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Quaang!
"Damn it!"
Ethan was gnashing his teeth as he hit the poor desk.
Marc, the attendant butler next to him, said cautiously with a worried face.
"Bocchan. What are you going to do if you get hurt?"
"Noisy!"
Ethan's face turned red from his self-control.
After asking Mark to find out about the Knights of Pelas, to his indignation, everything Pelas said was true.
"So is my father. How did he make such a decision!"
Quaang!"
He was the one who couldn't lose his temper.
Clearly, if it was like this, the position of the head of the family would have been a given.
It was completely unexpected that the situation would change like this in the few days I went to take the successor test.
In addition, the performance of the expedition led by Pelas was not bad than expected.
No, I had to say it was great.
Seven rank knights, one intermediate knight Robben, and Havertz and Pelas.
It was just that army.
Havertz was such a well-recognized person that it made no sense at all.
I knew very well that the level of Vatinova's knights was obviously at that level.
'Why is such an achievement possible?'
Of course, even if the momentum of the knights led by Pelas was confident, it was an impossible achievement based on common sense.
Even against orcs, not gray wolves.
Not even a single death!
In fact, on that day, if Pelas hadn't been active, they would have been annihilated.
However, Ethan, who had no knowledge of Pelas' performance, thought that Pelas must have used some trick.
And if that tactic was superficial, it would definitely show through in real combat.
'No matter what, we must lead the successor test to a duel, not a financial expedition!'
That was Ethan's conclusion.
If it was a test in a place far away from his hometown, he wouldn't know what tricks he would do again.
Rather, it would have been clearer to break it in front of Count Egor's eyes.
He turned and looked at Mark.
Mark immediately lowered his head and sprinted in his direction.
"Yes. Master."
"I have to lead the successor test with my older brother toward a duel. Obviously, my older brother will want the side of the financial expedition. We must never let that happen."
Mark nodded.
He wasn't too bad either.
Edan also took Mark with him.
He had already figured out what Edan was thinking.
"I see what you mean."
"Marc. As usual, there should be no mistakes this time. In any case, the final exam will lead to a duel."
"yes."
Mark nodded and shook his head desperately.
From the status of a servant to the seat next to the supreme heir of Count DiMeo.
It was really a place that I arrived at after being piled up with blood and sweat.
He also desperately wanted his master, Ethan, to be chosen as the successor to Count Dimeo.
Only then will he be able to reach even higher positions.
It would be possible to rise to the position of the current head of the butler, Hans.
Marc suddenly imagined the moment he became the butler.
'How beautiful this is!'
The house of Count DiMeo, where he became the butler, was truly a perfect world.
A world where no one can stand up to him except Ethan, the owner of the house.
From the lowest-ranking servant to the butler.
It wasn't long now.
I couldn't mess things up now.
Even if there is a knife to the throat!
* * *
While the two ambitions of Ethan and Mark were wriggling, Count Egor was also in trouble.
"Elfrani..."
An elf suddenly brought in by his eldest son, who was sent to take the successor test.
It was because of Aria.
The current northern border situation was very thin ice.
The kingdom of Quate, which is separated by a forest of Vatinova.
And the Countess of Dimeo of the Elian Kingdom who is confronting them.
It was so cold that it wouldn't be strange if a fight broke out.
In the meantime, what if the elf sided with us?
'Elves love peace, but they're not lacking in combat skills.'
It could be a completely game-changing situation.
It might not have won the war, but it could have brought about a certain peace.
The Quate Kingdom wasn't stupid enough to touch the Ellian Kingdom, which the Elves joined.
To do so, it was necessary to establish friendship with the elves brought by Pelas.
"By the way, fellow Pelas. You already seemed quite friendly with that elf..."
It made me want to ask how the hell he did it.
I just put up with it as if I already knew everything about building friendships with elves, trying to keep up with him.
"I'll have to set up a table for dinner. And then..."
As Count Egor, it seemed necessary to pay tribute to Pelas as well.
It was because the link with the elves was not an easy thing to take for granted.
"I'll have to think about that part a bit."
Count Egor scribbled the word 'meal' on a blank piece of paper.
"By the way, what should I do with the menu... Didn't the elf eat meat?"
It was a day of constant worry.
* * *
"The name of the Knights would be Knights of Calat."
Pellas made that decision.
Havertz asked Pelas with a questioning expression.
"Carlat, you mean? Do you mean something?"
Ordinary knights were named after the owner of the knights.
Even in the Winter War series, if not specified, the Leonil Knights were born.
So even in the case of Edan, his knights were called the Edan Knights.
However, in cases where there was an unusual nickname, such as Count Egor, who was called the Silver Lion, the title of the knights sometimes became the Knights of the Silver Lion.
Of course, in the case of the Knights of Calat that Pelas mentioned, it was a little different.
It didn't mean anything, it was just a cheat key.
However, if I said something like cheating here and now, it was obvious that he would stare at me with a strange expression, so I swallowed those words.
"No. I just like the tone."
Could it be that the Knights of Calat suddenly liked the tone?
It was Pelas, who had just decided because of the effect of the cheat key.
This wasn't a bug or anything.
Rather, it was an officially recognized cheat key.
If the name of the Knights Templar was decided, it would become effective.
A cheat key that increases all stats of all troops by 5%.
'It's not a big deal, but it's better than nothing.'
The Winter War series traditionally had a system to raise knights.
It was a way to raise knights and participate in many battles together.
The response from users was good, but for some reason, the Winter War developers did not actively utilize the Guild system.
So, the opportunity to use knights in the game was extremely limited.
On the other hand, things were different now.
Because these articles could be used at any time.
Havertz bowed his head in response to Pelas' decision.
"Okay. According to the boy's decision, I will officially file a petition with Count Egor."
"Yes. Please do so."
"yes."
While thinking about the Knights, Pelas suddenly came up with a question.
"By the way, what is the average level of Edan's Knights?"
In order to test the successor, it seemed necessary to know the opponent's power to some extent.
However, Havertz's answer that followed was not as refreshing as expected.
"Level...what do you mean? Are you referring to the level of the Knights?"
"No, levels. Numerical levels."
At that question, Havertz's expression strangely changed.
Pelas noticed right away.
The fact that Havertz doesn't understand a thing.
'Then... level is only visible to my eyes, and people here don't even know what their level is?'
Pelas nodded involuntarily.
In fact, he hadn't even thought about his exact level until he reached level 11.
When I played as Leonil in the game, I knew the level at the moment I encountered him as an enemy, so I just guessed that it would be about that.
Havertz, unable to understand Pelas' words, began to explain the approximate level of the knights led by Edan.
"The knights of the little boy's knights are generally higher than our side. The little boy did a good job guessing the talents."
"It's a senior..."
With this level of explanation, it was ambiguous to grasp the level.
It would be nice if the exact number was displayed as a number, but if that was not possible, the only choice was to set up a comparison group.
"Then, how does it compare to Robben? Robben before fighting the Orcs."
The current Roben had risen to level 16 due to the battle with the Orcs, but the previous level was exactly level 15.
Havertz searched for memory and answered.
"Still, compared to Robben-kun's skill, it was not enough. Robben-kun was one of the recognized knights in his own way."
"Right."
Pelas hammered the calculator in his head.
Before the orc battle, Roben's level was 15.
And the average level of the knights of the Calat Knights before the Orc Battle was around 10.
To summarize, the average level of the Edan Knights was below level 15, and above level 10.
It would have been appropriate to think of it as around level 13.
'Even so, the level is lower than expected.'
In terms of perspective, this was probably the beginning of the Winter War 3.
At most, less than a month had passed since Leonil passed through Count Dimeo.
However, at this timing, in Leonil's case, he was already approaching level 20.
"Everyone's level is lower than I thought. If it wasn't for the battle in Vatinova, I wouldn't have been able to compete with them."
Havertz affirmed Pelas' words.
"I think it's because it's not that common to go through a battle like that. When you go through a life-and-death battle, at some point you feel yourself becoming stronger."
Pelas nodded.
What he said was probably referring to the effect of leveling up.
At the moment of level up, consumption values including physical strength were restored, and at the same time, stats rose.
Perhaps it was an expression of what he felt.
Havertz continued.
"But in this peaceful era, knights, at most, have no experience of combat other than gray wolves."
"Certainly. It's going to be difficult to grow if you only deal with enemies of that level."
The current Pelas is already level 16.
It was Pellas who leveled up the storm thanks to his desperate rampage in the Battle of Vatinova.
Under such circumstances, do you continue to fight only the gray wolves?
Only catch monsters around level 10?
It was only natural that growth would be slow.
"In the past, many heroes appeared in turbulent times. It was because there were so many life-and-death battles, and those who survived stood out."
"On the contrary, now it's peaceful."
"That's right. There aren't many people who dare to risk their lives to become stronger."
It was understandable Pellas.
If it was the Winter War series, even if Pellas died, he would go to the higher hunting grounds to level up.
If it's a game, even if you die, you'll be able to resurrect in the town again.
But now it was different.
Now that it had become a reality, I couldn't level up so ignorantly.
If you die forever while trying to level up, wouldn't it be a joke.
People in this world were people who had leveled up in that world.
Of course, it would have been normal for the average level to be lower than the game.
"But at the current level, it will be difficult to deal with Ethan."
Of course, even if the situation was like that, we couldn't give up on growth.
Because the effectiveness of the knights will continue to exist.
The successor test was also a problem right away.
"Haberts. Can I ask you to train my knights for a while?"
"of course."
"Okay. Then raise the level a bit while training as close as possible to the real battle. Then select some of the better ones and let me know."
Pelas was about to choose one of the knights to participate in the successor test.
Of course, first place was Robben.
Unfortunately, Havertz couldn't participate because he was a butler, and the last one had to be saved from among the knights.
"Okay. Master, what are you planning to do?"
"I have to get ready too. Prepare to smash my little brother who dares to act foolishly in front of fools. Oh, and one more thing."
"yes."
"Remember when Leonil was before? Spread some rumors like back then. Inside the mansion."
"What are you talking about?"
Pelas continued, curling up the corners of his mouth.
"As for what it is about…"
< Episode 26. Knights of Calat. >end