Who told him to rush up there?.

Chapter 4 Departure
Because they were practicing in the training room at home instead of in the wilderness, the three of them did not use any martial arts or use their destructive fighting spirit. They only fought with their physical bodies. Jessica and Cecilia were no match for Eli at all.

In fact, even in a field battle, the two beautiful guards are not enough for Eli to practice. After all, he is no longer a "human" now.

"There's progress, but not much."

As Cecilia started to swing, Jessica also put down her broadsword. Eli put away his fist, patted the non-existent dust on his body, and spoke lightly.

When ordinary warriors break through to the seventh level and step into the threshold of high-level warriors from ordinary warriors, their strength will be greatly improved. Even if they are facing their pre-breakthrough selves, they can beat ten of them alone. But unfortunately, Jessica and Cecilia are facing Eli, who has already become extraordinary. In his eyes, their rapidly growing strength is probably the difference between a kitten and a cat.

"That's a competition with the master. If I fight with others, I have the confidence that I can stab an eighth-level demon into a meat skewer!"

It's not that Cecilia was bragging. After she cultivated to the third level, she had the strength to challenge monsters of higher levels at almost every level. It's just that since she started practicing, Eli had only allowed her to secretly fight monsters of the same level or one level higher than her, and never let her show her true fighting power in front of outsiders. Otherwise, she and Jessica would have been famous in the imperial capital long ago.

"Don't worry, when we get to the battlefield, the master will no longer let you hide your strength. At that time, you two will charge with the master and skewer the demons like ten thousand skewers."

Eli patted Cecilia's shoulders, then reached out and pulled Jessica over, promising to lift the order to lock up their strength. After all, the war against demons was no joke, and hiding one's abilities on the battlefield was tantamount to seeking death.

"What are you waiting for? Let's go now!"

Cecilia picked up the knight's gun on the ground and shouted impatiently.

She was almost going crazy in this huge castle. She had trained herself to only be able to beat up monsters and be beaten by her master. She had no chance to display her full potential. It was only because she was not a noble lady, otherwise she would have applied to go to the battlefield in advance to kill monsters.

She had worried before that if her master wanted to keep offspring, she would have to stay in the castle miserably to take care of the baby and would not be able to follow her master into the battlefield to kill demons. But later, seeing that her master didn't have that intention, she was very happy.

As a personal bodyguard, you must not only stay close to the soldier in daily life, but also in battle. A soldier can only shine on the battlefield!
"There are many demons in the demon tribe. You will have enough to kill later. You two should accompany me and my parents for dinner tonight. After dinner, we will leave."

After saying this, Eli left Jessica and Cecilia in a daze and walked out of the practice room alone, not knowing where to go.

Tonight is the host's farewell party. Why would two outsiders like them attend? Although they have had a very good and harmonious relationship with the host since they were young, the harmony gradually turned into a little ambiguity when they grew up, until a few years ago when the ambiguity turned into love that everyone could guess. But after all, there is a big gap in their social status. Jessica and Cecilia, who are of commoner origin, don't even dare to dream of the surname Bruno. What does it mean that the host suddenly invites them to a family dinner?
Just as Jessica and Cecilia looked at each other in confusion, Eli, who had left the training room, had walked alone to the Bruno family's treasure room.

As the eldest and currently only son of Duke Bruno, the family treasure room is open to him on a limited basis. Except for the truly valuable treasures which require approval from his father, the current patriarch, he can take whatever he wants from the rest.

However, Eli, who had many adventures in his early years and seemed to have the luck of hundreds of tribes, had no shortage of these things in the treasure room. Even those treasures that were regarded as treasures by the elders of the tribe were not taken seriously by him.

A mere Duke's Mansion, how could it be compared with an entire world, but Eli had to come this time. He had everything he needed, and even had everything in excess, but his guards were only equipped with refined weapons, and even Jessica and Cecilia's broadsword knight guns were only top-grade. Anyway, many of the family's treasures were gathering dust in the warehouse, so it would be better to take them out and arm his guards. It was already difficult to recruit soldiers in the empire now, and the fewer casualties, the better.

Except for a few warehouses in the deepest part that were not moved, Eli almost ransacked the entire family treasure room. All the usable items were put into the space ring, and all the unusable items were put into another space ring and waited for the opportunity to shine.

After completing the "inventory", Eli left the treasure room without stopping and went straight to the family's treasury. From there, Eli advanced large amounts of gold coins, enough to pay his guards' salaries for ten years as well as the expenses needed to build a small border town.

Except for the first batch of military rations which was escorted by people arranged by the family, Eli did everything else personally, trying his best to avoid any mistakes.

By the time they had finished all this, the sky outside had gradually become gloomy, the sun was low in the sky, and the bright moon was rising in the sky. The time of parting was almost here, and all that was left was the last meal.

Eli still did not take off his armor, but went back and took Jessica and Cecilia, who were wearing armor again, to the restaurant for the banquet.

Duke Bruno and the Duchess were a little surprised that Eli suddenly brought his two child guards to dine at the main table, but they didn't say much. There were always only three people dining in the restaurant, and now there were two "family members" who looked uncomfortable.

During the meal, the Duchess kept looking at Eli and his two beautiful child guards, as if trying to find some difference between the three people whom she had not seen for just a few hours.

But unfortunately, apart from the two women's unnatural expressions, the other three of them were too natural and there was no sign of anything different.

Because it was the last reunion dinner for at least the next three years, the five people at the table ate very slowly, as if this would alleviate the sadness of parting.

But all good things must come to an end. When the guards gathered in the open space outside the castle, Eli, Jessica and Cecilia had to raise their glasses for the last time. After toasting their parents, they drank all the wine in one gulp. Then the three of them stood up and left the restaurant together.

This time, the mountains are high and the waters are long. I don’t know when we will meet again. Maybe it will be three years, maybe ten years, or maybe it will be forever.

Of course, the last one might not be necessary. Eli is very confident in his own strength. As long as time is on his side, he will sooner or later kill the demons and return...呸呸, return home in glory.

Walking out of the castle where he had lived for twenty years, Eli looked at the guards who were staring at him and the personal guards who were happy to receive new weapons. He didn't say much, only one sentence echoed in the air.

"Destination Demon Hunting City, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)