By the time Kassandra regained her armor and weapons from Fauber and walked out of the courtyard where Pericles was holding the banquet.

Lan En, who had already taken off his Athenian robe and put on a bear sect master-level armor again, was already leaning against the marble pillar at the entrance of the mansion.

"I have to say, I still see you dressed more pleasing to the eye."

Kassandra rubbed her wrist and smiled as she approached Rann and hammered Rann's arm with the back of her steel-wrapped hand.

Lan En smiled and nodded.

"Because we're used to being in the middle of a fight. Why do you keep rubbing your wrists? Injured? ”

The corners of Kassandra's mouth twitched, and a smile froze on her face.

"Fauber just crept up on me from the rooftop, and then"

"Ah~" Lan En gave a look of 'I understand'. "She hurt your hand?"

"Don't be discouraged, children will always grow up in one breath when adults don't pay attention."

Kassandra's face pulled down.

"No, I hammered her before she took my hand, and now she should be crouching inside holding her head and crying."

Lan En pursed his lips and suppressed the smile on his lips.

"That's still you're more powerful, I didn't see it, you're still getting stronger at such a fast speed."

"It's like you're still growing taller. You can become stronger by going through battle, aren't all warriors like that? ”

Kassandra spread her hands.

Lan En said to himself, "You don't seem to have a misunderstanding of the 'warrior' profession."

Isn't there a lot of warriors who can't fight wolves alone in their lives?

"Then again, why do you seem to be in a hurry to leave as soon as Aspasia comes? What, you don't deal with her? ”

As she said this, Kassandra seemed to inadvertently turn her face, only looking at Lan's face with her peripheral vision.

"It's not about dealing with it or not, I'm just feeling a little bad for some reason. You know, they play politics with too many twists and turns. Although she is also beautiful, she still feels comfortable with you. ”

After hearing Lane's words, the corners of Kassandra's mouth couldn't help but rise, and she almost whistled.

But fortunately, as Rann moved, the sound of the scabbard on her waist colliding with her armor diluted Kassandra's good mood.

Both of them packed up their mood and state in a very short time.

A full-fledged fighter is able to quickly get into a combat-ready mentality.

"That's right."

The two men were walking towards the outside of Athens, where only a few braziers lit the streets, and the petals of the marble were trampled to pieces.

Rann looked at the shin armor and leather sandals on Kassandra's feet and called out to her.

"I found a member of the Cult in Athens some time ago, and after killing him, I got something, do you think you can use it? I can't use it anyway. ”

As he spoke, Lan pulled out the pair of lady's shins, which had been removed from Brisson's legs, from his alchemy leather pouch.

The brass shin armor made Kassandra's eyes widen as soon as it appeared in front of her.

"It's." Kassandra took it and looked at it carefully, and said in surprise. "This is the Amazon shin! The armor part of the legendary warrior kingdom! ”

"You know?"

"The children of Sparta know most of the world's famous armor! I didn't expect to see it here, and legend has it that it pitted female warriors against legendary male heroes! ”

Kassandra was not pretentious, she directly changed into this pair of shin armor.

The brass shin armor glows with golden particles the moment the buckle is closed, which is much more visually effective than when it was on Brisson.

But Kassandra's expression grew heavier after the initial excitement.

"The Kosmos Cult actually equips each member with this level of artifact. How powerful were they in the Greek world? ”

"No matter how powerful they are," Ryan looked down calmly at Kassandra's gloomy face.

"We've already killed two, and we'll kill another one soon tonight. And you wouldn't stop them from doing things to your family because they're so powerful, right? ”

Kassandra closed her eyes, and opened them again a moment later. And all hesitation had been removed from that look.

"Yes, you're right, Lanne."

"No matter who they are, whether they are powerful or heroic, I will kill them all!"

——

The night in Attica is beautiful.

The moon is bright and large, and the stars shine separately, supplementing the light in the wilderness.

Because of Athens, this land should be the most developed area of the Greek world.

So there weren't too many woods and beasts, just shrubs, vegetation, lichens and stuff.

And the various caves where the Ares believers are hiding are scattered all over the land.

"Those Ares followers weren't hard to find, and Hapalos had gathered almost all the men he could muster when he came. Such a large crowd could not hide its tracks. ”

Kassandra and Rann were walking on the bare rocks, and the witcher, who had already dealt with the Ares cultists, was briefing the falconer.

"However, this group of Ares followers is completely insane by now, and they have not even thought to hide their traces. They wished that someone, or a small army of troops, would enter the cave so that they could have a fight to please the god of war. ”

"So I had to kill cave by cave to find out if that Hapalos was in there. This is what you hear as the 'Cave Expedition'. ”

"Are the Ares followers stunned now?" Kassandra asked incredulously.

"I've been with them before, but they're still going to run away and move, so what?"

Lan shook his head and continued to explain.

Hapalos claims on the trail that his devotion to Ares has been answered, and his followers seem convinced. So this group of Ares believers, you say that you are stunned, and that's right. ”

"That's why you say that Hapalos is no longer 'human'? Did he really get the gift of Ares, the cruel god? ”

Kassandra keenly remembered Ranne's warning.

"This is ridiculous!"

"It's ridiculous, because Hapalos didn't get a divine grace, but a power from my homeland."

The two had reached the top of this rocky mountain, and the vast plains of Attica unfolded before them in the moonlight.

The rocks here have been turned white by the Mediterranean sun.

"That's what you said before, you don't rely on artifacts to fight, do you? Then I'm going to have to take a good look at it this time. ”

Kassandra raised her eyebrows, and an eagle's cry was heard in the sky.

"Found the entrance to the cave, 1, 2, 3 nine people, no, this cave is very deep, Icarus's perception can't penetrate it all, I only found a few people close to the surface."

"Enough." Lan En didn't seem to be moved by this, but continued to ask calmly, "Do you feel the difference between these nine people?" ”

"Different. They seem to be stronger than ordinary people, but. It's a little strange again, I can't put it into words. ”

Kassandra's vague descriptions seemed to be expected by the witcher, and he nodded.

"It's okay, Kassandra."

"When you meet them, you'll know what makes you feel 'weird.'"

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