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Chapter 340 "Steel Grade"

Lee Yestiger.

This is not only the name of the kingdom, but also the name that has been used since ancient times for the capital city of the kingdom.

As the capital of a country with a total population of 900 million, if you use one word to sum up the capital, it would be... ancient.

Ancient means not only that it has existed for a long time and has a long history, but also that the city is old and lifeless.

Here, most of the houses lined up on the left and right are very old and rustic, without a trace of novelty and beauty.

Here, there is no scenery worth mentioning, but there are many places that can cause dissatisfaction and resentment.

There are many unpaved roads, and the ground is muddy, presenting a scene that should not exist in the city.

The citizens walked shoulder to shoulder on both sides of the road, shuttling through the crowd silently and depressingly, preferring to be crowded than to walk on the main road in the middle.

That's because there will be carriages passing by on this road from time to time, and the people on those carriages are either nobles or high-ranking officials. If they block their way, even if they are beaten to death by guards, it is not unusual at all. thing.

Royal Capital Yestige is such a city, a city dominated by high-ranking officials and nobles, with poor security and order, and almost no place that makes people feel nostalgic.

"... When will this situation change?"

Such whispers came from the warrior commander of this country, who was called the strongest fighter by the neighboring countries—Gazef Stronov.

At this time, Gazef was walking on a street in the royal capital, looking at this old city and its oppressive streetscape, and fell into deep thought.

Perhaps because of his growing age, recently Gazef often feels like this, feeling inexplicably about some things he is used to seeing.

Especially regarding the current situation of the kingdom, Gazef felt more and more worried.

Among the three surrounding human countries, although the kingdom is not the smallest country, it is the country with the biggest problem.

Because this country is currently in a state where it is not surprising that it is divided at any time.

Gazef wanted to change this situation, but found that he didn't have that ability at all.

It is true that he is very strong, at least he is definitely among the best in this country, but he is born as a commoner, and being able to sit on the position of warrior commander is already a step up to the sky. Compared with those nobles who have a profound influence on this country, he is absolutely weak side.

With him like this, not only can't change the status quo of the kingdom, but even dealing with the difficulties of those nobles every day is a laborious and exhausting task.

A few months ago, the encounter in Karn Village even told Gazef that some of the nobles in the kingdom could not wait to put themselves to death, even if it would cause losses to the kingdom.

This has made Gazef feel more and more recently that he, the warrior commander, is a bit exhausted physically and mentally.

If it wasn't for being loyal to the king and serving the country, Gazef didn't know if he could continue to persevere.

"If it was him, what would he do?"

Gazef thought of the boy he met in Karn Village.

Even now, Gazef will still feel happy about that encounter.

This is not only because his life was saved by the other party, but also because he witnessed a legend there.

Just when Gazef was thinking this way, a burst of discussion suddenly came from the crowd next to him.

"Have you heard? In the past two months, our kingdom has successively produced two steel-level adventurer teams?"

This is a hot topic in the capital and even in the entire kingdom recently.

Steel grade, the highest grade adventurer.

Every adventurer who can reach this level is a character of peak strength, even if they have not stepped into the realm of heroes, they are not far behind.

Adventurers of this level can only be counted with two hands even if they search the entire Rei Yestiger, and they have also formed two teams, becoming the only team of steel-level adventurers in the kingdom. .

Recently, the third and fourth branches of such adventurers appeared.

Gazef was attracted by this topic, so he involuntarily pricked up his ears to listen.

The people who are discussing this topic also seem to be risk takers.

They didn't wear much armor, and they seemed to be taking a break, talking like this while walking aimlessly on the street.

"Is there already a third steel-level adventurer team and a fourth steel-level adventurer team in the kingdom?"

"Why did two teams of steel-level adventurers pop up all of a sudden?"

"Actually, it can't be said that there are two teams. I heard that one team has only two people, and the other has only one person. Whether this can be regarded as two teams can only be discussed."

"Has such a small number of people accomplished enough feats to be promoted to the adamantite rank?"

"This is also very powerful."

"Could it be some kind of trick?"

The adventurers exchanged opinions unscrupulously with each other.

"And then? What exactly did they do?"

"I don't know very well, but it is said that the two-person team has completed many very difficult tasks in the past two months, such as annihilating the Goblin Tribal Alliance that suddenly emerged from the Tob Forest , and took advantage of the trend to subdue the wise king of the forest who has lived in the deep forest for hundreds of years. With the help of the wise king of the forest, he collected extremely rare medicinal herbs, and also defeated the giant basilisk and undead from the Kaz Plain The Legion, and finally heard that the other party defeated a powerful vampire in the northern forest."

"This... sounds really shocking."

"No wonder it will become fine steel grade."

"A team of only two people can actually complete a task of this level. It seems that they have real materials."

"What's the name of their team?"

"What color is it?"

The kingdom's two steel-ranked adventurer teams—[Blue Rose] and [Vermilion Dewdrop] each have their own colors.

[Cang Qiangwei] is pale, that is, blue.

[Vermilion dew drop] is vermilion, that is, red.

This caused the adventurer circle in the kingdom to use a certain color as the symbol of the team at some point.

Therefore, adventurers will say this.

However, this atmosphere obviously did not affect the two objects mentioned today.

"I heard that the team hasn't decided on an official name yet?"

"However, the two steel-level adventurers in that team have their own titles."

"It seems to be [Dark Hero] Feifei and [Meiji] Nabe?"

"Then their representative color is black, right?"

"you can say it this way."

Hearing this, Gazef secretly noticed the two people mentioned in the topic.

"[Dark Hero] and [Mei Ji]...?"

It is indeed remarkable that a team of only two people can be promoted to the fine steel rank.

Unfortunately, compared to the other person, Gazef still felt that they were slightly inferior.

To say why...

"Ok?"

Just when Gazef was going to continue listening to the adventurers' conversations, waiting for the topic he had been paying attention to to come up, suddenly, the corner of his eye was inadvertently attracted by something.

"Boom!"

There was a sudden thunder in the sky, and it started to rain lightly, without warning.

"It's raining!"

"Go back to the hotel!"

"Let's go!"

The few adventurers walking beside Gazef immediately left in a panic.

The same is true for the people around, either speed up their pace and run to a place where they can shelter from the rain, or take out the tools they carry with them to block the rain.

Thanks to this, the topic that Gazef wanted to hear was also forced to be interrupted, no one discussed it anymore, and he was not in the mood to pay attention to those rumors any more, but turned his attention to one direction.

There, in a lane where the avenue turns right, a man is sitting on the ground.

He was filthy all over, like a beggar living in the open air.

His appearance is very sloppy, and even his hair seems to be dyed by himself, not a decent person.

There are two reasons why Gazef was attracted by the other party.

One is that the figure of the other party makes him feel so familiar.

One is on the opponent's right hand, holding a weapon tightly.

It was a...

"Knife?"

Gazef still feels kind to weapons like "knife".

It is said that this is a weapon that was born in the desert in the far south, and it is very rare.

Gazef only saw this weapon from an unbelievably strong young man about two months ago, so he has a deep understanding of its hardness.

After all, there are not many weapons that can withstand his [Six Lights Slash], but the knife on the boy's body can do it, and he doesn't even need to take it out of its sheath.

Seeing this weapon again now, Gazef would inevitably feel somewhat curious, coupled with the familiarity the other party gave him, after hesitating a few times, Gazef still walked over.

Not long after, Gazef came in front of the other party.

"........."

The other party seemed to be aware of it, but the reaction was quite slow. He slowly raised his head and glanced at Gazef.

Because of this, Gazef could see the other person's appearance clearly.

In an instant, the memory revived like a raging wave.

"It's you?"

Immediately, Gazef was astonished.

…………

Kingdom of Ry Estij, Frontier Mountains.

On a snow-capped mountain here, a figure was walking in a snowstorm without wearing any protective equipment at all.

He walked against the wind, but his steps were unusually steady, as if the blizzard raging here was just a breeze, not even a single snowflake was on his body.

Walking like this, suddenly, the other party stopped.

"This is……?"

He seemed to feel something, and took out a piece of parchment from his arms.

On the parchment, a line of words appeared without any signs.

"I also invite you to the king's capital to talk about it. If you have anything to ask, Gazef Stronov."

Looking at the handwriting that suddenly appeared, the boy was silent for a long time.

"Never mind."

After a while, the boy put away the parchment.

"Just go have a look."

So, the boy disappeared into the blizzard without a trace.

　The fever should subside...

　　But I coughed for a day, and I felt that the water in my lungs was about to be coughed up.

　　It's really uncomfortable...o(╥﹏╥)o
　　
　
(End of this chapter)