Iron Harvest: When Farming Becomes Conquest
Chapter 159 - 31: Eager to Progress!

Chapter 159: Chapter 31: Eager to Progress!

"Take good care of your injuries, and I’ll take you along for the next hunt." Roman sat beside Kao’s bed, checked his injuries, and tucked him in.

Roman now understood Dick’s evaluation of him.

A danger to himself and others!

Kao’s training was exceptionally rigorous and widely recognized, and Roman had enhanced Kao’s panel for the plundering plan, to prevent this potentially limitless Four Stars Angel Envoy from dying in an accident.

But he didn’t expect Kao to even dare to challenge a fully armed Conquest Knight one-on-one.

This fool... left him speechless.

A fallen knight is no different from a wild boar in the mountains. Seven or eight soldiers surround him, at most three die, and the rest can pin him to the ground, hold down his limbs, and then the Low Rank Conquest Knight can’t move, having to watch helplessly as the swords pierce through the armor gaps, blood flowing out...

You go for a duel in a situation you could win by ganging up?

Roman even less expected that the Conquest Knight actually died by Kao’s sword.

Keep in mind, even Green and Aaron weren’t confident they could defeat a Conquest Knight going in lightly armed.

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[Four Stars Kao (Angel Envoy Code assignable)

Attack: D-, Defense: E+, Speed: E+, Constitution: D-, Energy: E+

Talent: Edge — Attack power increases in normal state

First Skill: Fighting — Basic combat techniques

Second Skill: Blood Licking — When bleeding or in pain, will is somewhat immune to stiffness, attack power increases]

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Kao initially had a 5E panel, but now it’s a 2D3E panel, with even the lowest attribute at E+.

These attributes were certainly not upgraded one by one by Roman.

Kao improved his panel attributes through acquired training.

Roman simply built upon this by spending a small amount of extraordinary resources like a thousand catties of Magic Steel and hundred grams of Fine Gold Magic Stone, respectively raising Kao’s attack and constitution attributes to D level.

Heaven helps those who help themselves!

As the Heavenly Destiny, what’s wrong with him giving a point to hard-working Angel Envoys?

Furthermore, in Roman’s view, enhancing an Angel Envoy’s panel attributes is actually unlocking their potential lock, increasing their attribute limit.

It still relies on the latter’s training to unleash the potential limit.

Without diligent training and adequate nutrition, just adding points won’t make Kao a First Rank Conquest Knight at this age.

Do you know Kao ate at least seven pounds of meat, eggs, and milk each day during that period?

How could an ordinary family afford to raise this child?

Kao hoped to join the Hunting Team, but now that he was excessively bleeding, before his wounds healed, Roman forbade him from doing anything excessive, and disallowed private training.

This left Kao a bit disheartened.

"In a while, I will confer you as a Conquest Knight," Roman told him.

Most trainees have to wait until they are 21 to be conferred as knights.

Trainees at this age have proficient martial skills, and nearly all have the physical qualities of a First Rank knight; conferring them as Conquest Knights is reasonable.

When Aaron and Green left the Duke Domain with Roman, they were both under 21, thus only apprentice knights.

Of course, Roman didn’t care about this.

He simply granted them knight status directly on the road.

Some Conquest Knights favored by the Nobles or those performing exceptionally may also be conferred early, commonly at the age of 16 the earliest.

After the duel with the Conquest Knight, Kao proved his might, and Aaron and Green did not oppose this matter.

Hearing Roman’s words, a bit of flush appeared on Kao’s pale face.

This was why he went to challenge a Conquest Knight: dissatisfied with just being a trainee, so he took an unconventional path, challenging a Conquest Knight.

Now he succeeded and got the reward as he wished.

The young man was a bit excited. "Master, I will preserve this honor you bestowed upon me!"

Roman nodded slightly, then changed his tone, "I am pleased you can become a Conquest Knight, but not caring for your life, I am very displeased! Whose do you think your life is? Who bears the loss if you die? Isn’t raising you to have you take risks! I see you’re utterly foolish! Try something like this without permission again and forget about ever being on the battlefield! Go shovel dung for me!"

He scolded Kao thoroughly.

If Kao were to die prematurely, all the resources he invested would be for nothing!

Kao’s face filled with shame; he was desperately eager to improve.

Roman had things to do and didn’t say much more. He got up and left Kao’s room.

The manor servant brought the white horse, and while preparing his hunting attire, Roman saw Sanna and Gwivelle playing in the snow; they had disagreements before but quickly reconciled, becoming inseparable again.

The progress of their studies was quite fast; Gwivelle learned a lot of words, and since passing the exam, Roman had lifted restrictions on her, conducting only periodic checks.

If she failed, she would be grounded again.

How can one remain uneducated at such a young age!

He didn’t like stifling children’s nature, but Gwivelle was destined for greatness, requiring his supervision.

As for Sanna, Kao’s sister, as long as she kept up with the study pace, Roman never restricted her.

Roman beckoned to Sanna, indicating for her to come over.

Sanna was a bit nervous, glancing at Gwivelle, who understood and came over with small steps together.

Roman said to Sanna, "Your brother was seriously injured on the battlefield, now lying in bed; as his family, you may not share his pain, but you can’t ignore him, you’ll need to take care of him more."

Roman’s attitude was still gentle; he held no views on Sanna as she was just a little girl who knew little.

Precisely because she didn’t know, many things needed to be told to her.

With Kao bedridden, as his sister, she couldn’t be expected to care all the time, yet couldn’t just ignore it either.

Yet Sanna felt extremely wronged.

Kao found her clumsy, preventing him from calmly reviewing that life-and-death battle in bed, thus he chased her out.

Now, just when she barely got to play with Gwivelle, she faced another reprimand from the Lord.

The latter’s words seemed gentle, but in her ears, it was like a harsh scolding; she always feared this decisive Lord and dared to look up each time she saw him.

Roman considered himself approachable, actively engaging, talking to all.

But others didn’t see him that way.

Whatever was done, he ultimately was the ruler of this land.

His prestige was immense, his status exalted; on this land, no one could sit equal to him.

When standing before him, facing his gaze, which ignorant farmer or fisherwoman wouldn’t feel trepidation?

Even knowing he never killed wantonly, wasn’t brutal, who could treat as normal the massive gulf in status?

She had only spoken to him a few times, each day only seeing his busy figure.

Sometimes leaving in the morning, returning by dusk; sometimes teaching in the classroom; sometimes not coming back to the manor for days, staying at the wood factory and iron smelting plant.

There were many servants at the manor, both maids and footmen, she was the most inconspicuous.

Because of Kao, she moved here, unable to adapt to manor life.

Because in this busy manor, everyone had things to do, only she was idle, feeling unnecessary.

Coincidentally, Gwivelle felt the same, so they became companions and thus less visible together.