On the outskirts of Siwaran, far from the King's Road, there is a clearing that has been barren by over-logging. Densely covered with withered tree stumps, the whole clearing seemed lifeless, but such an inaccessible place was naturally perfect for practicing martial arts.

The slash that sliced through the air slashed towards Lanka, and although he managed to resist it with his excellent reflexes, the strong shock still gave the illusion that the giant sword had been sliced open. There was no other way to block such a powerful attack than to fight with the strength of his whole body, but even so, Lanka's hands clenching the giant sword were numb, and his entire body slid backwards for half a meter.

In the next moment, the same slash came from another direction, and Lanka, who didn't have time to adjust his position, was knocked out of the air, his body hitting the somewhat sandy ground, and the air was forced to expel his lungs.

"Do you want to stop here for today?"

"No, I can still hold on, please continue!" Lanka got up from the ground again, wiped the dust from his face with the back of his hand, his voice still full of momentum, but a little observation revealed that his body had reached its limit.

Both the feet standing and the hands gripping the hilt of the sword were already trembling, and I am afraid that there were bruises all over the body.

"Then I'm going to go." I swung the long sword in my hand again, and the cold sword aura was heading towards Lanka. Of course, the consequences can be imagined, that is, Lanka was once again knocked away.

This happened no less than thirty times in the hour we came to this clearing,

This situation arose because I promised Lanka to teach him martial arts.

Although Lanka was quite excited about this like a child entering a playground, I was quite worried. After all, I have only been in contact with martial arts for two months, and I don't know what martial arts is, and it is really a bit difficult to suddenly instruct a person who has been systematically learning martial arts since childhood.

But it's not easy to go back casually after promising someone else, after all, I'm a person who wants to be a hero, and now I can only bite the bullet. After racking my brains, I finally came up with this way to make Lanka suffer a slash in order to improve my reflexes and resistance. Of course, this is just a rhetoric I used to fool Lanka, and it is unknown whether it really works.

But it's really much more difficult to practice with this method than you think, and the most difficult thing to grasp is the strength, which is too light and will have no effect, and it's too heavy and I'm afraid of cutting Lanka in two, and after a period of running-in, I have mastered the current strength, which is about three percent of my full strength.

"Take a break, it's counterproductive to be too strong."

Seeing that Lanka wanted to get up again, I hurriedly stepped forward to stop him.

"Mr. Carter, you're so strong, I've done my best just to defend."

Lanka lay on the ground, gasping for breath, and said in a tone full of admiration.

"Haha, as long as Lanka practices more, he will definitely be able to reach my level."

I patted Lanka on the shoulder and encouraged, of course, I decided it was better not to mention that I had only used thirty percent of my power and deliberately aimed at his sword when attacking.

"Lanka, Mr. Carter, you're here, I've been looking for you for a long time."

The natural practice field suddenly sounded with a mixture of joy and anxiety.

Lanka and I looked at the source of the sound as a slender man ran towards us.

"Ah, it's Peter, is there anything to do with us?"

"The girl woke up, and from her mouth it seemed that something very terrible had come out of her mouth, that General Ballycalf wanted to call a meeting, and had asked me to invite you."

"In that case, let's do our practice another day."

I lifted Rankara up and followed Peter back to the inn.

The meeting took place in a soundproofed room on the top floor of the hotel. The people gathered here were the seven adventurers of the Seven Eagles, me and Il, the father and son of Ballykaf and Ranka, and nine of Ballykaf's cronies. The twenty members of the conference made the room seem rather cramped, but everyone looked serious, and no one noticed the small space around them.

"What the girl said, I'll trouble Anne to explain it to everyone again." Ballycalf was the first to speak as the convener of the meeting.

"Yes, General," Anne nodded.

In order to treat the girl, Anne had not closed her eyes for a day and a night, and her body was very tired, which could be seen from the deep dark circles under her eyes. But there was not the slightest tiredness in her voice, but an inexplicable anger.

"The girl's name is Anlia Fürth."

"Anlia Fürth!" I couldn't help but shout when I heard the name, if I'm not mistaken, isn't this the name of Nina's sister? However, my voice was not alone, and there was another person who called out almost at the same time as me, and that was Lanka.

"Do you two know this girl?" Everyone at the scene was obviously taken aback by our actions, and Anne asked in surprise.

"Ah, I'm sorry, please go on."

Lanka and I looked at each other awkwardly and motioned for Anne to continue.

"According to this girl, Lord Delnis has imprisoned many young girls in the secret room, abused them with extreme cruelty, and used them as a tool for his own pleasure, and I am afraid that the cases of disappearances of young girls everywhere over the years are related to him."

"There is such a thing, this is a transverse imprisonment of slaves!"

"It's disgusting that this guy Denis dares to blatantly flout the law!"

"It's scum!"

Anne's words detonated the otherwise quiet atmosphere like a bomb, and everyone was surprised and angry at what the lord had done.

"Ahem," the surroundings fell silent again as Ballycalf made a deliberate cough.

"The appearance of this girl is a great opportunity for us to expose Dernis's crimes, and if we can successfully rescue those girls, it will undoubtedly be a great blow to the power of the Galem family. But before I do that, I have received a secret letter from His Majesty, asking me to go immediately to a newly discovered underground mausoleum in the west to collect funds for the royal family. This matter must also be taken care of before it gets noticed by the Garem family, so I would like to divide you into two groups. ”

Ballycalf paused, and the faces of everyone were eager to show their skills. Seeing that everyone did not flinch in the slightest, Ballycalf nodded with satisfaction, and then continued: "The number of people entering the mausoleum should not be too large, and it requires a certain amount of strength, so I will ask the Adventurers' Guild to help, I don't know if Mr. Carter is willing to help, of course we will definitely give you a full reward." ”

"Yes, I'd love to go."

I haven't seen a real mausoleum since I've grown up, and maybe there will be treasures in it, so with the same mentality as a tourist, I agreed to Ballycalf's request.

At the moment when I nodded in agreement, I could clearly feel the relief of everyone from the Seven Eagles on the side.

"Then, our rescue work will be handed over to the 9th and 10th teams, and you and the rest of the detachment will be responsible for the protection and rescue of the girls, and try not to have a head-on conflict with Deenis. If there are no objections, we will prepare separately and leave tomorrow! ”

"Yes"

Lanka and the nine squad leaders agreed in unison.