Chapter 207: Chapter 207: Late Night
Translator: 549690339
Deep into the night.
The first day of collective training had officially concluded.
In the town center affiliated with the manor.
Within the large stone-built building that once belonged to the town mayor.
Approximately one-fourth of the members of the Behemoth Knight Group were gathered here.
They controlled real-time information of the manor and all the teams through the Night Watch and intelligence from the town task NPCs, together with the surveillance by birds operated by these informants.
For any emergencies, they could respond immediately.
The person responsible for this training, Deputy Leader Sonam Heidler, also lived in the attic of this building.
Thump, thump, thump
“Deputy Leader, the statistics for today’s training have been completed.”
The person responsible for delivering the documents was a knight who was fairly strong, but his appearance was somewhat immature. He was a new Beast Knight who had just joined the Behemoth Knight Group through a draft this year.
“Come in.”
The door opened itself.
The interior was completely dark, as if the deputy leader had already gone to sleep.
Hiss, hiss, hiss
Several patterned snakes were moving in the illuminated area.
The knight could vaguely see a slender humanoid shape on the big bed, wriggling like a snake, and he quickly looked away.
“Deputy Leader, where should I put the report for you?”
“Hand it to me.”
The voice echoed in the young knight’s ears. Unable to resist, he stepped into the room.
The knight was well aware of one thing.
In the Behemoth Knight Group, everyone would rather deal with the pressure of communicating with Captain Kaimon than talk to this deputy leader.
He had to deliver the documents upstairs this time only because he lost at rock-paper-scissors.
Step!
As soon as he stepped into the room.
At least hundreds of snake eyes were staring at him in the dark, but this knight had experienced life and death to get here, so he kept calm and continued to walk towards the foot of the bed…
Various cold snakes slid over his feet.
Some snakes even actively attached themselves to his body… He couldn’t show any rejection or harm the snakes during this process.
Otherwise, it would infuriate the deputy leader.
Gradually adapting to the darkness, near the edge of the bed…
The young knight saw Deputy Leader Heidler and a large python sleeping on the bed.
“Deputy leader, the report?”
From within the darkness, a cold, slippery, clearly scaled snake tail slid out from the bedding and slowly coiled around him.
“I’m not interested in reading a text report. Just tell me about the key intelligence.”
The young knight immediately responded with standard British English: “There are only two situations that reached the yellow warning line.
First, significant pollution leakage in the cemetery area. The three Night Watch members nearby are dealing with it, which has temporarily halted the five basic tasks related to the ‘Cemetery Area.’ It is estimated it will be fully repaired tomorrow.
Second, a large-scale beast stampede occurred in the Gaine Forest, slightly affecting the southwest part of the manor. Nine members of the Night Watch have gone to deal with it.”
“Hmm … Dispatch six Temporary Watchmen from us to fill the gap.”
“Okay.”
“Unless there’s something else, why don’t you join me on the bed for a chat? I think your name is Horne, and your performance in the selective courses this year wasn’t bad.”
As Heidler asked this, she began to pull the new knight towards her using her snake tail.
Just as Horne was abruptly dragged, half-kneeling on the bed, and touching a cold and slippery body… something came to his mind.
“Oh, there was one thing more unusual.”
“What is it?”
“The first place in today’s total points ranking isn’t the third-year team.”
“Oh? These second-year fellows are pretty capable.”
“No… The one ranked first in total points is Captain Kaimon’s eldest grandson.
The new student team led by this year’s new recruit, Abe Rhein… the only newcomer team in this training.”
“What!?”
Upon hearing this.
Deputy Leader Heidler immediately instructed the snakes in the room to turn on the kerosene lamp, and grabbed today’s summary report.
“Ranking first on the first day, completed three basic tasks, and one of them involved the ‘Great Manor’s’ intrinsic underground task? This group of newbies can’t be that good.
Abe might be a genius, but he shouldn’t have reached this level yet.
Is there a special newcomer among the new students?”
“This one… Valen Nicholas. He’s the deputy leader personally appointed by the captain, and it looks like he’s a student of the Crow Prophet.”
“The Crow’s student? No wonder… We should keep watching them. If they are still the top scorers tomorrow, I want to see for myself what special abilities this deputy captain has.”
“Okay… and what about me?”
“You can go now; I want to sleep.”
Upon hearing this, the new knight finally relaxed and immediately left the room… leaving only Heidler lying on the bed, gently stroking a large python.
“The Crow’s student…”
The forked tongue flickered out of her mouth.
Like Heidler, such significant figures have already undergone extensive modifications to themselves through the Fate Space, even becoming a special existence that transcends both humans and snakes.
“I want to see what’s special about the person chosen by the Crow.”
The new special team – their residence.
Having completed all three ‘Field Area’ basic tasks within a day, they had exceeded their expected goal.
The second-floor room was lit by a kerosene lamp.
Most members were gathered here, sticking the three clue information sheets that came as task rewards on the wall for consolidation and analysis.
They had deduced an important clue: there is an underground space in the Field Area.
The entrance is set up in the Field Area.
Right inside the granary guarded by the Night Watch.
Common knight teams are forbidden to enter this place – they must provide the Night Watch with relevant clues to open the door of the granary.
The Granary Plan will be carried out by team leader Abe tomorrow.
However, most of the people gathered in this bedroom did not include Han Dong.
Han Dong stayed alone on the first floor.
In a room assigned to him, he was reading by lamplight, going through the special notebook found under the apple tree.
If a regular team had undertaken the “Apple Tree” task, they would never have found this clue.
When the ‘Vine Filth’ living in the tree was eliminated, the apple tree would immediately wither and the inner chamber buried at its base would disintegrate immediately…
Han Dong had the opportunity to investigate the treehouse without any distractions, due to Chen Li taking charge of the fight.
In the lowermost locked drawer of the bedside table, he found this volume of the ‘Girl’s Diary’.
It recorded that the girl was from a small town farmer’s family.
It also detailed a special ‘management’ mode of Stuart Manor two hundred years ago.
“No wonder… this place has become a forbidden land.”