Dear Broom Knight.

Chapter 979 The Owner of the Sunlight Maple Tree

"You're so good with words!" Luciano lightly slapped Cole's round head on the back.

He was about to say something when he turned his head and saw Antirochus and his sister.

Then he patted Cole on the shoulder and said softly, "Now that everyone's here, let's go! Remember to keep up, don't look around, and don't go anywhere you shouldn't be."

His voice was actually very soft, but it reached everyone's ears.

Antirochus stared at Luciano without blinking... his self-control was truly remarkable.

His family is the type that fights with a wide-ranging, aggressive style and places great importance on the knight's strength attribute.

However, Antirochus was not known for his strength.

The old duke, who already looked down on his son, became even more dismissive of him after confirming that his son's attributes after several advancements were all 'well-rounded'.

After all, in a knightly family with a long tradition, being well-rounded means being mediocre.

The most important thing is whether attribute-based combat skills can be generated after the Knight Core is condensed.

Pure strength, agility, and even physique can give a knight innate combat skills.

But mediocrity is hard to achieve.

Perhaps such people had their own path in the past, but after the level cap was limited to 16, that path was cut off.

Of course, if you're willing to spend the money, it's not entirely impossible to buy those special attribute potions made from rare and exotic fruits from the Earth Church.

But since he already had a satisfactory son, the Duke certainly didn't need to waste his energy trying to change the fate of this younger son.

Antirochus never expected anything from that cheap old man.

But he never thought of giving up... Even if he ended up as the most mediocre high-ranking knight, he still had to have his own place.

He researched many methods and found that the simplest skill, which only required effort to learn, was self-control.

If he can do something that others need to use ten parts of their strength with eight parts of their strength... then there's no need to worry too much about a slight difference in strength.

Moreover, a knight with strong enough control can still find the weak points in the opponent's protective power even without the elemental power covering their entire body.

Of course, strong self-control means learning a lot of skills... skills that others can acquire through talent, but Antirochus felt that his intelligence was decent enough and he should be able to put in the effort.

This is also the most important reason why he wanted to join the Church of the Night... Most of the technical knights are in the Church of the Night.

Just like the Knight Luciano in front of me, who has perfect control over the transmission of sound.

Although he subconsciously held his sister's hand, Antirochus followed Luciano almost entirely, not even bothering to look at what Laurel Street looked like.
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"Huh?" Alexandra blinked as she looked out the window facing the street. "That's... Duke Harvey's child?"

Although she didn't plan to wander around the maze, she still wanted to see the excitement.

There's no need to go so early to watch the excitement; we should wait until someone comes out first.

So she sat here first, wanting to see the younger generation of the Dark Night Church.

Although children over 8 years old will not stay on Laurel Street, they will usually stay in the two small blocks next to it, since they still come to Laurel Church for their daily activities.

Another, less frequently opened exit of Laurel Street is located in the central square in front of the Royal Palace.

She already knew the guy with the golden hair at the front.

The Dark Night Church's trump card.

Despite being a believer in the darkness, he is actually a nature mage.

He is clearly a nature mage, but he insists on being a knight.

Of course, this is not impossible, but the nature mage will inevitably be affected by the plant companion, and the physical attributes will also change accordingly.

Unfortunately, Luciano's contract was with a maple tree.

Plants named after the sun need no further explanation of their basic attributes; illuminating others while illuminating themselves is their fundamental characteristic.

Among these plants that possess the power of the sun, the sun-kissed maple tree stands out as a leader.

In places where there is no sun, the sun-loving maple tree can even exist in place of the sun.

In some smaller dimensional spaces, if sunlight cannot be introduced due to incomplete laws, a sun-drenched maple tree that can grow infinitely upwards will be planted in the central area.

Only in this way can we provide the basic conditions for the life of all kinds of organisms, especially plants and animals.

Of course, this plant is also difficult to cultivate, requiring a large amount of sunstone to provide energy for its growth.

Although sunstones are expensive, they can be used repeatedly. Once the light within them is used up, they can be used again by simply placing them in the sun for a full year.

This is an extremely powerful magical plant. If the people of the Earth Church were to obtain it, they would be overjoyed.

However, the one who owns this maple tree is Luciano, who is determined to become the most loyal follower of the Goddess of Night and enter the Kingdom of Night after death.

Even if the Archbishop of the Night personally advised Luciano to change his lifestyle... if he had to do something practical to feel at ease, then becoming a nature tutor at the Laurel Church would be fine.

The Goddess of the Night doesn't impose many restrictions on her followers; sufficient piety and reverence, and a pure heart from beginning to end, are enough.

If Luciano continues to teach diligently, he will surely still have the qualification to enter the Dark Kingdom.

Caring for women and children is, in itself, an act of obeying the will of the goddess.

But Luciano completely ignored this argument, resolutely choosing the path of the Night Guardian, even aspiring to become a Shadow Walker among the Guardians. The Night Walker's attribute is pure light… utterly absurd.

But Luciano, with such talent, actually did it.

It's not that he reversed his talent, but rather that he became an alchemist.

The random gemstone pendants he wore weren't always so dazzling.

The essence of this thing is actually to draw upon his solar power and transform it into something like an alchemical bomb.

Although this doesn't completely change his attributes, it's enough for him to learn Dark-type skills.

Luciano thus became a strange being whose veins flowed with the power of the sun, yet whose body could merge into darkness.

However, he is also the most difficult Night Walker to deal with.

To kill him, at least ten experts of the same level would be needed.

After all, the Night Walker is a class with strong sustained combat ability, and Luciano also has a large number of gem bombs on him.

Moreover, he used alchemy to transform the bomb into two types: a high-temperature burning bomb and an exorcising holy light bomb.

Even Alexandra couldn't imagine what force could find ten powerful individuals capable of simultaneously dealing with these three forces.

Of course, the Church of Storms and the Church of Earth are not incapable of doing so... but they would never openly confront the Church of the Night.

Luciano is not someone you can deal with by assassination.

Anyone who hits him will cause him to explode.

The Lord of the Tower had specifically researched how to deal with him, and then left behind an unsolvable answer... This doesn't mean that the Lord of the Tower couldn't kill him, but rather that he couldn't kill him instantly.

There's enough time for the Goddess of the Night to appear.

In the end, the only option was to ignore him and keep the Tower followers as far away from the country as possible.

There was no need for the Earth Believers to get involved; the reasons they gave for fighting each other were even more absurd than those the Tower Believers had specifically devised.

Moreover, if they determine that an external factor is at play, they will work together to deal with that factor first.

As for the Night Cultists, it goes without saying that Luciano's Sunlit Maple Tree is the most terrifying threat to the Tower Cultists.

The only option for cult members is to stay away from them.

Anyway, this guy won't leave Emilia City... Once he goes out, he won't be as much of a threat.

After all, the rooted maple tree could provide him with an unlimited supply of energy.

Luciano could even extract the sun's energy from the maple tree to make those bombs.

In this city, he was practically invincible.

Fortunately, as the future Crown Princess of Emilia, Luciano's mission is to protect the future of the Church of the Night.

Although there are places similar to the Laurel Church at the Temple of the Night, the covert resistance there is much stronger, and some things simply cannot be hidden... The children are affected almost simultaneously with their classes.

Although you won't be unemployed after graduation, you might end up becoming enemies with your former classmates.

It wasn't much better.

Although the internal strife within the Church of the Night does not directly result in deaths, it has led to many mortal enemies being killed by external adversaries.

The situation on Laurel Street is completely different.

Queen Emilia is a rare example of absolute neutrality within the Church of the Night... Although she does cause trouble, she doesn't actually form any factions.

They act solely according to the will of the goddess of the night.

There were indeed many people at the Temple of the Night who disliked her... but Emilia had always been deeply favored by the Goddess of the Night and could contact the goddess directly at any time.

No believer in the Dark Night dared to risk being discovered by the goddess and confront her.

The Emilia family's status naturally became very detached as a result.

The children at Laurel Street Church are less affected by the outside world.

Even if some of them eventually choose to become believers in the earth, no one will condemn them.

The children of the Night Believers and Earth Believers in Emilia were therefore not required to establish their faith before adulthood.

After learning the basic concepts of the two churches, most children have the freedom to choose their future according to their own hearts.

Therefore, some Night Elf believers who do not want their children to be affected by boring factional struggles will naturally send their children to Emilia City.

Her Majesty the current Queen is a kind and compassionate person... Golden Maple Road and Golden Maple Hotel were created after she saw the helplessness of some children who had to move away from Laurel Street at the age of eight during her teenage years.

It even provides a lot of part-time jobs for some children who can only rely on their own efforts.

That maple tree was originally just a golden maple that she had planted herself years ago.

As a result, while working at the hotel, Crown Prince Luciano suddenly experienced a spiritual connection with the maple tree... perhaps because they were both children of Queen Louise?

(End of this chapter)