After quitting the team, the adventurers regretted it

In front of the Demon King's Castle.

The earth was devastated, with terrible gullies everywhere.

The turbulent flow of magical power remained in the air, exploding like invisible firecrackers.

The chaotic demonic elements are as poisonous as poison. Anyone below the Law Level who enters the battlefield will die within ten seconds.

"Did I forget something?"

Leah fell to the ground in a daze.

He looked at the Demon King's Castle in front of him, and then looked at the fiery red sword in his hand.

Since the demon king "Hades" was killed by the White Dove Alliance, why did she cry? The legendary swordsman "Flame Bloom" was famous for his bravery and fearlessness, and it was impossible for him to cry on the battlefield.

"Hahaha, I won!"

Taige came over excitedly, "Little silly girl, stop crying, the Demon King is dead, those demon legends have surrendered, we adventurers have won, we are all heroes!"

Bai Luo also smiled and said, "Captain Leah, this is another pleasant cooperation."

"Yes, Captain Bai Luo."

Even though she has worked with Luanweihua for a long time, she is still not used to the title "Captain Bai Luo".

On the battlefield, Isa, Abner, and Evelyn all showed expressions filled with emotion.

They stood side by side in front of the ruins of the Demon King's Castle, reviewing their experiences over the past decade.

Bitterness, grievance, and joy of victory.
Some people laughed, while others cried.

Won.

The war is over.

The ten years of war have become history in books.

The secret continent opens a new chapter.

The third princess "Audrey" succeeded to the throne as queen. She awarded the "Honorary Brave" medal to the legends who participated in the decisive battle of the Demon King's Castle in front of the Holy Tree.

The grand "Renaissance Calendar" began.

Earth and Wood adventurers are in great demand and have become experts in building cities, and the royal capital has also allocated a large amount of financial support.

The dilapidated secret continent was reborn, just like the dry land watered by the spring rain.

In the third year after the end of the war, the Snow Goose Adventure Team arrived at the 49th floor of the World Tree safely.

As for the 50th floor, it has already been closed.

The 50th floor will only be opened when the devil is "resurrected" next time.

Snow Goose’s adventure has come to an end.

Leah decided to disband the adventure team peacefully.

After retirement, everyone has devoted themselves to various industries and continues to contribute to the revitalization of the mainland.

Ai Ke chose the clothing industry and opened a store called "Cha Ai" in the capital, mainly dealing with women's clothing and underwear. The quality is far superior to "Elf House". In just half a year, it swept the capital and became the largest clothing brand, and even has the tendency to radiate to various cities across the continent.

Leah heard that even people in Baige City had joined Aiko's "Tea Love" clothing store.

After their marriage, Olu and Kenny ran a business, reselling magic equipment, and the profits seemed to be very good. They were both very kind and often donated to adventurers who were too poor to afford food.

Phyllis, the former commander of Xueyan, joins the Sage Academy
That is a top-level institution of knowledge. I heard that they are currently researching an iron shell that can move without the need for magic power.

What surprised Leah the most was Krona.

The little kid who seemed not very smart, willful and naughty, turned out to be a well-mannered, bespectacled, well-educated and cultured picture book author.

The book "After I Quit the Team, the Adventurer and I Became the Strongest in the World~!" was ranked in the top three in the book sales list of the Royal Capital. One time, Leah met Chrona on the street, and she was surrounded by a group of fanatical fans.

She is beautiful, can create picture books, and is extremely popular at the legendary level.

Leah secretly glanced at Krona's chest, then looked at her own, and left with a dark face.

As for the Luanweihua Adventure Group and Binghua, they have also made good progress.

Bai Luo became a teacher, specializing in training elite adventurers.

Monica becomes a famous magic game designer and plans to adapt Krona's comic book. The two live together and are like sisters.

Taige went to wander in the wilderness, intending to eat all the delicacies in the continent.

I feel like everyone is doing something meaningful.

Only Leah herself, after the battle at the Demon King's Castle, felt like she had lost her soul. She couldn't eat or sleep. There was something blocking her chest, and she couldn't breathe smoothly.

She went to see a priest who said she had "anxiety disorder," a condition that had increased dramatically since the war.

Many people worry about losing their houses and jobs, while adventurers can't find the motivation to continue climbing the World Tree.
The priest told Leah, "You like adventure the most, right? Now that you are so strong, there are no risks for you to take, so you are not motivated to do anything."

The solution is actually very simple.

As long as you find something to do to enrich yourself.

Leah walked out of the church in a daze.

After thinking about it, I decided to try the pastor's method.

What she chose was to grow some flowers and plants.

Some people have said before that she has a bad temper and is irritable.

Growing flowers can improve this shortcoming.

So, Leah bought a mansion in the suburbs of the royal capital.

The place is located near the forest, very quiet, and there is a large independent yard, which is perfect for tempering your mind.

A year has passed.

Two years.

Five years
In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed.

Leah's condition did not improve.

She became increasingly withdrawn.

At the beginning, I would walk out of the mansion and go for a stroll in the capital.

Later, he simply bought a cart of food and locked himself in the yard.

Eco, Crona and the others were all worried and came to visit Leah.

But Leah's behavior in conversation was normal. She just said that she didn't want to go out because she was lazy and there was no need to worry.

Later on, Aiko and others basically only came to visit during important festivals such as the Winter Festival and the Harvest Festival.

"What on earth have I forgotten?"

Every morning, when Leah woke up and looked in the mirror, she would find tears in the corners of her eyes.

She often had dreams in which there was a dark shadow reaching out to her.

The other person opened his mouth and shouted something.

Those sounds were like the hissing sound of rubbing against a blackboard, and it was impossible to hear them clearly.

Time flies by like a white horse.

The past thirty years.

The legendary class has a lifespan of 200 to 300 years, but the passage of time still leaves its mark on Leah.

One day when she was washing up, she saw a red hair turning white in the mirror.

There were some fluctuations in my mood.

It was this fluctuation that made Leah decide to go out for a walk.

She visited her former teammates and comrades.

At noon, I randomly found a restaurant to eat.

In the afternoon, we were strolling around and came to the cemetery.

Some important figures who died in the war are buried here.

On the tombstone, Leah found several familiar names.

Robbitt from the Brave Adventure Team, and Gail from the White Dove Adventure Team.

President Velen, Mevent Officer
Looking at the familiar names, scenes from my memory come flooding back.

"Hahaha, Miss Leah is worthy of being called that. She was able to practice a fusion ultimate move with Captain Isa. Tomorrow's battle for the fifteenth floor is a sure win."

This is what Gale said to her on the eve of the battle with Heart City for the fifteenth-level secret realm.

Leah teams up with her old rival Issa to develop a special fusion move.

Thinking about it now, she finds it incredible.

How could she agree to practice with Isa when she hated Isa so much?
Did the two of them become friends in the end?

Apparently, he also slept in the same bed with Isa.

This is even more outrageous.

Leah had a headache and couldn't stand steadily, so she just sat in front of the tombstone.

"Congratulations on becoming a Rising Sun-class adventure group. Now we have four Rising Sun-class groups in Baige City. Captain Leah, you did a great job!"

This was the scene during the White Dove City period, when President Weiren encouraged her.

Four?

Leah's head hurt even more.

Snow goose, white dove, ice flower. Where does the fourth one come from?

Yes, it’s the Luanwei Flower!
Bai Luo, the captain of Luanweihua, joined Luanweihua as the captain after Cangqing City. Who was the captain of Luanweihua in Baige City?

"The thing I, Mewente, regret most in my life is suppressing the Luanweihua team for political achievements. I want to apologize to their captain."

This is what was recorded in the diary after Officer Mevent's death.

Scenes of memories flashed through my mind.

Nothing seemed wrong at first glance, but Leah felt like something was missing.

Her head was aching more and more, and her breathing was extremely labored.

"Forest!"

Like a drowning person grabbing a lifeline, Leah instinctively reached forward.

She grabbed a hand.

"Leah?"

The man said in surprise: "What's wrong with you? You look like this?"

The abnormality in her body suddenly dissipated and disappeared without a trace, so much so that Leah wondered if what she had just felt was an illusion.

She raised her head and looked at the other person blankly: "Anna?"

"I'm here to sweep everyone's graves, you too?"

Anna's appearance has not changed at all, she still has black hair and a black dress, and she is holding an umbrella.

Anna, who possesses the blood of a giant bat, has a lifespan far longer than that of an ordinary legend. Even after decades, she still looks like a young girl.

Worried about Leah, Anna took her to her home.

Anna's home is located in the first ring of the royal capital and is a three-story independent villa.

In the living room, Anna poured Leah a cup of black tea that had a calming effect.

The setting sun outside the window fell on Leah, her red hair split like weeds, her eyes a little distracted. Holding the teacup, she stared blankly at the homeless man who was worse than a slum.

"Liya, what happened to you? I heard that you haven't been doing well these years."

In Anna's impression, this person is the most heartless person in the Snow Goose Adventure Team.

Anyone can be "Yu Yu", except Leah.

Leah: “I don’t know.”

"You're kidding me."

"I really do not know."

Leah hesitated and said, "But if I have to say it, well, something is missing."

"You think so too?" Anna raised her eyebrows and said in disbelief.

Leah was shocked. "Could it be that you too?"

"Hmm, it seems like something is missing."

Anna stood up, her expression serious.

She crossed her arms and walked around the room: "Since the decisive battle in the Demon King's Castle, I have been having dreams frequently."

Leah: "What kind of dream?"

"I dreamed about a long time ago, when I was not yet an adventurer. I never told you about my origins, right?"

Anna smiled self-deprecatingly: “Actually, I don’t have any parents. The Michelo family took me in because they saw my talent.

At first, I was just an ordinary commodity in the hands of slave traders.

The scar-faced man whipped us every day, even if we did nothing wrong.

Many children around me are becoming mentally ill due to fear.

I am the only one who regards pain as happiness and smiles every day.

Seeing that I didn't cry or scream, Scarface stopped attacking me.

I thought it would be bought by a noble with a quirk someday.
Until that person appeared." Anna's tone couldn't help but become cheerful: "Forget anyone, but I will never forget him."

Leah said, “But you forgot.”

"Yes." Anna nodded. "I can't remember his name or appearance at all. So, I'm suspicious."

"Suspect?"

“Well, I wonder if someone has tampered with our memories?
Was the decisive battle in front of the Demon King's Castle decades ago real?"

Anna's words scared Leah.

"We are all legends. Who can tamper with our memories?"

Leah thought she was being a little extreme.

"Speaking of which, Ai Ke, Lin Xi, and Bai Luo, have you noticed that none of them are married?"

Anna seemed to be thinking: "Even you. There must be a lot of adventurers pursuing you, why didn't you agree?"

Leah was stumped by the question.

She had never thought about it.

"I haven't thought about that."

"The strangest one is Echo. She is very good at attracting men. Even one of the four new dukes is her admirer." Anna tilted her head: "But Echo is not married."

Leah: “Maybe everyone is waiting.”

Anna smiled and said, "I just don't know what everyone is waiting for."

Leah was lost in thought.

Yeah, what are you waiting for?
The two stared at each other.

I can't explain it.

In the evening, Leah returned to her suburban mansion.

The conversation with Anna was like a small splash of water, which quickly disappeared.

Life returned to normal.

In this way, I don’t know how much time passed.

Leah spent her days in a daze.

Suddenly one day.

She felt her magic power slipping away from her body. Her body became weak, and her outstretched wings of light seemed transparent.

Leah felt calm, even relieved.

This morning, she put on new clothes for the first time in a long time, watered the flowers and plants in the yard, wiped the furniture in the house, then sat in front of the bed and opened the small cabinet that had been sealed for a long time.

A yellowed photo album lay quietly inside.

The photo album carries the memories of her youth.

She wanted to memorize everyone's face.

Leah flipped through the photo album, lost in the past.

In one of the photos, Krona was barefoot, lying on the sofa with a magic handheld game console in her arms, and there were potato chip crumbs at the corners of her mouth.

"You can't tell he's a famous comic book creator." Leah sighed.

In the second photo, Echo has cucumber slices all over his face, sitting in a wheelchair basking in the sun.

"You pretended to be lame at the beginning, you liar."

The third photo is a group photo of the Snow Goose Adventure Team on the grassland after they passed the fifth level of the World Tree.

“I felt happier at that time than when I passed the 40th floor.”

Leah continued turning the pages.

Found something strange in the photo album.

"Pocket watch?" (ps: To prevent some people from thinking it's a deus ex machina, let me tell you that the protagonist took out a pocket watch a dozen chapters ago)
Leah frowned.

She didn't remember putting such things in the photo album.

Pick it up curiously.

The outer shell of the pocket watch looks very much like brass, but it feels brittle and will fade if scratched by hand.

What material is this?
Leah had never seen anything so strange.

I opened the pocket watch and found that the hands inside had stopped moving. There was a small round photo in the lid.

The background of the photo is a store. There are incomprehensible words written on the neon sign, with many strokes and a look like ghostly scribbles.

Leah thought, could it be some kind of magic rune?

In front of the store, a man and a woman were wearing strange clothes. The girl was sitting in a wheelchair and making a "V" sign with her scissors hands, while the boy had a peaceful smile on his face.

Leah knew the girl in the photo. She was Lin Xi, Xueyan’s former team member.

But who is the man?
After all, this is Lin Xi’s personal belongings, why is it in his own locker?

Who put it in?
"——The decisive battle will be tomorrow. If I can't come back, you can keep it as a souvenir."

A messy picture flashed before Leah's eyes.

The feeling of being unable to breathe reappeared in my body.

The hissing noise was like a spell, giving her a terrible headache.

In a flash, Leah saw the man sitting at the table tiredly and saying "I quit the team."

On the dark street, the Snow Goose Adventure Team returned from the seventh floor. She was wearing a blindfold and met the other party.

"The one who can't let go of the past is you, Leah."

In the Dragon Forest, she fell to the ground while trying to escape from the Moon-class adventurer, Kitsune.

"you're awake?"

A bowl of hot soup was placed in front.

what happened?

Looking at the photo in the pocket watch, tears fell uncontrollably from Leah's eyes.

Her head was aching more and more.

The memories of "that person" came flooding back like a dam breaking.

His presence is everywhere in the adventure.

Together they formed the Snow Goose Adventure Team, went their separate ways, reconciled, and then entered the Demon King's Castle side by side to participate in the final battle.
He is present everywhere.

But why can't I remember it?

I even forgot his name.

Leah's vision gradually became blurred by tears.

"Linda."

She unconsciously called out the name that was missing from her memory.

dong dong!

Boom boom boom!
Outside the window, an emerald green bird was hitting the glass hard.

Its eyes were a strange blood red, and its sharp beak was like a sharp knife that could shatter glass in just a few strokes.

The emerald green bird stared at Leah with a ferocious look on its face.

Damn little devil, die, die!
It roared hysterically inside.

I thought I had erased everything about the hero and successfully controlled the scales of victory.

But who could have thought that there was something that did not come from this world and slipped through the net.

This girl must be killed and the pocket watch completely destroyed!
The bird's claws transformed into blades and shot towards the unprotected back of Leah's neck.

"Linda?"

The figure that was erased from memory becomes clearer and clearer.

It's like a piece of black and white paper repainted with color.

Leah could already see the sparse stubble on his chin.

"Linda!"

Leah's heart was shocked and she stood up suddenly.

She remembered.

How could I forget that teammate, companion, oath-bearer, the most important person in my life who is engraved deep in my memory?
The surrounding space shattered, revealing a dark and boundless world.

There were so many twisted clocks packed inside that the ticking sound was deafening.

The emerald green bird swooped down, but crashed headfirst into an invisible barrier.

Even with her divine power, she cannot interfere too much with the future.

Seeing that this "future" was about to collapse, the bird became anxious and shouted in panic: "No, stop, stop!"

But Leah couldn't hear the sound at all. She held the pocket watch tightly, and the incomplete memories were quickly completed in her mind.

"Linda!"

Click!

The speed of space collapse is accelerating.

Mirror-like fragments fell one by one.

It was as if the paper castle was burned down by fire, revealing the real world outside.

"Stop, stop immediately!" the emerald green bird said angrily.

"Linda, Linda Linda!"

Leah shouted the man's name at the top of her lungs.

The battle is not over yet, and the demon king has not been defeated yet.

This is not the "future" where she should be!
Boom!

Space is broken.

Leia stood on the scorched earth.

Ahead is the Demon King's Castle with thunder and lightning, and the air is filled with violent magic.

She is still young, with flowing red hair and a fierce fighting spirit.

……

"Stupid Leah, why are you crazy? This is a battlefield!"

Echo shouted anxiously, waving her staff, condensing a huge cone of light and repelling the demons that attacked her.

Krona also rushed over, her heavy armor covered in blood. She said angrily, "What's going on? You've been adventuring for so many years, and you still make stupid mistakes."

After they finished speaking, the two of them noticed something strange about Leah.

Aiko was surprised and asked, "What's wrong with you? Why are you crying?"

Leah didn't answer. She clutched her pocket watch and stared blankly ahead.

A black crack appeared in the void.

There are many strange-shaped clocks there.

A black-haired adventurer walked out.

Leah pursed her lips and tears welled up in her eyes.

Linda hugged the red-haired girl: "Thank you, Leah, for thinking of me."

Leah: "Stupid."

“It feels like there’s a lot going on that we don’t know about?”

Eco and Chrona looked at each other.

"What's going on? Aren't you fighting the devil?" Eco said puzzledly.

"The devil will appear soon."

Linda took out the magic sword Filo, "This is an unprecedented fierce battle. I can't defeat her by myself. Leah, Echo, Krona, everyone, I need your strength."

Leah wiped her eyes and said, "Of course I will help you, but where is the devil?"

"Be careful, it's coming!"

Linda looked towards the Demon King's City as if facing a formidable enemy.

The city gate burst open.

A surging force poured out like a tide!

Both adventurers and demons stopped and looked towards the Demon King's Castle in shock.

A huge woman, ten meters tall, wearing an emerald green dress and with her right arm fused with a wooden sword, walked slowly towards them.

"Let's begin the final battle."

Linda said solemnly.

In the lower right corner of the field of vision, a line of blood-red text popped up:
[System prompt: The final boss, the World Tree Goddess Tricia (level 100), has appeared! ] (End of this chapter)