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In truth, Brule's strength wasn't weak, around mid-tier Rank 1. Otherwise, he wouldn't have come to take on a highly dangerous task like clearing out the Fireblade Cult.

But his opponent was Lilith, a monster who could fight a Rank 2 rare demon in terms of strength and speed, so it was only natural that he was completely suppressed.

"Miss, please wait a moment. Please forgive my companion's rudeness. He was just a little anxious from waiting. If he has offended you, please forgive him.

We are about to carry out a mission. For the sake of the overall situation, you wouldn't want to have a civil war before the mission, right?"

At this time, Hawkins naturally had to step forward to mediate. Brule was his man, so he naturally had to protect him.

"Take the overall situation into consideration? What a ridiculous statement. I heard that His Majesty never takes the overall situation into consideration, but Tyrreria hasn't been destroyed, has it?"

Lilith continued to press down with her iron blade, and Brule could no longer resist, kneeling on one knee on the ground.

Hawkins didn't expect Lilith to be so aggressive and not give him any face, still being so aggressive even after he had already taken a step back.

His face was a little ugly. Lilith completely disregarded him, making him look a bit disgraced.

"You apologized and still attacked. Sir, you've gone too far."

Hawkins stepped forward, and fel energy erupted. Just as Lilith was about to retaliate, Klein pulled her behind him.

"Boom!"

The same fel energy, the same green flames.

The high temperature spread in the courtyard, and sparks flew past Klein and Lilith's cheeks. Everyone couldn't help but take a few steps back, but they didn't retreat.

Hawkins stared at Klein, and Klein also stared at Hawkins.

"Warlock."

"Warlock."

Of course, Hawkins was a true warlock, while Klein was just occasionally moonlighting as a warlock.

Hawkins also didn't continue to attack the other party. The strength of the two was somewhat beyond his imagination: a warlock and a warrior who could suppress Brule with one hand.

With this level of strength, even he himself wasn't confident. Brule didn't kneel unjustly.

After weighing the situation, Hawkins decided to end the matter here and spoke again.

"You two are very strong. It was our fault. Now, I sincerely apologize to you."

After Hawkins finished speaking, he bowed deeply to Klein and Lilith.

Lilith frowned. She didn't like Hawkins' way of doing things, but she still needed to take a warlock seriously.

Lilith looked at Klein, asking for his opinion.

Klein originally didn't want to have a conflict with the other party. He only took action just now because, as a man, he couldn't always hide behind a woman, right?

"No need. You were also just waiting for too long. We were also at fault."

After the apology, the atmosphere between the two sides began to ease.

… …

Lilith didn't continue speaking, but pulled Klein back a few steps.

"This guy named Hawkins is a bit annoying."

"Why?"

"I hate people who are too rational."

Klein shrugged.

"I'm also quite rational sometimes."

Lilith shook her finger.

"No, when you stood in front of me just now, tsk, it was very cool."

"Uh! It was alright."

Klein crossed his arms and changed the subject.

"It's because you're too strong and seem very confident that he feels unsure, so he immediately ends the conflict to prevent things from developing in a worse direction.

This kind of person probably likes to keep things under their control. There's nothing wrong with doing that.

But when it comes to cultivation, I think it's about defying fate. It's impossible to have everything under control.

Most of the time, I also prefer to avoid trouble, but some things need to be fought for."

Speaking of this topic, there was a different kind of look in Klein's eyes.

Without medical care, medicine, and a healthy diet, you are likely to die from a severe cold.

Humans can live to 70-80 thanks to the wisdom of countless humans.

If you really follow fate, you can go and challenge the wilderness alone, and maybe you'll die at 35.

Our predecessors have overcome countless viruses, various natural disasters, eradicated smallpox that killed hundreds of millions of people, and controlled floods that plagued us for thousands of years.

It can be said that the entire history of human development is a history of defying fate. Medicine, physics, chemistry, everything is changing the fate of mankind.

The most basic change is to allow you to live to 80 years old instead of just 40 years old.

Imagine yourself at 80 years old, still being able to play games with a few old friends in a nursing home.

Then compare that to many ancient people, whose graves were already two feet high at the age of 80.

You should be grateful, grateful to our predecessors for changing our fate.

So, Klein has always firmly believed in defying fate.

… …

Lilith looked at Klein with some surprise, not expecting that this guy could actually say such emotional words.

"What does 'defying fate' mean? I've never heard of this term before."

"Uh, it's just a way of going against fate. The overall meaning is that the fate of a cultivator can be changed.

It can be controlled in one's own hands, instead of following fate and being mediocre."

"Well, that makes some sense. I cultivate in order to break free from the shackles of fate. Klein, you're quite knowledgeable."

Lilith praised him.

Klein was a little embarrassed. He really wanted to say that these kinds of words had already been overused in his hometown.

They're everywhere in novels, and they're only good for fooling you guys.

Similar things include "My fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens", and "30 years XX, 30 years XX", but it would be too embarrassing to say it in front of a girl.

… …

Hawkins withdrew his gaze from Klein and Lilith and looked at the others again.

Now that everyone had arrived, although there had been some unpleasantness, these problems could still be suppressed for the time being.

Whether conflicts would erupt or everyone would go their separate ways when the mission was completed was a matter for the future.

"Now that everyone has arrived, let's introduce ourselves. After all, it's a team mission, and we should all have some understanding of each other."

Hawkins looked around. What he said was a routine before team missions, so no one would object, including Lilith.

"Well then, I'll go first. My name is Hawkins, a peak Rank 1 warlock."

Lilith curled her lips.

"So he's a peak Rank 1 warlock. No wonder he's so arrogant."

Klein was a little speechless when he heard this. I feel like you're much more arrogant than him.

"Brule, Rank 1 berserker."

Brule was silent at this time, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Athena, Rank 1 elemental mage."

"Danton, Rank 1 earth mage."

"Inez, Rank 1 fire mage."

"Jerome, Rank 1 hunter."

"Becky, Rank 1 paladin."

"Belinda, Rank 1 fire mage."

The estimated difficulty of this mission was Rank 1-2, but they didn't even have a Rank 2 professional. Although he had the strength to fight against Rank 2, how did the academy assess their strength?

Hawkins looked at Klein and Lilith. Could it be that they made up for the strength?

The more Hawkins listened, the deeper his frown became. The strength of this team was not weak, but there were too many mages.

The lineup was extremely unreasonable, which would affect the team's combat effectiveness. There were only two melee fighters, Becky and Brule.

His side was still okay. He was a warlock, Brule was a berserker, and Athena was an elemental mage. All three of them could be said to be elite professionals.

But the other three mages were much worse. They were all single-element mages. Such mages generally didn't have high combat effectiveness.

Among them, Belinda and Inez were even fire mages. You're a fire mage participating in the Fireblade Cult raid, aren't you just a leech?

How high is the fire resistance of those Fireblade Cultists? Don't you have any idea?

Jerome was a hunter. Hunters were very strong in the wild, but if they were to raid other people's strongholds, most of them would be indoor battles, and the hunter's advantages would no longer exist.

I don't know if Jerome has done any melee training. If he's not good at melee combat, it's a very obvious weakness in a cave environment.

Overall, only Becky could be considered a strong teammate. A Rank 1 paladin, able to tank and deal damage, was the tank-type professional they desperately needed.

Everyone focused their attention on Klein and Lilith. The overall strength of this team depended on the two of them.

Lilith spoke first.

"Lilith, Rank 1 knight."

I felt like everyone was right, so I revised this chapter a bit.