Chapter 36
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Looking at the bow and arrow in his hands, the Knight of Marhsall would never imagined in a million years, that the castle's crisis could be solved by only shooting some arrows. He wondered, could this be this the true power of a blacksmith master?
As Abel looked at The Marshall Knight, deeply drawn by the composite Bow, his facial expression became very familiar to Abel's. It was the same expression when the knight was looking at his beloved armour.
Abel hoped that the Knight of Marshall would returned the composite bow to him. After awhile, Abel reached out his hand. He wanted to take the Bow back from the Marshall Knight.
However, the composite bow remained glued to the Knight of Marshall's hand. Even when Abel had pulled on it a few times, it did not budge a single bit.
"Abel? Your uncle's been good to you this whole time, hasn't he?"
The smile on the Knight of Marshall's face reminded Abel of the wolf's expression in Little Red Ridinghood. It sent shivers to Abel down to his spine.
Abel lowered his head and said "Uncle Marshall is very good to me."
"Your Uncle Marshall has never had a good bow. You know, as an intermediate knight, I was always embarrassed to take my ugly bows out on the streets …. until now." The Knight of Marshall said pitifully.
Abel rolled his eyes. Every time the Knight of Marshall went outside, he would wear the most expensive clothes, carry a magical sword and put on the shiniest armour. Even the horses were stronger than the average war horses. Therefore, why would he carry a ordinary bows and arrows around. In the Abel understanding of the knight of Marshall, equipment were the most important things to him. Unless it was necessary for combat, he would not carry any ordinary equipment with him.
The Knight of Marshall knew that this bow might be very difficult to make. However, how could he return something he had already revived, that was not his style.
Today's military service had been over achieved. 12 orcs were killed outside the castle, but these were not just ordinary Orcs. If they were just ordinary Orcs, The Knight of Marshall would not have hidden inside his own castle and not dared to fight. These Orcs were at least level 6, and every single one of them knew how to flight with combat Qi. The Knight of Marshall was only an intermediate knight. He could defeat these orcs if they were having a one to one battle. However, the orcs were often more powerful than the human of the same level. This was because of their stronger build and years of battle experience. It made them machines for war.
The Knight of Marshall did not remember when was the last time he had felt this thrilled. He stood on the defence wall, shooting an arrow for each orc. This bow was like a messenger of death, killing anything that got in the way.
Seeing the forty-year-old Marshall Knight trying to act cute in front of him, Abel felt defeated. He hopelessly glanced in sorrow at the composite bow in the hands of the Knight of Marshall. He felt this 400-pound super composite bow drifting further and further away from him. At last, Abel waved his hand and said: "Uncle Marshall, since you like it so much, you can take it."
Marshall Knight let out a huge laugh. He pulled on the bow and made an archery stand. He then proudly looked at Abel and said, "Only the most powerful knight can use a godly bow like this!"
"Uncle Marshall, if you pull on the bow too hard without an arrow, it can badly damage the bow, and I don't have any spare parts to repair it for you." Abel ignored the Marshall Knight's pretending to be cool, and ruthlessly pointed out the main weakness of the bow.
The Knight of Marshall stopped laughing. He carefully retracted his force and slowly began to restore the bowstring in to its original position. However there were also some obvious differences between this bow and any ordinary bows. When a person pulls on the bow, it requires their full force. However, once the boystring retracts, the more force it requires. A white light of combat qi appeared from the knight of Marshall's body as he was restoring the bow, finally the bowstring flattened. The Knight of Marshall wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, and anxiously observed the bow. He had only just received this godly bow, so pretending to be cool was definitely not worth the risk of damaging it.
Abel sighed. He depressingly left the guarding wall. He would now need to go back to the blacksmith guild to make a second composite bow. He need to make 2 new ones in total, one for himself, and one for his father, the Knight of Bennett, Abel understood very well that, since he gave the composite bow to the Knight of Marshall, it would not take long until he show it off in front of the Knight of Bennett. Therefore, if he didn't also make one for the knight of Bennett, he would have felt very sorry. Although his father, the Knight of Bennett would not say anything to him, Abel knew deep down, his father would feel very sad.
"Open the gate of the castle! Drag the dead bodies back, and also don't forget the mounts," the Knight of Marshall shouted at the cavalries waiting inside the castle gates.
After the gate of the castle was opened, ten of the cavalry rushed out. There were two grieving mount wolves remaining in the battle field. When they saw the human appearing, they immediately rushed forward and prepared for their last fight.
However, the two mount wolves only got the chance to took a few steps, before arrows pierced their skull from the guarding wall. The cavalries looked at their their leader, the Knight of Marshall in shiny armour with adoration. Their leader signified the safety of the estate and their families.
Other than the two mount wolves that were shot, there were also four inferno bovine outside the castle. All the other surviving mounts had ran along with the orcs. However, the inferno bovines were often not very smart and not that loyal ether. Therefore, since inferno bovines were often worth quite a lot of money, they could be sold in the market after domestication.
After the cavalries dragged the the dead bodies, and the four inferno bovine back to the castle, the Knight of Marshall had already decided the fate of these bovines. He would convert his horse carriages in to bovine carriages. He would keep two for himself, and the other two for Abel. This way, the Knight of Marshall could feel less guilty for taking his adopted son's weapon. However, the Knight of Marshall actually didn't felt that guilty for taking Abel's bow. He knew if Abel could make a bow of this kind, he could make a second one. Also, the Knight of Marshall thought that, if didn't take the bow from Abel, maybe Abel would not have the motivation to make another bow again.
The crisis had been resolved. There shouldn't be anymore more orcs who would dare to seek death at Harry Castle. Therefore, The Knight of Marshall ordered the guards to patrol while he could have some rest. These days, the Knight of Marshall had been very stressed, and he had never taken off his armour. He had to be the leader of the castle.
If the orcs had appeared near a castle, the nobels of that castle could no longer leave their castles. This was a rule of war established for all mankind. If a common enemy of human had appeared in a nobel's estate and the nobel left his estate, it would signify that he had given up his estate.
This rule did not include the conflicts between humans. If two humans were battling against each other, and if one party knew that they couldn't win, surrender was always approved. Furthermore, because of the Noble Prisoner of War rule, no one would really want to take such a risk and pick a fight with a nobel, unless they really possessed a deep hatred towards them.
After returning to the Blacksmith Guild, Abel began his repetitive work again. He was making another 2 composite bows. He gathered the last 4 heavy bows in the warehouse, but since the knight of Marshall knew what Abel was doing, he did not became dissatisfied.
This time, Abel had made a lot more than last time. He made 4 bearings, and even made a few extra the large springs in preparation for upgrading his carriage. Abel was traumatised every time he rode on a carriage. He was too accustomed to the smoothness cars in his previous life, while the carriage of this world felt like it was dancing on rocks every time it moved.
In the next 2 days, Abel spent all his energy on making the composite bows. Since he had gained the experience from his last attempt. The 2 composite bows he made this time had been further refined.
Because the orcs were now all driven away, Abel decided to go outside to test out the range of his new bows.
Abel perfected the scale of the sighting device, it was divided into 100 meters, 100 to 200 meters, 200 meters to 400 meters. Abel realised when shooting beyond 400 meters, the power of the arrow would be greatly reduced. So Abel estimated that the maximum range of these composite bow was within 400 metres. Any range beyond that would be impossible to kill anything, at most it could only badly injured the enemy. Further more, the speed of the arrow would also be greatly reduced after 400 metres. Therefore, the enemy could easily avoid it.
Upon completing the two composite bows, Abel was eager to send the bow to his father. Therefore, he had proposed to the Knight of Marshall to visit Bennett Castle.
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Chapter 37
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"Are you heading towards Bennett's castle now? I really don't suggest going because It's extremely dangerous out there right now."
The Knight of Marshall was hesitant to let Abel venture off during the current situation since he would be vulnerable to the attacking orcs outside. Even if Abel had brought a few guards with him, it still probably wasn't going to end well if they were forced into a fight. The orcs that had appeared were all above level 6. The guards were no match against these orcs, and if they were to fight, they probably couldn't even fend off a single orc.
"Uncle Marshall, I have to get to the Bennett Castle. You saw the power of my bow. I need to deliver the newly forged bows to the Bennett Castle. Otherwise, my family wouldn't stand a chance against those orcs," Abel explained, trying to persuade Knight of Marshall to let him venture off to the Bennett Castle.
"Why are you willing to risk your life to give them the bow, when they didn't even ask for it? You know, I had to ask you before you would even give it to me…" the Knight of Marshall said with a hint of bitterness and jealousy on his face.
After hearing what the Knight Marshall said, Abel immediately spoke in an extremely serious manner, "Well, this attack made me doubt the safety of the Bennett Castle. Just look at the power of these orcs… I must go and deliver the bow to them before it's too late!"
"Alright, if you insist to head towards the Bennett Castle. I'll go with you."
The Knight of Marshall felt that he had no choice. He grudgingly decided that he would head out to the Bennett Castle with Abel. For him, however, he was more concerned about Abel's safety than the safety of the castle. Since the castle had already killed off at least half of the attacking orcs, he was certain that the orcs wouldn't dare to come back and attack the castle unless if they wanted to commit suicide.
"Uncle Marshall! Are you sure you can come with me?"
Abel knew that it would've been extremely difficult for his uncle to leave the castle with the current situation. Even though Bennett's Castle wasn't too far away from them. If the Knight of Marshall was found wandering out with Abel, he would've lost all his estate because he went AWOL (Absent Without Official Leave). Besides that matter, the castle also needed the leadership and commands from Knight of Marshall to effectively defend against any attacking orcs.
"Don't worry about it, Abel. It's fine. I will go to Bennett's Castle with you. Just let me change into some different clothes so that people can't recognize me that easily. If we take the horses and ride as fast as we can, we should be able to return within half a day."
The Knight of Marshall knew exactly what Abel was worried about, but to him, if he had lost his estate to someone else, he could always get it back in the future. If he lost Abel, however, he would've never been able to get someone's life back. The Knight of Marshall knew that, as long as he stayed with Abel and educate him well, their potential together would be limitless. They might even gain a bigger territory and a higher title than what they have now.
It was already afternoon by the time they finished arguing. Shortly after, Abel equipped a leather armor suit and got onto a warhorse. For Knight Marshall, he wrapped his silky gold hair and swapped his eye-catching helmet into a less flashy one. Moreover, he also wore a hat that was capable of covering his face and took an ordinary warhorse so that no one would've noticed him during their trip to the Bennett Castle.
Before the two began their journey, both warhorses were fed with oats, which helped maintain them within their peak performance as well as maximize their powers. Without notifying anyone, Abel and Knight Marshall quietly sneaked out of the castle, when everyone inside the castle was celebrating in their successful attempt in defending against the Orcs.
Without taking any detours, the two horses galloped towards Bennett castle in a straight line. By this time, there were no visible signs of life anywhere in the Lord's land between the Bennett castle and Harry's castle. This was because, during a battle, all civilians that were resided in these lands would've evacuated and gathered inside the castle for safety measures. This would've explained why Abel and Knight Marshall had not stumbled across anyone during their trip to the Bennett Castle.
After two hours of traveling, Bennett's castle was finally visible within their eyesight. Abel could not help but feel a sense of relieve as he took in a deep breath. In the distance, Bennett's castle stood firmly and quietly in the setting sun. The castle's entrance was shut tightly, and the guards of the castle were vaguely visible on the outskirt of the castle walls. Everything looked to be perfectly fine, and the Bennett Castle seemed to be unharmed. It didn't seem to be attacked by Orcs.
As Abel and Marshall approached closer and closer towards the castle, their arrival caused the emergency bell of the castle to ring rapidly. As they got closer to the entrance of the castle, they were met immediately with soldiers equipped with bows aiming down at them from the castle walls…
"It's me, Abel. Open the door." Abel shouted.
"Holster your weapon guards, it's Master Abel!" Someone yelled loudly.
"Open the door." Suddenly, there were deep voices of Knight of Bennett coming from somewhere. Shortly after, the door of the Bennett Castle was slowly opened.
When Abel and the Knight of Marshall entered the castle, the door was quickly closed for security to prevent any potential of attacks.
"Abel, how dare you come to the castle during these dangerous times?" the Knight of Bennett said reproachfully towards Abel in a rather serious tone.
"Father, I need to talk to you privately. Can we find a quiet place to talk? It's an urgent matter." Abel said quietly, as he glanced over towards the Knight of Marshall, who took cover closely with Abel as he tried to prevent anyone from spotting him.
For Abel to travel across to the Bennett castle during these dangerous times, the Knight of Bennett certainly knew that there must've been something important. Else, Abel wouldn't have taken such a big risk to get here.
The Knight of Bennett pitched a suspicious look at the mysterious knight (Knight Marshall) that was next to Abel. But without hesitation, he led the Abel and the mysterious knight into the guest room. He then told the guards to not disturb them as he closed the door once Abel and Marshall went inside.
"Father, this is…" Abel was about to reveal the identity of the mysterious knight.
The Knight of Bennett recognized the Knight of Marshall at first glance. He then immediately spoke up and said, "Marshall, have you gone out of your mind? You're leaving your territory during these dangerous times? You better have a valid reason for coming along with Abel…"
"Hey! Do you think I want to come here? Your silly boy said he had to come here, I couldn't just let him come here by himself. I had to follow him. Otherwise, he would've for sure ended up dead."
Knight Marshall took off his hat, wobbled off his suppressed golden hair that was wrapped throughout the entire trip as he replied back to the Knight of Bennett in a rather angry attitude.
"God damn it, Marshall, you always cried when things went wrong." The Knight of Bennett helplessly shook his head while looking at Marshall. He then turned around and asked Abel, "What's the matter? Why do you have to act so mysteriously all the time…? Did you think about the consequences if Marshall was caught leaving his territory…? If he was caught, it would've been extremely inconvenient and troublesome for all parties involved."
"Father, I knew the consequences, but I've come all the way here from Harry's Castle was to give you this." Abel took out a composite bow and passed it over to his father.
Knight Bennett took the composite bow with his hands and started to fiddle with the bow. Promptly after, he asked Abel with a surprised tone; "You came all the way here just to give me this?"
"What do you mean "this" Bennett? This is the "Harry's bow", a name that I've made for this special bow." Knight Marshall said with a sense of dissatisfaction since he was very upset with Bennett's attitude and his lack of appreciation for the special bow.
Abel could not help but remain silent and covered his head. He knew that Marshall declared the name of the bow without consulting or even bothering to tell him. What's worse was that he even took his own name to classify the bow… Even though Abel had the same surname as the Knight of Marshall, he was certain that his uncle's intention of naming the bow "Harry's bow" was because he wanted it after his own name.
"Bennett, it's not just an ordinary bow like you think it is. Here, try shooting an arrow and see for yourself." The Knight of Marshall then enthusiastically took out an arrow and handed it to the Knight of Bennett. As he enthusiastically instructed Knight Bennett on how to aim and how to operate the spreader; "Okay Bennett, let's shoot at the wall over there" As Knight Marshall pointed towards the wall.
The guest room was massive, it was nearly a 40 square meter room. The wall that Marshall told Bennett to shoot towards was more than 20 meters in distance, and without saying anything, Bennett released his hand and the arrow immediately disappeared on the bow. Within a split second, there was a harsh shrill sound and when they looked towards at the wall, the arrow had already pierced through the wall that was made from boulders.
Knight Bennett looked at the arrows on the wall, shocked and astonished of the power of the bow. He couldn't believe what he had just witnessed. He quickly walked over to the wall and knocked the wall a few times with his bare hands, confirming the bow's legitimacy. He was stunned so that he didn't even realize that the wall that he had just broken was his own guest room.
He then pulled out the arrow from the wall using a substantial amount of force. As he glanced at the wall, the arrow had made a hole that was 2 points/meters deep… When he looked over to the arrow, the arrowhead's shape had already deformed due to the incredible strength of the impact when the arrow strikes through the wall.
"This b..b..bow.? Knight Bennett looked at Abel as he said in complete astonishment and curiosity in how his son has acquired such a powerful weapon.
As Abel was about to speak, the Knight of Marshall interrupted the conversation between the two and said, "Abel became a master blacksmith recently, did you know that?" Then he was silent…
When Knight of Bennett heard that his son had become a master blacksmith, he regretted giving Abel to Marshall as an adopted son. When Marshall repeated once again that his adopted son had become a master blacksmith, the facial expression on Bennett's face immediately filled with sorrow.
Marshall was not able to understand Bennett's expression, so he continued speaking; "Abel designed Harry's Bow for me so that I could withstand the Orcs. Just today, I used the Harry Bow to swiftly take down 12 orcs. All of them were level 6 and above too!"
Knight Bennett felt a sense of uncontrollable shock and amazement as he gazed at Harry's Bow that was on his hand. He now began to understand the reason why Abel had taken such a big risk to bring Harry's bow all the way from Harry's Castle. In terms of what Marshall had said to him, knowing him for so long already, if half the things that he said were true, it was already good enough…
However, what his old friend Marshall had done for Abel was beyond anyone's capability. Marshall risked his territory just for the sake of Abel's safety. Bennett knew that it would've extremely difficult for him to make such a decision and to risk it all.
The Knight of Bennett drew the bow once again. This time, he had discovered the advantages of the bow. The bow was hard to pull, but it was easy to aim at, and also it had a terrifying amount of power and destruction.
Knight Marshall then looked directly at Bennett with a sense of mockery, and said with a smile; "I forgot to tell you smarty pants, Harry's bow cannot be used without any ammunition."
By the time that the Knight of Bennett had restored his bow, using a large amount of his combat qi, Knight Marshall was already laughing so hard, as if he had already forgotten that he had also made the same mistake before.
Abel and the knight Marshall did not stay long in Bennett's castle, and after instructing Knight Bennett on how to operate Harry's bow. The two quickly set off to go back to Harry's Castle before anyone realized that they were missing.
When they departed Bennett's Castle, it was already dark. However, the two individuals were so familiar with the road, especially with Marshall who had journeyed on this route countless times. Alongside with guidance of the moonlight in the night sky, the warhorses were also quite fast as they traveled back to their castle.
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Chapter 38
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As Abel and the Knight of Marshall were traveling back towards Harry's Castle, Abel suddenly noticed a fire from a distance.
Abel immediately informed the knight of Marshall, "Look, uncle Marshall, there is a fire there".
The Knight Marshall glimpsed over towards the direction of where the fire was and said, "That's the direction of Lord Matthew's castle."
Lord Matthew's fiefdom was sat within the middle of the knight estate between Knight Marshall and Knight Bennett. The relationship between Knight Marshall and Lord Matthew wasn't too great. This was because Lord Matthew did not acknowledge knights as a noble position. Although in most parts of the world where humans lived, the knights were considered as nobles. However, in some rare parts of the world, some people did not consider them as nobles. Lord Matthew was one of them.
Although Lord Matthew and Knight Marshall were neighbors, the relationship between them was pretty much limited to ceremonial meeting and saluting. Now that the Knight Marshall acknowledged the fire was originating from Lord Matthew's Castle, he began to hesitate whether he should try to help them or not.
There were a lot of reasons that caused Marshall to hesitate in assisting Lord Matthew's castle. Firstly, he could not expose his own identity. If he was caught and found to have left his territory, he would've been in big trouble.
Secondly, he had to protect Abel. This meant that he was not assured that he could save Matthew's Castle as he had to stay alongside with Abel to guarantee his safety.
Abel remained in silent, he gazed directly at Knight Marshall and thought to himself. He was going to let the Knight of Marshall decide this himself. Abel had never met Lord Matthew before. He had never heard his name being mentioned by someone else. Frankly, he didn't know what kind of person he was, and he didn't even know what he looked like. To Abel, he wasn't going to risk his life to assist a castle that he had never heard about before. Unless he was guaranteed that he was completely safe, then he would've gone and helped them.
However, Knight Marshall decided to assist Lord Matthew's Castle, "We will go and help them, but you must stay with me at all times. I cannot expose my identity in there, that's why you must step in and use your status as a master blacksmith. "As Knight Marshall carefully instructed Abel with a serious tone.
Abel quickly obeyed Knight Marshall's order and said "Okay, Uncle Marshall. I will do as you say."
Abel then took Harry's Bow out of his horse saddle… Although he struggled with using Harry's Bow due to its' tough laborious efforts, shooting only around three to four shots should've been fine for him.
At the same time, Knight Marshall was holding his very own Harry's bow. As he placed an arrow onto his bow and was about to draw the bowstring, he quickly discovered another superior advantage of Harry's Bow. The bow was especially suitable and advantageous when riding on a horse.
When using a regular bow, one must use both legs—each on one side of the body to properly control the horse. Then, the majority of energy and strength was needed to continuously pull the bow, while all at the same time trying to aim and shoot.
However, Harry's Bow was capable of holding the arrow with very little effort. By doing so, it allowed the operator to allocate more power to control their horse as well as being able to have sufficient time to aim and shoot at their target without ease.
The two warhorses that Abel and Marshall rode were very agile. As the two approached closer and closer towards the castle, Abel was the first to notice that the castle was in complete chaos. He saw that four wolf troopers were attacking the people who are trying to escape.
When the four wolf rider heard the sound of hooves from the horses, they immediately shouted very loudly and two of the wolf rider equipped with long knives instantly began charging directly towards Abel and Knight of Marshall.
"Watch out! There's one right in front of you, and there's also one behind me." Knight of Marshall said.
Abel aimed with care and precision at one of the Wolf troopers that were charging directly towards him and immediately pulled the trigger… The bow was so powerful that it instantly shot through the wolf trooper's brain and created a hole. Shortly after, the second wolf trooper was promptly shot down by Knight of Marshall.
The two wolf troopers who were still chasing the people down realized that their allied troops were shot down by Abel and Marshall. They then started to howl extremely loudly… Abel knew exactly what they were doing as he understood the Orc language… The wolf troopers were summoning their allies inside the castle to come out and prepare for battle against Abel and Knight Marshall.
Abel and the Knight of Marshall continued with their killing spree, as the two quickly killed the other two wolf troopers that were hunting down the people who were trying to escape. The wolf troopers did not stop charging towards Abel and Knight Marshall when they saw their allies being shot down. Instead, they charged furiously and madly towards them.
The Knight of Marshall calmly shot down another four wargons. He then turned around to look back at Abel and said, "See, that's the nature and personalities of these wargons. They are very loyal.
Abel nodded his head and promptly replied; "Alright Uncle Marshall. Thanks for letting me know." As he glanced over towards the four wargons that had been shot by Knight Marshall. For Abel, he wasn't shooting at the wolf troopers and the wargons since he felt a sense of resentment but also couldn't bear the cruelty of killing these Orcs. However, he held his trust in Uncle Marshall and believed that he would take care of them.
Suddenly, 6 wolfriders were rushing out of the Matthew Castle who were all hanging large packages on them…
When Knight Marshall saw the six wolf riders coming out from the castle, a light flashed in his eyes and he hummed; "Your all dead."
These wolfriders who were charging towards Abel and Marshall were still carrying the valuables from the Castle, and their greed ultimately led to a much quicker death since they were much slower.
Abel's and Marshall's knights' had both shot their arrows towards their enemies, and the last arrows that had been shot were around 30 meters away from them. The six wolf troopers were all killed while they were charging towards them, including their wargons.
As Knight Marshall watched the wolf riders, who have died on the way from charging towards them. He sighed and said, "This was a party of ten. These Orcs are very strong, but they lack the protection of Armor…" He then glanced back at Abel and explained; "The blacksmith union had strictly forbidden anyone from the blacksmith union to forge armor for these Orcs. Moreover, the Orcs themselves had no skills or experiences in forging armor, so the only option they had was to use their bodies to block our arrows."
The frightened crowd from Matthew's Castle slowly discovered that all wolf troopers who were attacking them had been killed. As the crowd slowly gathered together, a middle-aged man who wore a suit approached Abel and Knight Marshall… Knight Marshall acted as if he was only assisting Abel as he stood behind him so that Abel would've looked like the person who had killed most of the Orcs and he would've just been an assistant for him.
"Hello, Sir Knight, thank you for saving our lives. My name is Ken, Matthew's butler ." Although he looked frightened while he spoke, the deep etiquette that Ken possessed made him appear extremely polite and full of courtesy. He then gave Abel a grateful salute…
"I'm Abel Harry and I accept your gratitude. May I ask where your master is?"
Abel was very displeased and disappointed that Lord Matthew did not appear to thank them for their effort after their rescue. He and the Knight of Marshall risked their lives to assist Lord Matthew, but Lord Matthew did not even appear. Such a response seemed rude and puzzling to them.
"Master Abel, my master has… " When the butler heard Abel's question, he was already too shocked and tearful to even speak… The manner and courtesy Ken had displayed was suddenly gone, which was extremely peculiar for a noble classed butler.
Abel's name was spread so quickly throughout Harvest City that even the nobles knew that there was a young master blacksmith who lived in the area around Harvest City.
When Abel heard the butler answering his question with tears, he already knew that something has happened to Lord Matthew. Abel then got off his horse and supported the butler with his hand to prevent him from falling. Currently, Abel's appearance was far beyond his age. He was 13 years old with a height that was nearly 1.7 meters tall.
As Abel had just saved the nobility of Matthew's Castle. He was able to temporarily act as the director to issue orders and various commands. This was one of the noble regulations, it applied when there was no noble to command a castle, and if the castle was rescued by other noble.
Alright, I'll need you to arrange men for law and order to be kept within the castle. Lord Matthew's message will be sent to the Lord of Harvest City. The Lord there will decide what happens after that." Abel said directly to Ken.
"As you will." The butler Ken, held back his tears while Abel decided to keep Matthew's castle safe and stable from the evil and theft. Abel's command also meant that there wouldn't be anyone robbing, murdering and stealing from the castle during these terrible times.
Abel did not stay for too long. Within an hour or so, Matthew's castle was all quiet and peaceful again. The orcs 'bodies were all piled up in the public square in the middle of the castle. The bodies of family members of the Matthew family were placed in the hall, and the other civilians that had deceased were placed in the side chambers.
Everything within the storeroom was added with an additional iron lock to ensure that it was well protected and safe. Abel appointed the butler and five intact bodyguards to securely protect Matthew's family valuables and belongings until the owner of the property come forward and deal with the situation here.
All the members within the Mathew family were killed during the orcs' attack. As the orcs rushed into the castle, they always looked for the most valuable and gorgeous room to rob and kill. The Matthew family was the owner of the castle, so it meant that they were the first noble victims of the attack. All of them were massacred.
Since everything has been arranged by Abel, he had asked Ken to depart from the castle. Although Ken wanted Abel to stay until a new ruler was sent by the capital city, he didn't dare to oppose or criticize Abel's decision to leave, since Abel was a master as well as a noble too…
As Abel departed Matthew's castle, Abel and Knight Marshall looked directly at each other in the eyes… The event that occurred here today made both of them very emotional. A long-continued generation of the Matthew family was all gone in one attack.
If something like this happened to the Knight of Bennett or Knight of Marshall, Abel didn't even want to think about or imagined the consequences of that. From this event, he was now more acutely aware of the true cruelty of this world.
The figure of Abel and Marshall knight gradually was slowly disappearing into the night as they rode back towards the Harry Castle. Ken, the butler, watched Abel's back from a distance and his heart was filled with gratitude for Abel and Marshall's assistance and rescue during these current circumstances and conditions.
Abel thought to himself, "These were the true and real knights that the world needs."
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Chapter 39
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Due to the recent attack of the orcs, the city owner Viscount Dickens had been feeling stressed. As a great knight, Viscount Dickens would much rather take his sword out and slash the team of orcs that had entered Harvest City. He would like it much more than sitting in the City Palace, hearing news about his citizens or other castle owners being attacked by the orcs.
Yesterday, Viscount Dickens had received a dead body of a Worgen and a map, sent from Harry Castle. After a bit of investigation, he found that the maps depicted the gathering location of the Orc squad. The orc squad would gather up in a few days and get ready to leave the human world with their flying beasts. This meant that the attack was almost over. If Viscount Dickens did not take action now to seek revenge, as a Viscount of the duke, he would be badly embarrassed. It would affect his status.
This morning, Viscount Dickens had already ordered a troop of a thousand to ambushed at the location marked on the map. This time, Viscount Dickens had dispatched 3 elite knights and 30 knights. This small troop of a thousand was an elite troop. They possessed enough fighting power to withstand a small-scale battle.
According to the Knight of Marshall's letter, this information was obtained by his adopted son, Master blacksmith Abel, after killing a wolfrider with a bear trap. Viscount Dickens was very intrigued by this new Master Blacksmith of Harvest City. As far as he knew, this Master Blacksmith was awarded the title of 'master' through forging magic weapons. Viscount Dickens has been considering whether he should ask this new Master to forge a magic weapon for him.
"My Lord, someone from Mathew Castle wants to come in and report a funeral," said the butler.
When Viscount Dickens heard these words, he knew that another castle had been attacked. He then said to the butler "Let him in."
After a while, a lost and frighten servant entered. He cried as he came in, "My Lord, Lord Matthew and every single member of his family had lost their lives in the orc's attacks. "
The abolishment of a noble family was not a trivial matter. Viscount Dickens knew about the Mathew family. Although they were very small, with only inherited around 100 square miles of land, they still had around 100 years of history.
"Quickly, tell me what happened," said Viscount Dickens. Perhaps it was because of trauma or the lack of experience, but the servant had not explained the matter clearly. He continued to speak with a stutter.
It was no use. Under normal circumstances, if Lord Matthew wanted to report something to Viscount Dickens, he would send his butler Ken, or he would even direct go to the city palace himself.
As a result of this attack, the butler could no longer leave Matthew Castle. Therefore, they could only send a more well-spoken servant, one who was capable of reporting the current situation.
The servant understood the intent of Viscount Dickens. At this time, he also remembered what butler Ken had told him. It was said that "Upon arriving at the city palace, get to the point as soon as possible. The city lord would not have time to slowly listen to you".
The servant proceeded to explain, "In the evening, a group of wolfriders attacked the castle. The gates of Matthew Castle was opened, and the wolfriders entered. When they began their massacre, Master Abel was passing by, and he helped us defended them together. After Master Abel made sure the castle was organized again, butler Ken ordered me to report to the lord of the city."
Finally, after all that mumbling, the servant was able to explain the situation clearly.
Master Abel again? Viscount Dickens did not expect that at all. These kinds of actions, such as rescuing a noble family in danger were appreciated and respected by all nobles. Although Abel failed to save the life of Lord Matthew, the castle was still completely preserved. If an orc attack was successful, they would kill all the people they could find and burn the castle down.
Master Abel must be rewarded for this deed, as well as for providing the orc's gathering map. If the ambush was successful, these 2 deeds combined would be enough for extra rewards from the king of the Duchy. These military service rewards were very difficult to be called off by anyone. Because even if the king was daring enough to reject it, he would have to risk having his citizens give up on fighting for him in the future. All the nobles and the king understood this by heart. Although throughout these years, the king had tried to suppress the influence of the nobles, if they were qualified for an outstanding military service reward, they would always be rewarded in a way that was equitable to their service.
"I will send people to Matthew Castle. You can go back now", Viscount Dickens said calmly.
After the servant left, Viscount Dickens thought of Master Abel again. He must repay Master Abel well. A young master of his age must have extraordinary achievements in the future. If Abel needed any help, Viscount Dickens would definitely do his best to help him. By doing so, it would definitely yield a good return in the future.
In fact, normally a native person who had attained the title of Master Blacksmith, such as Abel, would at least be given a lord position to persuade him to serve the Duchy. However, Duchy of Carmel was a bit different when it came to that regard. Its king had always hated the nobles. The king could not care less about gaining or losing a lord or two.
When Abel returned to Harry Castle, the first thing he did was play with Black Wind for a while. The small mount wolf, Black Wind, had recently gained a lot of weight. it has been eating very well, and every day it would enthusiastically run around in Abel's room. Abel did not want to bring it out to the public square, due to the recent attack of the orcs. Since the public square was full of people, many of whom would despise being near a mounted wolf.
Due to the recent events, Abel never had the chance to have dinner with the Knight of Marshall—until tonight since the orcs had now be driven away. The knight of Marshall could finally relax, and sit down to have dinner.
After the two had finished their meal, the Knight of Marshall called Abel to his study room. The maid poured and delivered 2 cups of coffee into the room. She added some spices to the knight of Marshall's coffee. However, when she was about to also add it to Abel's cup, she was stopped by Abel.
"Abel, sometimes you have to tell yourself, it's your decision." Said The Marshall Knight as he began to smell the aroma of the coffee, and took a sip. He closed his eyes blissfully, enjoying the taste of coffee mixed with the spices in his mouth.
Abel couldn't bear the sight of the Knight of Marshall enjoying his spiced coffee. Just how were spices so trendy amongst the nobles? Luckily for Abel, the chefs in Harry Castle didn't add too much of it to his plates. If the taste got too extreme, he might even consider cooking his own meals from now on. Actually, no. Just to teach them a lesson, he might even start his own restaurant business.
"Whatever you say… Uncle Marshall."
"Abel, you are a Master Blacksmith now. Your forging ability has greatly exceeded my expectations. As you know, I am one of the oldest sons of the Harry family in Bakong City. Even I left my family since I got rewarded with a knight's estate, I was still allowed to learn about my family's inherent secret techniques of knights. You are my successor, I can bring you back to Bakong city to learn those techniques. But, of course, there are some techniques you can learn directly from me," said the Knight of Marshall seriously.
Abel had already learned some secret techniques of knights inherited by the Bennett family. However, since he was not an official knight, he could not apply most of those secret techniques. Moreover, if Abel was not already a level 5 novice knight, the knight of Marshall would not have told him any of this.
The only secret technique that Abel had learned to apply from the Bennett family, was the knight's breathing technique. Which allowed the qi to be generated faster from to core, and form a meridian. The other 3 pearls of wisdom he learned but he couldn't apply included:
The knight's acceleration technique, which was using combat qi to lift the speed of one's body.
The knight's outbreak technique: which was enhanced one's outbreak power by 3 times, but the core would be weaker the following one hour.
The solid defense: which could only be applied with a shield. It uses combat qi to connect the shield with the ground, creating an ultra-strong defense in one direction.
"Uncle Marshall, what secret techniques can you teach me now?" Abel was not afraid of overloading himself with secret techniques. Since he processed the power of Will, he could learn almost anything much faster than anyone.
"So far, I've only known two secret techniques. One was the knight charging technique, and the other was the knight's mount acceleration technique," the Knight of Marshall explained, " These 2 secrets can only be used on a mount, and that's why I am so different from the Knight of Bennett. The Knight of Bennett believes that the most important characteristics of a knight are balance and diversity. That's why he spent his time mastering all kinds of common knight weapons such as big swords, shields, bows, long spears, and axes. On the other hand, I am an expert in horsemanship, big swords, and long spears. I believe that horsemanship is the only essential characteristic of a knight. For the weapons that I use, all I need is a big sword for close distance battles, medium distance battle I'll use long spears, and for long distances, I'll use a bow. With the mastery of these three weapons, I managed to attain enough outstanding military service to receive my own knight's estate.
The Knight of Marshall did not deny that the Knight of Bennett's military service was not outstanding. This was because back then, the requirement for gaining the title of a Lord was too high. As beginner knights, both the knight of Marshall and the knight of Bennett were way too insufficient to obtain such title.
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Chapter 40
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"Uncle Marshall, I will try to learn these secret techniques. I have Black Wind, so these 2 secrets techniques should be very easy to master." Of course, Abel understood the importance of horsemanship. Since he already owned an elite level mount, all he needed now was the adequate skill set to match it.
The Knight of Marshall did not avoid Abel's curiosity, He pressed the back of a Knight biography novel on his bookcase. The knight biography novel fell inward, followed by a noise of mechanical gears triggering. The bookcase split into two, revealing a secret room.
"C'mon, you have to know about this place. These are all the collections of Harry Castle," the Knight of Marshall said with a touch of pride, "I've collected everything here through decades of hard work. Usually, I wouldn't even let anyone know this secret room, let alone showing it off."
To a person who loved to show off, hiding things away was very difficult for the Knight of Marshall. But finally, today there was someone he would share it with.
This secret room was huge. Countless weapons were hanging on the walls, which included those from both the orcs and humans. There even seemed to be a traditional elves bow. As the Knight of Marshall saw that Abel was intrigued by the weapons on the wall, he began to sigh in awe.
"These are all from the enemies that I've slain throughout the years."
After defeating an enemy, it didn't matter if you decided to kill them or not, keeping their weapons was a common practice among nobles–especially knights. They were trophies. Besides, every knight would most likely adore their collection as well.
In the middle of the secret room, there was a huge long table. On the table, there were a few thick books with bold titles, including geography, agriculture, and some non-combat related secret techniques. For example, Abel was drawn by a book about how to use cleansing water.
Abel had heard of cleansing water before. It was a potion often used by women to maintain their skin. But for a grown man in his forties to use it? Abel frowned just by thinking about it.
After the Knight of Marshall saw Abel's distaste towards the clearing water secret technique, he thought that he had to make an explanation, "This is not just an ordinary formula for clearing water, it is the noble elves cleansing water formula. Can't you see how good the elves' skin is? I spend good money on this book back in the days"
Abel wanted to challenge the Knight of Marshall by saying that, the elves' good skin was because of their genetic, not because of a beauty formula. Abel was very disappointed by this collection of the Knight of Marshall.
Finally, Abel saw the 2 Harry's heritage secret techniques of knights guide placed at the very corner of the table. From the placement of these books, the cleansing water formula seemed much more important to the Knight of Marshall than his heritage's secret techniques.
Upon picking up the 2 secret technique guide, Abel was getting ready to leave the secret room. Suddenly, a square sign attracted Abel's gaze. The sign was engraved with some patterns that seemed very familiar with Abel. He was one hundred and ten percent sure this was a rune but did not know exactly which order was this rune.
Abel walked towards the square sign and picked it up. He looked towards the knight of Marshall and asked, "Uncle Marshall, where did you get this from?"
"This was sent to me by a wizard friend. He said if I crushed this sign when I am in danger, it can help me shake off the enemy," the Knight of Marshall said after recalling for a while.
"Wow, you have a wizard friend?" Abel widened his eyes. Abel had always only heard about wizards, but no one ever described them to him in detail.
"Yeah, when I was still in Bakong City, I rescued a wizard in a mission. At that time, his magical power was exhausted, and there were a few wolves nearby." When the knight of Marshall thought of a wizard in such an embarrassing situation, he gave a small chuckle. He then proceeded to say "The wizard and I later had become friends. He was still a novice wizard at the time, and since he knew I would be going to the battlefield. He paid a big cost in exchange for this rune sign, to save my life when the time comes."
"What is the difference between a wizard and a knight?" Abel asked.
"The difference? The wizards can only use magic, so their power doesn't have many practical uses, but the best thing about being a wizard was longevity." Marshall Knight's eyes flashed a hint of envy and then went on to say "The lifespan of a lesser official wizard can reach up to 300 years, and each time they level up, it will further increase the life expectancy. But knights like us, even if we became an elite knight, we can only increase our lifespan for 50 years."
"300 years old!" Abel's eyes were burning with intense yearning. He immediately asked, "How can I become a wizard?"
"It is not easy to become a wizard. First of all, there must be a middleman. The wizards are disconnected from the people of this world. They are not your down-to-earth average citizens. Things like family, country, and ethnicity don't seem to concern them a single bit. Ordinary people have no way of approaching them, let alone being a part of them. To become a wizard, you have to process the right aptitude, it's the most important thing. Therefore every person who wants to be a wizard must pass an examination.
The Knight of Marshall saw the yearning in Abel's eyes, he couldn't help but smile "When I first discover that the lifespan of an official wizard was 300 years, I also asked my wizard friend to help me become a wizard. But, I didn't pass the examination."
The knight of Marshall was a bit stunned, but soon he began smiling again and said: "If you want to participate in the wizard examination, you have to wait until you are 15 years old. By that time I will bring you to my wizard friend to ask for advice. If you can pass the examination, your achievements will surpass all Knight. "
This was the most gratifying thing Abel had heard these days. If he became a wizard, he could not only live longer. He could also be able to use the Tome of town portal from the Horadric box, which required magic, and the only way to use magic was becoming a wizard.
"Why must I be 15 years old before I can take the examination ?" Abel asked, eagerly.
"I heard that it is because no one below the age of 15 can understand the mystery of magic. Also, your body isn't developed enough to absorb magical power." The Knight of Marshall knew what was on Abel's mind. He then went on to say: "I will take you to the examination as soon as you turn 15. It should take some time before we can get to Bakong City, and by the time you finished learning some of my heritage's secret techniques, you should be around 15 years old."
Through these words of the Knight of Marshall, Abel understood how much the knight's concern and cherish him, even little times like this was taken into account.
Abel was preparing to put the rune sign back on the wall. The knight of Marshall waved his hand at him and said "Since you seem very interested in this rune sign, you can keep it. All these years it had just been sitting here, I never have the chance to used it, so let's not let it goes to waste".
"Thank you so much, Uncle Marshall," Abel happily put away the rune sign, which would also be very helpful when it comes to studying runes.
"No worries!" The knight of Marshall patted Abel's head intimately, and the two left the secret room.
When Abel got back to his room, he realized the Knight of Marshall's birthday would be in 10 days. The present he prepared initially had already been received early by the Knight of Marshall. However, Abel would still feel very sorry if he didn't show any appreciation during the knight's actual birthday. He had to start preparing another present now.
Abel practiced a bit of the knight's breathing technique for a while in his room and analyzed the battle he had today. The orcs had to be mobile and kept a fast pace in the human world. They could not wear any heavy armor, let alone carrying a shield. Therefore, that's where the composite bow, or the so called "Harry's Bow" could shine.
To forged a bow according to the methods of this world, other than using some extraordinary material, it was impossible to forge a 400-pound bow. This was because no material with the length and thinness of a normal bow arm could withstand 400 pounds of tension. The composite bow, on the other hand, had a shorter bow arm, and all the other parts were made with steel. It was an extraterrestrial technology, a device that was meant for mass murder in a world in its cold weapon era.
Unless if a wolfrider possessed extreme power, if they didn't have armor or shields, they would most likely be killed by the Harry Bow. The only downside was that the force required to pull on the Harry's Bow was very demanding. Even a Level 5 novice knight such as Abel could barely do it.
That aside, the most important thing was that Abel had finally gotten the information he wanted about wizards, and he would soon be able to participate in the wizard's examination. Although he still needed to wait another 2 years. He decided to dedicate these 2 years to double down his effort on becoming a knight. It didn't matter if he was going to become a wizard or a blacksmith in the end. Whatever his future might be like, a strong body would always be appreciated.