25. 5 star Knight and departure

For the last two months that hemdall thought Bane, he managed to master,Nine out of ten levels of the machine Hemdall created.

To be honest Bane would already be considered a greatest talent of Valta kingdom, though he had faced many obstacles in his life, he managed to overcome it with both his talent and effort.

" I think it won't be long before I become a '9 star Knight'." Bane grumbled.

"You were already a peak ' 8 star Knight ' when you came here, given the amount of effort as well as your talent it's not that surprising." Hemdall Concluded.

"Haaah"

A loud voice was raised from the corner of the backyard, a young man doing dozens of sword moments while it makes a ~swissh~ sound in the air, leaving dozens of after image.

"Hooh!" Hemdall exclaimed

"Congratulations, now you are qualified to achieve knighthood from the kingdom." Bane added.

"Umm..I still neef to be a graduate from a renowned academy to receive a knighthood" Samuel refuted.

There are usually 2 conditions required to become a Knight , One would be to fulfill the requirements for the strength required to be one. Other would be to graduate from a well known academy.

Other than that, Only nobleman with a Count or Higher title, could present knighthood to others.

"Hmph, Forget about a mere knighthood, you might even be granted a nobility from some small or medium sized kingdoms, if you managed to pass the first round of the tournament" Hemdall grumbled.

With a Surprised face Samuel asked "Is it that big of a deal. "

Just when those words left Samuel's mouth both Bane and Hemdall looked at him with scrounful face, as if they were looking at an idiot.

" You Brat do you even know how many people participate in that tournament ?"

Samuel was completely blank, he has no idea whatsoever, and wasn't exactly bothered by it.

" Millions!!!, and I am not speaking superficially" Hemdall screamed "And Out of those more than million participants, only 256 of them qualify "

Samuel finally understood the gravity of the situation ' Indeed if someone managed to be picked from about Millions of competitors, they surely must be cream of the top of these continent '.

"Even Bane doesn't have a chance of qualifying, unless he becomes a 'Nine Star Knight' "

"Can I qualify if I became a 'Nine Star Knight' ?" Bane quickly inquired.

" you'd have atleast one percent of a chance " Hemdall said unhesitatingly.

Listening to Hemdall's judgments, Bane's shoulders drooped low, before he went on to continue practicing his swordsmanship.

"Alright, we will leave tomorrow morning, you guy's better be prepared".

***

"Alright then get down are about to leave" Hemdall screamed.

Hearing the loud noise, both Samuel and Bane rushed down, while Samuel was carrying a few stuffs like money, food and other traveling nessasity he would require in his travel.

"Where's your luggage ? " Samuel inquired Bane as he saw him roaming empty handed.

Bane took out a shiny silver hunter's Badge out of his pocket and flaunted in front of Samuel.

"Inside my storage, Once you advance through silver Rank, your badge would have an additional spacial storage skill "

"How convenient " Samuel murmured before looking at Bane with a hint of envy.

"The magic carriage is already here , let's get in. "

Hemdall growled.

A black plain carriage which moved without any horses or magical beasts ,but with a simple magical stone placed right infront of its hood, as well as being multiple times faster than any normal carriages.

It costs quite a fortune to hire one , but apparently hemdall is not someone who lacks money, on the contrary Samuel would be more surprised if he did, given his monstrous strength.

"Let's go"

In the East of Valta kingdom, in Murdoch County there was a large magnificent mansion situated in the middle of the estate.

The atmosphere in this beautiful mansion, which could be compared to even a royal palace of a small kingdom, was not so cheerfully as it seems.

"Damn it, ~Crash~ you useless morons ~Crash~ you still couldn't find him"

In a large hall in the Murdoch mansion there was a loud noise of something breaking apart, and a middle aged ruffled voice screaming at someone.

"I apologise for my incompetence Count, the last time we was seen was in a nearby town near Baron Gekka's Estate with some unknown man."Hooded man answered while trying to stop his bleeding from the wound he recieved from the vase, Count Murdoch threw at him.

"And then he vanished out of thin air ." Count Murdoch scoffed.

Hooded man shook his before answering "We have no idea where they went and the origins of the man he was, we were unable to anything about him, other than the fact that he is a bronze Rank hunter"

A frown appeared on Count Murdoch's Face as he scowled " The Bounty Hunter's Association won't give us any information about there fellow hunter's. have you tried contacting the Information guild"

Hooded guy responded " That person doesn't seem to be prominent enough for the information guild to gather anything about him "

"Damn it !, Leave for now and continue searching for him throughout the kingdom, if necessary even search for the neighbouring nations around us "

"Yes,Count" Hooded man gave a deep bow before taking his leave.

"Damn it!, where is that brat ?, I was allowing that filthy lowly Commoner to be a relative of mine, but he dared to reject me " Count Murdoch cursed loudly.

He is a man who decides the fate of thousands of people with a flick of a finger, and one of the founding family of the kingdom and a Count. but a Commoner rejected to be member of his family, which bruised his ego quite a bit, so he kicked him out of the Academy, so that he could come begging at him.

But contrary to his expectations, the person of interest never showed in front of him, but even vanished without any trace left.

Usually crushing a genius wasn't that big of a deal, as he has destroyed a genius who even those super powerful empires would covet.

But now given the drastic decline of the Academy and the kingdom has put a huge pressure on him , and it worsened after the scandal regarding his son , which forced him to kill his own son in cold blood to prevent any further harm in his reputation.

"Bane Curtis, Just you wait I'll make you pay hell, for trying to defy me " Count Murdoch growled.