I, Asuna, don't want to travel around the world

The other group of people quickly disappeared into the crowd and were completely out of sight.

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Mansion, training ground.

At this moment, the guards Asuna brought from the North no longer had the strength to stand.

They lay in the middle of the training ground with bruised faces and hopeless expressions on their faces. While lying on the ground basking in the sun, they were still waiting for Izayoi to drag them to the infirmary one by one for treatment.

As for Sau and Iyeas, Kayaba Akihabara did not use much force on the former because Izayoi needed someone to help her drag these people back to the infirmary. At most, he knocked her to the ground and she was paralyzed for a few minutes.

And Iyeas?

As a boy, how could he receive the same treatment as Shayou?

Naturally, he was trained well just like the guards under his command.

It was called training, but in fact it was just a one-sided beating.

However, considering that it was the first time that he had suffered such a beating, Kayaba Jingyan did not use too much force. She just knocked him unconscious and threw him aside, while she continued to "train" the other guards present.

"You're still merciless, Yves."

Asuna crossed her arms over her chest and came to Kayaba Akihabara. Looking at the guards lying on the ground, she sighed helplessly in her heart.

Well, it seems I won’t be able to use them tomorrow.

I originally wanted to find a few people to show off my strength and the combat support I could provide to them.

Unexpectedly, even when we arrived in the imperial capital, Jing Yan from Mao Crowdfunding Group 4561279④0 was so ruthless.

Just like before, they were all defeated without mercy.

"I just gave them the right amount of pressure."

Kayaba Jingyan rubbed her wrist and said lightly.

"In this way, they will have to stay in bed for a few more days..."

Asuna looked at Kayaba Akiya helplessly, with a hint of helplessness in her tone.

"Hmm? Is there something we need them for?" Hearing the change in Asuna's tone, Kayaba Jingyan asked curiously, "Or, did you gain anything from this outing?"

"A little bit."

Asuna looked around and found two petite figures carrying two bodyguards walking towards a building not far away.

The corner of Asuna's mouth twitched. She could still recognize Izayoi's figure. As for the other figure, it was obviously that girl Sayu.

"Oh." Kayaba Jingyan glanced at Asuna, then looked at the masked guards who were temporarily unable to move after being beaten by her, and realized that she seemed to have delayed things.

Fortunately, Xavier has always had an icy face, so even though she felt a little embarrassed, Kayaba Akihabara did not show it at all.

"What's going on? Do you want me to follow?"

If that girl Izayoi were to follow them, it would most likely lead to bad things, so Kayaba Akigao had subconsciously excluded her.

In this case, the only one among their group who can help Asuna to hold up the show and show their strength is Kayaba Akihabara herself.

Although Asuna doesn't need anyone to support her with her own strength, this is also a way to show her own strength.

"No need." Asuna shook her head. "You just need to stay at the mansion tomorrow. These guys are in a very bad situation right now. If you go out, their safety will not be guaranteed."

"You should have been gentler..."

Kayaba Jingyan nodded and murmured softly.

This statement was met with a lot of cold stares from the masked guards.

Asuna and Kayaba Akigao did not deliberately lower their voices during their conversation. In addition, the masked guards here were all very powerful, so they naturally heard the entire conversation between the two.

They really wanted to go with Asuna, but their bodies wouldn't allow it, so they could only keep what they wanted to say to themselves. Finally, they lay on the ground like a salted fish, waiting for Izayoi and Sau to turn them over and then drag them to the infirmary for treatment.

"I've always told you to be gentle."

Asuna said helplessly.

"Definitely in the future!"

Kayaba Jingyan seemed to have made up her mind and nodded heavily.

But what he said...haha, no one believed it at all.

After giving some encouragement to the guards who were beaten up by Kayaba Akihabara, asking them not to give up and strive to defeat Kayaba Akihabara as soon as possible, Asuna stayed in the mansion and waited quietly for the next day.

Her strength had reached a bottleneck several years ago. In addition, the power system in this world is simply a mess. Some people train for their entire lives and are just ordinary elite soldiers, while some people, with just a little effort, can hunt down some less dangerous species alone. It's really confusing.

Moreover, even if there is a relatively complete training system, learning them will have almost no effect on improving Asuna's own strength, which means that Asuna can only explore the next path on her own. Over the years, the speed of improving her strength has become extremely slow.

However, even so, there is no existence in this world that can threaten Asuna's own safety. Now she is just waiting to liberate the empire, successfully complete the mission, return to Orario or go to other worlds to continue to improve her own strength.

After all, I might encounter some other extremely bad situations in the future. If I am not strong enough at that time, let alone protecting others, I might not even be able to guarantee my own safety.

Moreover, every time I travel to a new world, the first few days are definitely the time when my strength is at its lowest. The side effects brought about by the time travel may directly put me in a desperate situation.

Improving a little more strength and having one more trump card means one more chance of survival. After all, in a completely unfamiliar world, you have no way of predicting what you will encounter in the next second.

Only with sufficient strength can you ensure your own safety.

At the very least, Asuna hoped that the side effects of traveling through other worlds would gradually weaken as her strength grew, and would not put her in any other embarrassing situations.

And time slowly passes with the alternation of the sun and the moon.

63 Young man, you have great potential!

Imperial capital, night attack on stronghold.

"Didn't she say when she would come?"

At the desk, Leone looked listless, lying on the table.

"No, I just said I was here to discuss business."

On the side, Lubbock was still dressed like a small boss as he was yesterday.

He leaned against the bookcase, but his eyes frequently glanced towards Leone.

On the desk where Leone was lying, a bag of coins that she had casually thrown on it caught Lubbock's attention.

Last night, although with the help of Leonie, Lubbock did not use violent means to get back his private money, it does not mean that the bag of money can be easily returned to his hands.

At least, now the ownership of this bag of coins has changed from those thugs who blackmailed Lubbock to Leone himself.

"It's so boring. If I had known, I would have taken a nap in the base before coming back. That guy is too slow."

While complaining, Leone reached out and opened the purse. Suizhou grabbed a handful and started playing with it in his hand.

"Be patient, maybe that person will come soon."

Lubbock watched Leone stuff the coins into his collar very naturally, and while swallowing his saliva, he felt extremely heartbroken.

"That's all my private money, please leave some for me, big sister!"

Lubbock roared in his heart, but his eyes were reluctant to leave Leone.

There's no way. As a fledgling with the desire but not the courage, he is still too naive.

Leone showed a sly smile on his face, then he grabbed the purse that had shrunk by almost half and put it away for himself.

"Eh? Um..."

Lubbock snapped back to reality.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Leone scratched his head, looking confused.

"Money...my money, Big Sister Leona."

Lubbock covered his chest with his hands. He had already vaguely realized that his little money seemed to be gone forever.

"Oh, this, I want to borrow it."

Leone stood up, then sat sideways on the desk with an expression that said "You're not going to reject me".

"But, but..."

"What's the problem? I helped you teach those hooligans a lesson last night, but it took a lot of effort. Is it okay to use this money to treat me to a good meal?"

Leone tossed Lubbock's purse casually.

However, seeing that Labock was almost about to cry, Leone sighed helplessly.

"Okay, okay, I'll save some for you."

She reopened the purse, took out a handful, and threw the purse back to Lubbock.

"This amount of money still doesn't seem to be enough... Should I go find someone else to trick him?"

Leone muttered quietly as he put the coins in his hand into his purse.

Lubbock: “…”

If you don't like it, just give me back the money!

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And the other side.

At this moment, in the mansion, Asuna had just put on the invisibility cloak that she had not used for a long time, and walked out of the mansion openly.

Outside, the spies who had always held their positions cast obscure glances towards the gate of the mansion from time to time.

When Asuna walked past them, they still glanced towards the gate from time to time, waiting for Asuna or others to appear.

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At the gate of the imperial capital.

A dusty young man wiped the dust off his face and looked at the majestic city gate in front of him, his eyes suddenly shining with excitement.

"Wow! Is this the imperial capital?! It's completely different from the cities we passed by before!!!"

The young man was carrying a bag and wearing a sword on his waist that looked cheap but was actually the best sword in the village.

He brushed the dust off himself and then walked towards the magnificent city gate with excitement.

"From today on, I, Tatsumi, will stand out..."

Clang~!

Before Tatsumi could finish his words, two spears crossed in front of him, making a crisp collision sound.

"Hey, kid, before you get ahead, pay the city entrance fee first."

The guard in charge of guarding the city gate sneered and said.

"Uh……"

Tatsumi scratched his head in embarrassment.

In his excitement just now, he spoke out his true feelings. Now that someone pointed it out, he felt a little embarrassed...

"Good, good."

"The entrance fee is ten copper coins."

The soldier saw that Tatsumi was covered in dust and seemed to have come from a small village outside, so he couldn't extort much money from him and charged the standard entrance fee.

"Oh, ok, thank you, brother!"

Tatsumi thanked him repeatedly, then rummaged through his pockets and finally found a copper coin after a lot of effort, and paid the city entrance fee.

The soldier in charge of collecting the money clicked his tongue twice and waved his hand at Tatsumi in disdain.

"Goodbye, big brother~"

A smile from the heart once again appeared on Tatsumi's face.

"I didn't expect the entrance fee to the imperial capital to be so cheap. Fortunately, I got some copper coins back when I bought things in other cities before. Otherwise, I would have to pay with silver coins."

As one of the "Three People for Village Revitalization", Tatsumi's strength is naturally not weak.