Chapter 146 (1/2)

Chapter 146 A Disputed Area

After returning hoered in his head, and he kept thinking over what had just happened when the door kicked open, and Ru Hiana barged in

“Ru Amuh! Wow! Listen to me! I just met a cat! And he wasn’t a cat but a hero!”

Ru Amuh s he was cute or anything, right? That will be a very rude thing to do, you know”

“Even I wouldn’t go that far I asked for perled “I also talked to hi to be part of the rescue team too He said proudly that he would be able to reach the silver rank when he comes back It was so cute!”

“Silver rank?” Ru A the people in the capital, only Ru Aed to reach silver If the cat could reach silver after this event, the cat must be at bronze rank now, and at least level 1 or 2 at that Only then would he even think about qualifying for the promotion test

“Already? That’s quite fast How…? I’ the fifth, sixth, and seventh recruits,” Ru A this, Ru Hiana s?”

“What building?”

“You know, the one that suddenly appeared next to the palace!”

“Next to the palace?” Ru A about Fro besides the palace

“Hm Of course, you wouldn’t know Okay, listen to me What happened was…” Ru Hiana proceeded to tell the story of what had happened, which surprised Ru Amuh It was on a whole other level than what he had experienced in the past weeks—a barrier froreat de inside, and roup had succeeded in returning everything back to how it had been before

“And do you knoho their leader was? It was—”

‘Teacher,’ Ru Aulped He recalled how Chi-Woo had come to see him before he left the capital It was clear Chi-Woo wanted to say so to him, but after Ru Amuh told him he had already scheduled plans, Chi-Woo returned hoht

“It seeave us fro?” Ru Hiana asked

Ru Aue, coht he had been working hard, and he had left the capital for quite a long period this tiress there and helped all the members he took with hio; this was evident in the difference in ranks between the heroes in his team and Chi-Woo’s tea, Chi-Woo would’ve done three or four things at once Even though Ru Aht he had worked hard by Chi-Woo’s side, it see so far ahead that he couldn’t see him

[I don’t want a sword that just listens to s the way I want every tiht Ru Ahtly Now he understood the ‘other test’ that Shahnaz had told him about a bit

[I need a sword that canwhen necessary It needs to forcefully block my arm if the time calls for it I need a sword like that]

In other words, Chi-Woo wanted a fellow coging behind and failing to even chase after him

“…No”

“Huh? What?” Ru Hiana asked

It couldn’t be like this He couldn’t let things be, or else he wouldn’t be able to keep the promise he made that day Thus, this mission was his opportunity to truly show his teacher that it was hiside him

“Ru Aain, but Ru A sword Chi-Woo had gifted hihtly

“Food and water?”

“Yes, asto go, Chi-Woo visited Noel and Eshnunna in turns The capital wasn’t in great danger of running out of food—coion knehat they each had to do And thanks to Allen Leonard’s help, they were able to ricultural field The fared as a public property, and its produce as well as the food supplies they originally had were all ed and distributed by Noel Freya and the palace

“Hive it to you,” Eshnunna trailed off and turned to Noel If she could, she wanted to give away all the supplies Chi-Woo needed, but she also had to get permission froreat influence over the region with her ties to Chi-Hyun, and Eshnunna had no complaints about the authority Noel held Noel respected people’s basic freedom and processed all matters in a reasonable and fair s But in situations like this, Eshnunna was left in a difficult position

“Since drinking water is supplied regularly froree on the aiven to each individual already?” As expected, Noel didn’t easily concede

Chi-Woo replied, “That’s true, but I think it won’t be enough”

“I ahth recruits’ situation ood”

“We had already taken that point into consideration when deciding the amount to distribute” Noel didn’t back down

It wasn’t like Chi-Woo couldn’t understand It would have been a different matter if the supplies at the capital were abundant, but they were barely getting by in the current situation

“…You said Sir Chi-Hyun told you to follow this rule, right?” Chi-Woo cleared his throat He didn’t want to mention his brother if possible, but it couldn’t be helped “He said, ‘before one tries to do anything—”

“They , and shelter,” Noel finished his sentence

“Yes, that’s what he said We’re not taking more than e need We just want a little extra for the worst-case scenario,” Chi-Woo said

“For instance?”

“Wethem back immediately”

Noel closed her mouth She knehat kind of situation the seventh recruits had to preserve through They had to literally start from ‘0’ to come here; it was a truly miraculous feat, andthe injury the hero had, the situation doesn’t look too good It seems dire, actually I’et there”

Noel understood what Chi-Woo was saying Chi-Woo was talking about the worst-case scenario, and here on Liber, it had a high possibility of happening

“We’ll bring back e haven’t consuuarantee that…”

At this point, there was nothing ive Chi-Woo more supplies, but the aht

Noel said with a deep sigh, “…I understand If you’re planning to take them with the intention to leave soet supplies for you”

Chi-Woo’s expression brightened There was a saying that failure was theof starvation after leaving the forest was still horrifying to him Since he didn’t knoould happen in the future, he needed toone’s one over this with the leader of the rescue team?”

Chi-Woo paused at the unexpected question He hadn’t talked about this with Ru Ah preparations, he had cohad taken the leadershi+p position, our conversation just now could have gone more smoothly and easily” Fortunately, it seemed she could be flexible in her work, as she didn’t take back her words “Mr Chichibbong, why did you refuse to be the leader? Everyone seemed to think it should be your role” Noel see

“I think acting as an individual and leading a whole group are completely different and require different experiences and skills,” Chi-Woo replied eloquently

“Well…” Noel lifted her shoulders as if she wasn’t satisfied with his reply, but instead of voicing that, she asked, “By the way, how are you going to carry the additional supplies you requested? Even if you divide them—”