"So be it! You use the healing potion first, go back, I'm telling Kersma! This operation is very important, and you can't afford to risk it because of you! And the odds of success will be higher!"

Sydney said.

"The captain has a point!"

"I approve of it too!"

Hearing his words, everyone's original attitude changed again!

"But...... This injury will not heal immediately......"

The injured man voiced his concerns.

"It's very simple, you go with the two of them to burn the library, and you are responsible for letting the wind out! Come and join them!"

Sydney made a quick decision and changed the collocation.

When everyone had no opinion, he used the healing potion to set out for his purpose.

Finally arriving at their destination, they lay on their stomachs in the grass and watched the guards on the wall.

Torches were burning on the city walls, but a few soldiers were drowsy, and some soldiers were "driving" and telling meat jokes and laughing winningly. But because it was night, they didn't dare to laugh too loudly.

"Be serious, cheer up!"

At this moment, a soldier commander came over and shouted loudly.

The dozing soldier immediately cheered up and straightened his back.

"Will they know we're coming, so they are so vigilant?"

I don't know who muttered in the darkness.

"Unlikely...... There were not many troops on the defensive, and the soldiers looked lazy and unvigilant. ”

One person replied.

"Captain...... Execute the order! ”

Another person said.

"Wait......"

Sydney cautiously observed the guards on the city walls, with some confusion in his eyes.

Perhaps for ordinary people, the scene on the city wall is very normal, and there is no accident at all.

But the careful Sydney saw that the soldier commander glanced at their position from time to time, intentionally or unintentionally, but pretended not to see it, but it was clear that there was a little nervousness in his eyes, and he just forcibly suppressed his emotions.

These soldiers really don't know that they are completely betrayed!

Looking around in Sydney, there are several places in the vicinity that are not particularly well hidden, and this is the best place to hide.

Start guessing that it wouldn't be surprising if the other party had anticipated their route a long time ago, so put a few traps on the road! But if you know that they will come from here, it is just this kind of trap, and it doesn't seem right.

But if the commander came to tell them to be vigilant, it was a coincidence to see their position, and the time to come over was too coincidental!

Chances are, he already knew about their arrival, came over to confirm it, and then pretended to alert the soldiers.

In this case, if you let him go, you may become a fish in a net. However, if you do it directly and do not determine the situation, the plan will fail!

At this time, Sydney thought that with his own strength, there should be no one to stop him! However, although his strength is strong, he doesn't know how many people he can deal with! Still can't be negligent!

The key is that Sydney doesn't want to kill now, but just has the psychology of saving people, so he doesn't plan to show too terrible strength, and he is afraid that he will kill himself! Resulted in too many casualties!

"-Captain?"

One of them gently shook Sydney, who was a little stunned, and Sydney came back to his senses.

"Do it?"

Again, they asked.

"Let's do it! ……”

There was a bit of hesitation in Sydney's words, but there was no way!

"-Woooo

Several people shot out silver needles in an instant, and with a few swishs, the soldiers fell down at once!

"Up!"

A person drank lowly, and then dozens of black shadows climbed the wall in an instant, and Sydney also climbed on the city wall, looking for a while, but there was no figure of the commander, which couldn't help but make him a little uneasy, and always felt that it was unexpectedly smooth.

"Let's go to the Library Pavilion, let's go according to plan!"

One person immediately ran to the library after speaking, and the other two followed.

Sydney didn't stop it, so it could only take one step at a time! Superfluous actions now may lead to a lot of trouble.

Then they hurried to the position mentioned by Kersma, where there were indeed a few guards, but not too many, only thirty or forty.

"—The Library is on fire!"

Suddenly, a man shouted loudly.

Then most of the soldiers ran over in a hurry!

Sydney and the others looked at the library and the library was really on fire, how could it be so easy to get it? Sydney was even more uneasy, and he didn't know why he was so upset.

But I vaguely feel as if I am walking into a trap.

Without waiting for Sydney's order, several of them had already rushed out from both sides, rushed directly to a few soldiers, and killed them!

Sydney didn't follow up, but followed, and sure enough, as Sydney expected!

As soon as the two teams ran to the front, a large net suddenly hung up on the ground, and several of them were caught without reacting.

Although someone reacted, two rows of archers stood on the side, boom! Shot at them! And the arrows were all shot at his legs.

However, these were carefully selected assassins, so they naturally blocked the arrows with ease.

"Damn! Fooled!"

"Retreat!"

In a few people panicked, they didn't realize that Sydney was not there at all.

At this time, many ambushes appeared from all over the place, and several of them were subdued at once.

"Hmph...... It seems that the military advisors of the Kas Empire are not very smart? ”

One of them said triumphantly.

"Well, don't say so much! Tie them up and take them away!"

A strong man said.

Sydney didn't rush to make a move, he felt that even if he did, that important person was not imprisoned inside.

Kersma's plan this time was not thorough enough, after all, such an important person, if he wants to confess, it is very likely that he is in the palace, where it must be heavily guarded, but there are no ambushes.

So Sydney secretly left and stormed the palace.

"-Whoa!"

The glass in the palace shattered, and the sound caught the attention of the guards!

"-Who!"

The guard hurriedly ran to the place where the glass was broken and saw Sydney, and shouted in shock and anger.

Sydney didn't do it first, but broke several pieces of glass in a row! It's like a lot of people are invading from the outside at the same time!

Then Sydney rushed at those soldiers and burst out with a terrifying murderous aura, like a killing god! The knife rises and falls, and the corpses are everywhere! Screaming and screaming!

"-Not good! It's the voice of the enemy!"

"Has the other party noticed it?"

"Quick! Rush back!"

A group of them hurried to the palace in a hurry!

At this moment, there is a master beside the person he wants to save in Sydney, and there are seven or eight disciples by his side.

The noise reached his ears, and the hand that was arranging his weapons in the assigned private room paused and pricked up his ears.

The sound of the clamour, the rush of many people, was mixed with a little screaming.

It is a clear fact that they were attacked, but it is not yet possible to grasp the number of enemies and the skills of the opponent. Although it is required in normal training that if you are attacked, you should call out this information.

Although I also thought that the enemy might storm the palace! However, the guards here are all elite soldiers, and there is no shortage of veterans who have been in battle.

If it was only a surprise attack by a small number of enemy soldiers, it would not have been possible to cause such chaos. In this way, it may be possible to judge that the number of enemies attacking is quite impressive, but if this is the case, it is impossible to explain why we do not hear the sound of a large battle of the enemy, and we do not feel that there are so many enemies.

Judging from the sound of glass shattering just now, it should be a group of people rushing in, which is why it caused such chaos.

He slowly stood up, unhurriedly slung his weapon around his waist, he was not wearing any defensive armor or armor.

He thinks that this will only affect the speed of his knife! For the enemy, he believes that offense is the best defense, and only killing the opponent is the last word! And not on defense!

He stood tall and tall, more than two meters tall! The figure under the clothes is as strong as steel. That figure was forged in actual combat, not by muscle strength training.

There are several scars on his body, which is proof of his battle! Every time he gets stronger!

His name is Ciro, and there is a legend in the Hills Empire.

Ciro was once hunted down by his enemies into a forest, but he survived in it, where he fought with wild beasts with his bare hands, and killed many terrible beasts! Later, by himself, he washed the entire enemy family in blood! A terrifying man! Like a beast! No, it should be said that it is more terrible than the beast.

His hair was short and a little messy, but it was very clean. The brown eyes stared sharply ahead, and the corners of the mouth were slightly curved to seem to have a sneer. The chin is moldy and covered with messy stubble.

Although he looks tall, he is a bit bulky and seems to be very agile.

"You stay here, I'll go out and have a look!"

When he finished speaking, he walked out the door and saw a soldier running over in a hurry, his face full of fear and confusion.

"How many are there?"

He asked coldly, he didn't like nonsense and cut straight to the point.

"One man...... It's a man! He's terrible! ”

The soldier said in fear.

“……… Ooh? Just one person?"

He was a little skeptical that one person could cause these well-patrolled soldiers to be scared like this.

"Yes......"

"Useless guy...... Get out of the way!"

Ciro threw the soldier aside and walked to the place where he was fighting with a sneer.

If it is a man, he can still be so strong, Ciro can only think of one person, it is Yichen.

Ciro felt admiration for the outnumbered enemy, and his heart swelled with boiling blood, and the desire to fight against the strong, bordering on hunger.

It's a good thing it's a man, otherwise I wouldn't be able to fight him with all my might! It's a pity!

Then he saw a group of soldiers fleeing in his direction! They were stunned when they saw Ciro, after all, deserters were punished.

"Let's go! Let me come!"

Ciro didn't blame them at the moment, he wanted to see who could make them look like this?

The reason why these people were able to run was just that Sydney didn't want to, and the sword in Sydney's hand trembled a little.

How to put it, he felt that he didn't like this feeling, and there was no way! He didn't kill the soldiers in the back, but they just had no way to act. After all, even if he used to be like a monster, he himself would not like this kind of thing, after all, he is a human being, not a demon.

The soldiers knew that there was a huge difference in strength, and of course they were fleeing, and Sydney was just walking slowly behind while looking around.

Of course, there are also people who are not afraid of Sydney and rush to pass, and Sydney also defeats each other at once.

After telling the mercenary this, Ciro took a big step forward and stood up to the unknown enemy.

He has never tasted defeat in swordsmanship, and he will always only walk on the road to victory.

Everyone thought so, not even himself. But the kingdom's royal competition has made his life change.

At first, he didn't participate in the tournament to win the competition, he just wanted the entire continent to know his skills, and he wanted everyone to fall at his feet. The end result, though, was incredible.

Defeat –

Since the weapon was raised—nay, perhaps the first defeat since birth.

The person who defeated him was the original president of the Cass Empire, and his strength was originally only under Yichen! Now he has disappeared.

Before the matchup, the two men almost always won group battles quickly. However, the decisive battle between the two of them seemed to be quite long as they had to use up all the time they had saved before.

In the end, the guild decided the winner with a trick called "Storm Judgment", and he became the president of the Gara Guild from a lower class. It also explains the results of the competition that is still talked about today. After that competition, no one dared to look down on the president, not even the nobles who hated him.

The winner wins glory, but the defeated Ciro seems to have burned everything that has accumulated so far. Although it is still a defeat, Brian understands that fighting the invincible opponents in the world is just his wishful thinking, and he is just sitting in the well and watching the sky.

After closing his heart for more than a month, he broke through the sense of despair that most people would want to use wine to drown their sorrows, and regained his strength.

Rejected the invitations of several nobles, and for the first time wanted to be angry.

Constantly practice martial arts and forge the chain body.

Keep learning magic and improve your knowledge.

Genius works as hard as Xiucai.

Failure took Ciro to the next level.

I don't want to do things for the nobility, that's to avoid wasting my skills. To practice martial arts, you must have an object, and at the same time, you don't want to just talk about it on paper. And there are not many professions that can often participate in actual combat and have a good income.

I didn't choose to go down the path of an adventurer who could get a good reward, because the adventurer didn't have much chance to kill. While it's not bad to fight against monsters, Brian's ultimate goal is to defeat the president. In this case, the subject must be human.

Among the limited options, this dangerous profession of the Hills Empire chosen by Ciro! But no matter what country, no matter where.

There is only one goal to pursue.

That is a shame before the snow, and the defeat is a victory.

In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to have stronger skills. For the sake of the weapon he was pursuing, Ciro could abandon everything.

Magic weapons are very expensive, but what he really is after is not just magic weapons.

Quite far south from the kingdom - there is a city in the desert. Occasionally, there would be a weapon that was as sharp as clay, and even if no magic was applied, the performance was far superior to that of ordinary magic weapons, so they were often priceless, and the amount of money was really jaw-dropping. That is the weapon that Ciro is after.

In the end, he finally got the "knife".

Now Ciro's strength has been sublimated to the realm of approaching the king. It's almost certain that even the boss will win easily. But even so, he still didn't feel arrogant, and continued to forge the chain without tire.

As long as you close your eyes, that scene will come to mind at any time.

It is the heroic fighting posture of the leader of the Gara Guild that I have admired in the past competition. A blow that no one could dodge in the past was easily dodged by the other party.,There are also skills that are issued at the same time.。

I can't remember my defeated appearance, and I only have the heroic posture of a man defeating me in my mind.

Now that this man has lost his trace, he can only be ashamed now by defeating the strongest Yichen in the mainland!

Walking to the end of the corridor, Ciro had a faint smell of blood wafting through his nose, and he turned to look at the corridor on his left.

There were many corpses lying in the front, but the soldiers in the back were simply incapacitated.

In front of Ciro was a young man who did not look very young, he was slender and did not have a burly figure, and Ciro saw that his knife was trembling.

Sydney saw him too, stopped his figure, and didn't speak.

Ciro smiled coldly and said:

"Since you have a knife in your hand, but you are merciful to your enemies, and your knife is still shaking! You're afraid! You don't deserve to be my opponent!"

Sydney smiled wryly and said:

"There are countless souls under my sword, and I am naturally tired of such killings...... And bullying the weak doesn't make me feel funny!"

"Oh? Is it? …… I haven't seen you, what's your name?"

When Ciro heard Sydney say that there were countless souls under the knife, he couldn't help but be a little interested and asked his name.

"The name doesn't matter, if you know each other, get out of the way! I know it's best to get you out of the way, but I'm tired of it! ”

Sydney said helplessly.

"Hahahahaha......"

Siro laughed, touched the scum, and said:

"You don't know who I am, do you? My name is Ciro, and I can say that I am the strongest man in this place!

Maybe there was once a person who was also strong, but ...... He's a wreck now!

Say your name anyway! There are no nobodies under my knife!"

[That person was scrapped by Tatsuhaku! ] 】

Sydney sighed, did not speak, but said flatly:

"Let's do it!"

"Humph! Since it's going to be hands-on! Please show your strength, otherwise this kind of battle will be very boring!"

Ciro said coldly.

"Got it!"

After Sydney finished speaking, there was a somewhat serious look on his face.

"Good! Remember, lad! It's your honor to be buried under my sword!"

After Ciro finished speaking, the person had disappeared in place, came to Sydney, and slashed at Sydney!

"It's over! ……”

Ciro thought so to himself!

He's not like those swordsmen, he doesn't have flashy moves! There's nothing special about it, it's like a very ordinary knife!

But this knife is fast and strong! He knew that this seemingly ordinary sword was actually equivalent to a fourth-order martial art!

"-Instant Slash!"

This is his proud martial art, as the name suggests, he can slash enemies in an instant! There is no superfluous tricks and moves at all!

"—Bell!"

Sydney seems to be unhurried, but it seems that he has already seen and blocked this knife with a knife.

“…… What?"

Ciro was surprised! It is impossible to block such a speed, and if you want to block, you must block it at the moment of the knife split, not at the last moment, unless he is 100% sure that he can't lose a point! Otherwise, it will kill him! But that's how the other party blocked it!

It's as easy as picking up a child's knife, and even the face doesn't change.

Ciro jumped back and looked at Sydney, now he didn't dare to underestimate the other party! I just thought that at Sydney's age, with such a soft heart, it couldn't be strong! But now it's unexpected!

"You really didn't disappoint me!"

Siro looked at Sydney, who was not panicked in front of him, and he seemed to feel that it was a matter of course to be able to block his martial arts, which made Siro a little unhappy and felt humiliated.

"Perhaps...... Normally, I should have had a good fight with you, but for now, I need to get rid of you quickly! ”

After Ciro finished speaking, he grinned and took out the potion from the leather pouch of his belt and drank it down. The liquid with a strong bitter taste slid down the throat and into the stomach. Then I drank another bottle—

A stream of hot air began to swell from the stomach and spread to every corner of the body. Stimulated by this hot air, the muscles begin to build up and make a tense sound.

This rapid muscle strengthening is exactly what the magic potion inside the bottle does.

The effect of the magic potions that I drank just now is to increase strength and agility.

You don't have to drink it, as long as you sprinkle a certain amount of potion on your body, it will have an effect. But Ciro felt that drinking it was more effective than spilling it on his body. Of course, this may be wishful thinking, but sometimes such thoughts can exert unexpected power.

Next, he took out the oil and dripped it onto the unsheathed knife. The oil left a faint blue-white glow on the blade, and disappeared as if it had been sucked in. The oil applied is called Weapon Magic, which temporarily applies magical power to the blade and increases sharpness.

In this way, the preparation is complete.

He kept taking deep breaths, expelling the intense heat that had surged out of his body.

The current Ciro, under the multiplicative effect of physical strengthening, is probably already the top swordsman among the human race. He was absolutely confident in his abilities, and had a hideous smile on his face that characteristic of a human being.

I'm ready for anything, so let's enjoy it.

However, Sydney just stood calmly, and he could see the change, but such Ciro could not pose a threat to him.

Sydney still didn't show surprise that Ciro had strengthened himself like this, and he didn't know whether he thought that Ciro was just like that, or that he thought he was easy to deal with Ciro.

- Let me crush your self-groomed attitude.

Ciro silently glared at Sydney with piercing eyes that even a seasoned man would seem to be frightened. To be honest, his neat attitude is annoying, but on the contrary, he behaves like this, which is exactly what Ciro wants.

The arrogance of the strong.

Sydney is indeed very strong, and Ciro clearly knows that it is not easy to block his instant slash at the last moment.

But the arrogance of the enemy is one of the weapons of humanity, which can be used to defeat monsters whose physical abilities are far superior to those of humans. In fact, Ciro once used this opportunity to deal with several monsters that were stronger than himself.

And most importantly - just laugh at it after defeat. After telling the other person that "some people can be so easy to underestimate, some people can't".

(End of chapter)