It felt so good to be close to the witch!

Upon hearing Roy's voice, Red stopped writing and bowed: "Lord Roy, the initial inventory and statistics have been completed. Next, we only need to distribute enough food according to the number of people in each household, and the preparations for this year's winter will be initially completed."

“Very good.” Roy nodded in satisfaction, then said, “Uncle Red, please come with me first. There’s something very important I need to tell you.”

Without hesitation, Red instructed the knights around him to continue the work, and then followed Roy into the main hall of the lord's mansion.

Without further ado, Roy smiled as he looked at Red, who was casting his gaze at him.

"Uncle Red, I plan to form a knight order."

"A special knightly order that belongs to Blackrock Ridge itself!"

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(I was too busy today, so there weren't many updates. Fortunately, the symptoms of this relapse seem to be quite mild; at least there was no fever. I'll try to update more tomorrow. Please forgive me, dear readers.)

Chapter 128 Fuma's Visit from the Flower Fairy at Midnight

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“Organize a knightly order? Indeed, we still have too few official knights…”

Inside the hall, upon hearing Roy's words, Red continued speaking, but after only a few sentences, he sensed that something was amiss.

It seems, it appears, that there's a prefix before the knightly order that Lord Roy just mentioned...

"The Extraordinary Knights?!"

Red stared wide-eyed at Roy in astonishment.

“Yes, the Extraordinary Knights.” Roy smiled. “A team composed entirely of Extraordinary Knights.”

“I know, but…” Red was somewhat confused.

In fact, many lords had the same idea as Roy.

However, due to various considerations, the number of established extraordinary knightly orders is extremely small. Basically, only nobles with real power and hereditary marquises or above have the ability to form them.

Even if it were formed, it would only be a small extraordinary knightly order of no more than 20 people.

There are only three large extraordinary knightly orders in the entire Radiant Empire: the Crimson Knights of the Border Dukes, the Imperial Guard Knights of the Imperial Capital, and the Divine Punishment Knights of the Temple.

"Large" here refers to more than 500 people.

Generally speaking, a lord's family has only one or two extraordinary knights.

But now, Roy is saying he wants to form an extraordinary knight order?

It's not easy for a knight to advance to the extraordinary level.

Advanced and higher-level breathing techniques are a hurdle.

Even if all the official knights in the world possessed advanced breathing techniques, only one in a hundred could break through to the extraordinary rank.

Does the knight's body have a good fit with the breathing technique? Can the knight's body withstand magical particles...?

These factors are all key factors limiting the number of extraordinary knights.

In fact, while the nobles' control over advanced breathing techniques did decrease the number of extraordinary knights in the empire somewhat, it wasn't by much. Truly talented knights always find their own ways to acquire advanced breathing techniques and thus advance to the extraordinary level.

Currently, even including the former Iron Mountain Knights who are still undergoing reform, the total number of official knights in the entire Blackrock Territory is less than one hundred.

Even if all these formal knights were taught advanced breathing techniques, it's hard to say whether even one of them would become a bronze knight.

Under such circumstances, how can we even talk about forming an extraordinary knightly order?

Seeing the astonished Red, Roy smiled and said, "Uncle Red, do you remember how I helped you break through to Bronze 3? Now that my talent has become stronger, I think it shouldn't be difficult to help a formal knight break through to Bronze as long as I spend the time."

Upon hearing Roy's words, Red was not pleased. Instead, he frowned and said, "Lord Roy, I think this is inappropriate."

"The fewer people who know about your talent, the better. It's not that I doubt the loyalty of those knights, but with more people around, anything can happen."

Roy felt relieved and a faint smile appeared on his face: "Of course I've considered that."

"Don't worry, once I become a member of the Extraordinary Knights, I will never utter a single word related to my talent in my entire life."

A deep, dark look appeared in Roy's eyes.

With Elena's talent, if she were to raise her magic to the pinnacle of witchhood and undergo a talent evolution, she would be able to exert a "strong subconscious suggestion" on the Bronze Knights, making it impossible for them to utter a single word, even if they committed suicide.

"The Extraordinary Knights Order must be formed."

"Winter is coming, and this winter will be difficult. Without a strong enough patrol force, I fear that our people will suffer heavy casualties."

"Go check the backgrounds of the ten official knights in the grain purchasing team who are members of the Extraordinary Knights Order. If there are no problems, count them as a member. Then, select ten more official knights with high merit and trustworthiness."

"The first batch of Extraordinary Knights will be tentatively selected to have 20 members."

After listening to Roy's words, Red took a deep breath. He didn't know where Roy got the confidence to keep everyone from revealing the secret.

But Red knew very well that he only needed to do as Lord Roy said.

"Yes!"

Watching Red's departing figure, Roy stood there for a moment, pondering, before walking towards his house.

While Red was investigating and selecting members of the Extraordinary Knights, he needed to continue his training.

When Roy entered the courtyard, the first thing he saw was the mechanical witch Toni, who was standing alone in the corner, looking up and seemingly lost in thought. He ignored her and went straight to his room.

He wasn't in a hurry for the magical mechanical technology on Tonnie's body; after all, the other party was here, and it was only a matter of time.

Winter is coming, and the world will be covered in silver. In such harsh conditions, it is the best time for Blackrock Territory to develop.

Time always flies when practicing breathing exercises.

Inside the room, Roy, who was practicing breathing techniques, was startled by a faint sound.

He quickly opened his eyes and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

Not far from the wooden bed, a small, bright green blade of grass sprouted from the cracks in the stone bricks.

It began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye, it became a lush green branch taller than a person, with a flower bud hanging at its top, which then slowly bloomed.

In the milky white light tinged with pure blue, a graceful figure descended from the center of the blooming flowers.

"Young Master Roy~"

The ram-horned girl, dressed in a pale yellow, form-fitting dress, smiled sweetly and leaned close to Roy's ear, whispering, "It's late~"

Roy caught a glimpse of the dark night sky and a few streaks of crimson moonlight through the crack in the window, and deduced that it was after midnight.

Looking at Shanika, whose breath was sweet and fragrant, Roy felt a mix of amusement and exasperation.

Shanica's "plant successor" technique, or more accurately, her method of "elementalizing" her own body and moving between controlled plants, demonstrates an extraordinary level of magical control.

It's only been a few days since her talent evolution, and Shanika has already made such progress, which shows how hard she's worked during this time.

If he could, Roy would love to shout something at the girl in front of him.

What you're doing is really...

awesome!

Roy reached out and pulled the girl into his arms.

The candlelight in the room gradually went out amidst the flickering sound.

Newlyweds who have just tasted love are always attached to each other.

……

The selection of members for the Extraordinary Knights is a very important matter.

Therefore, it took Red two full days to carefully select and confirm that there were absolutely no problems with the identities and backgrounds of the candidates before he sent the final list to Roy for his confirmation.

"It's just them."

Looking at the thick roster in front of him, Roy carefully flipped through it before making a decision.

It must be said that Reid did an excellent job.

The roster contains not only basic information about each selected knight, but also their interpersonal relationships, the interpersonal relationships of their family members, and so on.

It's estimated that even these official knights themselves don't know their family's interpersonal relationships this well.

Roy didn't know how Red had managed to do it, but looking at the man in front of him with dark circles under his eyes who hadn't closed his eyes for two days and two nights, he couldn't help but feel moved.

"You've worked hard, go and get some rest."

"After you've rested, have these twenty official knights wait for me at the training ground tomorrow."

“Yes.” Reid nodded, then turned and left.

He's going to rest.

Two days of non-stop work, coupled with the hard work of the previous period, had left even a bronze knight like him exhausted.

After storing the roster in his spatial ring, Roy was about to turn back to his room when he suddenly sensed something and turned his gaze toward the entrance to the hall.

Silently, behind Roy, azure light condensed and formed Ais's delicate body.

Under their gazes, the air at the empty entrance rippled slightly.

An ethereal voice sounded.

"I never expected that even after I've reached the Legendary level, you guys would still notice. Really..."

Along with the sound, a valiant young woman, dressed in close-fitting crimson scale armor, materialized from the air.

Beneath her seemingly slender frame lay the graceful curves of a female leopard's muscles. The girl's eyes shone with starlight, like fallen stars, and she looked at Roy with curiosity in them.

"It's not surprising that Miss Ais could sense something, but Lord Roy, wait a minute..."

"The aura emanating from you... this is... [Extreme Bloom]?!"

The girl's figure at the gate suddenly blurred, and when she reappeared, she was already three meters in front of Roy.

As Fuma carefully sensed Roy's aura and confirmed something, her eyes were filled with amazement as she looked at him: "At the peak of Silver rank, you've already mastered [Extreme Bloom], Lord Roy. Your talent in the Breathing of Flames even surpasses mine!"

Beside Roy, the pale red chill in Ais's hand quietly disappeared. If she hadn't sensed no hostility from Fuma, and if the other woman hadn't stopped three meters away, the chill wouldn't have vanished so silently.

Although they had worked together before, she never truly trusted the other party.

Fuma winked at Ais beside her. Having undergone a dramatic change in strength after advancing to Legendary, she naturally sensed the subtle fluctuations in Ais's hand.

Looking at the smiling girl in front of him, whose spirit was almost completely different from before, Roy smiled and said, "Congratulations, Princess Fuma. Not only have you broken the curse, but you have also broken through to the legendary realm."