Chapter 167

In the middle of the night, Shien walked out of the Lazahad family's large bathing area.

"This bathing area is really big. It's like soaking in a hot spring."

Shien was holding a towel and wiping his wet hair. He was wearing plain clothes and was steaming. He looked refreshed.

After dinner, the butler arranged the bathing time for everyone and told Shien that there was an extraordinarily large outdoor bathing area for Shien to enjoy.

The bathing area was allocated by time. The first half of the night was for women, and the second half of the night was for men. However, the butler and servants naturally could not use it. So in the past, it seemed that only Mijis, the head of the family, used the bathing area in the second half of the night. Today, there was one more person, Shien.

However, Shien did not want to go into the bathing area with a man. So, during the time when Mijis claimed that he still had some work to deal with, he came to the bathing area alone.

Originally, Shien was still thinking about whether it was possible to encounter some conventional welfare plot to open his eyes … No, it was to reprimand the girl. He should pay attention, but such a melodramatic thing would not really happen.

"Since it's clear that the second half of the night is for men, which silly girl will run over to use it?"

It was not that they were separated from each other and could go the wrong way. It was a matter of time. Presumably, no one would forget the time to the point of being taken advantage of, right?

Shien was not disappointed. It was quite comfortable to take a bath alone.

However, with this bath, Shien also discovered something that he had not had time to discover before.

"I actually leveled up without anyone noticing?"

Yes.

Shien had leveled up again.

Although it was only from level 24 to level 25, Shien had indeed leveled up.

"It should be caused by the battle with Her Royal Highness, right?"

He had killed so many old Demons before, including Beetho, who was as high as level 84, but in the end, he did not level up. This time, it was just a sparring match. Even if it was a little big, he had leveled up. Shien really did not expect this.

"But thinking about it carefully, it seems to be normal."

As previously mentioned, depending on a person's potential and quality, some people leveled up slowly, while others leveled up quickly. Combat was the main method of leveling up. However, the reason why one could level up through combat was not like in the game, where one could obtain EXP just by defeating an opponent. Instead, it was because of actual combat that one gained EXP, training, and growth. That was why one could level up.

Only after sufficient combat and training could one level up. Once one defeated an opponent too easily, the speed of leveling up would become very slow.

Therefore, the best way to level up was to fight opponents of similar strength or stronger than oneself. Training and training could also achieve the goal of leveling up. As long as one could grow, it was possible to level up.

From this point of view, Rosie was undoubtedly the opponent Sean had encountered who was the closest in strength to him so far. In the sparring session with her, Sean had also given his all. It seemed to be a matter of course for him to be able to train because of it.

Not to mention anything else, Sean felt that his control of the [Demon Sword] was getting better and better, and his understanding of the various skills was also higher than before.

"Is this the proof of growth after experiencing actual combat?"

In this way, leveling up was a very normal thing.

On the other hand, in the battle with the Old Demons, Sean almost crushed them all the way without any pressure. In the end, he was even completely in a state of high spirits.

Since he was just playing, there was no way he could grow, right?

Compared to defeating enemies who were much weaker than him, Shien might as well learn a few more skills. That way, he could grow faster and level up.

This was the main reason why Shien's level increased so much in one go when he learned skills from Tierre.

Of course, if he kept fighting, even if he was dealing with weak enemies, he could still improve his strength through actual combat, right?

For example, when he first came to this world and landed in that damned forest, as well as when he was escorting Killian, Sean had done the same thing. He repeatedly defeated weak monsters to level up.

With repeated training and tempering, even if it was boring and ordinary, he could still achieve real growth.

Therefore, whether he could level up or not depended entirely on whether he could gain growth, not how many enemies he defeated. That was why there was the saying that fighting to the death was the fastest way to level up. Fighting to the death with one's life could best stimulate one's potential, allowing one to gain growth and training.

"In other words, like sneak attacks or assassinations, it's impossible to quickly level up by defeating stronger enemies easily, right?"

Shien felt a little regretful.

"I was thinking of finding a blind guy to be a backstabber if I had the time."

This person's desire to harm others is really unquenchable.

"Hmm?"

Just as Shien was thinking about all kinds of things while passing through the hall and was about to return to his room, he felt a familiar magic around him and looked over.

"That's Tierre, right?"

Shien was a little stunned.

Tierre was still wearing a black robe, revealing nothing except the lower half of her face. She was walking in the direction of the door, seemingly ready to go out.

"It's already so late, where is she going?"

Shien frowned.

Then, Shien couldn't help but remember what happened in the guest room during the day, as well as what Rosie had told him.

"… Let's follow her and see."

Shien hesitated for a moment, then made up his mind.

Without hesitation, Shien used the [Concealment] skill and turned into a soundless ghost, following Tierre.

"Too bad I can't backstab her."

… …

The Royal City was bustling with people at night, especially the adventurers.

It was especially so for adventurers. After a day of hard work, they would usually go out for a drink or two to vent some of the pressure and hardships from work.

The capital was the origin of adventurers and also the location of the guild headquarters. The number of adventurers here was much higher than the number in Lamegion. Adventurers could be seen on the streets every now and then, clutching bottles of wine in their hands and shouting. It looked a little more chaotic than it was during the day.

Fortunately, there were knights patrolling the streets, and the people weren't afraid of the adventurers causing trouble. They only avoided the drunken adventurers and went where they were supposed to go.

Tierre walked on the streets of the Royal City with her head lowered, exuding a cold aura. She was still as unapproachable as ever.

Along the way, many drunken adventurers saw Tierre and couldn't help but tease her.

"Hey, little girl over there, where are you going?"

"Why are you dressed so black in the middle of the night? You should take off some clothes to look good! "

"Come over here, I can give you some money to buy sweets."

"Do you want to play with us?"

"Hehe …"

"Haha …"

The adventurers didn't dare to make a move on Tierre. Otherwise, the knights who were glaring at them wouldn't mind pinning them down.

Tierre ignored the adventurers and turned into an alleyway alone.

Finally, she arrived at a graveyard.

"This is …?"

Shien, who was following behind Tierre, couldn't help but have some thoughts when he saw the scene.

Especially when he saw Tierre stopping in front of a grave, he watched silently.

Tierre stood still in front of the grave.

After a while, crystal-clear water droplets seemed to drip from her hood.