The Knight of Light plants the sun in the eternal night.

Chapter 115 Sailing the Seas Depends on the Helmsman

Leo certainly wouldn't take Vanessa to the battlefield; it wouldn't be proper, and besides, no matter how strong Vanessa was, she was still a female knight.

There are many inconveniences on the battlefield.

It's more important to stay in the territory and manor and hunt monsters.

"Vanessa, don't worry. Although I'm going to the battlefield, I'm following the Glowing Fungus Knights. My family's knights won't let me face danger directly, and my father will protect me as well," Leo said with a smile.

Vanessa wanted to say more.

He kissed her directly.

After the passionate kiss, Vanessa, still brimming with emotion, said softly, "But after I leave, only three knights will remain at Swamp Manor. I'm afraid they won't be able to handle it, so I'd like to ask you to come over a few more times to help."

Vanessa blushed and nodded gently, "Yes, I'll do as you say, Leo."

Then, as if remembering something, she said with a seductive look in her eyes, "Leo, when you come back from the battlefield, you must give me a gift."

"OK."

"I'll choose this gift."

"Of course, you should choose what you like." Leo pulled Vanessa along as they strolled through the wilderness, a beautiful but respectful walk.

Of course, it's just one final step away from the bottom line.

Sweet times fly by.

As evening fell, Leo returned to the Swamp Manor and went directly to the Spring Crystal Field to cast Holy Light.

Now he can cast Holy Light four times a day, twice in the morning and twice in the evening.

However, the sunflower plants he activated were more for filling gaps and providing another opportunity for evolution for sunflowers that could not be activated by ordinary holy light spells, helping ordinary sunflowers to emit light.

Oden was the main force in cultivating the light-emitting plants.

"Sir, I can now stimulate the growth of about fifty sunflower seedlings a day," Oden said with a sheepish grin, eager to take credit.

"Not bad, but keep up the good work." Leo was very satisfied with this. Cultivating a seedling into a luminous plant is no easy task. Oden has now almost completely given up knight training and spends all his time studying holy light spells.

Leo asked, "Have you learned any new Holy Light spells besides Reverse Light?"

"Uh—" Oden scratched the back of his head sheepishly, "I'm still getting familiar with Reverse Light and don't have the energy to study other Holy Light spells yet. However, I've already made my choice. My next spell will be Cross Ray."

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Cross Ray is a common Holy Light spell used by Tier 1 priests.

It emits a cross-shaped beam of holy light, attacking forward with great power, but the chanting time is relatively long.

This is a common problem for first-tier priests; none of their Holy Light spells require a long cast time before casting.

Therefore, even though Holy Light spells are incredibly powerful, it's unlikely that a Tier 1 priest would be assigned to hunt monsters. On the battlefield, knights generally agree not to send priests to each other; it's more suitable to keep priests for cultivating Lightbringers.

This is the cornerstone of humanity's survival in the eternal night.

Instead of going to the battlefield as cannon fodder.

The only exception is the Knight of Light, who is both a knight and a priest, and is therefore not subject to this rule.

"Yes, you still need to improve your strength, after all, you still need to explore the path of the Knight of Light for me — oh right, my father has several Knights of Light under his command, if necessary, I will ask them to teach you."

Knights of Light are rare, but not uncommon.

As long as the lord is patient, he can always cultivate a Knight of Light—but in reality, there is no need to deliberately cultivate Knights of Light.

Since the main job of the Knights of Light is to cultivate Light Plants, it is not worthwhile for them to go to the battlefield.

Leo's status is different. As a lord, even as a Knight of Light, he still has to lead knights into battle. Therefore, the fighting style of a Knight of Light is his most fervent choice: to improve his strength as much as possible.

"Please rest assured, my lord, I will definitely study Holy Light magic diligently and walk the path of a Knight of Light in a down-to-earth manner," Oden replied.

We talked about spiritual practice.

Looking at the sunflowers in the greenhouse, Leo asked, "How many sunflowers on the estate are completely depleted now?"

There are probably about a thousand trees.

"That's almost a full acre, isn't it?" Leo's eyes lit up. "Wouldn't that mean we'd soon have a whole field of sunflowers?"

Normally, the minimum standard for a bare field is to have a certain number of bare plants per acre.

How many ordinary sunflowers can be planted per acre in normal farmland? This is the standard for a bare field. As long as the same number of sunflower plants are available, they do not need to be concentrated. They only need to be roughly distributed together to be considered a bare sunflower field.

Having a field of light is the minimum requirement for a mythical beast to descend.

However, this does not mean that having a Light Field will guarantee the arrival of a mythical beast; it only means that the conditions for its arrival have been met.

The larger the area of ​​the open field, the greater the likelihood of the arrival of the mythical beast.

The fluorescent mushroom family has planted thousands or even tens of thousands of acres of fluorescent mushroom plants in the Firefly Wilderness territory.

But only once every few years or even a decade or so will a mythical beast appear.

Currently, of the four phantom beast riders in the Glowing Mushroom family, only Sanchez Candlemoss is contracted with a Candle Cow brought by the Candlemoss Light Plant. The other three phantom beasts are all brought by the Glowing Mushroom Light Plant: Glowing Leopard, Glowing Rat, and Glowing Snake.

Within the Firefly Wilderness territory, there are actually quite a few species of Light Plants that form Light Fields, but only the Candle Moss Light Plant has ever attracted a Candle Cow.

Leo knew very well that even if the sunflower field was completed, the probability of attracting a phantom beast would be very low: "One percent, or even one in a thousand?"

unknown.

The probability of mythical beasts appearing is very random. Some large families have cultivated tens of thousands of acres of light fields, which can even be called seas of light.

Let alone attracting dragons, even a single mythical beast might not be willing to descend.

In some territories, even a mere acre of bare land might attract a mythical beast that will descend upon it.

In the final analysis, it all boils down to four words: divine favor.

"Keep up the good work, Oden, and plant a sunflower field as soon as possible," Leo instructed. Even a low probability still represents hope. Besides, he has the mark of the sun, and the holy light always favors him. Perhaps a phantom beast will descend upon him.

Auden replied in a deep voice, "Yes, sir!"

Make the necessary preparations.

The rest is up to fate.

"But it seems—" Leo thought to himself as he left the Spring Crystal Field, "I represent the will of heaven, and my sunflowers are all the sun—the sun mark is not an exaggeration to say it's the will of heaven."

I was just thinking about it.

The familiar warm guidance returned to my palm. It had been quiet for several days, and the swamp manor and even the surrounding dozens of kilometers were all still.

After sensing it, he discovered that the warmth was pointing towards his castle.

Along the base of the castle's outer walls, sunflowers were planted at five-meter intervals, with one planted in front of each window to serve as lighting. Even inside the castle, many potted sunflowers were placed.

There's no need to light candles or kerosene lamps anymore.

Moreover, the light emitted by sunflower plants is white with a hint of yellow, which is very similar to natural light.

It gave Leo a sense of disorientation, like seeing the light of day again.

I remembered the sunflower that brought me here, and the sunflower's self-proclaimed title: "I am the sun—these sunflowers are indeed little suns, this is the light of the sun."

Come back to your senses.

The warmth pointed to a potted sunflower in the corridor.

After touching it, a passionate and unrestrained voice resounded in my mind: "Sailing the sea depends on the helmsman, all things grow by the sun — work hard, young man, hard work can get you everything, you will have spirit insects, you will have magical beasts, you will have everything."