[Location: Tunisia·National Royal Knight Academy·Training Field]

Joseph Williams was swinging the slender sword in the training field.

He was a young man with sharply chiseled features, and every swing of the wooden stick he held was like it was swept up by a gale.

Suddenly, a leaf flew past him.

At the moment the stick was thrust forward, the cutting cold wind instantly sliced the leaf into two equal halves.

Joseph picked up one of the leaf halves.

Half of its thickness was gone, and in the sunlight, the leaf took on a faintly transparent appearance.

Using a blunt wooden sword to split a leaf in two, such skill amazed even his peers.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Joseph's mouth.

It had been a long time since he had encountered someone his age who could challenge him.

Even in the talent-filled Royal Knight Academy, anyone wanting to oppose him would need to be at least one to two years senior.

Suddenly, he heard hurried footsteps.

He didn't turn around, just slowly withdrew the wooden sword in his hand, and suddenly, the sword drew an arc of light in front of him.

A wall of wind formed around him, instantly dispersing the surrounding dust.

Joseph looked calmly at the student behind him:

"An, this is school, don't run and jump in the public area."

An glanced at the sword mark on the ground, a hint of envy flashed in his eyes, then he quickly regained his composure and shouted:

"It's not good, Joseph, big brother, someone is causing trouble at our school."

Joseph slowly raised his head and said:

"What's causing trouble?"

An honestly said: "Students from the Saint Louis Academy from the Ense Empire are here, and during sparring, it's become intense, and now students of the same grade can barely hold them back!"

Joseph pondered for a moment and said:

"Right, the Three Nations Summit is already being held now!"

The Three Nations Summit, referring to the Ense Empire, the Tunisian Republic, and the Am Empire.

Originally, it should have been a meeting between two countries.

But for some reason, the Am Empire strongly requested to participate in this meeting.

In the end, the two countries discussed it and thought that since they were just talking about talent exchange and business matters, it wouldn't be bad for the Am Empire to join, so they agreed.

Joseph had heard about this from his father, but he wasn't very concerned.

After all, these matters were still very distant to him.

Right now, he just wanted to hone himself well so that when his sharp sword was unsheathed, it could be invincible.

As for any exchanges or the like,

If there were no troublesome matters, he'd pretend not to know and continue his training.

If he falls behind during sparring with other academies, he wouldn't mind testing his opponent's sharpness.

After all, no matter what, he was a member of the National Royal Knight Academy.

His sharp gaze turned to An, and that gaze was so piercing that An subconsciously shrank his neck.

Joseph said, "Did they use any underhanded tactics?"

An shook his head: "No, it was just a normal sparring, but we suspect they might have brought graduates to join the exchange."

Joseph let out a cold snort: "The Ense Empire and us had severe conflicts in early years, and recently the two countries reached a cooperation agreement, finally creating a chance for a slight easing."

"Everyone says our Tunisian nobles are too arrogant, but don't forget, those from the land of Ense can only be more arrogant than us."

"Otherwise, how could they produce the strongest emperor in the world?"

An, not willing to back down, said:

"The emperor may not necessarily be the strongest among the stars."

Joseph smiled: "What's the difference between saying this and confirming he is the strongest?"

An sighed and said:

"Can't you just not point this out? Do you know what this means?"

"It means that our peers in Tunisia are genuinely not as talented as those in Ense."

Joseph shook his head and said:

"It doesn't matter, under my sword, they are all the same."

An subtly lowered his head, revealing a slight smile:

"The ones causing trouble this time, their proficiency level is Paragon."

Joseph frowned upon hearing this.

Paragon?

The proficiency level is so high!

How many years has it been since someone of this level appeared within the school?

The Royal Knight Academy's nurturing system is three years longer than Ense, yet in ten years, they haven't encountered a student who can break through to Paragon within the school.

The gap between Paragon and those below is like a stream versus a grand river.

But...

A look of excitement appeared on Joseph's face:

"Isn't this better? Fighting against the top talents of humanity today is a rare blessing!"

With that, he instantly threw the wooden sword in his hand.

The thick aura of bloodlust on the sword was so intense that it instantly nailed itself into a target.

If anyone noticed the target, they would realize it was specially carved into the shape of a troll.

At this moment, the protective magic surrounding the target gradually dissipated, and the wooden sword had unbelievably pierced into the troll target's head.

"If I can't even defeat peers, how can I challenge those nearly impossible to kill trolls?"

He said, striding toward the venue where the two countries' students were sparring.

...

Meanwhile, on the other side, Alice stepped off the field.

A crazed smile on her face, she said to Louis:

"The students from the Royal Knight Academy are really not bad, not much worse than ours."

"Weren't you planning to settle things quickly with Beatrice?"

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