Chapter 11: The Devil Knights

  That night, Ruo Lin did not go far. She brought the barbarian warrior and the archer to wander around this town for a long time. Although both subordinates thought they should leave this unlucky place as soon as possible, Ruo Lin seemed to have other plans in her heart. Her eyes showed a hesitation, a hesitation... With such an expression, she sat there with her knees in her arms and watched the moon all night.

  The next morning, Du Wei and his entourage set off once again, but this time with an additional ox cart at the back of the convoy. Inside the cart was the magician, bound up like a rice dumpling. The poor magician looked dispirited and exhausted, his face pale and clammy all over, because Du Wei's knights had done an excellent job in carrying out their lord's orders: every now and then, they would pour a bucket of cold water on the magician, absolutely not allowing him any chance to rest or meditate to recover his spiritual energy!

  Mr. Du Wei still followed his habit, after getting on the road, he sat in the carriage with a thick book, seemingly having an extremely strong interest.

  Even on bumpy roads, the well-made carriage ride made Du Wei feel almost no bumps, and he lay comfortably on the soft thick swan feather blanket, curled up in a ball, reading and thinking... But soon, he was interrupted.

  There was a light knock on the car window. Then Madel's slightly embarrassed voice came through: "Young master... there's something, I'm afraid we'll have to trouble you with it."

  Du Wei opened the car window and saw Ma De's frowning face. Ma De had ridden a batch of horses today, driving them alongside the carriage. He bowed his head on horseback and said: "Young master, those guys from the tavern yesterday, they've been following us from behind..."

  Du Wei slightly stunned, he poked his head out to look back, and indeed, about a hundred steps behind them, far away, the long-legged girl from yesterday's tavern was following with her two subordinates, a warrior like a fierce cow, and an archer, on three horses.

  The other Roland family guards outside the carriage seemed to have ambiguous expressions, with their mouths twitching with suppressed smiles.

  Yesterday... that little girl came out of the young master's room, did she? Did the young master successfully conquer her and make her fall in love with him, so she couldn't bear to leave? Haha...

  However, the knights still did not dare to show any ridicule in front of their master.

  Du Wei hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "Stop the car. You go call that girl over."

  Behind her, Ruo Lin had been following Du Wei's convoy for more than a morning, her mind was a bit confused, and she didn't even understand why she was following him.

  Is it that you don't trust that poor magician who was taken away? It doesn't seem like it, Yufulin couldn't care less about whether he lives or dies.

  Suddenly, the team in front stopped, and then two knights were seen galloping quickly towards here on horseback.

  "Miss, our master wants to see you, would you please go over there?"

  Because he considered that the long-legged girl in front of him might have a relationship with his young master, so the knight's tone was much more polite when conveying the message.

  Ruo Lin was somewhat dazed, nodded, and subconsciously drove the horse to follow, while her two companions behind her were somewhat puzzled, more worried, but still followed up.

  "What are you following me for?" Du Wei didn't even get off the carriage, he just opened the door and sat inside, looking at the girl who rode up on horseback.

  Ruo Lin dismounted the horse, she bit her lip, suddenly, at this moment, the question that had been struggling in her mind for a whole night had an answer!

  Why? Perhaps it's... because of that devil-like smile that appeared on his face again!

  "I, Yolanda Mu'en, pledge my loyalty to you. I am willing to become your subordinate and with the remaining decades of my life, I will guard this oath with my blood and life! Will you accept my allegiance?"

  Du Wei fell silent for a moment, gazing at the girl kneeling on one knee in front of the carriage. Then he slowly opened his mouth: "You want to serve me... why?"

  "I don't know," Yolanda said, speaking her mind: "Maybe you're right, I'm too tired. A girl maintaining all this, I already feel my ability is far from enough. Maybe, I need to find a big tree to rely on. And me, I am willing to be a vine that relies on the big tree to survive."

  "Do you think I'm a suitable big tree?" Du Wei smiled and said.

  "Yes." This time, Yowlin replied quickly: "Although I still don't know your identity now, but the feeling you give me... You must be an extraordinary person! Or, to say, you are destined to become an extraordinary person!"

  "It's really troublesome." Du Wei sighed and turned to ask Made, "Oh, Made, I forgot, do I now have the qualifications to recruit my own honor knights? How many knights can I recruit in total?"

  Du Wei, however, seemed to be unfazed by the issue. "Hmm, my master..." The former stable boy and current butler, Madel, fortunately had done his homework before being promoted. At least some of the necessary etiquette and traditions he had studied hard: "My master, you are the eldest son of the Earl. Even if you cannot inherit the title of Earl in the future, according to imperial law, you will at least be able to obtain a baronial title. And with this title, as a nobleman authorized by imperial law, you have the right to recruit ten honor knights of your own."

  "Thanks." Du Wei rubbed his nose: "There are only ten places... Although it's a bit less. But knights can also have attendants, right? One knight can have several attendants, so if you count them, the direct honor knights plus each knight's attendants, there are also dozens of people. It's not that few."

  After getting Mado's affirmation, Duwei rubbed his temples and then smiled at the girl in front of him: "Alright, I accept your allegiance. From now on, I grant you the honor of being my honorary knight... Hmm, you are the first honorary knight I have ever granted a title to, and you're even a female knight."

  Ruo Lin seemed to be a little afraid to look at Du Wei's smiling face, she lowered her head and said in a low voice: "Thank you... And, since I have already pledged my loyalty to you, may I ask what the master's identity is?"

  "Oh, my identity... The current head of the Lorain family, the eldest son of Count Raymond, Vice President of the Imperial General Staff, that's me, Duwei?Lorain." Duwei smiled and continued: "I almost forgot, in the imperial capital, I also have a loud nickname... They all call me...'White Idiot'."

  "What, idiot?!" Yu Lin's eyes widened in shock.

  My god! Is this kid an idiot? If he's an idiot, then there are no geniuses in the world! If he's an idiot, then the vast majority of people in the world are morons!

  She didn't dare to show a hint of a smile, and quickly stood up, pointing at the two subordinates beside her, saying: "Respected master, these two are my companions, their names are..."

  "No, no, no." Du Wei cut her off bluntly: "Sorry, I'm not particularly interested in their names. And you also heard that the number of Honorable Knights that the law allows me to recruit is only ten! I won't waste these quotas...I still plan to reserve the remaining quotas and recruit a few Saint Knights or Great Swordsmen-level experts."

  Du Wei didn't even give a glance at Yolyn's two subordinates.

  What a joke! A guy of this caliber, that barbarian warrior is just slightly stronger, and as for the archer... humph, throwing out a few hundred gold coins can recruit three or five of them! Even this female knight... hmm, if it weren't for considering her a beauty with a pair of beautiful long legs... otherwise, with her martial skills, Du Wei wouldn't even look at her.

  "Yolyn, Moonwhisper, from now on you are my honorary knight. Your two subordinates will be considered your attendants. As for your knight's emblem and equipment, once we arrive at our destination, I'll have the family servants provide you with a full set. For now, please bring your people into formation, we're setting out. If all goes smoothly, we should be able to make it home by tonight."

  Yolyn didn't say a word, but her two subordinates couldn't help feeling somewhat disheartened at losing the opportunity to be conferred with the title of knight.

  This is truly an opportunity to become a knight!

  In general, there are only three ways to obtain a knight title. The first is to possess strong martial skills and then receive an evaluation from the Knights Association, obtaining a genuine knight medal of different levels - this type of knight is considered the most orthodox.

  The second is to dedicate oneself to the Temple of Light from a young age, serve the Church, and after being trained in martial arts from a young age, grow up to become a Temple Knight through strict selection.

  The third is to serve as a vassal to the nobility and receive the title of hereditary knight directly from the noble.

  But these two guys, first of all, they don't have strong martial arts skills and can't pass the assessment of the Knights' Association. Secondly, they are not people from the church, so it's impossible for them to become Temple Knights.

  The only way to advance to the rank of knight is to be recruited by a certain noble.

  However, those who have the power to recruit knights are all high-ranking nobles and would not look down on them with this kind of three-legged cat kung fu.

  Looking at two somewhat disheartened companions, Yulin could only softly comfort them with a couple of sentences.

  Ruo Lin's heart was complicated at this moment. Once she pledged allegiance to Du Wei, it meant that she would lose her independence from then on. The small independent team she had worked hard to maintain would collapse, and she would no longer be the leader, but a subordinate who pledged allegiance to others.

  However, Yolanda did not know even more that many years later, when people looked back on history, they would mention this day!

  Because, later the first formal member of the "Devil Knights" who shook the mainland, one of the top ten devil knights: the female knight who was loyal to the devil earliest, Yorin Muun! This name is also remembered in history because of this special moment.