Being a knight is not easy

Chapter 364 Distribution
Robin's current strength is such that, as long as he doesn't face the gatekeeper, he can be considered invincible in the kingdom.
The thought had barely surfaced when it was coldly crushed.

This feeling of palpitation is itself the most merciless mockery of his concept of "invincibility"! It comes from the oppression of a higher level of existence!

He flung open the window, and the cold, fresh air rushed in, but it couldn't dispel the heavy gloom in his heart.

He raised his head, his gaze piercing the deep night, his sharp, hawk-like eyes searching for anything unusual in the starry sky. Nothing!
The stars continued to move as usual, their light steady, and they did not sense any powerful enemy presence approaching their stronghold.

“Not an external enemy…” Robin’s brows furrowed into a knot, his lips moving silently, “Where… is it?”

Intuition screamed wildly like an alarm bell, yet pointed to an unfathomable fog.

Fengling groggily opened her eyes and saw Robin standing in front of the open window, his back taut like a fully drawn bowstring. The cool night wind outside rushed into the room, blowing his clothes.

"What's wrong?" Her voice carried the languor of someone just waking up and a hint of confusion at being interrupted. She instinctively leaned closer, her warm body pressed against Robin's slightly cool back, her arms encircling his waist, her chin resting naturally on his strong shoulder.

This action is full of dependence and intimacy.

Robin's body did not relax in the slightest; the almost tangible sense of gravity quickly dispelled any lingering drowsiness in Fengling.

He didn't answer immediately. In the brief silence, Fengling could even feel the heavy, rapid beating of his heart in his chest, revealing a panic that didn't belong to him.

Robin succinctly described the palpitations that caused him to wake up suddenly, the sudden, overwhelming sense of panic that felt like the end of the world, and the physical reaction that he, as a peak Order Knight, was completely clueless about and unable to control.

The wind chime rested on his shoulder, and his chin tightened slightly.

"What?" Her arms, which were wrapped around Robin's back, tightened instinctively, and her previous laziness and dependence were instantly replaced by vigilance and seriousness.

Robin's physical senses wouldn't deceive him, nor would he be easily misled by illusory nightmares.

His powerful physique, which allows him to absolutely control his own qi and blood, would cause him to experience such intense and uncontrollable palpitations... This in itself is an extremely dangerous signal!

The moment Robin finished speaking, her newly promoted second-circle wizard's mental strength and danger perception, which had been enhanced several times over, were suddenly activated and tightened, like a thread immersed in ice water!
"Danger!"

The feeling was so clear!
Robin's doubts were not unfounded. He couldn't explain the source, but as a wizard, Wind Chime sensed the aftershock of that enormous threat with perfect clarity at that moment—a chilling aura left behind as if death had just brushed past her!

This aura was invisible and intangible, yet it was as heavy as if a corner of the entire night sky had collapsed. Its target did not seem to be precisely attacking anyone, but rather it was a kind of indiscriminate, suffocating, and malicious lock-on!

Her face suddenly turned pale and solemn, and the deep blue starlight in her pupils instantly became sharp as a ray.

Of course she understood!

Robin's indescribable palpitation was not due to any individual abnormality, but rather because he had a very brief encounter with a higher-level, more massive and terrifying will of destruction!

An existence so powerful that even the aftershocks of a being could make a peak Order Knight tremble with fear; a cataclysmic disaster as unpredictable and unstoppable as a natural calamity! The atmosphere in the room instantly plummeted to freezing point.

Robin's deep voice carried a do-or-die determination: "We must speed things up! I need to break through to the third-tier knight level as soon as possible! Only then will we have a chance to fight against them."

The heavy threat brought by that palpitation was like an invisible mountain pressing down on his heart, dispelling his last trace of hesitation.

Fengling nodded gently, her fingertips unconsciously tightening around Robin's clothes.

"This is the only way. But... this has benefited the Ghost Generals." Her tone was complex, reflecting both her helplessness regarding the allocation of resources and a hint of wariness towards the powerful and diverse foreign force.

Robin shrugged helplessly, the taut lines of his shoulder muscles relaxing slightly.

"no way."

This is the harsh reality: of the core members who have loyally followed him through thick and thin, only Fengling and Alina remain.

And later, the unruly but powerful ghost generals and their subordinates were recruited.

Although the former obeys orders, their loyalty always requires additional checks and balances.

"We must make the most of our resources." Wind Chime's eyes sharpened, her mind racing. "We can't just focus on directly boosting our core strength with the remaining Power Fruits. Miss Alina," she mentioned Robin's fiancée's name, "she's one of us, completely trustworthy. Giving her one will significantly increase her combat power."

“And Chamberlain!” Wind Chime’s voice carried a hint of caution. “He was one of the first guardian knights to follow you from Wilke’s homeland. His loyalty is beyond question, but his strength… seems somewhat inadequate in this storm.”

She paused, then looked at Robin. "Giving him a Power Fruit isn't just about enhancing his self-defense capabilities; more importantly—it's about letting him hold down the fort in the Central Plains. With this new power, coupled with his status as a native elder, he'll be able to check and balance the Ghost General's expanding network of influence in the Central Plains at crucial moments! It makes the overall strategy more stable." Wind Chime's analysis was clear and insightful, considering not only the improvement in combat power but also the balance of power and team stability.

A glint flashed in Robin's eyes; Wind Chime's plan had hit the nail on the head. He pondered briefly, then immediately made his decision: "Distribute resources wisely; no waste allowed!"

"Contact Chamberlain immediately! Get him to break through the threshold of legendary knight! Use the weight of this local elder, plus new strength, to firmly anchor him in the rear, stabilize the base, and keep an eye on the Ghost Generals!" Robin's tone carried an undeniable weight.

“Give it to her too, Alina!” Robin’s voice softened slightly when he mentioned his fiancée, but then became firm again. “If you have any Power Fruits left over, give them to her first. Having an extra second-tier Order Knight will at least ensure that we won’t be at a disadvantage in high-end combat.”

"As for the Ghost Generals..." A cold, hard glint flashed in Robin's eyes, "Take 30% of the resources captured in this operation! Allocate them first, under the pretext of 'compensating for their losses in the outer perimeter deployment and providing supplies for the subsequent assault'!"

This is a tangible form of material reassurance, demonstrating "high regard".

"Give them another Power Fruit!" Robin's tone was resolute, tinged with a hint of painful yet necessary ruthlessness. "Tell them this is a reward for the person who performed the best in this mission! The Demon General can decide who gets it! But be quick, distribute it tonight!"

This move both gave them a taste of success and handed over the actual power to improve combat strength, which could create internal conflicts, to the Ghosts themselves, thus avoiding directly arming a large number of their core members.

(End of this chapter)