The scene shifted.

Liens appeared in Captain Jay's meeting room once more.

This time, he couldn't be bothered to entangle with Captain Jay.

He directly drew his longsword and, after sending a Sword Ki towards the wall behind Captain Jay as a warning, coldly stated:

"I'll give you ten minutes. Quickly gather everyone in your Divine Wind Adventurer Group."

"In ten minutes, I will launch an attack on your Divine Wind Adventurer Group."

"Mr. Heier, what is this?"

"Is there some conflict between our Divine Wind Adventurer Group and your existence?"

Captain Jay was startled by the sudden change. He was both shocked and confused as he questioned Liens.

What happened?

Why did this Great Knight start making trouble just a moment after Lottie left?

"Hurry, you only have ten minutes."

Liens ignored Captain Jay's questions and continued to urge him.

He had lost interest in the Captain of the Divine Wind Adventurer Group after getting a general understanding of his situation in the previous instance.

Captain Jay was an Earth Element Knight who favored strength.

His skill level had reached the Sword Style tier, and his Sword Style was one of broad, sweeping movements, overwhelming opponents with sheer force.

Each sword strike carried the momentum of splitting mountains.

Coupled with the strength amplification and iron-like body defense provided by his "Earth Element Body," which had reached the purification stage.

If placed on a battlefield, he would be considered a fierce general, like a meat grinder.

However, he was not very good at one-on-one combat, or rather, not very good at dealing with agile opponents.

Broad, sweeping Sword Style inevitably led to simple routines and few variations.

However, this wasn't a significant flaw. As long as he could connect his moves to achieve both offense and defense, a simple routine, in a sense, meant very few weaknesses.

If Captain Jay faced a typical opponent, his Sword Style, combined with his powerful physique, would be a perfect Rolling.

Even when facing opponents of similar strength, he could rely on his strong defense and nearly flawless Sword Style to stalemate the opponent, eventually wearing them down or creating opportunities for others.

From this fighting style, Liens could tell that Captain Jay might have positioned himself as a vanguard general, rather than a solo Knight.

Generals often exert their maximum strength within an army, so he was somewhat curious about what kind of combat power Captain Jay, leading the entire Divine Wind Adventurer Group, would unleash later?

Seeing Liens' resolute attitude, Captain Jay knew that this unexpected disaster was unavoidable.

Helplessly… he could only quickly run out the door to gather his group members.

At the same time, he sent his faster members to find Lottie, hoping to use the Adventurers' Association's influence to avoid this baseless trouble.

...

Ten minutes quickly passed while Liens meditated.

He slowly opened his eyes, revealing absolutely calm and indifferent gaze. However, this was not the state of entering "Killing Intent."

Now, he no longer needed to focus his mind through killing intent. After comprehending momentum the world in his eyes was already transparent.

Wind swirled around him, and in an instant, his figure had vanished from the Captain's office on the third floor.

Last time, it was because the instance time was almost up, and he didn't have enough time to fight the entire Divine Wind Adventurer Group.

Therefore, he had the leisure to walk down slowly.

Now, the time should be sufficient, but he didn't want to waste a single second.

Almost in the blink of an eye, Liens' figure had already appeared in the hotel lobby.

The members of the Divine Wind Adventurer Group gathered in the lobby were surprised by his sudden appearance.

Because most of them did not know what Liens looked like.

So, seeing that Liens was not wearing their Divine Wind Adventurer Group uniform, they assumed he was an outsider who had appeared from nowhere and wanted to go and drive Liens away.

Fortunately, Captain Jay and Lottie were both there, preventing such an incident from happening.

"Mr. Heier, I was unaware of any conflict between you and the Divine Wind Adventurer Group."

"If possible, I implore you not to engage in combat within the city; it could cause irreparable damage."

"The Association can arrange a venue for you to resolve your conflict."

Upon seeing Liens, Lottie immediately walked quickly towards him and said.

Lottie's words clarified Liens' identity to many members of the Divine Wind Adventurer Group, and also made them realize who they had all been waiting for.

"Move aside."

Short and cold words came from Liens' mouth.

"Mr. Heier…"

Lottie wanted to continue persuading Liens, but her response was a thick Wind Blade.

Seeing this, Lottie quickly activated her shield.

At the same time, she instantly constructed an orange-yellow magic circle on the ground, raising an earth wall to block the Wind Blade.

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The collision between the Wind Blade and the earth wall produced a loud sound, and the spreading wind also stirred up dust from the ground.

When the wind subsided and the dust settled, everyone could finally see what had just happened.

Lottie was fine. Although one earth wall didn't completely block the thick Wind Blade, she had stacked many layers of shields on her body, perfectly protecting her.

Liens was not surprised by this; it was merely a warning to Lottie.

Otherwise, that attack would not have been a Wind Blade, but "Sword Ki."

Compared to the condensed Sword Ki that thick Wind Blade was like unrefined iron, shattering upon impact.

If that attack had been Sword Ki it would not have been so simple for an unprepared Lottie to block it. He had tested this with the dean, who was also a Mage.

Compared to Lottie, the dean was much more cautious. After activating magic to block an attack, he would immediately flee from his previous position, instead of foolishly staying still and giving others an opportunity to continue attacking him.

Of course, it's also possible that Lottie perceived his attack as merely a warning, devoid of Killing Intent, which is why she didn't make any further moves.

In any case, as one of the persons in charge and the poster girl of the Korlot Adventurers' Association, Lottie was not brainless.

So, after understanding Liens' attitude, she knew that she simply couldn't persuade this young man, who claimed not to be a Great Knight but was superior to one.

Lottie's face showed bitterness, and she somewhat regretted bringing Liens to the Divine Wind Adventurer Group.

But given the current situation, she could only silently retreat from the hotel, and at the same time, send a message to her colleagues at the Adventurers' Association, telling them to speed up the evacuation of the surrounding civilians.

This was to prevent the conflict between the two sides from affecting innocent passersby.

And Lottie's withdrawal made Captain Jay, whose face had already darkened somewhat upon hearing her words, turn even darker.

"Are you ready?"

Liens asked the Divine Wind Adventurer Group members in front of him.

Upon hearing this, Captain Jay gripped the greatsword in his hands even tighter and said to Liens in a deep voice:

"Mr. Heier, is this conflict truly unavoidable?"

Seeing Liens remain silent, Captain Jay let out a heavy sigh, then shouted:

"All members! Form ranks! Prepare for battle!"