Please be my partner.

The leaders of two of the teams were obviously much stronger than the others in terms of aura. They ignored the others and were engaged in an invisible confrontation, directly surpassing all the other knights.

Noticing Mellen's gaze, the two men turned their heads at the same time, and two powerful pressures spread out, causing Lance and Gad, who were following behind Mellen, to freeze in expression.

Mellen raised his brows slightly, but he didn't want to play this childish game. Spike took a step forward, his fighting spirit slightly bursting out, and he broke the two forces of pressure into pieces.

The two men's expressions changed slightly, and their gazes towards Spike also changed, but they did not make any further moves and silently restrained their strength.

Lance and Gad finally felt better, and they both shouted in their hearts... Boss Spike is awesome!

With the addition of Mellen, five of the six teams showed obvious hostility towards them, and the last one seemed a little complicated.

Gad approached and whispered, "Those two are the strongest among the participants in this inheritance knight. They are Eugenie from the Soft Water School and Wells from the Lava School. They have both completed the third-level combined brand and been promoted to third-level brand knights."

Melen looked at the two people who had just released their oppressive auras on him...

Eugenie, who has a soft water style, is a tall beauty with water-blue wavy hair. Her facial features are slightly three-dimensional and have a classical charm.

Wells of the Lava School is tall and strong, even a head taller than the other knights. He stands out like a crane among chickens. His short dark red hair is like a burning flame, and there is a faint glow of fire in his eyes, which is extremely oppressive.

Gad looked at the team that didn't show much hostility towards them, but they weren't too close either. With a complicated expression, he said, "That's our Earth School team, led by Howard."

Melen suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the team had such an attitude towards them.

He had also heard of Howard's name, who was said to be a genius of this generation of the Earth School.

Of course, this is all Mellen knew. After all, he didn't pay much attention to these things.

A moment later, Mellen's old acquaintance, the Black Knight, came over. He looked around at the seven participants and paused slightly when he looked at Mellen.

Then he said, "I won't waste any more time on this nonsense. The final test for the Heritage Knights requires the seven of you to lead your respective teams to the Spacetime Rift..."

"I object!"

A sudden voice interrupted the Black Knight's words.

Everyone looked at the person who spoke in surprise, with strange expressions on their faces, and small question marks slowly floated above their heads.

Mellen turned his head and found that the person who spoke was the reckless little knight at the oath-taking ceremony. He looked at Spike, and his eyes expressed... It seems that the methods you used at that time were not effective. They did not leave a shadow in this kid's heart. Only three months have passed, and this kid has jumped out again.

Spike's face darkened and he turned away, ignoring the boy's teasing.

Seeing everyone looking at him in surprise, the young knight felt a mixture of nervousness and pride. He pointed at Mellen and said, "Being a Heritage Knight is such an honor! Only the most outstanding knights must have gone through layers of screening, trials, and competition to be eligible for this honor. They haven't gone through any of that, and haven't even been members of the Knights for very long. How can they directly participate in the final test of the Heritage Knight?!"

The young knight felt that what he said was reasonable and well-founded. Even if Mellen had some backing, there was a high probability that it would be ruined if it was exposed in public.

As for whether there will be any consequences for doing this?

The young knight didn't care. Firstly, he had his own backers, and secondly, it didn't matter even if there were any consequences. He just wanted to vent his humiliation brought to him by the other party during the oath-taking ceremony!

But soon the little knight felt something was wrong. Although he was not completely stupid, he noticed the way other people looked at him. It was pity and... schadenfreude?

They were like looking at a clown!

The Black Knight simply glanced at the Young Knight, then turned his gaze to Wells and asked expressionlessly, "Did your brother mean what you said, or did you, the Lava School, mean?"

Wells's face looked extremely ugly at this time. He knew that his brother was a bit reckless in his daily life. It was partly because of him, and partly because the Lava School's Brand Rune would slightly affect his personality. But he never expected that the latter would do such a stupid thing.

Suddenly someone cut in line. The six of them who had gone through layers of tests, defeated many opponents, and finally made it to the end were the most angry and found it hard to accept.

But, didn't you see how the six of them, faced with this situation, could only grit their teeth and swallow their anger, not daring to say a word?!

The decisions made by the Knights Templar’s top brass are not open to questioning!

Even the schools behind them had to obey, so how could his foolish brother dare to do the same?!

Thinking of this, Wells' expression changed slightly.

The Lava School appears to be a whole from the outside, but the internal struggles and infighting are also extremely fierce.

How could Wells become the best knight of this generation and achieve the third level at such a young age?

In addition to his own amazing talent, the rare resources in the school are also an important reason.

So, do you just need to sit at home and someone will bring you those resources?

wrong!

Naturally, resources must be fought for and seized!

If you have more, I will naturally have less, and this is the benefit!

So although he is a genius of the Lava School and is loved by those great knights, he also has the most enemies.

It is not impossible that his opponents instigated their brother to do such a stupid thing in order to attack him.

These thoughts flashed through Wells' mind in a flash. He stepped forward and said respectfully and apologetically, "I'm sorry, sir. My brother lacks self-discipline and actually spoke nonsense on such an important occasion. I will definitely teach him a lesson when I return."

The little knight shouted in disbelief: "Brother..."

Wells suddenly turned around, his eyes ablaze with fire, like lava about to overflow. His aura was like a volcano about to erupt. He spoke word by word, "Shut up! Apologize!"

The little knight was startled. He didn't remember his brother ever speaking to him in that tone. He vaguely felt that he might have gotten into big trouble, but he felt more aggrieved.

His eyes were red, he bowed suddenly and shouted loudly: "I'm sorry!" Then he turned and ran away quickly.

The corner of Wells' mouth twitched slightly, but when he turned around, his face had become calm. He bowed again and said, "I'm sorry, sir."

The Black Knight waved his hand casually, putting the matter behind him.

Wells retreated back to his own team. Although his face was expressionless, anyone could see how turbulent the emotions were hidden beneath this appearance.

The Black Knight looked around at everyone and said, "The final test for the seven of you is to go to the central area of the space-time rift and defeat a demon camp."

As soon as these words were spoken, there were small exclamations from the people around.

Every demon camp is guarded by third-level demons, in addition to many first- and second-level demons.

The four teams that participated were only at the second level and felt the pressure, but that was just pressure.

Levels one to three all belong to the category of ordinary things. Although level three has a huge advantage over levels one and two, it is not an insurmountable chasm.

The participants of the Heritage Knights were originally the best among the Dusk Knights. Their own strength alone was enough to fight against the third level, not to mention that they had a group of equally excellent teammates.

As long as you are not too unlucky or too useless, the demon camp can be taken down.

After the Black Knight and the others digested the information for a moment, he threw out seven scrolls, which unfolded in mid-air, lifted by an invisible force. He then said, "This is the basic information of the seven demon camps. Each demon camp has a different baseline score. Furthermore, additional points will be awarded based on your performance during the trial, such as the time it takes to defeat the demon camps, the number of demons killed, and the extent of the losses. The three groups with the highest scores will become Heritage Knights."

"Remember, every knight in the Knights Templar is invaluable. No matter what attack plan you devise, if the team loses more than half of its members, you will be disqualified from the trial immediately."

The Black Knight's expression grew solemn, and he said in a deep voice, "A knight is not afraid of sacrifice, but meaningless sacrifice should not occur. Even more so, sacrifice should not be made because of the stupidity of the commander!"

After saying this, the Black Knight's tone relaxed and he said, "Okay, you can start choosing your missions."

Mellen raised his hand at this time.

The Black Knight saw it and immediately said subconsciously: "Please speak."

This behavior was caught by some people, and they were all shocked.

Melen asked, "Do we need to hand in the spoils we seized after defeating the demon camp?"

The Black Knight said, "No, these are all yours. Your team can distribute them among them."

Melen nodded, pointed to one of the quest scrolls, and said, "I want that quest."

The Black Knight tore off the mission scroll that Mellen was pointing at and handed it to him without hesitation.

Seeing this scene, everyone else was stunned.

The normal process of selecting tasks should be to proceed in descending order according to the scores obtained by the participants in previous tests. No matter how you think about it, it is impossible for Mellen, an intruder, to start!

However, faced with this obvious cheating behavior, the other six participants remained expressionless and chose to accept it silently.

Chapter 204 The Strongest Tactics

The last mission of the Heritage Knight Competition has been announced. In the eyes of many people, this is a farce, but Mellen doesn't care.

He was playing with the mission scroll in his hand at this time and was in a very good mood.

Lance and Gad walked behind Mellen. They looked at each other and felt quite strange.

At first, the two were still wondering what kind of relationship Mellen had that could actually break the rules of the Knights of Dusk. You know, they are a knight order. Although the Branded Knights are not orthodox knights, they also respect the virtues of chivalry, and the various rules have always been quite strict.

But seeing the Black Knight's final performance, it seems that the answer is already apparent.

Leader of the Knights of Dusk, Knight of Dawn, Dal!

This thought flashed through the minds of the two people, making them feel dizzy.

Dawn Knight Dahl is the idol of all members of the Dusk Knights.

Could it be that the person before me is the illegitimate son of the Dawn Knight Dahl?!

Melen was unaware of the strange thoughts in the minds of the two followers behind him. He looked at the task scroll in his hand, skipped the specific description of the demon camp, and looked directly at the environmental resources below, where the Black Abyss Iron Ore Vein was recorded.

Mellen naturally couldn't estimate the total amount of this Black Abyss Iron Ore Vein, but he thought it must be far more than the incomplete vein he had encountered before, only a small part of which was teleported to the periphery of the space-time rift.

Although it was impossible to use the Little Red Lotus miners to work quickly after conquering the demon camp, Mellen had already made a plan for this.

After receiving the task, they had one day to prepare and needed to gather at Aikou on time the next day.

Melen felt that there was nothing to prepare, so he simply let the team disband on the spot.

The next day, the road to glory was blocked.

The seven teams assembled early, with seven black knights standing not far away. They were not only the supervisors of the test mission, but also the rescuers when the team surrendered or encountered force majeure.

The black knight following behind Mellen and the others was still his old acquaintance.

Their test mission this time lasts for a total of seven days. If they cannot capture the demon camp of their respective mission within seven days, the mission will be considered a failure.

This is a considerable limitation. Even if everything goes well on the Glory Road, it will still take two to three days to reach the central area of the space-time rift.

Excluding the time spent on the road, the team only had four or five days to attack the demon camp.

When the agreed time arrived, the seven teams set off quickly, with the black knights following from a distance.

When they entered the space-time rift, the seven teams dispersed according to their planned routes. Mellen and his team were no exception. Soon the other teams disappeared from their sight, leaving only the Black Knight following them from a distance.

Mellen was not in a hurry. After testing the maximum speed that Lance and Ged could maintain for a long time, he maintained that speed.

When Lance and Gad saw the relaxed attitude of Mellen and Spike, they knew that they were the ones holding back. You know, the completion time of the task is also an important consideration, and the travel time is naturally included.

Lance and Gad dealt with the occasional groups of demons they encountered on the road, and Spike would only take action when there were enemies they could not deal with.

It took them about two and a half days to finally arrive at the demon camp marked as the mission target.

This is a medium-sized demon camp, which is not only home to more than a thousand first- and second-level demons, but also two third-level demons. In addition, there are many mobile demons in this demon camp, and the number is close to a thousand.

Among the low-level demons, in addition to the more common little demons, there are also cowards and babu demons.

The former are the lowest in the sequence of abyssal demons, but even so are dangerous. They are full of a strong nature of spreading destruction and depression. Most cowards can only serve as playthings of more powerful demons, and only a few lucky ones who live long enough can evolve. Because they are relatively weak and easy to bully, they only need to be given vague opportunities to vent their resentment on the weak to force them into long-term labor.

Therefore, cowards also undertake most of the physical work in the abyss world, such as the miners in this demon camp.

The latter also belong to the low-level demon sequence. They look like a human skeleton, covered with a skin made of mucus. This mucus is not ordinary, but composed of strong acid. If you attack with your bare hands, it is easy to be corroded and hurt yourself. If you use weapons, there is a risk of damaging the weapons. It can be said to be quite disgusting.

While observing the demon camp, Melen suddenly sighed.

Lance and Gad were startled, thinking that this demon camp was too powerful. Boss Mellen felt unsure, so he immediately comforted him, "Boss Mellen, we still have several days, so we can take our time to plan."

"Yes, Boss Mellen, the strength of the other demon camps is similar. Maybe the other teams are also worried."

Mellen looked at the two funny guys speechlessly. This expression made the two of them misunderstand, and they began to find various ways to comfort their boss.

Of course, Melen was not sighing because of the strength of the demon camp. He was lamenting that he had entered the space-time rift so many times but had never seen the legendary succubus.

But it makes sense. Although the succubus's sequence level is not high, with its innate talent, it can gain a certain status in any demonic force. Naturally, few of them are exiled to the space-time rift here.

Even if there are any, they are probably serving those powerful legendary demons deep in the space-time rift.

Mellen waved his hand, interrupting the two clowns, and said, "Be smart. If you join the battle, try to attack lone demons."

Before Lance and Gad could react, Spike rushed out at Mellen's signal.

"Woof!~"

The huge roar was filled with a strong sense of provocation. When the demons looked over, they saw Spike slaughtering all the demons he saw with his claws one by one.

The demons were stunned for a few seconds before they reacted and immediately rushed towards Spike in anger.

Spike grew to about three meters in size, and he moved flexibly, killing batches of demons. Occasionally, he was attacked, but he was not left with any scars. Even the strong acid of the Babu Demon only caused his hair to become slightly charred.

The chaos caused by the killing soon spread to the demon camp. Soon, a large number of more elite demons rushed out of the camp and headed straight for Spike.

Spike's eyes flashed with golden light, but soon dimmed. Facing the siege of elite demons, he fought and retreated, occasionally showing a hint of fatigue.