A noun entry: Wizard

"The Davis family has quite a few books in their collection, mostly ancient texts."

Russell stood in the Davis family's library, selecting ancient books about knights, even those that were just legends.

The Dream Clan does not have the habit of compiling books; these books are all left behind after the Dream Clan occupied the Wizard's territory.

They also knew the value of this knowledge, so they kept it safe, even though most of it was useless to the Dream Clan.

"The path of knighthood has never been developed in the wizarding world. The strongest knight is the Grand Knight, which corresponds to the fourth-tier knight in the Nightmare World."

"The method of breakthrough is also biased towards the wizard's sensory elements, rather than breaking limits."

"Hmm, is the reason for this the wizard's experiment? The ancient wizard wanted to create humans who were more powerful, but in the end, he gave up for some unknown reason."

"The Davis family's book collection is still too small. I need to travel to other cities to find more books."

Russell activates the soul-connecting magic array, initiating a "video call" with himself in the nightmare world.

"I found some information about the origins of knights in the Wizarding World, but unfortunately, it's somewhat different from what you imagine."

Russell from the Wizarding World and Russell from the Nightmare World communicated, and after exchanging a few words, they felt something was slightly off.

What does "what you imagine" mean?

It should be "what I imagine".

That seems a bit convoluted, so... "we"?

Not right either.

Soon, Russell stopped dwelling on the issue and continued his conversation with Russell from the Nightmare World.

"So they just have the same name but aren't the same in essence? I understand."

Russell from the Nightmare World nodded slightly.

Perhaps, before the ancient wizards, there existed a civilization of knights, but it has long since become extinct, and the ancient wizards attempted to revive the knightly path.

Unfortunately, they were working in the wrong direction, and in the end, the Knight Path only reached the so-called "Great Knight".

Unable to go any further.

A power system that doesn't even reach the level of a formal wizard naturally has no need for further development.

However, the Knight's Path is the only way for ordinary people without wizarding aptitude to master extraordinary power, which is why it has been passed down through generations.

After exchanging memories, Russell severed his connection with the wizarding world and continued to study the three aura seeds in his hands.

Three ninth-tier knight's fighting spirit seeds.

One was infinitely close to the Saintly Realm, one advanced to the Ninth Rank for a hundred years, and one advanced to the Ninth Rank for ten years.

Perfect comparative experimental materials.

However, Russell was not very satisfied with the results of the study.

Research into chivalry has made no progress.

The potion for advancing to the ninth rank was successfully developed, which is a normal phenomenon.

This is a potion that requires sacrificing one ninth-tier cultivator to cultivate a new ninth-tier cultivator; it would be problematic if it couldn't be made.

As long as the body can withstand the modifications made by the drug, there will be no problem.

Russell, who possesses the attribute of extraordinary physical strength, said he had no problem with this.

Physical strength encompasses many aspects such as endurance, recovery ability, and resilience. Withstanding the enhancement from the potion is still quite easy.

Russell also took two doses of the drug immediately after it was made.

One branch is used to advance from the early stage of the eighth rank to the perfect eighth rank, and the other branch is used to break through to the ninth rank.

As for whether this approach will deplete the body's potential?

Russell had not considered this matter.

Anyway, this isn't his body.

He will eventually have to abandon this body and return to the wizarding world.

As for the Saint Realm, Russell felt he had no chance of breaking through.

Unfortunately, Russell made no progress in his research on chivalry.

The research results told him that chivalry was not just a substance in the seed of fighting spirit, but a product formed by the combination of spiritual power.

On unobservable levels, the soul, will, and even the true spirit may very well be involved.

Russell's true spirit ultimately did not belong to this body named Dylan Noble.

Even the soul was forcibly converted from Dylan's soul and used only with difficulty.

Therefore, Russell in the Nightmare World does not meet the requirements to become a Sanctuary.

Perhaps this is a restriction imposed on outsiders by the Nightmare World?

Russell had no way of knowing.

"We can only consider becoming a sanctuary after we return to the wizarding world."

Russell thought to himself, "However, facing a Holy Knight, as a wizard, and given my research into the Knight's Path..."

"It would be a joke if there were no way to target it!"

Russell's strength in this world is that of a ninth-tier knight, which translates to a third-tier knight fighting a fourth-tier knight in the wizarding world.

It seems difficult, but Russell was able to do it.

"I cannot form the Knight's Will, but I can suppress the peculiar substance within the Fighting Spirit Seed."

Russell was holding a specially made container.

The container contains a gas that can suppress the peculiar substances in the fighting spirit seed.

It's likely that this could also suppress the spirit of chivalry.

After all, if a crucial component of chivalry is suppressed, then the remaining part naturally cannot constitute chivalry.

"Whether it will have any effect on the Holy Knights, I'll have to trouble the founding emperor of the Rhine Empire to test it for me."

"If it doesn't work, then I'll give up on hoping for the treasures of the five great families and just return to the wizarding world."

"Anyway, I've already got the way to advance to the Saint Realm. Back in the Wizarding World, even though I don't have Qi Seeds to make potions, the one thing I have plenty of is time."

"By slowly wearing it down over time, I can eventually become a Holy Knight and unlock the fifth keyword sequence."

Russell returned to his hut and skillfully set up a magic array.

Using mental energy to carry the gas directly to the red-haired youth's location is undoubtedly a more convenient option.

He activated the magic array, then opened the container. The colorless and odorless gas was enveloped by Russell's mental power and flew towards the red-haired youth's residence.

Russell first used his mental power to exert initial control over the red-haired youth, numbing his senses.

Just like he did in the beginning.

However, when they delved deeper into the other's soul and tried to completely control it, they were met with a counterattack from the chivalrous spirit.

Russell's approach this time was to simply linger outside, avoiding any psychological stress on the Knights, and then secretly administer the drug.

This prevented the formation of chivalry, left them with no way to resist Russell, and ultimately forced them to submit to his will.

The red-haired youth had just opened the window, gazing into the distance and looking down at the city of Rhine.

But as Russell's mind control subsided, the red-haired youth's deep gaze gradually became unfocused.

The colorless and odorless gas quickly entered the red-haired youth's mouth and nose, and then spread into his soul.

Russell, who had been waiting in the magic array for five minutes, began to increase the intensity of the array, pouring vast amounts of spiritual energy into the red-haired youth's mind.

There was no resistance.

This time, Russell successfully subdued the red-haired youth!