Three weeks later in Berbary City.
"Noah, you are back."
"Yeah, I was on a business trip. What is going on in the city?"
"the things are very complicated, the city leader disappeared and some of the high ranked officials too. Since then, the whole city is in trouble, if not for the principal intervening and arranging tasks for the officials in the city, the whole city would have been in big cause."
"First Elder, is this this serious? I did not know that the city was in such trouble, if I had known, I would have come earlier!"
"Noah, it is normal that the new does not reach every part of the empire. So, what did you do on your business trip?"
"I was only searching for a new sword, you know that my old sword is a broken, so I had to search for a new one. Because my standards for swords are very unique, I had to travel quite long to find the perfect one."
"Good, good, the sword is the mate of the knight that never betrays him. Finding a good sword is always troublesome. Look at my sword, I bought it 50 years ago and I still use it till now. The second elder and I always fight each other to let stay in good shape."
"That is awesome, I would like to spar with you one day if you are willing. But isn't the second elder a magician?"
"Yes, he is a magician, but this is the best way to practice. Trust me, if a knight only fights other knights, then one day you will not be able to fight a magician, because the difference of fighting a magician and a knight is huge and cannot be compared with each other. And of course, I am willing to spar with you."
"It is my honor; I think I have to go to visit the principle and tell her that I am back."
"Good, do that, you are a good disciple, I hope I will find such a good seed to be my disciple before I die."
"First elder, do not say that, you have still a few hundred years before you."
"I know, I know, but I regret being only a 4th star knight, even if the life span is long, I will not be able to stand till the final. I am already 200 years old and every time is more difficult for me to cultivate and the old injuries from my youth are my biggest youth sins. If you have an injury, then you have to cure it instantly, if not you will regret it."
"Thank you for sharing your experience, first elder. Do not worry, you have time to do what you want, do not be so negative."
"You are really a good boy, I will let you go now, if not you I will blubber you the whole day. Bye."
"Bye."
Noah said goodbye to the first elder and headed to the office of the principal. He only arrived at the academy today, after travelling and testing his new ability to its fullest. He did let a lot of time to practice, so he did not regret it later.
The first one he met was the first elder and he had a good conversation, which made Noah realizing the biggest problem for the knights, that could not be solved and why it made the knights so precious.
"Because of the injuries a knight has after all the extreme training sessions and the thousands of fights, the body of the knight is always heavy injured. At youth ages, the knight will not sense any problems, they would heal fast and then continue with their heavy trainings. But as older they become and even if they reach a high rank in cultivation, they will never fully reach their top or live all the promised extra years that comes with the high cultivation ranks. Thanks to god, I do not have to worry about such things, but the other yes."
"I think Sabrina, David and Principal Black does not have this problem thanks to their new training methods, they will heal super-fast after injuring themselves and they will not let any hiddenly injury too. It is sad, that we cannot publish this methods, if we did, then all the big shots from this world would begin a war to have this methods and then a lot of people will die."
Noah was immersed in his thoughts, but the suddenly he saw that he already reached the door of the office of Principal Black. He opened the door and saw four figures sitting there with worried faces. These four were the clones of Sabrina, Principal Black, Max and David.
"Hey everyone, what is going on? You do not see happy."
The four turned and looked and the smiling Noah and then they began to smile too, as if they saw their savior.
"Noah, finally you are back."
"We were so close of going to the underground library."
"We do not have any mana left, if not for the fact that we still had enough for tomorrow, we would have already gone there."
The four rushed to Noah and they began to complain about him being late. But it was understandable, yes, they missed him, but if they disappeared due to insufficient mana, then they would have to go and wake up the original ones from the closed cultivation. And if they were being caught on their way there, then the trouble would double and then infinite of bad things would happen.
"I missed you too, I really care about your worry about me."
"Here you have, a stone for everyone, are you happy?"
Noah gave them a high mana stone and waited till they absorbed it completely, only after that he will have a proper conversation with them.