Mercenaries and Adventurers

As soon as Keir finished speaking, he immediately took action.

The continuous battles made him remember one thing deeply. When fighting, although it still depends on the overall strength of one's own side and the enemy, taking the first shot can really gain the upper hand.

This is especially true when using weapons in close combat.

A life-and-death fight often ends in a flash of lightning.

At this moment, he rushed forward instantly, then jumped up with his legs, stretched his left knee forward, and suddenly hit the torso of a young fisherman in the middle in front of him.

Due to the suddenness, the opponent did not dodge or make basic defensive actions in time.

With a bang, his whole body was knocked backwards by a knee from Kil, and he slid and rolled two meters away on the cold muddy ground.

Only then did the four fishermen on both sides react. Seeing that Keer had landed in the middle of the four of them, the two men on the left and right immediately punched Keer on his head and face.

His left forearm seemed to be holding a shield. Kil used his left arm to block the opponent's punch, while his right hand fiercely collided with the fists of the young fisherman who was punching him from the right in the air.

"Ugh, it hurts!"

The young fisherman on the right immediately retracted after the impact of two fists, and vigorously shook his arm that was sore from the impact. However, Kil had gloves on his hands. Although they were not thick enough, they still had some effect. He was not like this man holding his fists and arms and yelling.

Unreasonable and unforgiving, Kil punched Todoroki and gained the upper hand, and immediately pursued the victory.

He stretched out his left hand to grab the man's arm and pulled it back. Then he made a fist with his right hand and punched the man's chin diagonally from bottom to top.

Boom!

The young fisherman who received a heavy punch on the chin did not even grunt, but straightened backwards and fell down with the impact of the punch.

But just as he knocked down another person, the remaining three punched Kiel with their fists and kicks.

He didn't intend to use force, he ducked slightly to avoid the fist that was thrown towards his head, and then straightened his legs again and jumped to the side and back where there was no one.

Just break away from the circle you are surrounded by.

From the pier not far away, there was a large wailing sound from the fishermen who were watching the excitement, which seemed to have foreshadowed the outcome of the subsequent fight.

As expected, as the onlookers expected, Kil dodged out of the surrounding circle and directly used the combat maneuvering steps he learned from the town guards.

His legs moved sideways greatly, and each step was firm, so he moved very quickly with the help of the power of the ground. Directly use a counter-clockwise half arc to line up the three young fishermen in front of you.

Although these people seemed to have participated in the Crow Knight's militia training, they obviously did not learn how to fight in close quarters.

When Kiel saw that the other party was moving with him, the whole line formed a rough straight line. Then he no longer defended or dodged the fist of the fisherman in front of him, and took a step forward, then raised his arms from his shoulders. With great force, he punched the young fisherman in front of him with both fists in the middle of his chest.

Kil's movements were wide and powerful, so the young fisherman opposite him subconsciously folded his arms in front of his chest as a defense.

But he ignored the magnitude of the fighting power between the two.

Although Kil was a few years younger than him, he was taller and taller. Running around all day for exercise and a sufficient supply of meat made Kil weigh about half as much as him.

Moreover, Kiel took a quick step forward in an explosive manner, so the next two punches were thrown out, which also carried the force of most of the body's forward impact.

Kil punched his two fists straight forward. He used his fists as the long swords he usually used, thrust out with both fists, and directly smashed the opponent's arms blocking the chest and the opponent's whole body back hard. fall.

The force was so strong that the fisherman who was knocked down wailed and his feet left the ground, directly knocking the two partners immediately behind him to the ground.

All three of them were lying on their backs.

"Oh, it's over."

"These idiots! Why don't you rush up and hug that kid!"

"That's right! There are so many of you, why don't you just hug me from left to right, immobilize me, and then let you beat me!"

"What a disgrace! Those farmers and woodcutters will definitely be taunting us in the tavern tonight."

"Stop talking, I decided not to drink for the remaining half of the month."

Kil turned a deaf ear to the miscellaneous complaints from the fishermen watching the excitement on the pier. He rushed forward and half-crouched down to punch each of the three fallen people on the face, knocking them to the ground.

At this time, the young fisherman at the front who was knocked down by Kiel's flying knee just got up rubbing his chest, but Kiel dealt with him and used the same trick again.

"Hey~" The fishermen not far away screamed in pain, as if Kiel's knee had hit them.

Looking at the five fishermen who fell to the ground and couldn't get up, Kil snorted coldly, waved his hands and patted the places on his body that he had rubbed when he resisted the opponent's punches and kicks. He walked backwards back to his small backpack and wolf fur cloak, put on his small backpack again, shook out the cloak, draped the cloak over his shoulders, and then connected the wolf's front paws to the front of his neck.

-

On the other side not far from the pier, there is a stone church with a simple and simple main entrance that is different from the surrounding wooden architectural style. Coles-Kore, the young shepherd priest of the Lord of Rivers and Lakes, retracted his gaze towards the dock.

Just now, he had taken the initiative to cancel an unreleased small magic trick of water protection in his hand, and restored it to a part of the ancient god's full divine power in his body.

"It seems that although he is a little younger, his skills are still good. You shouldn't need my help." He turned around and walked back to the church where he lived. With a wave of his hand, the two stone door leaves that served as the main door were lightened. Automatically close the left and right together.

He walked to the stone bed in a corner of the church and sat down against the wall. He placed his hand in a basin of water next to the stone bed and stirred it around randomly. It seemed that this was his usual 'simple' method of communicating with God.

However, it is obvious that the ancient natural gods are not always 'online', which is far inferior to the conceptual gods who are the most powerful and most powerful in human society today.

But Coles didn't care. He was just doing this subconsciously. He didn't really have anything new to share with the gods.

There is a small patio in the middle of the house that leads directly to the sky. The faint light coming from the patio is the only light source in this residence. The temperature inside the house is exactly the same as outside. The temperature should be below freezing, but it cannot freeze the water in the many basins and tanks in the house.

Because this is the residence of the priests under the Lord of Rivers and Lakes, although freezing in winter is part of the natural rivers and lakes, the gods want the water in the house not to freeze below freezing point, so they will not freeze.

"Hey, I thought Jenny would come, but it seems that her injury is not serious, and all the agreed things have to be done instead. What a pity, it will be another boring and long winter."

-

Seeing that Kiel defeated five young and strong boys neatly and neatly on his own, the fishermen on the small dock all calmed down their dissatisfaction and hostility towards the outsider. The two leaders, who were mainly representatives of the fishermen, also looked at each other, and then the fisherman Wick raised his head to the 'lake diver' Bos. After Bos nodded, the two of them gave an explanation to their men, and then moved towards Keir came over.

Looking at the two people walking towards him one after another, Kil nodded to them and asked casually: "Good afternoon, you two. I was a little tired yesterday, so I went back to the house early to rest."

After doing a chest expansion movement, Gere smiled and continued: "But after exercising just now, I finally have some energy."

Wick snorted softly, then kicked the five young fishermen who were dangling beside him and said, "It's okay, just pick up the fish and go home."

The five young fishermen saw the leader of the fishermen talking to Kiel, the young man who defeated them, and then quietly slipped away.

Only the other fishermen on the dock were left loudly taunting them.

'Lake Diver' Boss nodded and looked at Keir with a relatively satisfied look: "As long as you have energy. Please forgive our boys. Fishing is very dangerous and hard for everyone. In recent years, due to wolf attacks and boat capsizing, Fish has never been able to let those boys have a good life."

He then said slowly: "The men on the water have to work hard to support their families. By the way, the Kiel warriors."

"Please just call me by my name, warrior or something, I'm still too young." Kiel said modestly.

Wick, the middle-aged fisherman next to him, waved his hand.

"Let's call him Warrior. He has a name so that everyone can get together to clean up the sunken fish." After saying that, he patted his chest and said, "We didn't know each other much yesterday. Let me reintroduce myself here."

Keir nodded.

"Wike Noriti. When I was a child, I moved to Umi Lake Village with my family. I grew up here and knew the surroundings very well. When I was a child, the knights of the great lord often raided the surrounding areas, and sometimes they could See the manned monster flying through the sky! And Grandpa Bowes knows everything about the lake. He is the most indispensable person of all to deal with the sunken fish."

The praised 'Lake Diver' Bose had a happy face: "I just supported my family when I was young. It's not a special means."

Keir nodded and introduced himself briefly and modestly.

When they found out that Kil was really the Warrior of Saturn, the two of them looked a little weird, but Kil just showed the emblem of Saturn on his chest for a little while, and then put the innermost part of his clothes back.

"Actually, it was just a coincidence that the Church of Saturn in Kendall City needed someone worthy of praise, so they pushed me out for no reason." Keir shrugged and passed the matter on.

The middle-aged man Wick snorted softly: "Only those guys can do this kind of thing. But Kil, you are also very capable. We occasionally have slime monsters on the shore of Lake Umi. By the way, everyone has to be careful about the corrosive acid of those monsters when they meet them!" He touched his chin: "I didn't expect that the body of a slime monster could be made into something worth something."

Old man Boss, on the other hand, was not interested in the topic of Saturn, and just bowed slightly to the church not far away.

"Let's not talk about that. You two are leading people to make a living on the water. You should have some plans in mind to deal with the sunken fish, right? Can you tell me, so that I can take advantage of Knight Lanissa's mission to unite with other people in the village? With the power of people, you can perfect and enrich your plan?"

'Lake Diver' Boss looked at Kil's clear eyes and nodded.

"It's freezing here, and it's not a place to talk for a long time. Let's find a quiet and warm place to talk." Baos said slowly.

Wick next to him looked happy: "Then let's go to the pub and have a drink, and let's talk while drinking!"

But then he was glared at by old man Boss, and he immediately changed his mind: "Then go to the manager's cabin at the dock. My two guys are still busy anyway, let's go there first."

Then the three of them walked to the management cabin next to the dock. Although it is said to be a small cabin, it is not small at all, mainly because it is also used to store some tools used on the dock, and it is also a place where the two managers who manage the dock usually stay.

There was a village militiaman sitting on a wooden pillar at the door of the house watching the door. When he saw Kiel and the other three trying to enter the house, he did not stop Wick and Bose. After all, they were from the same village and they all knew each other well. But the other party didn't know Kiel, so he quietly asked "Lake Diver" Boss about Kiel's identity.

"Don't worry, I'm a hunter warrior sent by the village lord to deal with the sunken fish. How can he like the rags you guard? I don't even want it!" Wick said loudly, and then walked into the house on his own.

Kil scratched his cheek, reached into his inner pocket, and then took out a document folded into a square that was different from other rectangular letters and documents. Knight Lanisa assigned Kil to deal with the sunken fish trouble in Umi Lake Village.

Kiel unfolded the document and showed it to the militiaman guarding the door. However, this conscientious young militiaman could not read. However, when the other party saw the glowing energy specially left by the shining knight at the bottom of the document for identification, he was still convinced. The whole person was excited and said loudly: "Please come in, please clean up the sunken fish."

Keir nodded and walked into the room expressionlessly.

-

In the room, the middle-aged man Wick had already fiddled with the slightly weak firewood. Soon, the flame in the stone fireplace rekindled, and the area near the fireplace suddenly became warm.

When Kil walked into the house, he smelled a faint fishy smell, which seemed to be mixed with a fragrant smell of burning wood.

Glancing around, you can easily see a pottery bowl under a small round table in the center of the room, with some black and gray charcoal ashes in it. He guessed that this thing was the method used by the villagers who managed the two wharfs working outside to remove the fishy smell from the house.

Both Boss and Wick sat at the wooden table, and Kil also came over, untied his wolf fur cloak, balled it up, and placed it on the empty chair next to him.

At this time, the two people present saw the hunting sword hanging on Kiel's left belt.

Different from the natural skylight outside the house that blocks the long sword's own light, after entering the house, at such a close distance, the two villagers of Wumihu Village clearly and accurately saw the scabbard of Keir's long sword glowing slightly. Green light.

Wick looked surprised, pointed at Kil's sword and said, "Why is your sword glowing?"

The older Boss was much calmer: "It's unbelievable. This is the first time I've seen the magic weapon in the story so close." After saying that, he looked at Keir again, as if he wanted to look at him again. Meet Keir once.

But Kil waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "It's nothing. The guy who ate the meal, all the bounties he got from defeating the monsters went to this guy, haha."

At this moment, the middle-aged man Wick, who was obviously much older than Kil, was like a child who saw his beloved toy. He asked cautiously in a curious tone: "Can I touch it a little? Just a little." .”

Shrugging, Kiel is good at it. His weapon is not a shameful thing. Fellow hunters often observe it, and Kiel even uses it to chop down trees and build defensive positions.

Unlocking the metal buckle on the scabbard, Kil placed the long sword that had been used for a long time and had been reforged in the middle of the wooden table for the two villagers who would later join him in dealing with the sunken fish to observe. .

Mr. Boss was still a little cautious and did not touch it directly out of curiosity. Instead, he simply looked at it and let the somewhat careless Wick take action.

Wick wiped his eyes and curiously looked at the wood with green light on the scabbard of the long sword, and then carefully touched the scabbard with his fingers. The scabbard, which had been emitting a green light, had not changed much.

This made him bold. He held the scabbard with one hand and tried to pick it up.

"Huh, it's quite heavy." Wick said with some difficulty.

The old man Boss saw that Wick picked up the sword so carelessly, and Kil didn't care, so he stretched out his hand and asked Wick to give him the sword for him to see.

Wick laughed evilly: "Grandpa Bos, don't break your old arms and legs. This long sword of Kil's is very heavy!"

After all, Wick is a tall middle-aged man, so if he says heavy, it must be very heavy.

So, Wick put the sword back on the table and asked Bos to get it by himself. Although he wanted to punish the old guy who was always unconvinced by him, but after he said the words just now, he was worried that something might really go wrong, so he stayed honest. He placed the long sword on the table.

The old man Boss refused to admit defeat and followed Wick's example to pick up the sword with one hand.

It was only when he held the scabbard and lifted it up that he realized how damn heavy this thing was.

"Boy Wick, is this what you mean? Phew." After all, Bos was old, so he still used two hands to pick up the sword.

"Kiel Warrior, why is this thing so heavy? Was it cast by a magician with some magical spell? Or was it cursed by some evil bloodthirsty beast warlock?" Bos looked up and down in surprise. Hunting with a long sword, he and Wick were both surprised as to why this thing was so heavy even though it was a magic weapon in the story.

"Actually, it's nothing. It's just that black iron, which is much heavier than ordinary steel, was added to the forging material, so it's so heavy."

"Black Iron?"

Although they knew about magic weapons from the bard's heroic stories, they knew nothing about the specific magic materials. In fact, most people are almost like this. People may know that there is such a thing, and they may have seen it on the weapons worn by various knights, but they do not know it specifically.

"Ah, one of the most basic magic materials. It is heavy, hard, and has a large output. In short, it is very cheap." Kil said casually.

Wick's eyes lit up: "If it is very cheap, I will also find someone to make a paddle made of black iron in the future! In this way, it will no longer be possible to lose when fighting for fish or holding a weapon."

"Moreover." After saying this, he made a muscle-flexing motion.

"I'm quite confident in my own strength. Apart from those idiots who are tree-licking, I am the strongest in the village!"

Kil laughed. If the other party didn't consider the price of the black iron magic material, would he be able to pick up a wooden paddle made entirely of black iron?

I guess Wick would have to use a wheelbarrow to pull it! The possible weight may be heavier than his own weight!