WITCH: ACCUMULATE EXPERIENCE THROUGH THE KNIGHT BREATHING TECHNIQUE

Chapter 1:

Holy Brilliance Calendar Year 1003, Month of the North Wind (November).

Emerald Kingdom, Montenegro Province, Lake County, Black Water Valley.

The valley plains were covered in snow, and smoke was rising from the chimneys. There were some short wooden houses scattered around.

On a high ground, a castle that was not very majestic was built against the mountain. The collapsed towers and battlements revealed the desolation of the castle owner.

On the hillside outside the castle, a cute snow rabbit was looking for food in a pile of withered grass half-covered by ice and snow. At the same time, it was guarding against its predators.

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Seventy meters away, a young man wearing a white fur coat, a white fleece hat, and brown snow boots hid behind a tilted tree, blending into the white background behind him.

He slowly stretched out his hand and nocked an arrow on his bow. The bow was a military bow, not an ordinary hunting bow.

Following the sound of the arrow piercing through the air, the snow rabbit fell to the ground in the next moment, and the iron arrowhead exploded its head.

[Archery Proficiency +1]

[Archery: Level 1 (9999/10000) → Level1 (Maximum)]

“We can eat roasted rabbit meat tonight.”

Levi licked his lips and opened his proficiency panel.

Levi Schneider.

[Archery: Level 1 (Maximum)]

[Horsemanship: Level 1 (Maximum)]

[Aristocratic Dance: Level 1 (Maximum)]

[Basic Combat: Level 1 (Maximum)]

[Basic Swordsmanship: Level 1 (Maximum)]

Looking at the proficiency panel in his mind, Levi’s lips curled up.

“I’ve also reached the limit of archery, which is the hardest to improve. Now, within the effective range of the bow and arrow and my field of vision, I can hit any prey that I set my eyes on. Looking at the kingdom’s history, I can be called a master archer with my archery when I’m only a knight’s page who has been practicing for two and a half years.”

“In two and a half years, the knight’s page boy needs to master five basic skills: horsemanship, archery, dancing, fighting, and swordsmanship. I’ve already trained them all to the limit and completed the task beyond my expectations. My physical fitness has also been trained to a point where I should be qualified to learn the breathing technique.”

“Only by learning the breathing technique can one become a true knight. In this world where natural disasters and man-made disasters are constant, where the strong prey on the weak, and even supernatural forces are hidden, one can barely preserve one’s life.”

“After all, the original owner of this body might have been killed by an evil spirit.”

Levi was not a native of this world.

He was a transmigrator who had been reborn as a noble disciple three years ago during the first millennium of the Holy Brilliance Calendar. His cheat was the proficiency panel in his mind.

According to the last memory of the original owner before his death, when the original owner was fishing in the Black Water River, he caught a female corpse in white with empty eye sockets and disheveled hair. Her face was pale and swollen, and her bulging skin was leaking water. It was suspected to be an evil spirit described in the folklore of this world: Naiad.

Then, the original owner fell into eternal darkness until he occupied his body.

Later on, the baron’s retainer, Sir Fred, found himself drenched and sleeping by the river. There was a bunch of stinky seaweed, rotten fishes, and prawns beside him, and he was muttering something like “I don’t have an air force” in his sleep.

This real knight still thought that Young Master Levi had lost his mind out of embarrassment because he could not catch any fish, so he went into the water to catch the fish himself, which led to this scene.

Naturally, Levi did not tell anyone about the encounter with the evil spirit, or else it would be difficult to explain that he was still alive after encountering the evil spirit.

However, the evil spirit had become a psychological trauma for Levi, and he did not dare to go to the Black Water River.

In fact, from what Levi knew, the legends of evil spirits had existed since ancient times. However, most people had never seen them before.

It was as if there were legends of extraordinary existences like wizards in this world who could control the elements of nature, but no one had ever seen them before.

Even Sir Fred, who had traveled all over the Emerald Kingdom when he was young and had seen a lot, only regarded wizards as legends.

“Wizards, what a noble and mysterious profession. No matter how strong knights are, they are just slightly stronger Muggles. Compared to wizards, they are like martial arts practitioners and immortal cultivators.”

Levi yearned for them. Most legends were not groundless. Therefore, after seeing the real existence of evil spirits, Levi firmly believed that there must be wizards in this world. It was not as simple as the fictional legends of the bards.

However, he also knew that with his current ability, pursuing a wizard was illusory, just like looking up at the starry sky. He still had to be practical.

Therefore, since he was ten years old, Levi had been constantly training his skills. Now, with the help of the proficiency panel, in less than three years, Levi had already trained all five knight skills to the maximum.

Levi was confident that the vast majority of official knights, such as Sir Fred, were not as strong as him in terms of the basic five knight skills, especially archery which Levi was proud of.

The twelve-year-old Levi was now 1.75 meters tall. He looked strong and muscular. Other than his youthful face, he was stronger than many adult men in other aspects.

In this foreign world where productivity was extremely low, most malnourished civilian males who grew up on black bread were not as strong as Levi.

This was a backward era where cold weapons were king. With a strong body coupled with a knight’s plate armor that weighed dozens of pounds, their advantage in battle was far from what a weak body could compare to.

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Now, everything was ready. All that was left was the breathing technique.

Learning the breathing technique as early as possible did not mean that it would be better. If one’s physical fitness was not up to standard, forcefully learning it would damage the body, and in serious cases, one would go berserk.

This was also the reason why before becoming a knight’s attendant, they required the knight’s page to learn basic swordsmanship and basic combat to train their bodies.

Levi picked up the snow rabbit on the ground and turned around to go home in a good mood.

At the foot of the hill, a silver-haired middle-aged knight looked at Levi with a smile and said in a gratified tone.

“If the old master was still here, he would be very happy to see your archery skills.”

This was Sir Fred, known as the “Serpent Vulture Knight” by his enemies and squires. He was a man that could be trusted, which the baron had told Levi before he died.

In fact, that was indeed the case. For Levi, the time he spent with the baron was far less than the time he spent with Sir Fred.

Therefore, to a certain extent, the relationship between a teacher and a student or a master and a servant was stronger than the relationship between him and the baron.

“You flatter me, Sir Fred. I haven’t done enough. I want to learn the breathing technique and become a real knight as soon as possible. Winter has come, and the long night is coming. Wandering knights or bandits in the wilderness may invade our territory at any time and threaten our safety. I can’t live under your protection forever.”

“After my father’s death, we have lost the Tulip Hill in the south, which is as warm as spring all year round, and the Stormy Hill in the east, which is rich in minerals. The barren and remote Black Water Valley is our last home.”

“I am the only descendant of the family. For the sake of the Schneider family, I must become stronger!”

“Glory belongs to Black Snake! And I’m ready!”

Levi looked unwilling. He clenched his fists and tried his best to act.

“Black Snake with a Candle” was the emblem of the Schneider family, so the Schneider family was also known as the “Black Snake family”.

His father, Baron Sodor Schneider, was not only the Black Snake Knight, one of the “Northern Seven Flying Cavalry”, a real grand knight, but also the Earl of the Tulip Hill and the Lord of the Storm Hill!

Compared to the Black Water Valley, where it was difficult to develop farming in the winter for half a year, Tulip Hill and Stormy Hill were much more prosperous.

When Levi was young, he was born in Flower City in Tulip Hill. The climate there was humid, the plains were wide, and the soil was fertile. It was extremely suitable for settling down and developing production.

Although Stormy Hill often encountered stormy weather, it was extremely rich in minerals and was also a treasure land.

When Levi was ten years old, he was at the peak of his Black Snake Knight career. He had 5,000 soldiers under his command, and relying on the treasure land of Stormy Hill, he had 500 fully armed and valiant cavalrymen. In this world where productivity was lagging behind, some weak dukes might only have this kind of configuration.

However, all of this was built on the personal power of the grand knight, the baron.

If a knight was a slightly famous master in the world of martial heroes, then a grand knight’s status was comparable to the Five Uniques of the Central Plains, which shocked the entire martial arts era.

Only the rare legendary knights, such as Lionheart Knight Rhine, Golden Knight Gregor, Blood Knight Brad, and Snow Knight Flair, could be above grand knights.

On the other hand, existences like legendary knights had a status similar to Bodhidharma, Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of Carefree Sect, Dugu Qiubai, and other founding masters or martial arts legends in this world. In most cases, they could only be reduced to the ceiling tools in stories.

Therefore, Black Snake Knights at their peak were at the top of the pyramid in this world.

And such an existence had never returned after accepting the recruitment of the Emerald Kingdom and the Church of Holy Light for the Millennium Holy War against the Tuva Empire by the sea three years ago.

In the end, Levi only received the unbelievable news that the baron and all his soldiers had died on the battlefield.

According to the laws of the kingdom, the title of nobility was hereditary. The three territories of the baron should be inherited by his only son, Levi. However, before the inheritance, it needed to be certified by a special envoy sent by the king.

Under the witness of the special envoy appointed by the King of Emerald Kingdom, Levi became the new owner of the three territories under the baron’s command, at least in name.

In fact, considering the situation at that time, Levi took the initiative to return to the remote and barren Black Water Valley, where Baron Sodor had made his fortune. This territory had been managed by Sir Fred.

The Earl of Blood and the Earl of Silversilk, who had been coveting his father’s territory for a long time, had actually taken over Tulip Hill and Stormy Hill with the tacit approval of their master, the Duke of Montenegro. The kingdom had turned a blind eye to this.

Although the lords’ territories were sacred and inviolable by law, the feudal system of the Emerald Kingdom had completely changed.

It was common for lords to fight openly and covertly. Levi did not like the feeling of being remembered, so he gave up Tulip Hill and Stormy Hill, the two hot potatoes, to the Duke of Montenegro.

As the largest territory in the North, the Duke of Montenegro Province was also the most experienced and mysterious grand knight among the Seven Northern Flying Cavalry. The Duke of Montenegro had long wanted to enter the South and develop his own forces. Levi’s “prodigal” behavior made the Duke of Montenegro very satisfied.

In Levi’s opinion, without a grand knight and a sufficient number of fully armed elite cavalry to deter the foreign enemies, occupying Tulip Hill and Stormy Hill was tantamount to seeking death. 

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With the proficiency panel, he might as well retreat safely and return to the small mountain nest in Black Water Valley to be a small trash lord.

Levi did not have any thoughts of becoming a king himself. He just wanted to quietly cultivate the breathing technique and rely on the proficiency panel to become a knight, a grand knight, or even a legendary knight. Then, he would follow the footsteps of the wizards.

After all, based on his current understanding, only a wizard could realize his goal of immortality, and only a wizard could truly be fearless of those supernatural creatures.

However, although he thought so in his heart, in front of Sir Fred, his father’s most trusted retainer, Levi still had to put on an act.

Moreover, the cultivation of knights required a large number of resources and wealth. It was the same in this world.

Therefore, Levi’s plan was very clear. He wanted to learn the breathing technique and become an official knight as soon as possible. Then, he would set up a territory and earn some money for his own cultivation. After he had enough self-protection power, he would travel to the seven countries and embark on a journey to find wizards.

The middle-aged Sir Fred quietly listened to Levi’s young ambition, and a gratified smile appeared on his weathered face. “Baron Levi, my master, you are indeed ready now. Please follow me.”

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