Chapter 61 Golden Knigh
"So this boar is still no much for us…" Alex commented as he saw the boar"s corpse sliding down in front of him. "Well, that just means that we won"t have to worry about any opponent"s in this forest anymore, as this boar was clearly the strongest of in this forest."
By relying on what the giant boar said earlier, it seems like the only ones that can defeat Alex and Alina were the high-ranked monsters that the boar was talking about earlier.
"The Generals and their Queen Mother…" Alex tried to wipe his bloodstained tentacle clean as he picked up the foodstuff at the back of the boar with his tentacles. "It seems like they are the real powerhouses of the Monster Faction. I need to do more research about them…"
While thinking of these things, Alex glanced at the little monsters, as he wanted to see their reaction to the boar"s death.
Alex expected them to look shocked and scared, but that was not what he saw.
Instead, what he saw were the little monsters flocking around Alina with them exclaiming how cool she was.
"Big Sis, you all went "kupwa" then the big baddie became "kebab"!" No. 4 exclaimed as she glanced at Alina"s sword with wors.h.i.+p. "Big Sis, you are very cool!"
"Very cool!" The other little monsters echoed out, with their eyes twinkling with a scary glint. "Very cool!"
"Wait, are you not scared of what I did?" Alina commented as she looked bewildered by the idolizing expressions of the little monsters. "I just killed the giant boar!"
"That big boar was about to kill and eat us earlier." No. 1 replied with a hardened expression on his face. "There is no way that we will be sad with what happened to him now."
"Ho-how could you think of that!" Alina exclaimed as she and Alex felt more horrified with what they suddenly discovered.
From the looks of it, not only were the bodies of the children were changed, it seems like even their behavior were changed too!
If these little monsters had the behavior of a normal human child, then it was sure that they could have cried upon seeing the murder of the boar.
But instead, these little monsters did not look scared at all. They even looked happy, as if what happened to the boar was a way of convenience for them.
Alex was no expert in psychology, but he was pretty sure that the current behaviors of the little monsters were already deviating from how a normal human kid should behave.
"Do you think that our Main Mission is to save these kids?" Alex whispered to Alina as he approached her, with Alex making sure that the little monsters will not hear what he was saying. "I could not help but feel like us meeting them is the start of the path to our goal."
"I am not sure Alex, but whether they are our Main Mission or not, I will not abandon these kids." Alina replied back as she gave the kids a gentle look. "It"s just not in me to abandon them."
"So you really want to turn them back to their human form?" Alex said as he saw the eager look in Alina"s eyes. "Well, maybe we can try it out… After all, if they were changed by a chemical formula, then we will just have to get this formula, and then reverse-engineer it to get the antidote. Of course to do that, we fist have to-"
"Thank you." Alina cut off Alex"s words, as she awkwardly hugged Alex"s tentacled body.
Alex froze, as he made sure that none of his tentacles will be naughty enough to prod Alina in her danger zones.
Alex"s self-control seems to have worked, as he did not receive any elbow jabs from Alina.
"Well, now that we have finished everything that we should do here, I guess we should get back to the clearing already." Alina loudly announced as she gave the little monsters her dazzling smile.
"Little kids, do you want to join your Big Sis and her concubine to their house? We will cook some good food there, and you can also play happily there!"
"We will go Big Sis!" Alex was not sure whether he should be happy that the kids were already this close to Alina, or if he should be sad with the little monsters still acting wary against him.
"Meh whatever, with my charisma, they will eventually warm up in no time." Alex thought to himself as he and Alina headed back towards their starting point. "Just all of you wait…"
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Golden Knights Training Hall, Golden Knight Academy, Pelham Kingdom.
"Ha!" A bunch of people were gathered inside the training hall, with their necks strained and their bodies stretched, as they were all busy watching something.
All of them wore golden armor over their bodies, which filled the hall with a golden glow.
Their bodies were all lean and muscular, showing the years of training that was put on them.
The combination of the armor and the body should have made them look intimidating, but their handsome and beautiful faces managed to just make them approachable and likable.
Some of these golden armored people were murmuring with each other, as they seemed to be discussing something.
The focus of their discussion was one person, which they are all watching right now.
This person was an extremely beautiful woman, with a long, blonde hair tied up in a bun.
She"s currently wearing an armor, but even this armor failed to hide her shapely and enticing curves.
Needless to say, watching this woman"s perfect body was just as fun as watching her fight.
"Ha!" This woman was currently displaying her spear skills to everyone inside the training hall, with her aura making everyone feel her seriousness.
The woman"s bright blue eyes were focused as she brandished her spear around, releasing golden slashes of light that pierced the dummy targets in front of her.
"Skrit!" All the dummy targets were sliced in half, as they could not contain the might of the woman"s attacks.
The woman continued doing this routine for a few more minutes until all 144 dummy targets were destroyed.
"Clap clap clap…" A smothering round of applause was given by the crowd as the woman left the training hall, presumably to clean herself up.
Mult.i.tude of stares followed the woman as she left the hall, with some looking at her with amazement, and with some busy looking at her a.s.sets.
Among the onlookers, there were two prominent guys who watched the leaving woman with guarded and awed expression on their faces.
Both of these guys wore golden armors too, and they seemed to be close friends with each other.
"I heard from the rumors that Teresa was good, but I could not believe that she was this good!" Golden Guy 1 said as his face wore an amazed expression on it. "I mean, she"s only 19, and yet she"s already a Grade 3 Knight!"
"That"s because of her talent." Golden Guy 2 snorted, as he looked more p.i.s.sed than amazed. "What do you expect? She was born with that talent, so it is inevitable for her to rise through the ranks easily."
"Why are you making it sound like she had been taking it easy?" Golden Guy 1 retorted as he slapped the back of the Golden Guy 2. "Did you forget all the training that she did?"
"Yeah, but that is all training only!" Golden Guy 2 smugly replied back as he shook his head, seemingly in disappointment. "I mean, when have you ever seen Teresa fight a real Captain-Cla.s.s Monster? All that she ever fought with as a Lieutenant-Cla.s.s Monster, and even that Monster was weakened already!"
"Quit yapping your mouth!" Golden Guy 1 hotly replied as he shoved Golden Guy 2. "How could you even complain when you are always defeated by Teresa? You can"t complain on what she fights with when you can"t even defeat her!"
"Hmph, you will see that she will fail!" Golden Guy 2 replied as he started to sneer. "Didn"t you hear? Because Teresa was now a Grade 3 Knight, she has to do a Kill Mission on one of the Monster Territories near the edge of our Kingdom. And from what I heard, she has to kill one Captain-Cla.s.s Monster to pa.s.s the Kill Mission!"
"Well, I think with her talent and abilities, Teresa will easily breeze through the Kill Mission." Golden Guy 1 replied, although some uncertainties could he heard from his voice.
"See? Even you are doubting her now." Golden Guy 2 smugly said, evidently liking what he was seeing.
"Oh just shut up. Instead of just speculating here, why don"t we just train too?" Golden Guy 2 said, obviously trying to deflect the topic. "It will be better for us to train our power rather than gossip about her.
"True that." Golden Guy 2 said as he and Golden Guy 1 headed towards the sparring corner. "Oh this time, the one who loses in our match will have to pay for the winner"s lunch."
"Hoho, it"s time for me to get free food again."
"Heh, we shall see about that."
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Teresa let out a moan of delight as she felt the hot water flowing all over her body.
The hot water managed to relax her muscles, giving Teresa a delightful feeling that she could not explain.
"A hot shower after a good training really is the best." Teresa muttered to herself as she lathered her body with a fragrant soap.
Teresa made sure that every nook and crook of her perfect body was covered in soap, as she wanted to get rid of the sweat covering her body.
"Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm…." Teresa hummed lightly as she continued her warm bath.
It was quite obvious to anyone that can hear Teresa that her mood was extremely good today.
"I am already a Grade 3 Knight! I am sure Father will be proud of me!" Teresa mumbled to herself as excitement appeared in her eyes. "I have long waited for this day!"
Even with her talent, Teresa always knew that her demanding Father always wanted to see Teresa to be the best out of the rest.
And that is what exactly Teresa did.
She aced the academics even here in the Golden Knight Academy, and she made sure to stay as the strongest in her batch.
All her efforts seemed to have paid off, as Teresa recently just became a Grade 3 Knight at 19 Years old, which is the fastest in the history of the Human Faction!
She even has beaten her Father"s record by a year!
"Hmph, I am sure my Father is very excited to see me now!" Teresa said as she started to wash off the soap from her body. "But our meeting will not happen for now, as I still have to accomplish my Kill Mission!"
It had been a tradition already for all Knights to have their first Kill Mission once they become a Grade 3 Knight.
No Knight will be exempt from this.
This is an initiation, a way to determine if a Knight was really suitable to take the mantle as humanity"s protection against the Monsters.
If a Knight dies in the Kill Mission, then that just means that he/she is not fit to be a Knight.
But if the Knight survives, then he/she will be accepted formally as a real Knight by the Human Faction.
"Hmph, with my talent, there is no way that I will fail my Kill Mission!" Teresa declared as she started to dry her body with her towel.
As she wiped off the water that clung to her skin, Teresa recalled the details of her Kill Mission that was just given to her earlier this morning.
Her Kill Mission was just simple.
Teresa just had to go to the Monster Territory at the outskirts of the Pelham Kingdom, and look for the Monster that was lording over this territory.
According to the intel, this monster was a Giant Boar, with the power comparable to a Captain-Cla.s.s Monster.
Teresa"s task was to kill this Giant Boar and take back its head as proof of her kill.
The time limit of her Kill Mission was 1 day.
If Teresa fails to kill the Giant Boar within that time limit, then it will be marked as a fail. Teresa will have to take another Kill Mission again if she wanted to pa.s.s.
"Hmph, I just have to kill a Giant Boar. There is nothing hard with that!" Teresa boasted as she donned on her travelling clothes.
She then left the shower room, heading towards the gates of the Golden Knight Academy.
"There it is!"
Teresa beamed as she saw her trusty horse, along with the items that Teresa will bring to her Kill Mission.
The Kill Mission will only last for a day, so Teresa only brought few things with her:
Food enough to last for a week should an accident should happen, some medicine, some books, and some important hygienic products.
"Yos.h.!.+" With everything packed up nice and well, Teresa smiled as she rode her horse.
She spurned it to move as she tried to not show the excitement on her face.
"You will see Father, I shall bring the honor of our family back!"
Teresa"s horse then let out a neigh as it started to bring Teresa to her destination.