Chapter 84 The Power of the Great Knight

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【In the first week, after arriving at the trial grounds, Blanca reveals to you that her new posting is also here, where she will be the new garrison commander for the Legion for some time to come.】
Blanca tells you that this is an abandoned wizard's secret realm.
Due to some unforeseen circumstances, this wizard's secret realm has become extremely dangerous, with many monsters spawning inside that will attack any living creatures.
This place is no longer suitable for any living creature to dwell in. It was abandoned several years ago, and all the wizards who used to live inside have since evacuated.
The garrison is responsible for guarding the entrance and exit of the secret realm to prevent the monsters inside from rushing out.
You met a friend here who made a lifelong impression on you on your first encounter.
She, like you, needs to participate in the Knight's Trial, and your trial requires you to survive alone in a secret realm for one month, relying on your own strength and as many monster kills as possible, under the witness of the heroic spirits.
You are ready to trap a small bug.
After performing a ceremony and signing a contract, summon Lancelot when there is no one around.
Have Lancelot also sign the contract and perform the ceremony.
You have entered a secret realm, where the environment is extremely harsh,
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【Error!】
【Simulation ends and no rewards will be given this time.】
"Okay! It's similar to previous times, no useful information."
Chizi sighed as he looked at the results he had already seen more than once.
"That's it!" He flipped through his coat hanging on the chair and pulled out the bottle of 'dreamless sleeping pills' from his pocket.
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The next day, Chiz was tired all day.
Because something unexpected happened that the simulator didn't predict - Blanc suddenly said she wanted to give him a surprise training in the morning.
After finishing breakfast, I pulled him to the basement, which was a dedicated training ground opened by Blanca.
It was very spacious, roughly about half the size of the room he had in the school's Room of Requirement, and there were traces of magic expansion, probably done by Lucy for her.

Various types of training equipment and weapons are neatly piled against the wall or hung on the wall.
"Put it on! You haven't received professional weapon training, so don't use the weapon."

我们待会儿还是像上次一样，我会将自己的力量和位阶压制在和你一样的水平，来做一个拳脚反应能力方面的对练。”，布兰卡递过一件厚重的护具。
"Don't you have confidence in me? Didn't we spar before? We didn't wear protective gear back then either!" Kiez wanted to refuse, as he believed that although he was not as skilled as Blanca, with his current physical condition, he could at least avoid getting easily injured by her.
"This is what you said, so it's up to you! Don't beg for mercy if you end up lying on the ground," Blanca chuckled with a hint of meaning.
"Don't worry! I won't easily be knocked down by you! And I brought plenty of magic potions, so even if I get injured, I can recover quickly!"
Qi Zi remembers having several sparring matches with Blanca after he was officially promoted to knight.
Even though Blanca wasn't using full force, Qi Zi couldn't fight back, but he managed to hold on for quite some time.
And now I'm only one step away from being a great knight.
"Go, Blanco Warrior! Jizzy actually looks down on you, don't hold back! Teach him a lesson."
Judith came down with Adely and was holding Adely's hand with one hand while excitedly waving at Blanca with the other.
Chiz heard their voices and glanced over, his eyebrows slightly furrowed and somewhat displeased.
It's not that he felt offended by Judith's words, but because Adley was now staring at the two of them in the middle of the field with a curious and somewhat hungry look.
Anyways, Qiz didn't quite understand, but he didn't drive them away.
After quickly warming up, they saluted each other with Blanca, which is the most basic etiquette between two knights when battling.
At the moment when the two people stood up straight, the battle broke out.
Blanca's speed was extremely fast. After a feint with his left fist, his right fist close to his chest smashed towards Kizaru's head.
However, there was no aura attached to the fist, so the punch aimed at her elbow by Chise was easily avoided.
Branca quickly withdrew her fist and took two steps back.
"Qizi! Not bad! Your reaction is good, but now I'll get serious."
Before she could finish speaking, Qizi saw a nearly transparent and slightly red energy enveloping her fist and quickly made a fake move towards herself.
As Chi's conditioned reflex dodged to the side, she quickly realized that it was a fake movement, and her other fist was aimed at her own abdomen.
Chi also reacted swiftly, knowing that she couldn't dodge the punch, she immediately covered the position where the punch was going to land with her aura.
"Bang!" The moment the fist fell, two bursts of Qi collided with a huge sound.
Qiz's defense was broken with a sound, and he was severely hit on the chest.
He stepped back two or three steps, feeling his chest tight and a bloody smell in his mouth.
"Are you okay? Can you still continue?"
"Cough cough! I'm fine! Let's go!" Zee coughed twice and stepped forward again.
Blanca lifted her fist and continued to strike towards Zee's chest. This time, he also attached his Qi to his hands to deflect her punch.
Then, taking advantage of the opening, he aimed a punch at her abdomen.
Unexpectedly, Blanca didn't dodge or evade!
Just her aura quickly covered the spot where the punch was about to land.
"Boom!" Chise's fist stopped about an inch from her lower stomach.
"It's not bad, you have enough strength, but your Qi is lacking a bit in refinement,"
As she spoke, she clamped both of her hands onto Qizhi's right hand that he didn't have time to pull back, and lifted him up with a sudden upward pull.
After waving it twice in the air, he threw it far away.
Chiz flipped in the air, landed steadily, and charged towards Blanca again.
He now realized clearly that he could not break Blanca's defense at all.
But Blanca can easily break through her own qi, and if she hadn't held back with that punch just now, she would have been knocked down herself.
Now she can only use her advantage of being shorter in stature to try to hold out against her opponent for a little longer.
After rushing to Blanca's side, he did not launch an attack but circled around her.
When dodging Blanca's attacks, he occasionally showed one or two feints.
Among them, twice he turned a feint into a real attack and managed to hit her, but the damage was still negligible.
Blanca dodged several attacks from him agilely.
"Kid! Want to play with me with this move?"
Blanca smiled and said, "Run fast! Don't let me catch you!"
After saying that, she lowered her body and rushed toward him after Chise had made a feint move again.
Qi Zhi had not yet responded when Blanca suddenly accelerated and rammed into his chest, sending him flying.
He took a real blow this time and was unable to get up for a long time after falling to the ground.
Blanca helped him up.
"Not bad! I can roughly figure out your level now," he said.
"What level?" Chiz wiped the sweat off his forehead.
Blanca furrowed his brows and acted thoughtfully by stroking his chin. "You have no level! You have nothing but strength and the title of a formal knight. You have no skills or techniques whatsoever; you are simply a moving target. However, your combat intuition is good enough to dodge some simple techniques."
They sat down on the nearby cushion to take a rest.
"Can't I still have a few more rounds with you? You praised me last time for doing well."
"Oh, please! Do you call that a few rounds? If I hadn't gone easy on you, you would've been knocked out by the first punch."
"Alright! After all, this isn't my main subject. I'm just here to keep my body strong and healthy. Do I still qualify to participate in the trial?"
Qizi was also a little helpless, but who told him that he hasn't learned any combat skills yet?
"It's not impossible! I told you last night that the really dangerous things inside have already been cleaned up by the wizards.
Now the things inside can be killed even by ordinary people, but their number is just too many, some of them are difficult to deal with."
“真的吗？被你这么一说都搞得我有些不自信了，为什么我这样的去了也可以得到晋升大骑士的机会？”
“当然是真的！让你去也是因为此次机会难得，魔法部拿出了封存已久的英灵石碑吸引骑士们帮他们清理秘境。
Your qualifications on the path of becoming a knight are quite good, and you may be promoted to a grand knight in the future.
That's why I used some connections to help you get this opportunity.
Chiz also heard a strange word.
"Blanca! What is the Monument of Heroic Spirits?"
"Oh, I forgot to tell you last night. This thing can be considered the holy artifact of knights."
"It is said that the Monument of Heroic Spirits was made by an ancient dynasty to help in the promotion of great knights. There should have been several pieces of it originally, but the Department of Magic has one piece."
里面是无数骑士们的英灵，得到他们的认可之后，就有很大几率获得晋升大骑士的方法。”
“那要怎么获得他们的认可呢？”
"As long as you swear in front of them and fulfill your oath, you can gain their approval."
"But why does the Ministry of Magic have the relics of knights?"
Kaizi suddenly thought of a very awkward question.
"I'm not really sure, maybe it was a spoils of war seized in ancient battles."
"Did you also use this method to advance?"
"Uh! No it's not! But I can't tell you the method at the moment. If you don't get the chance this time and still want to continue on the journey with the knight, I'll tell you later!"
"Have you rested enough? If you have, then let's continue! We don't have much time, it's impossible to train you to become an unparalleled expert in just two days.
However, what I want is for you to have quicker reflexes to dodge attacks and the ability to escape faster, so that you can survive as long as possible in that secret realm."
"Alright! Come again!"
When Kiz stood up, he glanced over to Adley and saw that his expression had completely changed. He looked disappointed, mixed with other indescribable emotions.
And it seemed he was about to drag Judice up.
He didn't quite understand why Adley's expression changed so quickly. It seemed that he was not very satisfied with the fighting power they had just shown.
Just as Qiz was distracted, Blanca's fist was already in front of him.
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(Lying flat) This talent that Qiz initially thought was completely useless once again displayed its superiority.
He can at least let Qi Zi, who is bruised and tired after a day of training, with a sore back and legs so stiff he can barely walk, sleep comfortably at night in the best position possible.
On the second morning, Chise was fully resurrected, even the right eye that Branca had mercilessly beaten was completely healed.
At the end of yesterday, Branca told Chise that he could demonstrate the true power of a great knight for him today.
He is looking forward to it and got up early after breakfast to exercise in the basement following Blanc's guidance yesterday.
Lucia is also here today, perhaps to spend more time with Blanc before they leave. She made up for the Easter holidays she didn't rest before.
When his body movement eased up, Blanca led everyone to the basement.
"Chiz! As promised yesterday, I will show you the true power of the great knights today. Look, I even invited Lucy."
She is one of the top young wizards in the Arolo, and can be considered among the most outstanding group of young wizards. This morning, I had a duel with her.
You all have to watch carefully, as such opportunities are not usually seen.
"Papapa!"
Judith's applause rang out in a timely manner, and Cheeze and Adler followed suit.
"Before we begin, I must caution you that although knights are generally not as powerful as wizards, never underestimate anyone who wields power.
They might defeat you in ways you never expected.
Remember, wizards should never let knights get close.
Once your enemy gets too close, you will immediately be at a disadvantage, even if your spells are powerful, they are basically useless.”
After finishing their conversation, Blanca gestured for Lucy to come forward.
They stood in the center of the training ground on the red circle.
Next, Chise witnessed an interesting scene as Lucy held her magic wand and performed the gesture of a wizard's duel, while Blanca held her broadsword and performed the gesture of a knight's duel.
At the moment when the necessary etiquette on both sides was completed, Lucia fired a "Thunder Blast" at Blanca.
But Blanca swung his broadsword wrapped in thick armor and slammed it into the wall, creating a burst of scattered smoke.
Blanca seized the opportunity and leaped forward, rushing towards Lucy who was preparing for the next spell.
Lucy was very fast, and just as she took two steps and was about to jump, she cast the petrification spell again.
Branca didn't have time to gather her strength and was about to collide with the incoming curse.
"Huh!", she exhaled heavily, and Chiz saw her muscles tensing up. Red patterns gradually appeared on her exposed skin.
Immediately, the Qi surged and a huge blood-red circle appeared under her feet. The patterns on her skin became more and more distinct, forming blood-red thorns that entwined around her body.
A huge blood-red rose bloomed in the circle, and as it opened, the spell was blocked outside the circle and quickly dissipated.
At this moment, Kez noticed that the blood-red thorns entwined around her seemed to be growing buds.
Blanca leaped from the ground towards Lucy, the circle and the roses within the circle moved with her.
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