Chapter 98: Knight Champion

'Huf huf'

'Huf huf'

All the young squires breathed heavily as they sat on the ground while looking at the rank 3 earthen grizzly bears they killed.

'Swoosh'

Soon, small yellow-coloured orbs came out of the corpses of the grizzly bears as they entered into the young squires who killed them.

'They killed a rank 3 spirit beast in just half an hour.'

Porter, who was observing everything from the start, nodded his head at the battle prowess shown by the young squires.

'Looks like they were blessed with the skills.'

Even though Porter knew that they gained the skills, he didn't bother them as he silently collected all the corpses and he stored them in a space ring.

"Porter."

Just as Porter was waiting for the young squires to open their eyes to ask them about their skills, he heard someone call him.

"Family head."

Lucas' voice was etched into his mind and Porter knew it was Lucas who called him.

"So, they finished their breakthrough into Lesser Rank."

Slowly, Lucas walked towards Porter the distance as he said to Porter.

"Yes, family head."

Porter nodded his head as he continued, "It's all thanks to the special exercises given by the family head that made their battle prowess increase drastically."

"True."

Lucas nodded his head as he continued, " However, don't forget they worked hard."

"Yes, family head."

Even though Porter wanted to say that if not for the rank 3 weapons given to them by Lucas, it would have been impossible for a single young squire to kill an earthen grizzly bear on their own.

"I am planning to do something and will not be going back to the manor. So, inform everyone about it. While I am gone, you and other young squires need to continue the same training routine."

Lucas didn't want Porter and others to slack even a single day. So, he asked them to continue the same hunting in the wilderness.

"Yes, family head."

Porter didn't ask where Lucas was going; instead, he nodded his head.

"Family head."

Just as Lucas and Porter finished their conversation, the young squires started opening their eyes one by one and they were excited to see Lucas as they greeted him with a face full of respect.

"Since I promised everyone that I will give you names and make you the official members of the Hellmore family after you become Lesser knights, I will do it now."

Lucas didn't waste any time as he looked at the young squires while continuing, "As I give you new names, you will tell which skill you gained from the earlier sacrifice."

"Yes, family head."

All ten young squires were excited when they heard Lucas's words and hurriedly nodded their heads.

"Andrew"

"Knight's fury"

"Anthony"

"Knight's shout"

"Myer"

"Knight's rush"

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Soon, Lucas started naming the young slaves according to his promise and the young squires started saving the skill they received.

Only the three skills  'Knight's shout', 'Knight's rage' and 'Knight's rush' repeated multiple times and there was only one who received a unique skill among the 10 members.

"Arthur"

"Knight champion."

When he heard Arthur's skill, Lucas was extremely satisfied because the reason why he suggested the 10 young squires sacrifice the earthen grizzly bears was for this specific skill.

"Arthur, since you got the skill, you will be the leader of this unit named Surge squad."

Lucas didn't think much before selecting Arthur as the leader of the 10 men unit.

"I will not disappoint you, family head and take care of the unit."

Arthur was excited as he deeply bowed to Lucas.

As for the other young squires, no one had any objections because they had already decided that the one who gets the special skill will become the leader of their small unit.

"I am looking forward to your performance."

Lucas nodded his head as he continued, "I will leave now. You can either train or go back for today if you want."

He didn't wait for them to reply as he directly rushed towards Viscount grounds.

"Everyone, let's test our new skills. What do you say?"

Arthur, the leader of the Surge squad shouted with great excitement.

"Yes. We shall hunt more rank 3 spirit beasts."

Just like Arthur, everyone was excited to test their new skills. So, they hurriedly nodded their heads and started their hunt.

Other than the fact, they became lesser knights, they were happy to get new names and become the official members of the Hellmore family.

Even though they will still have the slave marks on their body, they don't mind as long as the family head treats them as the official members of the family. So, they wanted to contribute more to their family by hunting as it was the only thing they were good at.

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'System, show me the information on the skills.'

Even though Lucas had a rough idea of the skills received by the young squires, he wanted to see the full details. Only then, he could bring out the true potential of the Surge squad.

'Ding,

Skill name:- Knight's rage.

Effect:- When a knight receives the slightest injury, this skill will be triggered as it will increase the user's strength by two times for 10 minutes.

Cost:- 100 units of knight energy.

'Ding,

Skill name:- Knight's rush

Effect:- When the knight activates the skills, his attack speed will become double for 10 minutes.

Cost:- 100 units of knight energy.

'Ding,

Skill name:- Knight's shout

Effect:- When the knight shouts, he will temporarily forget the pain and at the same time, their mastery of the weapon will temporarily increase to the next tier for one minute.

Cost:- 100 units of knight energy.

Soon, the information on the three skills appeared in front of him, making Lucas think about how he could bring out the full potential of the squad.

However, there was another skill, he still had to check.

'Ding,

Skill name:- Knight's champion

Effect:- When this skill is activated, the knight's with any one of these three skills 'Knight's rage', 'Knight's rush' and 'Knight's shout' will temporarily have their strength progressed by two tiers including the user of the skill

Cost:- 500 units of Knight energy.

'As expected of the special skill. With this skill, the Surge squad will become more powerful than anyone in their particular rank.

"As long as they increase their strength to tier 3 lesser knights, I can send them into the Viscount grounds."

Lucas was planning to make this Surge squad as the exclusive adventurer squad of the Hellmore family. So, of course, he would think a lot about that squad.

'Ding,

The host has entered the Viscount grounds. The mission will officially begin now.

'Ding,

Please be careful and try to stay in the Viscount grounds for the next 24 hours.

'Ding,

The moment the host steps out of the Viscount grounds, the mission will be cancelled.

Just as he entered the Viscount grounds, Lucas' head was filled with system notifications that made his face become serious and stopped thinking about the Surge squad.

'I need to be careful and focus only on this mission.'

This was the only thought in his head as he searched for the rank 3 spirit beasts along the border of the Viscount grounds.

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