We all went on our way towards the city hall in order to register our names, After registering our guild we were given directions on where the battle will take place.

"would you look at that, Aegis is still alive" A man covered with thick heavy armor laughed

"Dude what? didn't Aegis go extinct ten years ago?" another man jeered

"What the hell is an Aegis anyway?" The insults kept raining down

"Don't mind them, they're just a bunch of cowards hiding behind the influence of their guilds" Fujo patted our shoulders

"Hehe, for a trashy guild they do have some fine women" The heavily armored man looked at Liralei's body, Liralei didn't like this and could only hide behind me

"I can see the reason why you can never find a girlfriend" I insulted the armored man

"Come on Zeno, he has a girlfriend, he even has two" Rick laughed

"Oh yeah, both his hands!" I laughed as I held my stomach while Rick rolled on the floor laughing

"Oi brats! you lookin for a fight?" The heavy armored man didn't like our insults

"I can take you on" The moment I said those words, everyone started laughing

"You? can take me? boy, do you even know who I am?"

"The man who impregnated both his hands?" I replied

"Fucker! I am the great Rolo a level 50 adventurer" The heavy armored man introduced himself

"pfft" I stopped myself from laughing

"I challenge you to a battle! loser has to pay 3000 silver and follow the orders of the winner for a day!" Rolo pointed his finger at me

"Zeno, don't be rash, ignore his challenge" Fujo whispered to my ears

"Don't worry Fujo" I waved my hand before replying to Rolo

"Ok, I accept in one condition"

"Tell me" Rolo crossed his arms

"This is between you and me, not my guild and yours" I stated my condition

"Very well, however, the reputation of our guild is still on the line" Rolo still wanted some glory

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"Well then, what are we waiting for?" I won't be using Azazel, he's not worth it

"Come at me!" Rolo laughed

I started running towards him and when I was within his striking distance, he swung his sword downward. I moved to the side and hugged his waist and performed a perfect takedown, I sat on his chest and started raining down my punches on his face even though his face was covered with his helmet. I kept punching and with every punch blood splattered out from the holes of his helmet, when I stopped, the helmet was dented and cracked to the point that it was irreparable

Everyone was dead quiet while I stood in the center while Rolo kept holding on to his head

"That was for insulting Liralei" I forced him to stand and started raining down punches on all over his body when I was done with him, his entire armor was broken

"That is for insulting Aegis, now for my conditions. You love wearing that armor right? why don't you wear a dress for a day, everyone here was a witness to our battle" I took the bag of coins from his waist before walking away from battle and rejoined the party

"Remind me not to get on your bad side" Rick laughed as he patted my shoulder

"Thank you" Liralei thanked

"It's fine, we're friends after all" I laughed

We left the city hall and went on our way towards the area where we were assigned. We hired a simple carriage with the coins I won, we also bought some ingredients for a dish back home called 'Adobo' it's my favorite

It took us an hour to get to the assigned area, according to our mission, we were supposed to be protecting this area. We were in the eastmost area of the forest where the main battle was occurring, we were going to fight off a fraction of the enemy forces that were reported to be using this route

"We'll prepare the camp, Zeno, you should cook that specialty of yours that you kept bragging while we were on our way here" Fujo gave out our jobs, I started heating up the pot while I butchered the chicken to perfect sizes before slicing up the vegetables

It took almost an hour but it was all worth it

"Smells good" Rick shouted out

"Come on Zeno, is it ready yet?" Fujo asked in excitement

"Yeah, it should be ready, prepare your stomachs for this wonderful feast!" I carried the pot and put it in the center of the table

I opened it and everyone quickly took a peek, their smiles turn into a frown when they saw the food I cooked

"Is this... food?" Rick poked at the chicken leg with his fork

"It's all black..." Liralei was looking at the adobo

"Come on now, Zeno worked so hard, we could at least taste it" Fujo laughed while Cynthia quickly took the ladle and filled her bowl

The others also took turns and filled their bowls, they started eating it with the rice. At first, they were a bit reluctant but after taking a bite, their speed became faster and faster

"Thish ish ghoood!" Rick lost all his elegance and started wolfing down the food

"Now now Rick, swallow it before you talk" Fujo placed his palm on Rick's cheek and said with infatuation, Rick was scared shitless of Fujo's action

"It's delicious!" Liralei said after eating

Cynthia ate my cooking with a smile on her face

"Don't judge a book by its cover" I laughed before continuing "There's more where that came from"

"You still know more native dishes from your home?" Liralei asked

"Yup! Adobo is just one of my favorites!" I laughed

I suddenly had a flashback... this was also the same from when platoon 90 tasted my adobo for the first time... Everyone was so happy back then...

I was reminiscing the past when there was a sudden alert from Liralei

"I hear enemies! they're closing in fast!" Liralei quickly took out her bow

I quickly unsheathed Azazel, everyone did the same and took out their weapons