In another world, Lu Mingfei is learning card making.

With both his attributes and skills advancing, Lu Mingfei had no time to marvel. Instead, he immediately focused all his attention on the refining array.

Then he realized he had nothing left to do.

The charging knight has completed its transformation, establishing an 'anchor point' during the forging process by relying on the memories of countless battles.

The memory of uniting under the banner of Joan of Arc also helped him successfully break free from the war-crazed mindset of indifference to life and death within his ethereal body, allowing him to start anew with 'honor' and 'chivalry,' becoming a valiant knight once more.

"Reactivate... So that's what it means?"

Lu Mingfei stared blankly at the screen in front of him, at the panel of the brand-new charging combat knight—the [Royal Knight]:

Royal Knights

[Type: Humanoid/Knight/Physical Unit]

[Quality: Purple Legend]

[Level: LV8]

【characteristic:

Royal Spirit: This unit once fought as a royal knight of Joan of Arc. Its warhorse inherited French royal blood, and the knights learned the French chivalric code. Their magic power is greatly enhanced, and they gain additional regeneration abilities after leaving combat.

Heavenly Power: This unit is blessed by Joan of Arc, gaining some of her abilities. When fighting alongside Joan of Arc, attack/defense/magic power is greatly increased.

Fearless Charge: This unit has no fear and is unaffected by traits such as [Terrifying Enemy] and [Terrifying Cavalry]. Its movement speed is increased when charging.

Blacksmith's Blessing: Spend extra mana to gain an attack power boost.

[PS: Some players focus on farming, some play the second round, and some burst down Royal Knights. They can destroy the enemy's city with just a simple box attack - "Can the Golden Horse Awards Let Me Go This Time?"]

Royal Knights

【✪✪】【1000/50/950】

[Race: Human] [Attribute: Justice] [Special Ability: Agility]

【Special Move: High Saddle Tail Saddle - Charge, Blacksmith's Gift】

[High Saddle Tail Saddle - Charge: Charges towards a unit, dealing full damage that ignores armor, and gains a damage bonus equal to 1/5 of total attack damage for 10 seconds after the charge.]

[Blacksmith's Blessing: Cost ✪, gain 100 bonus attack]

"...Wow." Lu Mingfei blinked in surprise.

Even without the Heavenly Power bonus, the combination of Royal Spirit and Blacksmith's Blessing alone makes it the core of a system.

—If you pair it with a magical spirit that stacks defense, like the [Goalkeeper Statue] from the competition, it can practically swim through hordes of enemies!

"But high defense and high HP can only be used as the core of the early game tactics. In the later stages, when everyone has the [Death Touch] ability, this type of magical spirit can no longer charge in mindlessly. It can only be used as the core of a certain tactic..." Lu Mingfei shook his head, not optimistic about its future.

Having acquired the Royal Knights, his time on Earth was almost up. Lu Mingfei closed his eyes, preparing to deal with the aftereffects of his time travel—

……

As soon as Lu Mingfei entered the restaurant, everyone stared at him and laughed. Someone shouted, "Lu, did you bring that [Azure Bloodrage] card? Let us see it!"

Lu Mingfei didn't answer, but sat down in the chair and turned to Rong En to ask:

"What happened?"

"Someone has revealed what happened to you at Dragon's Claw."

Despite spending the weekend at the school hospital, Ron has recovered remarkably well and looks no different from usual. "Now everyone thinks you've also received some kind of Dragon God's legacy. Hmm... not Bahamut."

Lu Mingfei is now quite familiar with the myths and legends of other races, such as the dragons. In the legends of the dragons, all metallic dragons worship Bahamut and also respect the benevolent gods of other races—not because of power, but because they themselves are of the benevolent alignment.

All the five-colored dragons worship Tiamat, and unlike the metal dragons, they do not respect the evil gods of other races—some of the older five-colored dragons even pay lip service to Tiamat.

"...Have you heard the story of Azure Bloodstorm? Let me tell you about it." Rong En rubbed his hands together, his face showing excitement.

"Azure Bloodrage was one of the many ancient dragons that rebelled against Tiamat, but he was not among the top dragons. He was famous not for his strength, but for his cunning—"

"During the eight-hundred-year war against many demons, the elves were torn apart by his machinations. At that time, all the elves will unite under the World Tree and the Sunwell, in an ancient forest that stretches for thousands of miles."

"But Azure Bloodrage was not satisfied with Tiamat's tyranny and tried to escape—his choice was to rely on the power of the elves."

"At that time, he caused nightmares of the Elven Sun King, Lorak Karaden, and became his advisor, offering him advice in an attempt to manipulate the entire Elven kingdom and escape the world's war against the demons."

"But a group of valiant heroes broke through the shadow of the Azure Bloodstorm, confronted him and the Sun King of the Elves, and with the power of the Sunwell, nearly slayed the evil dragon."

"Well, almost, because in the last moments of its life, the evil dragon called upon the power of Tiamat, and the corruption of the demonic eight-pointed star nearly destroyed the entire jungle, even giving birth to a new subspecies of elves, the 'Dark Elves'—"

"Thus, the elven race underwent its first split, giving rise to the main divisions of High Elves, Wood Elves, Blood Elves, Dark Elves, Sun Elves, and Moon Elves..."

"Although they still agree to be called 'Elves' in public, in reality... well, you know." Ron winked. "So, you didn't bring that Azure Bloodrage with you?"

"No, I left it at the club." Lu Mingfei reached out and grabbed Rong En's shoulder. "Also, why are they like this? Don't change the subject, Rong En."

Rong En froze, the winking gesture frozen on his face, looking rather comical. Then, a look of感慨 (gan3kai3, a feeling of mixed emotions, including regret or apprehension) appeared on his face:

"Sigh, Lu, you know, there are some things I really don't want to tell you..."

"As you know, you were born after the hero's expedition to the Abyss, and one of the eight-pointed stars of the demons in the Abyss is this Tiamat. She is a dragon, and also a god symbolizing 'ecstatic perception'..."

"—So, according to them, these things can't all be coincidences, right?"

"Some people believe that I am actually a descendant of this Tiamat?" Lu Mingfei frowned.

"Cough, this definitely wasn't said by anyone from our Knights Academy—at least my sisters didn't tell me anything strange." Ron raised his hands in surrender. "The rumors spread too fast; I didn't even have time to find out what happened..."

"It's alright, it's not your fault." Lu Mingfei straightened up and looked at the student who was laughing the loudest—he was in the front row of the academy and looked at least three years older than Lu Mingfei.

—It's even possible that he has some talent in card crafting, which is why he was quite confident when he saw Lu Mingfei, and didn't even stop mocking him.