Mythical Creatures Strategy Guide

"Servants, also known as squires, are the most important companions in the life of every Imperial Knight."

Seeing Chu Sheng's blank expression, Arthur patiently explained.

"As an Imperial Knight rises in rank, the holy light within his body will accumulate more and more until his body can no longer bear it and his soul returns to heaven."

So what if he exploded and died? Let his soul return to heaven. Chu Sheng curled his lip.

"Therefore, Imperial Knights must sign a contract with a Squire Knight to share the Holy Light overflowing from their bodies."

"You're going to use me as an experience booster?" Chu Sheng immediately became alert. "What's in it for me?"

For some reason, the tuft of hair sticking up on Arthur's head trembled slightly: "Generally speaking, the stronger the Imperial Knight, the stronger his squire knight will be."

Chu Sheng stared at the moving ahoge (cowlick), and a thought inexplicably arose in his mind.

She's lying, isn't she? This old woman is definitely lying!

"Now that you've covered the pros, what about the cons?" Chu Sheng wasn't swayed by Arthur's words. "Does this mean we'll be sharing life and death, bound together by fate?"

Arthur's ahoge (cowlick) twitched again.

Chu Sheng was now completely certain that she was definitely hiding something from him.

"How could that be?" Arthur muttered, glancing sideways at the ceiling. "There's no such thing as living and dying together. If you die, I won't die."

Chu Sheng immediately pointed out the flaw in her statement: "But if you die, I'll definitely die too, right?"

Arthur fell silent, the tip of his sword drawing circles on the ground.

Chu Sheng was speechless for a moment. Admittedly, the temptation of sharing the Holy Light was very great; he had personally witnessed Arthur's concentration of Holy Light that could freeze the air.

Since he intends to conquer all the mythical creatures in the guidebook, then formidable strength is essential.

How can you become a dragon knight without the skills? Yin Zhiping is his ultimate dream!

The problem is that the Servant Contract has too many restrictions. What if one day his strength surpasses Arthur's? Wouldn't that create an unexpected weakness?

"Miss Knight, please let me think about it some more." Chu Sheng shook his head helplessly. "Look at all my injuries, I can barely move a finger."

"Oh, really?" Arthur's voice suddenly rang in his ear. "You were quite energetic when you were kneading the dough, weren't you?"

Chu Sheng closed his eyes peacefully.

Oh no, she knew all along.

"I don't care, you have to take responsibility for me!" Arthur said shamefully, but her hands didn't stop moving. She leaned on her sword with both hands and thrust it into the ground, instantly filling the entire wooden house with dense holy light.

"I am Arthur Brunhilde Beowulf, and I am currently with... What is your name?"

"Chu Sheng." Chu Sheng had lost all desire to resist.

"I, Arthur Brunhilde Beowulf, hereby form a Servant Contract with Chu Sheng!"

Arthur's solemn and sacred voice echoed in the small space.

"I accept you as my rightful squire knight, in accordance with the regulations of the Empire and the will of the Holy Temple. From this day forward, for better or for worse, in wealth or poverty, in health or sickness, in success or in failure, I will support you, cherish you, share your joys and sorrows, and work together to build a better Empire until the day I die. I now swear to the Holy Father, and promise you, I will always be loyal to you!"

After Arthur finished speaking, he nudged Chu Sheng, who was lying on the bed, with his elbow and whispered, "Read it aloud once."

"I, Chusheng, accept you, Arthur Pendragon... no, Brunhilde Beowulf, as my wife... my contracted knight. I promise that I will never be faithful to you for a single day of my life, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, I will caress you."

Chu Sheng pretended to have forgotten the words, deliberately skipping over the parts about the Empire and the Holy Temple, and even changed a few words with unclear pronunciation.

God knows if this contract is more effective than a marriage certificate.

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of holy light erupted. Chu Sheng was so shocked that he could barely open his eyes, and could only vaguely see the holy light penetrating Arthur's white gauze dress, vaguely outlining her slender and voluptuous curves.

Makes a killing.

"The contract is complete."

After a long while, Arthur slowly spoke, and the holy light in the room gradually dissipated.

Chu Sheng felt that Arthur in front of him was not so scary anymore, and the aura emanating from her made him feel inexplicably close to her.

……

Arthur ruthlessly drew his sword and left, leaving Chu Sheng alone lying on the bed, unable to move.

"Ugh."

Chu Sheng sighed. Now he could only hope that Arthur was playing a gender-swapped version of Xiao Yan.

As he was thinking, a faint warmth suddenly began to spread through his chest. This warmth was quite peculiar, unlike the domineering and intense holy light; instead, it was exceptionally gentle, like countless soft, boneless hands gently caressing him, even easing much of the pain in his body.

"What happened?" Chu Sheng touched his chest and felt the edge of the parchment book. "How did the strategy manual suddenly appear out of nowhere?"

The parchment book struggled desperately to break free from the bandages. Chu Sheng simply ripped off the bandages on his chest, and a corner of the parchment book emerged from the skin of his chest cavity.

That's right, the parchment wasn't hidden in his clothes, but inside his body.

Chu Sheng yanked out the parchment book, and the pages flipped wildly without any wind, quickly skipping over the page that belonged to Ella.

"Splash..."

Finally, the book stopped at the third-to-last page.

The encyclopedia slowly lit up, and the question marks covering it were erased by a mysterious force.

"Hidden Level 001 [Extraordinary Human], Human Race, Collected, Progress 50%"

"Halfway through the strategy reward: Hidden skill [Contract ≠ I agree], all negative effects of contracts are nullified against you, and you can use the supernatural abilities of your contract partner for one minute each day."

What the hell? My contract doesn't mean I agree to it.

This is an amazing skill, Tang Niu Niu Fu!

Chu Sheng laughed excitedly, then felt a sharp pain in his ribs and quickly calmed down.

"Wait, how come Arthur's progress is only 50%?" He thoughtfully stretched out his hand and made a clenching motion in the air. "Ella's skill can increase the progress by 10%, could it be...?"

"It must be the way I bravely delivered the sword and selflessly sacrificed myself that day that left a good impression on her! Yes, that must be it!"

……

Arthur's cabin.

"A hero!" Arthur's heart pounded for a long time, his hands pressed tightly against his bulging chest. "To think that a hero could be found in a remote village on the outskirts of the empire! In the thousands of years of the empire's history, there has probably never been a precedent of a knight and a hero forming a servant contract!"

The Holy Sword Knight is a very special path to transcendence.

Most of their strength comes from their holy sword. The Holy Sword Knights are like Xiong Er without Xiong Da, or Bald Qiang without his chainsaw.

The Knightly Code of the Holy Sword Knight is "Equal Weight for All," meaning to protect everyone equally. This also means that anyone can easily wield this seemingly heavy greatsword.

The only exception is the extraordinary path of the "Hero".

Because every hero is born with their own sword.