Squire Knight

After Sirin took the Path of the Knight, a system prompt popped up before her eyes.

[Player has obtained a special class-change item: Path of the Knight. Do you wish to consume the item to change your class to the special class: Apprentice Knight?]

"Yes."

Sirin silently agreed, and immediately, a series of system prompts appeared before her eyes.

[Class change successful. Congratulations to the player for changing class to Apprentice Knight.]

[Congratulations to the player for gaining Strength +45, Endurance +45, Intelligence +27.]

[Congratulations to the player for unlocking the Knight-exclusive skill tree.]

[Congratulations to the player for learning the skills: Bind Mount, Summon Mount, Charge, Guard.]

[Congratulations to the player for changing to a special hidden class, gaining a synchronization rate of 5%.]

As Sirin felt the surging power within her body, she felt somewhat irritable in her heart, especially when she saw that Knight-exclusive level 10 skill, Guard. It felt incredibly glaring to her.

But ultimately, she silently accepted all the power.

After adapting to the power for a moment, Sirin looked at Eriri and the others and spoke.

"Sorry to keep you all waiting."

Hearing her words, Rikka's side didn't have much of a reaction yet, but Eriri and the other girls looked at her face with surprise.

"Wh... what's wrong?"

Feeling her teammates' gazes, Sirin couldn't quite handle it and turned her head away, though for some reason, her heart suddenly calmed down a lot.

"It's nothing, let's hurry up and establish a guild! We definitely have to beat Rikka to it this time!"

Eriri said, then ran directly toward the nearby guild establishment NPC.

Hearing this, Rikka immediately reacted and hastily chased after her.

"Damn it! Eriri, you actually got a head start! Don't even think about succeeding! Thunder Hammer Wielder! Mori Summer! Let's go after them!"

"Call me Shinka!"

Driven by Eriri, everyone ran toward the guild NPC. Only Sirin walked alone at the very back, silently watching the noisy girls ahead.

"Is something on your mind, Big Sister Sirin?"

Just as Sirin's footsteps grew slower and slower, a gentle question sounded beside her.

Sirin turned her head to look. Hayasaka Ai was standing beside her at some point, looking at her with a face full of concern.

"No, I'm just..."

Sirin subconsciously wanted to make up a random lie to brush Hayasaka Ai off, but before she could finish, Hayasaka Ai grabbed her hand.

"If it's nothing, then hurry up. Everyone is still waiting for you, Big Sister Sirin."

After she finished speaking, she ignored Sirin's subconscious resistance and pulled her into a brisk run toward the group.

Sirin wanted to break free from Hayasaka Ai's hand, but when she inadvertently looked up, she saw the girls waving at her.

And Eriri, standing with her hands on her hips, looking triumphantly at Rikka with her little canine tooth showing.

Obviously, Eriri had won the race to be the first to register a guild this time.

...

When Sirin was pulled to the front of the group, she heard Rikka indignantly retorting to Eriri.

"You just used a trick to register the guild a step ahead of us! As long as Big Sister Anshera is here, we will definitely be the ones to clear the most floors in the future. Just wait to lose, Eriri!"

"Hah? So what if you have Anshera?! We have two more people than you, and we also have Big Sister Sirin here! Don't forget, Big Sister Sirin is also very strong!"

When Eriri mentioned Sirin, she actually felt a bit guilty in her heart.

After all, the strength Sirin had displayed recently was truly a bit embarrassing for a Tier 3 powerhouse.

But Rikka and the others didn't know about this kind of thing.

So now, for the sake of pride, she could only put on a brave front and say such things.

However, upon hearing her words, Sirin's eyes darted away, not daring to look at Eriri.

She subconsciously looked toward Anshera, only to see the petite Anshera also silently glancing her way, as if sizing up an opponent.

Seeing this, the pride in Sirin's heart made her refuse to back down from the gaze.

Although Anshera was strong, she, Sirin, was definitely no worse than her!

...

By the time the numerous players on the first floor successively entered the second floor, more than half a day had passed.

Although there was no numerical limit to using the teleportation, many players were out in the wild or even in labyrinths when they received the news, and rushing back took quite a bit of time.

At the same time, Eriri had already parted ways with Rikka.

After entering the second floor, Anshera just casually bought some supplies and took Rikka and the other two girls toward the wild.

Eriri and her group, on the other hand, chose to rest for a bit first while exploring the town, taking the opportunity to let Sirin familiarize herself with the power of her new class.

By the time the six girls were prepared and ready to head out into the wild, it was already afternoon.

However, just as they walked out of the city, the girls saw two figures supporting each other as they walked toward them.

"You guys..."

Sirin quickly stepped forward, arriving in front of the two figures with a somewhat agitated expression.

These two were clearly the adventurers who had left with the knight earlier.

Hearing Sirin's voice, one of the adventurers looked up, the bloodstains on his face having already turned black.

"Oh, it's you, miss. Sorry for letting you see us in such a sorry state. We were confidently talking about subjugating monsters and the like earlier, but now we can only flee back in disgrace."

"Where is that knight?"

Sirin looked at their heavily injured appearances, and a bad premonition arose in her heart.

"Sorry, Siran... he charged into the demon dragon's lair..."

"I... I know it. Siran actually could have escaped. It was all to save us that he recklessly charged into the demon dragon's lair. He did it to draw the demon dragon's aggro so we would have a chance to escape."

"So you just ran away! Is that it?!"

Sirin's expression turned extremely ugly. She stared dead at the two adventurers in front of her, staring at them until their heads drooped lower and lower.

"Sorry, the demon dragon was simply too strong."

"Sorry..."

The two adventurers kept their heads down, supporting each other as they walked into the town.

But Sirin stood rooted to the spot, biting her silver teeth, unable to calm down for a long time.

He was obviously just an NPC...

It must be a pre-programmed routine. This kind of thing should be very common in games...

But... I'm so pissed off!

I'm really pissed off!

"Even knowing they are NPCs, suddenly hearing that someone who was just chatting with us died still feels a bit painful."

Fujiwara Chika spoke softly, pulling Sirin back from her irritable mood. She looked at the girls and saw that the smiles they had when they first came out were already gone from their faces.

Seeing this, the irritation in Sirin's heart grew even heavier.

She obviously didn't care about that knight at all, let alone these little girls.

However, she still felt a stifling sensation in her chest.

Am I empathizing with human emotions?

Sirin asked herself in her heart, but she quickly denied it.

No! I just... feel really pissed off!

When I have time, I'll go find that demon dragon they mentioned and kill it. I need to grind monsters to level up anyway; it's just a matter of convenience...

After silently finding an excuse for herself in her heart, Sirin looked at her teammates.

"Let's go level up, and we can take out that demon dragon while we're at it."

Hearing her words, the girls all nodded in agreement.

Fujiwara Chika clenched her fists, shouting with righteous indignation, "We will definitely avenge Mr. Knight!"