The Sword God Who Reclaimed His Swordheart

Of course, most of what angered her came from Zoldat's request.

"Don't look at me like that, Roxy. No one can avoid this matter. If we can't kill these Red Dragons, the entire Sharia Magic City will probably suffer."

"Hmm?! You aren't joking, are you?!"

Roxy folded her arms and looked at Zoldat skeptically. There were plenty of adventurers who exaggerated things to deceive people, and she suspected Zoldat was one of them.

"I'm not lying to you. Just take a look for yourselves."

Zoldat placed his hand on the map and lightly tapped the marker for Checkesk Town.

"This place has already been destroyed by Red Dragons. The noble lords just posted a notice saying that several dragons separated from their group are heading from Checkesk Town toward the Ranoa Kingdom."

"It... it was really destroyed?!" Roxy's pupils trembled slightly as she cried out and covered her little mouth.

Zoldat no longer wore a playful expression. His eyes turned serious as he irritably scratched his hair.

That place was not far from Ranoa. At a Red Dragon's speed, they would likely arrive by dawn.

If anyone had a choice, who would challenge powerful Red Dragons with no preparation? Especially several of them.

There was a hint of pleading in Zoldat's eyes. Other parties could move to another city, but his adventurer party could not.

He sighed as he looked at the suspicious pair.

"To be honest, our Thunder Adventurer Party was only established less than a year ago. We just borrowed a considerable sum from the Adventurers' Guild to forge equipment, set up a convoy, recruit members, and expand our party."

"If we retreat without a care for this Adventurers' Guild request to defend the main city against a Red Dragon attack, the Guild will lower our credit rating and may even call in the loan."

"We can't come up with that much money right now..."

"Mm, how much did you borrow?"

"Two hundred Asura Gold Coins."

That was already an enormous sum...

Cain's eye twitched as he looked at Zoldat.

"Does running an adventurer party cost that much...?"

"Yeah. With the efficiency of our Thunder Adventurer Party in completing requests, we could have saved enough by next winter."

Zoldat gave the two of them a deep bow.

"The Magic University will also send professors to support us. We won't be fighting alone."

"Anyway, please, Second Sword God Cain Brand and Water Saint-class magician Roxy Migurdia. If you help us get through this, we'll split half our reward with you. We'll also take care of your lodging and everything else!"

So he was using honorifics now. But don't put all your hopes on someone else...

Cain thought speechlessly, his gaze sweeping over the reward for the request.

Participation earned five Aras Gold Coins, so that meant an additional two and a half Aras Gold Coins—seven and a half gold coins in total. Of course, that money was practically bereavement compensation. Those nobles probably never considered that any adventurers would survive after challenging Red Dragons.

Seeing Zoldat's conflicted expression and the crowd of adventurers approaching behind him with hopeful yet uneasy faces, Cain nodded slightly. It seemed they had truly run into trouble.

Still, although he was somewhat short on money, he needed to hear Teacher Roxy's opinion. After all, he and his teacher were adventurer partners.

"D-Don't worry. We'll hold the Red Dragons back. Cain, you only need to find an opportunity and kill them in one strike."

"Hmm? This request doesn't state the number of Red Dragons."

"Probably three or four."

They did not even have an exact number...

Roxy pursed her lips at the side, feeling that this was unreliable. Compared to the people from the Thunder Adventurer Party before her, she was more concerned for the safety of her disciple, Cain.

Roxy was still a student at Sharia Magic University. She had argued with her teacher, but her teacher was also a Water Saint and might be sent to fight the Red Dragons. She did not want her teacher to suffer an accident in battle against them.

"Teacher, I have no objections. What do you think?"

"Me... Cain, have you ever slain a Red Dragon?" Roxy did not agree immediately. She wanted to see whether Cain had experience killing Red Dragons, as that would greatly improve their chances of victory.

"No, but I can try. I don't think they'll be much harder than those Mud Dragons."

"Huh?! Idiot! They're both A-rank, but they're worlds apart! Red Dragons in the sky are terrifying S-rank monsters. Cain, you mustn't let your guard down."

Upon hearing Roxy's words, Cain's expression became somewhat more serious, though only somewhat.

Roxy looked at Cain's confident smile. After struggling with it for a moment, she sighed helplessly. She understood that she could not make the decision for Cain as his teacher. He was destined to walk his own path.

"Okay... I agree. But if the subjugation fails, we will prioritize our own safety. That is the condition of our cooperation."

Roxy looked seriously at Zoldat beside her as she spoke.

"Ah, don't worry. And you don't need to worry about the reward either. Those noble lords may be bastards, but they care especially about their own lives. They'll definitely pay the money. Besides, information like this is most likely not false."

After signing a cooperation contract with Zoldat, Roxy and Cain followed Zoldat and the others down the streets for a while before entering a rather luxurious free inn in the center of the city.

Naturally, Zoldat's adventurer party was paying for it. That was one of the contract terms.

"Boss, get these two a room!"

Seemingly in high spirits, Zoldat waved and shouted loudly at the innkeeper, beaming as though tomorrow's Red Dragon subjugation battle had already been won.

But the next moment, he regretted it. A stone sword was pressed against his neck, moving too quickly to see, and the sharp sword aura severed a strand of his stray hair.

"Two rooms..."

Cain's eyes were not joking. If this guy dared make jokes about him and Teacher Roxy like that again, Cain would not mind sparring with him in the Sword God Style.

"S-Sorry, I misspoke. Please prepare two rooms for this young gentleman and this young lady."

The dwarf Bruce, carrying luggage behind them, looked utterly speechless. Had Zoldat forgotten that the other party was the Sword God of the Sword God's Holy Land? Was he tired of living...?

But that was just how that guy was—a stubborn softhearted fool. Once he became somewhat familiar with someone, his true nature came out.

Roxy watched the members of the adventurer party helplessly from behind. Was this adventurer party really respectable...?

At the Sword God's Holy Land that night, in the quiet mountain behind the dojo, a blue-haired middle-aged man dressed in a white trainee uniform continuously swung his sword.

He was Gal Farion, the Sword God of the Sword God's Holy Land.

"Father, you've been doing this for five days straight. Aren't you going to rest...?"

The one who entered from the doorway was Gall's daughter, Nina. Her short blue hair was tousled as she yawned and rubbed her eyes.

"Don't disturb me!"

But all she received was Gall's impatient rebuke.

"If he can do it, then I can do it too. As long as I swing my sword like him, I'll reach that level sooner or later."