Chapter 530: 530: Division into Groups

Chapter 530: Chapter 530: Division into Groups

“Captain Hugo… you actually came in person for this preliminary contest!”

Observer Alonso, the representative of the Witch God Knight Legion, immediately greeted this egalitarian regiment leader, showing respect for his elder in his words and demeanor.

The other representatives also lightly bowed in salute, to show their respect.

Even if his appearance greatly differed from that of a ‘regiment leader’, judging from the reactions of the platoon leaders and deputy regiment leaders, this person rightfully held the title of regiment leader.

“Demon Eye… Why can’t I see this person? This is strange, what’s going on?”

Out of curiosity.

When Han Dong tried to probe into the uniqueness of this Secret Language Regiment Leader, an unprecedented oddity occurred.

As soon as he slightly used the power of the Demon Eye, increasing the visual intensity even a little, Captain Hugo would completely disappear from his field of vision. He could only see him through his natural eyesight.

However, because of Han Dong’s ‘peeping’.

Even though it only lasted a moment, it immediately attracted the attention of the regiment leader.

Moving his head slightly.

Under his messy brown hair, a pair of regular eyes glanced over and gave Han Dong a friendly smile, indicating he should not intrude on someone’s privacy.

Due to the generous invitations from the two regiment leaders, along with the continual support from Mr. Black White.

Han Dong had already made up his mind to choose only from these three knight orders…

So he didn’t go to the library to check the detailed introduction of the Thirteen Knight Orders, and was completely unfamiliar with this ‘Secret Language Knight Order’, which seldom appeared and had relatively few knight activities.

So naturally, he did not recognize the egalitarian Captain Hugo.

Han Dong hurriedly poked Dumps in the shoulder… Dumps, who is widely read, naturally knew some intelligence.

“Hey… could you explain who exactly is Captain Hugo?”

“Nicholas, you don’t even know about the Secret Language Knight Order’s Leader… since the Knight Election has already started, your actions are a bit strange.”

“Haha… indeed, I didn’t pay much attention.”

Han Dong was also a bit helpless, he had just heard about the ‘Steam Knights’ just now.

“Anyway, the opening ceremony of the conference is just some unimportant speeches, let me tell you about the oldest and most mysterious knight order among the Thirteen Knight Orders.

To trace back to the origins, the ‘Secret Language Knight Order’ has an even longer history than the ancient ‘Witch God Knight Order’. It evolved from the Archaeology Association established by the first group of people who built the Holy City.

The existence of the Secret Language Knight Order is about deciphering the real secrets of life outside the city.

They use unique archaeology to learn information that other knights cannot read.

The members of the Knight Order are unconventional scouts who often venture into special activities outside the city (such as exploring ancient tombs and secret places) as special support personnel.

At the same time, they are all masters of formations and architecture… The energy supply formation in the Holy City, the protective barriers, and the city wall projects are all directly related to the Secret Language Knight Order.

Of course, the construction of the city walls and some mechanical facilities are also related to the Underground Furnace, the Mechanical Association, and the Steam Knights.”

“Masters of Archaeology, Architecture, and Formation Studies? Interesting.”

Dumps nodded slightly and continued to explain, “As for Captain Hugo, he is a truly mysterious figure. According to Vice President Hera, the Holy City has classified his files as top-secret, and no one is allowed to access them.

Moreover, Captain Hugo is slightly different from other captains.

He has not attended nor needed to participate in the expeditions of the past decade or so, and he can ignore the meetings in the Holy City.

The rumor is that Captain Hugo and his private cabinet team are devoted to researching the nature of demons.

Therefore, the council has specially allowed him not to be bound by the ‘regiment leader’ duties, and he only needs to do the research tasks assigned by the Holy City.”

“It seems like he’s a person who appears to be not that important on the surface, but in reality, he’s quite essential…”

Han Dong’s intuition told him.

The most powerful combat power in the Holy City belongs to individuals like Alex, the Death God and Marlon, the Hell King.

However, the real architects who maintain the stability of the Holy City and pave the way for the future are people like Mr. Black White and Captain Hugo, the behind-the-scenes workers.

Their unseen efforts might be even more difficult than combating demons on the frontlines.

With the end of the opening ceremony.

The preliminaries officially began.

Since Captain Hugo was present, he was given the task of explaining the rules for the preliminaries.

He doesn’t possess the air of a captain at all, and there’s even a sense that Captain Hugo might fall asleep while reading these rule documents.

“Dear distinguished graduates, hello.

In this preliminary competition, according to your selected evaluation projects and obtained scores at registration, you will be divided into different groups and will follow thirteen representatives of the Knight Orders to various areas for the evaluation of the preliminaries.

The group list will be presented by Alonso.

Ah… I’m so sleepy…”

Observer Alonso immediately picked up, and with a flick of his hand, detailed grouping lists were magically drawn in the air.

Due to the issue of ‘kinship’, Abe needs to be separated from the Behemoth Knight Group and be assigned to the Lionheart Knight Group – the testing group headed by Druulman of Steel.

Dumps is assigned to the Witch God Knight Legion – The Observer Alonso’s evaluation group.

Mia is assigned to the Doomsday Knight Brigade – Arthur. Demon Converter’s evaluation group.

Little sister Winry is divided into Steam Knights – Meccatock. Deep Copper’s evaluation group.

As for Han Dong, he was placed in the Secret Language Knight Order – Hugo Harrison’s evaluation group.

“Everyone, perform well. There should be no problem passing the preliminaries.”

They scattered.

Han Dong arrived at the small team directly led by Captain Hugo.

The evaluation team consists of eighteen people. Most of them participated in the perception test during registration, and some are apprentice craftsmen from the Mechanical Series.

The subsequent preliminary evaluation will also base to a certain extent on each person’s rating from the registration test.

“Everyone doesn’t need to be nervous, the preliminaries I’m in charge of is different from theirs.

You just need to go to my Knight Order’s Scripture Secret Room and read some texts rubbished from the demon nests.

The specific rules will be explained in detail upon arrival at the destination.

What you need to pay attention to in advance is that you are about to go to a secret room where important relics are stored.

It is forbidden to touch any relics without permission, otherwise, you may be directly disqualified… If there is no problem, everyone digs out some money to share a ride to the ‘Secret Language Knight Order’ headquarters.

Hopefully, I can get a free ride… I came out in a hurry today, and I didn’t bring a clockwork device or any coins.”

“Uh…”

Although everyone has heard of the great name of Captain Hugo, the behavior of not bringing money and looking for students to ride share is just too low.

And coincidentally.

In this group of graduates, except for Han Dong, others seem to know one or two people, they can just share a ride with each other.

“This classmate seems to have no friends, how about I share a ride with you? When we reach the Secret Language Knight Order’s office, I will repay half of the carriage fee to you.

Of course, if you are willing to bear the cost of the carriage alone, that is also quite good.”

“It’s fine, Captain, I’ll pay for the ride.”

“Oh, thank you so much. I’ve been tight on budget recently… Since I haven’t completed the tasks given by the Holy City, my finances have gone deep into the red, and the higher-ups won’t approve any funds.

Life has been too hard, sigh…”