I can see emperor stats-Chapter 68
rank and competition
'I'm crazy. I was pushed to come here, but why was I chosen!'
Keynes was the eldest son of a fairly wealthy aristocratic family. He had a rather large age gap with his younger siblings, so he seemed to be able to inherit the title without difficulty, and he himself was talented, so he graduated from the Capital Academy safely (?).
But the problem is his talent! Since his days at the academy, he had little interest in the sword, but people around him praised him dryly at first.
However, most of the praise turned to disappointment and criticism within a month.
'He has talent, but he has no persistence and no motivation.
The problem is that even considering that, his talent is very outstanding for his age. Becoming a knight was not very difficult.
However, when he returned to the manor, the people around him began to annoy him.
“Since you are talented in swordsmanship, how about aiming for success in the capital?”
"You'll be 30 soon, how long are you going to play and eat!"
However, he persevered through all these pressures. There is no big problem with the succession of the territory. Even if you live peacefully and lazy like this, there is no problem in living your whole life, so what are you going to do more effort here?
If there was one diligent habit worth noting, it was swordsmanship training.
'If I want to live a long and healthy life, I still need to exercise!'
I wake up in the morning, swing my sword, and spend the rest as I please. That was his daily life.
'Will my family give up someday?'
The reason why he applied to recruit Julius's knights this time was because he was suffering from family annoyance, so he went for a tour of the capital.
There were quite a few rumors about him at the academy, and he never imagined he would be selected in the first place.
'By the way, what is the current situation?'
* * *
“The names have not been officially decided yet, but the Lords are knights I personally saw and selected. I will not spare any support in the future, so I hope you will work hard in training.”
“Hwang Gong!”
'It seems that my efforts so far are finally seeing the light!'
'I have the confidence to work really hard if given a chance.'
Most of the knights were alive from their eyes. He is full of confidence and hope.
Julius smiled heartily. In the first place, they were knights who were selected based on their personality and mental strength while carefully checking their stats.
If they train hard, their skills will improve day by day. However, one person he particularly paid attention to was answering casually with a slightly languid expression today.
'Why is it so difficult for a prince to just give instructions from above like a prince?'
Keynes knew from day one that life in the Order was not for him. But he couldn't help being chosen. He dared to say in front of the prince, 'I don't want to train.' It can't be like this.
“Then let’s start training!”
In general, it was common for the Knights to train each other within a set training time. Of course, there were also occasional knights who boldly sought advice from senior knights or captains.
However, such methods were not enough to increase power in a short period of time. However, it was unavoidable because it was common for martial arts training to be handed down in a closed manner, unless it was a teacher-teacher relationship.
It was even more so if you mixed knights from various backgrounds, such as the Knights of Julius.
‘But the story is different for those who have the will and grit to try’
“All knights will be given the opportunity to receive personal guidance from those of squad leader level or higher.”
At these words, all the knights in the hall had expressions of surprise. This meant that he would pass on the know-how of the advanced knights to some extent.
In addition, Julius added a few more unconventional conditions.
“We will conduct periodic sparring tests. If you prove you performed well in the test, you will be rewarded for extra training.”
Isn't it unexpected if it's a reward for training? It is the most necessary item for the achievement of knights such as elixir and force stone.
As mentioned, in fact, the majority of applicants were articles that did not get much attention. If you are a talented person who stands out, you will have already been in the middle of the day.
Julius' words instilled hope in these knights. It means that the path to success will be opened to you according to your efforts.
From a certain moment, the eyes of the knights were fixed on Julius standing in front of them as if they were being sucked in.
'I'm sure the prince won't lie.'
'I heard that Your Highness is also a warrior with outstanding talent.'
The achievements of Julius accumulated over the years backed it up.
Finally, Julius' final declaration followed.
“That's why this order of knights intends to apply a thorough 'ranking system'.”
“Sequence system?”
“You mean you want to split the ranks?”
“The ranks will be decided by sparring and in the presence of other knights to prevent the competition from getting too overheated.”
The number of knights currently selected by Julius is about 100! Here, he intended to provide support with a thorough meritocracy.
High-ranking knights provide better support, so lower-ranking knights will spur training to rise relatively high.
'Effort must be accompanied by a definite reward to be effective.'
This was the introduction of the so-called perfect competition system. The reason this system was unconventional was because this ranking was not applied only to the knights who entered this time.
“This sequence applies equally to existing members. If you fall because of your skills, you should surrender!”
Julius finished his speech and smiled.
“Then we have to decide the order first. First of all, for one week from today, the members are prohibited from private sparring with each other.”
Of course, there was no way anyone would complain. The knights who came from the north believed and followed Julius as a fair person.
How could the new knights reject the system that gave them such a good opportunity?
Catch up!
Cacan!
For about three days after that, the sound of knights' shouts and clashing weapons continued in Elles' gymnasium.
And at the entrance of the gymnasium, there was a ranking table written in bold letters.
(Temporary name) 1st Prince Knight Order Table
1st Place - Beatrice Dios (1st Squad Leader)
2nd - Heinz Brewing (General Manager)
3rd - Gareth Linfield (Vice-Captain)
… … .
42nd - Bernard Keynes (3rd squad)
'Well, the rankings don't deviate roughly from expectations.'
Julius shouted in a pleasant voice.
“Is the sequence roughly determined? Then I want each of you to devote yourself to training.”
All his instructions were carried out. Most of the high-ranking knights are currently knights who have followed him from the north, but it is unknown how they will change in the future.
The new knights, who did not fully believe at first, began to see poison in their eyes as the weeks passed.
'If you don't want to rise or be pushed out of the current rankings, you really have to be prepared to die and devote yourself to training.'
This is because the difference in support between the higher-ranking and lower-ranking knights was quite large.
And the promise that knights of the squad leader level or higher would periodically instruct the members was also kept. In a way, it could have been a loss to cut down on their training time, but it wasn't.
“For knights of the squad leader level or higher, I will personally guide them.”
After all, no one at the level of a squad leader or higher was unaware of his own power. It is rather advantageous for them to be able to receive guidance from Julius, a superhuman level soldier, as a condition of guiding junior knights.
A month went by so fast.
“The growth rate of the members is amazing. Certainly, as Your Highness said, there are tangible rewards, so you seem to be more motivated.”
Haines, who was reporting, was also smiling.
“I am also surprised that it works better than I thought.”
'Certainly, the elements of competition and compensation seem to be essential to the group.'
What he referred to in creating the ranking system this time was, of course, the player's knowledge.
[View help. - Leadership item]
[Related material - Motivational leadership, the element of new employees that the company develops... … .]
'The player's world seems to be a place where opportunities are much more equal than here.'
As he rummaged through the help so much, he was gradually building up his knowledge of the player. As there are more elements to understand, there is more knowledge to apply, and the scope of application has gradually increased.
“But I have one thing to tell you… … .”
“Is it because of Lord Keynes?”
Julius cut off as if he didn't want to listen to Haines' voice as he spoke cautiously.
"That's right."
As Haynes feared, Keynes did not accept this opportunity even if he opened it up.
“As I said before, he is a character with serious flaws in terms of personality.”
"hmm… … .”
However, Julius' eyes were rather playful. What hadn't touched the unfaithful man so far was his own opportunity.
'Is it really worth the name of a famous lazy man on the continent?'
In fact, there was no problem even if he raised him like this. Although he lacked sincerity, he did not give up his training. However, what Julius wanted was a knight that could be used as an immediate force, so it would be difficult if he didn't improve his skills quickly.
Coincidentally, the knowledge in this area was well known even without going to the help. Taming a do-it-yourself guy is simple, he knows.
a day later
“Meet Your Highness the Prince.”
Keynes entered the office of the inner guard with a very nervous expression. It was thought that his negligence had finally been reported to the prince.
'Couldn't you just hit your neck or not? It would be best if I just cleanly expelled the knights... … .'
“Oh, is it Lord Keynes?”
However, Julius greeted him with a smile.
“I heard that you are very talented.”
'ah… … .'
Upon hearing that, Keynes regarded the prince as a case similar to the instructors who had been trying to rehabilitate him before.
'It will be very annoying in the future.'
Whether or not Keynes grumbled inwardly, Julius continued his words.
“I thought my talent was a waste, so I prepared a special training for you.”
That training was sparring. There were three opponents in Dalian.
First was Haynes.
“This fight will be a little different from the other fights. Make up your mind”
"All right."
He answers well, but if he had been corrected through intensive training, he would have corrected it right away. He wasn't very eager. But from the start, Keynes had to admit that his smooth life had gone awry here.
Wow!
“Cuck!”
The blow sent Keynes into the air and he fell helplessly.
“Be not nervous or you will get seriously injured!”
Heinz, a kind man, felt sorry for him, but he couldn't help it because it was an order. He was faithfully following Julius' instructions.
The second opponent was Linfield. Of course, it goes without saying that he, who was originally from a rough northern knight, was more ruthless.
“If you lie down injured in a real battle, you are going to the other world! Wake up quickly.”
He also knocks Keynes down mercilessly and urges him to get up.
Up to this point, I think it barely falls into the category of harsh training. However, from the third match, he began to feel that something was seriously wrong.
Pupper puck!
“Quaaaaagh!”
Until then, he had been knocked down with a heavy blow, but this time the opponent was different. He beats his whole body with remorseless series of attacks, so he doesn't even have time to come to his senses.
"wake up. There is still plenty of time left.”
Beatrice looked down at Keynes with indifferent eyes. What Julius ordered them to do was very simple.
“Don’t think of it as training, think of it as just beating it up and proceed with the sparring.”
Dalian is generally the purpose of guidance. At least he told me that the beatings that Julius had received in the name of superhuman training were lacking somewhere.
However, this training (?) was different. He just tried to beat Keynes without mercy and didn't tell us the purpose of any guidance.
“This is crazy. I have to get out of here!”
After three days of special training, Keynes began to feel a threat to his life. But in reality, he doesn't even afford that.
“Did you pass out? Apply the medicine and give the elixir. And it would be better if I let him rest for half a day.”
As befits a prince, Julius made a big decision. No matter how badly beaten you are, you can't get better if you combine proper treatment with a good elixir.
The beat-up knights were all top-notch. That kind of gradual adjustment could, of course, be done.
'What kind of resentment do you think you're doing with me?'
Keynes was mad. Leaving the Knights without permission was a felony, and even if his head was cut off, there was nothing to say. And when asked about the reason for this beating, the people who beat him did not tell him either.
“If it's what Your Highness ordered, it probably won't go bad for you.”
At least, only Heinz left such meaningful words for him. The reason why the three losing people couldn't answer was simple.
'Because we don't know either?'
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