On the west coast of Benunin, even though it's still winter, it's still bathed in the scorching sun.

In the barracks training ground, next to the Governor's Castle in Deepwater Harbor, soldiers bare-chested, fighting one-on-one with swords, shields, and spears. Rough and neat shouts resounded through the square, and the sturdy bodies were covered with sweat, exuding a strong radiance of strength and a masculine aura.

"Mortals are weak, so the gods give them strength. But without a strong body and a strong will, they will not be able to exert the power given by the gods, and they will not be able to gain the favor of the gods. ”

"That's why I want you to train without divine power, many people think that mortal bodies have limits, and there is no point in such training. I'm going to say, wait until you're at your limit. ”

The tall woman patrolled the soldiers with a leather whip in her hand, occasionally whipping as she spoke. Dressed only in a crop top, shorts, and sandals, her brown skin was soaked in sweat, and her muscles were only sharp and angular on her six-pack abs.

"As for what the limit is......"

Her light brown hair was cut short past her ears, and her hairstyle resembled a flat head, which was rare even for men of this era, which made her deep features look crisp and pure. Under Ying Tingjian's eyebrows are a pair of slender eyes, and the gray pupils are the unique symbol of the "plain people" of East Fein.

The woman, who looked very young, suddenly raised her voice: "This question still doesn't make sense to you! I'm just a woman, you can't even defeat me, what are the limits of human beings!"

She walked to the end of the line, threw away her whip, and stretched her arms: "Come on!

The men, who were no ordinary soldiers, stopped their sparring and looked at her with a pant.

One was taller than her, and there were three big men as wide as her, and shouted, "Captain, is it really possible?"

The woman didn't speak, but held out her index finger to him.

The big man screamed, stepping on the ground with trembling steps, Dong Dong rushed towards the woman, raised a fist that was almost as big as the woman's head, and waved it down.

The woman spun around and kicked, her long legs slashed half a circle at a speed that the big man couldn't react to, and the soles of her feet slapped the big man's face hard.

The big man rose into the air, threw out a stream of blood and a few broken teeth, and his huge body flew out for more than ten meters, smashing a large cloud of smoke and dust on the ground.

The woman landed and shouted unsatisfied: "Come together!"

The men froze, shouted, and swarmed up.

In an instant, the woman was surrounded by dozens of people, and there was a muffled sound of skin and flesh clashing, and one figure flew out of the crowd, and the others still followed one after another.

Ten minutes later, all the men were lying on the ground, even though their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen and blood was splashing, they were still satisfied and smiling happily.

"The captain is indeed the ultimate body of mankind!"

"Die under the captain's legs, this life is worth it!"

"I won't get married until I defeat the captain!"

"Retana is mighty!"

The shouting of his subordinates made the woman understand, and scolded hatefully: "Damn, you are itchy and looking for a beating!"

The servant standing next to him finally found an opportunity to speak: "Miss Retana, the master has something to look for you. ”

The woman frowned: "This is the barracks, there are no lords and misses!"

The servant hurriedly corrected: "Yes, the Governor is looking for you, Captain Rihanna." ”

Letana nodded: "Okay, I'll go freshen up and I'll be over right away." ”

At the Governor's Castle, Letana was dressed in short clothes and leather armor, and she raised her voice outside the study: "Captain of the First Brigade of the First Regiment of Benuin reports Retana!"

There was a "enter" inside, and the woman frowned slightly, and her expression became gloomy.

"Father...... Are you still suffering from something?"

Thinking so, he smiled and pushed the door in.

"Renee, this is the place to meet her daughter, not to talk to the officers. ”

The Governor of Benuin, the legendary knight Numan Air, looked at his adopted daughter and said with a wry smile: "Also, your hair is getting shorter and shorter, how can you look like an eighteen-year-old girl, you are a tomboy." ”

"Father", Rihanna was not convinced: "Don't you often say that women have long hair and short knowledge?

Even with a haggard look, Numael laughed from the bottom of his heart.

"Father, you have been stuffy in the house these days, and you haven't even stepped out of the castle, have you encountered any problems?"

Letana gets straight to the point: "I'm grown up, I can help you!

"Renee", Numanelle's eyes were full of affection, "It's father's responsibility, you can't help much." And...... You are my daughter, not my tool. ”

Retana's tone was calm and firm: "Yes, I am your daughter, and it is a natural responsibility for a daughter to share her father's worries. ”

The eyes of the two are intertwined, and time seems to go back in time, back to more than ten years ago.

The little girl, who was only three or four years old, knelt beside her mother, shaking her mother and crying, her voice became hoarse, and her mother, who was lying in a pool of blood, still did not respond.

The figures of several mercenaries blocked the sunlight, and the little girl stopped shouting, staring blankly at the sword that was still dripping with blood in the mercenary's hand, as if realizing her fate, and closed her eyes again.

The expected pain and death had not come for a long time, and when she opened her eyes, a tall mountain back stood in front of her, and the mercenaries had turned into corpses, lying at the feet of the comer.

The figure turned around, revealing a face with a skin color similar to that of his mother and himself. That face has not changed much from now, her facial features are as deep as sculptures, and her eyes are as vast as a sea of sand, which is deeply rooted in her young heart.

"What's your name?"

"No, the name represents the malice of those people, and you don't deserve it. ”

"I'll give you a name, and I'll call it ...... Retana. I had a teammate when I was younger, and she was a very strong woman. ”

"Don't you have any other relatives? Then follow me......"

"Yes, I will be your father, and as for that father, forget about him. ”

That father was the owner of his mother, a businessman with a knighthood. To this day, she is still looking for him, but not to confess his relatives, but to make him realize his sin and accept the punishment of the law, that is, he killed his mother.

At first, she was very persistent, and the immortality of that father made her feel that there was always something between her and her current father.

Now she is indifferent, not that she has given up on justice for her mother, but that she does not think that there is still a distance between herself and this father.

Look, this face has actually changed a lot, the wrinkles in the center of the eyebrows have deepened, and in just these few days, there has been such a big change.

"Renee, this is the responsibility entrusted to me by the gods, so don't bother with it. ”

Numanel pressed her daughter's shoulder and looked at her beautiful face: "You have other tasks, and I came to you to talk about this." ”

As soon as she heard the task, Retana held her head high: "Please command!"

Feeling that he had trained his daughter so well that he had lost her daughter's affection for him, Numael shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly.

He said again: "Half a month ago, I was ordered by Her Majesty the Empress to hand over a group of slaves to the Divine Fall Plateau, and they should be almost there. Now there is another batch of slaves to be sent over, and you take the first brigade to escort them. After that, he stayed on the Godfall Plateau and worked for Richie Prell for ...... time It's about half a year. ”

Rihanna frowned: "Father...... No, Governor, the church of the old gods in Benuin is very active now, and we don't have enough manpower, so why do you want me and the First Brigade to leave you?"

"Those churches are enough to use the people of the local tribes," said Numael waving his hand, "It is Her Majesty's order to help Preel against the Mad King, so you can do it." ”

"As a captain, of course I will", Retana shook her head, "As a daughter, I will not obey orders!Father, you still treat me like a child, thinking that such a clumsy lie can deceive me!?"

A layer of tears clouded her eyes: "You must be facing some difficult test next, and you don't have the confidence to win, that's why you left me far behind, right?"

Numael smiled bitterly again, this daughter is not only powerful, but also very wise, and she really can't hide it from her.

This strengthened his resolve, and he said in a deep voice, "I have said it, this is the will of the gods, and it is a fate that I cannot escape. You have your destiny, what are you going to do with me!?"

"My destiny is to protect my father!"

Tears flowed down her cheeks, and her previous suspicions were confirmed.

My father has always been strong and decisive, even if Teresia killed the old king more than two years ago, my father, who had a lifelong friendship with the old king for decades, did not collapse.

When he came home that night, he just set a table of wine, ate and drank alone, and talked to himself, and she knew that it was the one who was reminiscing about the old king. The next day, he went to the palace full of energy to serve Theresia.

But the other day my father shut himself up in a side room of the castle, and for several days he did not eat or drink, as if he was praying for something.

Now, my father has finally made a decision.

It was a detachment that faced fate calmly, and she had seen it in the eyes of those who foresaw the end of life and were sure that it would be irretrievable.

Retana bit her lip, so hard that a trail of blood appeared, and she said with a cry: "If my father is going to face the ultimate fate, why don't you take me with you?

"I understand, Renee......"

Numael stroked her short hair, a moment of hesitation.

Suddenly, he asked, "Renee, do you think that the gods and the way are separable?"

Retana subconsciously shook her head: "The gods are the way, how can this be divided? Just like Dragon, his path is righteousness, but because of Him...... Something happened, and the road split. And His Majesty Kem...... Without Her Majesty's support, how can we return to orthodoxy and re-establish order?"

"But the gods sometimes change their paths," said Numael with a smile, "This kind of thing has happened in the past, and at this time, do mortals continue to follow the gods, or stick to the original path?"

"This ......"

Retana was speechless, and although she had both strength and intelligence, she was not at all good at speculating about the gods.

Numael asked, "You have the answer, tell me what you choose from the bottom of your heart, and the gods will not blame the preconceived things." ”

"I think that since His Majesty Kem's divine will will be distorted, then the path will change this kind of thing, it should be about the same", Retana said uncertainly, "In my opinion, the god who changes the path is the new god." ”

Numael nodded noncommittally, "That's how you see it, Shingod ......"

He pondered for a moment, then changed the subject: "I know you want to follow me to face your fate, but what if I go to the depravity? If you follow, will you fall with me, or will you draw your sword against me? Don't forget, you are also a knight, a patron of Shuma." ”

Letana shook her head: "How could my father be depraved!?"

Numael sighed, "Your Majesty ......"

He didn't say anything more, but Retana understood.

The old king was once a wise and virtuous king, and Theresia, though she did not love her father as much as she did, still respected and revered. Unexpectedly, the old king fell into collusion with the necromancer, set off a tide of undead, wanted to poison the world, and was killed by Theresia.

Remembering the complicated background behind this incident, Retana's eyes widened in disbelief: "This, how is this possible? How can the gods ......?"

"Don't think about it, Renee," said Numael, "the gods love mortals, otherwise they would not have given them divine powers and favors." All the instructions of the gods have a deep meaning, and no mortal can doubt them. ”

"The epochs have changed, the gods have their own arrangements, and I have received the oracle. I just couldn't figure out how to do it before, but now I understand. ”

"I don't want you to stay away from me, but I don't want you to interfere with me. ”

"Daughter, you love me, and I love you, and this kind of love can distract me. ”

"As for letting you go to Prell, it's actually divine will, and you'll understand. ”

Raised by her father to obstruct official business, Retana was apprehensive: "Father, are you telling the truth?"

"Swear in the name of Shuma, the god of knights", Numan-El raised his hand: "There is no half-truth in my words. ”

"Father!"

Retana pressed his hand and shouted, "How can you swear by the name of God for such a thing!"

Although she was eager, she believed that no one dared to tell a lie in the name of a god, especially a pious legend like her father, who was favored by the gods.

After explaining the details to Rihanna, and when she left the study, Numael came to the window and watched her come out of the castle and walk towards the barracks.

The warmth and smile on her face dissipated as her daughter's figure disappeared, and Numael said bitterly to herself: "Your Majesty Shuma, you will not pursue it if you swear in your god's name at this time and lie, right?"

His gaze turned to the place where the sky and the sea intersected farther away: "I still don't know the answer, but I know that I am only an insignificant stone. Therefore, Your Majesty the Emperor, Her Majesty the Empress, Theresia, whoever you decide, do not deny my loyalty. ”

"By the way, today is the day Her Majesty moves into the Divine Emperor Castle......"

Numael stood solemnly, stroked his chest, and bowed deeply to the northwest.

When he looked up, his eyes were filled with tears.

He whispered, "Theresia, unparalleled in the world!"