Chapter 1 The Glimmer of Hope

　　Seeing the glittering treasure chest on the stone platform, Lin En desperately wanted to rush over, but the figure standing in the middle of the platform made him afraid to act rashly.

　　Standing outside the platform, Lin En could see clearly that it was a knight in black armor. He was several meters tall, and the pitch-black armor looked incredibly strong in terms of defense. Not to mention the black greatsword stuck next to him—a meter and a half long, its blade flashing red light from time to time. One strike, and I'd probably be finished.

　　Looking at the motionless black knight, Lin En cast an Appraisal spell.

　　Name: Black Knight Ross (Second Order [Fifth Order])

　　Constitution: 50 (746)

　　Strength: 50 (650)

　　Agility: 50 (489)

　　Spirit: 50 (425)

　　Equipment: Black Knight Helmet, Black Knight Breastplate, Black Knight Leg Armor, Black Knight War Boots, Black Knight Gauntlets, Heavy Edge Greatsword.

　　Skills: Charge, War Stomp, Black Knight Swordsmanship, Black Dragon Battle Formation.

　　(The ace of the Yelan Empire, a member of the Black Knight Legion, is the shield and sword of the Yelan Empire.)

　　Name: Black Knight Set (Fourth Order, Rare)

　　Category: Armor

　　Effect: All Attributes +200 (Sealed)

　　(The Yelan Empire used the power of the entire nation to create only a thousand sets of Black Knight armor. This is the main reason why the Black Knight Legion can sweep across various countries.)

　　Name: Heavy Edge Greatsword (Fourth Order, Rare)

　　Category: Weapon

　　Effect: Shield Breaker (Destroys energy shields)

　　(After creating the Black Knight armor, the Yelan Empire forged a thousand Heavy Edge Greatswords, making the Black Knights invincible on the battlefield.)

　　Name: Charge

　　Category: Skill

　　Effect: Quickly charge towards the target and deal damage.

　　(Sword raised, charge, express delivery!)

　　Name: War Stomp (Rare)

　　Category: Skill

　　Effect: Deals damage within a three-meter radius and stuns for one second.

　　(The signature skill of the Minotaur chieftain. It is said to cause a wide range of damage. I don't know where this human learned it.)

　　Name: Black Knight Swordsmanship (Rare)

　　Category: Skill

　　Effect: Every move is fatal.

　　(Created by the Chief Executive Officer of the Yelan Empire for the Black Knight Legion. Combined with the Heavy Edge Greatsword, they are unstoppable and victorious in every battle.)

　　Name: Black Dragon Battle Formation (Epic)

　　Category: Formation

　　Effect: Enhancement, condenses into a dragon.

　　(The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Formation Master of the Yelan Empire joined forces to kill a seventh-order Black Dragon. They used the dragon corpse and dragon soul to create this formation, which allows a thousand Black Knights to condense a seventh-order Black Dragon to fight.)

　　…

　　This is outrageous. Putting aside everything else, his attributes alone are almost twice as high as mine. Not to mention the Black Knight armor and greatsword, and his skills include a charge and an area-of-effect stun.

　　Lin En stood outside the platform, his eyes greedy as he looked at the treasure chest on the stone platform in the middle. Giving up was out of the question. A gold treasure chest plus two silver treasure chests—high risk, high reward. Let's do this!

　　He glanced at the black knight guarding the treasure chest and opened his backpack to see what items he could use. After searching, he found a few that could be of use: Delicious Braised Pork (temporarily increases three points of strength), Mist Orb (main force), Egg (for the Egg-Beating Chicken Flight technique), and Mist Bow (his only means of attack).

　　Finding nothing helpful on the [Trading] platform, Lin En took a deep breath and threw a Mist Orb on each of the four sides of the platform. A large patch of dark gray mist instantly enveloped the entire platform.

　　The mist didn't block his vision. Looking at the black knight standing on the platform, Lin En ate the braised pork and took out the Mist Bow to start gathering power.

　　Ten seconds later, aiming at the target, Lin En took a step onto the platform and immediately released his hand. With a whoosh, the mist arrow instantly reached the black knight. It looked like it was about to hit.

　　With a ding, Lin En stared in surprise as the black knight directly blocked the mist arrow with his Heavy Edge Greatsword. Seriously?

　　Looking at the black knight standing with his sword, Lin En remained motionless, not daring to breathe loudly, for fear that the black knight would charge over and kill him instantly.

　　After a while, seeing that the black knight didn't move, Lin En took out an egg, threw it not far to the right, and used the Egg-Beating Chicken Flight technique.

　　Cluck~, cluck cluck cluck.

　　A hen had just flown out of the egg and only let out one cry before being sliced in half.

　　Drip, drip, drip. Chicken blood dripped down the blade and onto the platform.

　　Damn, the speed of the charge is so fast. Before I could react, the chicken was gone.

　　Lin En felt his palms sweating. He took out two more eggs and threw them in two directions. The clucking of chickens sounded again.

　　Bang! The sword rose and fell, and the chicken was split in half, leaving a pit in the platform. Watching the black knight walk toward another hen, Lin En breathed a sigh of relief. Good, good. He was afraid he would charge over again and slice him in two.

　　Seeing the black knight walking towards the hen, Lin En started gathering power. It seemed that this black knight only had instinct, otherwise, he wouldn't be walking towards the hen.

　　At the moment he swung his sword, Lin En immediately released the bowstring.

　　The hen still couldn't escape the fate of being split in half, but one of the black knight's arms hung down. He had originally aimed for the head, but it was dodged. Was that a dangerous instinctive reaction?

　　Hmm? Lin En noticed the black knight walking towards him. What was going on? He hadn't made any sound, had he? Watching the black knight get closer and closer, Lin En immediately rolled to the left.

　　Bang!

　　Damn, luckily, I dodged quickly, otherwise, I would have ended up like the hen. Lin En immediately ran away. The black knight chased after him with his sword in one hand, and he was getting closer and closer.

　　This won't work. I'm not as fast as him, especially since he also has Charge. Once his Charge is ready, I'll be sliced in half.

　　Lin En took out two more eggs and threw them directly at the black knight. One hen directly hit the black knight in the face. With one arm crippled, the black knight holding the sword was forced to stop.

　　Huff~, watching the black knight stop and start smashing the chicken, Lin En breathed a sigh of relief. He gathered power again, this time aiming for the thigh.

　　Hmm? Ten seconds passed, and Lin En was surprised to find that the black knight was still killing the chicken? Looking at the familiar half-chicken at the black knight's feet, the other chicken was actually circling around the black knight, and occasionally seizing the opportunity to peck his butt.

　　Hiss, amazing! He cast an Appraisal spell.

　　Name: Wind Riding Chicken (Second Order)

　　Category: Magical Beast

　　Constitution: 32

　　Strength: 21

　　Agility: 62

　　Spirit: 18

　　Abilities: Sprint, Ride the Wind.

　　(Lives in the Gale Plains and is a chicken that surfs the wind.)

　　Name: Sprint (Rare)

　　Category: Skill

　　Effect: Increases movement speed by fifty percent while sprinting.

　　(Just a little bit away from catching up with the wind.)

　　Name: Ride the Wind (Uncommon)

　　Category: Skill

　　Effect: Ride the wind and fly (Note: Requires a strong wind, gale.)

　　(The wind does not stop, the chicken does not fall.)

　　…

　　The Egg-Beating Chicken Flight technique is indeed a god-tier skill. Watching the Wind Riding Chicken and the black knight fight, Lin En silently gathered power and shot, gathered power again and shot.

　　After grinding for a few minutes, finally, the black knight fell.