The system has to be used even if it is pulled

"I'm Antonius, a second-class knight of the Shadow Knights, serving Archon Kairos." Antonius looked at Zhao Yuanlang with sharp eyes.

"I don't deserve it. I only have a little bit of strength. It's nothing in front of so many masters in the empire!"

"You're welcome! You are the one our Shadow Knights need. We have many challenging tasks here that can quickly improve your ranking points. I wonder if you are interested in doing a few Knights' competitive championship tasks."

"What do you mean?" Zhao Yuanlang narrowed his eyes. This was a good opportunity to earn reputation and points.

"We need a knight who has superb skills in the arena. We need you to win as many arena championships as possible in various towns. I think you are capable of doing it! What do you think?"

“It’s an honor and a source of pride for me to compete for the championship for the Knights.”

"Very well, let's go! If you do this, I will put in a good word for you in front of Lord Kairos."

"What other tasks do you have? Let me see if I can take them on together."

"Of course, you can form a team to capture as many greasy adventurers and snake cultists as possible on imperial lands."

"Didn't I hear there's a mission to spread the prestige of the Shadow Knights throughout Pendor?"

"Young man, you have just joined the group. We can't let you lead an elite force out. You haven't proven yourself yet, so don't think too much." Antonius said bluntly.

"Okay, I'll take these two missions. I will do my best to destroy the Snake Cult, and I will also win the tournament to prove myself to the Knights."

"Very good! But I think you should form a mercenary team first."

"Thank you for your guidance. When I return, the Knights will be extremely honored!"

It's quite interesting. Antonius smiled as he watched Zhao Yuanlang leave. If he really did it, he could introduce him to Lord Kairos. After all, he was old, and the Lord needed new and powerful members of the Knights to help him control the Shadow Knights.

Zhao Yuanlang, wearing brand new uniforms of the Shadow Knights and riding the iron-blooded warhorse issued to him, set out on a journey with a dozen citizens of Seiz who were recruited with the help of the tavern owner and wanted to make a name for themselves.

The Empire is located southeast of Pendor. The maritime climate makes the weather here not so hot in summer, and the cool breeze blowing from the sea can reach Issos.

A caravan, looking somewhat disheveled, came from Ravenston. They were cursing with thick northern accents and were wearing thick linen clothes.

"Good day, respected noble sir." The leader of the caravan was the first to greet Zhao Yuanlang after seeing his flag.

"What's the latest news on this road?"

"It's been a bit uneasy these days. We were just attacked by a snake cult."

"Oh? Where?"

"I advise you to give up. There are more than 50 of them, including four or five elite fully-armed Cobra Warriors. I'm not looking down on you, but look at the group of peasants behind you. They may not be able to hold out for another charge."

"Don't worry about that. Where are they?"

"They are heading towards the mountains beyond Malasberg."

"Very well, let's go!"

The leader of the caravan sighed as he watched Zhao Yuanlang leading his men away. Alas, here is another young noble who wants to make a name for himself. I just don't know if he can survive. Forget it, why bother with so many things? Let's continue moving towards Seiz.

Zhao Yuanlang led his men, who were armed with short knives and wearing simple chainmail, and quickly found the place where the battle broke out. The battle happened only half an hour ago. Did they go there? Zhao Yuanlang knew that as long as they passed Malasburg and Pegande, there would be countless snake worship nests in the endless forest in the south.

Otherwise, the Empire would not have allowed General Agathon, the guard officer of the Immortal Knights, to lead a large number of soldiers to garrison in Olega Castle. On the one hand, it was not only to prevent the Snake Cult from landing, but also to form an offensive and defensive situation with General Livius of Malasburg to eliminate the Snake Cult in the forest.

Zhao Yuanlang looked at the traces at the scene and simply deduced the level of this army. Looking at the horse footprints, he could see that there were four Snake Cult Cobra Warriors, about 20 Snake Cult warriors, and nearly 20 Snake Cult followers.

Zhao Yuanlang turned his head and glanced at the dozen or so nervous subordinates behind him, frowned, and said nothing. He just lowered his head and waved his hand to signal them to chase in the south.

Soon, they discovered this Snake Worshiping Cult team, and they also discovered Zhao Yuanlang. They quickly changed direction and headed towards Zhao Yuanlang and his team.

Zhao Yuanlang smiled, looked at his men who were a little scared and said, "The Snake Cult is also human. They will fight back like a knife. As long as you raise your big shields, you can resist their attack. Leave the rest to me. Prepare your shield formation and move forward slowly."

Zhao Yuanlang took the lead, galloping forward with a grim smile on his face. His hands were not idle either, as he pulled out the javelin, the standard weapon given by the Shadow Legion, from his back and began to throw it at them frantically.

One javelin after another pierced fiercely into the chest of the Cobra Warrior who was leading the way with a huge moon blade axe in his hand. The sharp javelins did not pierce the Cobra Warrior's armor, but they made a hole in the armor on their chest, and then they were knocked off the horse by the huge impact force.

The attack momentum of the Snake Cult soldiers who were originally charging suddenly stopped. Several Snake Cult warriors quickened their pace and wanted to rescue these Cobra Warriors, but Zhao Yuanlang had already moved forward. He swung the greatsword in his hand repeatedly and easily harvested the heads of these Snake Cult warriors.

Zhao Yuanlang did not stop. He changed his weapon and picked up the lance hanging on the side of his horse. He rushed fiercely into the somewhat panicked Snake Worshiping Cult team.

It was the same as threading a candied haws stick. By the time Zhao Yuanlang rushed through the formation, four enemy corpses were already hanging on his lance. The entire lance was bent beyond recognition, but Zhao Yuanlang still used his powerful arms to throw the corpses off the lance.

Is this a human? The enemy on the opposite side was a little terrified. The first encounter killed the four Cobra Warriors leading the team and six or seven soldiers. If he charged a few more times, this team would not be able to resist.

They all clenched their weapons and gathered together, but their eyes were wandering around. Several Snake Cult warriors took out their bows and crossbows and began trying to shoot Zhao Yuanlang. Zhao Yuanlang deftly controlled the warhorse under him and began to launch the second wave of harvest.

As expected, more enemies fell this time. Zhao Yuanlang's hand speed was too fast. During this charge, he surrounded them and continuously killed the enemies on the outside. More than a dozen Snake Cult soldiers fell to the ground.

Panic was spreading. Nearly half of the people had died, but they didn't even hurt each other.

At this time, more than ten soldiers under Zhao Yuanlang also arrived. They looked at all this in surprise. Zhao Yuanlang raised his eyebrows and said, "Go ahead, they are just a bunch of scum."

Zhao Yuanlang's frivolous expression seemed to inspire them. They quickened their pace and began to charge at the Snake Worship Cult team whose morale was low and on the verge of collapse.

Zhao Yuanlang was not idle either, he also rode his horse and rushed over there.

However, the situation was still quite bad. Although this small team was completely wiped out, Zhao Yuanlang killed more than 40 people by himself. Only the fleeing soldiers were caught and hacked to death by them, but at least they did shed blood.