Moreover, with Kanna's strength and her unreserved personality, she would eventually become known along with the name of Rhodes Island. At that time, her weapon would naturally be recognized by more people, and if it could be acknowledged by the world, that would be the highest honor a blacksmith could achieve.
When Kanna bounced upstairs, she saw Rosmontis and the silly... Cerberus walking out. Upon seeing Kanna, Cerberus immediately darted over, reaching for the greatsword on Kanna's back, her eyes gleaming with excitement.
"I heard their voices when Sister Vulcan forged them. They are indeed strong, and you are also strong. Just now, the weapons were laughing happily. This weapon truly suits you." As Cerberus, who possessed mysterious Originium Arts, she had always had a special fondness for weapons, but not everything would excite her. She had been very optimistic about these twin swords when they were first forged, and after watching Kanna's test, she seemed to hear the happy sounds emanating from the swords, so she also acknowledged Kanna as the owner of this weapon.
"Hehehe!" Kanna scratched her head, a proud expression on her face.
Although she wanted to run wild after acquiring the weapon, Outcast also returned in two days, giving her no opportunity to do so excessively. However, after Kal'tsit and Outcast's group held a meeting, they lifted the restrictions on Kanna boarding the deck. She was allowed to practice her weapon on the deck every morning, but she was not allowed to damage the deck or surrounding objects.
After that, every morning on the deck, there would be a little Dragonman either carrying a "door panel" or two "lightsabers," one blue and one red, flashing around and wildly swinging them.
This day, in the morning, she went upstairs as usual. By this time, Rosmontis had also been promoted to Operator, thanks to Kal'tsit's insistence against all opposition.
Because of her "Originium Arts," she wasn't suitable for indoor training, so with Kal'tsit's permission, Rosmontis became Kanna's training partner on the deck.
The weapons she used were seven floating greatswords specially customized for her by Whitesmith, another master craftsman of Rhodes Island. At Kanna's invitation, she became Kanna's practice partner.
And Kanna, as a friendly gesture, carved seven names in Yan characters onto the blades of her seven swords.
They were respectively: Soaring Dragon, Azure Branch, Competing Star, Sun and Moon, Ask No Questions, Heavenly Waterfall, and Forsaking God.
According to Kanna, a sword only becomes more powerful when it has a name. Although Rosmontis didn't understand why Kanna seemed so excited when talking about this topic, seeing Kanna's enthusiastic demeanor, she happily agreed.
A few days later, Kanna received a mission: some of the villagers she and ACE had rescued earlier had come for help.
They said that after reporting to the lord, the village chief was immediately dismissed, but he somehow got wind of their plans. As the group prepared to return to their old home to start anew, the deranged former chief led a team of Infected bandits to intercept and abduct all the villagers midway. He then forced the uninfected among them to dig for Originium in a well, causing most of the villagers who had escaped oripathy during the previous natural disaster to become Infected by the Originium dust in the mine.
At this time, ACE had taken on other missions and was no longer on Rhodes Island. Considering Kanna's strength, Kal'tsit had Outcast lead the team, with Kanna accompanying them to provide humanitarian rescue to those villagers.
When Kanna heard this news, she actually had anticipated it, because on the way back, ACE had already expressed his disapproval of the villagers' actions.
After all, someone who could become a village chief was at least a minor noble. Even if he was dismissed, his roots wouldn't be damaged. On the contrary, their accusations would only provoke him.
ACE had only said that these people might face retaliation, but he hadn't expected the opponent to be so ruthless, throwing these people into a mine and turning them from normal people into Infected.
Kanna didn't actually feel sorry for them, because when they separated earlier, Kanna had clearly seen the alienated looks in their eyes when they learned that the Rhodes Island group was a team of Infected, and how they viewed the Infected who had come to rescue them.
And this trip was only because Outcast felt she needed to witness the cruel side of Terra.
Kanna was noncommittal about this. In her opinion, if the antagonism between ordinary people and the Infected was unavoidable, and oripathy was an inseparable part of this world, then unless everyone in the world became Infected, or everyone's culture and beliefs were elevated to a higher level, where the world no longer had ignorant people and wouldn't isolate the Infected, it would be very difficult to reverse the current status of the Infected.
Of course, if Amiya became the "Demon King" that Patriot spoke of, ruling the land of Terra as an Infected, perhaps that status could be reversed. However, at that point, it would likely be the non-Infected who were oppressed by the Infected.
A week after leaving Rhodes Island, the convoy arrived at its destination: a small town outside an estate in Glamorgan County, the territory of the minor noble who held these villagers captive and enslaved them.
When Kanna heard the name of the place, she almost spat out the milk she had in her mouth… Good heavens, she hadn't expected the sense of déjà vu with Victoria and Altria to be strong enough, and now Glamorgan appeared.
She just didn't know if the lord of Glamorgan County changed frequently.
Upon arriving, the convoy didn't go directly to the target estate. Instead, under the guise of a medical company, they set up in the small town, promoting Rhodes Island's oripathy blocking agents and treatment plans.
At the same time, several Operators skilled in infiltration and reconnaissance quietly left the team to scout the estate.
Upon hearing that it was a medical team specifically treating the Infected, the mayor seemed hesitant. However, Outcast decisively produced a contract, stating that after taxes, he would receive half the profits from the medicine sold after promotion in the town. He immediately, with a smile on his face, welcomed the Rhodes Island team.
Due to the discrimination and fear ordinary people had towards the Infected, the medical team didn't enter the town itself but set up tents in an open space on the outskirts of the town.
For the first day or two, no one came. Outcast wasn't in a hurry, as selling medicine and promoting Rhodes Island was just a side note to their mission. They also needed time to gather information about the minor noble from the town.
Two days later, as Outcast was consolidating the intelligence she had gathered, people began to arrive, their faces covered, sneaking to the medical team's entrance under the cover of night.
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