A strange world

Chapter 868 Chapter 99. Ten Thousand Challenges

Annan's longing for titles existed as early as Breeze City...

Whenever a noble appeared, the servants would recite their ridiculous titles, which would make him envious. But the self-proclaimed titles are meaningless, such as the King of Hide and Seek, the Uncrowned Mouse Hunting Champion, the Crimson Princess's Knight... So far, only the King of the North, the Champion Warlock and the Lord of the Free City are legitimate.

It doesn't matter whether the Holy Grail Knight still has power. Whether he can become a Holy Grail Knight is important to Annan.

De la Torre talks about the Lady of the Lake.

Lake Wilson, where the Lady of the Lake is located, is a sacred place for all Knights of the Grail.

As the fair and noble Lady of the Lake, the Holy Grail Knight she selected also possesses the above virtues.

The Lady of the Lake is not the most original and ancient deity, but her existence is closely related to the human empire. In the early days of the Saint Laurent calendar, the Lady of the Lake appeared in Lake Wilson in Wilhelm and developed her first Holy Grail Knight.

Unlike other gods who need to develop followers and rely on believers to obtain divine power, the followers of the Lady of the Lake have always been limited to the Holy Grail Knights and the Holy Grail Knights' followers. Other believers will not get any response even if they believe in her fervently.

This allows the Lady of the Lake to pool her power together - no matter who becomes a Holy Grail Knight, whether a master or an epic, as long as they receive the blessing of the goddess, they will have legendary power and longevity.

"Do you really want to become a Knight of the Holy Grail?" De La Torre considered it seriously.

If it were three years ago, Annan would have to study for a long time if he wanted to become a Holy Grail Knight. He would be recommended by three Holy Grail Knights before he could participate in the harsh and intense trial. But now... the Lady of the Lake has lost contact, and the Holy Grail Knights have suffered serious losses. If they don't do something What, they will disappear forever in the new millennium…

"I have a friend who has always instilled in me the greatness of the Knight of Grail..."

Annan was talking about Klein, not the member-crazy Olmedo—she knew she couldn't do it.

"Teacher Mel's spirit has always been the direction of my study..."

"You are the King of the North and the master of a floating city, and I have witnessed your character... This is the luck of the Holy Grail Knights."

De La Torre strengthened his determination and looked at Annan: "I will find two old friends to hold a ceremony for you, but you have to start from the knight's retinue."

"Of course!"

Annan, who was struck by the unexpected surprise, readily accepted it.

Apart from the vanity of the title and what to do with this power, Annan does admire those just knights who fight on the front line.

"You have no special treatment, or the only special treatment is that you cannot receive the blessing of the goddess. You have to compete with other knights' retinues."

"No problem! But is there anyone else who wants to become a Holy Grail Knight?"

"Although we have lost the blessing of the goddess, the long-term struggle has made the Holy Grail Knight a symbol like a Holy Knight... In addition, you have to start the 10,000 challenges before becoming a Holy Grail Knight."

"Of course... how much?"

"Ten thousand."

"Uh... what are the challenges?" Annan was still lucky. For example, the 10,000 challenges were to help an old lady cross the street, to give food to a beggar...

"Such as annihilating the demon king, killing a legendary black dragon, clearing out a rat nest, purifying a cultist church..."

Annan gradually opened his mouth and interrupted De La Torre: "Is the Demon King enough...?"

"You thought wrong." De La Torre shook his head, "You will get challenge points for completing these challenges. For example, the challenge score of the Demon Lord is 10,000 points. If you can kill the Demon Lord, you will be the Holy Grail Knight. "

"What about the easiest challenge?"

"Kill a villain, eliminate a group of bandits, annihilate a group of rats, these will give you single-digit challenge points... But remember, you must complete it yourself."

Well, it seems that Annan will be a retinue for a long time.

But anyway, warlocks are semi-immortals. As long as Annan insists on doing one good deed a day, he can become a Knight of the Holy Grail in...300 years.

De La Torre was impatient, and after making his decision, he sent a messenger to ask his old friend who was also a Knight of the Holy Grail to come over.

"How many Grail Knights are there now?"

"I don't know... As the Lady of the Lake lost contact, we also lost contact with each other, but the Knights of the Holy Grail will gradually fill up after reaching thirty-two people."

It is known that de la Torre, the eleventh Holy Grail Knight, has lived for more than a hundred years. Doesn't this mean that it will take a few years for a Holy Grail Knight to appear?

As for the benefits of becoming a Holy Grail Knight... Annan asked De La Torre, and he said that he would be blessed by the Lady of the Lake before that. Like the Holy Knight, he would have powerful power and be able to release divine magic.

But now, in addition to a title that will be treated politely and followed wherever he goes, all he can do is to summon them who are also Holy Grail Knights.

In any case, it’s best to start today!

Annan wandered around the camp for a long time, and finally found a civilian who was suspected of being a spy and was imprisoned in the camp prison, and released him.

"Rescue the innocent person who has been wronged, 1 challenge point." De La Torre smiled, "But you are not a follower of the Holy Grail Knight yet, and the challenge has not begun yet."

"All right……"

Thinking on the bright side, Annan didn't kill the Demon Lord, otherwise he would have wasted an opportunity to directly become a Knight of the Holy Grail.

"I have another question, who will keep the score?"

"All challenges are supervised by the Lady of the Lake, but now..." De La Torre said meaningfully, "The only one who supervises you is yourself."

…

The rat tribe in the north was obviously frightened by Annan. Except for a group of wind rats sent out on the first night, which then failed, they did not invade the camp again in the following days.

The front line bordering the ratmen was strangely calm, but behind them there were rat infestations everywhere.

The crisis has not yet been resolved, and the plague is spreading to the entire Kingdom of Dimon along with the food in the Lesio Valley.

Those big cities that had received the news were spared, but the towns and villages with no news were unavoidable, and large gathering areas became no man's land...

On Annan's fifth day in the camp, the autumn harvest in the Lesio Valley ended with chaos. The messenger also brought back news that the Holy Grail Knight was aware of the plague in a small city near Lesio Valley.

"Then let's go back to Lesio Valley quickly." Annan urged.

The terrain here is not considered to be dangerous. The soldiers who have retreated from the snow mountain fortress have suffered too many losses in the past few days. If it were not for the fact that they must persist until the end of the autumn harvest for the Lesio Valley, they would have retreated long ago.

Retreat is necessary. The Dimon Kingdom, which has suffered serious losses, has no experience in maintaining its territory and must shrink its defense lines.

In order to avoid being pursued by the Skaven tribe, Annan opened the teleportation gate and sent the soldiers back to Valley City. Finally, Dean Brahim teleported away with himself, leaving the Skaven with an air defense line.