Don't use yourself as payment for the commission!

Bai Xun's mouth watered at the sight, and he even wanted to go up and lick the beads of sweat sliding down the tight abs. The girl's shy exclamation would be the perfect side dish.

"It must be said that Maria's talent is indeed quite remarkable."

Looking at Maria's rapid progress, Bai Xun's tone was somewhat wistful.

Meanwhile, Zofia, also a member of the coaching staff, brought over a fruit platter and placed it on the table. She sat down next to Bai Xun and smiled.

"Although he can't compare to Margaret, this child is still a 'Lightbringer,' a true Pegasus."

Zofia, as a branch of the Nearl family, is also a Pegasus, but her bloodline strength is still somewhat different from that of the true Nearl main lineage.

Bai Xun believes the main reason is that Maria's grandfather successfully reverted to his ancestral form and became a Pegasus God, which makes her generation's bloodline still strong.

This is simply the current state of things in the unholy Terra; kings and generals really have guts.

Kazimierz is a Pegasus that is naturally stronger than a regular Kuranta. And a Pegasus like Margaret, who is exceptionally talented and an ultimate workaholic, is someone that a regular Kuranta can never hope to match in their entire life.

"Maria's current strength should be among the top in the Independent Knights, but she still lacks practical experience. She might have a tough time against some veterans."

Zofia commented on Maria's current situation.

“Take that plastic trash you faced, Bai Xun, even Maria might not dare to say she could beat him without a doubt.”

"It's already quite impressive that you've made so much progress in just a few days."

Bai Xun didn't seem too worried. After taking a bite of the rainbow carrot specially supplied by Kazimierz, he continued,

"A calm sea cannot produce an excellent sailor. Once the basic training is completed, the rest will be honed on the battlefield. She will be tempered in the clash of swords and blades."

"Hopefully."

Having already agreed to Maria's participation in the Knights' Tournament, what else could Zofia say? She could only continue discussing Maria's upcoming training plan and match schedule with Haku.

Maria, who is participating in the competition, only needs to focus on training and playing matches, while Bai Xun and Zofia, as coaches, have much more to consider.

"Maria, come here."

After watching Maria complete another round of Saitama-style training, drenched in sweat, Bai Xun suddenly called the blonde pony over to him, put his hands behind his back, and struck a pose of an incredibly powerful master before speaking.

"You've mastered the Ring Stance to a certain extent, and you've also memorized the knightly combat techniques that Zofia taught you. To be honest, you've done very well."

"Hehe, thanks for the compliment, Sensei~"

The little pony, praised by Bai Xun, wagged its tail with a smile, but Bai Xun then changed the subject.

"But your aunt also said that the darkness of knightly competitions is far beyond your imagination. Because of your sister, there will definitely be many people who will interfere and prevent you from competing fairly. So, your master has one last immortal killing move to teach you, which can help you turn defeat into victory in critical moments."

"Oh, there's another killer move!"

Maria's eyes lit up, and her horse ears stood up straight.

"Please enlighten me, Sensei!"

Looking at the blond pony with a "I'm easy to ride" expression and a thirst for knowledge, Bai Xun nodded approvingly and smiled.

"Alright, then I will teach you the legendary Heavenly Rank Battle Technique—Heavenly Horse Three Mysterious Transformations!"

"Heavens! The Heavenly Horse Three Mysterious Transformations!"

The name of this wondrous Sage Mode move not only filled Maria with anticipation, but also instantly piqued Zofia's interest.

Bai Xun slowly raised his hand, his body radiating a dazzling light like the sun, and said loudly,

"This is a unique skill that I learned from a lost ancient book called 'Battle Aura Transformation into Horse.' To perform this skill, one needs powerful horse aura and light attribute source stone techniques, which Maria happens to possess."

Listen carefully, the Three Transformations of the Heavenly Horse are: the first transformation [Flawed Radiance - Incarnation of the Sage], the second transformation [Radiant Radiance - The Sun Nods in Harm's Eyes], and the third transformation [Emerging Radiance - Unilevered Glory]. Each transformation will greatly increase your horse's power, and after the third transformation, you will have the strength to challenge opponents of higher levels and take on multiple enemies at once!

As he spoke, the radiance emanating from Bai Xun sketched out three phantom images of centaurs in the void, each wielding a sword and shield, a spear, and a blade, respectively. Except for the centaur that was transformed into the final centaur by the last transformation, whose light was restrained, the first two centaurs radiated dazzling light.

"This...this is the Heavenly Rank Battle Skill, Heavenly Horse Three Transformations?"

Maria looked up at the three enormous phantoms of centaurs and felt that the ring in her hand suddenly lost its appeal.

There's a strong sense of illusion that she's still working on martial arts stories, but Bai Xun is already cultivating immortality.

Zofia, standing to the side, was even more shocked than Maria.

She had witnessed Margaret and Marna's Originium Arts, which were inherited from Pegasus. However, Bai Xun was now displaying a similar or even superior brilliance, making her momentarily wonder if Bai Xun's ancestors also had the blood of Nearl.

But that shouldn't be the case, since his race is undoubtedly a dragon, and he doesn't have any characteristics of a pegasus.

No matter how much she couldn't understand it, this dazzling and magnificent radiance was definitely not fake, which made Zofia feel a strong desire to keep Bai Xun here.

This man might just make the Rinko family great again.

Margaret, where are you? Your aunt has found you a super handsome young man who is both virtuous and talented. If you don't come back soon, your aunt is going to take matters into her own hands!

Zofia bit her finger, her face full of struggle.

Bai Xun, while stroking Maria's soft, golden hair in excitement, explained...

"With your current skill level and time, you definitely won't be able to learn the Three Mysterious Transformations of the Heavenly Horse. But I have another special method. Take off your upper garment."

"Okay, okay, hey hey hey, take off your shirt?"

"Oyster touching oyster, duck bigger than duck!"

Maria, who was focused on improving herself, nodded almost subconsciously, intending to do as Bai Xun suggested. But as she grabbed her sports vest and prepared to take it off, she suddenly realized something was wrong.

Her face flushed bright red, reaching her ears, and she shook her head vigorously like a rattle-drum, her ponytail slapping against her face with a loud cracking sound.

Seeing Maria's face turn bright red, Bai Xun instantly knew that this handsome young girl had misunderstood. He chuckled and tapped the little horse on the head, feeling both amused and exasperated.

"You little pony, what's the point of having such a vivid imagination!"

"I was going to carve the sacred mark of the Three Transformations of the Heavenly Horse on your back. What are you thinking?"

"So it was carved on its back."

Maria breathed a sigh of relief upon realizing she had completely misunderstood, but the blush on her pretty face wouldn't go away.

My hand, which was gripping the bottom of the sports vest, froze. I couldn't take it off any further, nor could I let go.

Fortunately, Zofia stepped forward in time and took Maria's small hand, giving her a gentle smile as they looked into each other's eyes.

"It's alright, little Maria, I'll help you."

"Hey, what are you helping me with?"

Maria was momentarily stunned, but Zofia had already gripped Maria's hand and started to pull it up, causing the already thin, tight-fitting sports vest to flip up, revealing more of her delicate, snow-white skin.

"Of course I'll help you take off your shirt. Don't be shy, it's just your back, it's fine."

"Wow, Auntie, no!"

Maria and Zofia started playfully fighting, and Bai Xun was happy to watch this very entertaining scene.

Until suddenly, his expression shifted slightly, and he turned his head thoughtfully towards the direction of the garden entrance.

The next second, a tall Kuranta man in a black coat pushed open the garden gate and walked in, carrying a briefcase in his right hand and a dark gold longsword that looked like a decoration hanging at his waist.

He stood there at the entrance to the garden, watching the absurd scene that seemed to be Zofia forcing Maria to fawn over Bai Xun. His expression was cold and stern, and a deep, twilight-like glow surged on his sword sheath.

"What are you doing?"

Holy crap, the boss is here!

The head of the horse is big!

Bai Xun noticed the radiance emanating from the scabbard of the Marna sword and couldn't help but feel a surge of interest.

Zofia and Maria's expressions, however, were much more interesting.

Zofia's expression was somewhat complicated, while Maria's was more of a look of surprise and fear, like a child caught doing something wrong by their parents.

"Uncle, what brings you here?"

Shouldn't you be at work at this hour?

"What were you planning to do if I hadn't come?"

Looking at Maria, whose pretty face was flushed and whose dress was indecent, Marna couldn't help but frown.

He initially thought it was Zofia who had found a partner, but now it seems more like Maria is experiencing romantic feelings and has an ambiguous relationship with Bai Xun.

The way Marna looked at Bai Xun now was like an old father looking at a blond-haired kid riding a will-o'-the-wisp at the door, his eyes filled with suppressed anger.

Chapter 126 Platinum: Da Nai will only slow down my bow-drawing speed 3k

Kazimir, Business Federation.

The magnificent building stands at the very center of the Great Knights' Territory, a vivid microcosm of this city corrupted to the bone by money and power.

It wasn't a real organization, but a bunch of maggots gathered together by interests, creating what was also the most glorious, yet most false, era in Kazimierz.

However, as the apparent economic and power center of the Great Knights Territory, the Business Federation Building is not only home to businessmen and officials, but also to some more special "staff" hidden in rooms that are inaccessible and unknown to ordinary people.

In a dark room on a high floor of the building, a Pegasus girl with long, platinum-silver hair reaching her waist pushed open the door and walked in. Her exquisitely beautiful face, like a work of art, was devoid of any emotion, as if it were a heartless porcelain vase.

"Hey, isn't this our little Pegasus, the youngest Platinum Champion?"

Inside the room, the blue-haired Kuranta man was idly throwing darts at the wall. Seeing Platinum enter, he raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Little Pegasus, what brings you here? Don't waste my precious time slacking off at work."

The Azure Gold Leader of the Unarmored Alliance said this.

Platinum didn't hesitate at all; her voice was as calm as her expression.

"Lord Roy, I've come to ask you for leave."

"A request for leave? Another request for leave?"

Roy plopped down on the table and casually picked up the tablet next to him to browse through it.

Then, with a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, he raised his head to look at his young subordinate.

"Little Pegasus, you've already taken 18 days off in the past 20 days of this month. Even I wouldn't dare to slack off like that. Don't you think you're being a little bit unprofessional?"

Faced with the superior's teasing, Platinum blinked in confusion.

"Didn't I work two days?"

"..."

Platinum's words caused Roy to fall silent for a moment before shaking his head and chuckling helplessly.

"I really don't know how you can say something like that so seriously."

"It's not impossible to take leave, but your recent performance seems to have fallen short of expectations."

Roy, while biting a dart, swiped across the tablet screen, finally nodding in satisfaction and saying,

"How about this? There's a job here that's neither here nor there, and the people below are having trouble handling it. You go and take care of it, and I'll approve a long leave for you that lasts until the Major. How about that?"

"Where to? When? Who to kill?"

Almost instantly, the overly calm Pegasus girl perked up, her voice trembling with even the slightest hesitation, as if it were disrespectful to the long holiday.

Roy chuckled at Platinum's sudden change in attitude, waving his hand and saying,

"Little Pegasus, don't make it sound like our Wuzhan Alliance is some kind of assassination organization that only kills people. We walk in the darkness for the justice and peace of Kazimir, serving as guardians of the light... Don't look at me like that. At least that's what those three big guys from Xuan Tie up there say. I'll just take it seriously, and you can just take it seriously too."

Walk in the darkness, serve the light; nothing is true, all is permitted.

Platinum remembers this sentence; it's the first sentence of the Unarmored Alliance's manifesto.

The Unarmored Alliance originated in the era of knights and nobles. It was an assassination organization supported by peasants who were oppressed to the extreme by the knights, and it may have once truly operated in the dark, served the light, and restrained and threatened the knights for the sake of the common people.

But as for the current Unarmored Alliance... they're nothing more than hounds that the Business Federation will release with their necks hanging over their heads to bite people.

Any independent knight who dares to violate or even threaten the Merchants' Federation's grand scheme of making money in knightly competitions will face the Merchants' Federation's final ultimatum: the Unarmored Alliance's arrows.

However, judging from the casual tone of this Azure King, it seems that this time it really isn't an assassination mission.

With a slightly puzzled look in Platinum's eyes, Roy handed the tablet to Platinum.

"Here you are, this is your task. Monitor and investigate this Sun Knight."

"This guy wasn't initially at the point where we needed to investigate him ourselves, but intelligence indicates he's been associating with the Nearl family... You know about the Shining Knights situation; some members of the board react defensively at the mere mention of Nearl's name. Plus, this guy seems a bit shady, and his subordinates might get caught. So, in the end, I'm leaving this to you."

"If I could, I'd prefer an assassination mission."

Despite saying that, Platinum still carefully browsed the detailed information about this mission.

"However, I will do my best to complete this task in order to take a vacation."