Four Split Personalities

Boom!!!

With a loud crash, Motan fell awkwardly to the ground, and the newly acquired Solar Eclipse Giant Sword (Solar Eclipse Cut Sword • Limited Edition) slipped from his grasp, spinning several meters away.

"Get up, Silent Brother."

Darian Diesel said indifferently, casually waving his ironwood sword twice and speaking in a deep voice, "You have excellent talents, but it seems you haven’t thoroughly studied the orthodox way of the knight. You can’t even perfectly execute the most basic techniques of unloading force. If you continue to slack off like this, how disappointed your great-grandfather would be for giving you the ’manual.’"

Motan chuckled dryly, struggling to his feet, then suddenly spurted a mouthful of blood.

Although he had lost less than 20% of his health points, every strike from Darian made his chest tighten and his body’s hundreds of bones tremble crazily, as if intoxicated.

"It’s all my fault..."

Jadka, at the edge of the arena, sighed with a bitter expression, whispering to a few companions, "I really shouldn’t have told that youngster that Silent is my knight apprentice."

Dabus stared as Motan, who had just stood up, was once again slammed down by a sword, muttering fearfully, "That looks painful."

"Cough, well, I admit my previous suggestion was a bit immature."

Ji Xiaoge stuck out her tongue, sheepishly adding, "But Mr. Darian knew that Jadka gave the solitary copy of the knight’s guide to Silent, so this rigorous training was inevitable... oh dear, he’s down again."

In the span of a few sentences, Motan had been flattened by Darian for the third time.

...

The thing was, a few days ago, after surviving the adverse effect ’Scale Break,’ Motan quickly made his way to the Diesel Family estate and, guided by a message from Ji Xiaoge, arrived at Twin Lions Fortress, where he was immediately warmly welcomed by Darian Diesel and, like Ji Xiaoge and others, received top-notch hospitality.

Then, because he couldn’t always guarantee he’d be online all day, often ’fainting for no reason,’ Motan vaguely used excuses like ’my body still isn’t quite right’ and ’seems there were side effects from my last transformation,’ so Darian decided on the spot to personally assist Motan in rehabilitation.

This primarily stemmed from the explanation Jadka had prepared beforehand, claiming Motan was half his Mage apprentice because of the boy’s extraordinary physique and high aptitude. To carry forward the family’s techniques, Jadka took it upon himself to give him the hand-copied version of the ’Knight Development Guide.’

Naturally, Darian, a junior, had no objections; not to mention, several companions struggled against dark forces in a fierce battle until he arrived. Even disregarding sentimental factors, the ’Diesel Knight Development Guide’ had long been backed up numerous times within the family. Not only was the content identical to the original, but the handwriting was also much neater than the second-generation family head’s scrawl, with some complex techniques even diagrammed. The ’original’ version Jadka had was more of a keepsake with virtually no practical value due to its ugly writing and antiqueness. In recent centuries, even the direct heirs barely bothered to consult it, although it wasn’t something to be given away lightly.

The Diesel Family didn’t uphold many rigid rules and traditions, as evidenced by the fact that after Jadka left home, he wasn’t forcibly brought back, which could have easily been ensured by sending a few uncles who were knight lords. But if not, young Jadka, no matter how rebellious, would have been caught and returned.

But!

Though there weren’t many ’rules’ and ’traditions,’ that didn’t mean there were none.

For instance, while Darian had no issue with Jadka giving the original guide to Motan, in his view, Silent Brother was already considered half an apprentice to his great-grandfather and was also eager to become a great Mage knight!

Given that, Silent Brother must prove worthy of the identity ’heir of Jadka Diesel.’ Even if he wasn’t part of the Diesel family, he must still become a mighty warrior!

Only then would he not disgrace his great-grandfather, allowing the ancestors to rest in peace!

A Mage like his great-grandfather, and his apprentice’s knight, must both flourish!

Moreover, Darian observed that the Half-Dragon People’s Silent Brother had terrific talents and excellent physical fitness. Even without the Diesel family’s rather unreasonable bloodline perks (strong, resilient), he wasn’t far behind. If he could earnestly follow the path of the knight, he was bound to achieve great things!

Thus, he must take this opportunity to rigorously hone him.

"Get up, Silent Brother."

Darian once again knocked Motan down with a sword, grinning as he watched the struggling figure on the ground, "I know you still have the stamina to continue, and if you want to become a strong person, such perseverance..."

"Ah, I know."

Motan supported himself on one hand while leaning on his sword with the other, laboriously standing up and wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, nodding, "I still have that perseverance, let’s continue, Sir Darian!"

The current head of the Diesel family was slightly startled, then showed a pleased smile, "Good, young man, you have more spirit than I imagined!"