If everyone becomes an adventurer, who will put in the effort themselves?

"You've practiced well, but stealth below level 10 can't hide the fluctuations in airflow."

"At the Knightworth family home, sensing the movement of air currents to judge the opponent's attack method is a fundamental skill!"

Lynn's eyelids twitched, but he didn't say anything more. Instead, he gripped the dagger and assumed a basic swordsmanship stance.

Upon seeing this, Jeken was clearly stunned for a moment. Then, he laughed heartily, as if Mihawk, who had trained hard for thirty years, had seen the newly-born young Zoro, who was inviting him to a sword duel.

A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger, and a frog in a well—various thoughts surged in Jeken's mind.

Finally, he also raised the kitchen knife in his hand and assumed the same stance.

Seeing this, Lynn did not hesitate at all and thrust his standard rapier straight at him.

Swordsmanship Basics +3, Current Level LV2 (5/10)

A loud clang!

Jeken easily wedged the cleaver into the guard of Lynn's dagger, preparing to knock his weapon away again.

However, Lynn had learned his lesson this time. He retreated very quickly, quickly reaching a safe distance, and then launched another thrust.

"Children's tricks!"

Jeken sneered, casually blocking Lynn's attack, but his bloodshot eyes narrowed as he watched Lynn replicate the 'Coal Ash Kill'!

Swordsmanship Basics +5

Then, a few loud clanging sounds.

The two exchanged blows more than a dozen times, until Lynn's palms ached. But then, Lynn smiled.

"You're really going to play this game with me?"

Upon hearing this, Jeken grinned maliciously: "Your swordsmanship teacher is excellent; he even taught you the corresponding breathing techniques."

"He probably didn't teach you how to exert your full strength in toxic air."

At this point, Jake smiled knowingly:

"You must be feeling really dizzy right now?"

"It's okay, dizziness is normal!"

Lynn raised an eyebrow at this, but a mocking smile appeared on his face:

"Are you waiting for me to feel dizzy?"

"What a coincidence, I was waiting for the same thing!"

Next second,

Lynn silently recited in her heart.

'System, it's time to unleash your power!'

[Swordsmanship Basics ↑, Current Level Lv3!]

[Ding! Stealth Lv5 has dropped to Lv1.]

[Gained 1 skill point, current skill points: 2, storage pool (1/3).]

[Free attribute storage +3, currently (8/10)]

[Stealth skill level decreased, trait retained! Note: Trait cannot be regained after leveling up again.]

Lynn glanced at the notification quickly, then thought fiercely:

'System, swordsmanship skill points! Add them all! Up to level 5, gain the attribute trait, then reduce all other skills! Put the attribute points into Strength!'

One skill upgrade followed by another downgrade.

In the blink of an eye, Lynn's attributes changed.

[Adventurer: Lynn]

[Level: Lv1]

【體質：3、精神：1、力量：4、耐力：3、敏捷：3。】

The next second, Lynn rushed out.

He didn't rely on the techniques Mira taught him; he charged forward purely on instinct!

"You can't even keep your breathing steady?"

Jeken chuckled and easily dodged Lynn by stepping aside, then stabbed him with his knife!

The blade pierced Lynn's abdomen, but clearly encountered great resistance.

Upon seeing this, Jeken immediately realized that Lynn was wearing something on his stomach, but before he could react, Lynn grabbed his arm and pulled him sharply.

The pull was so strong that it caused Jacken to lean forward and lose his balance.

How could this be? Before Jeken could be shocked by Lynn's sudden outburst of power beyond his own, the dagger in Lynn's hand was already stabbing towards Jeken's throat.

The sharp blade, seemingly capable of reflecting off one's face, appeared infinitely magnified in Jeken's eyes.

Just then, a warning sounded.

"Wait, don't rush to kill me! Let me finish asking my questions first before you make your move, okay?"

Suddenly,

An invisible force halted Lynn's movements.

Seeing this, Lynn looked up at Jack, who was also being controlled by some kind of power and had a look of despair on his face.

Judging from this, it seems that he controlled both of them in one fell swoop?

The sound of footsteps echoed.

Just then, a familiar female voice came from behind me.

"Although there was a slight mishap, it seems I made it in time?"

At this moment, Lynn felt the control over him loosen slightly, as if Sia had released her pressure on him.

At that moment, Lynn plunged the dagger into Jack's eye without hesitation, then yanked it out and pulled out a string of red and white fibrous material.

Sia, who had just released her control skills, was stunned.

It seems she... blew up her order?!

Chapter 23 You wouldn't want to live in a coffin with your childlike innocence, would you?

Clang!

Jeken collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Not long after, a mixture of white and red liquid flowed out from his head.

Seeing this, Sia exclaimed "Oh dear!" and twirled a strand of hair behind her ear with her index finger, speaking to Lynn in a slightly subtle tone:

"They went straight for the kill?"

Lynn, who was killing someone for the first time, was surprisingly calm: "I'm afraid he might suddenly attack and hurt someone."

"You've even come up with a reason?"

Sia glanced at Lynn in surprise, then nodded repeatedly and said:

"You're quick on the uptake."

"However, things have become a little complicated now."

Sia scratched the back of her head, then thought for a moment, and after a few seconds gave up, saying:

"Never mind, let's talk about it when I come back in my main body."

"The main body?" Lynn was taken aback.

Immediately afterwards, Sia in front of him suddenly froze, and then began to disappear little by little from his feet.

"It really isn't the real thing..."

Lynn was stunned for a moment. Before he could turn around, beams of light began to converge in front of him.

Almost at the very moment the light was generated, Sia also emerged from it:

“If I were the real me, you wouldn’t have been able to kill him just now.”

As she spoke, Xia walked toward Lynn.

At this moment, Lynn unexpectedly discovered that a pair of black wings had appeared on the back of the man from the city lord's mansion.

The girl with pink hair and a black dress, paired with those wings, looked like a fallen angel.

"What is this?" Lynn looked at the 'fallen angel' in front of him, somewhat surprised.

"This?" Sia pointed to the wings on her waist: "Automatic Aurora Armor Type 4, which is one of my proudest creations."

Upon hearing the adjective "work," Lynn raised an eyebrow slightly.

Just then, Sia approached Jake, knelt down, and looked down at him for a while, resting her hands on her knees, staring for over ten seconds:

"Hmm... distorted ritual magic... it seems it has been secretly altered?"

"They even dare to arbitrarily alter the blood transfer techniques described in the Gospels?"

"Do the Knightworth family really have no shortage of adventurous spirit?"

"The Gospels?" Lynn rejected the term, then asked curiously, "What are those?"

"A type of magic that originates from the underground city, with significant flaws, but also immense power."

As Sia straightened up and turned to Lynn, she explained:

"Because they were all written on white books, and because an organization called the Evangelical Fellowship was pursuing this taboo knowledge, they were collectively called 'Gospels'."

Sia then approached Lynn, smiling, and said:

"Of course, many people use very unpleasant names to refer to the Gospels, but just in case, it's better to just call them the Gospels."

"After all, there are always some crazy people in the Gospel Church who, after hearing slander against their Bible, will fight you with a suicidal mentality."

"It's better to be careful if you don't want to cause trouble."

Lynn looked at Sia, who had suddenly moved so close, and couldn't help but take a step back.

Then, he realized that the distance was still too close, so he took another step back, and only then did he look at Sia, who was only half a head shorter than him and about 1.7 meters tall including her shoes.

At this moment, Lynn asked somewhat hesitantly:

"You don't seem to care much about me killing Jacken?"

At this moment, Sia narrowed her eyes and looked at Lynn with a playful expression:

"care?"

“In the Knightworth family, those who harm their own people without cause are always put to death.”

“Generally speaking, after I capture Jeken alive, I will interrogate her for a period of time. After the interrogation is over, she will be returned to the Knightworth family.”

"Usually, in order to quell the anger of the clan and to protect innocent victims, the elders of the Knightworth family would definitely ask Jeken's wife and daughter to kill him with their own hands, right?"

Upon hearing about the likely fate of Jeken after his arrest, Lynn was stunned:

"So ruthless?"

Sia tilted her head and said matter-of-factly:

"Shouldn't we leave some way for the remaining people to survive?"

"What if his wife and daughter are innocent?"

Lynn's eyes darted around; he desperately wanted Ruth and Tanning dead to cover up his secret, so he immediately reminded them:

"That's unfortunate. As far as I know, the two of them were accomplices in the killing of Lynn Knightworth."

At this moment, Xia nodded knowingly, and then said calmly:

"In that case, it's likely that Lynn Knightworth, as the victim, was the one who made the move."

"You expect a dead man to do it?" Lynn paused for a moment, then asked curiously, "Jackson ate him, is there any hope of saving him?"