Goblin Heavy Dependence

Chapter 234 Oh, you're here too.

"How much longer are we going to have to wait in this town?"

A deep, restless female voice, carrying a slight metallic resonance characteristic of her bloodline, echoed in the room.

You don't even need to look up at the speaker's face to feel her deep impatience through her tone.

"We've been in town for two days already, and it's been almost a month since we left Newme. No matter how well we disguised ourselves, we've definitely been discovered by the other side."

"Who knows, a whole squadron of Purple-Robed Cavalry might already be on their way!"

"If we don't leave Panyun Province now, none of us will escape!"

The increasingly high-pitched and shrill voice of the other person woke Violet from her meditation as she leaned against the sofa by the fireplace in the living room.

Her neat ponytail swayed gently, and her gaze unconsciously turned towards the direction from which the sound came.

The only dragonborn in the group, "Sava," covered in dark yellow scales, was opening and closing her enormous mouth, which could swallow an entire goblin cub, complaining to Wood that staying in Riverdale for too long might attract unnecessary danger.

In response, Violet felt that the other party had exaggerated a bit.

After all, the team had only just prepared the supplies needed for the rest of the journey yesterday afternoon.

If less than half a day is enough for the pursuers to catch up, and considering the many days of travel ahead, they are destined not to be able to leave Panyun Province while avoiding battle.

Of course, she secretly approved of Sawa's urging and pressure.

After all, what was called an escort was, in reality, for their employers, Haian and Wood, tantamount to escaping for their lives.

Every minute and every second is precious and worth cherishing.

The same applies to Violet herself.

She wished she could split a second in two, so she arrived in River Valley Town two months early, just so she wouldn't miss this only opportunity she had recently to confirm the exact whereabouts of a few people and join the team.

The preparations made during this time include, but are not limited to, fabricating one's identity and background, using memories to justify one's actions, and some small tricks unique to spellcasters.

Even though she had never met Wood and Haian before, she was able to become a member of this secret team as an escort at the right time and place.

As for why Violet went to such lengths to join the team...

It's impossible that it was just because of the second son of the lord of a remote city in the kingdom, or because the other party's two professional guards were probably only around level five combined.

Given the heights she had reached and the confidence and assurance bestowed upon her by the vast amount of memories in her mind, even if the King of the Kingdom of Servia stood before her, he could not change her attitude.

A flash of magical light passed through the depths of Violet's amber eyes, reflecting the tall figure of the dragonborn "Sava".

This female dragon descendant, who doesn't seem easy to get along with and most likely has the blood of the Brass Dragon Clan, is currently just an ordinary adventurer who hasn't gone very far on her professional path and makes a living by taking on various bounties.

But Violet knew perfectly well what heights the other party would reach in the future.

The blazing breath empowered by the dragon bloodline, along with the pair of magical dragon wings that could almost cover an entire street, made this dragon descendant, whose bloodline was not pure and whose talent was not particularly outstanding, appear even more formidable.

In the early stages of the disaster, it saved the lives of many intelligent beings in Panyun Province.

However, the hotter and more scorching the dragon flames originating from her heart, the sharper and more piercing the rapier stained with the blood of monsters in her hand, the more chilling her betrayal becomes when she is trusted, and the more severe the consequences are.

It not only caused the fall of several key towns that could have held out for many years during the disaster, serving as the most important frontline of human defense, but also cost countless lives and reduced years of hard work to ashes.

This led to the deaths of many key members of the human resistance, including "Master Moore" and "Manquan," and the complete fall of the Panyun Province, with Newm, the province's center, becoming a ghost town.

To this day, Violet still remembers the necromantic cloud that enveloped the entire city of Newme, formed from the souls of the dead and their cries, which her colleagues recreated using memory magic.

Sava was the main cause of all this tragedy.

And it was precisely for this reason that Violet chose it as the first target in her plan to eliminate.

Of course, another reason is that the opponent's current strength is relatively average, within her ability to cope.

Moreover, they were relatively close, located in Panyun Province, and even knew part of the other party's clear growth path. They knew that during this period, as the second son of the Lord of Newm City, they would pass through River Valley Town to complete an escort mission.

"Killing Sava should yield at least 0.05% of the [Fate Track Deviation Rate], which is a very good start."

"But we still need to hurry."

Limited by the river of time, and those few rigid and stubborn great beings, Violet could not and dared not seek help from the absolutely reliable and friendly forces in her memory.

Everything can only be achieved by oneself.

Therefore, after realizing that she had the potential to change the future, she used the memories in her mind to formulate an extremely detailed action plan for herself. While improving her strength as quickly as possible, she also filtered out the key nodes in her memories that could cause changes in the world line.

Dragonborn Sava was an extremely important part of the early stages of the plan.

The other party may make some contributions to the people living on this land in the future, but compared to the terrible impact caused by her betrayal.

It is absolutely necessary to nip such traitors in the bud.

Time is limited, and I don't have that much energy to study the other party's mental journey and figure out whether Sawa originally harbored a heart of betrayal, and whether his friendly actions in the early stages of the disaster were just to deceive those strong people and use the alliance's resources to grow quickly; or whether he betrayed them later for some other reason.

Bearing a heavy mission that could crush even the strongest will, Vera couldn't afford to worry about much else; everything was done with efficiency as the top priority.

All she needed to know was that with Sava dead, and without his betrayal in the future, Panyun Province and Newm City could withstand the impact of the disaster for a few more years, and she would take another step closer to success.

As for why they didn't deal with the other party immediately upon seeing them, but instead temporarily joined the escort team as teammates.

This is because of a secret story from Sawa's upbringing.

This dragon descendant, of mixed bloodline, is not particularly talented, and his clan is just ordinary with no powerful background.

Under normal circumstances, the resources she possesses are not sufficient to support her advancement to the extraordinary level, or even higher.

Completing one job change and becoming a senior professional below the extraordinary level is already the limit.

But the other party from the previous life rose rapidly, like a snowball rolling downhill.

Perhaps in the future, due to her initial rise in strength and the corresponding speed of improvement, she may attract investment from various forces.

But all of this needs a starting point.

A pivotal moment that transformed her from a lowly adventurer into a promising figure worthy of betting on.

According to Vera's investigation into Sava's growth process based on her memories, the changes in Sava began during this escort mission.

Whether it was magical equipment or a high-quality combat skill inheritance, the other party must have obtained something of great importance in this quest and turned it into the foundation for her rise.

Based on the principle of maximizing benefits, and needing to improve her strength as quickly as possible, Violet naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip by.

Thoughts raced through my mind.

Sava's complaints from the living room ahead grew increasingly jarring.

"Who else are we waiting for?"

The fine scales below the neck, protecting the vulnerable area, trembled as their owner's emotions fluctuated.

Sava felt incredibly agitated as his cold, vertical pupils reflected Wood's image in front of him.

"It's just an escort mission. At most, there will be some insignificant bandits or a few goblin tribes along the way. The few of us are more than enough."

"And frankly, in just a few days, what kind of help can you find in town?" Normally, Wood would never allow the other party to speak to him in this manner.

But with the young master right beside him, and knowing that Sawa's personality was just like that and he meant no harm, he could only lower his tone and speak to comfort him:
"Just wait another half a day, just half a day."

"If he hasn't arrived before sunset... we'll set off tonight."

"The supplies are all ready and there won't be any delays."

Seeing Wood's stance, Sava's scaly face still showed deep dissatisfaction, but he didn't say anything more, only snorted coldly and turned his face away.

Seeing this, the half-elf Haian, who was standing next to Wood, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But on that exquisite face inherited from her elven mother, there was still a visible worry.

"Young master, don't worry."

As if sensing the other person's emotions, Wood said softly:

"Given his personality, even if he didn't want to get involved, he wouldn't tell anyone else."

"I'm usually very good at judging people."

"No, it's not because of that." Faced with his words of comfort, Hai'an simply shook his head.

"I was just wondering if it would be too dangerous for him to get involved like this?"

"After all, you mentioned to me that he only achieved his professional ranking last year, didn't you?"

"if……"

"A newcomer!?"

As if he had heard some key words, before Haian could finish speaking, Sawa, who had overheard their conversation from the side, suddenly spoke up.

"So, we waited in town for so long, facing such great risks, just for a newbie who recently obtained a professional rank?"

The dragon-like face revealed a human-like surprise and astonishment, which quickly turned into anger as if it had been deceived.

"Wood, you didn't mention that to me."

It's understandable that she was angry. After all, under normal circumstances, if an adventurer has only recently advanced in rank, it takes time for them to adapt to and understand the environment of a professional adventurer.

Especially for those who climb up from the bottom of the adventurer ranks, it takes one to two years to start with the simplest tasks, gradually adapt, and finally join a fixed team before they can be considered to have established themselves firmly among the professionals.

Although she claimed that the escort mission was not difficult, she was well aware of the potential dangers involved.

Protecting the target "Hai'an" already occupied most of her energy, leaving her no time to take care of an ordinary new professional as well.

"I told you, believe me."

Perhaps also dissatisfied with Sava's attitude, Wood's tone became tougher.

"You just need to take the money and do the job, it's that simple."

Upon hearing this, Sawa raised an eyebrow, his anger rising.

It looked like the two were about to clash.

And it was at this moment—

"Tuk-tuk."

A crisp knock suddenly rang out in the room.

In an instant, the air, which had been thick with the smell of gunpowder, fell into a deathly silence.

A cold glint flashed silently.

Daggers, rapiers, arrows nocked on bows...

In the blink of an eye, before the echo of the knocking had even completely dissipated, the group was already prepared for battle.

As the front-line member of the team, Luca, still smelling of food, strode out of the kitchen.

He held an iron-inlaid wooden shield in his left hand, and gripped an iron axe tightly in his right palm.

As if deliberately making a lot of noise like the homeowner, he raised his voice and said:
"Who?"

A steady, emotionless male voice came from outside the door.

"It's me, Xia Nan."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wood and Haian behind Luca visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

Sava and Luca, however, remained wary of strangers.

Meanwhile, what no one noticed was...

Located at the very back of the group, the mage Violet had not participated in the argument from beginning to end. Instead, she sat on the sofa, meditating and resting alone, contemplating her future plans.

The instant the sound rang out.

His expression froze for a moment, then stiffened, and his amber pupils trembled involuntarily.

"No way……"

She murmured to herself, yet still held onto a sliver of hope that she might have misheard, her gaze fixed intently on the wooden door.

Until Luca, at Wood's instruction, opened the door.

His face, with its thick, black hair and cold, sharp features, was revealed.

Only then did he finally give up.

"Damn it! A 'death omen'? Why him?"

"Should he be meeting with Sava around this time? No, no, no, I don't recall him being involved in this mission at all."

"Why!?"

"Could it be that I triggered a chain reaction?"

Just as Violet was caught in a mental storm, her mind reeling from the unexpected figure, she could barely maintain even the most basic expression.

The figure standing outside the door also noticed her presence at the same time.

"I'm sorry, I just came back from the forest not long ago. I left some of my equipment at the blacksmith's shop for maintenance and repair, so it took me a couple of days to get here."

"As for supplies, I've already prepared them myself, so we can just set off without wasting any more time."

"Oh, Violet?"

"What a coincidence, you're here too?"

(End of this chapter)