"And then you came back?" Red Moon and the others looked at Li Huailin in surprise. He had clearly gone to ask for help, but he had gone alone and returned alone.
"Yeah. That damned marshal said that most of the troops won't be able to return. This matter is also very confidential and can't be told to others. However, Marquis Filmus knows all of them. If I'm followed, it'll be dangerous for the princess. So, it's best for me to come back alone, "Li Huailin said as he shrugged.
"Is Marshal Malindolf's injury serious?" Fantine asked worriedly.
"It looks very serious. It looks like he'll die at any moment," Li Huailin answered honestly.
"What?" Fantine looked very anxious after hearing that. "What do we do now?"
"What do you think?" Li Huailin looked at Fantine and asked.
"I … I don't know." Fantine's mind was in a mess. How could she come up with any ideas?
"Then let's follow Malindolf's instructions." Li Huailin took out a piece of paper from his bag. "There's a guy's name and address on it. Malindolf said that he can be trusted, so I'll leave you there for now."
"Are you going to find the antidote alone?" Red Moon asked.
What a joke! Li Huailin did not want to do this damned Quest. Not to mention the 100,000 EXP and 10 Gold Coins, just the special reward alone was more than enough for Li Huailin to endure. On the off chance that all of his Attributes were deducted, wouldn't he have gone insane? However, now that Li Huailin said that it wasn't the right time to quit, Li Huailin decided to stall for time. "It's like this. This is an S-rank Main Storyline Quest. I think it'll be very difficult for me to do it alone."
"Yeah, that's true." Red Moon nodded. Indeed, an S-rank Main Storyline Quest was scary.
"So no matter what, I have to form a team. Otherwise, I'll be dead," Li Huailin said with a smile.
"Yes." Red Moon nodded. "But the quest location seems to be in another city. Won't we have to form a Level 30 party to go there?"
"Yeah." To be honest, Li Huailin had already forgotten the location of this quest. He really didn't want to do it. "How about this? I'll follow the original plan tomorrow. I'll bring all of you up, and then we'll do it together."
Li Huailin's plan was to start training them tomorrow. Then, when it was time to do the mission, he would think of a way to say that he couldn't come because he had something to do. Then, the mission would naturally be handed over to this group of people, and it would have nothing to do with him.
"Since the situation is so urgent, should we go and level up now?" Red Moon asked.
"Didn't Malindolf say that now that Malindolf is still alive, the enemy won't make a move so quickly. I think so too. At least wait until Malindolf is dead before making a move. Also, the fake princess has just returned. It's not good to make a move now," Li Huailin said. "I think we still have time."
"Is that a good idea?" Crimson Moon looked at Fantine next to her. The other girls had developed sympathy for the princess in a very short period of time, and said with a little concern.
"It's okay. Now is not the time to be anxious. I think we should still follow Marshal Malindolf's plan," Fantine said calmly.
"Oh, the quest has changed," Red Moon said. "Now the quest's goal is to escort the princess to Ames."
"That's good. Let's go," Li Huailin said hurriedly.
The name of this person named Ames was written on the note that Marshal Malindolf gave to Li Huailin. Although Marshal Malindolf didn't say where this person came from or what his identity was, it sounded like he was quite at ease with this person. More importantly, this person didn't live in the main city. Judging from the current situation, although Marshal Malindolf should have a lot of friends and confidants in the city, it was still a relatively dangerous move to let Fantine enter the city. It wasn't very practical if it was too far away, so Lin Musi, who lived near the main city, became the first choice.
The party of seven followed the address given by Marshal Malindolf and found a small wooden house by a lake in the southeast corner of the main city. This place was less than ten minutes' walk from the main city. If anything happened, Fantine could rush to the main city immediately.
"It should be here." Red Moon pointed to the small wooden house in front of them and said, "There doesn't seem to be any monsters around here. There doesn't seem to be any players either."
"There seems to be an NPC living here. I've heard of it before." Red Bloodprint replied, "A lot of players have also discovered it, but it doesn't have any quests. I've seen many players on the forum guessing its identity, but I didn't expect it to be related to Marshal Malindolf."
The small wooden house by the lake was really small. It was a small wooden bungalow that took up about 30 square meters. It wasn't even as big as the courtyard. It was also a single story, but the house looked quite new, as if it had just been built not too long ago. From the outside, it looked quite clean. The house was by the side of the lake, and there was a stone path that extended to the side of the lake. There were some fishing tools by the side of the lake. It seemed like the owner of this house would occasionally fish in the lake.
"I'll go knock." The group walked to the front of the house and only saw a wooden door. However, there was still some light in the house, so it seemed like there was still someone inside. So, Red Moon took the initiative and said.
"Knock …" Red Moon knocked on the door very politely, but after the first knock, the door opened by itself. It didn't seem to be locked at all.
"Who is it?" A man's voice came from behind the door. The voice sounded strong and didn't sound like a young man's voice.
"Mr. Ames? We were asked by Marshal Malindolf to look for you, "Red Moon replied. At the same time, she looked inside and saw an oil lamp on the table and a shadow on the chair beside it. Due to the poor lighting, Red Moon couldn't see the person's face clearly. She only felt that the person's body was strong.
"Marshal Malindolf?" The person was slightly stunned, then suddenly remembered something. "Oh, I understand. Elvins, right? Come in."
"Elvins?" Li Huailin noticed that Elvins was indeed Marshal Malindolf's name. Li Huailin had seen Marshal Malindolf's name before, but those who called him by his name were at least of the same generation as Marshal Malindolf. Otherwise, they would call him Marshal Malindolf respectfully. It seemed like this NPC had a close relationship with Marshal Malindolf.
Since the other party had agreed, they walked into the room. As expected, the room was small. There were a total of eight people, including the other party. It was very crowded. There was only a chair, a table, and a bed in the room. There was nothing else in the room, not even a closet to store clothes. It was very clean, but it was still not big enough for a person to stand in.
With the light from the oil lamp on the table, they finally saw the person's face. First, the girls were shocked because the person's appearance was really scary. The left side of his face seemed to have been burned, and the burn was very serious. The flesh was wrinkled and curled horribly. His left eye seemed to have been burned by the flames. There was no eyeball in the eye socket, only black rotten flesh. Of course, the hair on the left side of his face had also been burned. To balance it out, the person had shaved off the right side of his hair and eyebrows. Now, he was a very ugly bald man.
This NPC wore plain clothes that commoners often wore. He didn't have any weapons on him, and the burn marks on his face extended from his neck down to a place that couldn't be seen by the clothes. It seemed that not only his face, but his body also had burn marks.
Li Huailin looked at the person's name. It was displayed in green, Ames Aikelion. He had never heard of this name before.
Ames scanned the six women and one man in front of him with one eye. His eyes lingered on Fantine for a moment. Because Fantine was still wearing the expensive noble clothes, Ames immediately stared at her.
"Why did Elvins ask you to look for me?" Ames asked as he shifted his gaze away after a brief glance at Fonseline.
"Elvins?" Red Moon asked curiously.
"It's Malindolf's name," Li Huailin reminded from behind.
"Oh." Red Moon nodded. Although Li Huailin had roughly described what he saw, he didn't go into detail enough to even say Malindolf's name, so Red Moon only just learned about it. "It's like this. The person beside me is the fourth princess of the Empire, Her Highness Fantine."
"The princess of the Empire?" On the other side, Ames' gaze changed slightly, and then he carefully looked at Fantine. Because of his terrifying appearance, Fantine was a little scared.
"Continue." Ames quickly retracted his gaze and said calmly.
"Now the princess is in some trouble and can't go back to the city. So Marshal Malindolph asked us to find you. He wants to leave the princess with you for the time being." Crimson Moon said as she handed Malindolph's note to Ames.
Ames picked up the note and looked at it under the oil lamp. There was nothing special on the note. Apart from Ames's name and address, there were a few words of greeting, and the purpose of his visit. He didn't even explain the reason clearly.
"Understood." Ames nodded. "Stay with me for the time being. But you've seen the environment here. I don't know how to take care of a princess."
"Don't worry, Mr. Ames. I don't see myself as a princess," Fantine said.
"If that's the case, you can stay." Ames nodded.
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