With McGrenn leading the way, Lin Li's journey was much easier. After all, he was a senior adventurer with nearly 30 years of hunting experience. In McGrenn's words, he had spent more time in the Sunset Mountains than at home.
The originally labyrinthine forest seemed to open up all of a sudden.
It only took the four of them half a day to pass through the dense forest.
The trees in front of them gradually thinned, and the forest was no longer dark. The warm sunlight penetrated through the gaps in the trees, making them feel warm. As cheerful as the warm sunlight was Lin Li's mood — he could finally leave this damned Sunset Mountains.
After studying the map, McGrenn told Lin Li, "It will probably take another day for us to get out of the Sunset Mountains."
"What about tonight?" Lin Li was a little worried. The Sunset Mountains were full of danger, and they could encounter ferocious magical beasts at any time. Especially at night, many magical beasts that were rarely seen during the day would come out of their nests and hunt the sleeping prey between the forest ravines.
Every time they slept outdoors in the Sunset Mountains, it was equivalent to putting their lives in danger.
"It's not a big problem." McGrenn looked confident. "I know a very safe place. As long as we speed up, we should be able to get there before dark."
"That's great." Lin Li nodded and did not say anything more.
"Mr Felic, can I ask you a question?" Just as they were about to bury their heads in the road, the beauty with long blonde hair caught up from the back of the team.
The blonde beauty was still wearing the red soft armor. Her tall figure and slender legs, outlined by the red soft armor, revealed an infinitely beautiful curve. Probably because they were in too much of a hurry, there was a blush on her fair face, and her long blonde hair hung down, unusually dazzling in the sun.
The forest path was narrow to begin with, and with two people walking side by side, it was inevitable that they would get closer. Smelling the faint fragrance from Ina's body, Lin Li suddenly felt a headache. He did not know what was going on along the way, but the blonde beauty seemed to like to ask him some questions.
If it were any other time, Lin Li would have been very happy.
This guy was an otaku before he transmigrated, and had never seen any beautiful women. After he transmigrated, he was faced with Andoine's old face every day. He was not a monk who ate vegetarian and prayed to Buddha. Having a beautiful woman close to him was a good thing that he could not ask for, so how could he push her away?
But now, Lin Li was having a headache because he did not know how to answer Ina's question.
"Mr Felic, are you from Jarrosus City?" How would Lin Li answer this question?
"Hmm … This … I don't think so …" Lin Li felt a headache coming on. Fortunately, this fellow remembered something and quickly changed the topic. "Oh yes, Ina, don't you need to kill a Manticore for your mission this time? I seem to have heard from Mr McGrenn just now that you were discovered by the wyvern as soon as you laid the trap. Now that you haven't hunted the Manticore, what should you do when you return to the mission? "
"It can only be considered a failure. I guess we'll have to pay some money." Lin Li changed the topic well. Hearing him talk about the mission, the blonde beauty did not continue to ask, but her pretty face showed some helplessness. "The Manticore is a pack of magical beasts, and the chances of encountering a lone one are too low. We only met one after following it for a few days, but we didn't expect it to be destroyed by two Wyverns."
"What a pity …" Lin Li rejoiced while secretly making up his mind. When they reached Jarrosus City, he must come up with a flawless origin. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing if he did not dare to strike up a conversation with a beauty when she asked him about it …
To prevent the blonde beauty from asking about his origin again, Lin Li simply took the initiative to find some topics to chat with her. To Lin Li, the content of the conversation was not important; the important thing was not to let her have time to ask questions!
Lin Li was too good at chatting. Even an old and shrewd man like Andoine always felt that he could not outtalk him, not to mention an innocent girl like Ina.
Without much effort, Lin Li got the rhythm of the conversation under his control.
Just with that half a bottle of Wyvern blood, the content of the conversation was digressed by this fellow. He did not even take the initiative to mention that half a bottle of Wyvern blood, and only casually mentioned the power of level-seven magical beasts. The blonde beauty, who was full of curiosity, naturally continued the conversation. Following that, a pair of big sky-blue eyes blinked as she looked at Lin Li curiously and asked why he had collected the Wyvern blood in the end.
With that half a bottle of Wyvern blood as the start, there were too many topics to choose from. Earlier, when he was facing Andoine's old face all day long, he had heard countless anecdotes from the old fellow. It was too easy for him to lie to the little girl now.
In addition, Lin Li was quite eloquent. He was humorous when he told stories, and when it came to professional knowledge, he seemed knowledgeable and authoritative. Even Andoine did not have the right to speak in front of him, not to mention an adventurer like Ina who only knew how to fight with magical beasts.
The powerful and mysterious mage had a humorous and witty way of talking, but he was also knowledgeable. For young girls in love, he was simply the killing machine of killing machines.
The blonde beauty walked on the forest path with her head down, listening to the lively and interesting stories and feeling the manly aura from the young mage. For some reason, she suddenly felt her face heat up.
Neither of them, who were chatting happily, noticed that the other mage's face was a little pale.
Cromwell's mood now was as if he was being twisted by a knife.
When he first saw Ina at the Adventurers Guild, he had been infatuated with this blonde girl with a pair of long legs.
That kind of wild beauty had an almost fatal attraction to Cromwell, who was born in a magical family.
In order to pursue this long-legged beauty, Cromwell had used all the means available to him.
This time, he even chased her all the way to the Sunset Mountains. He wanted to use this method to prove that he was also trustworthy!
Cromwell felt that he was almost successful.
If not for Lin Li's appearance, he would have been the one to save the father and daughter.
What Cromwell couldn't stand the most was that the mage who had suddenly appeared seemed to be a threat to him.
Ina had never smiled so brightly when she spoke to him.
Cromwell didn't understand how the mage, who looked a little down and out, was stronger than him in any way.
In terms of family background, he was born in the most prominent magic family in the Felan Kingdom. His father was even a figure who had a say in the Guild of Magic. In terms of wealth, it went without saying. After thousands of years of accumulation after the Dark Age, his family was already rich enough to rival a country. His uncle, Fario, had even been serving as the kingdom's minister of wealth.
What did that mage called Felic have? Apart from being slightly younger than him, he couldn't even afford a decent mage's robe.
This man had to disappear! Cromwell looked at Lin Li's back with a sneer at the corner of his mouth.
The four of them walked in the direction of Jarrosus City, each with their own thoughts on their minds.
Before the sun set, they walked into a dense forest. According to McGrenn, they would be able to see Jarrosus City after a short walk out of the forest.
"There's no other way tonight. We can only make do with the nearby area." McGrenn led the group forward with familiarity, and soon found a cave.
The cave was not too deep. With just a torch, the entire cave could be seen. The surrounding stone walls were also abnormally dry, and traces of bonfires could even be found on the ground. It seemed that McGrenn's men were not the only ones spending the night in this cave.
"This is the place I mentioned earlier. Everyone can rest assured tonight. I've stayed here dozens of times and have never encountered any danger." McGrenn skillfully lit a bonfire and instructed the long-legged beauty beside him, "Ina, there's a water source in the north of the forest. It's about two to three hundred meters away from here. Take a water bag and bring some water back."
"Yes, Father."
As soon as the long-legged beauty left the cave, Cromwell could no longer sit still. He quickly stood up and said, "I'll go with you …"
Lin Li noticed that the middle-aged adventurer didn't look too good when Cromwell chased after him. Of course, he naturally wouldn't ask about such things. He just smiled and continued to warm himself by the fire.
"Mr Felic …"
"Just call me Felic …" Lin Li was a little troubled. He had lost count of the number of times he had mentioned it along the way, calling McGrenn Old Man Old Man Young Mister Short.
"Alright, Felic, is this your first time to Jarrosus City?"
"More or less." Lin Li answered vaguely. "A guy asked me to go to Jarrosus City to look for someone …"
"Do you need help? Our family has lived in Jarrosus City for decades. It shouldn't be a problem for us to help you find someone, "the middle-aged adventurer said enthusiastically.
"I won't trouble you for the time being. That guy gave me the address, it shouldn't be difficult to find …" Andoine didn't explain clearly what kind of place the Guild of Magic was when he left. Lin Li was afraid that if it was some secret organization, what if he brought McGrenn there rashly and got killed?
"After arriving at Jarrosus City, if there's anything you need help with, be sure to let me know. If it weren't for you this time, us father and daughter would have …" McGrenn would never forget Lin Li's life-saving grace.
While the two of them were chatting, they suddenly heard a scream from afar.
"Oh no! Something's happened! " It was Ina's voice. McGrenn's expression changed. He grabbed the weapon beside him and ran out of the cave.
Lin Li didn't dare to be negligent. He hurriedly cast a Hastening Spell on himself and ran out after the middle-aged adventurer.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
