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Chapter 112: The Captain and the Knights

The next day.

Tauro and his team, the “Black Golden Wings”, led the survey team to the ruins of the dungeon.

On the way, they encountered some monsters, but the knights took care of them easily without Tauro and the others getting involved.

Surely, this was a quest that only required guiding the way.

As soon as they arrived, Tauro led Sharga and Joshna into the cave.

“This is certainly the type of structure found in multiple dungeons. But it's not glowing. Just as Tauro explained to us yesterday, I can see that this dungeon is dead. There's no sense of discomfort when you enter the dungeon at all."

Sharga said as he walked deeper into the dungeon, and then he and Joshna looked around the dungeon ruins like children given a toy.

Two knights were following closely behind to protect them, but they paid no attention to them.

Tauro showed them where the pedestal had been and took it out of the “magic storage” and placed it there.

“I see, so it was located in a secluded place. This is interesting..."

They looked around at the pedestal again, checking every corner.

After a lot of hypothesizing and talking with Joshna, Tauro decided to return to Aeris and the others waiting outside.

The front of the cave was unusually lively.

It seemed that the knights were making some kind of commotion.

When Tauro went outside, he found Shin and Rumeya facing two knights with their swords at the ready.

At first he thought they were in trouble, but then he saw the smiles on their faces.

Apparently, they were testing their skills against the knights.

In the meantime, Aeris began to play second fiddle behind them.

"Okay, you two? You're up against superior opponents, so clash with them with all your might!”

Aeris...why aren’t you trying to stop them...?

Tauro was taken aback by this scene, but the knights seemed to be enjoying this leisure time.

The captain did not take issue with this.

The knights on watch were doing their duty and seemed to be tolerating it as entertainment for those on break.

The knights watching thought the game would be won quickly, but the combination of Shin and Rumeya had the opposing knights at their mercy.

The two knights were overwhelmed by Shin's unpredictable swordplay, using Rumeya as a literal shield in combination with his physical skills.

“Are E-rank adventurers this strong these days?"

The knights watching the match turned from just laughing in their spare time to amazement and things started to heat up.

“It’s Tauro, right? I heard you mentored those two, is that true?”

When the captain noticed Tauro, he came up to him and asked.

"A little about the basics and how to get around. The rest was just a matter of hard work on their part."

Tauro answered the question honestly.

“I was surprised. At your age, you've learned several martial arts and have sublimated them to the point of teaching others. What do you yourself specialize in?"

The captain asked Tauro more questions, his interest piqued.

“Right now it's all about the bow. We needed that role on this team."

"Right now...? I see, you're a flexible person. I'm actually a flexible person too. I have a skill called “Warrior Weapon Master”."

Tauro was surprised to find out, the "Warrior" skill was a rare skill, even among the higher level skills.

As expected of a captain.

“I have one garbled skill, unfortunately."

“Is that so? So, at your age, you've chosen to be a free spirit….. You must have put in a lot of effort..."

The captain seems to be a man of many tears.

He was a kind man who got teary-eyed just by imagining the background Tauro must have struggled with.

Whoa!

A particularly loud cheer went up.

Apparently, Shin and Rumeya had won.

The knights gave them generous compliments.

The two defeated knights also gave them compliments when they shook hands with them.

This was a rare sight.

There must be a lot of knights from the nobility in the royal capital, so it wouldn’t be surprising if they were upset that they lost to commoners, even if it was just for fun.

“Are you surprised. In fact, there are no noblemen in my unit. Since I'm from a commoner background, my superiors assigned only commoners to me."

“I’m convinced. No wonder the atmosphere is so good.”

“Hahaha! There are a lot of good knights from noble families, you know? Though you'll still have to be careful with them."

The captain said with a laugh, and then added as if remembering.

“I forgot to say my name is Taichi! Sorry.”

He slapped Tauro roughly on the back and apologized.

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