Knights and Magic Wand
Chapter 749: 350 Eve of Departure_2

Chapter 749: Chapter 350 Eve of Departure_2

Olivia, upon hearing this, thought carefully about the dream-like realm and shook her head apologetically: “I don’t remember much about the different fate you mentioned. As for your magic wand… it seems that in that time and space, it was already by your side when you became famous on the Continent. People said it was a divine spear bestowed upon you by ‘Thunder God Novadin.’

Leon, after listening, had no choice but to temporarily give up finding answers from her.

Unlike himself, Olivia recently found that her memories of that time and space were quickly fading, just like a dream that people remember upon waking up, but soon forget after getting up.

This was also the reason why he had been dragged along for intense martial training with her recently.

Olivia wanted to solidify those exceptional skills she could still remember before completely losing those dreamy memories.

Honestly, if Olivia could stabilize her current combat experience and skills, Leon felt that what she once said in Royal City — about giving Great Knight Valensis a hard lesson on his behalf — might not just be empty words.

During the break, Leon couldn’t help but glance at Treya, who was vigorously sparring with other Avalon Knights in the distance.

Having gone through the Undead War, and over a year of hands-on training from Olivia, and continual sparring and guidance from numerous brave warriors in the knight order, this braided girl, despite her physical limitations due to age and gender, was already a standout among Knights when it came to fighting skills.

After all, with an excellent mentor, comes an outstanding apprentice. To be personally taught by Olivia, a Valkyrie-like martial sage, unless one is a hopeless fool who willingly lets themselves fall into idleness, otherwise, their skills would naturally be incomparable.

Even Azeryan, who has been busy with administrative affairs and is average in talent, has mastered gun skills far beyond ordinary Knights under Olivia’s guidance.

What’s more, this knight’s daughter, who began learning martial arts from Olivia in Selva early on, has always been diligent and serious by nature.

In another time and space, although she didn’t have the chance to have Olivia as her teacher, she refused to remain weak, becoming her own Ranger attendant and setting out on the path of martial arts.

The six years of teacher-student bond and life-and-death friendship still linger in Leon’s heart. During this period, he couldn’t help but pay more attention to her. Although Olivia had imparted everything she knew to her, as another mentor to Treya, Leon couldn’t help but start sharing his martial insights with her, hoping to turn her into an independent “Rain Swift Knight” as soon as possible.

The mentor-student relationship of Ranger Knights is more than a mere teacher and student dynamic. The traditional legacy of Rangers typically forms father-son-like bonds between them and their attendant apprentices.

A bit like the mentor-student relationships in martial arts novels from a previous life, but without the many rigid rules that Rangers don’t adhere to.

Thinking of this, Leon couldn’t help but reminisce about Lord Glenn Soren, or rather, Mentor Glenn Soren.

In this world, Glenn Soren was originally a comrade-in-arms who fought against the Undead and Demons with him. In Leon’s eyes, he also had a mentor’s grace. Now that he has enough Netti Cards, he will try at all costs to see if he can call back this Northern Hero who perished in the Battle of Rolandena if the other is willing to be revived in the form of a Card Spirit.

The remains and belongings of the Water Monster Slayer have already been sent back to his relatives in his hometown by Rangers after the war. Leon couldn’t openly write to his family, suggesting using Glen Soren’s remains for summoning; otherwise, he would be suspected of some evil witchcraft desecrating the dead.

He can only wait until he returns from the south to make a secret trip to the North and privately attempt the summoning at Glenn Soren’s gravesite.

Leon placed the empty water bottle down and stood up, looking around at the knights busy training.

More than a year after the Undead War, the knight order had already been rebuilt and rejuvenated to its best state, with subordinates whose morale and combat power are at its peak, ready to follow Leon southward deep into the Southern Mountain Territory and the Roslava Territory occupied by the Undead at any time.

Today, those training within the fortress base were the Griffin Wings, a veteran unit of the Avalon Knights.

The other four units, including the second unit, Fire Crow Wings, were in intensive training in the vast outskirts of Avalon Castle.

The restructuring after the Undead War reorganized the knight order’s hierarchy based on their merits in the war.

Previously the Chief Guard, Kovis, retained his position as the order’s “Veil Officer,” while devoting more of his energy to magical research, thus no longer directly leading the most elite first knight unit, and instead becoming the “think tank curator” of the knight order.

Of course, this name was coined by Leon. Initially, in the meeting, everyone wanted to follow Orland cultural naming conventions, going with either Master of Wizards or Magic Mentor, but Leon insisted on this made-up term in the Felu language that combined the roots of wisdom and librarian.

Relieved from the burden of managing the Guards, the role of the captain of the Lion Wing unit fell to the old guard Zabron, with the knight order’s Flag Officer Baville also holding the position of the first unit’s flag-bearer.

The captain of the Fire Crow Wings second unit was Sir Filippo of the Anquilla Family, whose flag officer was his friend, Sir Corinth, who joined the knight order at the same time as him and survived the Battle of Rolandena.

The three Sergeant units of Blade Wings, which constitute the backbone of the knight order, except for the third unit led by the old guard Brunan with Hawk as its Flag Officer.

The commanders and flag bearers of the fourth and fifth units are several Holy War veterans who stood out in the Undead War, survived the Rolandena campaign, and obtained the titles of Holy War Knight and Avalon Knight, named Jon, Coleson, Benun, and Panon, respectively.

Although they were not part of the Griffin Wings’ first unit formation, they belonged to the inner circle of Death’s Wings, or the Death Wing Knights.

Besides the one hundred elite Avalon soldiers led by each captain, the knight order now, to some extent, has exceeded the 500-troop limit sanctioned by Count Eriv during its inception.

Not to mention over a hundred knight followers not yet included in the knight order’s roster, there are at least several hundred “new soldiers” rigorously trained by Uncle Bryan day and night by knight standards in Selva.

Outwardly, they are only reserve militia of the town of Selva, but should the knight order incur any casualties, these recruits are fully capable of stepping in as Avalon sergeants.

Supported by ample funds, the army has now exceeded its original size. Leon, of course, means no disrespect to Count Eriv, but various practical factors have forced him to expand his forces.

The defense of the Sobonitz Domain’s lands, the threat of the Undead, and, most importantly at present, the task of finding the vampire army and locating Count Eriv himself, require a sufficient number of reliable warriors to guard the rear territories before he can send out the knight order on an expedition.

However, there were still some matters to be dealt with before setting off.

Among them, it was most important to screen those with potential as magic apprentices.

The experiences from the Undead War taught Leon…his father was right, to counter magic with magic,

Whether facing the Undead or the Demons, without the various tactics Kovis developed and discovered from the Lorelette Magic Guidebook, solely relying on the warriors’ courage and brute force to confront the cataclysm head-on, everyone would have perished long ago.

Regardless of whether King Eric could calm down from his hatred and hostility towards Spellcasters in the future and whether he would reconsider restarting Lydwen III’s plan during his lifetime to cultivate Court Mages.

Leon intends to set up a fledgling Mage Group for Avalon first.