In the basent of the castle
An underground, secret room that Levi had never visited.
The chanism that activated the secret room slowly protruded from the ground.
A worn-out parchnt that had withstood the test of ti lay quietly, with scarlet paint painted on it in a variety of scribbles and incisions that ford a circle.
On the periphery of these scribbles was a snake with black scales that seed to surround the entire castle. The giant snake was abstract, and a simple candle stood on its jaw.
This is the ancestral breathing thod of the Snyder family, also known as the Black Snake Breathing thod. The Snyder blood flowing in you is the key to all of this. Im afraid that this breathing thod alone is more precious than this entire valley, Knight Fred explained solemnly.
Levi breathed heavily. His journey was about to begin.
As far as he knew, the knights divided the breathing thod into four grades: superficial, excellent, perfect, and legendary.
90% of breathing thods are superficial.
This is because of luck, and nobody can ever control their fate. To beco a Great Knight, you need 90% talent, 9% opportunity, and 1% effort. This is categorized as excellent breathing.
Perfect breathing is only possessed by powerful families, like the Duke. They are all quite rare.
As for legendary breathing, it almost only exists in legends.
One of the important characteristics concerning breathing grading above excellent is that most of it are inherited through blood, and the Black Snake Breathing thod is a thod that belonged exclusively to the Snyder family.
So tried to steal this inherited type of breathing. What was the result? Their breathing degraded to superficial, or the blood vessels in their body burst due to madness.
So say that this is a curse to prevent them from stealing.
Levi wasnt worried about this. After all, he had Snyder blood in him.
Under the guidance of Knight Fred, he practised it in the secret room for about half a month.
During this period, Knight Fred stood by his side. Although he didnt know how to breathe like a Black Snake, he had a lot of experience and guided Levi.
One day, Levi woke up with a strange posturehe was sweating profusely, and his veins were bulging. His face was flushed red, and he found himself short of breath.
He felt that his blood was boiling, circulating at an extraordinary speed. The energy in his body was being burnt, and extre hunger washed over him.
Hhungry
Like a beast, he growled lowly.
When Knight Fred saw this, he had already prepared a plate of barbecued at, a bowl of goats milk, and a large portion of bread rolls, which were all slathered with a layer of fruit jam, as well as boiled cabbage.
This included carbs, protein, and vitamins. Nobles in this world rarely eat vegetables, thinking that they are low-grade foods. But Levi knew the importance of a balanced diet.
He inhaled the food like a storm, and soon his hunger disappeared.
Even though he ate a al ant for two fully grown n, he was only 80% full.
anwhile, the proficiency pane was in his mind:
Levi Snyder
Black Snake Breathing thod: Level 1 (1/1000)
Once a skill appears on the proficiency panel, it ans that it has begun.
The next thing to do is to improve.
At the sa ti, it also ant that he was becoming a knights attendant.
A Shield Squire, a Sword Squire, and a Quasi-Knight.
These are the three stages of apprenticeship before one becos an official knight, known as the Knight Attendant.
As a Shield Squire, you need to learn how to use a shield. As a Sword Squire with advanced swordsmanship, once the breathing thod, as well as external techniques, have beco attuned, you will beco a Quasi-Knight. The next step would be to condense the Seed of Life.
If you succeed, you will beco an invincible knight on the battlefield; if you fail, it will beco challenging to beco a knight.
It seems like our young master has begun the Black Snake Breathing thod. Although you are much slower than your father, you are stronger than most of us. You may feel very hungry, so prepare enough food in advance before practising, Knight Fred explained. Otherwise, this hunger will gnaw at your mind, and you will beco like an animal, driven by your hunger, and you may even do sothing wild and depraved. This is how [the Mad Knight] has co to be, and they are all burnt at the stake by the Church.
Mad Knights were civilians who practised breathing thodsto protect their families, to sustain themselves, or to live a life of superiority.
However, they walked upon the edge of madness ti and ti again, and yet, they would end up devouring their family, their closest ones.
Knight Fred closed his eyes upon ntioning the Mad Knights. He was a knight from a humble background, so he knows that feeling of madness well. Hence, he owed his life to the forr Baron, who saved his life.
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