After greeting Professor Reyes respectfully for a while, Connor rolled his eyes and tactfully cut to the topic at hand.
"Professor, ever since I was promoted to an official Knight, I feel that my physical strength is increasing at an extremely slow pace …"
"Oh?" Hearing Connor's question, Professor Reyes looked at Connor with some confusion. After a while, he stood up and said, "Come to the garden!"
Under the bright sunshine, Reyes and Connor stood facing each other in the garden of the villa. At this moment, Reyes had already changed from his elegant white robe to a capable knight's outfit.
Taking out two unsharpened cross swords, Reyes threw one of them to Connor.
"Come on, Connor. Let me see how you perform in a real battle with the strength of an official Knight!"
Holding the cross sword steadily in his hand in mid-air, Connor beautifully waved the sword in a dazzling pattern. He didn't bother to be polite to Professor Reyes. After saying "Excuse me", he immediately held the cross sword in his hand and took the initiative to attack with nimble steps.
"Swoosh!" Connor, who was attacking, showed a few feints to confuse his opponent. The unsharpened tip of the cross sword immediately rushed towards Reyes's throat.
Reyes maintained a smile on his face. He simply lifted the cross sword in his hand and firmly blocked Connor's fierce attack.
"You've improved a little compared to before, but it's still not good enough!" Smiling at Connor, Professor Reyes said faintly. After saying that, he didn't care whether Connor heard him clearly or not. With a shake of his wrist, he directly exerted force and shook Connor away.
His heart sank. Connor, who was shaken away by a huge force, focused his attention on Reyes. Holding the long sword in his hand, he was vigilant of his teacher's attack that could come at any time.
Without letting Connor wait for too long, the cross sword in Professor Reyes's hand was like a silver snake under the warm sunlight. It quickly bit towards Connor's right wrist.
Facing such an attack, Connor was left with only one choice. That was to give up on the attack and turn to defense. Then, step by step, he would be nibbled away by his teacher.
"A.I. Chip, find the best way to break Reyes's attack now!" Connor, who didn't want to give up just like that, shouted sternly in his heart.
[Beep! Following Host's will, the best way to deal with the current situation is to first take three steps forward and attack, exchanging injury for injury. With Host's strength, there is about a 51% success rate. Second, retreat and block, the success rate is about 39%!]
Hearing that the success rate of the first method was more than 50%, Connor didn't hesitate and calmly followed the A.I. Chip's advice. Without even looking at the cross sword that was about to hit his right wrist, he immediately took three steps forward and stabbed the cross sword towards Professor Reyes's heart.
Seeing that Connor was determined to 'exchange injury for injury', Reyes's eyes didn't have a trace of anger. Instead, they were filled with admiration. Connor's attack was very ingenious. The timing was just right when the old force was exhausted and the new force had yet to be generated. If he wasn't a Grand Knight now and was an official Knight like Connor, facing this attack, he would probably have died on the spot. Even if he was a Grand Knight now, it seemed that the only thing he could do was to give up on attacking Connor's wrist and block Connor's attack.
If that happened, Reyes would be at a disadvantage in the next three or four moves due to a moment of carelessness.
Seeing Connor's cross sword piercing towards his heart, the faint smile on Reyes's face disappeared and he became serious. With a low shout, the silver snake like cross sword drew a beautiful arc in the air and strangely blocked the tip of Connor's sword.
"Ding!"
The two iron swords collided with each other in the air, making a crisp sound.
With the sound, Connor Ferguson collapsed immediately. He took a few steps back and barely managed to stand firm on the soft soil in the garden.
With a bitter smile on his face, Connor bowed slightly and presented the cross sword to Reyes with both hands. He knew that Professor Reyes must have held back his strength at the last moment. Otherwise, he definitely wouldn't be standing here unscathed. Instead, he would have spat out blood and collapsed on the ground.
Professor Reyes took back the cross-shaped sword that Conor had given him and said faintly, "I have to say, the progress of your strength has greatly exceeded my expectations. After becoming an official knight, the strengthening of your physique isn't as obvious as when you were a probationary knight. This is normal. There's nothing to worry about!"
Straightening up, Connor pretended to hesitate for a while before saying in a low voice, "Master, I know that the training of a Knight is a gradual process. But right now, I have an urgent need to improve my strength …"
Hearing Connor's words, Professor Reyes frowned slightly. After a while, he said, "Are you in trouble?"
Without saying anything, Connor nodded slightly.
Seeing that Connor admitted it, Professor Reyes paced back and forth in the garden and thought for a while before returning to the house. When he returned to the garden, there was a small box in his hand.
Gently brushing off the dust on the small box, Reyes handed it to Connor.
"Open it and see!"
Although he didn't know what was in such a small box, Connor still followed his master's instructions.
When Connor gently opened the box, he saw a dazzling golden medallion with a sun pattern lying quietly in the box.
"This is a mystical item that I obtained when I was young. I call it the Sun Emblem. If you carry it with you, it will automatically help you resist when you are attacked. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be much energy left. It can only be used four or five times!" Pointing at the badge in the box, Professor Reyes introduced it with a smile. Connor could vaguely feel the nostalgia in his smile.
"Magical item?" Professor Reyes's introduction of the badge immediately made Connor ecstatic.
As a noble, he naturally knew what the words' mystical items' meant. These were items that had mysterious powers. There were countless legends about these items. For example, there was a rumor that an ordinary pregnant woman once wielded a mystical item that looked like a bow and arrow and killed a Grand Knight. Although these rumors were both true and false, everyone had to admit that mystical items did exist in this world. Moreover, the existence of mystical items was also a strong evidence for some people to prove the existence of powerful Magi.
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