High Above

Of course the civil servants were envious of her. She was also the daughter of a noble, but her family's power was not high, and she also had an older sister at home. The remaining resources were only enough for her to work within the Knights of the Patrol, which was at least secure.

A full-time knight of the Order of Inspectors, even if they are just apprentices, has a very bright future.

Even excluding the children of the great nobles, most of the apprentices who are actually selected are young and keen geniuses from all over the world. It is not uncommon for first-level students under the age of eighteen to enter.

To put it simply, it is similar to the genius class... It is not that geniuses are common, but that there are so many geniuses coming to the imperial capital from all over the country that the Inspector Knights have become ordinary.

Apprentices or captains who have been unable to achieve a breakthrough for a long time often leave the Knights of the Patrol and go to various places to become small lords, or are accepted by big nobles as guest ministers or guards.

Tres is the first-level talent who is around eighteen years old. He can be regarded as a local genius no matter where he is. He will be valued by the local lord and be cultivated as his confidant.

But such a talent would never stand out among the Knights of the Patrol... It was too average. People with the same talent as him and other advantages could not be said to be very popular, they could only be said to be all over the street.

And he has no background, so he can only choose to be an undercover agent, using his merits, time, and resources from both sides to fight.

He succeeded and became the second-level squad leader, the envy of everyone, but how many others failed? In other words, isn't a person like Tres, who can withstand the gap between 'genius' and 'ordinary person', persist in being an undercover agent for eight years, and finally seize the opportunity to succeed, also a genius in terms of mentality and perseverance?

But Ian is different.

A fourteen-year-old first-level psyker, an apprentice of the Knights of the Overseer, the rookie that the strict General Barton is optimistic about...

I have just come to the headquarters to report, and my achievements are so many that I need to fill out several forms... Illegitimate children of great nobles are not treated like this!

Take a look, assisting the Ellen family in completing the royal mission, making key contributions to exploring the unknown maze, repelling the Flying Fire Land plundering fleet, defeating the Flying Fire Land lurking agents, detecting the biochemical laboratory around Harrison Port in the Flying Fire Land, The Ryan Territory Incident and the repelling of the kidnappers...

Although there is definitely some moisture in it, there is no doubt that at Ian's age, it is definitely not easy to mix these things and get credit.

At a young age, he has already grasped the path to the second level.

No matter how underestimated, this is the seed of a future great knight.

"Is that so?"

But Ian didn't expect too much. The young man just glanced at his achievements with wide eyes and said with a smile: "It seems like it's not an exaggeration... Then I have to think carefully about how to spend these achievements." .”

——Choose now? It's so stupid, it's like exposing your underwear and needs to others.

After settling the registration matter, Ian received his official badge from the staff.

The Eye of the Sun badge of the Knights of the Patrol... The apprentice is an ordinary Eye of the Sun. The captain will have wings raised from below to protect the sun, and the knight will have a sharp sword in his wings, which means that the knight can It is regarded as the sword of the empire and the sharp blade of the emperor.

Although Ian has a lot of merit, he is still an apprentice - in this society with sublimators and levels, pure merit cannot lead to promotion. At most, a salary increase can only be achieved if hard power is achieved.

"Sir, walk slowly."

"Thanks."

The young man walked out of the door of the archives room, looked around, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Obviously it's just a very simple matter, but it feels tired under the overt and covert fights of those big shots... In the Imperial Capital, it seems that you can meet someone wherever you go. To the third and fourth energy levels.”

The headquarters of the Inspector Knights is essentially a huge, spacious courtyard, with each courtyard surrounded by several rows of houses.

Some of these houses were the residences of the knights, while others were functional parts of the order.

After all, such a large organization as the Inspector Knights cannot be just a group of knights - behind it, there are a series of auxiliary departments such as the auxiliary psyker team, the technical and armed logistics department, the archives room, and the alchemy laboratory.

The Patrol Knights even have a separate armory and library on the fifth floor of the Imperial City. In the Lower City of the Imperial Capital, they even have an independent fortress area... That's where most of the Patrol Knights are stationed. place.

The total number of knights in service is close to 2,000. The full strength is twenty hundred-man brigades, each led by a third-level knight. Each brigade has five squads, each led by a second-level knight. Led by a capable captain.

Of course, even with the power of the empire, a full patrol of knights has never appeared, and because the patrol knights have some special tasks, if they want to go out on a large scale, there must be related supporting troops.

When performing a mission alone, a patrol knight and his team are a tactical team, and a team of patrol knights can even be formed on the spot into a special operations company with the Ascended as the core.

As for the dispatch of a large group of patrol knights... Basically, it can only be seen during the total war between the two countries, or when it involves the third level or above.

Ian turned on his psychic powers and looked around the entire Inspector Knight headquarters. He found that just now, there were two third-level knights. One is next to the armory, and the other is at the logistics department. They both seem to be giving instructions.

According to the civilian staff, the former deputy commander named ‘Shaplan Intro Gartel’, often called ‘Frost Trace’, had already left the headquarters with Tres.

This Iron Man, whose ancestor came from Whale Song Cliff, is quite prestigious in the Knights, and everyone respects him more than fearing him. Ian also noticed that this fourth-level powerhouse could actually control his power, which was comparable to a Titan and caused drastic changes in the sky, so that no trace of abnormality could be revealed. This subtle control alone was enough. Awesome.

Two great knights, this is quite a number.

After all, the Inspector Knights are stationed in the Lower City, and the entire Inspector Knights are distributed throughout the empire. It is really difficult for the Grand Knight Order, which has only two thousand people in total, to gather together across the entire empire.

After determining the general structure of the headquarters and recording the terrain and streets he saw along the way into the 'Imperial Capital Map' in the silver chip, Ian put the 'Eye of the Sun' badge into his arms.

After registering, he can engrave a coat of arms on his armor. Of course, some knights who like stealth operations do not do this, and Ian plans to consider it later.

Having mastered the 'etheric inscription' technology, he can always keep two sets of armor, one for sneaking and another with the coat of arms of the Inspector Knight.

As for the 'credit' he had already received... Ian was not so stupid as to redeem the potion materials he really needed while he was still being noticed by many people.

That is, the magic potion materials needed for the second energy level of the Immovable Castle, the ‘Rock-Forged Knight’.

At this time, Ian already had a 'full set of second-level fairy materials', and he also had the formula.

These two were gifts from the Ellen family to save Isengard.

In this case, on the surface, Ian actually doesn't need any potion ingredients or formulas - people will be suspicious if he buys them.

If you want to buy more, you probably have to buy a second-level magic potion material from the Fairy Heritage Realm.

This is of course no problem. After all, it is normal for alchemists to choose a more suitable potion material if they feel that the one given by others is not suitable.

And for the great nobles, the extra portion can also be made into alchemical potions to strengthen their adaptability to the fairy bloodline and reduce the possibility of distortion.

On the contrary, Ian can also use the reason of "raw materials for alchemical potions" to try to purchase a material related to the Immovable Castle.

But only one. And it can’t be one from the Fudo Castle formula list.

It must be materials related to the ‘Extreme Realm’.

Any more and it will arouse suspicion. Choosing the one in the Immovable Castle potion formula would not arouse suspicion, but what Ian needed was to avoid all temptations.

Just like when Ian asked for the "melted iron stomach of the steel-grained starfish" from the Dragon Worship Cult, Elder Manya did not doubt it. Because the steel-grained starfish is also a monster living in the water, it is natural that Ian needs its materials. should.

After all, no matter how wildly imaginative the person is, they would never have thought that Ian had the theory of the ‘Extreme Realm’ inherited from Hilliard.

And, with the power of prophet, Ian spent several years to develop the 'half-magic potion' technology that most people would not think of.

Of course, no matter what material is purchased, some information will be exposed.

Therefore, before that, Ian needs to show his talent in alchemy... a reasonable channel to show his extraordinary talent.

Only in this way can he legitimately purchase second-level alchemical materials.

In this way, Cai Cai is a genius who will not be doubted by everyone and will only praise his talent.

And Ian believes that this opportunity will not last long... There are probably many people who want to know his true alchemy level.

"Buy the second-level fairy material first, and then buy an earth-based material that seems to have nothing to do with Fudo Castle."

Slowly walking towards the gate of the Knights' headquarters, Ian's eyes flashed with silver light, thinking about his many plans and arrangements in the imperial capital: "As for the secret letter from Marquis Barton... it has actually been completed."

"The next step is to find Isengard. As expected, he already knows that I am on the fifth floor. There will probably be news later. I will just wait for the notification."

As for now, what he wants to do is to take a closer look at the people's livelihood in the imperial capital - this is most likely a test area for the 'space colonial city' conducted by the civilization of the previous era. What has been modified by the empire now... He wants to see one look.

In the street not far away, there were two fairy ladies waiting for him.