Being a knight is not easy

Chapter 72 Space
"Monroe, have you ever touched the scales of a magical beast?" He suddenly squatted down and knocked the rock armor on the earth dragon's belly with his Tang sword. The crisp sound of the impact echoed in the mine. "I heard that materials from high-level magical beasts can be used to create enchanted equipment."

Monroe, who was squatting beside the dragon horn, sneered without raising his head: "Come on, this is the third monster I have hunted in the mine, what do you think!" But the hand holding the sword was trembling slightly, and the tip of the sword was quietly pressing against the most vulnerable bone joint at the root of the dragon horn - this knight obviously also discovered the preciousness of the material.

Robin caught Monroe's little movements out of the corner of his eye, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

He seemed to casually slash the dragon's belly with the back of the knife, but in fact it stopped precisely at the location of the magic core.

The purple light of the system prompt flickered on his retina, reminding him of the magic energy detector he saw in the wizard apprentice laboratory three days ago. At that time, the magic fluctuation displayed by the crystal ball was less than one-tenth of what it was now.

The sound of pickaxes striking could be heard from deep within the mine. Two great knights were directing the miners to clean up the battlefield.

Robin suddenly thrust his Tang sword hard into the gap between the dragon's belly armor and turned to Monroe with a harmless smile: "Do you think that if we apply dragon blood on the arrowheads, can we double the power of the earth-exploding arrows?" His boot heel silently crushed the scales on the tip of the earth dragon's claws - there was a faint ochre halo there, which was the "resonance point" marked by the system.

Monroe's pupils suddenly contracted, and veins bulged on the back of his sword-holding hand.

Robin suddenly pulled out a leather wine bag and threw it over: "Just kidding, this thing should be great for soaking wine."

The moment the wine bag drew an arc in the air, the tip of his knife had accurately cut out the magic core, and he used the inertia of turning to collect the crystal stained with dragon blood into the system space.

The whole set of movements was so smooth that even the third-class wizard apprentice who was peeling the dragon's skin not far away did not notice anything unusual.

The system space was not discovered by Robin, but the system reminded Robin of this function when it came into contact with the earth dragon.

Although the space is not large, only about one cubic meter, it is enough for him to hide a lot of things.

It can be seen from this that this seemingly ordinary system panel still has great development value. The most important thing is that Robin suspects that the system has a certain amount of intelligence, but it has been hidden. This is not a good thing for him.
"It's time to try the breathing technique made with dragon blood tonight." He licked his dry lips and listened to the distant sound of the wizard apprentice arguing with the great knight over the ownership of the dragon horn. He suddenly felt that being an "experienced fisherman" hiding in the shadows was not bad.

Robin stood in front of Memphis and said with a brave face: "Boss, can I have some earth dragon blood?"

Memphis narrowed his eyes and scanned Robin, as if trying to see through his thoughts. He waved his hand, and immediately two knights came over and began to search Robin.

Robin stood there and let them check, but he was secretly glad that he had hidden the magic core in the system space a long time ago.

The knights carefully checked Robin's entire body, even turning upside down the quiver he usually carried. After confirming that he had not embezzled any materials, they nodded to Memphis.

Memphis finally revealed a satisfied smile and patted Robin on the shoulder. "Robin, you performed well this time. I can give you some of the dragon blood. However, you must remember that the rules of the mining area cannot be broken. All materials must be distributed uniformly."

Robin nodded quickly, a hint of gratitude in his tone: "Thank you, boss, I understand."

Memphis waved his hand, signaling his men to fetch a small bottle of earth dragon blood and handed it to Robin: "This is your share, use it well."

Robin took the bottle and felt the warm touch of the liquid in the bottle, and his heart was excited.

This bottle of earth dragon blood will be the key to improving his strength.

"By the way, Robin," Memphis suddenly said, "You've been performing very well these past two days. Keep up the good work. I plan to recommend you to the lord. If you're interested, you could consider joining the mine's guards. The pay will be much better than it is now."

Robin was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "Thank you for your kindness, boss, but I still prefer a freer life." If he joins the mine guard team, it will be useless even if his salary doubles, and he will need to stay in the mine for a long time, which is not suitable for his development.

Memphis smiled and said nothing more: "It's up to you. But if you change your mind, you can always come to me."

Robin nodded and turned to leave.

He walked to a deserted corner, opened the system panel, and placed the Earth Dragon Blood and the previously hidden Magic Core together. The system prompt message popped up again:

Earth Dragon Blood: The remaining thin dragon blood can temper the body, improve physical strength and recovery ability.

Magic Core: Can assist in training, greatly improving magic affinity and mental strength.

Robin took a deep breath, his heart filled with anticipation.

He knew that magic cores could assist in cultivation, but he had never heard of them increasing magical affinity and mental strength. Could it be because of the Dragon Devouring Breathing Technique?
He secretly guessed that perhaps the special effect of the Dragon Devouring Breathing Technique further enhanced the effect of the magic core.

Just as Robin was secretly delighted, the mine suddenly erupted in chaos. Third-class wizard apprentice Redori shouted, "Who stole the Earth Dragon Core?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire mine was thrown into chaos.

Robin's heart tightened, and he quickly took out the earth dragon blood, ready for further inspection. Although he had hidden the magic core, the earth dragon blood was also a precious material and must be handled with caution.

Suddenly, the amethyst on the top of Redoli's staff burst out with dazzling light.

As the light swept across the crowd, Robin stood there as if nothing had happened, but soon, the earth dragon blood in his hand began to emit a faint light.

Redori walked towards Robin with a cold face and a hint of suspicion in his eyes.

Just as he was about to conduct further inspection, Memphis blocked Redoli in time.

"He just requested the bottle of dragon blood from me." Memphis' tone was calm, but there was a hint of unquestionable majesty in his eyes.

Redori frowned, clearly not entirely convinced by Memphis's explanation. He said coldly, "Have him hand the dragon blood over to someone else. I'll perform another magical check."

Robin's heart tightened, but he still obediently handed the dragon blood to the knight beside him.

Redori swung his staff again, and the amethyst light swept over Robin's body, but found nothing.

Robin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the level of the system space was far higher than that of Redoli, completely blocking his detection magic.

Redori snorted coldly, obviously dissatisfied with the result, but he could not attack Robin anymore.

He turned and pointed in another direction, where stood a group of people he had already checked.

(End of this chapter)