Chapter 1: Two and a half years of practice [Full Level Archery]

 Honghui calendar year 1003, the month of the north wind (November).

Emerald Kingdom, Black Mountain Province, Lake County, Blackwater Valley.

 The valley plain is covered with silver, with smoke rising from cooking fires, and there are some small wooden houses scattered here and there.

On the high ground, a not-so-majestic castle was built against the mountain. The collapsed towers and battlements all showed the desolation of the castle owner.

On the hillside outside the castle, among the dry grass half-covered by ice and snow, a cute snowshoe rabbit was foraging for food while keeping a watchful eye on its natural enemies.

Seventy meters away, a young man wearing a white leather jacket, a white velvet hat, and brown snow boots hid behind a crooked tree, blending in with the white snow behind him.

I saw him slowly reaching out his hand to draw an arrow. The bow was a military bow and not an ordinary hunting bow.

With the sound of arrows piercing the air, the next moment, the snow rabbit fell to the ground, and its head was shot open by the iron arrow.

  [Archery proficiency +1]

 [Archery: Level 1 (9999/10000)→Level 1 (Extreme)]

 “You can have roast rabbit tonight.”

Levi licked his lips, and with a thought, he opened the proficiency panel.

 Levi Schnake————

 Archery: Level 1 (Extreme)

  Riding Skill: Level 1 (Extreme)

 Noble Dance: Level 1 (Extreme)

 Basic Fighting: Level 1 (Extreme)

 Basic Swordsmanship: Level 1 (Extreme)

 …

 Looking at the proficiency panel in his mind, the corners of Levi's mouth raised.

"The most difficult archery skill to improve has reached its limit. Now within the effective range of the bow and arrow and my field of vision, any prey I target can be hit with perfect accuracy. Looking at the history of the kingdom, archery skills like mine, It’s enough to be called a sharp archer. And I’m just a knight’s page who has been practicing for two and a half years.”

"In two and a half years, I have practiced the five basic skills that a knight's page needs to master: riding, shooting, dancing, fighting, and swordsmanship. I have practiced them to the limit and exceeded the task. My physical fitness has also been improved. It should be You are qualified enough to learn breathing techniques.”

“Only by learning the breathing method can one become a true knight and barely survive in this world where natural and man-made disasters are constant, the weak and the strong prey on the weak, and even supernatural powers lurk.”

“After all, the original owner of this body may have been killed by [evil spirits].”

 Levi is not a native of this world.

Rather, three years ago, during the first millennium of the Shenghui Calendar, the time traveler was reborn into the body of this noble child. The golden finger was the proficiency panel in his mind.

Judging from the last memory of the original owner before his death, when the original owner was fishing in the Blackwater River, he caught a female corpse in white with empty eyes and disheveled hair. Her face was pale and swollen, and her bulging skin was still spraying water. She was suspected to be a folk figure in this world. An evil spirit described in legend: the Water Nymph.

 Then the original owner fell into eternal darkness until the body was taken over by himself.

Later, the baron's retainer Fred Knight found himself soaked and sleeping by the river, surrounded by a ball of stinking water plants, fish and shrimps, and muttering "I don't have an air force" (Fred Knight's transliteration) ” and other inexplicable sleep talking like a spell.

This true knight still thinks that this scene was caused by the fact that Master Levi became so angry and mad because he couldn't catch fish that he lost his mind and went into the water to catch fish himself.

And Li Wei naturally did not talk about his encounter with the evil spirit with others, otherwise it would be difficult to explain that he was still alive after encountering the evil spirit.

 But the evil spirit has become a psychological shadow of Li Wei, and he still dares not go to the Blackwater River.

 In fact, from what Li Wei knows so far, the legend of evil spirits has existed since ancient times, but most people have never seen it.

It's as if there are legends of "wizards" in this world who are extraordinary beings who can control wind, thunder, earth and fire, but no one has ever seen them.

Even Knight Fred, who traveled around the Emerald Kingdom in his youth and was well-informed, only regarded wizards as legends.

"Wizards, what a noble and mysterious profession. No matter how strong the knights are, they are just stronger Muggles. Compared with wizards, they are like martial arts practitioners and immortals."

Li Wei was yearning, and most legends were not groundless, so after seeing the real existence of evil spirits, Li Wei firmly believed that there must be wizards in this world, and it was not just as simple as the fictional legends of bards.

 But he also knew that with his own ability, pursuing a wizard was too illusory. Looking up at the stars, he had to be down-to-earth.

 So, since he was ten years old, Levi has been training himself in the five knightly arts. Now, with the help of the proficiency panel, in less than three years, Levi has practiced all the five knightly arts to the limit.

Li Wei is confident that most formal knights, such as Lord Fred, are not as good as himself in the basic five knightly skills, especially the archery that Li Wei is proud of.

 Twelve-year-old Li Wei is now 1.75 meters tall. He looks powerful and has a strong back. Except for his face, which is a bit childish, he is stronger than many adult men in other places.

 In this different world with extremely low productivity, most malnourished commoner men who grew up eating black bread are not as strong as Levi.

This is a backward era where cold weapons are king. A strong body coupled with knight's plate armor weighing dozens of kilograms gives the advantage in battle that is far beyond what a weak body can match.

Now, everything is ready, all that is left is the breathing method.

The earlier you learn the breathing method, the better. If you are not physically fit enough, forcing yourself to learn it may damage your body at worst, or lead to obsession. This is also the reason why knight's page is required to learn basic swordsmanship and basic fighting to exercise before becoming a knight's page.

 In a good mood, Levi picked up the snow rabbit on the ground and turned to go home.

At the foot of the hillside, a middle-aged knight with silver hair looked at Li Wei with a smile on his face and said in a tone of great relief.

“If the master were still here, he would be very happy to see your archery skills.”

 This is Knight Fred, who is called the "Knight of the Snake Vulture" by his enemies and followers. He is a man who can absolutely be trusted by the baron who told Li Wei before his death.

 In fact, this is indeed the case. For Levi, the time he spent with the Baron was far less than that of Knight Fred.

 So, to a certain extent, the teacher-student or master-servant relationship created by spending time with Knight Fred was stronger than the blood relationship with the Baron.

"Sir Fred, I haven't done enough. I want to learn the breathing method and become a real knight as soon as possible. Winter has arrived, and the long night is coming. Wandering knights or robbers in the wilderness may invade our territory at any time and threaten us. I can’t live under your protection forever.”

“After my father’s death, we have lost the spring-like Tulip Territory in the south and the mineral-rich Storm Territory in the east. The barren and remote Blackwater Valley is our last home.”

“I am the only bloodline of my family. For the sake of the Snake family, I must become stronger!”

 “Glory belongs to Black Snake! And I’m ready!”

Li Wei looked unwilling, clenched his hands into fists, and worked hard to act.

 “The Black Snake Holding a Candle” is the emblem of the Snake family, so the Snake family is also called the “Black Snake Family”.

His father, Baron Thord Schnake, was not only the Black Snake Knight, one of the infamous "Seven Horsemen of the North" that everyone talked about, but also a genuine great knight. He was also the earl of the Tulip Territory and the lord of the Storm Territory!

 Compared to Blackwater Valley where it is difficult to develop agricultural production in winter for half of the year, Tulip and Storm Territory are much more prosperous.

Li Wei was born in the Flower City in Tulipland when he was a child. The climate there is humid, the plains are open, and the soil is fertile, making it extremely suitable for settlement and development of production.

Although the Storm Territory often encounters stormy weather, it is extremely rich in minerals and is also a treasure land.

The period before Levi was ten years old was the peak period of the Black Snake Knight. He had five thousand soldiers under his command. Relying on the treasure land of Stormland, he also had five hundred fully armed and sturdy cavalry. In this world with backward productivity, some The weak Duke may be equipped like this.

 It’s just that all of this is based on the personal power of the great knight, the Baron.

If a knight is a well-known master in the world of martial arts, a master who dominates one side, then the status of a great knight is comparable to the existence of the Five Jue of the Central Plains that shook the entire world in an era.

Only the rare legendary knights, such as "Lion-Hearted Knight Rhine", "Golden Knight Greg", "Blood Knight Brad", "Snowflake Knight Fryer" and other legendary figures can be superior to the great knights.

The status of existences like legendary knights in this world is similar to that of Bodhidharma, Zhang Sanfeng, Xiaoyao sect founders, Dugu Qiubai, or martial arts myths. In most cases, they can only be reduced to combat power in the story. Ceiling Tool Man.

 Hence, the Black Snake Knight at his peak is the top of the pyramid of combat power in this world.

And such a being never came back three years ago after accepting the call for a thousand-year holy war jointly launched by the Emerald Kingdom and the Holy Glory Church against the Tuva Empire on the seaside.

In the end, Li Wei only waited for the incredible news that the baron and all his soldiers died on the battlefield.

 According to the laws of the kingdom, titles are hereditary. The three territories of the baron should be inherited by the only son Li Wei, but before the inheritance, it needs to be notarized by a special envoy sent by the king.

Witnessed by the envoy appointed by the Emerald King, Li Wei became the new owner of the three territories under the Baron, at least in name.

In fact, considering the situation at that time, Levi took the initiative to return to the remote and barren Blackwater Valley, the place where Baron Sword made his fortune. This territory had previously been managed by Knight Fred.

The Bloody Earl and Silvershade Earl, who had coveted their father's territory for a long time, actually took over the Tulip Territory and the Storm Territory with the acquiescence of their master behind the scenes, the Duke of Montenegro, and the kingdom turned a blind eye to this. .

Although legally the territory of each lord is sacred and inviolable, in fact, the feudal lord system of the Emerald Kingdom has completely changed today.

  Overt and covert fights between lords are commonplace. Li Wei didn't like the feeling of being remembered, so he voluntarily gave up the two hot potatoes of Tulip Territory and Storm Territory and dedicated them to the Duke of Montenegro.

As the largest territory in the north, the Duke of Montenegro, and the oldest and most mysterious knight among the "Seven Horses of the North", the Duke of Montenegro has long wanted to take over the south and develop his own power. Li Wei's move The "prodigal son" behavior made the Duke of Montenegro very satisfied.

 The common man is not guilty, but the jade is guilty. In Li Wei's view, without a large knight and a sufficient number of well-armed and capable cavalry to frighten foreign enemies, occupying the Tulip Territory and the Storm Territory is tantamount to seeking death.

 Since I have the proficiency panel, I might as well withdraw safely and just go back to the small mountain den in Blackwater Valley and become a small-time lord.

Levi has no idea about becoming a king. He just wants to practice breathing quietly, rely on the proficiency panel to step by step become a knight, a great knight, or even a legendary knight, and then follow the footsteps of the wizard.

After all, based on his current understanding of the situation, only a wizard can achieve his goal of immortality, and only a wizard can truly be unafraid of those supernatural creatures.

However, even though he thought so in his heart, in front of Knight Fred, his father's most trusted retainer during his lifetime, Levi still had to do what he should do on the surface.

Moreover, knight practice requires a lot of resources and wealth. The poor are poor in culture and rich in military, and the same is true in this world.

Therefore, Levi's plan is very clear. He will learn the breathing method, become an official knight as soon as possible, and then build a territory to earn some money for his own practice. After having enough self-protection, he will travel to the seven countries and embark on a journey to find the wizard. .

Middle-aged knight Fred listened quietly to Levi's youthful ambitions, with a gratified smile on his weather-beaten face: "Baron Levi, my master, you are indeed ready now, please come with me."

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(2: This book has a Western fantasy style. To facilitate readers’ reading, the names of non-main characters appearing in this book will mostly be replaced by family emblems or nicknames. There will not be those complicated and difficult-to-remember Western names, such as Black Snake Knight. , Duke of Montenegro, etc.)

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