In the morning of the first day of the last week of the first quarter. During the Actual Combat class, Soma told his students about their plan for the week.

“We are going to spend the last three days of this week on a trip! We are going to take a particular request from the Mercenary Guild! And for that, we are going to spend today and tomorrow preparing for that trip!”(Soma)

“What is the request is going to be about?”(Alice)

“The request is going to be Bandits Elimination! And that means we will be killing humans! That’s why you are not required to go if you don’t want to! And this trip will only be about the experience and nothing more. There will be no credits for those going, nor punishments for those who don’t. so don’t worry!”(Soma)

“…We will be required to kill people….right?”(Zac)

“No, the ones who will be doing the killing are me and Marina alone! You’ll only watch us and learn from what we will do”(Soma)

“…We are not required to fight?”(Emma)

“For this time, you are not. Remember our first class ever! One of the most important things one must do is to be prepared mentally. What we will be doing is killing fellow humans, and asking you students to fight will only lead to you hesitating and endangering all of us! That’s why this time you’ll only be watching and thinking about what you’ll be seeing me and Marina doing! And in the third quarter of this Academic Year, we will actively go on requests from the Mercenary Guild, and only then will you be allowed to fight”(Soma)

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The next day, early in the morning. All the noble families and their members were assembled at the Bennet Household’s mansion along with their merchants’ allies. And right now they are sharing information about their situation at the moment and the cause of it all, Soma.

“The question is how strong is he? This brat has been dismantling our men left and right as if it was nothing!”(Noble 1)

“And he has been going after their limbs as if it was a game for him! All of our hunters are out of commission with broken limbs!!”(Noble 2)

“He does seem smart at least…”(Mist’s Head Zac’s mother)

“What do you mean?”(Noble 1)

“Broken limbs take months to heal, and even then, the hunters will need at least one more month to rehabilitate. And since the people from Elk are refusing to sell their Healing Potions to us, we can’t use them to heal our men.”(Mist’s Head)

“…And he is doing it intently?”(Noble 2)

“Yeah, as you all know, all the hunters we drove into retirement by injuring them have recovered thanks to his Healing Potions. And that means that the town doesn’t need us anymore to keep the people fed”(Mist’s Head)

“That’s not all! Thanks to his Library, we have lost all the researchers that were planted long ago to hinder the advancement of knowledge in this town! And looking at the incident that cost us the researchers, it’s safe to conclude that, Leona is behind all of this!”(Jason Bennet)

“He even dared to attack and break the limbs of my dear son yesterday!”(Merchant)

“Which brings us to the initial question, how strong is he? Mira of the Mono Household, you went with them on that trip, so did he show his strength during the trip? What about that Blue Lightning of his?”(Noble 1)

“During the trip, he did indeed use that Blue Lightning of his once. He used it to strike the perimeter of the campsite only for a wall of crystal to appear from the ground acting like a fence surrounding the campsite leave alone for a couple of openings. But upon inspecting the crystal wall I found out that it was nothing but an illusion”(Mira)

“…Illusion?”(Noble 2)

“Then it’s as we initially thought. He is only strong with his sword and Illusion Magic! That means if we bombard him with magic, he will be easily defeated!”(Noble 1)

“Yes, that’s what I believe”(Mira)

“…Everyone! We must never forget about our main job! We have to keep his and Leona’s attention away from the mines no matter what!”(Jason Bennet)

“…You are right”(Mist’s Head)

After that, they kept discussing what they will be doing from that moment on. They talked about their tasks and came up with plans to take Soma down and about the failed rebellion in the capital and how Soma was the cause of it.