Ed Singh, a young man who was not yet twenty-one years old, thought his hair was turning gray.

But when he sadly put his head in front of Narya and asked her to see if there were "a lot of gray hairs", all he got was a familiar and powerful slap on the back of the head.

"Your hair is black, and it's better to worry about baldness than to worry about it going to be white. Naria said angrily.

“...... I'd rather it all be white!" Ed wailed as he held his head.

Naria almost kicked him away habitually, but on second thought, the poor fellow had been a little stressed lately, so she patted him on the head casually, and took it as comfort.

"I don't understand Tess and Norvi at all...... And that Rosa. Why do they laugh and talk like friends, knowing they might soon be in a fight?" Ed continued to wail.

His greatest pressure came from Rosa Latus, a woman who was even more terrible than Baie, who was forever glaring at him with gloomy eyes. At least he knew that Baie was an enemy, but he never knew what Rosa was, and that kind of apprehension made him unconsciously pull out a lot of his hair.

Rosa is the kind of woman who will make people involuntarily have a crush on her. Perhaps because she had to take care of a bunch of half-siblings since she was a child, she looks more like a "gentle sister to a friend's family" than Naria. Soft-spoken, often smiling, patient and tolerant of Tess like a willful and mischievous little sister, and occasionally showing a hint of shyness in the face of Norvi - but when he thought of the sensational stories that Tess had told him, and the purpose of Rosa's visit, Ed had nightmares even when he slept, dreaming that the smiling woman had turned into a bloody demon and had corpses all over his feet, and he, as well as Is, who was still a little boy, and even Tess and Norvi, were among the corpses.

That's definitely because when he says to Tess, "Rosa looks like she's taking you for her sister." Shouldn't she hurt you?", Tess replied with a sly smile: "Maybe that, Rosa's body is like two souls, so even her old man doesn't dare to mess with her." ”

In fact, Rosa kept her distance from Ed and Naria at all times. Even when Ed tried to get close to her to see if he could get her to abandon the mission, she just smiled politely at Ed and quickly made an excuse to leave.

Tess laughed unceremoniously at his attempt, and relayed Rosa's assessment of him - "Looks cute, but a little silly, how did he get here?"

Ed blushed and ran away with a smirk, not knowing if his blush was because he was "cute" or "silly".

In addition to Rosa, several other mercenaries also lived in the camp. The barbarians and mestizos of the Kuz estuary have been driven out by the Anktan. They met Bump while traveling through the Castle Forest to find a guide to the Giant's Axe, and the young barbarians, when they heard that they were looking for the Ice Dragon, and a group of adventurers with a blonde elf, thought they were friends of Ed and Norvi, and enthusiastically brought them back.

They are **, but Dutton's attitude is also very **, since they are not explicitly expelled. The fellows took matters into their own hands and found a corner of the camp and set up their tents.

At first, Narya was tempted to drive them out of the ice, preferably as the Black Deer tribe had done with them before, but Ed decided it would be better to let them stay here. With Bye's persistence, it is absolutely impossible to let go of it, rather than letting them hang out outside. What do you do in secret, it's better to put them in front of you.

And it wasn't just Ed who was staring at those guys, Dutton had the barbarians staring at all of them - friends of the Ice Dragons and enemies of the Ice Dragons. It didn't take Norway to tell him, Ed himself could tell, for the barbarians were rather bad at disguising. Those fierce stares are not very comfortable. But at least it will ensure that Baie and the mercenaries will not cause any trouble.

But it turns out that Ed was still naïve about this.

"Sweetheart!"

Tess excitedly rushed in from outside the tent, "Come on, come on, you won't want to miss this!"

Before Narya could react, she dragged the black-haired girl out and ran out, and Ed naturally ran out with her.

"Is there any trouble? Did those guys get into a fight with the barbarians? Do you want to go to Norway or Mork?" watched as many barbarians ran in the same direction. He asked uneasily as he ran.

"No trouble at all! they fought on their own!" Tess gloated in her tone, "I'll just say those two black-faced guys will stab each other sooner or later!"

Ed immediately understood who she was talking about: "Bye and Cethiana are fighting?"

In addition to Rosa, there were two mages and a warrior brought by Baie, the younger mage named Deamo, about thirty years old, always puffy and sad, except for the occasional dull-eyed walk along a fixed route in the camp, and basically stayed in the tent and did not come out. The mage who lived in the same tent as him, Disima, was a completely different type. The middle-aged man, who was so sturdy that he didn't look like a mage, was full of energy and smiled, and every day he walked around the camp peddling his various secret potions, never getting angry even when he was rejected or even rudely pushed away, and even laughed even brighter.

Norway didn't know D'Amo, but warned them to be careful of Décima. The mage was known for his callousness and cruelty. Another warrior was a headache for Norway - Sesyana, the banished exiled elf, once revered by all the elves, and known as the Sword Dancer.

Sesyana and Baie live in a tent. Every time Ed thought of the two men with gloomy faces and who didn't say a word, sitting next to each other and sharpening their swords, his bowels knotted. Even knowing that Scott had reappeared and had betrayed Ni'o to become a priest of another god didn't make Baie feel any better. And Sesyana, an elf who will never return home, what good face can he have?

Baie was obviously supposed to be the leader, but no one took him seriously, and according to Rosa, it wasn't even Baie's money to hire them - the fallen paladins who were born in the Hunter's House didn't have that much money at all. And Beye, who has become accustomed to being respected, is sensitive to any disrespect.

Dísima always had a smile on his face, Rosa at least behaved very politely, and D'Amo didn't even look at him at all, and the only thing that could provoke him was Cesyana, who clearly looked down on anyone even if he didn't speak—most elves were originally very arrogant, and that was a nature that could not be changed even if they were expelled. The fact that Cethyana was not in sight was not serious in Ed's eyes, but it was absolutely unbearable for Baie.

Tess had long asserted that they would fight sooner or later. Obviously, she was right again.

When they reached the place, it was already crowded with barbarians. Even savages love to watch the fun—Ed lamented his body to make a way for the girls. The round Moqi often runs around with Tess, and has lost its usefulness for the savages here to surprise and frighten them.

By the time they finally squeezed into the innermost, the two of them had already started fighting, but even from the middle, the "good show" in Tess's mouth was very exciting.

Ed finally saw what it means to be a sword dancer - the way Sesyana uses the sword is indeed like a dance, every movement is smooth and natural, graceful as a dance. The young elf was slender and tall, with straight black hair tied behind his head, moving like a cheetah, wielding his twin swords so fast that only afterimages could be seen. Each of his blows seemed to be in arcs large and small, and his flexible body allowed him to spin around at a variety of incredible angles. In everyone's eyes, he was like a whirlwind, and Baie was probably like a tree that was about to be blown away by the wind.

Baie is not weak. Even without the ability of a paladin, as a warrior, Baie is considered very powerful, but he has never met an opponent like Xiang Seyana. Sword dancers have always existed as the last line of defense of the elven kingdom, even if there is a war, they will not be the first warriors to be sent, not to mention that humans and elves have not clashed for many years, the title of sword dancer is just a legend among humans, no one has really seen their power, no one understands how they fight.

Baie was completely unable to withstand Sesyana's lightning-fast attack, and he couldn't even tell where his opponent's next blow would come from. The young elf clearly didn't really want to kill him, but kept knocking on his sword, leaving shallow wounds on him.

He was teasing him - which made Baie even angrier. His almost frenzied expression frightened Ed, and he suddenly picked up, and his haphazard attacks caused Cesyana's rhythm to be disrupted for a moment. But the sword dancer quickly controlled himself, and his movements became much slower than before.

"It's going to end. Tess said.

Naria watched intently, completely absorbed by the battle, and when she heard Tess's voice, she only subconsciously turned her face slightly to the side, but her eyes were still fixed on the two people, and her slightly open lips did not make any sound. Behind them, the mass of savages barely made a sound, apparently fascinated by it as much as she did.

The two men in the fight suddenly stopped, as if they had been turned into statues. Baie was half-on his knees, and before he could stand up, Cethana's twin swords pressed squarely against his neck.

The victory and defeat have been decided, and this battle for unknown reasons ended without suspense.