11 Knighthood

The next day I went in front of the weapons temple where the nobles were grouped up, chatting and laughing. With Carol and Raynard smugly standing in front of them. Carol started sending me looks when I came.

Then John waved to me with some of the commoner students near him, I went over to John.

"Why is everyone here so early?" I asked as I looked around at the clicks.

"Teacher Elton may have said 8 am but earlier shows your conviction. Everyone wants to leave a good impression on teacher Elton." John said trying to hold back his enthusiasm.

"His grandfather is a real deal Grand Knight of the kingdom. There aren't that many Grand Knights and they all get a noble title. The ones skilled at political intrigue even become city magistrates."

"What level is Elton at?" I wondered, he didn't come off as all that impressive when I met him.

"He's a half step Grand Knight he's quite talented. But that half step takes quite a long time and is part of the three great knight transitions." John said with awe of grand knights

'Grand Knight just like Tiberius, so Tiberius must be very important to the Kirin kingdom. Since that old man was a Grand Mage he must be pretty important as well. So I need to be at least a Grand Knight to kill them.'

My rage bubbled up but I suppressed it now wasn't the time to reveal my intentions. At that moment Elton sprinted in with a sonic boom.

"Good morning all of you have reached the peak of basic training already. So I will now help you on your first step to knighthood. Follow me we will be going to the Divine's temple." Elton said with a kind smile.

We all quietly followed Elton around the campus we came to a temple with four statues near the entrance.

One of a Dwarf hammering steel, his concentrations etched into the statue. What he was crafting would be a divine sword!

Another of a human gardening, the demure beauty delicately smelled purple orchids with a certain divine grace.

The next of winged women purifying a demon, contrary to her gentle features her presence was imposing yet divine.

The last was of a terrifying demon, in one hand it held a contract. In the other a stream of hellfire converged, giving off the power of divine punishment.

"These are the 4 divine, Ovagi dwarven father of steel, Juphine human mother of wood, Edith angel mother of purification, and Lodite demon father of death. Each god is the father of one of the races in the mortal plane. They each have an elemental alignment and an aspect they control."

I looked at the 4 divines curious about what happened to Cenir.

"What about Cenir the god of shadows?" I asked Elton

He turned around annoyed until he saw it was me and his face softened.

"Cenir is no longer a divine, he is a corrupt god. He and the elven divinity both are corrupt gods."

"Elven divinity?" I feigned ignorance, Cenir is well known but the Elven divinity is only known to old monsters.

"Indeed the elven divinity, the elves believe in a 6th divine the god of wind. But there is no proof of the god of wind or it's aspect. If it does exist just like Cenir it is a corrupt god. Because there are only two corrupted races the fey beasts and the void beings."

"They believe that the 6th divine created the elven race but it's more likely that the uncorrupted fey beasts from the fey wilds escaped to the mortal realm. They breeded with mortal races they became what we now call elves."

'Drrak, who is the Elven Divinity?' I said in my mind

'I wouldn't know like I said my memories are extremely fragmented. I do know there is indeed 6 divines but I don't know who or what the aspects of this elven divinity were.' Said Drrak

"The path to knighthood is only possible because of the divines. You will present yourselves to the divines and they will grant you knighthood. With knighthood granted you will automatically become level 1 and be able to see your status."

"Follow me." Elton gestured for us to follow

We entered the temple in it were 4 corridors. Each with a symbol the first was the ground, the second was a water drop, the third was a light, and the fourth was fire.

"Each corridor is the path to each divine's elemental power. Go down whichever path you like you will become a knight for whichever god you pick. You must offer greetings to the god and fulfill a covenant in exchange you will receive power."

Of the 4 gods, Lodite the father of demons was the most dangerous but the second strongest. Edith was the most unforgiving and powerful. Ovagi was the weakest and the most stubborn. Juphine was the kind mother and the third strongest.

'If I had to choose I would pick Juphine but how will my mark affect my greetings?'

'Drrak what would happen if I greeted Juphine?'

'There is the danger that his majesty was killed by someone of godly power. It could be Juphine and she will see your mark and kill you.'

With that, I knew that the power wasn't worth the risk. Afterall I wasn't an idiot, it's best to slowly gain power in safety at times.

'What should I do then?' I asked Drrak hoping for advice

'Go in Juphine's area but don't offer greetings to her. Instead, contact the primordial source of his majesty within you. His Majesty will be able to grant you knighthood.'

'But because you are contacting Cenir be careful when you reach for the realm of elemental aura. Because it will become obvious that you serve his majesty. They may even think his majesty is alive and will torture you to find out about his majesty.' Drrak carefully advised

'It's like having anything to do with you or Cenir will most likely get me killed.' I couldn't help but sigh and reluctantly smile.

'You are not backing out are you?' Drrak seemed to tease

'Of course not without Cenir I would've already died.' I retorted

As I thought this Raynard walked over to Lodite's area and he looked back at me and sneered.

"Of course a commoner would have a hard time choosing."

He wanted me to be hasty and make a mistake that would ruin my knight path. He then entered the corridor then Carol went over to Juphine's section and entered while sending me a smile.

"I'll be on my way then, Lucas," John said

"Alright see you later John," I responded

John then entered Ovagi's area and disappeared into the hallway. Some of the other nobles went in all that was left was some commoners and me.

I eventually decided to enter Juphine's corridor. I waited so I didn't seem hasty and suspicious. When I reached the end of the hallway I saw a beautiful sculpture of the demure woman from before. Underneath was incense and a plate.

Instead of offering greeting I sat down to meditate. For this kind of area no one would keep watch. It was alone time with the divines interfering would anger the divines.

But the divines wouldn't come down without being called upon so I had no fear of Juphine watching.

'Alright activate your magic power and focus on the branding on your forehead. There is still some left over vitality shoot it throughout your body. That should call upon his majesty then request knighthood.' said Drrak

With that I activated my brandings my vision changed and a violet hue emanated from my body. I felt the power in my spell circle I focused on it as an energy started transmitting throughout my body.

Then going back to the spell circle some of the energy diminishing each revolution. But each revolution strengthening my body. One revolution, became two, and two became four, and four became eight.

Soon enough I had already completed 255 revolutions then on the 256 the energy disappeared. My blood vessels and body were saturated with the violet hue. My mind had wandered and I found myself in an abyss.

It was dark and never ending but not terrifying just comforting. I traveled through the abyss for a long time. Until I found a majestic black dragon gigantic and awe-inspiring. It was as though it would consume the world. I remembered the dream, this was the black dragon that devilish young man rode and then it collided with me...

When I approached the dragon it roared at me before becoming servile to me. It lowered its head I approached it and touched its head.

With that, I felt incredible power course through my veins and my body was no longer saturated it was hungry for vitality. It depleted my spell circle and the black dragon started to give me it's energy.

Deep inside of my body, was a seed of shadows. It started to bloom as my power and body started to soar. I could feel my body become purified, as impurities were expelled into the air. Jade bones and jade skin as the saying goes.

The seed bloomed into a lotus, as 1 leaf became 2 and 2 became 4, 5, 6,....until it was 9 leaves. A black lotus that revolved slowly within my body. I opened my eyes that flashed with a violet light and was greeted with a surprise.