Defying the Fate of Beheading-Chapter 582 - 315: Three Women Meet, The Saintess’s Trouble_2

According to her, she intends to sharpen her blade for two years before giving him a good thrashing.

But Louis thinks that after two years, he'll be able to knock her down with a mere flick of his fingers.

"I'm looking forward to this duel," Louis said with a smile, "How about we set it for tomorrow."

"Why not today?" the Sword Master licked his lips and said, "I'm already getting impatient."

Louis shook his head and said, "Today, I have to meet two friends."

The Sword Master sighed and said, "I still say the same thing. I always feel you sometimes don't seem like a Saint Realm powerhouse. For people like us, being brave and combative is the norm. If we're not fighting right away, it's already restraint."

Louis said, "Now you've seen it, but it's not your problem; it's my problem. My Saint Realm was achieved with a bit of trickery, so naturally, I don't hold myself to as high a standard as you all do. For me, learning martial arts is for living."

Sword Master: "???"

For some reason, after hearing him say that, I want to hit him even more.

Dammit, have all the Princes of the Empire become so infuriating?

"Alright, then tomorrow."

The Sword Master resolved to show this guy what pure skill really means tomorrow!

...

After the Sword Master left, Louis turned around and took the Little Swan to the Adventurer Guild.

This time, however, he donned full armor again, transforming back into the adventurer Caesar.

Because the two "guests" he was meeting today were Alice and Grace.

He rented the same private room where he and the Little Swan had met before.

Speaking of which, last time he initially exchanged secrets with the Little Swan in the private room, but when it came down to business, he took her back to the Imperial Palace.

Otherwise, today if he brought the Little Swan to meet the two, she might still feel awkward.

"Why are you blushing?" Louis touched the Little Swan's slender waist, making her giggle for a long while, then she patted Louis' armor in shame and annoyance.

"Why are you so hard!" She slapped until her hand hurt.

Louis looked at the slightly dented armor without speaking, just touching her slightly reddened palm and said:

"Even though you have my power support, you still shouldn't harm yourself like this. Don't you already know what kind of equipment I'm wearing now?"

Before, Louis' full armor was the standard armor of Ense, but now it has already been upgraded.

It was a composite armor crafted with Limuru's skills, its performance far beyond the regular high-quality equipment.

Just in terms of physical properties, this armor had reached the limit of conventional armors.

It had the necessary hardness to withstand legendary battles and an extremely high magic power conduction rate, truly a masterpiece among masterpieces.

He planned to find a time to get some skilled craftsmen to engrave magic arrays on the equipment and enchant it, thus bringing out its maximum effectiveness.

...But the one hitting him was the Little Swan.

The Little Swan looked slightly awkward.

She wasn't quite used to this; when facing others, she was always careful when making contact, afraid that she might accidentally break them.

But with Louis, it was different.

Nobody understood how sturdy Louis' body was better than her. Anyway, she knew no matter how much she fussed, she wouldn't genuinely hurt him, so she didn't control her strength as much when dealing with him.

Entering the room, Louis saw two cat-like creatures sprawled on the chairs unwilling to move.

The two looked exhausted as if their essence, energy, and spirit had been entirely drained, shocking the Little Swan so much that she went up to check on them, finally arriving at an absurdly funny conclusion.

Tired.

"What happened to make you so tired?"

Louis reached out and picked up the sluggish Alice, who looked dejected and said:

"I got something I wanted, but I've been doing high-intensity hunting quests lately, can't catch my breath."

Louis was at a loss for words.

How many quests had this person done to tire herself out in such a manner?

"Have you found the last material for the Red Jade Blade?" Louis knew that since assuming a position in the Red Jade Guard, Alice had been searching for materials to craft a weapon exclusively for the Red Jade Guard.

Being a TO version advancement profession among the Nine Swords, Red Jade Guard was a purely formidable class type.

However, to wield all of the Red Jade Guard's power, crafting a weapon tailored to integrate divine art is crucial.

After all, the Red Jade Guard's power originates from an irresponsible goddess, transforming its power source from pure vitality to enhancement with divine power.

If using ordinary or magic weapons, it greatly limits the Red Jade Guard's potential.

However, Alice apparently wanted the effects of various weapons compatible, making the necessary materials for forging such weapons very scarce.

"The folks on Adventure Island are ruthless; they sell stuff at such high prices, yet they're already the easiest force to obtain those materials from."

Alice lamented while rolling on the wooden chair, grieving over her plummeting adventure points.

Louis pondered for a moment, then suddenly said to Alice:

"Are you in a hurry to forge your exclusive weapon right now?"

"How could I not be?"

"Can you wait 10 days?"

"Why wait?"

"I can't give you specific details, I can only say we are about to achieve a breakthrough in one of our technologies, which is very likely to produce materials extremely suited for crafting exclusive weapons."

"Hmm? Very impressive?"

"We're planning to forge a holy artifact similar to Lokeshi." Louis said casually.

Limuru's evolution was in its final stages; in as short as two days or as long as ten days, she would evolve into a Kingdom Slime.

By then, the production of special bio-metals will become possible, and as it is known, in modern high technology, any of the three main pillars (materials, energy, information) achieving even a minor breakthrough can spurt overall technological progression.

Such an occurrence would reflect in the extraordinary world as well.

Limuru's biometal faculties might even incite professional system revolutions, and if Alice was willing to wait, he wouldn't mind lending her a hand.

While contemplating this, his gaze shifted to Grace, who had stayed silent.

Since entering, Alice was at least more expressive, but Grace seemed utterly speechless.

"What happened, you look so depleted, not like the Grace I know at all."

Grace whimpered quietly without a word; Alice laughed beside and said:

"Don't call out to her, she hasn't faced such malice in her life before, this current Saint Maiden's pilgrimage has been too much hardship for her."

"What do you mean?" Alice's words caught the Little Swan's curiosity too.

Alice spread her hands and said:

"Do I have to spell it out? If Grace is appearing in the Lokeshi Empire, it's obvious where her pilgrimage site is."

Louis suddenly realized and looked at Grace with sympathy: "It's been tough in recent times, hasn't it? But why were you sent here?"

Grace softly replied: "In compliance with the divine oracle's direction, my pilgrimage path must start here."

Louis felt a headache coming on.

There was no mention of Grace's pilgrimage here in the future diary.

Of course, that's not what's most important.

The trouble is, the Saint Maiden's pilgrimage venue is clearly problematic.

Traditionally, a Saint Maiden's pilgrimage primarily aimed to promote the Church of Glory and Justice's doctrine; enhancing follower numbers is a significant feat.

That's plausible if conducted in other lands.

But this is Lokeshi!

Star Continent's seldom seen non-believer territories, singular among major forces as a state entirely skeptical of divinity.

Conducting a Saint Maiden's pilgrimage in a non-believer realm is practically a hellish difficulty.

"This isn't right, the church holds you in high regard, why assign you here directly? Is your divine oracle truly reliable?"

Alice voiced a reasonable doubt.

Grace is highly esteemed by the Church, arranging such a training site seems like leading one astray, doesn't it?

Perhaps sensing Alice's concerns, Grace shook her head and said:

"No, the God has stated that this land is about to undergo a tremendous change, whether for Glory and Justice, or for spreading the faith, I must come here."

Louis's expression slightly shifted.

Because he knew very well that there would indeed be a turmoil in the Lokeshi Empire soon.

This time he came to see if he could prevent this upheaval from happening.

For instance... the Sword Master's death and Lokeshi's precarious situation.