Although it is a bit shabby, this heroic spirit is super strong

"Then let me show you the power of my tiger Chad!"

Xiao provoked him slightly, and the leader swung the battle axe at him.

[It seems that Reg and the others are quite strong.]

"Your fighting style is more like that of a wild boar than a tiger."

Xiao turned his body slightly and easily dodged Chad's attack.

"You little bastard, I'll make you pay for humiliating me!"

Chad pulled out the battle axe that was stuck in the ground and swung it horizontally towards Kanxiao.

"How, how is this possible?!"

Chad watched in shock as Akatsuki caught his axe blade with two fingers.

"It's very weak. Even if it's a wild boar, it's full of water."

Xiao casually crushed the battle axe.

"what!"

"Okay, please be a little more honest."

Xiao turned around and did a roundhouse kick, sending the thief leader flying.

He walked towards the dying man and picked him up.

"Now, can you tell me where you hid your money and stuff?"

*

Xiao found a cellar according to Chad, which was full of various looted goods.

In order to facilitate future use, he only took coins and some things that were easy to dispose of.

In the dungeon of the mountain stronghold, Xiao released those who were captured by thieves and intended to be sold as slaves.

He asked these people to notify the guards of the nearby city, and he himself guarded the thieves.

Of course this was just Xiao's excuse, he didn't know where the nearest city was.

“Why is the proportion of men also not small?”

Xiao was very surprised that the gender ratio of the prisoners was almost 50-50.

[Under normal circumstances, it shouldn’t be…]

Xiao recalled the RPG games he had played in the past, and his expression accidentally became subtle.

A girl explained to Xiao timidly.

"Then, the male slave can do more physical labor, so..."

"Well, these guys actually pay attention to pragmatism."

Xiao sighed helplessly. Among these enslaved people, there was no one suitable to be a partner or a heroic spirit.

Although there are a few cute girls, they are not Xiao's type.

Xiao didn't really mind what the thieves did to them.

But when Xiao saw their ragged clothes, he couldn't muster any interest.

[Could it be that I have entered the Sage's time for some reason? ]

Originally, Xiao was still panicking.

But when Xiao tried hard to recall her favorite elf sisters at night.

He was relieved to find that he was still very healthy.

The guards did not arrive at the stronghold until the next day.

[Alas, the Heroic Spirit's skill is clearly at the highest level, but there's no Heroic Spirit...]

Xiao felt very sorry when he saw the guards taking away the thieves and enslaved people.

The skill upgrade mechanism is also a common type in the games Xiao has played.

You can upgrade to the next level by purchasing three skills of the same level in the store.

This special Heroic Spirit skill, which is supposed to be very rare, appears very frequently in Akatsuki's store interface.

Now Akatsuki's Heroic Spirit skill has reached level 27.

But he didn't even see the shadow of the heroic spirit.

[In this case, the protagonist will get their first companion, right?!]

Xiao looked at the sky and complained in disappointment.

"Mr. Xiao, right?"

"Hmm? Yes."

The captain of the guard suddenly spoke, bringing Akatsuki back to reality.

"Thank you very much for your assistance. Please keep this."

"this is…"

Xiao took the parchment and was very confused.

"This is the receipt for collecting the reward for catching the thieves at the City Hall. Please keep it."

"Okay, thank you, um..."

"Just call me Ed. That's when we should say thank you."

Ed took off his helmet and saluted Xiao respectfully.

This gang of thieves has been running rampant in this area for a long time.

But as the captain of the guard, Ed was powerless to do anything, and he felt very guilty and self-blaming about it.

"Captain Ed, there's no need to be like this. I got what I wanted."

Xiao shook the parchment in his hand and said with a wicked smile.

"Well, thank you very much even so."

Ed bowed to Xiao again and left to direct the guards to clean up the scene.

[Ah, this guy is a person with a strong sense of justice and responsibility.]

Xiao is not good at dealing with this kind of guy.

"I'll follow them into the city and take a look."

Xiao stretched and caught up with the group returning to the city.

Chapter 5 If you don't have money, please use ~~ to pay it back

When Xiao arrived in the city with the guards, it was already afternoon.

Although I originally planned to take a break first.

But Anna couldn't contain her excitement, so she decided to go to the Adventurer's Association first.

He pushed the door open with great anticipation, and was immediately disappointed.

The hall of the association was filled with adventurers drinking and chatting about dirty jokes.

As soon as he opened the door, an unbearable stench of alcohol filled Xiao's nostrils.

There is absolutely no fantasy game style.

The only thing that makes Xiao happy is that the poster girl is very cute.

"Hello, I would like to register as an adventurer."

Xiao walked through the adventurers with a look of disgust and came to the front desk to ask.

"Register as an adventurer?"

[The sound is also very nice.]

"Well, what's the problem?"

"No, it's just that it's rare for people to register as adventurers at this time."

The poster girl smiled and started looking for the documents to register as an adventurer.

"Annie, don't pay attention to this virgin brat. Come on, come out and play with me tonight."

An adventurer in light armor pushed Akatsuki away from the counter and tried to chat up the receptionist.

"Mr. Bill, I have already rejected that matter."

The poster girl looked at Bill with disdain, and had no intention of saving his face.

"Hey, is this really okay?"

"Mr. Bill, haven't you learned the etiquette of not interrupting others?"

Xiao looked at Bill very angrily.

"Huh? You little brat, what are you talking about..."

Seeing Xiao glaring at him unhappily, Bill became very annoyed.

Bill tried to throw a punch at Xiao, but he caught it.

Xiao kicked Bill's foot lightly, and took advantage of Bill's loss of balance to grab his hand and throw him out.

The originally noisy association suddenly became quiet.

When the adventurers realized what had happened, they immediately went back to their own business.

"Little brother, you are quite amazing."

[What the hell is a little brother? How old are you, sister? ]

Annie smiled and handed a form to Xiao.

"That Miss Annie, my name is Xiao."

"Then I'll call you Brother Xiao."

【Nothing has changed for the better at all?!】

"that…"

Xiao was very embarrassed to find that he could not understand these words.

When Annie saw Xiao holding the pen but not writing anything, she immediately realized that he was illiterate.

"Sorry, let me fill it out for you."

"It's troublesome."

Xiao lowered her head shyly.

"Stinky brat!"

"Ah, you troublesome guy. Don't shout if you're just going to attack me by surprise."

Xiao lowered his body to avoid Bill's punch, turned around and kicked him to the ground again.

"Brother Bill!"

The person who just came into the association seemed to be Bill's companion.

The three of them immediately surrounded Xiao when they saw Bill falling to the ground.

Xiao sighed helplessly and knocked the three men down one by one.

"Sister Annie, what should we do with these guys?"

"Even if you say so, I don't know. Bill claims to be from a viscount family."

Anne put her fingers to her face, looking very troubled.

[It's cute, but... well, age doesn't matter! ]