But the tournament did not end there.

Next, Franz and Missy will compete for the third place, as well as some noble children's duels which are equivalent to exhibition matches. The whole arena is still bustling with activity.

When Blanche invited a group of noble ladies to visit the Moon Shadow Palace, Roning also got off the stands and walked towards the direction of the Oxhorn Bay Super Academy.

"Count Ronin!"

"Flame Knight!"

When the teachers and students of the Extraordinary Academy saw Luo Ning coming, they all greeted him, and the dean even warmly welcomed him to visit the academy.

Roning naturally agreed. He glanced around the crowd twice but did not see Karada.

"I wonder where Knight Karada has gone?"

"Look, over there." Someone pointed to the outside and said, "Honorary Baron Philemon is talking to him."

Someone enviously said, "Although Karada just lost to you, his performance in the fight must have attracted many people's attention."

"He has always wanted to join the Royal Knights. It seems like he has a good chance this time."

“I’m so envious.”

Hearing what they said, Roning's heart skipped a beat. No way, the person he just wanted to recruit was going to be taken advantage of by His Majesty the King?

This won’t do!

He nodded to the teachers and students of the Horn Bay Super Academy, then walked towards Karada and Philemon who were talking outside the arena.

The two men noticed Roning approaching and turned around.

Philemon smiled and said, "Why, our Flame Knight is going to continue communicating with his opponent?"

Karada nodded slightly to Ronin.

"Sorry to interrupt your conversation."

Roning walked up to the two men with a smile. He looked at the King's personal guard and leader of the Royal Knights. He heard that the other party was a golden knight who had one foot into the Meteor Level and his strength should not be underestimated.

"Your Excellency is right. I am indeed here to look for Karada."

Philemon was very polite to the future king's son-in-law, "In that case, I won't bother you anymore."

He said, and then said to Karada: "Come back to me when you become a golden knight!"

Having said this, he left.

Looking at Philemon's back, Ronin said, "Should I congratulate you on successfully joining the Royal Knights?"

"It's still early."

Karada denied it succinctly: "Only if I become a Golden Knight first will I be eligible to apply to the Royal Knights."

fine……

Ronin breathed a sigh of relief, as he thought Philemon had already discussed it with Karada.

"The requirements of the Royal Knights are really strict. They even require Gold Knights to be eligible to apply. How many people are there in this group? Is every member a Gold Knight?"

If all the golden knights formed a regiment, Ronin couldn't imagine its fighting power.

I'm afraid the Meteor Knights will have to avoid such a knight group.

"Of course not."

Karada spread his hands, his tone revealing helplessness: "This is just a specific condition set for me personally."

He was talking about individuals, not groups of people of ordinary origin.

It seems that there must be some reasons that Ronin doesn't know why Karada has been unable to join the Royal Knights.

"Although the Royal Knights have extended an olive branch to you, I still want to ask you a question."

Luo Ning paused and looked directly into the other person's eyes: "I wonder if I am qualified to recruit you to join my territory now?"

He values ​​the other party's potential.

If Karada could join the Ubei Territory, this young knight in his twenties would be the one with the most development potential under Ridar, and his qualifications would definitely surpass McKen.

Local geopolitical conflicts may be resolved with the help of the five knightly orders of Wushan Castle, but if Ronin wants to obtain the title of Marquis of the kingdom, he still needs his own strength.

What's more, Roning's target is not just the Marquis.

If we want to go one step further, it means that the situation on the mainland will become turbulent. Only when a large-scale battlefield breaks out will the existing power structure have a chance to be reshuffled and rebuilt.

At that time, Ronin needed more knights, especially stronger knights.

Someone like Karada is obviously the most suitable candidate.

"You misunderstood me."

Karada explained: "The qualifications I mentioned do not refer to the leading position in 'strength'. After all, many nobles are not very strong, right?"

"oh?"

Luo Ning was surprised and asked: "If it's not personal strength, then it's the strength of the territory?"

"Don't worry about that. Although my territory is still in its infancy, it is very vast and has great potential for development. There will definitely be more opportunities for the knights who follow me!"

Considering that the other party was of civilian origin, he might be more concerned about the issue of remuneration, Roning said.

"A silver knight gets 336 gold coins per year from me, and a gold knight gets 1,680 gold coins per year. In addition, there will be subsidies based on the position, and spoils of war are calculated separately."

He got straight to the point and said, "You don't have to worry about me not being able to afford the salaries of my followers. My followers have gold and silver, and I have never owed them anything."

Now that you have talked about your current salary and development prospects, the other party should have some understanding of it.

Karada laughed, but still shook his head.

"I have never doubted your financial strength."

He sighed and said directly: "In fact, over the years, I have also thought about serving nobles outside the Royal Knights, but in the end I was unsuccessful."

"Why?"

Karada said helplessly: "Someone is obstructing me. Even if I want to follow you, you will change your mind because of him."

Is there such a thing? This puzzled Ronin. Who would interfere with the decisions of other nobles? The first person he thought of was the king, but after thinking about it carefully, it was unlikely.

He immediately thought, could it be that the suitor of Karada's secret crush put pressure on other nobles, which led to such an outstanding young talent having nowhere to go? "Who is obstructing you?" Ronin asked.

Karada smiled mysteriously: "I think he will come to you soon. If you still want to recruit me after meeting him, I think we can talk then."

For this civilian knight, what he wants most is to cross classes.

Originally, this was a difficult, yet easy, task for a professional knight with great potential and strong strength.

But for Karada, it was an insurmountable mountain - he didn't even have the chance to get close to the aristocratic circle, let alone enter it.

In his eyes, although Roning has background, strength and future, if it were in the past, such a person would definitely appear on the list of nobles he is willing to follow. But perhaps because he has been stood up too many times and has been reneged on many times, Karada does not think that Roning is special for such nobles who value interests more.

Instead of that, he might as well choose the Royal Knights. After all, Knight Philemon had already said that as long as he became a Golden Knight and then applied, he would have a great chance of joining.

Only by successfully following the nobles can one have the opportunity to establish merit, become an honorary knight, and then further become a noble.

Otherwise, before he became a strong man that others had to look at him with respect, he would at most be a knight who had some money and strength but could not cross the class.

Luo Ning looked at the civilian knight's departing figure and couldn't help asking, "I heard that you have a crush on a noble. Can you tell me her identity?"

In his opinion, this humble and polite civilian knight who wanted to enter the aristocratic circle was unlikely to offend a noble. Therefore, there was probably only this one reason for the nobles to target him.

Karada paused for a moment. He didn't expect that Roning, who had never been to Jinyu City, also knew about this matter.

"She was your opponent today."

Is it her?

The image of Knight Missy immediately appeared in Roning's mind.

She is a good friend of Her Royal Highness the Princess, a member of the royal family's top fighting force, the Griffin Knights, a rare silver-level female knight, and comes from an aristocratic family...

In this comparison, Karada and Missy are indeed a bit mismatched. (End of this chapter)