While Alex and Lavinia enjoyed an early dinner with the young lady's parents, Ramza went to the plaza of the village and ordered all warriors who were Rank 5 and below to gather.
Of course, even the stronger warriors had voluntarily come to hear what their Lord had to say.
"I'm sure you've already heard that our Oathkeeper will take the Etherion Challenge tomorrow at noon," Ramza said calmly. "And his reason is to gain our family's blessing to take Lavinia's hand in marriage."
"Without a doubt, Alex is strong enough to protect Lavinia. However, since he intends to take more wives, he must prove himself capable of protecting all of them. Thus, he decided to take the Etherion Challenge."
His gaze scanned the faces of the warriors, who were all looking back at him with smirks on their faces.
That single glance was enough to tell him that they intended to "play" with the Oathkeeper and allow him to win the challenge by not going all out against him.
