Time slowly passed.
A month later, a long procession was slowly advancing on the road outside the wilderness.
"After we pass this mountain, we'll be out of the north in a few days."
Pral's voice sounded from the side, carrying a trace of exhaustion.
Hearing this voice, Adil turned to look behind him.
Behind him, the long procession was still slowly advancing. Compared to a month ago, there were now much more people, already reaching a scale of one or two thousand.
This was the sum total of more than ten nobles. Not only were there the guards and warriors these nobles had brought with them, but there were also the nobles' clansmen and relatives, all slowly advancing with the procession.
At the very end of the procession, carriages slowly advanced, loaded with rations and other supplies, watched over by some soldiers as they followed the procession forward.
These miscellaneous people and unnecessary items seriously affected the procession's speed, making a journey that should have taken more than ten days take more than a month.
But now, the most dangerous part of the journey had been completed, and they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"Let's rest here for a while!"
At the very front of the procession, Adil urged his horse to look at the scene in the distance. After looking up at the sky, he gave the order to the group behind him.
Behind him, the warriors who were maintaining order began to slowly stop, stopping in some shady places they could find.
It was already October, and logically speaking, the hottest weather should have passed by now. However, the weather in the north was still like this, like a great furnace, incessantly spreading the scorching sun.
They found a continuous stretch of forest, and after a bit of scouting and cleaning up, they chose to stop here.
The warriors at the side nimbly moved the carriages to the appropriate location, and some attendants began to start a fire, preparing to eat.
"Now that we're here, we'll follow the original route. In a month at most, we'll be able to reach the cities of the southern countries."
Under a red-leafed tree, Pral stood to the side and said to Adil.
"What should we do when we get there?" Adil asked, standing where he was.
"To find our stronghold there." Looking around, Pular smiled in a relaxed manner. "In the past, we would organize several large caravans to travel south each year to trade with the southern countries. As time went on, we set up many strongholds in the south to facilitate our annual trade."
"Although these strongholds are only used for business, they have also grown to a certain scale over the past few decades. They can be considered as small-scale chambers of commerce. It won't be a problem for them to accommodate us."
He looked at Adil and smiled, then pointed to the many nobles around him. "It's not just us. These nobles who have lost their territories also have a certain amount of power in the south. Although they are not as strong as us, they should have no problem maintaining their own lives."
"If it really can't be sustained, with us helping each other, we'll be able to take root in the south sooner or later, so that the family won't completely decline."
Hearing this, Adil nodded in agreement, then asked, "What kind of place is the South?"
"It's a very prosperous place," Pilar said. "The countries of the south, although called countries, are actually an alliance. There are powerful kingdoms, as well as small countries with only a few cities, but they are all nominally part of this alliance. "
"Compared to the north, it's much more prosperous there. It's a place with a strong business atmosphere."
He looked at Adil, speaking slowly to him.
Hearing this, Adil nodded.
He had read many records about the south, and it was more or less the same as what Pilar had said.
Mealtime quickly arrived.
In the distance, a girl slowly walked towards Adil, holding a bowl of soup in her hands.
This girl wore a white dress, seeming to have dressed herself very carefully. Her hair was combed very well, giving off a comfortable feeling.
"Sir Adil, are you hungry?"
She walked up to Adil, looking at him as she asked in a low voice, a warm smile on her beautiful face.
"Thank you." Adil received the bowl of soup, thanked her, and then sat down in Silence, not saying anything else.
Seeing that Adil had no intention of making her stay, the girl's smile froze. After standing in place for a long time, she slowly turned and walked back in the direction she had come from.
Looking at the departing figure and the slow pace he took when he arrived, Adil shook his head slightly, feeling a little helpless.
The scene in front of him had become the norm during this period of time.
At this time, no one felt safe, especially those nobles who had lost their territory. Their future was even more difficult.
The nobles were better off. Even though they could no longer maintain their luxurious lifestyle with their past accumulations, they at least had no problems getting by.
What was truly difficult were the nobles' clansmen, and even their children who were not close to them. Their future would probably be problematic.
Under these circumstances, Adil naturally became a hot commodity.
In the past month, his strength as a Grand Knight had been fully displayed, and he immediately became a hot commodity among the surrounding nobles.
Even before the destruction of the Northlands, a Grand Knight was a person of extremely high status. No matter which kingdom he chose to side with, he would at least be granted a hereditary baron's territory. Even in normal times, he would be an excellent marriage partner for most nobles, let alone now.
[Analysis complete. No harmful substances!] The A.I. Chip's robotic voice sounded in his mind.
Under a large tree, Adil looked at the steaming hot soup in his hands. He cautiously checked it with the A.I. Chip before slowly eating it.
He ate very quickly. Not long after, he placed the empty bowl to the side, picked up his sword, and walked into the distance.
As he walked further and further away, he walked to a quiet piece of flat ground. Only then did he take out his sword and brandish it on the spot.
A set of Knight's breathing technique training was quickly completed.
After it was over, Adil felt a little helpless as he felt that his body had not changed at all, "It seems like this level of training is really useless."
With his current body, even the improved Knight's breathing technique would not be of much use. Even if he trained for a long time, it would be very difficult for his body to improve.
This was the limit of a Knight.
According to Adil's understanding, after becoming a Grand Knight, the path of a Knight would come to an end, and there would be no further metamorphosis.
At this thought, Adil looked at his body.
[Name: Adil Farcus. Strength: 9.6. Agility: 9.5. Vitality: 9.8.]
[Beep! Host's stats are nearing the limits of his life!]
The A.I. Chip's robotic voice sounded in his mind, reminding him.
"I've already reached this stage?"
Feeling the A.I. Chip's prompts in his mind, Adil felt a little helpless.
His current data had already reached a terrifying level. No matter how much regular Grand Knights trained, they would not be able to reach this level.
However, at this stage, Adil's body was also nearing its limits.
Due to the limitations of the body's structure and the nature of life, there was a limit to the growth of one's strength. For example, even if a regular human trained their entire body into muscles, they would not be able to compete with an elephant in strength.
The training of the Knight's breathing technique was in fact a change in the nature of life.
When a regular human advanced to a Knight, under the stimulation of life energy and the accumulation of training over a long period of time, the structure of their body would slowly change, becoming more perfect and optimised, causing their body's structure and nature of life to improve.
Strictly speaking, a Knight was a more perfect individual. Although they had not completely broken away from the boundaries of a human, their level of life was already different from that of a regular human. Hence, the limits of their strength were also greater.
Grand Knights were in a similar situation. After a metamorphosis on the basis of a Knight, their level of life would become even more powerful, and the limits of their strength would be magnified.
Humans were creatures that were more balanced in all aspects. According to the analysis of the A.I. Chip in Adil's mind, the limit of a Knight's life was probably above 5 in all attributes, while the limit of a Grand Knight's life was around 10 in all attributes.
Standing on the spot, various thoughts flashed through Leylin's mind.
After pondering for a while, Adil took out a crystal from his waist pocket.
It was a red crystal core. Due to excessive consumption, it was now only the size of a few grains of sand, and it looked like it was about to be completely used up.
Holding this red crystal core in his hand, a warm current slowly flowed from his palm to his entire body.
Feeling this warm current, Adil shook his head in disappointment as he stood on the spot.
If he wanted to break through the limits of life, he had to raise his level of life.
Currently, there were only a few possibilities. The path of a Knight had already been blocked, and there was no way for him to continue advancing.
In that case, the only possibility left was the crystal core that contained unknown power.
According to the A.I. Chip's analysis, this crystal core contained an extremely powerful energy that could slowly raise a lifeform's level of life. If there was enough of it, it was possible for a lifeform to undergo metamorphosis once again.
It was a pity that after such a long period of consumption, the crystal cores he had obtained in that apocalyptic world were almost completely used up. What was left was not enough to allow him to undergo metamorphosis, but it would be good if he could reach the limits of his life.
With a thought, a speck of starlight slowly appeared in Adil's mind.
This was the coordinates of the apocalyptic world, and it was currently very dim. It was obvious that the accumulated energy was not enough.
Adil tried to use his will to contact it, but he was unable to open the door in the end. It only gave him some feedback instinctively, telling him how much time he needed.
"Looks like this is the only possibility left."
In the end, he helplessly picked up a black talisman from his bosom and muttered to himself.
The talisman was square and round, looking simple and old. It seemed to have experienced a long period of time, and there were veined patterns on it.
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