Chapter 346: Singer’s Identity Revealed

At the Count of Bordeaux’s mansion, high-ranking officers of the City Guard gathered to welcome Raels, a senior knight from the Royal Knights Order.

As a newcomer, Threp was fortunate enough to attend this event, and Mike, representing the Lord’s Mansion, also attended the banquet.

Experts from the capital were indeed different; although he looked very young, he possessed the strength of a senior knight, having successively defeated two senior warriors and a senior knight captain from the City Guard, seemingly with power to spare.

However, Threp and Mike had already witnessed even younger, monstrous experts, so while they were surprised by Raels’ performance, they weren’t particularly astonished.

“Geniuses are everywhere, we must work hard too! Even if we can’t compare to the two commanders, at least we shouldn’t be too far behind this so-called genius from the capital.”

“You two are high achievers from Drake Senior Academy, having advanced to intermediate professionals at such a young age.

Your future is limitless,” Raels now indeed had the right to stand tall and encourage others.

There was still a significant gap between senior and intermediate professionals.

These two in front of him, from noble families, were intermediate professionals at a young age, entering the City Hall and City Guard respectively.

They might truly become his colleagues in the future, so he had to invest in them early.

“Captain Raels, you flatter us, we still have a long way to go.” Mike and Threp’s words were not modesty, but a heartfelt sigh.

Anyone who had been bullied by two younger prodigies for several months wouldn’t be able to feel proud now.

“You two can be said to be the outstanding talents of your generation in Drake City, yet you remain so humble.

Truly from distinguished families, with great demeanor!” Raels was accompanied by several intermediate knights, who were also his supporters and classmates.

Although not as strong as him, they all came from good backgrounds.

Mike and Threp shook their heads simultaneously upon hearing this.

“Compared to a genius like Captain Raels, we are still far behind.

Furthermore, we dare not claim to be the top talents of Drake City.

In the City Guard reserve youth corps, we are merely ordinary captains; the two commanders are the true leaders of Drake City’s younger generation.”

“Oh, is that so?” Raels’ heart stirred.

“I only heard about the Youth Corps after arriving.

I wonder which two young talents they are; I must make their acquaintance today.”

“Will DeClan and Lilith Kendall; they are currently out of the city on a mission.” Mike, knowing a bit more, simply introduced them: “The two commanders are currently under fifteen years old, and their strength is no weaker than that of ordinary senior professionals.”

“So it’s those two talents.” Raels suddenly understood: “The talented lady of the Kendall family, and the registered disciple of the Kendall Lion, the City Guard’s boxing instructor.

It’s truly a pity not to have met them today.”

“When there’s no tiger in the mountains, the monkey becomes king.

Senior professionals from a small place might not compare to intermediate knights of the Royal Knights Order.

They are products of forced growth, what’s so great about them?” A middle-ranked knight from the capital curled his lip in disdain, refuting sourly.

Mike’s expression changed, and he was about to step forward but was stopped by Threp.

“The two commanders are different from us.

If they knew we were bitten by a dog, and then went to bite the dog back, you know the consequences.”

“Kid, who are you calling a dog?” The intermediate knight from the capital’s face turned cold, glaring fiercely at Threp.

The latter shrugged indifferently and said, “I didn’t say anyone.

Whoever admits it, it’s them.

Whether the two commanders have real talent and knowledge is not for you to say.

It doesn’t hurt to tell you the truth, the two captains who sparred with Captain Raels earlier also sparred with Commander DeClan.

In the end, Commander DeClan won.

If you want to gauge the strength of the two commanders, I suggest you defeat the two captains first before challenging them.”

“That’s impossible!” This intermediate knight was only twenty years old.

He had originally thought that coming to Drake City with his senior brother Raels was to show off his martial prowess.

Who knew he would encounter two intermediate professionals even younger than himself?

They had both just recently advanced to intermediate professionals, and he was not afraid of them, but he wasn’t necessarily guaranteed to win a hundred percent either.

Suddenly hearing that there were two intermediate professionals under fifteen years old lurking in Drake City, and talented enough to challenge those above their rank, he immediately felt unconvinced.

“Nothing is impossible; all the City Guard soldiers present know it, as their sparring was public.”

Threp shrugged and continued, “There’s one more thing that most people here know: the two commanders in the Youth Corps can take on three people at once.

These three refer to any three people other than themselves, including Mike and me, if they team up.”

“Gray, the strength of Sir Will DeClan and Miss Lilith Kendall is beyond doubt.

Moreover, they already had the strength of an intermediate knight around this time last year.

I have accurate sources of information, so there’s no need to question it.”

Raels separated the two sides, but felt quite uncomfortable in his heart.

An intermediate knight under fifteen years old! No, they were even under fourteen when they advanced.

Such talents are true geniuses; I am still far behind.

Actually, Raels didn’t feel uncomfortable about Lilith Kendall; this pearl of the Kendall family had always been a genius, and her reputation was excellent.

What truly made him uncomfortable was Will DeClan, this little fellow who had risen suddenly like a shining comet.

The information he had received was incomplete, but he could still deduce many things: honorary baron, honorary temple knight, City Guard instructor.

These were not the most crucial points; the most crucial was: God-favored.

Through some personal connections, Raels learned more about Will DeClan.

The reason he had received so many honors was primarily because he had passed a divine test and received the Demon Suppressing Pagoda bestowed by a deity.

He then relied on this powerful holy artifact to suppress the demon cultists who had been lurking in Drake City for sixty years, as well as the demon itself.

No one favored by a deity is simple.

When Raels learned this information, he felt very helpless.

Moreover, his senior brother, who had revealed this news to him, added a few more words: “Child of Destiny.”

His senior brother, originally just a junior knight, had advanced to senior knight within two years due to his relationship with Will DeClan, and was even a senior temple knight, slightly stronger than himself.

When he asked about Will DeClan’s strength, that senior brother looked at him strangely but didn’t give a specific answer.

His senior brother’s behavior immediately put Raels on alert.

A servant quietly approached and whispered a few words in Raels’ ear.

The latter nodded, excused himself to the surrounding high-ranking City Guard officers, and temporarily withdrew.

“What’s going on? Your expressions are a bit strange.

Can’t the three of you, with your combined strength as senior professionals, handle that bard?” In the guest room, Raels saw his friends, one of whom, a servant, looked grim, and felt a little surprised.

“Young master, we… we might have caused trouble.” The middle-aged senior warrior stepped forward and presented a badge with both hands.

Raels’ eyes narrowed: “Where did you get that?”

“It fell from that bard.” The middle-aged senior warrior hesitated for a moment, then continued: “Besides us, there was another person who came to assassinate that bard, and… and…”

“Is there something you can’t say?” Raels was very puzzled.

This middle-aged senior warrior was the only one who stayed to look after his siblings after the family’s decline, an absolutely loyal individual, one of the old retainers left by his mother back then.

“That assassin might be a Hell Demon Death Knight.

That bard’s identity shouldn’t be simple; he can transform and has innate abilities, surviving several moves under a powerful Death Knight without dying, and even had the power to retaliate when we ambushed and surrounded him.”

“I suspect he’s a bloodline awakener from Drake City’s official forces, and he was on a special mission when we ambushed him.” The middle-aged senior warrior’s words stunned Raels.

“Were you discovered?” Raels felt a headache coming on.

He suddenly remembered the information he had gathered earlier: the reason the former head of the Kendall family fell was simple—his steward colluded with foreign races to besiege the noble’s mansion.

And this time, his situation was even more serious: directly colluding with a hell demon to attack a City Hall staff member.

“Is that bard seriously injured?”

“Before the Death Knight left, he said he was not far from death.” The cat-girl assassin was closest, so she heard clearly: “Raels, who exactly is the person you had us ambush? And what’s the deal with that Death Knight?”

The cat-girl assassin was extremely frustrated.

She knew very well what a crime it was to collude with a hell demon.

Although they didn’t know beforehand, they had already committed the act of colluding with a hell demon to attack a City Hall staff member.

Moreover, she hadn’t taken it seriously at the time, so her appearance had been seen by some people, and the middle-aged senior warrior was also exposed.

The senior warrior recounted the incident in detail, including how the Death Knight was corroded by holy water.

The archer added some observations he had made earlier, pointing out some details, all of which indicated that the singer was indeed on a mission, and it was very likely related to hell demons.

He had seen the singer secretly sprinkling holy water more than once.

At first, he didn’t know what the singer was sprinkling, but it wasn’t until the Death Knight pointed it out that he understood, but unfortunately, it was already too late.

Raels slumped into a chair, rubbing his temples, and after careful thought, came to a conclusion: “Senior warrior, transformation, holy water, hell demon.

Putting it all together, the bard’s identity is already very clear; he is also one of the key people related to our mission objective this time.”

“A bloodline awakener from the All-Purpose Agency?” The cat-girl assassin reacted quickly, asking timidly.

Raels scratched his head in frustration.

This was troublesome.

He was originally seeking help from someone, but before even meeting, he had already beaten one of their subordinates to an unknown state of life or death.

Bloodline awakeners were not numerous, and those capable and willing to join the City Hall were even fewer.

No matter how unwilling he was, he had to admit he had made a wrong decision.

But who was to blame for this?

He had only wanted to teach that senior warrior a lesson, to vent his brother’s anger, but by a strange coincidence, a hell demon came to join the fun, and the nature of the matter completely changed.

However, this matter couldn’t be blamed on the other party.

The identities of All-Purpose Agency personnel were confidential.

This matter might still have to fall on his senior brother’s head, otherwise, if they were identified as colluding with hell demons, his friends and servants would be in dire straits.

“We can only hope that the City Hall’s senior warrior is alright.” No sooner had Raels finished speaking than he heard an uproar outside, and vaguely heard the words “hell demon.”