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"...Your Majesty, what do you think is the upper limit of Rune Knights? Can they...can they threaten the Grandmaster?"

"Rune Knights have very high requirements for aptitude; ordinary warriors simply cannot advance to this class."

Eva said in a deep voice, "There are only a few warlocks who want to help those beasts. Unless there is something else that can move them, the number of rune knights will not increase."

"If Cumberland can defeat the strongest rune knight, Ed, it will prove that the top warlocks are not comparable to rune knights, and the 'rune' craze will naturally pass."

Eva did not directly answer the city lord's question, but her meaning was already quite clear.

"Damn it! The power of runes, the power of light—we warlocks can't even control them!"

"It's not that it's impossible to control..."

"Is a warlock still a warlock after changing classes?"

"Sigh, I hope Cumberland will be ruthless enough to clean house this time."

"Hmph, what a fine son it raised!"

"..."

The city lords' expressions shifted; they stopped talking and all turned their gazes toward the doorway.

Soon, an Enderman city lord walked in silently.

"How's Cumberland?"

"Did you kill it?"

"Don't stay silent!"

"I...I've lost..."

"Impossible! Ed has only been a rune knight for three years!"

"You held back, didn't you? You've ruined everything, you bastard!"

"Tsk, I shouldn't have listened to your nonsense."

"I'm going to fight it again!"

“I didn’t hold back! It was Ed who showed mercy.”

"Rune Knight Ed is too resistant to spells," Cumberland said painfully. "I can hardly inflict any serious damage on him."

"Once it closed the distance, I was almost powerless to fight back."

"To guarantee a victory, the Führer himself would have to intervene..."

"Impossible! Rune Knights can't possibly surpass our Masters!"

"Cumberland, it must be your tactics that are wrong. Next time I'll go in and watch me crush it with my troll golems."

"Your Majesty..."

Eva turned her face away from Cumberland's pleading gaze.

She is a fair and just demigod, at least in the public's mind, that has always been her image.

It's simply impossible to suppress Rune Knights just for the sake of Warlocks.

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The news of the strongest rune knight defeating the master swept through all the warlock cities like a typhoon, and those high-level warlocks who had been stuck at their current level for a long time and had no hope of breaking through were the first to take action.

"Great Sage, please help me change my class."

Following the terminology used within the Rune Knights, an elderly high-ranking warlock found Roundy.

"chirp"

"Yes, I know I'm getting old and might not make it through."

"But this is my last hope..."

"Chirp!"

Seeing that more and more warlocks were 'betraying' him, another city lord privately challenged Ed to a duel.

The city lord devised a meticulous plan before the battle, summoning a troll golem at the very start of the fight and merging with it.

The troll's power is unmatched by the rune knight; while its speed is lacking, its defense is despair-inducing.

What's particularly troublesome is that after merging with the city lord, the troll golem gained the ability to unleash large-scale ranged spells.

"Chirp!"

(This is unfair!)

The round, chubby boy watching the battle protested to another city lord.

"You can't expect a summoning master to not use summons."

"Chirp!"

(But aren't troll statues the war weapons you just developed?)

"The troll statue has been bought by it at a high price and is now its private property."

"Chirp!"

"The battle cannot be stopped once it begins, unless Ed admits defeat."

"..."

The round little thing was silent for a while before letting out a "Chirp chirp!"

"Do you believe it can overcome the difficulties?"

The Enderman city lord couldn't help but chuckle: "If trolls are so easily 'overcome,' wouldn't all our years of painstaking effort be a joke? Be realistic, Great Sage."

"boom!"

The prolonged high-speed dodging had dulled Pegasus's reaction time, and it was unable to dodge this attack in time.

"Hit!"

The city lord watching the battle perked up: "The Pegasus has been dismantled. Ed... although he's still alive, it's only a matter of time before he's defeated."

It laughed and said, "A composite technique. This time, I'll show you the power of a master."

Ed is in a bad situation because his high resistance means that offensive spells haven't done much damage to him.

but......

'Hmm, a composite spell? Disintegration spell and... tentacle binding spell?'

'No wonder I had this premonition; now I understand.'

Ed tried to struggle, but the shadowy tentacles that emerged from the void tightly bound the Rune Knight's body, rendering it unable to move.

"Ed, even spells applied directly to you aren't working, so what's the point of this?"

The troll statue strode over: "Enderman, you who have strayed into evil ways, accept the warlock's punishment!"

"..."

"I can't perfectly control this move either, be careful."

The runes covered in scales emitted a ghostly blue light, and the next moment, Ed transformed into a raging fireball!

"I can't lose yet!!!"

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When news spread that Eddard had destroyed the troll golem and severely injured the master, all the cities were in an uproar!

The knights were proud because Ed represented the strongest force among knights, having defeated the once-lofty master.

Ordinary warriors are even more eager to change their class. If they can't be Rune Knights, Pegasus Knights are great too!

The warlocks' reactions were quite subtle; the Rune Knight was so powerful...

Perhaps it's time to consider changing jobs.

Section 677, Chapter 676: Dreams

The rise of the knight class should have been met with strong suppression from the warlocks, but the existence of rune knights made the warlocks' attitudes ambiguous.

You warriors have changed your class to knights to challenge our position, but we can change our class too!

Even after a Warlock's class change, they become Rune Knights, and we will still be someone you must look up to.

Because of this, despite the city lords' repeated appeals for warlocks to stand firm in their positions, the majority of warlocks did not heed their advice.

Now that the knights have been severely suppressed, what will happen when I change classes in the future?

What? You're saying that changing classes as a warlock is too risky!

We know that, of course, but just because the risk is high now doesn't mean the risk will be high in the future.

How many years has Rune Knights been around?

Give the Sages a little more time; I believe they will eventually develop low-risk or even risk-free methods for changing jobs.

Instead of actively responding to the city lord's call, the warlocks began to provide Ed with support, either openly or covertly.

Despite the masters' relentless suppression over the years, Ed's reputation has only grown stronger.

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"Esteemed seniors, starting today, I will officially assume my father's position and become the lord of the 'Guardian City'."

Ed bowed humbly to the seniors, but the masters remained unresponsive with sour faces.

"Ed Knight"

Seeing the awkward atmosphere, Eva led the applause: "Welcome to the team."

Sparse applause broke out, and the masters barely managed to applaud out of respect for Eva.

"Your Excellency, I have some good news to report to you today."

"Oh?"