"It's said that she's a beautiful female adventurer."
"Blonde hair, long legs?" Lin Li was stunned at first, but quickly recovered. In the whole of Jarrosus City, Ina was probably the only beautiful female adventurer he knew.
"Seems to be the case. What's wrong, girlfriend?"
"Kevin, you've been infected by Gerian, so gossipy … Where is she now?"
"I've arranged for her to wait in the guest room. I don't know if she's left yet …"
"…" Lin Li knew too well the characters of this father and daughter pair. If it wasn't for something they couldn't solve, they would never come to him. Thinking of this, Lin Li was a little anxious. He hurried out of the level certification hall, and as he rushed to the guest room, he complained, "Why didn't you inform me earlier …"
"I would like to inform you …" Kevin rolled his eyes. "The moment you locked yourself in the room, the Guild Master gave the order. If anyone dares to disturb you, he will twist their head off. Do you think I wouldn't dare to come?"
"This old fellow …" Lin Li grumbled, but he was slightly touched. This old fellow Gerian was thoughtful, afraid that he would be disturbed at the critical moment of his breakthrough.
The two of them soon arrived outside the guest room. As soon as Lin Li pushed the door open, he saw a pretty face that was sobbing like a pear blossom in the rain.
"Mr … Mr Felic …" The long-legged beauty's voice was choked with sobs. "Please save my father …"
"Ina, don't be agitated. Tell me slowly." Hearing the long-legged beauty's cries, Lin Li felt a headache coming on. He quickly and carefully comforted her. "Tell me first, what's wrong with Mr McGrenn?"
"Daddy … Daddy is dying …" Ina's beautiful eyes were red and swollen from crying. Under Lin Li's constant consolation, she managed to suppress the sadness in her heart, and began to recount the events that had transpired.
After they parted at the entrance of the Adventurers Guild that day, McGrenn and his daughter had successfully completed the mission with the Manticore's tail that Lin Li had given them. According to their usual habits, they would often rest for a while after completing a mission before taking on another one. But that day, for some reason, McGrenn insisted on going to the mission announcement office to take a look after the mission.
Coincidentally, as soon as the father and daughter arrived at the mission announcement office, a new batch of mission announcements appeared.
One of the missions was to find someone to search for an ancient castle in the Forest of Whispers. McGrenn chose this mission at first glance. The Forest of Whispers was like heaven and earth compared to the Sunset Mountains. The most powerful demons there were only level-10, and their numbers were pitifully small. If you weren't really lucky, you might not even run into one in two or three years in the Forest of Whispers.
The content of the quest was also very simple. They only needed to find the exact location of the castle.
A detailed map of the Whispering Forest was available for sale in the Adventurer's Guild. It only cost 10 gold. The characteristics of the castle were also clearly described in the quest. It was a black castle that only appeared after dusk. With these two clues, completing the quest was only a matter of time. Moreover, the reward was as high as 100 gold. It was much more worthwhile than hunting Manticores in the Sunset Mountains.
Hence, McGrenn accepted the mission without hesitation. He did not rest in Jarrosus City that day. After a little replenishment, he brought Ina to the Forest of Whispers.
As McGrenn had expected, the mission went quite smoothly.
The father and daughter did not encounter any danger along the way. It only took them about a week to find the ancient castle mentioned in the mission.
McGrenn was very happy at the time. After marking the location of the castle on the map, he planned to return to Jarrosus City.
But at this moment, an accident happened.
McGrenn, who had just put the map into his backpack, suddenly fell to the ground without any warning.
Ina was scared silly at the time …
The scariest thing was that there were no wounds on McGrenn's body, nor did it seem like he had been attacked by mental magic. Everything seemed the same, except that McGrenn was asleep. According to Ina's description, McGrenn's current situation could only be described as being asleep. Even after returning to Jarrosus City, he could occasionally be heard snoring softly.
But McGrenn had slept for too long.
From the day they found the black castle to the day they returned to Jarrosus City, McGrenn had slept for seven days. During these seven days, he had not woken up once, nor had he eaten anything. He had been in a deep sleep, and his body was getting more and more haggard by the day.
According to Ina, McGrenn had already lost a lot of weight when she came this morning.
Lin Li listened to Ina with a frown, but he could not think of any magic that could cause such an effect. After some thought, he decided to go take a look first.
"Ina, take me to see Mr McGrenn first. I can't think of anything for a while now."
"Okay." Ina nodded obediently. Since her father's collapse, the little girl's heart had been in a complete mess. It was only with Lin Li's constant reassurance that she recovered some of her previous vitality.
Lin Li was a little anxious and did not have time to greet Gerian. He only found Kevin and said, "Something has happened to my friend. I have to go and see what's going on. Help me explain to Gerian later."
"Oh no! I forgot to tell him about this … "Lin Li had already left the Emerald Tower when Kevin suddenly remembered something important. But when he wanted to chase after them out of the door, he found that the two of them had long disappeared.
The place where McGrenn and his daughter stayed was not far. After leaving the Emerald Tower, they turned a few more streets and soon arrived in front of an old house.
The house looked old. When he walked up to the bedroom on the second floor, Lin Li kept feeling the wooden boards under his feet tremble slightly.
The house was clean and tidy, but the furniture was a little shabby, and the blanket covering McGrenn's body was even patched up.
Recalling that McGrenn had once told him that the reward for killing a level-five magical beast, the Manticore, in the Sunset Mountains was only a few dozen gold coins, Lin Li more or less had some understanding of the father and daughter's situation.
However, Lin Li only kept this in mind, and did not say much to Inna.
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