throughout the arena: "I decided Let these knights test the strength of the students, after all, the students may also join the palace guard, let them get acquainted with their future partners earlier!"

Although Alonso III said it lightly, the expressions of Pirk and many students immediately changed.These students naturally took Pilk's joints and wanted to get away with the strength test.It was easy to cheat in the test of chopping iron wood before, and Pielke had also secretly taken care of the knights arranged by the school, asking them to show mercy to some students.However, Alonso III suddenly announced that the knights of the palace guards would test the students, which made all the arrangements of Pirk's students come to nothing.

Roger had a panoramic view of the reactions of Pilker and some of the students, and couldn't help but secretly said in his heart: "Hey... some people are going to be unlucky!"

After the second round of testing began, what Roger predicted did happen.The knights of the palace guard would not show mercy to the students, and many students were eliminated in a short time.Seeing the resentful eyes of these students looking at Pilker when they left the arena, Roger couldn't help but feel very happy when he thought of the situation that this guy had to explain to the other party afterward.

But happy to be happy, the next test still has to pass.When it was Roger's turn, he randomly picked a number. When he entered the arena, he realized that the person standing opposite him was actually an acquaintance, Captain of the Palace Guard Philip Massa.

"Viscount Massa..." Facing this handsome man, Roger couldn't help but shook his head and smiled wryly, "Your Majesty thinks of me too much, and even sent a silver-ranked strong man to test me."

"Don't talk nonsense, this is not His Majesty's arrangement, it's all decided by drawing lots!" Massa solemnly denied Roger's words, but he quickly put on a smiling face and said: "But I am very kind to you, I heard that you and Bonnie are very close, please tell me, how did you win her heart? I pursued her for a long time, but it never succeeded!"

"What do you want?" Roger asked warily.

"Don't get me wrong, I know Bonnie's character very well. Since she has already chosen you, I have no chance. I have completely given up on her." Massa rubbed his hands and said, "I just want to know how you are. How to impress Bonnie, it is... a purely academic discussion."

In fact, what Massa said was indeed true.The Viscount is handsome and dignified, and he is already a senior silver man at a young age, and he is also the most trusted minister of Alonso III. With these conditions, Massa is invincible in love.Many aristocratic wives and children in the capital regard Massa as the lover of their dreams. As long as he hooks his little finger, many women will take the initiative to climb onto the viscount's bed.

Massa is such a playboy, but he failed miserably when pursuing Bonnie, which became a rare example of failure in his "chasing women's history".However, although Massa is romantic, he never forces the opponent. After being rejected by Bonnie several times, he completely gave up and turned to attack other targets.This time, I also accidentally learned that Bonnie and Roger are close, so I came here to ask about it. It can be regarded as perfecting my skills in chasing girls, so as to improve my success rate in chasing girls.

Seeing that Massa spoke sincerely, Roger was relieved, and opened his arms and said affectionately: "I didn't go after Bonnie on purpose. We can be together because of fate, fate!"

"It's fine if you don't want to say it, you are stingy!" Massa didn't believe Roger's words, and drew out his long sword with a "swish" and said: "Accept the test!"

"I don't know if this guy will avenge himself publicly. Do you want to make up something to fool him?" Seeing the unfriendly look on Massa's handsome face, Roger was unavoidably a little apprehensive.

But Massa no longer gave Roger a chance to speak nonsense, and the long sword in his hand had already been chopped off.When Roger saw this, he didn't dare to be careless and hurriedly dodged sideways. Just as his body got out of the way, Massa's long sword had already been slashed heavily, leaving a deep mark on the ground.

"I'm rubbing it, I want to kill someone!" Roger was also frightened into a cold sweat when he touched the neat marks on the ground.He was about to ask Massa if he was crazy, but the latter stabbed out with a sword again.Fortunately, this time was the same as the sword just now, with more strength but less accuracy, and Roger easily dodged it.

Massa also seemed to lose his temper after making two consecutive strikes, and continuously attacked Roger with a left sword and a right sword.The strange thing is that Massa seems to want Roger's life with his sword, but each sword is slightly deflected, and it is impossible to touch Roger.

Then the strangest scene appeared on the arena, Roger's test was the most intense, Massa cut sword marks on the ground, and he had tried his best to test Roger.But Roger, who faced Massa's test, was actually the most relaxed student, as long as he pretended to dodge left and right, he didn't have to worry about the other party hurting himself.

At this time, Roger had already understood Massa's intentions, and he couldn't help but secretly said in his heart: "The king is so kind, he sent his captain of the guard to cooperate with his buddies in acting. I am afraid he is also afraid that my strength has not yet reached the bronze level, so he sent Massa. Come test me."

There is no doubt about the strength of Massa, and he has launched more than 20 attacks on Roger in an instant.Then he suddenly withdrew his sword and took a few steps back, looked at Roger with admiration and said loudly: "You have passed the strength test if you can withstand my attack for such a long time!"

"Nimma, someone above is really easy to handle! If I knew it was like this, I didn't have to work so hard a while ago." I didn't expect that I passed the strength test that I had been worrying about for so long, and Roger couldn't help but sigh inwardly. .However, he still looked serious on the surface, saluted Massa honestly and said: "More advice from you!"

"Work hard, I'm very kind to you, let's practice more in the future!" Massa also pretended to say something, but Roger guessed from his winking expression that the viscount's "comparison" was definitely not about martial arts , but refers to the means of picking up girls.

"This pervert!" Looking at the back of Massa turning away, Roger couldn't help cursing inwardly.However, thinking of the viscount's history of affair in the aristocratic circle of the capital, which was longer than Lawrence's epic, Roger felt that it was necessary to meet with Massa often, so that he could ask him for advice.

While Roger was debating whether to walk around with Massa more, the other students also took the second round of tests.The elimination rate of this year's students in the proficiency test was astonishingly high, and half of them failed the proficiency test.Of course, such a result is all due to the palace guards, and all unqualified students are eliminated by their hands.

"Count Pirk, the quality of this class of students is very average." Alonso III looked at the eliminated students, and said to Pirk who was standing beside him: "The next class of students must be well controlled, I don't want to It’s the same situation again.”

Although Alonso's tone was downplaying, Pirk was frightened into a cold sweat, and quickly bowed his body and said, "Of order, Your Majesty the King!"

"Okay, let's go and award honors to the students who have successfully graduated." Alonso III no longer glanced at the sweaty Pilk, and walked straight down from the viewing stand.