[HEQrC]

9

Perfect, his opponents had even thought of a way for him to sneak into the palace.

His opponents knew that his fighting skills weren't bad from how he subdued Earl Luca barehanded. Even if he had two lumps of fat on his chest that hindered him, it wouldn't affect his fighting strength. With this, becoming an imperial bodyguard would be the best choice.

At the same time, it would allow the manipulators to watch him and track his location more easily.

However, this also meant that the manipulators' scope of activity is limited to the imperial city or the imperial palace. They had to wait for Claire herself to enter their area before they could act.

He could probably deal with the two manipulators while idling about outside, having already pretty much guessed what the two remaining conclusions were. However, right now he needed more information and needed to search for the manipulators' identities to make sure their character doesn't reach their conclusion.

Thinking up to here, Xing Ye took the recruitment poster and took it to the person in charge of recruitment.

The person in charge was a capable and experienced looking knight. He glanced at Xing Ye's face and said in a doubtful tone: "You look too pretty to be a man."

Xing Ye really didn't know what he looked like in this world but in any case, everybody said he looked good.

"My face and strength are unrelated," Xing Ye said, "I need a job."

"Then come and try." The knight captain pointed to a strongman in the team, "You don't need to beat him, you'll pass if you can resist him for long enough. Your luck isn't bad, we just so happen to be needing people right now."

Xing Ye walked to the strong man who gave a contemptful smile when he saw him: "I'll do my best not to hit your face, pretty boy."

Am I very pretty? Xing Ye thought as he moved in front of the strong man and flung a kick at his knee.

Xing Ye's martial arts focused on being fast and fierce, aiming to take down the enemy as fast as possible. It wasn't just using strength to forcefully overwhelm the other either, agility was also an important key to scoring victory. His parents specially hired a newly discharged trainer from the military to teach him combat and later on, he had some chances to get actual fighting experience so his skills weren't lacking at all.

The strongman was of the strength type. It was clear just from his bulging muscles that he passed up on agility for brute force.

His temper was arrogant and was receptive to provocation. After getting hit, he would probably act more recklessly.

Xing Ye actions were always planned a few steps ahead. After kicking his knee, he swiftly winded behind the strongman and stomped a kick at his lower back. At the same time, he took out the dagger he picked up in Earl Luca's manor, using one hand to press against the strongman's shoulder and used the other to press the dagger against the strongman's neck. With a little bit of pressure, a drop of blood rolled down.

Everything happened in a flash of an eye. Xing Ye's expression didn't change, the dagger pushed against the strongman's neck as he looked at the knight captain: "Is this passable?"

This was the first time the knight captain saw such moves, stunning him for a moment before he reacted, nodding: "Yeah, yeah, let go of Morse first and we'll hire you."

"My attacks just paralyzed his body for a bit, it didn't actually wound him. His neck's just a scratch, it'll heal soon." Xing Ye said.

The strongman Morse sat on the floor and rubbed his neck, his face filled with fright as he took a deep breath. The scariest thing wasn't Xing Ye's speed or moves, it was how he acted with absolutely no hesitation.