Chapter 430

That was the end of the conversation between Lin Li and Harvey.

After that, Shien decisively turned around and left, separating from Harvey.

The two of them had only established a preliminary working relationship. Whether they would continue to work together in the future would depend on how the assassins sent by the Lefferoot Family were dealt with.

In any case, when Shien found out that the assassins were here for Tierre and intended to kill her, he had no intention of letting them go.

After all, he did not want to be the kind of male protagonist who would passively wait for an incident to happen and then resolve it passively.

As long as he was sure that the assassins were enemies and that they were a threat, he would just kill them.

Otherwise, it would be a waste of his almost invincible cheat at the start of the game.

With this thought in mind, Shien returned to the Imperial City without anyone knowing. After some consideration, he helplessly chose to return home.

"If I enter the palace to look for Rosie at this time, my impure motives might be seen through …"

It was already the middle of the night, yet he still entered Her Highness' bedroom. No one would believe that he did not have impure motives.

Hence, Shien had no choice but to return to Pottutt's house reluctantly.

"Hmm?"

As soon as he entered the door, before he could even enter the mansion, Shien sensed a strange movement, causing him to turn his head and look at the side of the garden.

There, a figure actually appeared there.

"Tierre?"

Shien was slightly startled, and he was a little surprised.

It was Tierre, whom Shien and Harvey had been talking about before.

At this moment, Tierre was holding a sharp blade and concentrating on gathering mana.

"Hum …"

The air trembled slightly, causing circles of mana ripples to spread and converge on the sharp blade that Tierre raised, forming a red Mana Blade.

It was the [Demonic Sword] skill.

"Is she practicing how to use the [Demonic Sword]?"

Shien could tell what Tierre was doing at a glance.

From the way Tierre was gathering the [Demonic Sword], it could be seen that she was trying to better use it.

Shien took a closer look and was surprised to find that Tierre's [Demonic Sword] skill had been trained to level five.

Even Tierre's level had risen to 66.

"She has grown again?" Shien muttered to himself in surprise. "Isn't this speed a little too fast?"

It shouldn't have been long since the incident at the Adol Canyon.

At that time, Tierre had only just broken through to level 60. Now, she had actually climbed to level 66. The speed of her growth was almost catching up to him when he wasn't cultivating seriously.

After thinking for a while, Shien walked toward Tierre's direction.

Swoosh!

Just when Shien got behind Tierre, she suddenly turned around and slashed her [Demon Sword] at Shien like a red lightning bolt that pierced through the night sky.

Clang!

Without any hesitation, Shien reached out and caught the blade of the [Demon Sword] with his bare hand. It was as if the [Demon Sword] had struck steel, and it made a crisp clanging sound.

The sharp [Demon Sword] was still cutting at Shien's palm, trying to chop off the hand that had overestimated itself.

It was a pity that Sean, who had maxed out his [Physical Resistance] and [Magic Resistance] skills, could not even cut a little bit of his skin with a mere level-5 [Magic Sword].

"Wait, why is your killing intent so strong?"

Shien could only stare at the [Demon Sword] that was cutting at his hand, speechless.

"It's you?"

Tierre seemed to have come back to her senses. She suddenly withdrew the power of the [Demon Sword], and the red light on the blade dissipated.

"What? Did I scare you? "

Shien looked at Tierre with a faint smile.

"Yes, I did." Tierre stared at Shien, and said in a rare tone of annoyance, "You actually caught the [Demon Sword]'s attack with your bare hand. If this gets out, not only me, but everyone will be scared to death."

As she spoke, Tierre lifted her cloak and put away the sword in her hand.

Shien looked at this scene for a while before saying, "Your strength seems to have improved quite quickly."

"Yes." Tierre seemed to be aware of this, so she didn't deny it. She nodded and said, "In the royal capital, the difficulty of the missions and the monsters we had to fight were much higher than in Lamigion. After choosing to develop in the royal capital, the strength of everyone in the party has improved rapidly, including me."

According to Tierre, the strength of everyone in Vivian's team had improved tremendously after coming to the Royal Capital.

For example, Vivian was now preparing to break through to level 60. Lumia and Merica were also preparing to break through to level 50. Everyone's strength was improving at a much faster rate than when they were in Lamigion.

"You're about to break through too, aren't you?"

Tierre stared at Shien with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Well, I guess so."

Shien touched his nose.

When he left the royal capital, he had already reached level 55. During the battle in Kosmos, he had fought against the evil goddess Lilith who had gone berserk. Although he didn't defeat her, he had fully experienced the highest level of power in the world, and Shien had accumulated valuable battle experience.

Hence, he had unknowingly reached level 59. Just like Tierre, he was at the threshold of a breakthrough and was only one step away from reaching level 60.

In other words, Shien had almost solved the problem of his low level, which had been his weakness in the past.

Even if he wasn't as strong as those truly powerful beings, Shien was no longer the newbie who had just joined Vivian's party.

Back then, he had only been level 10.

Now, his level had surpassed Lumia and Merica, and was even on par with Vivian. He was about to catch up to Tierre.

Tierre had stagnated at this step for a period of time, so she could almost intuitively sense Shien's current situation.

"As expected of a Hero."

Tierre made such a comment.

Sean couldn't help but laugh, and he felt somewhat grateful.

He knew that Tierre definitely had doubts in her heart.

After all, how long had it been since Shien joined Vivian's party?

At most, it had only been about three months, right?

In three months, he had actually risen from level 11 to almost level 60. Such a shocking rate of growth was a little strange even for a Hero.

Based on this, Tierre might have realized that there was something on Shien that could help him grow quickly.

However, Tierre chose not to pursue the matter.

She probably thought that this secret was very important to Shien, so she deliberately chose to ignore it.

Sean would not be unaware of the level of trust this represented.

"It's already so late, and you're still cultivating here?" Shien suppressed the gratitude in his heart and said, "You've already grown fast enough. It's fine if you don't have to be so anxious."

Hearing this, Tierre shook her head.

"This is not enough. It's just that at this level, it's impossible for that man to even take a look at you, let alone surpass him, "Tierre said calmly.

The man that Tierre was referring to was naturally Alidia.

Surpassing Alidia was Tierre's goal, and it could even be considered a wish.

"You seem to care about him," Shien said casually. "Do you want me to help you beat him up first?"

"That's meaningless," Tierre said indifferently. Tierre said indifferently, "It's not that I don't believe that you can do it. If it's you, you should be able to do it. But even if you beat him up, he probably won't feel anything. If that's the case, it's better not to do it."

Tierre's words made Shien feel a little paranoid.

"Actually, this time when I came back, I met him for a short period of time." Shien muttered to himself for a while and said, "I think he might not be as emotionless as you said."

This wasn't Shien speaking up for Alidia.

In fact, after coming into contact with Alidia, Shien did realize that although the inflexible Knight was very indifferent and indifferent, he wasn't completely emotionless.

He cared about Shien's strength and expressed his desire to fight with Shien.

He cared about what Shien said, and when he heard Shien mention Tierre, he would say, "No matter what, she has my blood flowing in her, in the past, now, and in the future."

Shien didn't know what kind of thoughts Alidia had when he said those words.

But he was sure that Alidia did pay attention to Tierre, not like what Tierre said, treating her like nothing.

However …

"You think I did something wrong?"

Tierre seemed to frown.

"I didn't say that."

Shien raised his hand to surrender.

It couldn't be helped. Tierre's tone was filled with displeasure, it told Shien how bad her mood was.

It couldn't be helped.

If it was someone else who said that to Tierre, Tierre would choose to ignore it.

But when Shien said it, Tierre couldn't pretend that she didn't hear it.

The reason was simple.

"You are the person that I acknowledge, and you are also the existence that I entrust everything to." Tierre looked straight at Shien and said in a serious tone, "Others can acknowledge what that man did, but you can't."

Shien was speechless.

He knew what Tierre wanted to say.

What Tierre wanted to say was that if even herself, whom she had pinned all her hopes on, admitted Alidia's words, then her denial of Alidia all the time would become a joke.

Of course, Shien didn't really acknowledge Alidia.

"I'm just saying he's not as heartless as you think." Shien said, "But what he did to you is wrong. I'm not going to generalize it."

That was it.

"That's good." Tierre relaxed her face and said, "Don't worry, I'll surpass him soon."

Tierre didn't say it with full confidence. Instead, she said it with an unwavering determination.

It was not something that Tierre wanted to do, but something that Tierre had to do.

Shien wanted to say something, but he gave up.

Seeing Tierre working so hard in her cultivation just for such an illusory goal, Shien felt sorry for her.

(She clearly has something she wants to be recognized by others. She keeps working hard for it, even giving up everything. But there are still people watching her in the dark …)

Thinking of what happened to the Lefferoot family, Shien couldn't help but say.

"You haven't encountered anything strange lately, have you?"

Shien's words made Tierre frown slightly.

"Strange things …" Tierre murmured in a low voice, and then said, "Not really."

"What?" Shien's spirit was lifted, and he quickly said, "What strange things have you encountered?"

Tierre's answer to this question was as follows.

"It's Vivian and the others." Tierre said bluntly, "Recently, they've been taking me to do some irregular tasks, as if they're hiding something from me."

"Is … is that so?" Shien laughed dryly.

Needless to say, this was something Vivian did to prevent Tierre from running into the Lefferoot family.

Tierre keenly saw some signs, but she didn't say it out loud.

Although this girl was quiet, her mind was sometimes unbelievably flexible, and her intuition was also very sharp. Many times, when others were still trying to figure something out, she had already found the pattern. She was one step faster than anyone else, but she didn't say it out loud.

(After all, she's like Rosie, a lucky one who received the blessing of the Goddess of Destiny. It's normal for her to have sharp intuition.)

Shien sighed.

And this idea was immediately confirmed.

"Also, I have a feeling that something is going to happen soon." Tierre murmured, "It's like some evil existence is watching me, and it makes me feel a little uneasy."

These words made Shien fall silent.

However, the silence made Tierre feel that something was amiss.

"Are you also hiding something from me?"

Tierre stared straight at Shien, making Shien feel a little guilty.

"… It seems that I really have to become stronger as soon as possible." Tierre seemed to understand something. After a moment of silence, she said, "Otherwise, it doesn't feel good to be protected by others all the time."

In the past, Tierre had always been protected by Vivian, Rosie, and Lily.

Now, Tierre might have also felt that she was protected by Shien.

This was definitely not what she wanted to see.

She wanted to entrust everything to Shien and let Shien lead her to grow. She didn't want to live in a greenhouse under Shien's protection.

"That …"

Sensing the emotions in Tierre's heart, Shien trembled and wanted to say something.

But before he could say anything, Tierre stepped forward, grabbed his hand, and walked towards the mansion.

"What … What's wrong?"

Shien hurriedly asked.

To this, Tierre only replied with a simple sentence.

"Go take a bath."

In the past, these words would have made Shien wild with joy, but now they made him tremble.

He knew that Tierre was going to use extreme means to get information out of him.

"… Can I hold on?"

For the first time, Shien had no confidence in his abilities.