Four Split Personalities

Chapter 2235: Chapter 1051: No Way Out in the Gamble (Part 2)

"This..."

Motan and Jadka exchanged a glance, both recalling the trade they witnessed months ago, where the Hawkwood Family from Caselo Prairie contacted the Viper Chamber of Commerce to purchase a large number of Fire Claw Territory slaves from the Marshall Family.

From what they saw at the time, Rex Hawkwood was clearly preparing for a war. The brainwashed and modified slaves would transform into something like self-destruct soldiers, seemingly intended to deal with the Iron Cavalry of the Diesel Family.

Now, it seems that incident was only the beginning. Although Gavin Rad didn’t elaborate much, Motan and Jadka still saw a hint of inextinguishable seriousness in his expression.

"Alright, let’s not talk about those things for now."

Gavin Rad seemed to realize that he wasn’t controlling his emotions well, quickly changed the subject, "Anyway, our Diesel Family delegation is the weakest ever, and the strongest competitor we have is Liya. So if Holy Spear Knight Academy can send someone like Silent Brother as a contestant, Liya is bound to lose."

Kevin, who had been quietly listening and hadn’t spoken earlier, chuckled awkwardly and said disheartened, "I’m not even worth mentioning, just a nobody."

"Don’t belittle yourself, child."

Gavin Rad patted Kevin’s shoulder and smiled, "Maybe Mr. Green hasn’t directly praised you much, but he mentioned in a letter to Brother Darian that you, Kevin, have tremendous potential as a young man. Although your foundation is weak, you’re progressing rapidly. With enough effort, you’ll definitely succeed someday."

Kevin nodded silently, not saying much because he knew that although his growth speed seemed fast to his mentor, it wasn’t particularly outstanding compared to any player who could spend full 24 hours a day on game time. Thus, this encouragement had limited impact on him.

[Is the potential instructor spoke of truly my own ability or rather the early-stage growth speed common to all players?]

The Great Bright Knight, who had suffered consecutive blows, still wasn’t free from his introverted feelings.

Despite this, Kevin didn’t want his insignificant inner conflict to affect everyone’s mood. So after a brief silence, he quickly gathered his spirit and continued the previous topic, "Well, about the contestants from White Oath Knight Academy and the sub-branch of Knight Association..."

"We’ve exchanged information on that before."

Gavin Rad crossed his arms calmly and said, "The strongest competitor from Knight Association matches Liya in strength, and if we talk about real combat experience, Liya might even have an edge. As for White Oath Knight Academy, their strongest is likely Percy Crivat, the sixth-grade class leader and a favorite student of Dean Marlala, who has been at the High-Order Pinnacle for two years, and shouldn’t be weaker than Liya."

Jadka shook his head while applying cold compresses to his magic wand, frowning and saying, "Somewhat weaker or somewhat stronger than Liya, huh? Not very encouraging news."

Liya Delin, used as the unit of combat strength, rolled her eyes slightly, though she had to agree with Jadka. The reason was simple: if Holy Spear Knight Academy actually sent a contestant as strong as or stronger than Motan, then neither she nor Percy from Adventurer’s Guild and White Oath Knight Academy would stand a chance.

"Anyway, while I don’t mean to put too much pressure on you, Silent Brother, but given your truly amazing displayed strength..."

Gavin Rad turned around, his gaze burning as he looked at Motan, and said solemnly, "I hope you can aim to win first place in the Advanced Stage Division {Individual Battle}."

"This... Alright, I’ll do my best."

Motan pondered for a moment about secretly throwing the match to get eliminated as soon as possible but eventually nodded to the expectation. Since defeating Liya Delin essentially crushed his plan to throw the match, he might as well fight wholeheartedly and strive for a good rank.

Obviously, this {Comprehensive Knight Tournament} will be defined as some special task by the system, and the reward for securing first place won’t be small.

Though not overly obsessed with power, Motan also understood clearly that whether in reality or in the game, ’strength’ is indispensable if one wants to avoid regret as much as possible.

The difference is that outside the game, ’strength’ usually refers to money, connections, talent, family background, etc., while in The Realm of Innocence, ’strength’ is much more straightforward; in most cases, ’strength’ is as literal as it can be.

Of course, focusing on acquiring gold coins, diplomacy, and developing underground forces like when he was ’Tan Mo’, or letting himself be pushed into a higher position like ’Hei Fan’ despite reluctance, is also feasible, but these methods don’t apply to the current Motan.

At this moment, despite feeling he doesn’t particularly meet the requirements, Motan is further relying on his own ’strength’, as indicated by the faction label on his character panel reading {Orderly Good}.

"By the way, Little Gavin Rad."

After Motan nodded in agreement, Jadka suddenly furrowed his brows and said, "You mentioned ’bet’ earlier, right? So if their wager is to reform and rethink their extreme education model, cover White Oath Knight Academy’s expenses for a whole year, and purchase eight hundred Black Dragon Colts at thirty percent above market price, then what is your wager?"

"Us, well... since the Knight Association isn’t involved, naturally we don’t have to offer any wager. As for Dean Marlala and our family..."

Gavin Rad sighed, resignedly said, "If Holy Spear Knight Academy wins the Advanced Stage Division {Individual Battle} and {Team Battle} title, then White Oath Knight Academy will have to relinquish thirty preferred spots to Holy Spear Knight Academy every year for the next three years. As for our Diesel Family, next year we’ll have to send fifty young people from our family to attend Holy Spear Knight Academy in one go, with no less than a 1:5 ratio of direct lineage to side lineage members."

Jadka was taken aback on the spot, "They’re playing this big?!"

"We didn’t want to, but at that time Dean Marlala got impulsive, and Brother Darian couldn’t just disregard the elderly gentleman’s face, so we agreed."

Gavin Rad sighed, smiled bitterly, "Not only that, if we actually lose, I personally have to go to Holy Spear Knight Academy as a lecturer for three years, and... I must abide by their educational approach."

Jadka’s face stiffened as he said dryly, "You mean by approach, that rough treatment of students and severe division..."

Gavin Rad nodded silently.

"What a world!"

Beside them, Liya Delin widened her eyes, clearly hearing about this for the first time.

"No turning back now."

Jadka sighed deeply, then strongly patted Motan’s shoulder, "Well, it’s all up to you."

"Yes."

Motan slightly nodded his head, determined not only to avoid throwing the match but also to concentrate and give his all.

"Haha, don’t worry too much, after all, Silent Brother’s strength is evident."

Gavin Rad laughed heartily and said, "In fact, I don’t really believe Holy Spear Knight Academy can send a contestant with the same level as Silent Brother."

"Same level?"

Jadka also started laughing, cheerily asked, "Are you talking about the strength Silent had just demonstrated?"

Gavin Rad blinked and nodded vigorously, "Yes."

Jadka laughed even more happily...

"Then that’s not a problem. Let’s just say that in the official competition, Silent Brother can probably exert at least ninety percent more strength than what he showed earlier."

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Chapter 1051: End