The sword tip pressed against Jay's neck, instantly stopping all of his movements.

Feeling the sharpness at his throat, Jay felt a pang of fear, but at the same time, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Because this meant that the sparring match was finally over.

Liens sheathed his sword and turned to look at the large crowd at the doorway, his gaze lingering for a moment on several Divine Wind Adventurer Group members who had Element Blessings.

"Are you all here?"

"To be honest, I'm a little curious if you have some trump card?"

"Otherwise, with your level of strength, intervening in the Hartwin Kingdom's war is clearly not a wise choice."

Liens asked Jay.

Although he didn't know much about the war situation in the Hartwin Kingdom, just Kara City alone involved more than fifty Extraordinary Ones, forcing the Adventurers' Association to seek outside help.

And a war of this intensity clearly couldn't be the center of the conflict, but even so, it wasn't something the Divine Wind Adventurer Group could contend with.

If they were just going in to take advantage of the chaos and act as bandits, there would be no need to so high-profilely announce their intent to enter the Hartwin Kingdom, as that's not a respectable act.

Liens looked at Jay with a meaningful gaze, sensing that after he finished speaking, the other party's wariness immediately rose.

Clearly, the Divine Wind Adventurer Group's high-profile entry into the Hartwin Kingdom's war might be hiding some secrets.

Jay took the Healing Potion thrown to him by a group member, drank it in one gulp, and replied to Liens:

"Although, in your opinion, our strength may be somewhat insufficient, large-scale wars are never just about the small portion of people at the top."

"We have enough numbers, enough team combat experience, enough excellent equipment…"

"These are our confidence in participating in the war."

"Even a strong person like you wouldn't fare well if you encountered our encirclement."

"Moreover, what undertaking has no risks? We gathered together to form an Adventurer Group precisely for generous rewards, didn't we?"

"The current Hartwin Kingdom can provide us with that."

Upon hearing this, some Divine Wind Adventurer Group members who had felt a bit of hesitation due to Liens's words instantly put down their concerns.

Yes, weren't they choosing to participate in the neighboring country's war precisely for money?

After this job, not to mention how much wealth they could plunder from that war-torn land, the promises from the higher-ups alone would be enough for them to make a fortune.

At that time, they wouldn't have to continue working hard as Adventurers to earn money.

Not everyone likes adventuring… that's not an Adventurer, but an 'adventurer.'

Moreover, aren't Adventurer missions dangerous?

They are all adventurers; what they are about to do is not much different from their previous missions of hunting monsters.

Liens noticed the changes in expression of the ordinary Divine Wind Adventurer Group members and sighed, thinking that he was indeed the leader of a large Adventurer Group; a few words were enough to reaffirm the beliefs of those ordinary group members.

"Since you're so confident, then let's have a fight. I'll take on your entire Divine Wind Adventurer Group alone."

Liens boldly declared.

This was an idea he had had for a long time; after all, his next commission was to safely evacuate the Adventurers' Association of Kara City, which would likely lead to conflicts with the two factions there.

Now was a good time to practice fighting an army alone with the Divine Wind Adventurer Group, to see what extent he could achieve, and to have a baseline.

"Are you crazy?"

Upon hearing this, Jay asked Liens back in shock.

'I was just saying things in a casual, and you actually took it seriously.

And who would want to fight you!

Not to mention the question of whether they could win… even if they did, the Divine Wind Adventurer Group would likely suffer heavy casualties.'

This would clearly be unfavorable for their upcoming plans.

He now strongly suspected that the Great Knight in front of him was sent by the Adventurers' Association to deliberately make things difficult for him.

He just didn't want their Divine Wind Adventurer Group to participate in the Hartwin Kingdom's war.

Liens swung his sword in a diagonal slash, and an invisible Sword Ki grazed Jay's standing hair, cutting towards the wall behind him.

Jay clutched the falling strands of hair, turning to look at the cut wall with a pang of fear.

On that wall, a long, thin crack several meters long, almost extending across the entire wall, had already appeared.

And judging by the light coming through the crack, it was clear that the brick-and-stone wall had been cut through.

At this moment, his previous slight doubts about Liens's power completely disappeared.

Even a genius who had mastered Element Blessing in advance would find it difficult to casually unleash a sword strike like that.

And judging by Liens's expression, that sword strike was clearly just a very ordinary attack… and a warning.

The other party was using this method to indicate that he was notifying, not negotiating.

"My patience is limited. I will only give you three minutes to prepare. After the time is up, I will attack your Divine Wind Adventurer Group."

Liens said calmly. From this, it was clear that...Play time is now Over!

"Mr. Heier! If you have any dissatisfaction, we can apologize to you; there's no need for such a big commotion."

Jay said urgently.

Although he could see that Liens's intention to go to war with their Divine Wind Adventurer Group was firm, he still wanted to try and avoid this unprovoked disaster.

"1… 2…"

Liens ignored Jay's words, calmly counting down the numbers. Find this chapter's source on *.

Seeing this, Jay's face darkened, but he didn't dare to continue wasting time and quickly called his group members to exit the conference room.

"Quick, quick, quick… quickly gather the brothers with weapons and armor in this inn."

Jay shouted.

Subsequently, shouts, stomping sounds, the clanging of metal… various noisy sounds passed through the walls and continuously echoed throughout the inn.

Meanwhile, Liens silently counted the time in the room where he was now alone.

"…165…166…"

"180."

When the number reached 180, Liens turned and walked out of the room.

At this moment, the inn seemed to be empty, and the overall environment had changed from noisy to silent.

It was so quiet that only the sound of Liens walking step by step on the floor could be heard.

If it weren't for the lighting fixtures in the inn dutifully performing their work, this place could probably be a filming location for a horror movie.

Of course, this scene also showed that the Divine Wind Adventurer Group's movements were quite fast.

He had also heard Jay's shouts earlier, so he knew that the Divine Wind Adventurer Group members should all be waiting for him in the inn's lobby or at the entrance downstairs.

Soon, Liens walked from the leader's office on the third floor to the lobby on the first floor.

Indeed, a large crowd had gathered there.

They held various weapons, including longswords and spears, broadswords and daggers, and of course, bows and arrows were indispensable, and they wore thick armor.

And besides them, a group of people wearing Divine Wind Adventurer Group uniforms stood at the inn's entrance.

Clearly, Jay's statement that their Divine Wind Adventurer Group had enough numbers was not an exaggeration.

The sheer number of people in the lobby alone was over a hundred, nearly two hundred.

Who knew how many more people outside hadn't arrived yet?

After all, three minutes was too short.

Liens looked at the crowd in front of him with a somewhat regretful gaze.

It wasn't that he didn't want to give the Divine Wind Adventurer Group enough preparation time, but he truly didn't have time…