Amidst the commotion, many people pretended not to know. They were afraid of that crowd of people.
"Who are they uncle?" Cleon asked after finishing his food.
"He is a thug in this village, he is quite feared and often causes trouble. He has also been beaten up by outsiders who are much stronger, but that doesn't deter him at all."
"Sounds annoying."
"You shouldn't have anything to do with them. Their leader once joined a guild, but because of some problems he was expelled. So you could say he's quite strong and experienced."
Cleon just smiled faintly. In his heart he himself was quite annoyed because there were always annoying people like that.
In the midst of the commotion suddenly came a child the same age as Cleon who walked over. He looked so casually flashed without hesitation in front of all of them.
Of course it attracts attention.
"Hey, kid! How dare you walk past us!" shouted one of them loudly.
This made the boy startled a little and then looked back. "Isn't this a public road?"
Hearing the answer from the little boy, of course they all got angry and turned to him. This worried everyone who was there. Some of them half-whispered telling the boy to run immediately.
But that made the child confused, why did people tell him to run. He remained standing even though he was surrounded by the thugs.
"Looks like this is your unlucky day little one!" said one of the thugs with an angry face.
"Ha?" said the child while taking a short breath.
Seeing that the child's behavior was getting more and more impudent, one of the thugs fired a punch. However, the blow seemed to miss and did not hit the child at all. Quite annoyed, the thug fired another punch. But the same thing happened again.
The blow didn't miss, but it was the boy who moved quickly to avoid the blow. With a stomp of his foot, the boy counterattacked. A kick directly hit the thug's large body, sending him flying quite far.
Of course seeing this surprised everyone. The small boy easily knocked out the big thug. Seeing this incident of course made all the thugs angry, and they started moving to attack at the same time.
However, casually, the boy immediately threw them all away in turn.
"Why are you guys? Disturbing me when I'm hungry like this. Stupid!" said the child with a quite annoyed expression.
Everyone who saw it was quite surprised, who would have thought that this thug who was quite feared would be defeated by a child. This of course caught Cleon's attention who was watching him from the food stall. It turns out that there is a strong child who is the same age as him.
"Did you see that Ava?" Cleon asked with a big smile.
"Yes, he is not an ordinary child. Maybe he also has the same goal as us."
"I feel like I want to fight him."
"Huh?! Don't act stupid."
After finishing eating, the two of them decided to return to the inn. Their goal of seeking information has been achieved. They can already imagine what kind of exam that will be faced later.
But the thing that interested Cleon was the incident that had just happened. The kid who fought the thugs and could beat them all so easily. Of course, this made Cleon even more excited.
***
The next morning they were both ready to continue their journey to the city. According to information it only takes half a day from the village. So they still had time to prepare for the guild entrance exam.
They began to travel quickly. But who would have thought, the trip this time is quite crowded. Many of them started their journey towards the city at the same time as Cleon and Ava.
Cleon's eyes started looking this way and that as if looking for something.
"What is it?" Ava asked.
"No. I'm just curious about the kid from yesterday, who knows he also went on the same trip with us."
"Why are you so curious about him?"
"I dunno, I think he's an interesting kid."
Ava looked uninterested in hearing Cleon's answer. He spurred his horse fast, it surprised Cleon and immediately chased Ava.
The trip this time looked so excited without any rest they spurred their horses until they arrived at a large fort. At the end of the road there is a large gate. Around them more and more people were passing by to enter the gate.
Behind the great fortress is the city. It seems that at the entrance there are many guards who check all the luggage of visitors who will go inside. They were seen lining up neatly, Ava and Cleon also joined the line.
It didn't take long, finally the two of them were allowed to enter. The bustling sounds of the city could be heard right up to the entrance. This made the two of them rush to see what it was like inside.
"Wow!!" said Cleon when he started to see the inside of the city.
A very big city and crowded with people. Of course it was a new sight for Cleon and Ava, their eyes kept looking here and there.
There are lots of food stalls along the road, it's like there's a big festival going on. Many of the visitors were the same as Cleon when he first entered the city. They all came from far away, as seen from the equipment they brought.
From afar, you can see a towering building in the middle of the city. It is possible that it was the seat of government of that city.
Cleon and Ava started looking for the latest information. Suddenly their eyes fell on a fairly large information board. There were also a lot of people who flocked to see it.
Without further ado they immediately looked. It seemed to be information about the guild entrance exam. The information board also shows five guild posters.
The five guilds were the purpose of the participants taking the exam. There you can clearly see the posters of very strong and brave Guild Commanders. They were all amazed and excited when they looked at the five guild Commanders.
Registration will close tomorrow and the next day is the day the entrance exam begins.
"Looks like this won't be easy," Ava said when she saw the people around them.
"Everyone who will be taking this exam looks so strong. We can't afford to lose," Cleon muttered with an excited expression.
"It's on a different level, everyone from all over the country is coming and getting together. We're also bound to see a lot of unique abilities that we haven't seen before."
"In fact, this is a good thing for us. Who knows, we might learn it too."
"It won't be that easy for them to teach foreigners."
"Well then, we just need to observe how they fight."
Cleon and Ava went to the registration area which was not far from where they were before. That day there was quite a long queue, everyone who had just arrived immediately got into line to queue. Likewise with the two of them who immediately entered the queue.