Twelve years later, 1139th year of Dawn

In the morning, in the baron next to the town centered in Baron Entez, a boy who looked about thirteen or fourteen years old was working hard on a training ground.

"ha--"

The young man wearing a fitted small leather armor and carrying a wooden sword that is not much different from the standard one-handed long sword, trying hard to wield the wooden sword in his hand.

It can be seen that the boy has put in a lot of effort in his movements and wielding swordsmanship. His flexible footwork and his precise swordsmanship are not surprising, but it is already rare for a boy who is still a few days away from twelve years old.

The footwork and one-handed sword practiced by the boy are very simple. The footwork and one-handed sword practiced are several very simple movements. However, only discerning people can see that the extremely simple but effective movement is the knowledge that only veterans who have experienced the battlefield and knights and noble families with inheritance will summarize.

After practicing sword skills and coordinated footwork hundreds of times, the boy who had already sweated a lot on his forehead paused with the shouts of a knight wearing thick black metal armor next to him and began to adjust his breathing.

"Master Rod, after resting one third of the standard hourglass, conducting confrontation training!" Seeing the boy stopping, he still did not let go of the wooden sword and vigilance in his hand, but adjusted his breathing and looked over. The knight, who was two meters tall and strong as an upright brown bear, nodded in his heart, but still spoke in a cold tone.

"Yes! Knight Ter!" After listening to the knight's words, the boy named Rhode nodded and then said politely.

Then, under the gaze of Tel Knight, Rhode began to move his body, which had just felt a little hot and numb because of the continuous high-intensity activity, and restored his body to a state suitable for combat!

Yes! It's suitable for fighting rather than confrontation!

Since he officially received guidance training from Tel Knight three years ago, Rhodes quickly realized Tel Knight's character. The so-called "confrontation training" mentioned by the rigid Tel Knight is generally infinitely close to real combat!

If you don't want to wait for a while and be taught a lesson by the Terl Knight because of slackness, Rhodes will keep his attention and body at the best and use a truly prepared fighting determination to do so.

About twenty minutes later, Rod and Terr Knights began to stand in the training ground, then raised their swords to each other and performed a fighting etiquette on each other, and began to conduct confrontation training.

Of course, it was really a confrontation that Rhodes made a unilateral attack on Tel Knights alone. Facing the wooden sword wielding by Rhodes, the wooden sword of the same material and standard in Tel Knights easily stopped it, and seized the opportunity to fight back from time to time, which made Rhodes in the attack difficult to resist, and even fell on Rhodes from time to time to give Rhodes a burst of pain in the leather armor!

But even so, Rhode still gritted his teeth and did not make any sound. Instead, he tried hard to swing his sword to create a successful attack on the Tel Knight - that is, he used a wooden sword to stab the armor worn by the opponent!

Unfortunately, this goal was still a bit difficult for Rhodes, but he still tried his best to wield the wooden sword in his hand and tried hard to attack the Ter Knight!

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On the other side of the barracks, pointing to the town no more than 300 meters away, in a room on the third floor of the Baron Entes's mansion, a middle-aged man with a somewhat similar face to Rhodes but much mature standing by the window, looking at the battle situation in the training camp in the military camp, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

As Rhodes' father, Kate Entes, the seventh Baron of Entes, is in a good mood now.

As a baron in the Kingdom of Taran, Kate Entez certainly understands the simplest and most important law in the Kingdom and the Continent - the strong are respected!

Although the Entez family is a baron family, what really supports the family is not the noble bloodline and etiquette, but the strong men who have appeared in the entire family for generations. As for the identity of a noble family, it is considered a kind of honor in the eyes of civilians, but the identity of a noble family in front of a real strongman is just an illusory halo.

Now looking at his eldest son's performance, Baron Entez is of course quite satisfied. As a peer, Rod Entez is already outstanding, and he can even describe it as a genius.

"Moner!" Baron Entez said when he saw that his eldest son had been on the verge of about a standard hourglass after the training, he began to grin and re-step on the training ground.

"Master!" Listening to his master's order, an old man dressed in a housekeeper who looked almost fifty years old with a trace of gray hair appeared quietly three meters behind Baron Ernst waiting for the order.

"Get some of Rhode's favorite water rabbit meat for dinner today! In addition, are the targets of Rhode's courage trial ready?" Looking at the stubborn figure on the training ground, Baron Ernst, who had seemed very majestic in the past, rarely ordered in a gentle tone.

"Yes, Master! There is no problem with Water Rabbit, about the subject of the Trial of Courage... Yesterday, Knight Tamon reported that he only caught a dozen goblins and a few werewolves..." Listening to his master's words, Butler Monre respectfully lowered his head and responded, but obviously a little low in the words behind him.

"Gnoll? Gnoll?" Baron Ernst couldn't help but frown when he listened to his butler's words. Then he took a few steps in the room before making a decision. He ordered the old butler he trusted: "No choice is allowed to try the Rod courage, and wait to see if there is a more suitable choice!"

"Yes, Master!" The old butler who understood his master's thoughts didn't say much, and simply whispered in a low voice, then quietly exited the room like a ghost, and began to whisper to the servants waiting outside the door.

"Rod, your trial of courage is coming soon..." Listening to the footsteps of several servants outside the door leaving, Baron Ernst looked at the short figure who was still working hard on the training ground in his heart, thinking silently.

As a father, although Baron Ernst cannot say much in order to maintain a strict father's attitude, he still pays great attention to his eldest son's life in secret. In the nobles, knights and other families of the five northern countries, he is equivalent to the heirs, and the trial of courage for the younger generation to show their own expression is a very important thing!

Looking at the figure of his precious son, Baron Ernst was thinking in his heart with some worries.

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A few hours later, after the sun on that day began to descend to the horizon, Rod Ernst, who was wet with sweat and then dried up several times, began to walk from the barracks toward the lord's mansion in the town, under the support of two servants holding two wooden boxes.

"Master Rhode!"

"Look! It's Mr. Rod..."

"So hardworking, I am indeed a genius..."...

Along the way, except for a team of soldiers patrolling salutes to Rod Ernst, no other civilians and free people dared to go up and say anything to Rod Ernst. At most, they were whispering quietly on the side.

Rhode ignored anything. He was exhausted and now he was just thinking about going back and taking a good hot shower, and then enjoying a hearty dinner to fill his already croaking stomach.

As for those civilians and free people? Well, even in normal times, Rhodes could not talk to the vast majority of civilians, and free people could not talk to them at will. After all, this is an era where the ranks of nobles and civilians are quite distinct without strong power!

"Master Rod, please come with me!" When Rod walked into the lord's mansion with the salutes and greetings of several guard soldiers, the old housekeeper Monre, who was waiting in front of the door, said to Rod with kindness.

"Please!" Rhode also said politely and followed the old housekeeper after several generations of serving his family.

As for the two servants behind them, they would send the miscellaneous items and clothes in their hands to the servants related to the mansion to deal with them.

Fifteen minutes later, Rhode, who had removed all the sweat-soaked clothes under the service of two maids, lay in a separate bathroom on the first floor of the mansion, and was familiar with the water of the hot single bath pool with a slightly green emitting green. After taking a deep breath, he sank into the same head.

Two minutes later, Rhode, who was blushing, could not help but appear on the water, and then continued to take a deep breath and sank into the pool water. After this action several times, the water of the pool, which was originally light green and emitting a clear fragrance, became turbid and blue, and the nice fragrance disappeared.

"Huh... If you can go back, anyone who tells me that people in the magic world are fools, who will be anxious with me!" When Rhode, who was energetic, got up and left the bath pool, opened the hole of the bath pool to let go of the blue or even a little fishy smell, looked at the blue water and the magic crystal lamp in the bathroom, Rhode couldn't help but mutter in a low voice.

If the servants standing outside hear Rhode's words, they will be surprised to find that Mr. Rhode is not speaking a common language for human race, but a language that he has never heard at all! Even if there are erudite scholars or advanced mages who specialize in languages ​​of various races on the scene, they will be surprised to find that the language spoken by Rhode is not even any language they have seen before.
Chapter completed!