Confirmation of rumors

This battle would be a mere formality.

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When dawn began to paint the horizon, the camp of the Purple Knight Academy was still plunged in semi-darkness.

In the dormitory of the senior students, the mercenaries were all already awake except for a few who liked to sleep.

But of course, the latter were shaken awake by other mercenaries until they finally woke up, grumbling.

Everyone began to prepare their belongings for departure.

This ranged from going to wash their belongings in the academy's water well to sharpening their swords with whetstones available in the dormitory.

It was obviously a must-have in a knight's academy.

And all the mercenaries were well versed in the technique of sharpening their swords:

First, you had to wet your whetstone by immersing it in water for about 10 to 20 minutes.