After quitting the team, the adventurers regretted it

A total of fourteen people walked out from under the World Tree.

Each of them had a heavy expression, slumped shoulders, and difficult steps, as if they were walking in a quagmire.

Luanweihua was in better condition, but Abner looked pale and closed his eyes in self-blame. Gail and Kit whispered to each other, as if to comfort him.

The square fell into an eerie silence.

what happened?

How could Luanweihua lose?
Shouldn't they keep winning?

Everyone found it difficult to understand.

A failure of Luanweihua will directly affect the outside world's judgment on the future of the pigeon market. Today's prosperity may soon turn into a bubble.

"Asshole, who allowed you to lose? My house, you have to pay for my house!"

A fat businessman dressed in luxurious clothes jumped out, his fat hands full of gem rings. He pointed at Luanweihua and Baige and started to curse:

"I spent tens of millions of gold coins to buy this apartment building last week. If you fail this time, I might lose half of it. How are you going to compensate me? You are all dumb. Speak up!"

There are many speculators like the fat businessman. The failure of Luanweihua's strategy indirectly led to the shrinkage of their assets.

"Hey, don't forget who made Baige City what it is today!"

"Isn't this just destroying the bridge? Everyone makes mistakes sometimes."

"Luanweihua and White Dove Adventure Team, come on!"

After all, the majority of the people were rational, but the fat merchant's mind was full of the lost gold coins, his heart was bleeding, and he glared angrily at the fourteen people who returned from the World Tree:

"An apology is necessary, right? Apologize sincerely to those of us who believed in you, you bastard!"

"Ugh~!"

Before the fat businessman could finish his curse, he was grabbed by the collar by a girl with short blue hair.

Lulu was in a bad mood to begin with, and as a subspecies beastman, she didn't have much of a favorable impression of humans. She stayed in Baige City only because Linda was here, so how could she indulge the fat merchant?

"Say it again and I'll kill you."

Lulu looked at him coldly, and the aura of Yuejie spread out. In a moment, the fat businessman's whole body softened, and a warm current flowed out from his crotch.

Throwing the other person to the ground with a bang, Lulu took out a handkerchief and wiped her hands with a frown.

"Ohhh! Bad guys, all the Luanweihuas are bad guys!" The fat businessman's face turned pale and he crawled away in the square.

"Haha, you deserve it!"

"Do you really think Linda and the others are just workers? People like them need to be severely punished!"

"Damn it, am I the only one who wants to know what happened on the 20th floor?"

A series of discussions rang out.

"Where is the Ultimate Pervert? Where is Rand?"

At this time, Kami, the editor-in-chief of Baige Morning News, rushed over and tremblingly pointed the magic camera at the Luanweihua Adventure Team.

The title of Ultimate Pervert was given to Linda by Kami, but she was also the person who least wanted Linda to be in danger.

Cami became the editor-in-chief in just half a year thanks to Linda's negative information.

Once Linda got into trouble, there was no more dirty information to dig up about her.

Kami's question also represents the voice of everyone.

Pairs of concerned eyes looked at Abner and the others.

"died.
Rand, dead.

Linda led the giant shark adventure group away from the demon tribe for us, and they haven't returned yet."

When Kami first heard the word "dead", he thought it was Linda, and the magic camera almost fell to the ground.

Hearing that the deceased was someone else, Cami actually felt a shameful sense of relief.

"Master Rand often supports orphans and was even listed in the White Pigeon City Annual Summary last year."

"Ah? Uncle Rand is dead?"

"Giant Shark Adventure Group, is this a demon adventure group? I've never heard of it!"

Many things are beyond the understanding of ordinary citizens.

A month ago, Baige City didn't even have a Chaoyang-class weapon, so naturally they wouldn't pay attention to the Chaoyang-class weapons of the Demon Clan, as it had nothing to do with them anyway.

A star-level adventurer from another place murmured, "I've heard of the Giant Shark Adventure Group. The captain is called Di Feng, and he ranks 201st on the monthly ranking of the demons by the Adventure Guild. Captain Linda, you're in danger!"

[Monthly Ranking] Most people know this list, and only the strongest Moon Rank can get on it.

In the South Baihong region, there are no more than seven people on the monthly list.

The highest ranked is Linda, ranked 398th.

When they heard that Di Feng had 201, everyone's face changed.

Nearly 200 places ahead of Linda.

Can Linda come back when being hunted by such powerful men?
...

Amidst the anxiety and uneasiness, the sun set and a layer of black shadow covered the square.

Every second that passes seems as long as a year.

The longer I waited, the slimmer my hope of meeting Linda seemed.

Even Anna and Tasya, who trusted Linda completely, couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Linda really had an accident?

Another half hour passed.

A teleporting blue light lit up under the World Tree.

But no one dared to relax easily.

It is possible that another adventure team has returned.

During the waiting period, they were surprised dozens of times.

When the returning adventurers heard about Linda's story, they were all stunned in shock.

The idol of many trainee adventure teams and rock-level adventure teams is Luanweihua.

They also want to be the rising sun of Baige City like Luanweihua.

One by one, they dragged their tired bodies and joined the waiting line.

If Linda doesn't come back today, many people may not be able to sleep at night.

Viren, and even Mervant, the fat and thin official of the city committee, came.

Another half hour passed and it was getting darker and darker.

Finally, a teleportation light came on.

Under the gaze of many eyes, a young man covered in blood walked out from the light.

The dead silent square suddenly came to life.

Everyone's sleepy eyelids lifted slightly.

But the young man was wearing a tattered black adventurer's suit, his steps were unsteady, his face was pale, his chest was twitching like a broken bellows, and he was gasping for breath.

Only his eyes were as bright as torches. Even if his figure staggered, he gave people a feeling that he would never fall down, just like a tumbler.

The young man was holding something in his hand, and bright red blood was flowing out from between his fingers.

"Abner, I have avenged Rand."

After saying that, he opened his palm, inside of which lay a bloody black short horn.

"This is."

Abner was stunned.

No one could imagine how Linda managed to kill the mage "Black Crow" and escape among a group of demons. The only thing that can be guessed is that if Linda did not go to avenge Rand and saved his strength to escape, he would never be in such a miserable state now.

Kit, Gale, and everyone in the White Dove Adventure Group had tears in their eyes. After Rand's death, they all comforted Abner, and each one seemed stronger than the other.

But how could I remain indifferent when a companion with whom I had worked for nearly ten years died?

Looking at the bloody devil horn, some people howled, some shed tears, and some smiled silently. Abner: "Linda, can you give me that horn? I'm willing to exchange it for anything. I want to use it as a sacrifice at Rand's funeral."

"Of course, I'm just bringing it back for you in advance." Linda said with a smile.

Abner nodded, "White Dove Adventure Group, I owe you another one."

Deputy Captain Kit, commanding Gale, led the other members to bow together.

At this time, Cami stepped forward and said with a smile: "Linda, welcome back."

"Yeah." Linda looked intently at Kami, the members of Luanweihua's team, President Weiren, and the people in the square who were looking at him with concern.

"I am back."

After saying that, Linda finally let out a taut breath, tilted his head, and fell into Lulu's arms.

The news of Luanweihua's defeat spread quickly in the southern red and white area.

Tabloid reports came out one after another, using exaggerated headlines to attract attention.

Like [Luanweihua was defeated, and the captain was beaten into coma by the demons], [The White Pigeon Adventure Group was wiped out? The truth turned out to be], [20th floor, White Pigeon City is like a bereavement].

Many citizens who did not know the truth thought that Linda and her friends were finished.

Although this kind of thing is rare, it is not uncommon. The 20th floor is a big furnace. You can find out whether it is copper coins or gold coins by refining them.

"The Chaoyang class is indeed the limit of the Luanwei Flower. For a city 200 kilometers away in Cangqing Province to produce several Chaoyang class units is already pretty good."

"That's right. Not every city in the top 100 has a Dawn-level adventure team."

"You can't even enter the Nine-Layered Mountain area, and you still want to advance to the Dawn level? Haha, I saw that the Adventurer Weekly gave the Eye of True Knowledge a rating of nine stars, which is an overestimation."

After reading these reports, citizens from all over the country started heated discussions, imagining the embarrassment of Luanweihua being chased by monsters in the mountains.

Even McCarty, one of Bingyuan's chief instructors, had heard of it.

The charming purple-haired woman couldn't help but frown.

I suspect something is wrong.

If Luanweihua's fighting ability is so poor, wouldn't she be a clown if she invited him a second time?
There must be something wrong.

McCarty crumpled up the newspaper and threw it in the trash.

Then he stretched, walked out of the dormitory, and entered a world of ice and snow.

Today's brutal training is about to begin again.

The next morning.

In Xuanfeng City, the injured siblings Sterry also saw similar reports.

The two couldn't help but feel worried.

Linda is the benefactor of the Sunshine Adventure Team, so they naturally hope that Linda is safe and sound.

Sterry commissioned the family to send a messenger to visit Linda.

At the same time, in a tavern in a certain city, a swordsman with short red hair saw this report and was in a daze for a long time.

"Luanweihua, you must not be defeated by this kind of setback."

This red-haired swordsman is Daven.

Daven left the City of Hearts and embarked on a journey of wandering in the wilderness.

At the Bear Roar Adventure Group’s base in Nanyan City, a pair of bear-headed brothers were laughing heartily.

"Well done! You have severely frustrated Luanweihua's arrogance!"

Xiong Xiong said happily: "At this rate, they won't dare to enter the 20th floor, and the gap between us will become bigger and bigger. When we Xiong Hou enter the Sixth Layer Mountain, we will be the ones that Luanweihua can't afford to offend."

Xiong Ji was holding a beautiful rabbit in his arms. He licked the honey on the rabbit's ears and laughed, "Who knows, Linda might come to ask for forgiveness by carrying a thick and big thorn and ask the two of us to whip him."

"Wow ha ha ha ha."

The two brothers laughed so hard that it shook the sky. They had a premonition that the spring of the Bear Roar Adventure Group was coming.

The time comes in the afternoon.

In Linda's room in Luanweihua Villa.

"Um"

With a tired groan, the young man on the bed opened his eyes.

He scratched his head and sat up in confusion.

I saw a small stool in front of the bed, with Lulu sitting on it, sleeping beside it.

On the table further away, there were many fruit baskets and dark red dried meat, which could sense the rich magical elements contained in them.

It seemed that many people had visited him.

Linda felt relieved.

"Are you awake?" Lulu woke up when she heard the noise. She shook her wolf ears and looked at Linda with surprise.

"What time is it now?"

Linda was halfway through her words when Lulu threw her down on the bed.

The werewolf girl's shoulders twitched and she whimpered softly in her own arms.

"Don't worry, I'm back. As the captain, I will always return to my teammates." Linda said some corny words to comfort Lulu.

After a while, when Lulu calmed down, Linda spoke again: "How long have I been unconscious? Is the 20th floor secret realm closed?"

"Why are you still worried about the 20th floor?" Lulu glared at him reproachfully.

Linda smiled awkwardly and said, "My injuries look dangerous, but they are just superficial injuries. I had a brief fight with the giant shark's men."

Lulu sighed helplessly and said, "You have been unconscious for half a day and a night. It is now the afternoon of the second day. The 20th level of the Great Secret Realm will not be closed until tomorrow morning."

"That's good."

Linda nodded.

He took out the Avis badge from the ring.

When it was getting dark on the 20th floor, the Avis badge emitted a dim light, and the giant snake on it seemed to come alive.

“——The key item to unlock the ancient city of Avis. Hold it high in the moonlight, and it will guide you to where you should go.”

According to the item description, the princess of this ruined dynasty seems to still exist in the ancient city of Avis.

The original words were: "We were wrong! She is not some 'princess', but a damned sinner! Great Avis Badge, please seal this demon!"

A copy that requires legendary items to open, the "Princess" of the Avis Dynasty. If Linda can obtain the treasure in this copy, she believes that Luanweihua's strength will improve greatly.

After being chased by the Giant Shark Adventure Group, Linda not only did not feel any fear about the 20th floor, but instead longed to go there even more.

There are endless challenges in the Shiwan Mountains, and there are possibilities for becoming stronger everywhere. Linda is like a teenager who has just entered the Succubus Inn. He feels that everything around him is full of novelty and can't help but want to explore.

Getting up from the bed, the team members almost cried for joy when they saw Linda waking up. Even Kafni, who kept saying that she didn't care about him, had red eyes.

Half an hour later, Linda finished all the monster meat cooked by Lulu, and her stomach finally felt full.

It is said that these monster meats were sent by Aiko, and they were specially purchased in the next city. These alone cost tens of thousands of gold coins.

The effect is also quite good. Even though Lulu's profession is not a [Super Chef], after simple cooking, the dishes are full of magic.

There is also a box of [Energy Potions] sent by the Sterli siblings from Xuanfeng City.

This thing is also very valuable. One box is worth about 10 million gold coins. It can help adventurers quickly relieve fatigue.

Linda ate monster meat and drank energy potions. Since he had a good physique, he had recovered almost all his health in just one afternoon.

The team members were all amazed and felt that Linda's physique was stronger than that of wild beasts.

"By the way, Leah, Abner, Isa, and President Vilen have all come to visit you. Do you want to inform them that you are awake?" Lulu said.

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