Chapter 1 – Let’s Be Humble to Avoid Trouble. Eee…..?!
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Chapter 1 - Let's be humble to avoid trouble. Eee.....?! 

The man in front of me is called Walter, the sword user who has the best ability than his others companion.

With a height of almost 180cm and a slightly thinner body muscle for anyone in close combat, his face still looks calm even in his current state and that's quite impressive.

According to his story, this village was attacked by a group of bandits, of course, at midnight like this, most of the villagers were sleeping soundly and only a few were on guard duty. When the alarm sounded, panic began to set in, the bandits looted the villagers and set fire to the house after that.

The Vigilante corps and the village's men tried to fight the bandits to hold them and buy some time while Walter and his companions evacuated the women and children.

“ We are assigned to evacuate and hope to meet with help on the way. "

“ Help? " 

Camellia Village is a training ground for Vigilante corps, usually they have enough people to help the village around it when there is a problem. We've already sent a messenger bird there, but… ”

Although his face looked calm, i still can see his body gestures showed signs of anxiety. The factor that added to the problem for them right now was none other than the pack of large dogs that had followed me here.

" Ombra dogs should just be in the deeper parts of the great forest... ", Walter mumbled.

'I'm sorry...', this is all I can say in my heart.

I tried to take the initiative and asked Walter about the current state of the village and the geographical shape around the village.

Before all the residents could be evacuated, most of the houses had already been engulfed in flames. Only this area is still safe enough from the reach of the bandits.

This village has 3 routes in and out, the southeast path where we are currently, the north path towards the mountains, then the south path which borders with great forest and is the first place that the bandits attack.

From my current direction if we continue towards the center of the village, then the road will split in two, straight to the big intersection and the right path to the square.

“Walter, among you there is someone who can run fast? Maybe we can do something.”

The teenage boy who was crying earlier near me, slowly raised his hand, “I-I, I'm pretty sure I can run fast. " 

Walter saw me and nodded his head. I explained to them what I was thinking, after that the three of us together headed towards the center of the village.

Two other men guarded the house where the children and women were, I asked them to lock the door tightly and stay inside for cover.

While on the way Walter sees a girl being harassed by two bandits in the distance. I held him off who was trying to run ahead to help the girl then handed him two knives.

"Watch my back. "

I took a deep breath and rushed to run towards them while trying not to be noticed by the two bandits.

One of them twisted the girl's arm behind her back while pointing the knife in his hand at the girl's neck, while his partner tore the clothes slowly, they laughed while toying with the girl and occasionally said something rude and vulgar.

Those two who were too busy with what they were doing didn't notice my arrival and instantly.

“ AAAAAARRRRGG...............!! "

One of them who had been holding a knife shouted loudly and looked at his arm. His arm was severed and blood was flowing from the missing arm.

At the same time, his comrade who was surprised to see his friend screaming and seeing his arm lying on the ground, was silent and didn't understand what was happening until he felt a pain in his thigh, and saw a sword pierce his thigh.

They screamed in pain and let the girl go, I quickly pulled her away from them.

"Close your eyes and ears. Walter is here. "

As I thought, mentioning the name of a familiar person helped the girl to obey my words, the man whose leg was injured trying to draw his sword and slash towards us.

I just glared at him until a knife stuck in the man's arm. Walter, who was running towards us threw the knife when he saw we were about to be attacked.

I dropped the two people and drew the sword in my hand at them with a sharp glare. Walter and his partner walked over to the silent girl crouching with her eyes and ears closed.

“Rose! Don't worry, you're safe now. "

The girl slowly looked at them and then wept. " Walter-nii-san, John..."

Walter and John, who were crying, tried to calm Rosa down. When Rosa calmed down a bit, I told them to continue with what we were planning while carrying Rosa, and almost at the same time the howling of the dogs was heard again.

Everyone in the place was shocked and looked pale instantly. Walter and the others hurried off and left the three of us behind.

"If you want to survive, quickly get out of here. But... "

Again i slashed their legs giving wounds that are not too deep. With great difficulty they left the place. I walked over those who were limping away while enduring the pain.

*

The residents along with several Vigilante corps who were trying to restrain the bandits were slowly starting to get pushed back towards the north, those bandits who were excited managed to push the villagers get startled by a scream from the other side. 

“ BOOOOSS, PLEASE HELP US!! "

Two of their comrades were injured and one of them lost an arm as both of them limped walking toward them, and when the bandits' attention turned to their comrade, the villagers burned the road with oil and various items to create a barrier between them.

Before they could respond to what was happening, a loud howl was heard, in an instant the two injured bandits could not be saved and were hit by a pack of enormous dogs with jet black fur. Most of them panicked to see what happened.

" DO NOT PANIC! WE WILL RETURN SLOWLY WHILE HOLDING THESE DOGS!! "

A large man wielding a great sword in his hand shouted loudly and gave orders to the bandits. The bandits began to fight with the ombra dog while setting the tempo to slow it down.

' Hohooo... Some of them are quite interesting. The movement is quite in order and compact, the commanding ability of the big man is pretty good. Hmm..'

I was hiding behind one of the houses to see what was happening. The plan was to lead the ombra dog to fight the bandits and block the path to gather them at this point.

Most of the bandits were helpless against the ombra dog's attack, only a few were able to withstand their ferocity and the rest tried to run to save themselves, but were restrained by the big man order and another one who accompanied him wearing a cloak and covering himself.

“ IF you guys mess up the formation and put our lives on the line, I'll be the ONE WHO WILL KILL YOU! "

Slowly but surely, they started to arrive at the village border and the robed man, one of them, slashed the bandit leader from behind. The bandit leader was able to dodge so as not to inflict a fatal wound, then retaliated by slashing his sword, but was easily dodged by the robed person, Then the man in robe held out his hand.

"Firewall"

A huge fire appeared a few meters from his position, it blazed wildly and hit several of the ombra dogs and some of the bandits, preventing the remaining ones from getting close.

“ YOOOOUUUUUUU.....!!!! ”

' MAGIC???!!! '

At almost the same time the big man's voice and the voice of my heart screamed.

The majority of the bandits who weren't trapped escaped, and a few of them looked back with doubt from time to time to see their boss fighting the robed man.

The robed man changed his target and attacked the bandits who had fled, the big man tried to attack him and help some of his men.

Obviously the difference in the abilities of the two, the bandit boss was overwhelmed by the robed person. His sword and fire magic abilities greatly cornered the bandit boss and just as the bandit boss was starting to run out of strength, and with all his remaining strength swinging his great sword, that man showing a smile behind the cloak. The attack was dodged and he was ready to burn the bandit boss with his magic.

Two flying knives aimed at the robed man and forced him to switch fire attacks to the two knives, a huge fireball engulfing them both.

“ Uwaaa… If you get hit by a fire that big… It's scary… ”

The two of them looked at me, after the fire had disappeared and burned the surrounding. The robed man gave off his fighting aura and the boss bandit could only be surprised to feel it, then looked back at me while looking at the sword in my hand. 

“ You... that sword in your hand! "

" Don't worry, they're just unconscious. "

I walked over to the bandit boss who was just silently kneeling with wounds all over his tired body and smiled at him.

" But I need you to get some sleep. "

I hit his head with the scabbard and knocked him unconscious and when his body lay on the ground I immediately attacked the person in front of me.

My slash was blocked by him and for a few minutes we attacked each other until he jumped back, putting some distance between us and an instant casts his fire magic again, but on a smaller scale than before.

I dodged it and threw the knife at him, but he managed to dodge, but one of the knife tore the hood off his robe. A man with a scar on his chin who looks expressionless with empty eyes, as if he is just a puppet.

' Looks like it's true, as I thought... Haaa... This is going to be really troublesome. '

This time, he was the one who attacked me first and his movements became faster than before. I kept trying to keep up with him, but the unexpected thing happened. Three ombra dogs managed to get through the fire and pounce on us, to be more precise, they attacked that man more than me.

It seemed they wanted to avenge some of their comrades that this man killed. But, their resistance didn't last long, two of them fell down by fire magic, I managed to dodge while pulling one of the dogs from the flames.

From behind the fire, I saw that the man seemed to be up to something, and when I focused my gaze on him, a red aura gathered on his palm and my hunch was telling me to stop him. And when he started pointing his hand at the bandit boss, I threw the sword in my hand at him, he dodged it and backed away to keep his distance again.

I rushed through and ran towards the boss bandit who was lying on the ground. A huge fireball even bigger than the previous one aimed at the two of us.

“Form of Fire, second sword technique. Fire Pillar. "

Using the great sword that was lying on the ground, I slashed at the fireball hoping to lessen the direct impact of the huge fireball aiming at us, and as a result more than I wanted, the fireball actually split in half and disappeared.

I and the man were both shocked by what happened, then as if it could guess what was going to happen one of the ombra dog attacked the man in the robe and made him lose his balance.

Before he fell, that man managed to hit the ombra dog's head and injured it and then kicked the dog. The man fell and the ombra dog bounced, I who didn't waste the opportunity hit the man with the back of the sword towards his body and... Bam! , the sword in my hand was heavier than I thought, so the impact of the attack just now made the person vomit blood and there were cracks in the ground beneath his body.

I held to the man's body with the large sword in my hand pressed him and kicked the sword from his hand away. When he started trying to mumble something I covered his mouth with a handkerchief from my pocket, then kicked his head to knock him unconscious.

The wall of fire that was near us disappeared, I saw the remains of the bandits forming a defensive circle from the ombra dogs that surrounded them.

The ombra dogs who saw the fire had disappeared tried to approach me with an expression of wanting to attack until there was a howl from behind me and suddenly they walked past me, when I turned I saw the dog that was injured in one eye was looking at me, then turned its body away into the forest with the herd.

The villagers along with the Vigilante corps surrounded the exhausted bandits, when they saw their boss lying on the ground they gave up.

I started to examine the body of the unconscious man near me, the clothes under the robe were no different from the other bandits and there were many wounds on this man's body.

I took the small bag at his waist and tried to see what was inside, there were only a few small bottles filled with liquid, a few coins and a red mineral stone.

I watched the red mineral rock like crystal in my hand while hearing Walter call my name and approach, soon a sign appeared to the man near me and again I hunch gave a warning something bad was about to happen.

" DO NOT COME CLOSER! "

I brought the item near me and ran towards the bandit boss's body, then plunged the great sword into the ground, put the man's robe on the bandit boss's body and sat him leaning on his sword, I made it a shield.

The marks on the man's body continued to spread to the ground like a magic circle formation that I usually see in fiction movie or anime. Several bandits who noticed my actions threw their shields at me, I immediately picked them up and arranged them next to the great sword and when I returned to my defensive stance, the large circle on the ground lit up brightly and then emitted a huge fire that burned that man's body also the area around him.

“””” BOOOOOOSSS.........!!! """

There were a few screams of people in the distance, but the heat around me was truly overwhelming, even I who was used to dealing with hot temperatures acknowledged the magnitude of the fire magic near me, in my ears there was a waiting groan and I prepared to cover my ears. 

“ HOOOOTTTTTTTT..........!!! "

The big bandit behind me woke up and immediately shouted loudly and on reflex ran away from where we were, I hugged his arm and he who moved spontaneously didn’t realize I was carried away by him. Once far enough from the heat source I released him and trip him to make him fall over.

The boss bandit whose face was like saying 'I'm a criminal' with a wound on his forehead and a large body with a height of almost 2.5 meters like a bear who I saw it a while ago, now looks pathetic while rolling his body on the ground trying to put off the fire on his body.

" DEVIL! "

I didn't care what the bandits were shouting and helped the citizens tie up all the bandits and lock them in an unused warehouse, of course I took all the things they had.

I helped the residents tidy up what the bandits had damaged and after that the village chief, Walter and several others thanked me for my help because John and Rosa told the villagers all about it.

'Looks like this long night is over...' 

Fatigue that I didn't feel before began to feel and made me sleep for several hours. After I woke up I started looks back what that had happened so far...

First, there are no dreadful dogs like the ombra dog, not even the one I'm not mistaken as Kangal dogs (if I’m not wrong), which is also said to able drive away bears, but not looks like that and move like that. Second, there had never been seen such a magic like that in my old world like what that man in robe did. Third, it's really like stories in novels that I read...

I pinch my cheeks and the pinch tight as I can..

" Auch! "

" What are you doing? "

“ Aha-ahahahahaha… No, that… Hahahaha… ”

'damn I didn't even notice Walter came in here.'

" Hyuga, once again on behalf of the village, thank you for your help and also I brought what you ask for... "

Walter came over to me presenting various items at one point in time, yes, these were the loot I took from the bandits and a whetstone and a few other things.

“ Even though you were the one who did your part in saving the village, I still don't understand what you're going to do with these items. "

“ I'm just checking which ones are still useful and which aren't, then please lock the door, there's something important I want to tell you. "

While checking items near me, I started to tell how I got near the village, of course I said that I came from a country far in the east like the dialogue I've read in a novel and don't know now where and how to get to this place.

"Hmm... I don't really understand what you're saying Hyuga, because since I was little I never went too far from here. But there might be a [Sage] or a great mage who sent you here to help us. "

Walter told me about a story he had read, in the book it was written that Sage would sometimes summon people from the outer continent to these continents we are in now. Those people were called [Easterners] in this kingdom, because the first recorded person in history said he came from a land in the far east same as the one I say before.

Although not all of them come from the same country as the first person, but as a marker, they are all called that. Some have brought about major changes throughout history, but many have preferred to live their lives in a lay-low like common people.

Walter also taught me some of the basic knowledge he knew. The name of the village we are in right now is called [Magnolia] village, this is in a remote village in the southwest tip of this country, to the east from here is a larger village called Camellia village where there is a training ground for Vigilante corps, And for the big city the nearest one is located to the north of the Camellia village, the city of [Rockaxe] and the name of the country we this area belonged is the [Kingdom of Armonia].

The currency in this world is still in the form of coin which is divided into small copper –> copper –> silver –> gold . 10 small coppers equals 1 copper, 100 coppers equals 1 silver, 100 silvers equals 1 gold.

After Walter finished explaining the basic knowledge to me and I finished separating the things in front of me, John came knocking on the door, calling us on the orders of the village chief.

While walking towards the village chief's place, we stopped briefly to look at the treatment area for the injured people. Fortunately the residents were not seriously injured, I also helped a little bit to bandage the wounds with a little knowledge that I had learned before.

The village chief invited us to eat together with the other residents in the square and told us that aid from Camellia village would arrive at noon. I returned to the place provided for me while thinking what to do in the future.

' If this is indeed the work of a sage or a great magician, then the skinny man C is the culprit. Just watch out for you, one day I will definitely find you! But where should I look for it? And I need money for the trip...'

I looked at the weapons and other equipment in front of me and started doing maintenance on the weapons which were still in pretty good condition, unfortunately this village doesn't have a blacksmith so there's only a small part I can work on for now.

Of all the weapons I worked with, only a few were actually in good condition.

' These weapons belonged to those bandits who shouted at me like I’m a devil. Then the two brothers, they could treat their weapons well to. Also the boss, even though he looked rough like a bear, the equipment he had looked quite well maintained. Then the last one...'

I watched the robed man's sword closely, but my attention was drawn to a bird that came in through the window and landed right in front of me, a bird with a strange color combination of blue with a few strands of its feathers have a golden yellow color all over its body.

The bird in front of me is really docile and not afraid when I bring my hand closer, when I looks at it more closely, I see that there is something around this bird's neck like a necklace with a small box that has letter C on it. That small box fell off from that bird's neck and become bigger until that box size measures approx 10x5cm and opens by itself. A letter and a ring are visible inside.

' Hello... Looks like you had it very good, last night. Sorry, for some reason I couldn't see you, but I'll try to help you and keep an eye on you. I also heard you're quite interested in swords and stuff, so I have a present for you hope this will helps you. Regards, C '

'Ugh! That's the jerk wrote a letter without guilt. And what does one thing or another means, watching and listening?!! '

After I read the letter, the bird in front of me saw me and after I stroked its head and said thank you the blue bird flew out the window.

I took the ring and looked at it carefully and it occurred to me to sell the ring from that impudent Sage or something. But something surprised me, an inscription appeared in front of me right next to the ring I was holding like fantasy 3D screen from sci-fi movie.

[Storage Ring]

“ Huh?! “

Just as I was about to touch my eyelids, something blocked my hand and a pair of glasses was in my head. I took it off and looked at the glasses in my hand, and again looked at the ring, but nothing happened, but when I put it back on, the writing reappeared and I started to pay close attention to it.

[Storage Ring]

(Capacity very small. Magic item that has the ability to store objects using the principle of [Spartial Magic]. Capacity 2.5 sqm. Status very good: can stop time in it. Item: Appraisal Glasses.)

I wore the ring on my right hand thumb, this ring can adjust to my finger size and fits perfectly when worn.

I immediately wanted to try it, when I held the bandit's boss's great sword and thought about keeping it, the great sword disappeared from my grasp and when I thought about holding it, it reappeared. I glanced at the sword with appraisal glasses, an inscription appeared on the sword.

[Great Sword]

( status bad. )

' Hooo... This is interesting! Turns out the gift was pretty good too. '

I'm back experimenting with my new toy, I look around me and when I focus my eyes on an object, a description will appear near the object. I look at the weapons that are in front of me right now

Great Sword,status : bad.

Sword of Wings x2, status : good.

Broad sword x6, status : normal.

Iron Sword x7, status : normal x3, bad x4.

Spear x4, status : bad. 

Small Axe x3, status : bad.

Knife x18, status : normal x9, bad x7.

Plate Mail x1,status : normal.

Brest Plate x11, status : normal x8, bad x3.

Bronze Chain Mail x2, status : good.

Leather Mail x7, status : normal x2, bad x5. 

Hmm... It's true that my assessment is that only a few are in decent condition, the rest are not in good condition. But those two seemed to be quite special compared to the others in terms of their equipment and abilities. And this caught my attention, this leather mail is made of [Orc Hide], that as if I'm not mistaken a pig monster that stands on two legs and is large, how it's really like in the stories I read. Then there's something I haven't checked..

Iron Sword, status : very good x1.

Cape of Nobody F+.

Lesser potion  x3.

Poison x1.

Fire Crystal x1

(Cape of Nobody F+ : made of [Gray Lizard Hide], had fire resistance.)

(Fire Crystal: a magic mineral that is compatible with the fire element, can cause flames when filled with [Mana]. )

' Well, as expected the robed man is much more suspicious. Although I don't deserve to say this because right now I'm also in a very suspicious position. '

I woke up and intended to take water and when I saw my reflection on the surface of the water the writing reappeared near the reflection of my face.

(Appraisal Glasses: magic item that functions to perform appraisal skills, status: can be upgrade.)

Name : Hyuga Bezalel Uzuki.

Age :29.

Race : Human

' So these glasses can be upgraded and I thought it would be like a game, it turns out that the information on humans is only this limited. '

I put the glasses back in the storage ring and resumed fetching water from the large jar in the yard next to the house, and started picking up other equipment and take care of some of my loot.

Back when I was in my world, I worked part-time for a swordsmith, and was educated by my late grandfather to take care of weapons which were mostly used for training, and because of that I was accepted to work part-time at the museum to take care of the weapons collection. Because of that experience I'm pretty confident in handling a weapon like this.

Several people saw what I was doing and asked me to take care of their equipment which were mostly vigilante corps, Walter joined the queue like his colleagues.

“It turns out that you are quite skilled at doing something like this. No wonder you told me to collect all the equipment of the bandits. Ha ha ha ha... "

“It is true that high-level adventurers can be relied on in many ways! "

Hearing the villagers say that, Walter and I couldn't help but smile awkwardly. Several hours passed, but there was little loot I could work with, as I was currently prioritizing the requests of the villagers who asked me to take care of their equipment.

After all equipment was done, and just as I was about to get back to work on my loot, there was a loud noise from the road to the east.

The vigilante corps from Camellia village came and brought aid to help this village like food and some stuff. I saw them from a distance and their representative was a man like 30-40 years old, well built and quite muscular with a height of about 185cm, the more noticed this person was not an ordinary person, even he who is not looking alert not to give a single gap for a moment. The village chief greeted them and a moment later looked at me.

' Uwaa! This is bad, they're looking at me... '

The village chief called me to come closer and Walter, who was not far from me accompanied me goes approach them.

" Instructor Ricardo, long time no see... ", Walter greeted the man in front of us and call him as an instructor while he’s saluting by bringing his right arm to chest level.

“Walter, yes, it is quite a long time we not meet. How was your stamina, increased compared to before? You must eat well, so your body can develop more. Then who this person next to you? "

"Please to meet you, my name is Hyuga..."

This man looked at me intently from head to toe, “So you're the adventurer who helped this village? For an adventurer you have quite a unique appearance. I heard your skills are pretty good too. "

“Ahahaha… I'm not that skilled, its just luck is still on our side. "

I couldn't help but smile awkwardly at him, while he still looking at me, and my hunch says that his smile was creepy. Village chief told us to come with him, and he showed us where the bandits were being held. Walter explained to Ricardo what had happened and told him we had disarmed them.

"So 23 people were caught, and 8 people died. What a strange night, last night our village was attacked by a swarm of [Beasts] that suddenly appeared, and because of that we were only able to come now. We apologize for that. "

One of Ricardo's aides told us. Then Ricardo clapped his hands hard and startled us all.

“Alright, we'll take them all! "

*

Right now, I was with a band of bandits and was tied up.

“Instuctor, what does this mean?! "

“I told you I'll bring everyone, they will be interrogated at our place before we hand them over to the Royal army in Rockaxe City. "

" But! "

Ricardo didn't listen to Walter and ordered his men to take us, and also ordered some of the other members to distribute supplies of food to the villagers and take people who had more serious injuries with us to Camellia village.

While being forced to join the group, I shouted Walter, “Please bring all my belongings…”.

Seriously, why do things like this always happen to me...

Arriving at Camellia village, the sun started to set and we were put in a detention cell and divided into 4 cells and the bandits were smiling looking at me. The boss bandit laughed merrily.

“HAHAHA... looks like the gods didn't abandon us completely. The man who got us caught was also caught. HA HA HA HA... "

Even though my body and hands were tied, these people really pissed me off. The resentment that was building up to what had happened made me kick the big man in the face. 

" Shut up! Don't think I can't beat you up in the current state! "

“ YOU!!! “

There are six of us in this cell, facing these 5 people, it seems that I am still able to vent my frustration.

“ SHUT UP, ALL OF YOU! You better sleep and prepare yourselves tomorrow. "

A guard shouted at us and we were silent for a moment.

"Sorry and thank you for letting us a live..."

Someone from another cell said that in the midst of our silence.

“You.. One of the two brothers? "

“My name is Mash and the other is my brother Nash… We…”

The boss bandit also showed a strange expression and tried to hide it from me.

“Hey, you big man! Learn a little etiquette from your master. "

" You?! ", With a surprised face the big man looked at me.

"Sorry, but do you know us?? "

Mash said in the next cell.

“I don't know that much, but from your equipment and a little bit of my observation, I can conclude that although the boss of this group is really the big man in front of me, his status is still below the two of you. You'd better tell them your problem and also about the man in the robe, although I don't know what our future will be..."

I lay down on the floor and closed my eyes while directing my body towards the bandits in front of me.

*

Early in the morning we were woken up by the guards and taken to the center of the field like a place used to do training and in front of us Ricardo, two older man near him and a very beautiful young woman saw us.

Around the field you can see people on guard watching us all. I saw that Walter, John and the two more men from Magnolia vigilante corps were also there. The man guarding our cell leads us forward.

“Well, according to the eyewitnesses, the 23 people behind were found guilty of assault, vandalism and other crimes, you bandits will be sent to the mines and made slaves there. Then regarding the man in front of us, I personally have suspicions against him that he is a also one of bandits, the villagers say he is an adventurer, but we didn't find any sign of an adventurer member on him. Walter and several others testified this man was innocent. "

I calmly looked at Walter and his men, then smiled to them. Walter stood up trying to defend me and said he was his village representative as a witness. But Walter's words were stopped by Ricardo..

“Walter, I respect you and believe in your abilities, but what you say can't just convince us. But I will give you a chance, do you trust that man with all your life? "

Walter was silent for a moment and said, “I trust him with all my life. “, and stood beside me.

'Walter... I'm just not sure of my situation, but you... thank you...'

Ricardo also saw the people around him, when the three nodded their heads Ricardo stood up and looked sharply at the two of us.

" Okay! I respect your determination, but on one condition! I heard that guy's abilities are pretty decent, I'll speak through my fists!! "

Ricardo smiled widely as he clenched his fists...

' Oi oi oi... What the hell is this guy?! Talking through the fist?!! Even my grandfather only said that when he was younger! Aaa! He's serious! '

Ricardo's fighting aura was felt by all around us, this guy really meant what he said. I saw most of the people around us even Walter looked pale looking at him.

A man with a calm face with his eyes, that's look almost closed came up to me and untied me, and  then he whispered.

" Have a good fight..."

After that he ordered the bandits and other people to stay away from the field. When people are already off the field I reflexively move to avoid something.

When I took a closer look, I saw the punch was right where I was. After that he continued to throw other punches and continued to attack repeatedly, with all my might, I tried to dodge and hold him off.

' Movement that is fast and also does not leave room for a counterattack. I can't let my guard down..'

Despite having a fairly large body, Ricardo is very fast and every attack is sharp, this man is fix not an ordinary person.

I managed to put some distance between us and took a deep breath and controlled my breathing, increasing my focus on the person in front of me.

“ Fuuu... Form of Wind, first technique. Gentle Wind

While muttering, I corrected my posture and prepared to receive another series of attacks, I slowly started to follow his movements.

Ricardo realized I was starting to keep up with his movements, then paused for a moment and looked at me and then smiled. Seeing his smile, I got goosebumps all over my body as if warning me of what was coming next.

“Hoo... Not bad too. I won't be playing anymore like that. "

' This guy! '

I felt the aura radiating from his body getting bigger, the aura that was like hot energy felt around his body reaching for me. I also circulated my [Ki] all over my body and saw a red aura emanating from his body.

'Ki? It doesn't feel like that, it's feeling a little different than it should be. '

Ricardo started to jump on me and launch his punches, I grabbed his hand and tried to take advantage of the explosive momentum of his movement to throw him, I felt like I was being stared at by a wild animal and glanced at him.

His left hand, which was free from my grasp tried to catch me, I released my grip on his hand and lowered my body, then dodged it. He flipped his body in midair while still being thrown, and at one point it was seen he landed his feet on the empty air and thrust his body forward towards me. I focused Ki on my eyes and seemed to see a glass wall behind Ricardo.

'Barriers?! Ah, it's true that in this world, there is existence of magic...'

When he was right in front of me, he took a stance and prepared to hit me hard. But it looks like the stance look familiar.

I also took the stance which at a glance, same as he did, for a split second I could see Ricardo's surprised expression and the voices of several people who were also surprised by what I did.

Form of Fire, fist first technique. Straight Flame “ 

I reduced the Ki flowing in my body and a moment later we unleashed an attack, and our blows collided. I fell backwards and hit the [Barrier] behind me and fell to the ground.

"Hey, you see that?! That guy took the same punch as the instructor! "

" Wow! There are people who dare to head on fist to fist with the instructor. his arm must be broken!! "

"Hmm?? "

The people around began to respond to what had just happened. Ricardo came over to me and watched me intently who didn't move with my eyes closed, yes of course I pretended to be unconscious.

Ricardo lifted me up and carried me by placing my body on his shoulders.

“Young lady, I will bring this person to your place. "


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