Wizard: I have ten trillion nanomachines

"Speaking of which, why are the Master and the Viscount so powerful?"

The conversation circled back to the issue that Luo Kunlun cared about most.

According to Naken's description, the standard for a mid-level knight is a physical fitness level of 8 or higher, while for a high-level knight it is a physical fitness level of 12.

Luo Kunlun estimated that, relying on the nanomachines, he could at most push his physical fitness to around 5, which was far inferior to that of an average knight.

So how did they get to that point?

Naken had just taken a sip of hot soup when he heard this. He put down the wooden bowl and rubbed his well-defined knuckles together by the fire. "You've come to the right person!" Naken said in a low voice, as if he were sharing some secret.

"The reason these men are so strong is because of a secret technique called 'breathing technique'!"

"Breathing technique?" Luo Kunlun's heart skipped a beat, and the nanomachines inside his body seemed to sense his emotional fluctuations.

He immediately recalled the settings he had seen in online novels in his first life, those knight breathing techniques that could stimulate battle qi and condense life energy.

Could it be that the breathing techniques in this world are similar to those in other worlds?

He suppressed his excitement and pretended to be clueless, asking, "Brother Naken, can this breathing technique cultivate 'battle aura'? Like being able to create a blade of energy when swinging a sword, or wrapping the body in a protective aura?"

Upon hearing this, Naken suddenly laughed, his yellow teeth particularly noticeable in the firelight: "Little brother Loren, whose made-up chivalric novel have you been listening to?"

"The idea of ​​creating a blade of energy to kill enemies from a distance after swinging a sword is something bards who write knightly novels made up. How can you take it seriously?"

"As for having internal energy flow that can be used as a protective shield, that's something even knightly novels would consider far-fetched. How could a human possibly have such a thing?"

"That's ridiculous, it's impossible."

"That's all nonsense for children. If he really had that kind of ability, would the Viscount have needed to lead us in a month-long battle against the Norton family? He would have cleaved their castle in two by now!"

Naken's tone was somewhat disdainful. He picked up the wooden bowl, took a sip of soup, and continued, "In the end, a human is just a human, not a fire-breathing dragon from a fairy tale!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Kunlun understood that the knights of this world possessed pure physical strength.

"Then... can ordinary people learn this breathing technique?" he asked cautiously.

Naken's expression instantly turned serious, and he shook his head: "Difficult! Difficulter than climbing to heaven!"

He added a piece of firewood to the fire, sparks crackling. "This breathing technique can only be learned by nobles with noble blood flowing through their veins; ordinary people cannot learn it."

"Besides, civilians are not allowed to have contact with them."

He paused, as if remembering something, and said in a low voice, "I've heard that there was a wealthy merchant in a certain town who wanted to buy the Breathing Technique from a bankrupt knight, but a few days later the local lord confiscated his property and his whole family was hanged."

"We are all ordinary people, so let's not covet what doesn't belong to us."

"But it's not entirely hopeless. If you can distinguish yourself in the barracks, you might catch the eye of some lord, be taken in as a servant, and even marry a maid from the castle."

"Once a child is born, that child will have noble blood. Just like Master Hande."

"The master's grandfather was just an ordinary soldier. He saved the viscount's grandfather's life on the battlefield and was taken in as a servant. He was also given a surname and married a maid from the castle."

"Those maids were all daughters of barons who were affiliated with viscount families. They were noble ladies, so by the time of Lord Hand's father, they had become knights' squires. And by Lord Hand's generation, they had become knights who could command a hundred men on their own!"

Luo Kunlun listened silently, his fingers unconsciously rubbing the few copper coins in his pocket.

The nanomachines slowly operated within his body, analyzing Naken's words.

Bloodline, breathing techniques, noble lineage—the knight system of this world is far more simple than he imagined, lacking any mysterious fighting spirit or life energy.

The class divide is even greater.

Commoners didn't even have surnames; the only way to achieve success was to serve the nobility.

If you're lucky, the best of the best can become a servant, or at least a very ordinary servant.

Just like Karen, who was killed by Lokunlun, he paid an unimaginable price to become a servant, but the Norton family was wiped out just a few months after he became a servant.

All the men were disposed of, while the women were taken, and the master he served naturally died as well.

His hard-earned achievements of more than a decade were wiped out in an instant, and he couldn't help but hate the master of Ashenvale, which is why he plundered Hand Roth's manor.

Serving the nobility to gain their favor, marrying noblewomen, and securing an identity and lineage for one's descendants is the only path to upward mobility for the lowest rungs of society.

But is breathing technique really related to so-called noble blood?

no one knows.

But for Lo Kunlun, who carries nanomachines, it might be worthwhile to investigate.

"Zero, scan Locke."

With a thought, Luo Kunlun gave Zero the instruction to scan Lauker, who was resting not far away, and create a human model at the same time.

Most of the knight's squires were nobles. Lauk, who was standing next to Hand, was the third son of a baron and knew the family's breathing technique, as evidenced by his high physical fitness of 1.5.

Zero can scan three-dimensional structures, such as building layouts and human skeletons, within a 10-meter radius and create corresponding models.

"Human model successfully created."

"Compare the model with me to see if there are any special organs, etc."

"In comparison..."

The result was obtained in less than two or three seconds.

"Apart from their robust physiology, the model organism is physiologically identical to the host and belongs to the same species."

They belong to the same species, meaning that commoners and nobles are no different in terms of physiological structure, so the so-called bloodline is naturally just a deceptive thing.

Everything still depends on Luo Kunlun coming into contact with that so-called breathing technique.

"Commoners are not allowed to come into contact with breathing techniques, but relying on Zero's scanning ability, as long as I can see the complete process of their breathing technique practice within a ten-meter range, I can obtain the complete breathing technique by creating a model through scanning."

After some thought, Luo Kunlun set a small goal: to figure out the essence of the knight's breathing technique in this world.