A few days have passed since the monster escaped and caused a riot.

In the workshop of Hephaestus's family, Takagi Akira packed up the forging supplies and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

At this moment, Hephaestus' voice sounded in Gao Muming's ears.

"I have to say that you are really talented in blacksmithing. You have made such progress in just a few days. If you were not a child of my friend Hestia's family, I would have wanted to recruit you to my family."

Hearing what Hephaestus said, Gao Muming waved his hands quickly.

"You must be joking, Goddess Hephaestus. I am still far behind the blacksmiths of your clan. The reason why I have made some progress is that the tuition is very expensive, which makes me cherish the opportunity to study, and also because of your good teaching."

"You don't need to comfort me. You learn faster than any of my children."

"That's not the case. You think so because the members of your clan all had a certain forging foundation before joining your clan. I learned so quickly because I had no foundation at all. After all, it is definitely easier to learn the most basic things from scratch than to improve after having a certain foundation."

"I'll take that as it is."

"Thank you for your teaching today. It's getting late, so I'll go back first."

After bidding farewell to Hephaestus, Gao Muming walked towards the church.

After leaving Hephaestus's workshop, Gao Muming came to West Street and saw from afar the white-haired Bell walking into the alley which was also a church.

"What a coincidence, I actually met Bell."

As Gao Muming thought so, he quickened his pace.

When Gao Muming arrived at the alley entrance, he saw Bell holding the Blade of Hestia and confronting a man in a red robe.

Seeing the angry adventurer opposite Bell, Gao Muming immediately asked Bell.

"Bell, are you okay?"

As Gao Muming's voice fell, Bell and the adventurer looked in the direction of Gao Muming and spoke at the same time.

"I am fine."

"Another guy has come. Is that bastard little human the bait?"

"That's it, I understand."

Takagi Akira nodded to Bell, then looked at the adventurer in red.

"Could you please take back the weapon you are pointing at my fellow clan members?"

Seeing that Gao Muming's group was more numerous and powerful, the adventurer let out a loud "sha" and put the sword back into its sheath in displeasure, looking at the small figure lying on the ground.

"I have a grudge against the Dwarf Tribe over there. Are you in the same group with her?"

The adventurer said this without removing his hand from the hilt.

"No, this is the first time I met her."

"Huh? First time meeting her, so why are you helping her?"

Hearing the adventurer's question, Bell responded in a very righteous voice.

"Because she's a girl."

After hearing Bell's answer, the adventurer who was blocked by him was furious.

"Just because of this? You indiscriminately stop me, the victim? Do you know what that bastard little human did?"

As he said this, the adventurer drew out his sword once again and swept a fierce look over Bell and Takagi Akira.

"You have nothing to do here, get out of my way quickly, or I'll chop you all to pieces."

"I can't pretend I didn't hear you."

As soon as the adventurer finished speaking, Gao Muming moved quickly and came to his side before the adventurer could react, and put one hand on the adventurer's sword-holding hand.

"!! Such a fast speed."

Feeling his hand being held, the adventurer subconsciously tried to break free, but found that Gao Muming's palm was holding his arm tightly like an iron clamp. No matter how hard he struggled, his arm could not move at all.

"Let me go!"

The adventurer, whose face was bulging with veins from the effort but who was unable to break free, understood the current situation: Takagi Akira was someone he could not defeat.

Gao Muming's actions not only frightened the adventurers, but even the dwarf Lilyluka Erde, who was standing behind Bell and looked greedy when she saw the "Blade of Hestia" in Bell's hand, was frightened by Gao Muming's skills.

In order not to expose her greedy face, Lililuka Eard quickly lowered her head.

"What did she do to make you choose to retaliate against her?"

After hearing what Gao Muming said, the adventurer who thought he was going to be doomed stopped struggling and looked at Gao Muming in surprise.

"That guy deceived me and stole valuable property from me."

In response to Gao Muming's question, a gleam of light flashed in the adventurer's eyes and he described in a very general way the crimes committed by the dwarf people in front of him.

"The dwarf in front of me can transform with magic. The dwarf criminal gang that the Orario adventurers mentioned is very likely just her. This means she has a lot of stolen money. If I catch her, I will become rich instantly."

"I see. I have no objection to you taking revenge on those who deceived and hurt you, but isn't it a bit too much to implicate innocent people?"

Bell, who also heard Gao Muming's words, frowned.

Just when Bell was about to open his mouth to say something, Takagi Akira spoke directly.

"Bell, I know you decided to become an adventurer in order to meet girls, but that doesn't mean you should help girls whenever you see them."

"If the situation is really as the adventurer said, then he does have reason to take revenge on the child."

After hearing what Gao Muming said, Bell showed a somewhat unwilling expression on his face. After hearing Gao Muming's conclusion, Lily subconsciously wanted to escape. The next moment, Lily was lifted up by Gao Muming by the back of the neck.

"Miss, don't leave in such a hurry."

Lily, who was picked up by Gao Muming, was filled with despair. As a thief and liar whose identity was exposed, she didn't even have the courage to shout for help.

"Since you also think I can take revenge on this thief, just hand her over to me."

The adventurer suppressed his joy at the prospect of obtaining a large amount of wealth and stretched out his hand to Gao Muming.

Gao Muming did not hand Lily to the adventurer as the adventurer expected, but instead dodged the adventurer's hand that was reaching out to take Lily.

"It's not okay to just listen to one side of the story. Although I don't think you're lying, sometimes people are too convinced by their own subjective assumptions."

Gao Muming lifted Lily up a little so that she could look him in the eye. Seeing Lily's eyes suddenly light up while he was holding her, Gao Muming spoke.

"Now, it's your turn to tell the story, young lady. Please don't try to lie to me. All your lies will be exposed in front of me."

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