Being a knight is not easy

Chapter 214 Fruit
“Very well.” Robin’s spear tip slowly moved down, peeling back the family crest on the knight’s breastplate. “Then you will tell them…”

"The consequences of betraying Wilke territory are worse than death."

The flames crackled, and Loin saw her distorted reflection flickering on Robin's armor.

He suddenly realized: "We are all trapped beasts, except that my cage is more exquisite than theirs."

Suddenly, Luo Yin felt a sense of anticipation.

I really hope Robin can overthrow the entire kingdom and, best of all, kill that despicable, insane, and cruel father of hers.

Robin gave the slave soldiers watching the scene a cold glance, then turned and returned to the castle.

Steam rose from the oak barrel in the bedroom. Robin submerged his entire body in the water, and bloodstains spread across the surface, forming eerie totems.

He scooped up a handful of water and splashed it on his face, then suddenly opened his eyes, a golden glint flashing deep in his pupils.

"system."

A semi-transparent light screen unfolded before my eyes, and data streamed like a waterfall:
Aside from the increase in numerical values, there weren't many other changes. Although he had gained a new spot for practicing a breathing technique, he wasn't in a hurry to start practicing it. Instead, he was waiting for a more advanced breathing technique to come up with, not wanting a spot to be taken up by a basic breathing technique like the Earth Dragon Breathing Technique.

New item:
Fruit of Life:
Yunxi Breathing Technique (Legendary) x2
Fire Rain Breathing Technique (Legendary) x1
Earth-Splitting Breathing Technique (Legendary) x1
Thunder Breathing Technique (Legendary) x1
Holy Prayer Breathing Technique (Legendary) x2
Great Knight-level Devil Fruit x21
Knight-level Devil Fruit x67
Robin's fingertips hovered over the "Yunxi Breathing Technique," and the image of the silver-haired female knight being pierced through the chest by a spear immediately appeared in his mind—her swordsmanship could condense the air into ice crystals, but it couldn't stop the thrust of the Dragon-Slaying Spear.

"I see……"

These fruits were actually "spoils of war" that were automatically extracted from him after he killed powerful enemies using the Dragon Devouring Breathing Technique.

The essence of those knights' lifelong training was refined into nutrients that could be absorbed!

"It's a pity there's no Leo one."

He recalled the Order Knight with whom he had fought for two hours.

Perhaps because their strengths are comparable, the Dragon Breathing Technique cannot devour the life essence of those of the same level?

Water droplets slid down Robin's collarbone, and he suddenly clenched his fist.

Robin held a crystal-clear Fruit of Life between her fingertips. It glowed with an amber light under the candlelight, and there seemed to be mist flowing inside. She could vaguely see a phantom figure wielding a sword and dancing.

Those were the battle memories of the original owner of the Yunxi Breathing Technique.

He tried to activate the Dragon Devouring Breathing Technique, and the primal force within his body surged into his palm like a tide, but the fruit remained motionless, as if it were imprisoned by some invisible rule.

"Unable to be swallowed..."

Robin frowned deeply. These fruits contained the essence of a legendary knight's life's cultivation; if he could absorb them, his strength would surely increase dramatically.

But now, they are like treasures locked in a transparent cage—visible and tangible, yet unpossible to possess.

"But since it can be taken out..."

He suddenly narrowed his eyes, a bold idea flashing through his mind.

Wow——!
Water splashed everywhere as Robin suddenly stood up from the bathtub, water droplets rolling down his muscle lines.

He casually grabbed a black velvet robe and draped it over himself, leaving the front open to reveal the gruesome old wound on his chest.

"Someone come here." His voice wasn't loud, but it was like a blade scraping through bronze, and the guard outside the door immediately knelt on one knee.

"Summon Andisu to see me immediately."

When Andy Su came in, he still smelled of blood from the training ground.

His left eye was wrapped in a blood-soaked bandage, a wound inflicted by a dying knight's dagger during the suppression of a rebellion.

"Sir, you wanted to see me?" He grinned, revealing uneven, yellow teeth, and his single eye gleamed with fanatical loyalty.

Robin didn't answer, but simply tossed over a Great Knight-level Devil Fruit. Andysoo caught it hastily, the fruit emitting a faint blue glow in his rough palm.

"Eat it," Robin commanded.

Andy Sue didn't hesitate for a moment before tilting her head back and swallowing the fruit.

next second!
"Uhhhhhh-!"

He knelt on the ground, his muscles swelling as if inflated, and spiderweb-like blue patterns appearing on his skin.

The pupil of the intact right eye suddenly shrank, and the white part of the eye was quickly eroded by black, eventually turning into a vertical emerald pupil like Robin's!

“I…I saw it…” Andy Su’s voice became hoarse and heavy, as if another person was speaking inside him, “The trajectory of the blade…the rhythm of breathing…this is…”

boom!
He suddenly slammed his fist into the ground, and the stone slab cracked instantly.

Robin's lips slowly curled into a smile.

"As expected..."

Although he cannot absorb these fruits, he can give them to others!

Andysu's breathing was as heavy as a furnace, and the life force surging beneath his skin caused his muscles to swell and contract continuously, while his bones emitted a teeth-grinding creaking sound.

He looked down at his hands, which were covered with blue veins. The power flowing through his body far exceeded the power he had cultivated for the past twenty years.

Great Knight!
Just a quarter of an hour ago, he was merely a commoner knight who had barely reached the threshold of knighthood, but now, the surging primal force within him was almost bursting through his blood vessels.

Robin placed his hand on his shoulder, the cold touch calming his boiling blood slightly.

"Can you feel it?" Robin's voice carried a coldness that was almost pleasurable. "The power within you belongs to someone else."

Andy Su's emerald vertical pupils contracted slightly. He could indeed feel that those combat memories, breathing rhythms, and even muscle instincts that did not belong to him were all mixed in the depths of his consciousness.

Robin withdrew his hand, a faint, indifferent smile curving his lips.

“This fruit has forcibly elevated you to the level of a Great Knight, but the price is…” His fingertip lightly touched Andy Su’s brow, “You must completely refine these foreign life energies, otherwise, you will never be able to step into the legendary realm.”

A ferocious fervor flashed in Andysu's one eye. He slammed his knee into the ground, and the stone slab cracked with spiderweb-like patterns beneath his knee.

“My lord!” His voice was hoarse, like sandpaper scraping, “I will not let you down! These powers… I will make them completely mine!”

Robin nodded slightly, but his gaze went past him and looked out at the dark night sky.

"If Andysu can successfully refine it, then I will be able to mass-produce Great Knights, or even... Legends."

The next day, before the morning mist had even dissipated, the square outside Wilke Castle was already packed with people.

Andysu, the knight who was the first in the territory to choose to follow young master Allen, was standing on the high platform, exuding a suffocating sense of oppression.

His skin had faint, yellowish-brown lines shimmering beneath it.

Great Knight!
This fact spread like wildfire throughout the entire Viscountry.

"I heard he only ate one 'divinely bestowed fruit'..."

"Does Lord Robin possess the power to create gods?"

"If I could get one..."

Whispers spread through the crowd, the knights' eyes burned with excitement, and their hands gripping their sword hilts trembled with elation.

(End of this chapter)