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"… …"

"… …"

"Hello!" The man in front of her politely stretched out his hand. Liang Yue stood up and shook it.

"Hello!"

The two of them sat facing each other on the sofa in the president's office.

Sitting opposite Liang Yue was a young man who appeared to be in his twenties. His whole body was exuding an aura completely different from that of a student. Liang Yue politely asked, "You are …?"

Hearing Liang Yue's respectful tone, he acted as if he had been flattered. In Liang Yue's eyes, it seemed a bit exaggerated. He reached into his bosom and pulled out a hard card, placing it on the tea table and pushing it in front of Liang Yue.

"I am the current president of the Hertonmart Adventurer Guild, Norton Jared. I assume you are Mr. Liangyue, the executive committee member of the outer association of Hertonmart Academy."

Liang Yue hesitated for a moment, but still picked up the name card and put it in the bag. Afterwards, she looked at him and replied.

"Yes."

"Then Mr. Norton Jared should know why I'm here." After confirming each other's identity, Liang Yue went straight to the point.

Norton pushed his golden hair out of his blue eyes and smiled amiably. "Just call me Norton."

"Then look at this." Norton handed over a document from the side and placed it on the coffee table, indicating that Liang Yue should take a look at this document.

There were only a few documents, and they were printed with a few large words. The mission was to investigate the unusual situation in the depths of the dark forest.

Liang Yue picked up the document and skimmed through it. There weren't many words to it, so she quickly finished reading and placed it on the table.

Norton glanced at Liang Yue and said, "I believe you already know."

Liang Yue nodded.

Yesterday, three teams of workers who went to the depths of the dark jungle were lost. Although another notice was posted today, two teams still went hunting in the forest. Yesterday, the three teams that were lost were all old teams that had worked for many years.

"At the same time, a few teams that came back said that they saw lightning in the forest, so we wanted to ask the academy to investigate."

Liang Yue stretched out his hand to interrupt Norton's words.

"What about the so-called adventurers? They should accept this request, right? Why would they entrust some students? " Liang Yue directly raised his own question, which he found very strange.

It was clearly the Adventurer Association, but they had to issue a request to a group of students to request it.

"Eh? Don't you know? " Norton was suddenly struck dumb. He scratched the back of his head, not knowing what to say next.

Liang Yue was also a bit confused. Indeed, there were many things that she didn't know. When she told him about it, she just told him to come over and accept the mission. She didn't say anything else.

"Cough cough — —" Liang Yue pretended to cough, "Can you explain it to me?"

He seemed to have asked a silly question.

"You should know that those people downstairs in the hall were all workers, not adventurers."

The people she saw in the hall were all older workers, and at the same time, he could tell that their strength wasn't all that great. The majority of the people's strength couldn't be compared to the students currently in the academy; they relied on their experience to hunt in the forest.

"It's like this. Those workers are the outermost members of the union. They didn't accept much of the commission, and most of the time they just provided materials to the monsters." Norton sat on the sofa as he spoke to Liang Yue.

"What about the union's mandate?" Liang Yue seriously thought for a moment, then said, "As far as I know, the union has accepted quite a few missions, so how should they be dealt with?"

Norton pointed his finger at Liang Yue. "That's the problem."

"On the surface, this place has nothing to do with the academy, but since it's the Adventurer Guild, then there must be some adventurers."

"So, you're entrusting the task to the students of the academy, right?" Listening to Norton's explanation, Liang Yue could already guess who accepted the mission.

"That's right, the capital is connected to the Forest of Grandet, and the students are all here as well. That's why the Adventure Association is an external organization of the academy, and what we are responsible for is to be entrusted to the students of the academy."

"They choose to accept the entrustment. Although the entrustment's difficulty isn't that high, it's still a good opportunity for the ordinary students of the academy. This is a chance for them to fight in actual combat."

"What about the students' safety?" Just as this question appeared in her mind, Liang Yue suddenly thought of something and immediately felt somewhat regretful.

"You should know." The blue eyes that were covered by the golden bangs stared at Liang Yue.

He did know that on the day of admission, someone had died in the exam.

In the end, the academy's teachers could only express their sadness after the exam ended, and nothing more.

"The law of the jungle …" "Is that so?"

Norton suddenly stood up and clapped his hands. "That's it."

"Students who are unable to complete their missions are not qualified to stay in the academy."

"Alright, let's get to the point." Norton sat down, picked up the documents on the table, and casually threw them down. He sighed deeply and said dejectedly, "The Duchy used this method to nurture talented people, so I was one of the victims as well."

Obviously, the man in front of Liang Yue was also a graduate of the academy.

Norton changed his tone and said somewhat self-deprecatingly, "But I wasn't as strong as you when I was in the academy."

Her blue eyes squinted at Liang Yue. "Right, specially recruited students …"

"Mm …" Liang Yue narrowed her eyes, staring at the young man in front of her, as if she was thinking about something.

"In that case, please accept the request …" Norton stood up, dusted off the nonexistent dust on his body, and asked for Liang Yue to sign the power of attorney.

The receptionist handed over a pen. Liang Yue glanced at her and thought, I saw that not only are you the union receptionist, you also have to be his secretary. She picked up the pen and signed the name in the empty space below.

"Headmaster of the Sword Arts Department, Hedonmar Academy: Liang Yue"

Seeing that Liang Yue had finished signing, Norton placed one of the papers in front of him and carefully examined it. His eyes suddenly flashed with a strange light as he said, "Come and spar with me!"

Liang Yue took half a step back and calmly looked at him, "According to the rules, after accepting the entrustment, I had to return to the academy. According to the rules, after accepting the entrustment, I had to return to the academy.

"Goodbye!"

Liang Yue turned around and quickly walked out of the door. He felt that the golden-haired man in front of him was somewhat troublesome. Furthermore, he seemed to be a graduate of the academy. He probably couldn't beat him …

"Ta, ta, ta!"

Liang Yue stepped on the wooden floor and quickly walked out of the association. Norton obviously wasn't willing to give up and followed behind her, so the workers downstairs could only see the president of the association and the student chasing after him with quick steps.

In front of them was the entrance to the association. Liang Yue had just taken a few steps out of the association, and the number of passersby on the road was rather small. Liang Yue continued to speed up her pace.

Bang! A loud sound was heard, attracting the workers and passersby within the union.

The wind blew, and Liang Yue stood far away from Norton. The Divine Chasing Sword reflected the sunlight as it pointed at Norton, who had pulled his fist out from the ground, with a troubled look in his eyes.

He had not expected that Norton would directly make a move on the street after leaving the house. He completely ignored the reputation of the association and chased away the trouble. Liang Yue looked at Norton with a serious expression.

Fighter... Is that so …

Norton straightened his body, smiled, and shook off his blond hair. He put on a relaxed look and said in a tone of a senior, "You're quite fast, to be able to dodge my punch."

Although he said that Liang Yue was pretty good, Norton stretched his waist and made a gesture of attack. His gaze towards Liang Yue became a bit more serious.

He had been caught off guard when he threw that punch, but he was still able to dodge it without panicking. Even his heartbeat was at a normal level.

"Can't we not fight?" Perhaps it was because Norton was a graduate of the academy, but Liang Yue didn't have any ice-cold feelings towards his tone. However, when she said these words, her tone revealed a kind of tiredness.

Liang Yue didn't want to exchange pointers with him at all. To exchange pointers with a fighting master was a little troublesome for him, not to mention that this fighting master seemed to be quite strong.

"Wow, a student like you isn't ambitious at all. Let your senior teach you!" As he said this, he stomped on the ground with all his might and dashed out.

So it was really like this again …

Liang Yue felt that Norton didn't have the slightest bit of elegance as a senior. He was clearly a graduate, yet when sparring with her, he always made the first move.

The sound of a fist piercing through the air came from the right. Norton's fist was suffused with a blue glow as it smashed towards Liang Yue's face.

Liang Yue's blue fist enlarged in the pupils of her eyes. The wind brought forth by her fist blew away the hair on the side of his face, causing it to itch.

Liang Yue expressionlessly looked at the fist in front of her, which was a few centimeters away. There was some dust on it and there were also some scars on it. A dull voice came from under the mask. "What do you think?"

Norton glanced at Chasing Sword, which was resting on his shoulder in a strange posture. The red ruby inlaid on it made his eyes hurt.

Liang Yue didn't raise her hand. The Divine Chasing Sword was grasped in his hand and was placed at the intersection of Norton's shoulder and neck. As long as he swung it forward, he would be able to cut his neck.

"Tsk —" Norton grinned. "Of course I'm —"

"I'm not admitting defeat!" Naturally, Norton did not use that hand that was near Liang Yue to attack him. After all, this was a spar, so he clenched his fist with his other hand and swung it at Liang Yue's stomach.

"Troublesome …"

With a movement of his free hand, the dagger flashed out of his sleeve, and with a slight leap, the dagger flew through the air, dodging Norton's heavy punch and sending it flying into the air.

"Bang!" A sonic boom rang out in the air. Liang Yue stood behind him, her dagger pressed against Norton's waist. The Divine Chasing Sword was placed against his neck, and she was looking at Norton with a somewhat unhappy expression.

He did not like people like Norton. If he still did not admit defeat, Liang Yue would attack.

"Sigh …" Norton sighed, his fist still in the attacking position drooping. "Are you guys specially admitting that you're monsters?" "I haven't even graduated from school yet and I'm still unable to beat you, this special enrollment who hasn't been in the academy for long …" The voice that spoke was a bit dejected. It seemed like he had suffered quite a bit from the specially recruited students before this.

"President!" The reception elder sister had finally appeared downstairs. She stood at the entrance of the association and called out to Norton. Seeing Liang Yue using his sword to support Norton's neck, she hurriedly ran over and bowed in apology.

"I'm sorry! < People >! Our guild leader has given you trouble! " She bent down to apologize, her fine career line quivering.

She looked at him and said in a serious tone, "Firstly, although I've only been in the academy for a few days, you can't beat me. Secondly, I'm now the head of the Sword Arts Department, and this position was obtained by defeating another special enrollment. Seeing the annoying look on Norton's face, Liang Yue turned on her blowout mode, which caused Norton to be stunned.

"See you later!" After spraying him, Liang Yue's mood immediately became much better. She turned around and walked away, preparing to return to the academy.

Norton looked at Liang Yue's disappearing figure, not being able to react at all.

Aren't you cold? Aren't you a student who doesn't get any feelings?

Why did you suddenly spit at me!?

"Damn it, this damned junior brother is actually this strong …" Norton clenched his fists and looked at him, suddenly frustrated.

"Go back to your room …" He greeted the waiter who was still distracted and walked towards the union.

The workers watched as Norton walked over and did not make way for him. They were still engrossed in the exchange between Norton and Kieran.

Norton was the guild leader of the union, and they obviously knew of his strength. Norton was an outstanding fighter, and it was obvious that they couldn't even beat him if they fought together.

However, the scene from a moment ago had shocked them. Although they knew that the student was very strong, they had not expected him to be so strong.

Their fights were very fast, with only two moves. Each time, Norton, the close-combat expert, would be the first to strike, but he would be completely at a disadvantage.

That person is really a student. The president is clearly a graduate of the academy, yet he is being hammered by a student who is still in the academy. Do you think he is still human?

When Norton walked towards the Adventurer Guild, the scene of his fight with Liang Yue flashed through his mind, causing him to immediately feel a lingering fear.

His sword was too fast, so fast that he was unable to see the shadow of his sword clearly. Moreover, the moment he unsheathed his sword, he felt as if he was being stared at by something.

This reminded him of the old days when he had met a sword arts teacher in the academy. That kind of familiar feeling …

"None of you are really human …"

"… …"

"… …"