The Crown Of The Nine Continents
Chapter 162: Saving the Victims

People started to gather around to see what was really going on. On someone's testimony, he said he had seen a man jump from a tall building, then the man suddenly fell, and finally hit the ground with the position of his face down.

Everyone was curious, what exactly was the motive behind the fall of a man in the middle of this road. Is that murder? The accident? Or maybe the man experienced a very heavy burden of thoughts to decide suicide? Everyone has their own speculations.

Attracted by the growing crowd, an elderly man came to the same crowd. The people who were huddling away at once when they saw him coming because they knew that the old man was a doctor.

The old doctor immediately checked the condition of the fallen man after successfully breaking through the crowd. He took pains to examine, but even with his ability he could not identify with certainty, the condition of the man's body.

"How's he doing, Doc?" ask someone who testifies.

The doctor stood up lethargic, then replied, "I've tried my best. While this man's condition was so strange, his hands were still throbbing, his breathing was still running, but the mana circulation in the body was completely stopped."

"No scar?" ask someone who is crowding.

"Absolutely not."

"When did he wake up?"

"As a doctor I'm ashamed to say it, but the condition is so confusing, so difficult to guess."

As the doctor voiced his ignorance, a black silhouette appeared behind the doctor, standing still without people's knowledge.

After a long argument with Ahn, Ren regains consciousness. However, as he had expected, the most unwanted thing had turned into reality.

Where is the dignity as a Continents Holder if jumping from a little height has fallen?

They had crowded around, even calling a doctor because of him, no. Maybe because Ahn called him suddenly, then it was more appropriate to say.

"What's so hard to guess?" ren asked to surprise everyone.

Both the old doctor and the crowd were half-dead shocked at the sudden noise. For some reason, they did not realize that the man lying down had now become unconscious.

"E-uh? Eeehhh?!" The doctor was surprised.

As for Ren just being silent to the behavior of the old doctor who was acting silly.

"You, when did you wake up?!" ask the doctor with a pale face.

There are no signs of movement, presence, or deflection of which flow due to the presence of a person. That doctor, and everyone there was completely out of sense to understand how the man before them could wake up without even a single thought.

While Ren who is the main object of their loss of sense feel that silence will only be a waste of time. Someone to blame is Ahn, so he has no obligation to serve them longer.

"I'm fine, sorry to have made a scene, that's why I'm leaving."

Ren walked past the old doctor, then the crowd gathered, and managed to get out of the circle that the people made. While walking he was still thinking about Ahn's words, was everything Ahn said a reality?

"His words do not explain why I am called to this world."

Everyone stared at Ren's back in silence. They were amazed at once astonished, about how the attitude of that person who was so indifferent as if he did not care about anything around him.

Ren cleansed his body of dust, from his clothes to his black hair that seemed to be littered by the ground. He moved quickly to where Nivania was, not knowing how long it had been, but he hoped it would not take too long.

............

The uproar inflicted by the battle of Nivania against the criminals seems to have reached the ears of the Knights of Aulzania. Upon the citizens' report, the Knights of Aulzania immediately slid to the scene, but once they got to the scene all that was visible were the remains of the battle.

Some buildings were killed in the battle, while residents who knew of the fighting had fled from the beginning so as not to cause casualties.

The knights of Aulzania who approached the scene numbered ten men with seven male knights and three female knights. They were low-level Knights of Aulzania if measured by strength, even so they were initially confident of being able to overcome the problem, but after observing the truth, their confidence instantly shrank.

Nine burly, handsome, ugly-looking men lying in gravely wounded conditions had strength above them. Even among those nine people, the weakest was equivalent to the strongest in the group of ten Knights Aulzania.

"What the hell is this .. who would have thought that these villains were so powerful!" grumbled a young man who used two swords as weapons.

She is the strongest Knight of Aulzania in the group, an only child who comes from a baron noble family in the Kingdom of Aulzania. His name was Esge Sithofulen, a man who was not talented but had fought so hard that he could enter the ranks of the Knights of Aulzania.

"I know how you feel, their strength is above all of us" said Elsa, a lover of Esge Sithofulen who comes from ordinary people, but has high talent.

The ten of them immediately acted before the criminals recovered. The nine criminals were captured, then handcuffed using a special chain that locked away most of their power from being able to escape.

Finally, they approached a woman who had fainted sitting down. Elsa who is quite adept at healing magic checks her condition, and makes sure that the woman is fine. The woman just ran out of mana so she was exhausted and fainted.

Esge then ordered eight other people to check into the destroyed building because he had a premonition that all of this came from that place. Esge also asked several witnesses who had previously seen the battle at a glance.

"You're sure the fainted woman faced it all alone?" Esge asked in disbelief.

"Rubber, Sir. I saw her with my own eyes, no one helped her, and the woman herself fought in such an incredible way! I could swear."

Seeing no signs of lying, Esge could only trust him for a while. If what the witness said was true, then the woman must have great power. At least, it is possible that the woman was a famous swordsman, or a traveler who has had a lot of experience.

"All right, I trust you. Thank you, you can go."

Esge then approached Elsa who was checking the woman's condition periodically for fear of something bad happening. The reputation of the Knights of Aulzania would become damaged if they could not even handle the injured victims.

"How's the condition?" ask Esge slowly.

"It's still normal, there's nothing weird."

"Thank God, it would be a shame if we couldn't even handle this matter."

But Elsa suddenly said, "Oh? Look, his eyes are moving!"

Elsa and Esge immediately approached themselves, looking closely at the woman's condition, which was likely to be awakened soon. After some time, the woman actually opened her eyes, and was surprised to see that the two people in front of her were different people than she expected.

"E-Ehh, who are you?"

Esge and Elsa stared at each other. The two of them then introduced themselves in a decent manner.

"I am the youngest generation of the Knights of Aulzania, Esge Sithoful of the Sithoful Baron family."

"I'm also from the youngest generation of the Knights of Aulzania, Elsa."

After briefly introducing himself, Esge went to fetch some drinking water and gave it to Nivania.

"Thank you, so you're the Knights of Aulzania, huh? I was really helped when you guys checked the building over there. Some of the men I fought were part of the criminals who committed the serious crime of the slave trade that this kingdom had abolished long ago."

"What! Slave trade!?" both were surprised.

Nivania nodded and explained in more detail. "Yes, I found some women locked in iron cages under the building. If it wasn't for the slave trade, then what else would be able to explain what I saw?"

Esge's face then flushed red in anger, "Learnest! It turns out there's something like this in our Aulzania City, how dare they do such a heinous thing!"

The slave trade, the possession of slaves, or anything related to slaves had been abolished from the Kingdom of Aulzania long ago, and now its status had become a serious crime. As punishment for such heinous behavior, the offending person would be put to death, and allowed to kill them on the spot if the crime involved multiple slaves at once.

Esge was overwhelmed by the immense anger, he requested that the entire population who were around to leave. After doing so, Esge mercilessly beheaded the criminals one by one. No mercy, nor mercy for those who play with the lives of others, can die without suffering more is even the highest forgiveness.

"The wicked, atone for your sins in the next life."

Nivania and Elsa could only let out awkward expressions after seeing it all. In any case, they thought that Esge's actions were not excessive and were still in the regulatory stage in the Kingdom of Aulzania.

Together with Elsa, Nivania gradually tells what happened by covering the Aura of Light Blessing because it is feared that Elsa will know that she is a Saint. Elsa who heard that could only respond in awe at the prowess of Nivania who defeated all those people by herself.

"You really beat them all by yourself? That's so great!"

"No, no, no. .. There was actually someone who helped me in the last moment."

Elsa tilted her head asking for an explanation. "meaning?"

"There should be ten criminals I'm fighting. At the last moment, I was almost defeated by him, but a friend saved me."

Elsa still curiously asked once again, "Who is your friend? Is he strong?"

Nivania gently smiled. He recalled that the person was no longer strong, but was already included in the group of people with abnormal strength.

"He is strong ..May be very strong, or stronger than what I imagined."

As if Nivania's sentence was a summoning magic, the person they were talking about was approaching with an unconscious step. He entered the conversation without seeing the atmosphere, and without a sense of hesitation.

"Thank you for the compliment" Ren said with a smile near them.

One, two, and three, it took three seconds for the two of them to digest the information about Ren's sudden arrival. After that, they almost jumped up and unsheathed the weapon so surprised.

"Ahhhh! Ghost!!"

"Rin! You surprised me!!"

Seeing their reactions that were naturally very funny, Ren spontaneously laughed until he showed his teeth. It was a hefty entertainment, after which he was made dizzy by reality until he felt a little frustrated.

"Pfft-haha!"

Elsa who was still shocked immediately shouted in annoyance, "Who dare you surprise the two of us?!"

But Nvania responded by correcting the misunderstanding between the three of them. "Wait a minute, this is the friend I was talking about."

At that moment Elsa's emotions suddenly receded, she obediently watched Ren's appearance while gradually starting to remember the figure of someone.

"I-this ..your friend?" Elsa asked while feeling restless.

Because, he remembered the figure respected by the king. Someone who is able to defeat the entire Knights of Aulzania with ease, and is a hero to the Kingdom of Aulzania itself.

"Yes, this is Anryzel Dirvaren. Supposedly, he's quite famous in this town isn't he?"

DAM!!!

Elsa's movements instantly stiffen, her heart seems to stop beating, and she feels like she was struck by lightning after learning that the man is truly the Hero of Aulzania.

"I-I .. I."

Before Elsa was able to finish her speech, nine other Knights of Aulzania, including Esge had returned from the basement of the damaged building.

Esge and the others were silent at the sight of Ren near Elsa and Nivania, but seconds later they immediately ran to approach Ren with a sweaty face.

"T-Master Hero, what are you doing in this place? Do you have a need?" Esge represents others to ask.

Ren notices them, and soon realizes that the ten people there including the woman who was with Nivania are royal knights.

"Ah, Knights of Aulzania 'are they? Even though you are the chosen ones who are said to be the strongest forces of the kingdom, isn't your response to evil so slow?" satirize Ren with a slightly reproachful tone.

No one was able to protest, and defend against Ren's innuendo was so on target. As a result as no one was able to speak, Ren continued his protest against the Knights of Aulzania directly.

"You know? Because of your delay, my friend was almost killed. I am a little guilty of taking the enemy too lightly, but this crime is in fact in the city you are supposed to protect. And suppose something bad happens to my friend, believe me nothing good will come to you in the future."

Esge lowered his head in embarrassment, as did all the Aulzania Knights in that place. They began to question again, did they indeed deserve to be in the ranks of the royal honorable knights?

"For the time being, I won't bother with it. Lucky this Aulzania Kingdom has a good relationship with me, so I just remind you to do your job better in the future. Do not forget to continue to practice so that your strength is enough to accept the burden of the responsibility you bear."

The knight Aulzania began to feel enlightened, even though Ren's earlier words hurt a little, but there was a very good intent behind his words. In their eyes, Ren who said so looked like a role model who was trying to teach them to become knights worthy of being called knights.

To that end, Esge let out a tear, then swore, "Thank you for your guidance, Master Hero! I swear, starting from this second we will do our job better so as not to disappoint the people!"

Nivania who witnessed the fun drama felt like laughing, but she held it back as much as possible.

Ren also felt that his words had already exceeded the limit. He was neither a coach nor a motivator so decided to immediately stop giving further words.

"Hm. What about the situation?"

Esge rose up excitedly and explained, "I found a total of fifteen women locked up underground, and one woman who is likely to conspire with criminals so I immediately punish her on the spot."

"Then?" Ren knew that there was still something else.

For a moment Esge thought about whether to tell him everything without permission from the king or his superiors, but when he remembered the king even respected the Hero Aulzania, he threw away those considerations and told everything without a second thought.

"Some documents were found there. It was a proof of demand for a female slave from a slave merchant in the Lodysna Empire. The details, the merchant asked for female slaves aged 15 - 20 years who were still in virgin state."

"We also found that they were locked up in tough iron cages. That iron cage we can't break with our current strength. As for the key, we can't find it anywhere."

Ren held his chin and said, "I understand, please step aside a little."

Everyone obediently walked away from his path so that Ren could walk freely towards the damaged building. He then used earth magic to lift the top of the building that had been damaged, then made it float in the air.

The knight Aulzania gave an amazed response when he saw Ren's ability to use magic. Even they were very doubtful, if the kingdom's strongest magician was able to do the same.

"Truly can't underestimate a small problem."

Ren said as he went down the stairs. Then from a distance, Nivania ran to follow him because she was still worried about Vinri's condition which a moment ago was forgotten.

They walked in tandem down the stairs, and finally came to the last step, in front of the rusty iron door that had opened. Without waiting, Ren and Nivania entered to check on the situation inside the room.

"It's dark" said Nivania.

"Is that so? Then how do those who are locked up in a place like this feel?" Ren smiled bitterly.

The women who were confined realized their arrival, with eyes that let out water they cried out for help even though their mouths, legs, and hands were in restraint.

Ren then released one by one of them by bending the iron into the cage using his hands. Then Nivania who was in the back was in charge of calming them all down, until the two of them arrived in the last cage.

"Really, this shitty woman is unlucky."

The Vinri they had been looking for was lying helpless in confinement. The condition with the other is the same, namely in a state of constrained legs, hands, and mouth.

Ren once again breaks the cage by hand, but this time he invites Nivania to help Vinri. From the beginning it was Nivania who had fought, and the struggle had to be ended by itself.

Vinri-pun successfully resuscitated, then they all came out together. Some of the victims affected by the mental attack were immediately taken by the Knights of Aulzania to be given treatment, while some others decided to return home in between by the knights.

Vinri himself chose to return to the inn. He immediately apologized to the innkeeper, Nivania, and Ren for inconveniencing all of them. Vinri also thanked them deeply for being helped by them from a very bad dream.