Online Game: The King of the New World - Chapter 267

Chapter 267 Group Of Knights
“Riding … Group of Knights?” Xu You was stunned, but he didn’t understand what Emperor William meant.

“That’s right, it’s Group of Knights.” Emperor William nodded. He thought Xu You was too surprised.

However, Xu You still didn’t understand. He smiled embarrassedly and said, “Uh, King, is there any difference between this Group of Knights and the mercenary corps?”

When Emperor William heard this, he suddenly understood and explained, “I almost forgot that you are a migrator. You are not familiar with the Knights. Well … let’s put it this way, the Mercenary Group is a group of adventurers formed by your migrants. The Knights Group is a kind of combat group of our natives. Most of its members are made up of knights of all kinds.”

“You mean … I can form a knight order composed of your natives?” Xu You’s eyes were wide open. Was the King joking with him? The Knights, the King actually asked him to form a Knights Order composed of NPCs?

“That’s right, but Group of Knights can only recruit aborigines. You migrants are not allowed to join Group of Knights, except for you, the Guild Leader.” Emperor William specifically explained this point.

“This” Xu You was already stunned.

Seeing Xu You’s appearance, Emperor William smiled and said, “Don’t be surprised. This is my reward for you and my expectation for you. I hope that you can form a strong Group of Knights to protect City of Sunrise from natural disasters or other hostile forces!”

“…” Xu You did not react. Because he already had too many messy things in his heart. The Knights were completely unexpected rewards, and this reward might affect his entire direction in the game. The Knights meant that there were NPCs fighting for him. He didn’t hear wrongly. They were NPCs, NPCs that were illuminated by the system’s godfather. When the time came, wouldn’t he still be able to recruit a bunch of advanced Knights as his younger brothers?

Just as Xu You was looking forward to a bright future and almost drooling, Emperor William coughed dryly twice and called Xu You back to his senses. Only then did Xu You know what to say, “Please rest assured, King, I will not disappoint you.”

“Alright, then I’ll wait and see. However, I still have a mission for you.” Emperor William finally revealed a gratified expression.

“King, please speak.”

“This forest is located in the western part of the Sunrise Plains. It is covered by a formation. If you don’t know how to enter, it will be very difficult to discover this place. Now that my younger brother has passed away, I don’t want the Calamity Army to destroy and trample on this hut. Therefore, I hope that you can lead your Group of Knights to guard this place during the siege.” Emperor William said in a deep voice.

“This … My current Knights Legion hasn’t been formed yet. Furthermore, how can my Knights Legion defend against the powerful Calamity Legion?”

‘”Don’t worry, I just said that if you don’t know how to enter, it will be very difficult to enter this forest. However, the army of natural disasters is huge. It is inevitable that some monsters will accidentally barge into this forest. Therefore, I need someone I can trust to guard this place and not allow anyone to enter this wooden house. Do you understand?” Emperor William looked at Xu You indifferently.

Hearing this, Xu You immediately understood what Emperor William meant. This place had a special meaning to Emperor William, but he couldn’t just send people to guard this place so that Emperor William’s scandal wouldn’t leak out. Sigh, the matter with the royal family was really complicated.

Thinking of this, Xu You nodded his head and agreed. Although he was the only one in his Knights Legion right now and didn’t have a single younger brother, Emperor William had given him a hidden mission. Furthermore, it seemed that he couldn’t accept it, so he had no choice but to face it head-on.

As for the Knights, Xu You still had to find out what to do. However, Emperor William ordered him to go ask Old Man Chen about the Knights. Hence, Xu You left the cabin after receiving the task of “guarding the wooden cabin in the Fantasy Forest”.

Outside the cabin, Old Man Chen was waiting at the side. When he saw Xu You come out, he took Xu You to the side and whispered, “Brother, did you get the reward?”

“Yes, the king told me to come to you. Brother Chen, you have to help me with the Knights.” Xu You hurriedly said. Right now, he was extremely anxious. He had accepted the hidden mission, but his Knights Legion hadn’t even left a single word behind.

Old Man Chen patted Xu You’s shoulder and said, “Don’t worry, I will help you. Now, let’s go back to City of Sunrise and talk to you slowly.” Obviously, Old Man Chen had long known that Xu You would receive the knight’s order as a reward.

“That would be great, but don’t you need to protect the king, brother?” Xu You asked.

“Your Majesty’s strength doesn’t need my protection. Don’t worry.”

“Alright! Then let’s talk while we walk!”

…

The next day, Xu You arrived at the southernmost camp of the Sunrise Plains alone. Not far to the east of the camp was a small training ground for knights. That was a training base for knights in City of Sunrise, and Xu You was here to choose a “little brother”.

After consulting with Old Man Chen for a long time last night, Old Man Chen also told Xu You everything about Group of Knights. The most important thing in establishing the Group of Knights was to choose the right materials. Hence, Xu You came to this place early the next morning, hoping to recruit the NPC knights he wanted.

However, Old Man Chen had said that with Xu You’s current rank (Xu You’s reputation now exceeded 3,500, and his rank was Staff Sergeant), the Group of Knights he had established could only be at most Level 3 and could accommodate up to 15 people. In other words, Xu You could only choose 14 NPC Knights as his juniors.

Xu You had already completed the establishment of the Knights Order. In fact, it was very simple. All he needed to do was use the Knights Order given by Emperor William. As for the name, Xu You’s Knights Order did not have the right to name it yet. It would only be able to reach Level 5.

However, Xu You came full of hope, but …

“Trainee Knight Base … Holy shit!” Xu You looked at the words written on a ragged wooden token at the entrance of the Knights Training Ground. He couldn’t help but feel pain. Actually, after he learned about the Knights’ Order, his wish to recruit high-ranking younger brothers had been dashed. He had just established the Knights’ Order, and all of them were definitely rookies. It was impossible for him to recruit powerful fighters from the very beginning!

However, Xu You’s eyes almost fell when he entered the extremely deserted Knight Training Ground. This small Knight Training Ground was indeed small. There were actually only more than 30 NPC recruits training inside. Isn’t this too few?

Looking closely, Xu You was about to faint. Among these 30 plus NPC knights, the highest level was actually only Level 30. This was even lower than Xu You. If he was recruited, he could only be a little brother.

“No way, I took the king’s house-keeping mission. How could I accomplish it with these recruits? No wonder Old Man Chen asked me to do it myself. So I was afraid that I would spit on him!” Xu You stood at the side of the training field and watched the 30 plus NPC knights train. His brows were about to get into a fight.

Xu You was mentally prepared, but he didn’t expect the situation to be like this. He had always believed that setting up a Group of Knights was better than setting up a mercenary group by the players themselves, right? It was said that NPCs were all taken care of by the system’s godfather. Even if they were of a lower level, their abilities wouldn’t be that bad, right?

But seeing that they weren’t even Level 30 in the training ground, Knights with HP around 2,000, Xu You knew that his thoughts were wrong. NPC, the sign of strength is HP. Back then, Barbarian Hammer Rick was also Level 30, but his HP was 7,500. His attack power was even stronger than Xu You’s. This was the qualified candidate for a strong NPC fighter in Xu You’s heart. However, these 2,000 HP Knight Recruits in front of him, Xu You felt that it was unsafe to look at them.

At this time, a tauren knight in charge of training the recruits in the middle of the training ground noticed Xu You and gave a few instructions to the 30 recruits. Then, he walked towards Xu You, who was standing at the entrance of the training ground.

“Hello, what are you doing here?” The tauren knight named “Li Ba” asked Xu You.

“I’m here to recruit some knights. This is my knight’s decree.” Hearing this, Xu You handed the knight’s order to Li Ba.

However, when Li Ba saw the token, his expression changed. He immediately gave a knight salute to Xu You and respectfully said, “Hello, Officer Yue Wuyou!”

Xu You was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, “You’re welcome. Can you explain the situation here? There seems to be a small number of people in this large training ground.”

Li Ba couldn’t help but let out a sigh when he heard this. “This is because very few people choose to be knights. Ever since the Divine Sharp Knights were disbanded, there hasn’t been a single powerful Knights in the continent. Therefore, most people choose to join a comprehensive combat group. The number of knights who come here to train and wait for the Knights’ summons is decreasing year by year. This year, it has become like this,” he said with a lonely expression.

Because the three branches of the knights were tanks, exports, and healing, there was a special mono-professional combat group like Group of Knights. Apart from Group of Knights, only Dryad could form such a combat group.

Li Ba slowly told Xu You about the recent situation. Xu You realized that the knight’s order given to him by the king did not seem as good as he had imagined. However, it was a great advantage to be able to set up a combat regiment composed of NPCs to serve him. It only took a lot of effort to manage a Group of Knights well. Moreover, a large amount of gold coins was indispensable.

“Li Ba, if you want these recruits to quickly increase their strength, what can you do?” Xu You looked at the knights training in the middle of the training ground. These knights were ordinary NPCs, not elites. No wonder their strengths were so weak.

“Sir Yue Wuyou, if you want to let the new recruits grow quickly, you’d better find a strong and experienced knight to train them and let them experience real battles.” Li Ba replied.

“A powerful and experienced knight?” Xu You rubbed his chin and fell into deep thought.