Chapter 26

　　36.

　　The smoke and dust dissipated and did not reappear for a long time, as if it was carefully evaluating something.

　　After a moment, the words began to jump out again.

　　[The gap to becoming a Water Saint Swordsman is very small. ]

　　[All it takes is an opportunity. ]

　　Alan blinked.

　　"Opportunity?"

　　[Perhaps you have mastered it through a high-pressure actual combat, or perhaps it was an epiphany like when you fought Paul this morning. To be honest, I cannot provide accurate advice. Your level upgrade is also based on a rough judgment made by searching for swordsmen of the same level. Swordsmanship skills themselves cannot be accurately quantified. For example, when you activate your own secret, if you can counterattack, you will definitely be able to beat the average level of the Water Saint. Unfortunately, compared with the Water God and the Water Saint, you still lack a little agility. ]

　　Alan rubbed his chin.

　　"Fight back?"

　　Rudy was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Alan winking at him and rubbing his chin at him, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

　　"I've won twice, so what's with that look on your face as if you were looking at the spoils? Am I the kind of wife you can take home after winning in a barbarian tribe?"

　　Although he was defeated twice in a row by Allen, when he adjusted his mentality, he felt that he was on his way again.

　　After all, it was a fairly even fight, right?

　　"This is Alan, the man who can fight with Paul!"

　　"I have tried my best. If Luo Qixi saw this, she would only sigh at Alan's strength and would not blame me. After all, Luo Qixi is so encouraging~"

　　Rudy quickly excused himself, and then he heard the sound of slightly anxious footsteps coming from the hill.

　　The next moment, Sylphy broke through the thick fog and walked into the battlefield.

　　"Ai! Alan! Rudy! Are you okay?"

　　At this time, Alan finally came back to his senses. He turned his head to look at Sylphy's anxious expression and smiled gently.

　　"It's okay."

　　Rudy narrowed his eyes at Alan.

　　"Your attitude is so different. Why did you just wink at me and rub your chin just now? "

　　Sylphy walked forward, first looked Alan up and down, then looked at Rudy, and was relieved to see that neither of them had any injuries.

　　She patted her chest and spoke to Rudy seriously with lingering fear.

　　"Rudy, I think we should not continue such a dangerous fight next time. It's easy to get hurt."

　　Then she pointed at Alan's curled knife.

　　Rudy couldn't help but twitch his lips when he saw Alan's subtle gaze.

　　"You make it sound like I was the one who beat Alan, but that's not the case at all!! "

　　Alan scratched his head awkwardly, looked at the foggy surroundings, and said to the two.

　　"Let's not talk about anything else, let's disperse the thick fog first. It's too dark down the hillside, making it look like a cult sacrifice scene."

　　Rudy replied unhappily.

　　"Okay~ Master Allen~"

　　After he used a fireball to evaporate the mist, Sylphy, Rudy, and Allen all showed embarrassed expressions.

　　The hillside was muddy and there was not even a clean place to stand.

　　If we plant rice now, we might be able to harvest a golden rice field in midsummer or autumn.

　　But the problem is that this small hillside is almost a secret base for the three of them. It is not appropriate to recruit villagers to farm here. Moreover, this land is far away from the village and no one is willing to take it over.

　　So Sylphy and Rudy could only use healing magic on the severely damaged areas one by one to restore the grass on the ground to cover up the ugly exposed mud.

　　This busy work took most of the day.

　　In the afternoon, several people followed Paul to the blacksmith shop in the village and replaced the blade for Alan on the original handle.

　　Fortunately, Alan's knife was just an ordinary sharp and thin knife, and it was easy to find a light and thin blade of similar specifications.

　　But when Paul learned the details of the competition between the two, he couldn't help but be amazed.

　　"Are you guys so serious about the competition? This kind of sophisticated tactical setup is no different from going on an adventure in a maze. And what about your swordsmanship skills, Alan? I've never heard of them before."

　　Allen scratched his face when he heard that.

　　"I have been learning swordsmanship at the Water God Ryu Dojo in the capital of Asura since I was young. The inspiration for that secret technique came from Her Majesty Reda Lia."

　　Paul and Rudy both widened their eyes, only Sylphy looked confused and bewildered beside them.

　　Rudy immediately became excited.

　　"So you really have seen the Water God. Is she a particularly powerful queen? The name sounds like an older blonde with blue eyes!"

　　"She looks like Denise from the Great Sword."

　　Paul and Allen narrowed their eyes and looked at Rudy at the same time. After a while, Paul scratched his face and said helplessly.

　　"Ah, well, it's true that she's older, and stronger, but forget about the blond hair and blue eyes."

　　"How should I put it? You are truly my child. You always focus on strange things."

　　Alan held his forehead helplessly.

　　"She is an old lady who is only half a head taller than Luo Qixi. She is very dignified, but her aesthetic is a bit strange."

　　"It's really hard to hold a fondness for a fat pig like Darius and repay his kindness at the cost of one's life."

　　The three of them spoke their true feelings one by one, maybe this is Greyrat.

　　Rudy was a little dumbfounded after hearing what Allen said, and then Paul turned to look at Allen.

　　"Are you Her Majesty Leda's personal disciple?"

　　Alan looked up at him.

　　"yes."

　　Paul nodded.

　　"No wonder you have such high attainments in Water God Style at such a young age. It also makes sense that you are not good at Sword God Style. The Water God Style's main dojo is mostly filled with children of nobles who will become guards or knights in the capital in the future. The Sword God Style, which mainly emphasizes offense, is not suitable for that kind of environment."

　　After hearing this, Rudy looked at the two of them.

　　"Is Alan also a noble?"

　　Alan's face froze when he said this, and he quickly laughed it off.

　　"Ah, this. Well, I guess so. Uh... I didn't follow the rules when it came to sex, and I did something wrong, so I ran away from the gym and became an adventurer."

　　Paul's face froze when he heard this all too familiar growth trajectory.

　　"You're obviously talking about me, you little brat."

　　Then he gritted his teeth and squeezed out the words.

　　".Yes, yes, this brat really doesn't follow the rules. Haha, hahahaha"

　　Sylphy, who was standing by as an outsider, froze for a moment when she heard this.

　　"What does it mean to not follow the rules in matters between men and women?"

　　The three of them stared at each other in dismay and fell into awkward silence.

　　Rudy looked at the two men's actions and narrowed his eyes.

　　"There's something going on. Is Alan really a wandering adventurer? If he were an ordinary person, he wouldn't be able to go to the Mizugami-ryu Dojo to learn swordsmanship. And Paul's attitude seems suspicious."

　　——

　　At night, all the lights in Greylat were turned off, the moon was swallowed by dark clouds, and the village of Buena was extremely quiet at night.

　　After two fights today, Alan was exhausted both physically and mentally. He had already fallen asleep on the bed before the creaking sound that he heard every night could be heard.

　　Late at night, he heard a faint noise next to his ear, as if some elastic object was making a continuous snapping sound back and forth.

　　Alan frowned, but the voice could be heard from time to time, which made him more and more awake.

　　Finally he turned over and howled in his heart.

　　'The couple next door, please pay attention to the impact, don't let me sleep! Who can stand playing ball in the middle of the night every day? ! '

　　The next moment, as he regained consciousness, he suddenly realized that the sound did not come from next door, but from the gap in the window next to the bed.

　　Alan narrowed his eyes and moved sideways to open the curtain.

　　In the dim darkness, a not-too-tall figure was pacing cautiously back and forth on the steps in front of the small door of the building.

　　"A thief? How could he steal from the village knight's house? That's not right."

　　He observed for a while and found that the figure showed no signs of leaving. He just kept pacing back and forth, as if struggling with which room to start stealing from.

　　He turned over, picked up the knife, opened the window quietly, and used his fighting spirit to fall into the yard along the wall.

　　The moment it landed, the figure seemed to be frightened and jumped up on the spot and turned around.

　　The next moment, the blade flashing with cold light was placed at the opponent's neck.

　　Alan was about to speak intimidatingly, but when he saw the other person's face clearly at close range, his pupils suddenly widened and he revealed a look of horror.

　　The mountain breeze blew, and the dark clouds in the sky seemed to be disgusted with the moon and spit it out from their bellies. In an instant, the moonlight poured down from the sky like a silver thread.

　　The figure of the future man will illuminate:

　　Two long blue whips swayed slightly in the wind, the moonlight flowed on her hair, she held the magic hat in her arms, her hair was a little messy, she looked at Alan with a panicked expression but with some strange sense of relief.

　　Lokishi.

　　God's eyes need no moonlight to set them off.

　　It's enough to make people feel sad.

　　(End of this chapter)

Chapter 37: The news brought back by Luo Qixi, seeking employment and offering a reward

　　37.

　　Alan came back to his senses from under Loki's gaze.

　　"How is it possible? How can you come back?!? This doesn't make sense."

　　Lokixi immediately covered Alan's mouth with her hands, looked left and right in panic, and put her fingers in front of her lips.

　　"Keep your voice down! Everyone is still sleeping."

　　Alan blinked and looked down at Loki's hand. The latter also looked at Alan and blinked, then pulled her hand back at the speed of light, subconsciously pulled the hair on her forehead, and spoke in a whisper.

　　".I just came back to see if you are okay. Now it seems that everything is fine, and you have successfully joined the Greyrat family. Congratulations. Don't shout, I will leave here later."

　　Alan looked at Luo Qixi's face and was still a little overwhelmed.

　　'Why? Why did Luo Qixi suddenly come back? The plot until tonight was still under control, but what is the situation now? What do you mean by check if we are okay? ? '

　　"We just came back to see each other. We don't have to travel in the middle of the night. And you've seen me leaving now. Paul, Senis, and Rudy are not going to see me? Doesn't this contradict what you said?"

　　Luo Qixi scratched her face, not caring why Alan no longer used honorifics this time. After thinking for a moment, she decided to tell Alan the information she had learned, even though Alan seemed fine now.

　　"I came here because I found it when I passed by the Adventurer's Guild of Regate City in Donadi Territory."

　　She took out a carefully folded piece of paper from the pocket of her magic robe, glanced at Alan's expression, and handed it to him.

　　Alan frowned, took it and unfolded it, but his expression was surprised.

　　It was a job-hunting advertisement. The paper was old and it was obvious that it had been posted for some time. The handwriting had a distinct aristocratic tone.

　　——

　　To all adventurers:

　　My name is James Boreas Greyrat. My beloved son, Alan Boreas Greyrat, recently disappeared in the Jaw of the Red Dragon on his way to school. I am very worried. So far, the search teams we sent out have not found any trace of him.

　　I am sending this recruitment letter, hoping adventurers can help me find my beloved son.

　　His beloved son Allen is only nine years old, but he is already as tall as an adult woman with a sturdy build. He has brown-gray eyes, slightly curly hair, raised eyebrows, sharp eyes, and often slicks his hair back. When he talks to people, his eyebrows will unconsciously rise, sharp but steady.

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