The upper city of the imperial capital, Javier's home, and the martial arts training ground.

"Ahhh——!h

In the midst of the shouts, Seleu rushed forward with a whirling stick in his hand, and the continuous attacks like raging waves pressed on Javier with a fierce wind.

Javier's expression was flat, the cavalry spear in his hand was raised horizontally, and he made a blocking stance, easily blocking Seleu's attack. Then leaning forward, he quickly broke through Selew's defensive net, and his knee went up, and a knee slammed into Seleuc's abdomen, knocking him away.

"Hmm——!"

Seleuc let out a dull whine, then flipped upside down in the air, barely landed on the ground, and took several steps back in a row under the effect of inertia before he could stabilize his body and gasp for air.

"What's wrong? The body's response is too sluggish! Didn't you say that you would attack me with the consciousness of killing me? Javier said coldly.

"Yes! Captain! ”

Seleuc took a stance again, his amber pupils filled with determination.

"I'm on ——!"

The stormy attack struck again, and the attack was even more fierce than before.

"That's what it looks like."

Javier held the cavalry spear tightly, his muscles tensed, the green tendons on the back of his hands burst out, and his momentum soared like a mountain.

"If you want to become stronger, actual combat is always the fastest shortcut, so let you see what the horror of the battlefield is!"

……

It's been days since Fergill's assassination, and the homicide that was once a hot topic has now subsided.

This is the imperial capital after all, and as the evil vortex of the empire, the death of the living has long been the norm.

No one would go out of their way to remember a few guys who have died, and even if they are nobles, it is not enough to cause a sustained sensation.

After an initial period of busyness, the work of the Imperial Capital Garrison is now officially on track.

Under the deployment of Javier, the current action and execution of the Imperial Capital Garrison are incomparable.

Although the imperial capital is still in chaos, the criminals are obviously much more restrained, even those who have a series of ministers as backstage officials do not dare to go to Havel to pick up the tiger's beard.

After all, everyone cherishes their lives, and Havel's murderous reputation of slaughtering millions is really terrifying, who dares to provoke it?

However, thanks to the bullying of this group of people, the current public security in the imperial capital has improved significantly, and even the generals have praised this matter.

In addition to completing the necessary tasks every day, Javier has a lot of time that he can arrange freely.

So on the one hand, at the request of Seleuc, and on the other hand, in order to strengthen his own combat power, Javier began to guide Seleu in training.

Sai Leu is indeed a good seedling worth cultivating, in addition to the powerful power of the emperor "Hundred-armed Giant", she also has a good martial arts foundation.

In the entire imperial capital garrison, the only one who can compete with her is Wright, who has high hopes for Javier.

Sai Leu's master is Okka, although the character is really not good, but no matter how you say it, she is also a character with the name of "ghost", and her ability can be regarded as eye-catching, as Seleuc's master, she did not bury her.

But that's not enough!

The "Night Attack" is a very dangerous enemy, so dangerous that even he and Arowen have to be treated with caution.

With a level that is not up or down, the probability of dying is quite high, so she has to become stronger as soon as possible!

Only in this way can it be guaranteed that she will not be eliminated as a weak person in future battles.

……

"Hmm...... I'm tired ......"

After Javier announced that the training was over, Seleuc collapsed to the ground in a disfigured manner, not wanting to move a finger.

She looked very embarrassed all over her body, and her combat uniform was covered with mud and some damages in some places, which were caused by the battle just now, which showed the harshness of the training.

In the process of training, she doesn't know how many times she has been knocked down by Xavier, and although Xavier has controlled the force of each blow so that she does not get hurt, pain is always inevitable.

For Seleuc, these few hours were extremely difficult, and it could be said that she was in a state of being crushed unilaterally.

After a battle, there was hardly a muscle in her body that wasn't faintly painful.

To be honest, compared with the intensive training of the Imperial Capital Garrison, the intensity of this kind of training has not only increased by a level, and even Javier did not expect that Sailiu could persist throughout the whole process.

Before the training began, he had even been fully prepared, even if Seru fainted in the middle of the training, he would be able to deal with it properly, but now it seems that these preparations have been in vain, and Seleuc's willpower is far stronger than Javier imagined.

This is a nice sign.

If you want to become a real strong person, iron willpower is absolutely indispensable, which is the most important factor in determining the height of a person's potential, and the lack of physical fitness can be completely compensated for by acquired efforts.

Regarding the requirements for willpower, Havel believes that Seleuc has fully met the standard.

In other words, she has the potential to become a strong person.

"Really, why is the captain so strong? It was repaired so badly......"

Seleuc sat up with some difficulty, and said as if complaining.

"It's that you're too weak." Havel spoke without mercy.

Compared with Seleuc's embarrassment, Javier's image is much better.

Aside from a hot sweat from the long fight, his condition was basically the same as before training, and even his breathing did not deteriorate.

"Uh......h The captain is too good, even if it's true, please don't say it directly! ”

Sai Leu hugged his fat and even long legs, his chin rested on his knees, and pouted, "But the captain is really strong, if I can have one-third of the captain's strength, I will be satisfied......"

A hand knife was swung out, hitting the center of the eyebrows!

"It hurts!"

Seleu covered his red forehead and looked at Javier with teary eyes: "Why are you hitting me, Captain?" Isn't the training over? ”

"It's really unproductive." Javier withdrew his knife with an expression of hatred, "Give me a little ambition!" What the hell is a third of them? At least aim to surpass me! ”

"That kind of thing obviously can't be done! Please don't say anything embarrassing! ”

"You don't think you can do it?" Javier raised an eyebrow.

"Can't do it!"

"It seems that the training intensity is still not enough, so let's double the training volume tomorrow."

“…… I'm sorry, but I'll continue to work hard to surpass the captain. ”

"Well, that's good." Javier nodded in satisfaction.

“…… Captain, you're actually a hidden Shake S, right? Seleuc muttered quietly.

"Huh? Did you just say something? Javier looked over.

"No, it's just talking to yourself, please don't care." Seleuc looked away.

Feeling that Seleuc was suspicious, Javier was still saying something, but suddenly he heard the door of the house being "creaked" open, and turned his head to look, only to see Arrowen walking in with brisk steps.

"What, is the training over?" Arrowen asked with a smile.

"Welcome back, Mr. Arrowin! The training has just ended. ”

Seleuc hurriedly greeted him, and finally succeeded in diverting Javier's attention.

"Oh, I'm back, little Seleuc."

“…… What are you back? Isn't it your duty today? Don't tell me you've left your post without permission. ”

Javier's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a flat and dangerous tone.

Arowen should have patrol work today, he needs to turn the entire imperial capital, with the unscientific area of the imperial capital, it is possible to be busy until dark, it is impossible to come back so early.

"Haha, how is that possible? I just assigned the work to my subordinates in order to be more efficient, and then I came back and thought about life. ”

“…… Mr. Arrowin, this kind of behavior of yours is generally called desertion! ”

There was a little dissatisfaction on Seleuc's face, this kind of attitude towards work and cheating and slippery was something that a girl with a full sense of justice could not agree with.

"You kid, what are you telling the truth?" Arowen looked away in a weak heart.

"I guess you can give me a reasonable explanation for this, right?"

Javier's tone was still light, but it was precisely because of this that it made people feel even more terrifying.

“…… Of course. ”

Arrowen swallowed a mouthful of saliva, then made a very serious expression.

"Actually, I really have a very serious patrol today, I helped an old man pulling goods in the slum cart, helped an old woman with a pestle and crutches to cross the road in the lower city, and also signed an autograph for a noble girl who worshiped me in the upper city, I found that patrolling is indeed a very meaningful job, and the feeling of helping others also makes me feel very wonderful, my soul seems to have experienced a holy baptism, and the world has suddenly become so beautiful......"

"Say-man-word!"

Javier's eyes were terrifying, and there was an abnormal purple-black halo circulating in his cold light pupils, and he was obviously on the verge of a collapse of his sanity.

I believe that as long as Arowen says one more nonsense, he will punch him and beat him up again.

Sensing that Javier's gaze began to stay on the major points of his body, Arowen couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine, and decisively stopped teasing.

“…… Well, I just got the news that the 'Shadow' troops have arrived in the Imperial Capital not long ago, so I'm here to inform you. ”

It had been seven or eight days since Javier had been in the imperial capital, and it was indeed time for them to arrive at the speed of the "Shadow" troops, so it was better to say that they had arrived at just the right time.

Now the "night attack" is stirring up trouble in the imperial capital, causing panic among the upper echelons of the empire, and chaos has begun to spread.

But it is precisely because of this chaos that the "shadow" forces can infiltrate it more quietly and silently, in order to achieve Javier's own goals.

"Is it there? It's good that I don't have to tie my hands anymore. Javier smiled.

Seeing Javier's smile, Arovin's hanging heart finally let go.

The crisis is over, at least not to be beaten.

"But now that I know, you can go back to work." Javier said.

"Huh? Do you want to go back? Originally, Arowen thought that he could take this opportunity to be lazy in the open.

"Do you have any comments?" The voice is flat, but the murderous aura is hidden.

“…… No. "Sure enough, it's your own life that is more important.

"Captain, I'll go with Mr. Arrowin."

Seleuc stood up, and after a period of rest, her strength had recovered.

"Ah, sure enough, it's Xiao Sailiu who feels the most sorry for me, brother, I'm very moved!" Arrowen had a tearful expression.

"No, I'm just worried that Mr. Arowen might be lazy if he is alone, so I went to supervise it."

However, the reality is always so cruel.

"I didn't expect you to look at me like this, little Seleus! Do I feel like the kind of person who likes to be lazy? ”

Arowen looked very angry, as if he had suffered some great injustice.

"What are you talking about so far? Mr. Arrowin, you're just lazy and terminally ill. ”

"Plop!"

Arrowen fell to his knees in a frustrated posture and bent forward, with an expression on his face that no longer believed in love.

“…… Suddenly I feel that there is no point in living, so let me die. ”

"If you really want to die, I won't stop you, but before that, do your unfinished work, only by beginning and finishing well, your small life will be complete."

Javier patted Arrowen on the shoulder, with a smile full of compassion on his face: "Don't worry, I will personally carve your epitaph for you." ”

"I don't need that kind of thing! Anyway, you should stop me! Are you still not my brother!? ”

……

Just as Arowen and Seleu were about to leave, Javier seemed to suddenly remember something and stopped them again.

"Arowen, it's time to show 'that' to Seleuc, and you can take her to the garrison headquarters later."

"That?" Seleuc tilted his head, puzzled.

"You mean...... Is it really okay? Arrowen looked hesitant.

"Well, now Seleuc is more than enough to withstand all this, don't worry, she's far stronger than you think, and that level of obstacle isn't enough to stop her."

“…… Well, I don't know what the captain is talking about, but I'm probably praising me, right? Hey hey ......"

Seleuc was a little confused, but he still smiled stupidly.

For her, being praised by Javier is a joy to have.

Arowen glanced at Seleu with some pity, sighed in his heart, and then nodded: "I know." ”

What a good girl, but raised by the wrong person in the wrong way.

She should have had a better life, just like those aristocratic ladies in the upper city, slowly growing up in the favor and laughter of her family, and then ushered in happiness.

But fate played a big joke on her.

She loses everything she has and only gains a false belief and a false world.

It's time for this to end, though.

Because, Javier is ready to do something to Okka.

Oni Okka?

He was not destined to see the sun tomorrow.

Also, about "that" thing that Havel wants to show Seleuc.

In fact, he sent someone to spend a lot of effort to collect all the incriminating evidence since Oka served as the captain of the imperial capital garrison.

Corruption, bribery, framing, cover-up......

He wielded the power in his hands with impunity, committed countless crimes, and brought misfortune to countless people.

This kind of person should be killed!

Therefore, it is necessary for Javier to let Seleuc know the true face of Okka.

Know the sins he has committed, know his brutal nature.

It may be painful, but Javier is confident that Seleu will be able to overcome it on his own.

She is such a strong girl, so strong that it makes people feel distressed.

It's not that Javier didn't want to settle the matter in a gentler way, but that would inevitably lead to an irreparable lie.

And lies will one day be exposed.

Javier didn't want to lie to Seleuc, because that would hurt her even more.

Javier could not have allowed the poor girl to experience more misfortunes.

So, he won't lie, he's going to let Seleuc face all this.

False justice, and an empire of sin.

The only person who can help her break out of this cage full of lies is herself.

……

The upper part of the imperial capital, the bustling streets outside the palace.

Drunk in the tavern, Oka staggered towards his home with a groggy head and a somewhat disobedient body.

Oka has been in a bad mood lately because of the man named Javier Salmondo.

He was robbed of power by Javier and has now become a veritable marginal figure in the Imperial Capital Garrison.

Although he still holds the title of captain, in fact, all his henchmen have been dismissed, and the rest of the team members are led by Javier, and they will not buy his account at all.

He's just a bare-bones commander now, and no one pays attention to him, not even the garrison headquarters, because even if he does, there's nothing he needs to do.

The only person who still respects him as much as he used to be is Seleuc, a stupid girl with a tendon in her head, who doesn't even know that she has been deceived all along.

But I heard that she is very much used by Javier now, and it will not be long before she will alienate him like everyone else, and even resent him.

Hey, it's really unpleasant to think about.

The only thing Oka can do now is stay in the tavern every day and get drunk.

It's good to be drunk, but when you're drunk, you won't think of the unpleasant man, the man who makes him feel extremely frightened like an abyss!

The moment the power was taken away, he knew that he was finished, and what awaited him would not end well.

He thought about resisting, but after all, it was just a useless little trick, and Javier saw through him as early as the first time they met.

The battle for his fate was over before it even began...... It ended in his fiasco.

After all, he is just a small person, and he can only survive by relying on the snorts of those who are high up.

He has been wielding the power in his hands, getting a lot of illegal profits, and framing and killing many innocent people, thinking that he is the master on this street - but forgetting the essence of his own insignificance.

As a result, can you only end up like this?

How ironic......

Oka laughed to himself, the cross scar on his left eye distorted and distorted, the dim light of the streetlamp reflecting on his face, making him look like a real demon.

Where are you going to drink tomorrow?

Thinking like this, Oka patted his aching head, lifted his spirits slightly, and set out on his way home.

Paralyzed by alcohol, he didn't notice that around the corner of an alley, a teenager in a white hooded trench coat poked his head out of the shadows and looked at him with a cold gaze.

The boy's head was firmly covered by the trench coat and hat, and he could not see his face clearly, except for a few strands of dark brown hair exposed on the outside of the hat.

He took a folded square-shaped piece of paper from his bosom and opened it, revealing a portrait of Oka on it!

"Target confirmed, Captain of the Imperial Capital Garrison - Oni no Oka."

The boy took a deep breath, as if trying to calm his mind.

He muttered to himself, "Sayo...... Iyeas ...... Give me a hand! ”