It didn't take long for people to realize their situation, they began to think more rationally and logically, why leave when you can fight? They already stood a chance since Teras managed to hurt the "invincible" monster and even beat some of the strongest bandits, Teras and his friends were currently in the bar trying to recover after their fight, Cara was using water healing while the others were using their healing power to heal themselves, Zak entered the bar slowly after the bandits left

"I'm sorry for everything I did! I now realize the situation we are"

Zak said, he couldn't bring to keep his head up

"Took you long enough!"

Teras replied as he was wiping the blood off his face

"Stay here I will bring you some alcohol so you can treat your wounds"

Zak said as he quickly went into the bar

"What are we going to do? This monster is very strong and that's not all, those bandits are large in number too, so beating them seems impossible"

Cara asked while she continued to heal everyone

"It's simple, we just train ourselves like our life depends on it"

Teras told her, but that was not really a solution

"Even if we trained we can't overpower their numbers"

Har told Teras

"I know that but I still can't give up, I know that all we need is a good surprise attack and they are done but I don't think they will let their selves get caught in a trap"

Teras said, Zak then came with 4 small bottles of alcohol, each one of them grabbed a bottle and purred it over their major wounds

"I hope that was helpful"'

Zak said thankfully

"Hey, Mr. Zac you said that you were a silver-ranked adventurer right? Do you have any other adventurer here like you?"

Teras asked, he had a plan on his mind but he wasn't sure if it will work

"Yeah, there are some adventurers! Do you want me to call them?"

Zak asked Teras, he nodded, Zak then quickly left to find them

"What are you thinking Teras?"

Lia asked him, Teras looked at her and replied

"We are going to build an army!"

He said with a smile, everyone seemed surprised to hear that

"What do you mean by an army?"

Cara asked confused

"Do you remember when the slime attacked us? Didn't you notice that you got stronger? The reason you became stronger was a simple one, it was simply because you were on the verge of death, this awakened your real protentional, so what do you think will happen when these people fight for their land? Won't they also unlock their potential? I mean we are talking about their homes, if someone attacked your town or village wouldn't you feel a duty to fight with your life in the line to protect it?"

Teras asked them, the 3 of them remained silent but they knew Teras was right

"But what if the adventurers aren't enough?"

Har asked

"Then we train the men to use mana and maybe the power of cards"

The others didn't believe that Teras was completely

"Teras you have to understand that this is harder said than done, remember we are not qualified to give others the gift of cards"

Cara said, she remembered what Recka told them back in the exam

"And who says that?"

Teras replied effortlessly

"R-Recka did! She told us that you can't teach others if are not qualified by the high king"

"Even if she did what does "qualified" mean? Does the king grant you a gift or something? I highly doubt that"

Teras replied with a smile on his face, the other remained silent, they didn't know either about how it works but they always thought it was something the high king did but talking about it made them realize that maybe they were wrong

"Here we are! These 3 gentlemen are the only adventurers we have"

Zak said as he entered the bar, it was 3 people, a very skinny tall man, and 2 others that looked alike

"How many missions have you accomplished?"

Teras asked, he didn't care about their introduction

"As a group, we have 30 completed quests under our belt"

"Have you ever fought a real person?"

"Not really! We only fought monsters but we do have some experience by sparing with each other"

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"Is that so? Follow me I want to test you out"

Teras said as he got up but before he could leave Cara stopped him

"What are you doing? You just fought! You can't possibly have the energy to fight again, plus I didn't finish healing your wound so they can open at any time"

"I don't need much energy to beat up some wannabes"

Teras said with a cold voice, Teras ended up making mad the 3 of them, everyone then got outside to fight, the tall man walked up first with confidence, Teras didn't even draw his sword, the man charged at Teras but before he could get close Teras used an explosion on him, making him fall down and before he could get up Teras got on top of him and attempted to punch him in the face but he stopped right before the impact

"Woah! You sure are weak"

Teras said with a smug, the 2 brothers then stepped up

"Even if you make it a 2 on 1 I will still win so bring it up"

Teras said as he encourage them to fight, the 2 of them charged at him with good timing, but it didn't matter, Teras activated his mana overflow and rushed at them, since they were close he could hit them at the same time so that's what he did, he jumped in the air and struck them both with his knees, both of them were launched by the force of the attack, resulting to them losing

"Is this all of your forces?"

Teras asked Zak with a disappointed face

"Y-Yeah..."

He replied with shame

"That can't be real! You surely have men that know how to wield a blade, and even if they don't please bring them here, I want to see how many they are"

Teras asked him so that's what he did, Zac also requested Har to come with him so he can find everyone faster

"See! That's what I told you, now the wound on your leg is opened"

Cara said angrily as she pointed to Teras's right thigh

'Wait I didn't have a wound on my leg before, don't tell me that one of these lookalikes did this to me'

Teras thought, he was looking at the 2 people he kneed

"Which one of you was at my right side when I kneed you?"

Teras asked one of the lookalikes

"I was, why do you ask?"

"You managed to slice me while I attacked? I'm surprised that you were able to keep up with me at this speed"

Teras told to the boy

"Of course, I could do it because I am a user of the 3rd card(super speed)"

"Are you telling me the truth? Then this is good news! What are your names"

Teras asked the group

"I'm Tom and he is my brother Tam, and our leader here is Hermie"

the card user said

"Nice meeting you! I'm Teras, the leader of the ORION"

Teras said, Teras and the 3 men then exchanged handshakes, some minutes passed by and eventually Har and Zak came back with 13 people including them

"Is that all?"

Teras asked Zak

"Did you expect more? I told you we are a small village"

Zak replied, Teras sighed

"Whatever that will do, I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING, DO ALL OF YOU HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA HOW TO FIGHT?"

Teras spoke loudly so everyone could hear, all of them confirmed that they knew so Teras quickly told them his plan

"I WANT ALL OF YOU TO TRAIN WITH ME AND MY PARTY IN ORDER TO FIGHT THOSE BASTARDS, THEY GAVE US 2 WEEKS TO TRAIN SO LET'S MAKE THE MOST OF THEM BY TRAINING LIKE WE ARE IN HELL SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? ARE YOU IN?"

Teras told me with a smile that raised everyone's confidence, for some reason even Teras's party felt fired up to train

"Let's go to a field so we can all train freely"

Teras said, the big resistance group then gathered on a field and began training, Teras decided that he wanted them to start with basic training, meaning that they will train their body, Teras started the same way as they began training on the exam camp, they began running around the village, Teras encouraged everyone to run for as much as they could, so that's what everyone did, everyone ran in a group, but this group began to decay little by little until it ended up to 2 people running, it was Teras and Har

"Do you get a feeling of déjà vu?"

Har asked Teras while they run beside each other, Teras laughed

"Are you referring to the exam? Back there it was a very close fight but now I'm confident that I can outrun you with ease"

Teras said with a cocky smile

"Oh? And why is that?"

Har replied with a surprised smile

"Because this time I'm not feeling anything!"

Teras said as he began to turn up the pace, Har tried to follow but he failed, if he began to run even faster then he would eventually stop

'I feel so light! Why is that? I suppose I know but it is still hard to believe! Only 2 weeks passed by after leaving the exam grounds but in such a short time I managed to develop a very strong technique and also make better use of my mana, and it's not just me, Har, Lia, Cara, they also managed to become stronger, I remember when Har couldn't focus mana on his hands or when Cara only knew how to slice things with water but now she can use it for healing, mobility, and even defense, and as for Lia, her destructive power has increased, the only thing she is lacking is mobility, if she manages to find a way to avoid attacks then she will become even more powerful, that's what I'm hoping to do with the people here too, even before he knew about my ability to move faster Tom managed to slice me in a brief amount of time just by instinct, I'm excited to see how they will all develop'

Teras thought as he was running around the village like a free horse that was running as fast as it could just so it can experience the thrill of running, the only thing that made him stop was when he reached the others, they were relaxing in the entrance of the village

"What are you guys doing?"

Teras asked them, his sweat was running down his body like water

"You are the only one running Teras, everyone stopped from exhaustion so I suggest you stop too, we also have to do the same thing tomorrow"

Cara told him as she was whipping her swear with her shirt revealing her body, Teras had a small blush

"I-If you s-say so"

Teras said, he then laid down letting the sweet air of the forest cool him down

"That's all for today guys come tomorrow we will meet here to run around the village once again"

everyone agreed, so they slowly went to their house, the night was also approaching so it was naturally time to rest, before everyone could go to their house they visited the nearby river so they can wash their selves, the villagers and ORION spent a very enjoyable time there, laughing and playing with each other, after that they all went to sleep but before Zak left he gave a key to Teras

"This is the key to a house that no one leaves now, it has plenty of beads so I guess you can sleep well"

he then left them to go sleep, Teras and his friends then went to a specific area Zak told them to go in order to find the house but it was all dark so it was a bit hard to determine which house is theirs

"The house must be around this area so let's test the key to all of them"

Lia said, and after testing 4 unknown houses they finally found the right one, when they opened the door the house left out a slight smell of dust, Har started to sneeze

"My nose is sensitive to dust"

He said as he was sneezing like crazy

"You will probably get used to it"

Teras said as he gave him a smile of support

"What are we going to do, they only have a double bed and another small one"

Cara asked, the 2 beds were in different rooms

"Har and Teras can sleep in the double bed and we 2 will sleep together since we are small enough to fit in a small bed"

Lia told her but she ignored a big problem, Har and Teras didn't fit in the same bed, Har was too big

"Then what can we do?"

Teras asked

"I can sleep with Har but I don't know about you two"

Lia said

"Don't worry Cara can get the bed and I will sleep on the floor, I'm used to it by now"

Teras said

"Fine do whatever you want, we will now sleep, goodnight"

Lia said as she laid in the bed, but before she laid she winked at Cara, Cara understood what she had to do but didn't know if she could, when she and Teras entered the same room Cara hesitated but she built up her courage and asked Teras

"I don't mind you know!"

"Huh?"

"You can sleep with me because I don't want you to get cold, just promise that you won't do anything"

Cara said while blushing, Teras blushed too but he agreed, the 2 of them laid down and after some time Cara decided to shoot her shot once again but succeed this time

"On second thought I don't mind, just be gentle"

Cara whispered in Teras's ear, she didn't receive any answer

"Teras?"

She asked, she then checked up on Teras, he was in a deep sleep, he fought the monster and a bandit this day and after that, he ran multiple laps around the village which made his body tired, Cara then fell asleep with this big feeling of disappointment