清晨,阳光明媚地照耀着大地.
Velin Axe 从床上醒来,下来,打开窗户,迎接冉冉升起的太阳.
从这个有利位置,他可以清楚地看到位于城堡内的 7 号训练场.一千多名侍从正在修炼他们的战气.
"咚咚,咚咚."
敲门声打断了维林的思绪.
"进来."
门开了,一个漂亮的女仆出现在他面前.她鞠躬恭敬敬地说道:"维林少爷,师父请你吃完饭后去他的书房.
"我明白."
听到这话,女仆后退了几步,关上了门,离开了房间.
Velin 低下了头.他很清楚,这一次,他去了爸爸的书房,他必须做出选择.
两个多月前,在他的成人仪式之后,他已经成年了.
除了已确定的继承人外,其他后代在成年后都需要做出选择.
第一个选择是成为现任继承人的守护骑士,在生命女神面前宣誓,发誓永不背叛.
第二种选择是离开家庭,成为先驱,去边疆地区建立自己的根基.
最后一个选择是在家族的推荐下,加入皇家直接骑士团并为国王服务.
"如果没有这个特殊的魂技,命运指引,我可能会选择第一个选择,留在家里,就这样消磨时间."
作为一名穿越者,Velin 在成年后收到了命运的礼物.
经过一段时间的探索,他已经大致弄清楚了命导的特殊功能.
每个月第一天晚上 8 点,一个悦耳的女声会在 Velin 的耳边响起,告诉他一条有价值的信息.
在这两个月里,他获得了两条有价值的信息.一个是关于他自己的,另一个是关于银星城,银星城属于斧头家族的领土.
A dozen minutes later, the servant brought today's breakfast to his room.
After getting dressed, Velin sat on the chair and quickly finished the three pieces of white bread and a large cup of milk in front of him. He asked the valet to take away the tableware, then picked up his knight's dagger, left the room, and headed towards his father's study.
The castle where the Axe family lived was called Windsor Castle. Despite its romantic name, it was a veritable war fortress.
The entire castle covered an area of eight square kilometers and was home to tens of thousands of people. Besides the few hundred members of the Axe family and over two hundred Silver Knights, there were also a thousand Bronze Knights and more than six thousand trainee squires. The rest were all servants of the castle.
Velin left the secondary keep where his room was located. Stepping on the floor as white as jade, he walked towards the main keep where his father Angus's study was located.
Along the way, the passing servants bowed to him. Velin maintained a smile and nodded in response.
Half an hour later, Velin arrived on the third floor of the main keep of Windsor Castle. He adjusted his attire once again, took a deep breath, and then knocked on the door of the study.
"Come in."
A majestic voice came from inside the room. Velin composed himself and pushed open the door.
Looking at the tall and imposing figure with his back turned, Velin placed his right hand on his chest and bowed, saying, "Good morning, Father."
Angus, the sixth patriarch of the Axe family and the current Earl of the Eagle, turned around, looked at his fifth son, and said in a 威严 voice, "Velin, my dear son, what is your choice?"
"Father, I choose to become a pioneer knight and bring new glory to the Axe family." Velin straightened up, looked at his father's majestic face, and said firmly.
"This doesn't seem to be in line with your character."
Earl Angus of the Eagle widened his eyes, stared at his son, and asked in a questioning tone.
"Father, perhaps I've grown up since coming of age. I want to be like an eagle and carve out my own career." Velin braved his father's imposing aura as a Golden Knight and pretended to be calm.
Since his son had already made his choice, Angus, as a father, had no intention of interfering. He retracted the faint aura he had exuded and replied, "According to the rules set by the first generation of the Axe family, descendants who choose to become pioneer knights can only stay in the castle for three months after coming of age."
"As your father, I can allow you to stay in the castle for one more month. You must leave Windsor Castle two months from now."
"I understand, Father. If there's nothing else, I'll go now."
Seeing his father nod in agreement, Velin turned around and prepared to leave.
"Your information saved Silverstar City from a major loss. The reward will be given to you together with the aid later." Just as Velin reached the door, Angus suddenly said.
"Yes, Father."
Velin replied again, then closed the door and left.
The moment the door of the study closed, a shadow stalker appeared in front of Angus. He knelt on one knee and reported, "Master, there are no other forces found around Young Master Velin. Do you want us to investigate further?"
"Let this matter end here. Destroy all the records." Angus commanded the shadow stalker with his hands behind his back.
"Yes, Master."
As soon as he finished speaking, the shadow stalker disappeared from the room.
A kind smile appeared on Angus's majestic face, and he murmured to himself, "Velin, my child, I hope you can truly carve out a new world and spread the glory of the Axe family."
On the other side, after leaving his father's study, Velin strolled around the castle and began to think about where he should go next.
Before coming of age, with his average talent, he had planned to stay in the family, idle away his life, and spend the rest of his days that way. He had never even considered this question.
Now that he had made his choice, he had to plan carefully and make arrangements so as not to be like a headless chicken.
"Next, I'll go to Elder Miller, who manages the whereabouts of the family members, to seek some useful information."
Velin looked up at the sky and murmured to himself.
Every pioneer who left the family would pay a visit to Elder Miller, the living fossil of the Axe family who was 320 years old.
However, before that, he had to go to Silverstar City to take care of something.
The second piece of information he got from Destiny Guidance told him that in Silverstar City:
[In two weeks, at the civilian house No. 308 in the West District of Silverstar City, two groups of people will conduct a transaction. The goods are two boys who are in tune with each other. One has golden hair, and the other has silver hair. They have great potential. The highest strength of the two parties in the transaction is Intermediate Bronze Rank. Save these two boys, and they will become your wings.]
He went to the stable, asked the servant in charge of the horses to bring out a horse, mounted it, and asked the guards to open the castle gate. Then he rode out of Windsor Castle and headed towards Silverstar City, which was thirty kilometers away.
Relying on the road paved with bricks and stones, Velin only took twenty minutes to reach this city that covered an area of thirty square kilometers and had a population of over three hundred thousand.
As the second largest city within the territory of the Axe family, Silverstar City maintained a garrison of eight thousand soldiers all year round to safeguard the safety of the city.