My Cell Prison - Chapter 28

Chapter 28: Chapter 28 – Trainee Knight

Translator: Exodus Tales

Editor: Exodus Tales

The National Royal Knights Academy.

Hearing such an organization name made Han Dong happy, as that was precisely what he wanted.

With such an organization backing him that systematically targeted the Space of Destiny, he would be able to intuitively understand and learn the related knowledge pertaining to Mysticism, reducing the likelihood of him straying from the path.

Since that was the case, Han Dong also began to selectively answer their questions.

He told them about the Evil Spirit event that had a 4-star difficulty, as well as the requirement for participants to survive three days, as the three interviewers seated in front of him each revealed a more or less shocked expression.

They did not really understand how someone with Han Dong’s frail physique was able to survive a Novice scenario of such difficulty.

From the start, they had firmly believed Han Dong must have cleared a 1 or 2-star difficulty event.

“Please tell us the process in which you accomplished this scenario in fine detail, providing explanations as best as you can at critical junctures.”

“Yes.”

As Han Dong gave a detailed account of what happened, he first weakened what Edward brought to the table and subsequently reduced the significance of his presence.

He then hinged the key to his survival largely on how he worked in tandem with the key characters, emphasizing on how he had appropriately communicated with the key characters and managed to trigger the side event… Improving his relationship with the characters and thus successfully enlisted their aid.

Indeed, ‘ringing in the key characters’ was a wonderful tactic for a novice in their first foray into the Space of Destiny, but that was only limited to events that were 2-star and below… A 4-star difficulty monster would have easily killed the key characters.

Han Dong then proceeded to speak of his own deductions as well as the plan he came up with, omitting Edward’s interference while saving himself from explaining situations that related to his Faceless One’s head at the same time by changing the final showdown to his Inferno plan.

He stressed his own perfect coordination with the key characters, luring the evil spirit to his fire trap that he had spent a lot of time setting up, surviving till the final moment.

Naturally, he did not mention how he had managed to kill the evil spirit as well.

If someone so physically weak and with a poor background as himself were to reveal this ending, these elders might very well guess that Han Dong could be hiding something that he did not wish for others to know.

There would only be trouble if he were to accidentally reveal anything about his Faceless One’s head.

After he finished telling the three elders everything that happened, it was the handsome Knight who first commented, “Was the fact that the key character had a certain degree of yin energy to her the reason how you were able to directly hold off the evil spirit so many times? You’ve taken into account the time limit as well as the evil spirit’s weakness to fire, further improved your relationship with the key characters, and used a well planned trap to escape and live to see another day. Not bad. You are very talented.”

With that, the man gave him a good grade of 80 points on the evaluation form.

The woman who gave off an air of holiness smiled and nodded, writing ’73 points’ on her form.

As for the bearded Mage that was in charge, he simply stared right at Han Dong’s eyes.

“Young man, you’re a very good liar… If I’m not mistaken, you should have taken advantage of your teammates’ death and earned yourself plenty of safety time, right? While what you’ve told us sounded perfect, there is actually a very small flaw to the story, and that is the difficulty! According to what you’ve said, I can grudgingly accept that to be a 3-star difficulty event, but death would still be your only outcome if this was a 4-star difficulty rating. However… Everyone has their own secrets, and I won’t be pursuing this here. Overall, it was still an acceptable effort.”

The bearded Mage gave him a grade of 71 points.

Even though Han Dong had no idea if such a grade point was high or low, he was still convinced that it should not be far too off, in terms of a passing grade.

“Did you get a Destiny card when being rewarded?”

“No.”

He decided against revealing his Destiny Card as well.

After all, he had used the reward from his Destiny Card to strengthen Chenli and not himself per se… The moment he told them the truth about what he had obtained, the Portable Prison matter would also be exposed.

The bearded man could not help but sigh, “What a pity… A level 4 evil spirit event only gave out a single Fate point. Tell us your main specialization class and we shall make arrangements for your curriculum here in the Academy.”

“Mysticism.”

All three of them revealed a look of disappointment in an instant.

Of course, the specialization that he had chosen had nothing to do with the three of them!

In their eyes, Han Dong was considered a highly talented returnee out of this year’s cohort, but it was a pity that his specialization had nothing to do with any of them.

“What a pity. If you had chosen [Library], I would still be able to give you a bit of preferential treatment.”

The bearded Mage waved his hand and a wave of hot air blasted toward Han Dong.

Something streaked through the air and dissipated, and a metallic card that was still emanating heat landed on Han Dong’s hands.

The Knight insignia of two swords crossing each other upon the head of a horse was embossed upon the front of the card, and the back of the card had the image of the sun and the moon intertwined…

“This is the Identity card for a trainee Knight… Report to the Academy with that card in three days.”

“Understood.”

Han Dong went out the same way he came in, and the Black Rose Cavalier from before was still waiting for him there.

But this time, the cavalier spoke.

A charismatic male voice came from behind the mask, “Welcome to the National Royal Knights Academy… Where do you stay?”

It looked like if someone failed to pass the interview, there would not be any way for them to return from whence they came from…

After this cavalier was informed that Han Dong had cleared the interview, the man had decided to send him back home.

However, the question he posed was tough… It could even be the toughest question that Han Dong had been asked.

When all was said and done, he had not once returned home after Han Dong took over Nicholas’ body. Since his sister had been the one who found him in the first place when he walked out to the street, he had headed directly to the Parade Square because he was pressed for time.

“Uhm… There’s no need to trouble Mr. Cavalier. Sending me to the Parade Square would be fine. My sister should be nearby waiting for me.”

This time, Han Dong used all his strength and managed to pull himself up onto the back of the horse.

The attitude of the cavalier was very different on their return journey, taking the initiative to chat with Han Dong, “I find it hard to believe that someone with your physique had managed to clear the Novice scenario. May I know if you have managed to clear a 1-star or a 2-star event?”

“I cleared a 4-star event.”

Han Dong had figured that all these Knights must be managed like a huge organization. Since the four-star difficulty evil spirit event that he had cleared had already been made apparent during the interview, there was no need to keep it a secret.

The black warhorse abruptly came to a stop.

The cavalier immediately turned around and took off his mask.

The man had black and spiky short hair, his brown eyes complimenting his pale complexion as well as his tall nose bridge, looking quite like a mix between chinese and caucasian…

Compared to the blond haired knight captain from the interview before, this Black Rose cavalier was even younger, about 27 years of age, his eyes revealing steeled determination and perseverance at all times.

“My name’s Fergus Barton, graduated from the Knight’s Academy last year, presently serving with the Black Rose Cavalry Brigade. To be able to clear a 4-star event during the Novice scenario, as long as you don’t die, your future would most certainly be bright. If you are interested, you can consider joining the Black Rose Cavalry Brigade when you graduate.”

“I’m Nicholas Valen… I’ll consider it!” Han Dong was momentarily flattered and had quickly introduced himself in return.

From the reaction that this cavalier had shown, clearing a 4-star event during the Novice scenario should be a very amazing feat.

In no time, they arrived at the Parade Square. Han Dong had very quickly reached the outskirts of the square and located Nina, who was presently sitting on a bench… He had not expected that this sister of his had really visited the square every day just to wait for his return.