Throne of the North.

Chapter 803 The Initial Establishment of the Knight Academy (Part 6)
"How impressive!"

Standing before the magnificent ancient building, Brand couldn't help but marvel.

The Imperial Knight Academy has existed for over a thousand years. It is so vast that it contains several spacious horse farms, and even has its own mountains and dense forests outside the capital city.

In the past, this place provided a steady stream of knights to the nobles of the empire every year, reaching its peak especially after the empire's blasphemy more than a hundred years ago.

Otherwise, in the past, commoners would have stopped respectfully and greeted a knight with a respectful "Master" and a salute.

"Your Excellency Heather, it seems no one knows we are here."

It was Ivar Clayton, the second son of the Earl, who spoke, standing next to Brand.

Upon hearing his words, Heather snorted coldly, and the legendary power that had existed within her for hundreds of years erupted the next moment, with surging blood and qi sweeping across the sky above the imperial capital like a blue wave.

"Who dares to act recklessly in the capital city?!"

In an instant, many auras were disturbed. Some mages took to the air, while others appeared in shock and anger. All eyes fell on the Imperial Knight Academy and saw Heather's otherworldly face.

"Ms. Heather."

One by one, the faces fell silent and disappeared, leaving only a few Sky Knights who were thrown out and brought before Heather.

"Your Excellency Heather, the Imperial Capital does not allow Legendaries to unleash their full power. Please conceal your presence so as not to disturb His Majesty."

"Hmph! Wasn't it Volvo that invited me to the capital?"

"Would I scare him?"

The Sky Knight's face showed anger, and he suppressed his awe, speaking in a voice devoid of reverence:
"Your Excellency Heather, please respect His Majesty the most honorable ruler of the Empire."

"Stop talking nonsense and get out of the way. Now that I am the Dean of the Imperial Knight Academy, no one here has the right to stop me!"

"Open it for me!"

Heather pointed ahead, her hand already resting on the hilt of a rapier covered in silver patterns. The Sky Knight felt a chill run down his spine. This sword had an ancient origin; it was a legendary weapon bestowed upon Heather by an emperor of the empire, and it was almost on par with the Sword of Montreal.

The reason it's almost there is because it hasn't yet had its fill of the blood of a pope-level being.

"This……"

Looking back, the Sky Knights were also troubled. The Imperial Knight Academy possessed an ancient forbidden power. Apart from the royal family, only the internal mechanisms of the Knight Academy could open the passage, but what was going on with the academy now?

"How about I go in and ask Dean Adebayo? Maybe he's asleep."

“That Adebayo kid never sleeps. Do you think I’m as stupid as him?”

Heather snapped at him, while Brand, standing nearby, was bewildered and didn't understand why he was being urged.

Beside him, Kaz whispered a reminder.

"Dean Adebayo is an elder of the Freming family. A hundred years ago, he sealed the eye of a great being into his heart with his legendary body. Since then, he has been unable to close his eyes and has suffered the pain of sleeplessness for hundreds of years. His Excellency Brena, the Imperial Magician, once said that he was eternally imprisoned in that eye. Therefore, in reality, it is Adebayo who is sealed in the eyeball of a god."

"To avoid madness, Dean Adebayo used some kind of aura from the Imperial City to create a new layer of seal on himself. It now appears to be the power of the divine body beneath the Imperial City, because this power prevents him from ever leaving that small room."

"That is, the Imperial Knight Academy."

“But even here, Dean Adebayo’s eyes can see what’s happening in any corner of the entire Imperial Province. To avoid such power, the Knight Academy is surrounded by a layer of magic, because this is the Imperial City, and he is not qualified to look at the palace that belongs to His Majesty the Emperor.”

"It could also be because he was once a follower of Lord Rice."

The empire has four Grand Dukes, all of whom must be loyal supporters of His Majesty the Emperor. The previous royal family was led by Henry the Conqueror, and there are still elderly members of the royal family who have not yet died. The families of the four Grand Dukes must also have ancient relics from more than a hundred years ago.

They did not belong to this era, yet they did not die for some reason.

Is he good?

Brand asked this question, focusing solely on this issue.

"It's hard to say, because although he is a legend, he has long been corrupted by the essence of the gods."

Kaz thought for a moment, then shook his head and replied:

"A legend cursed by the gods is probably weaker than a mortal. Dean Adebayo might not even be able to defeat a trainee knight."

"But his status is distinguished."

Yes, in the Empire, one's status is more prestigious than that of a legendary figure, so whether he can fight or not is not important.

Heather's power was still rising, and the Sky Knight couldn't withstand such pressure. Fortunately, a slight ripple spread from the Knight Academy behind her, and some kind of terrifying forbidden power disappeared.

"Teacher Heather, you have finally left the mountains of the Blazing Snow Province."

An elderly man with gray hair appeared at the entrance of the academy, bowed to Heather with emotion, and then his gaze fell on Brand.

"Your Excellency the Northern Knight, who is said to have become a legend in just a few years, is truly young. Are you the one representing that legendary Baron to exchange ideas with the Imperial Knight Academy?"

Adebayo was somewhat surprised to find that there were hundreds of students behind Brand.

"Are they all students from the Northern Knights Academy?"

Brand hesitated, but Ivar beside him answered directly:
"Yes, Dean, they are all students of the Northern Knight Academy. My brother's achievements are so remarkable that even my father is constantly amazed."

"Dragon Knight, your Clayton family is truly blessed."

Adebayo nodded and invited the guest from afar to come in. Heather looked at the old man, snorted coldly, ignored his bitter smile, and walked straight in.

"Aren't I supposed to become the headmaster of the Imperial Knight Academy? When will the Emperor grant me an audience?"

Adebayo did not hesitate on this matter, but had his servants bring over the abbot's clothes and ring, as well as some land deeds.

"His Majesty is unlikely to grant you an audience, Ms. Heather."

Adebayo didn't say it aloud because Heather was too old; she could be the ancestor of everyone in the empire. The reason he said this was because the current emperor's great-grandfather had pursued her.

As a junior, Volvo probably doesn't want to see Lord Heather because of this relationship. He has recently started to avoid long-term contact with Grand Duke Meyers, just like his father, for fear that these ancient and noble people will lecture him.

In truth, His Majesty the Emperor is becoming more and more like his father.

Is there any way to refuse this appointment?

Adebayo looked at Heather with some surprise, then frowned at his already wrinkled forehead.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult, Ms. Heather. As you know, this appointment actually came from His Majesty Columbus III, but he hasn't had a chance to tell you yet..."

“I know, otherwise I wouldn’t have come here.”

Heather had to admit that during the more than one hundred years of the empire's history, Columbus III's prestige was absolutely the most formidable, far surpassing that of the current Emperor Columbus IV.

"The Blazing Snow Province still needs me; the army there cannot be handed over to a bunch of useless people."

Heather's tone turned cold, which surprised Adebayo. This long-lived lady was actually so concerned about humans who only had a few decades to live. She had indeed integrated into the human world.

But after hearing the rest, Adebayor also became dissatisfied.

"Ms. Heather, the knights trained by the Imperial Knight Academy are the best knights. They will become the empire's finest officers and win countless wars for His Majesty Emperor Flor."

Those were all his students, and he didn't want them to be slandered. "Is that so? In my memory, none of the students from the Imperial Knight Academy have become legends."

Adebayo took a deep breath, the only way to calm his anger, but Heather was right.

The Imperial Knight Academy has never produced a single legendary knight.

Adebayo didn't engage in this ominous topic, but instead looked at the Northern peasants on the other side, who were looking around with immense curiosity.

"The students of the Imperial Knight Academy are the best, and it just so happens that knights from the North have arrived. Lady Heather can take a good look at them."

The Imperial Knight Academy was in an uproar in a single day, simply because the life potion that had been reduced in quantity could actually be delivered to them in the next few days.

There is only one way to obtain the Knight's Life Potion: to teach those peasants from the North a lesson.

"There's a knight academy in the North? I've never heard of it before."

"Those guys looking around like that? Damn it, what are they doing? That's a three-hundred-year-old castle, and they're actually hacking at it with swords!"

"A bunch of ignorant fools. Look at the armor they're wearing. Good heavens, even the wood-chopping weapon I use at home is better looking than that."

"There are indeed no gentlemen in the North. Do they not have female knights there? Miss Joni is indeed very beautiful."

The Imperial Knights Academy only learned on this day that some reckless fellow from the North wanted to have an 'academic' exchange with them.

"Hey!"

"You rude fellow, let go of my hand right now! Who gave you the right to grab Miss Joni's wrist?!"

The knights angrily surrounded a burly man, their faces grim.

"What's your name? Which territory are you from? How can you be so rude!"

The young man surrounded in the middle seemed a little uneasy and nervous, and said hesitantly:
“I, my name is Zack, I come from a small sand town near Zero Crossing City, I... I am a commoner.”

"civilian?!!!"

"Damn you, how dare you touch Miss Johnny with your filthy hands! Do you know how noble Miss Johnny's bloodline is?"

"That's not it. She wanted to see my sword, but the instructor said that soldiers' weapons cannot be touched."

"Stop wasting your breath on him, kill this filthy peasant!"

People rushed forward, deeply regretting that they hadn't brought any weapons with them.

Not far away, a group of people from the North watched this scene with curiosity. Were the knights of the Imperial City really so simple and honest? Fighting could be seen everywhere.

"No, they're attacking Zach!"

"What?! That damned bastard actually used such despicable means to kill them!"

In just a few seconds, the scene turned into a brawl involving hundreds of people.

"Damn Northern peasants, take your filthy weapons away!"

"Disgrace! How dare you insult Andrews' bloodline! I will fight you to the death!"

"What? You're a nobleman? Not a commoner?"

"You're the commoner, your whole family are commoners!"

"For the honor of the family, you shall die!"

"You despicable bastard, you actually dare to duel me for a commoner!"

"What commoners? There are no commoners at the Northern Knights Academy. We are all noble knights!"

In the distance, legends from the North and high-ranking knights from various noble families were still discussing with the people from the Imperial Knight Academy how to conduct this 'academic exchange' concerning the political stances of their respective noble families when they heard deafening shouts of fighting and killing.

"Is this another attempt to intimidate us?"

The noble knights of the North exchanged glances, sensing the intense political atmosphere of the capital city on their very first day.

The noble knight instructors of the Imperial Knight Academy looked at each other in surprise, wondering what was going on.

It should be noted that, under the dean's will, in order to get those students who did not want to stay at the Imperial Knight Academy—who would instead join the Imperial First Legion after graduation—to leave in the next few days, they had not told them at all that the Northern Knight Academy was coming to exchange ideas, especially about the news that the Northern Baron had brought out a lot of Knight Life Potions.

According to the dean, the purpose was to retain the knight students who truly needed the knight's life potion, so that the knight academy could remain as pure as it had been before.

Therefore, it's impossible for those students to have organized in advance to fight with the people from the North.

Fortunately, the answer was soon revealed.

"Your Excellency, those Northern knights are fighting with our knights!"

"what?"

"Beated up like this?"

Adebayo's expression was somewhat unpleasant, not because of the fight itself—his eyes could see all of the Knight Academy—but because his own student was being suppressed and was at a disadvantage.

On the other side, Brand was somewhat angry. How dare the knights of the Northern Knights Academy make a move without orders?

A group of high-ranking knights of noble status quickly arrived at the square where the fight was taking place. A terrifying aura of blood pressure descended, and everyone stood apart in a tense manner.

"Why are you engaging in a group fight?!"

Brand looked at these people with a cold expression. He was too young, but the power of legend supplemented his majesty. The students of the Northern Knight Academy lowered their heads in fear, and only a few people who knew the original truth spoke up to explain.
“Commander Brand, it was these people who were beating up Zach. A dozen of them were beating up Zach, which is why we intervened.”

After one person finished speaking, the other nervously added:
“We didn’t use our weapons without orders, otherwise I would have already killed that guy who dared to insult my family’s honor.”

On the other side, the instructors of the Imperial Knight Academy were also angrily rebuking them.

Why did you attack?

The knight cadets below also responded angrily:

“Instructor Wick, it was that man who dared to touch Miss Joni with his filthy hands. We couldn’t stand by and watch, so we helped him.”

The focus of attention gradually fell on a girl with wheat-colored skin, whose face tensed up and became extremely stiff.

“I, I just want to see his sword. It looks like the ‘Snow Dragon’s Roar’, a specialty of the North. My father loves it, so I want to borrow it for him to see.”

On the other side, Zach, his face bruised and swollen, also sobbed as he spoke.

“Lady Egil said that we cannot give weapons to others, and I was just trying to stop her from reaching for them.”

"Damn peasant, you actually touched it!"

"They actually hit Zack!"

The two sides were once again on the verge of conflict, but the important figures stared blankly at the sky.

(End of this chapter)