The previous Alex was a fool, not only was he a moron to get fooled by that Bernard but to also abandon his training. 

He had only opened 1 Meridian gate.  If only he had opened 1 more then he would have become a Class 1 knight. 

If this body had been a class 1 knight, I wouldn't have had to go through all that tough training since the bodies of a Knight are much better overall than a normal human.  

But finally, today was the day, I step onto the path of my dreams.  

After taking bath and dressing in his training clothes, Alex went toward the dining table to meet his father. 

After opening the gate of his room, he was greeted by the same maid from last night. 

"Hello Emily, were you waiting for long?"

"Ah, N-No young master, I only came a moment ago. Let's go,  Lord must be waiting. "

The maid's name was Emily, after Alex ordered, the chief of staff had assigned Emily as Alex's personal maid. 

Alex and Emily made their way to the dining table. 

Alex sat down at the table and his father spoke "So Alex, what do you plan to do today? Same schedule of training from morning to night."

"No father, I have to do something else today, that is also what I wanted to talk to you about". 

" Oh tell me, what do you wish to talk about, as long as you need anything, I wi provide it to you. "

"Father, I wish for the key to Mana Chamber today. "

His father's eyes widened in surprise, not only his father but also his mother who hadn't spoken anything until now looked surprised. 

"Is it today, the day you do it?" His father asked curiously. 

"Yes, I am gonna become a class one knight today."

Just like its name Mana Chamber is a small chamber with a high density of Mana inside. 

Cultivating using a Mana technique inside the chamber would help a lot. 

Up until now, Alex has been cultivating outside at night. With his small Mana Heart almost smaller than a fingernail, he didn't need a Mana Chamber. 

Although it is called Mana heart but it's really just a small spherical hole to contain Mana.

"Hmm, since you have decided it then I won't stop it but are you sure about it?"

"Yes, father, I am sure, I would like to do it today."

"Okay, you can take the key from Alfred."

"Thank you, father."

After that, the family chatted for a while and finished their breakfast and Alex left to meet Alfred. 

Alfred was the personal butler of Alex's father and the head of staff of all the servants. 

After finding him Alex said," Good morning, mister Alfred, Father had told me to ask you for the key to Mana Chamber."

"Ah yes, young master here's the key, please be careful and don't touch anything unnecessary inside the room. Also please be safe, there's always a right time for everything, if you feel you can't do it today, it's better to wait for a better time."

"Don't worry, Alfred I will take care. "

With that Alex left for the Mana Chamber, it was at the centre of the Mansion near Alex's father's office and was the personal Mana chamber of his father. 

There was a separate low-quality Mana Chamber for the Knights. Only the lord and his family and the Class 5 Commander knight were allowed to use this chamber which is of much better quality than the other one.   

Alex went inside the Mana chamber and sat down in the middle. 

A Mana chamber works by using Mana stones. Mana chamber collects pure Mana from Mana stones using formations as a basis and are hella expensive. 

Even the Mana stone used to make them work cost a ton. 

Alex activated the chamber and the density of Mana started to increase bit by bit. 

As Alex used the Mana technique to collect Mana in his Mana heart, the Mana heart started to become bigger. 

The previous heart which was just the size of a needle hole was now growing exponentially. It was close to becoming as big as a fingernail. 

After a few minutes, the heart became as big as a toenail. 

Then Alex started to carefully control his Mana and take it towards his second Meridian gate. 

It took nearly five minutes to bring the Mana from Mana heart to the gate. 

After that Alex used his willpower and mental strength to make the collected Mana into the shape of a long sword. 

Although the Mana actually didn't change shape, it was easier to control Mana when imagined as a sword. 

Alex thought of the Meridian Gate as an actual gate and the Mana as a sword levitating in front of the gate. 

Then he thought of the sword stabbing through the gate.  By this, the Mana he had brought near the spot in his body where the second Meridian gate was located also started to attack the gate, although not in the shape of a sword. 

By now, Alex was already sweating buckets. 

He continued this process for another 20 minutes and finally, after 37 stabs, the door broke and with a final push, it burst open.  

As soon as it happened, Alex felt a huge surge of energy in his body. 

Now he was officially a Class 1 Knight. 

The wave of energy travelled throughout the body cleaning and purifying the body on a profound level. 

Alex was feeling intense pain as his whole body was being cleaned and even some of his bones were being restructured. 

Not to mention that all the bones in his body were being broken and then being repaired to reinforce them. 

It went like this for five minutes, during these five minutes, sounds of bones cracking could be heard multiple times. 

A black-coloured stinky liquid was constantly coming out of his body for those five minutes. 

After the process finished, Alex was covered in a pool of black sticky and stinky liquid but that couldn't hide his shining blue eyes and the large white teeths of his which were shown after a huge grin appeared on his face. 

With a huge breath, Alex stood up and a look of excitement and determination could be seen in his eyes. 

With this, Alex was now ready to initiate the first part of his plan.  

While thinking about his exciting future, Alex walked towards the door. 

What awaits him, only due time will tell. 

( To be continued...)