During daily patrols, Esdeath and Li Zhong were walking on the street. Li Zhong and Esdeath were both wearing hunter clothes, and Esdeath was not wearing her distinctive military uniform. The two of them looked just like each other.

Like a pair of siblings.

Esdeath has already arranged a gladiatorial match for Li Zhong, but the time is scheduled for the next few days.

In normal gladiatorial battles, money is generally calculated on a per-game basis. Regardless of winning or losing, as long as the participating gladiators are participating, they will get money. However, in comparison, the winning gladiator's prize money is the same as that of the loser.

Ten times or even hundreds of times. With such a huge disparity in bonuses, gladiators will naturally strive to get more money.

But the gladiatorial match arranged by Esdeath is different. There can only be one winner. From the audition to the final, the loser gets nothing and has to pay a lot of registration fees. And every victory

Players can get bonuses, and the further they advance to subsequent games, the higher the bonuses for each game will be. If they can win the championship, they can also get an additional vassal.

If Li Zhong wins in the end, then Li Zhong will not only get a promise from Esdeath, a high bonus, but also this vassal.

Although I don’t know what this instrument is, it’s better than nothing…

However, it takes several days for the competition and registration. In order to find more powerful opponents for Li Zhong, Esdeath specially asked people to promote it in the imperial capital. After the registration deadline, the schedule must be arranged. During this period

It takes quite some time.

During this period of time, Li Zhong didn't need to do more training, just pretending to exercise every day was enough.

And what makes Li Zhong feel the most torture is the daily patrol. He doesn't know why the empire's greatest general has so much time, but he is so hands-on with things that only lower-level soldiers can do. He patrols every day without missing a minute.

Passed! And Li Zhong didn't know how to deal with this Esdeath, so it was very troublesome.

But today, Li Zhong already had a new idea.

The four patrol routes are fixed, but the people patrolling are not fixed. Li Zhong and Esdeath patrol the south today, then tomorrow they will patrol the west, and the next time they will patrol the north.

On today's patrol route, there was a library. When passing by the library, Li Zhong deliberately showed his interest in the library, which immediately attracted Esdeath's attention.

"What's wrong, Dawn? Is there something abnormal in this library?" Esdeath asked.

"No, it's just that I'm more interested in things like libraries." Li Zhong said with some embarrassment, "After I came out of the mountains, I realized that the things I had learned in the mountains before were just in this world.

It’s just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many things in this world that interest me. Books are a good thing because they allow me to see more other people’s stories.”

"Can you understand?" Esdeath asked.

"My dad taught me how to read. Although there are still many words I can't understand, I can learn them! I've already finished reading a book!" Li Zhong said.

Esdeath was stunned and nodded in surprise: "I didn't expect you to be interested in books. I thought if you couldn't read, you wouldn't be interested in books."

"When I was in the mountains, I saw someone reading in the village, so I became a little interested in books." Li Zhong scratched his head shyly, "My dad taught me how to read, but there were no books to read at that time, so I was able to

Reading has always been my dream."

Esdeath seemed to understand Li Zhong's thoughts, and immediately showed a smile and nodded: "I see, it's a good thing to want to read. It's not good if you only know how to fight and don't command the army. Read more books, and you will be better able to command in the future.

The army and leading troops are very helpful. So let’s go take a look now?”

"Is that okay? Are you still patrolling now?" Li Zhong said hesitantly, "Let's wait until the patrol is over before going."

Esdeath waved his hand: "After the patrol, the library will be closed. Besides, I won't let you just sit in the library and read books now. I just let you go in and take a look. If you want to read something,

If you want to read it, you can borrow the books from the library. Or you can come over early tomorrow morning and read it yourself."

"That's great!" Li Zhong showed a sunny smile like a fool... To be honest, this smile made him feel artificial, but it also made Esdeath very useful.

A faint blush appeared on Esdeath's face, and with a dry cough, she led Li Zhong into the library.

In the library, there was total silence, and the smell of books made Li Zhong suddenly dream back to his pre-exam review period in college. There were lights in the library, but they were not big. To be honest, reading under such light can easily hurt your eyes.

The librarian is a green-haired boy who looks young. He is Lubbock. This library is one of Lubbock's strongholds in the imperial capital.

At this moment, after seeing the first general of the empire, Esdeath, and Li Zhong, the expression on his face suddenly changed slightly. This change was clearly imprinted in Li Zhong's eyes, but it was soon naturally revealed.

replaced by a smile.

He stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Do you two need to read a book? You only need to apply for a reading card and a library card, and you can borrow books for free."

Esdeath nodded, took out a gold coin and gave it to Lubbock, pointed at Li Zhong and said, "Get him one."

"Yes, sir, please come over and fill in your identity information." Lubbock made an inviting gesture to Li Zhong.

Seeing this, Esdeath asked: "Ling Ming, can you fill in the identity information?"

"No problem, I can write my name!" Li Zhong suddenly said with a smile, and took out the hunter's ID, "And I have this, just write according to this, right?"

Esdeath nodded and said, "Hurry up and get it done. I'll go in and take a look first. Speaking of which, I've never seen it here before."

With that said, Esdeath walked towards the inside of the bookshelf.

Li Zhong was led by Lubbock to the front desk. Lubbock handed the things needed for the certificate to Li Zhong and said with a smile: "This gentleman looks very young, he should be only fifteen or sixteen years old."

He looks like one, right? To be able to be a 'Hunter', you must have extraordinary skills, right?"

"I grew up in the mountains, and most people can't beat me!" Li Zhong said with a smile.

Immediately, Li Zhong lowered his voice and said the secret code he had agreed with Lubbock and Leonai: "The king of heaven covers the tiger of the earth."

Lubbock was stunned for a moment, and then a flash of light flashed in his eyes: "Yiyas is 1.5 meters tall!"

"Pagoda Town River Demon!"

"I'm the most slutty in the whole room!"

The corners of Li Zhong's mouth raised slightly, and a piece of paper slipped from his sleeve and fell in front of Lubbock. Lubbock casually covered a book on the piece of paper, and at this time, Li Zhong's message

Also filled out.

Lubbock smiled and handed the ID card to Li Zhong solemnly: "Sir, with your ID card, you can borrow books from us for free in the future. You can borrow up to two books at a time for ten days at a time. If the time limit is exceeded, you can borrow books from us for free."

If returned, your deposit will be deducted."
Chapter completed!