Outside Jubilife Village.
Beachside Gate, Prelude Beach.
Quite a few Jubilife Village residents had gathered here.
Word of Xia Yan challenging Kamado had already spread everywhere.
This was the first time such a thing had happened since Jubilife Village was established.
As the leader, Kamado had always been the village residents' highest authority, the person they respected most.
And now, someone was actually challenging him?
Yet when they learned that the one challenging Kamado was Xia Yan, the villagers, who had originally been riled up, suddenly found themselves unable to feel angry.
Xia Yan had not been in the village for very long.
But as soon as he arrived, he had helped Jubilife Village resolve a massive crisis.
More importantly.
In everyone's eyes, Xia Yan had always been a gentle, refined, and exceptionally kind person with a smile on his face.
Not only was he powerful himself, but he had also opened classes in the village.
It could be said that among Jubilife Village's combat personnel, there was not a single person who had not attended Xia Yan's lessons.
And the knowledge Xia Yan taught had greatly improved their overall strength.
Although Kamado's return, along with his attitude toward Xia Yan, had caused many people close to Xia Yan to keep their distance.
At the end of the day, though, they still admired and respected Xia Yan deep down.
It was only their long-standing habit of obeying Kamado's orders that had influenced them.
Of course.
The way they acted also made Xia Yan feel rather uncomfortable.
He had taught them tactical knowledge wholeheartedly, resolved Jubilife Village's crisis, and pacified multiple "nobles."
Yet because of one sentence from Kamado, all the villagers kept their distance from him?
To put it bluntly.
Xia Yan would not be wrong to call every last