Being a knight is not easy

Chapter 2 Great Knight Damia

Robin was originally just an ordinary blue-collar office worker on the Blue Planet in the 21st century.

Daily life is monotonous and boring, like a clockwork machine, punching in for work on time and dragging a tired body off work.

His meager salary was barely enough to maintain a basic life. In this huge city, he was wandering alone, helpless, like a fallen leaf in the wind.

The winter of 2024 was particularly cold for Robin.

Because of the economic downturn, not only did his salary get cut, but his already meager year-end bonus was also drastically reduced, which instantly dashed all his expectations.

He was filled with depression and had no place to vent. With this heavy feeling of loss, he fell into a deep sleep, but he never expected that when he opened his eyes again, the world in front of him was completely unfamiliar.

The towering castle, the vast fields, the armored knights and the busy farmers, all of these shocked and confused him.

He discovered that he had traveled through time and space and became the heir of a knight family under Lord Blot.

However, fate did not seem to favor him because of his time travel.

His father was once a brave knight, but unfortunately died in a tragic battle.

The family failed to produce a new knight in time, and according to the rules, the fiefdom was ruthlessly taken away by the lord.

The family's glory collapsed in an instant, and the once warm family was shattered.

In this cruel world, family affection seems so fragile in the face of interests.

In order to seize the little remaining family property, the eldest brother in the family cruelly drove his illegitimate brother out of the family.

At that moment, Robin felt unprecedented despair and helplessness, as if he was abandoned by the whole world.

Fortunately, because his father was a knight, he received certain knight training since he was a child, which became his only survival skill in this strange world.

In order to avoid starvation, he had no choice but to join the lord's militia as soon as possible.

Although life is still hard, at least we can have something to eat and barely survive in this turbulent world.

From the moment he was kicked out of his family and joined the militia, Robin's life was filled with endless battles and hardships.

In the militia, we are always facing life and death tests.

Every battle is a close fight with death;

Every battle left new scars on his body.

He once fought with the enemy in an icy quagmire, with mud splattered all over his body and his eyes blurred by blood and mud, but he still held the weapon tightly in his hand and never retreated; he also endured hunger, thirst and fatigue in the wilderness under the scorching sun, and stubbornly resisted wave after wave of enemy attacks.

Countless nights, he lay in the simple tent, the pain in his body made it difficult for him to fall asleep, but he never had the thought of giving up.

Until that time, during an extremely brutal battle, when he was forced into a desperate situation by the enemy and his life was seriously threatened, a cold electronic voice suddenly rang in his mind, and his system finally turned on.

This system does not have any fancy functions. Its only function is to allow him to improve his own strength by constantly "gaining experience".

Every time he defeated an enemy, every time he trained, he would gain experience points, which he could use to improve his skills and become stronger. However, the cruel reality soon appeared before him.

In this world, breathing techniques are the key to becoming a knight, but they are firmly controlled by the lord.

Only the knight squires recognized by the lord are qualified to be granted the breathing technique, and this grant is carried out through a mysterious spiritual transmission method, which cannot be recorded in any way and cannot be passed on to the next generation.

This is also why there are only knight families here, but no real knight families.

The aristocracy's monopoly on knowledge reached an outrageous level.

Reading and writing, something that was very common in Robin's original world, has become a privilege that only knights are entitled to enjoy here.

Ordinary people can only struggle to survive in ignorance and stupidity. They have no chance to access knowledge, and cannot change their destiny through learning.

On the third day after returning to the simple military camp to recuperate, Robin was resting his eyes in the tent, trying to relieve the pain from his wounds, when he suddenly heard the call of a messenger and learned that Damia was calling him.

Robin's heart tightened, he was expectant and a little nervous, he knew that this summons might have a significant impact on his destiny.

After tidying up his clothes briefly, Robin walked towards Damia's residence.

Damia's room was located in the stone barracks on the left side of the militia camp. It was an independent suite that highlighted his special status as a great knight.

Along the way, Robin recalled his experiences since coming to this world, from being kicked out of his family and joining the militia, to experiencing countless life-and-death battles, and now to being summoned by the Great Knight. It all seemed like a long and thrilling dream.

Standing in front of Damia's door, Robin took a deep breath, calmed himself down, then raised his hand and knocked on the door.

After getting permission, he pushed the door open and walked in. After he stopped, he slapped his chest hard with his right hand and shouted loudly: "Robin Gabriel greets the Grand Knight Commander."

Damia was sitting on a chair in the room. When he saw Robin come in, he nodded slightly, with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

He was once Robin's father's superior, and he has always been sad and angry about his subordinates' deaths on the battlefield.

If it weren't for this friendship, he wouldn't have taken Robin in the militia.

In his eyes, although Robin came from an ordinary family, he had the same tenacity and courage as his father.

He is much more capable than his elder brother Raymond.

Knights are divided into three ranks: Apprentice Knight, Knight and Grand Knight.

In this world, as long as one becomes an official knight, he can be honored as the Knight Commander, and the Grand Knight will be called the Grand Knight Commander. This is just like Robin called certain officials "Chief So-and-so" in his previous life, representing a symbol of status and power.

Damia looked at Robin in front of her, feeling a lot of emotions in her heart.

The hardships and tribulations Robin experienced in the militia made him no longer the inexperienced boy he was when he first arrived, but he grew into a warrior who could stand on his own.

"Robin, I've seen everything you've done," Damia said, her voice deep and powerful. "Your bravery on the battlefield is worthy of your father's bloodline."

Robin felt a surge of warmth in his heart when he heard Damia's praise. He straightened his back and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Grand Knight. This is what I should do. For the territory, for the warriors who died in battle like my father, I am willing to give everything."

(End of this chapter)