“Don’t be so impatient…”
The Station Master grumbled as he left his seat, using all his persuasive power to bring Luo Yi back.
“Actually… we’re not just waiting around…”
‘There’s still hope!’
Adventurer’s Guilds from half of Norsenia have arrived, so of course the crisis of Privet Town can be resolved. After all, if the nobles’ army were to resolve the crisis, where would the Adventurer’s Guild put their face? By reason and emotion, it’s wrong to just sit here.
But if we’re to act…
The Adventurer’s Guild of Baldwood Town can’t do it. Each place nurtures its own people—the town under House Linde is just a riverside town dealing in wool and flour, loading milled flour and packed wool onto ships to send to the Royal Capital. This young town cannot foster an excellent Adventurer’s Guild and talents! At most, it has a mediocre dwarf brawler uncle like Du Wa Er Fu.
But the Adventurer’s Guilds from other places can…
Luo Yi’s eyes couldn’t help but move.
“You mean… there’s still a chance?”
“That’s right.”
The Station Master thumped his chest in assurance.
“You don’t know about the excellent adventurers from other places… There’s a young man named Eric who wields an axe skillfully, and another named Cassius, a handsome young spearman who uses a spear art passed down from his ancestors…”
“A few of the stronger Adventurer’s Guilds are thinking of forming a temporary adventurer team called Wolf Slayers—there’s no reward, but there’s fame… The King of Dire Wolves, Lu Bu Li Zi, is a cunning and ferocious…”
The Station Master finished his introduction, and then it was time to recruit.
“Come, Luo Yi, as long as you sign, you’ll be a member of our Baldwood Town Adventurer’s Guild, and then you can try to join the adventurer team, defeat Lu Bu Li Zi, and reach Privet Town.”
Luo Yi almost picked up the quill to sign and seal.
But Bali Saihe, quick-eyed and fast-handed, stopped Luo Yi.
“You brat, think clearly…”
The old man said coldly,
“They’re after your body…”
The Station Master didn’t deny it at all.
So what? How could they casually give up on a young man who can slay a Manticore? Luo Yi, the young man driven out by House Linde, if he joins the Adventurer’s Guild, his future will be boundless… Naturally, the one who couldn’t keep this information… Was the dwarf uncle who pretended to be innocent and just drank beer—Du Wa Er Fu!
“Hey hey, what’s wrong with this?!”
Du Wa Er Fu argued.
“I just saw that living with Ba… with Master was too hard for Luo Yi.”
Why can’t he become an adventurer and earn some extra money?
“If you want to become a true Brave, you shouldn’t stay in the Adventurer’s Guild, a place where dragons and fish mingle.”
Bali Saihe reiterated.
The Master was right—a huge crowd of adventurers, no matter how smoothly they talk, would be useless if actually blocked by a pack of Wargs on the road, and would be of no help in resolving the crisis of Privet Town. Should they rely on the nobles’ army far away? Ridiculous!
But Luo Yi’s heart couldn’t help but waver—if the nobles’ army would come to rescue… Count Brian is not a bad person; he loves his daughter… And Lady Catalina—she loves her daughter even more, so much so that she committed a grave mistake against Luo Yi. They…
“Master, I’ll sign this,”
Luo Yi said.
“With the money earned, you and Asuna will have a future, right?”
“I promised your grandfather that I would train you to become a Brave, not a boastful adventurer…”
“There’s not much connection between the two.”
Luo Yi said,
“I know the legend of every generation of Braves, Master… Most Braves continued the adventurer’s style of fighting alone… Only the most recent one, the Previous Hero Bali Saihe, chose a different path. Becoming a general of the Kingdom, arming the army itself, instead of taking the path of an elite adventurer squad… And in the end, success or failure… Everyone knows. There’s no distinction between good and bad anymore. Luo Yi just wanted to save the girl in his heart!”
The Master couldn’t refute him—in the gray eyes of the red-haired youth, he saw a flame. That flame, Bali Saihe had once burned for a woman when he was young. Asuna’s grandmother…
“Enough—don’t reveal your identity. You are Luo Yi, an ordinary… adventurer.”
Bali Saihe conceded, but things didn’t go as he wished. Luo Yi quickly signed—although he couldn’t read, he could still sign and press his fingerprint.
Then, the Station Master led him to the center of the camp.
There, they were busily preparing a temporary adventurer team. Its name was Wolf Slayers.
Lu Bu Li Zi, the legendary King of Dire Wolves, the evil monster leader, was occupying the key road to Privet Town, and behind it, countless Warg offspring were extremely skilled at harassing the team, preventing them from advancing even one step into Privet Town! If all the adventurers were stuck here motionless, waiting for the power of the Kingdom of Norsenia to solve it, then the adventurer community would become the laughingstock of the entire country!
So, to stake their honor, adventurers from all over the kingdom would exert their strongest strength, striving to enter this team. After all, adventuring isn’t just fighting and killing—it’s also about social connections—whichever guild’s member gets in brings glory to that guild.
Otherwise, the Station Master wouldn’t have seized the opportunity to trick Luo Yi into entering this entirely unfamiliar place as a “member of the Baldwood Town Adventurer’s Guild.”
“Old Mo, you actually came?”
Luo Yi only then learned the Station Master’s name, Morris—but everyone preferred to call this old mage scholar “Old Mo.”
The man shaking hands with Morris was the branch Station Master from another place’s Adventurer’s Guild, but Luo Yi didn’t look closely because he was more concerned about the Wolf Slayers team.
Among the crowd surrounding, cheering, there were three people.
The first person looked like a demon, with strange tattoos and paint on his face, wearing animal skins, and holding an axe in each hand.
“That is Blood Axe Eric,”
Morris introduced to Luo Yi.
“He’s from the northern border of Norsenia, a hot climate where they neighbor Lizardmen… He fights monsters hiding in the hot, humid rainforest every day, extremely fierce and aggressive…”
However, no one denied Eric’s combat ability—everyone believed Eric had the power to personally cut off the head of the King of Dire Wolves, Lu Bu Li Zi, just as Eric had done in the northern border before. This guy was all muscles, just lacking a sharp head!
The second person… Luo Yi felt a bit displeased looking at him. For some reason, his blonde hair and green eyes always reminded Luo Yi of Xue La’s mother, Lady Catalina.
“That is Cassius,”
Morris introduced.
“He is the young master of the Lyoncourt Family. His family’s spear art is famous—do you know, Xue La Linde’s mother, that is Count Brian’s wife, her maiden family is the Lyoncourt Family.”
In other words, Cassius was Xue La’s cousin. No wonder Luo Yi felt uncomfortable looking at him!
As for the third… Morris didn’t know him. That person seemed to be a new member of the Wolf Slayers team. Who knew from where this genius came, actually passing the scrutiny of Eric and Cassius and entering the team, about to set out to slay the King of Dire Wolves, Lu Bu Li Zi?
Compared to Morris and Luo Yi’s whispering—the ones being surrounded were rather bored.
“Still recruiting?”
When Eric was bored, he would use his axe to shave his beard, which was very uncivilized, and showing it to the young master of the Lyoncourt Family was indeed “uncivilized,” but Eric liked doing it because Cassius was civilized enough—the dignified young master of the Lyoncourt Family could tolerate Eric’s rudeness.
“I’m afraid we must,”
Cassius said.
“A four-person team is the optimal size calculated. Too large is a burden, too small, and the number of Wargs could overwhelm us.”
“Hey, adventuring isn’t that complicated. It’s all a one-axe deal—if that doesn’t work, two axes…”
Eric said jokingly, but still glanced at the third member of the team.
“Of course, sometimes, it depends on magic…”
The third member of the team gave a muffled snort—this guy also wore a hood and cloak, his face unclear.
Cassius couldn’t be bothered to bicker with his old friend, and his eyes fell on Morris and Luo Yi. New challengers had arrived.
“…From Baldwood Town, wanting to join the Wolf Slayers team? Fine…”
Cassius nodded.
“As long as you can pass the test—the King of Dire Wolves, Lu Bu Li Zi, is a tough nut to crack. After we defeat the Warg King, we still have to face the new chieftain of the Orcs, Azog…”
Cassius’s pair of green eyes sized Luo Yi up like a lion sizing up its prey, making the latter extremely uncomfortable.
“So, a test is necessary. We don’t need dead weight.”
Luo Yi nodded and unsheathed the heavy sword on his back.
“I accept—”
Cassius nodded.
“Then, let’s begin. To deal with a ferocious opponent like Lu Bu Li Zi, you need to be prepared…”
The young master of the Lyoncourt Family raised his hand, and then the cold gleam of an axe flashed right past Luo Yi’s face!
Clang!
Luo Yi blocked it in time…
‘Eric… this guy’s speed, how is it so fast?!’
“It’s an honor to introduce this new little brother—this is Blood Axe Eric, who has fought for years in the northern wilderness and rainforest, an unquestionable powerhouse in both strength and speed. Our team relies on this warrior to stall the Warg King, Lu Bu Li Zi, for a few minutes…”
Cassius said, his eyes as calm as a well.
“I wonder how much strength little brother Luo Yi can show?”
Even as Luo Yi and Eric were already locked in an indecipherable battle…