Chapter 1111: Chapter 1108: Fla Baptism
War is about to begin, mist gathers by the seaside, and the Tri-Nation Alliance has already sensed Liszt’s resolve. As a result, the Dragon Rider Corps patrolling the coastline and striking at smugglers have increased to a group of seven dragons.
“Seven dragons, what a pity, scattered sand remains scattered sand; you will never understand what a barricade truly is. I have not completely shattered the barricade, but I have touched that hint of rule—belonging to the fla’s law. rely this sliver of law elevates and Leo beyond the mundane.”
Liszt is patient; he has the Kingdom prepare for battle, but he himself leisurely indulges in the pleasures of the world, patrolling his domains.
The Formless Dragon Bard searches for natural nodes within the Eagle Kingdom every day, and for every node found, Liszt’s control over the Eagle Kingdom strengthens by a fraction. This is only the beginning; in the future, he will continue to search for natural nodes in Steel Ridge and the Blast Furnace Fortress, casting shadows over every Dragon Knight’s head.
Now, he has returned to Fla King City, approaching a training field at the Royal Knight Academy.
On the field stands a group of children aged seven or eight to twelve or thirteen, most of them boys, with a few girls among them. Forr Moon Slayers, Eagle People, and Sapphire People are all present; now they are all children of the Fla People.
“Are you certain they all possess a Fire Attribute physique?” he asks Lucy and Rose, who accompany him.
“Yes, Your Majesty,” responds Lucy, who has not reached adulthood yet already bears the charm and allure of a woman, dressed in the garb of a Grand Arcanist with respect.
She and her sister Rose, the twin girls directed to by the Smoke Mission, possess an exceptionally outstanding gift for magic.
Under Ach’s tutelage, at their tender age, both have already attained the rank of Grand Arcanist. One criterion for this advancent is that their magic abilities must reach the standards of a Grand Magician. Without a doubt, both twins have broken through to the level of Grand Magicians.
They have the potential to aim for the rank of Archmage in the future.
Elder sister Lucy is currently assisting in Ach’s laboratory, while younger sister Rose holds the position of administrative assistant to Chris and is a prospective managent mber of the future Royal Arcane Academy.
“Your Majesty,” Rose states with a touch of pride, “The Fire Attribute Mana sensitivity magic array designed by Master Ach can precisely asure the deep qualities of the Dou Qi inside each child capable of generating it. These age-appropriate children are all tested by personally, with absolutely no errors.”
Liszt nods lightly: “If that is the case, then begin preparations for the Fire Paladin Transformation Ceremony.”
The Fire Paladin, an idea conceived long ago, is inspired by Paris Fla’s identity as the Black Dragon Childe. The current Paris has beco a Great Light Magic Swordsman, with combat prowess roughly equal to that of a Completion Level Sky Knight. Constrained by the Cultivation System, she can’t advance further.
But such strength is already comndable. Not every Knight has the chance to beco a Domain Knight, let alone a Dragon Knight.
A Completion Level Sky Knight represents the pinnacle foreseeable by the average Knight.
Now, by creating a cohort of Fire Paladins, he can aptly supplent the shortage of candidates for the Royal Knight Squad—the Fla Kingdom still lacks geniuses.
“Oh-ho!”
Leo descends from the sky, landing before the training field. He is the main participant in the Fire Paladin Transformation Ceremony.
Lucy bows deeply to Liszt and replies, “Your Majesty, the Transformation Ceremony requires your assistance as well as that of Lord Leo.”
“I am familiar with the process of the ceremony. When Leo needs to release the Fire Dragon Overmagic, I will coordinate with you. Let’s begin now.”
“As you wish, Your Majesty.”
The Fire Paladin Transformation Ceremony isn’t riddled with many cumberso steps and doesn’t even require much from the children. When Paris was forcibly transford into the White Dragon Wraith by the Court Grand Mage of the Maple Leaf Duchy, complex asures and a sacrifice of life were employed.
And yet, it failed and turned her into the Black Dragon Childe.
The current ceremony is more like an infusion of magic power, using the magic array to construct a vessel within the children’s bodies capable of holding mana.
Lucy and Rose begin to instruct the surrounding Arcanists to activate the magic array, and the ceremony officially starts.
…
Jim has grown taller.
He is no longer the small child who followed his mother from the Eagle Kingdom to Fla Island. In the past two years, as his mother remarried to a widowed and la Knight, he has beco the son of a Knight. Although the Knight has a sowhat volatile temper and occasionally scolds his mother while drunk.
But as a forr mber of the Black Horse Knights, he enjoyed many benefits.
One of which allowed his children access to the best education at the Knight Academy near his fief, so Jim received a good education.
After showing outstanding talent at the Knight Academy, he was recomnded by the academy to take part in the Fire Paladin selection.
And he was honored to be chosen.
His la knight stepfather told him that a Fire Paladin is a Royal Guard under His Majesty the King, and they are the most glorious knights in the kingdom: “Jim, strive to beco a Fire Paladin, your mother will be proud of you.”
“Will you be proud of ?”
“Why not.”
Echoing his stepfather’s words in his ears, Jim took a deep breath, longing to beco a Fire Paladin. Not only to fulfill his childhood dream of becoming a knight who could protect his mother but also hoping that his mother would be treated with more respect once he gained the glory of a Fire Paladin.
He was grateful for the protection his stepfather brought him and hoped his mother could be happy and no longer abused.
“Huh!”
The light from the magic array was sowhat blinding, Jim felt his newly born low-level Dou Qi pulsating in waves with a special force.
Then, suddenly, a trembling roar echoed in his ears: “Oh!”
The next mont, he raised his head to see the huge Fire Dragon squatting near the plaza, flapping its wings and sending bursts of flas crashing into the light of the magic array.
Boom!
The entire magic array trembled violently, as if it would collapse at any mont.
“Leo, take it easy.” Not very loud, but a clear and forceful voice erged in Jim’s heart and ears, and in his young mind, an image of a tall and unapproachable figure instantly appeared.
“It’s His Majesty the King!” Jim thought.
In the Fla Kingdom, from the eighty-year-old lady to the three-year-old baby, no one was unaware of the na Liszt Fla, the Fla King. In other kingdoms, knights always say “Knights’ glory be with you,” but in the Fla Kingdom, many choose “His Majesty the King’s glory be with you” as their saying.
It’s not flattery, but a heartfelt reverence.
Jim’s stepfather always had this saying on his lips and took pride in having followed His Majesty the King: “His Majesty the King will eventually unite the three great kingdoms!” Like a fervent believer, after drinking, the stepfather would proclaim this to anyone he t, and Jim was inevitably influenced.
“His Majesty the King will eventually unite the three great kingdoms, and I will beco a Fire Paladin, a Royal Guard for His Majesty the King!”
“Mother will be proud of , and my stepfather will respect her even more!”
As he was thinking.
Suddenly, his body felt as if plunged into a blazing fire. Jim bit his teeth to keep from screaming out, enduring the scorching burns in silence.
Beside him, other young boys couldn’t bear the burning sensation and cried out.
Soon an adult voice ca: “Lady Rose, this child’s willpower is too weak.”
Then a cold female voice rang out: “Dismiss him; he no longer qualifies to withstand Lord Leo’s Magic Power.”
Jim’s heart chilled, and he bit down even harder, firmly resisting the painful sensation of being scorched by flas. Just when he was about to give in, the feeling finally subsided. Afterward, a wave of warmth filled his exhausted body, soothing the tornt he had experienced.
“Congratulations, little fellas.”
The King’s voice was like the arrival of spring. Jim opened his eyes to see the King, dressed in a leather armor with golden stripes and a black cloak with red lining, walking towards them: “You’ve endured the Fire Dragon’s magic baptism, and now you are qualified to beco a Fire Paladin.”
“The road ahead is long, but the Royal Knight Squad will open its arms to you. Work hard on your cultivation.”
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