Chapter 71 71: Traveling To Rockbell Village



Since the City was the one who was paying his bills Yoze couldn't help but side with the city and help their cause. So after getting the letter, Yoze stopped his training and made preparations for any possibility that could happen during his trip.

"The Scholar Examination should be starting in 2 months. So for me to receive a letter so early means that the place I'm going to be traveling to is quite far." 

As Yoze packed his things he took a bunch of dried food with him to satisfy his large food requirements if, at any point during the trip, he couldn't eat the food that his guides brought along.

He also grabbed his sword and his armor as he planned to focus on training his Armored Swordsman Slash and Shuffle along the way. Yoze didn't plan on training Iron Skin since he couldn't be sure he would be able to have a large source of boiling water throughout the trip.

As for his Twin Fists and Mindless Legs after they both broke through his progress speed had greatly slowed for both of them. It would take him a few years to reach the peak of either of them with his current talents. So Yoze planned to take it slow and train them when he had some spare time during the trip.

The next few days passed by quietly and Yoze had just bid his father, Jewel, and Leah goodbye when he saw that several soldiers dressed in armor were walking toward him with a middle-aged scholar following them from the back. 

"Are you Yoze Thunder?" A particularly gloomy young soldier stepped forward and asked about Yoze's identity.

"Yes, I am Yoze," Yoze nodded.

"Fantastic, I am Timothy, a soldier of New Swampscott City, and have reached the Blood Master realm. My comrades are also Blood Masters so you can ask any of us if you have a special request. " The young soldier named Timothy's voice remained dull and maintained an attitude of not wanting to be here.

"You all are Blood Masters? Where the hell will we be traveling to that requires the City to send such heavy firepower?" Yoze was shocked by Timothy's casual remark about being a Blood Master.

If Yoze didn't know better he would have thought that the Blood Master's rank was low given Timothy's attitude. Timothy alone could have destroyed the Blood Armor encampment alone if they hadn't sent all the Blood Masters to defend it.

Not to mention that accompanying him on his trip was more than 10 Blood Masters who from what Yoze could tell were all young.

[Name: Timothy Skyrock]

[Age: 33 years old]

[Talents: Martial Arts Comprehension (Grade 7), Body Damage Absorber (Grade 6), Armored Spearman body (Grade 9), Wrestling (Grade 2)]

"As expected of a Blood Master who was so young, his talents are crazy," 

After sending out a talent mark on Timothy, Yoze couldn't help but confirm his statement alone by his talents. 

"I can answer your question, Scholar, my name is River by the way." 

"To answer your concerns, Scholar, there was also a report that there was strange activity around the area where you and this other Scholar will be doing the examination. The City just sent us to deal with the strange event and send both of you over. Killing two birds with one stone." Another soldier stepped forward who introduced herself as River had a more upbeat approach compared to Timothy.

Yoze couldn't help but draw a comparison between River and Timothy because they looked nearly identical. As if one was the male or female version of the other.

"Strange activity, am I allowed to know more about that?" 

"No, that is classified. Unless there is an emergency we are not allowed to leak the strange accidents." River shook her head denying his request.

"That's fine, but can't I ask where we are going at least," Yoze asked another question, which he thought was important.

"Yup, we are heading to a village that is around 10 days away from the city," River replied, not adding any more details.

After confirming a few things but not even knowing the direction they would be leaving the city from, Yoze took his wagon full of his things along for the journey to the surprise of everyone else.

When they did set off, it was pitch black outside and made it difficult for any normal person to tell which direction they were traveling. 

It was only after they left the city and could see that they had left from the West Gate that Yoze and the middle-aged man were told about which village they were heading towards for the Scholar Exam. It was a small village named Rockbell Village which Yoze and the middle-aged Scholar had both never heard of before.

The next few days were mostly spent walking with them and taking brief breaks to eat and regain their strength. Since Yoze himself tried to get as much practice in his armor as possible, the only times he took it off was when they were resting.

The scholar who was following along had a hard time believing that Yoze was also a scholar since he didn't have the body of a scholar. He even never entered the carriage that had been prepared for them and preferred walking alongside the soldiers.

But from his brief talks with Yoze, the middle-aged scholar was amazed to find out that Yoze was a scholar who practiced martial arts on the side. That made the scholar consider whether he should take martial arts as a hobby.

As for Yoze, he was mainly focused on training his Armored Swordsman Slash and Armored Swordsman Shuffle. After practicing for so many days he made a lot of progress. He had already reached the first level of the Armored Swordsman Shuffle and was close to reaching the level for Armored Swordsman Slash.

Not only was Yoze constantly training on the move but he was copying a talent from every Blood Master. Since this trip was only 10 days Yoze made sure to throw a talent mark on a different person every 24 hours to try and get a talent that could speed up his training.