Guild Boss's Ambition

but……

In any case, the most important thing right now is to deal with Xiaoban first.

Bai Ye really trained it too hard!

In a one-on-one fight, neither Meng'er nor I could be its match.

Looking at Meng'er who was struggling to support himself with the ancient mountain on his back, my thoughts raced and I immediately came up with a corresponding plan.

"Meng'er! I have a plan! Can you hold on for two more minutes?"

She struggled to block Xiao Ban's claws and asked, "What's the plan?"

"Yes? Or no?" I just asked.

"Drink—"

Hearing this, she slapped Xiaoban's face with her battle axe and complained loudly: "Oh! Our good Xiaoban, why are you still as hard as ever?! Well, Hai Lao, if you have any plans, use them quickly! Now there is an old mountain on my back, and I can't do many actions. I estimate that I can only hold on for another three or four minutes──"

Three or four minutes?

That would be plenty of time.

The problem is the red fox next to it...

Besides illusion, does it have any other combat capabilities?

Besides, does it have any other reinforcements?

I stared at the motionless fox and chanted the third spell of this battle.

At this moment, the red fox unexpectedly turned around and ran away, hiding in the grass on both sides of the path.

As the red fox left, Xiaoban also stopped his attack, and a puzzled expression appeared on his ferocious wolf head.

"Is it over?" Meng'er asked breathlessly.

"It is a temporary end, but I don't think we can get out of this forest so easily. Compared with the illusions we encountered along the way, the magic of the red fox just now is actually a level lower. I believe this battle is just a preliminary battle. What we will encounter next will be the real victory or defeat."

"Is there anything more powerful?"

The young lady rubbed her temples and said with a bitter face: "Please, I am almost dead just dealing with a small spot. If we encounter more masters later, can you handle it by yourself?"

"So, let's run away quickly and pray that what you said won't happen."

While speaking, I also successfully awakened the unconscious Annie through tranquilization magic. The awakened half-elf undoubtedly had many doubts about the current situation. I simply explained most of the situation to her, and then let her, who was still in a daze, follow the actions of Meng'er and me, and set off again to leave this weird forest park as quickly as possible.

Unfortunately, when we passed the next section of the road, what we worried about happened.

The red fox appeared in front of us again.

In addition to the red fox, there was another strange man.

He was a beastman with white hair and fox ears, with a handsome face. He was wearing a spotless pure white robe and holding an emerald green bamboo staff. What made people feel bad was that there was no friendly expression on his face, but an undisguised malice, which made all of us realize in an instant that he was definitely our enemy - a powerful enemy.

"In fact, according to the agreement, I cannot hurt you."

Seeing us stop, he put on a wicked smile and said playfully, "But you are really too smart, so I have to entertain you specially. However, please rest assured and don't be afraid. I will not take your lives. I will just let you fall into a short coma with great love and equality. Then we will have someone to make you forget everything that happened here."

At the end, he said something that made me feel like I was trapped in an ice cave.

"Is that so? Miss Bai Ye."

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87. Chase (Ebi)

(Ebi)

"Is that so? Miss Bai Ye."

Following the question from the fox man in white, a figure that shouldn't be here slowly walked out from the other side of the road. Probably because of the overgrown vegetation in the forest park, she was no longer wearing those dark long skirts, but was rarely seen in public wearing convenient and flexible leather boots. However...

The point is...

Bai Ye shouldn't be in this place.

"According to the agreement, you should hunt monsters in Tatar Village?" I said.

"According to the agreement, another person will be asked to solve the commission of Tatar Village for me."

Bai Ye smiled and explained, "At the same time, I must pay the price for this agreement and be responsible for erasing the memories of you troublemakers. I would like to kindly advise you not to resist us, because any form of resistance will not bring you any practical benefits. Behind the scenes, which you don't know, is a gamble that ordinary people should not interfere with."

Seeing Bai Ye's appearance, Meng Er frowned deeply: "Bai Ye, what are you planning this time?"

Bai Ye shrugged her shoulders and said with a bright smile, "I didn't plot anything. In fact, I was forced to do this. As the saying goes, a man is innocent but guilty of hiding a secret. It seems that the fact that I know how to clear and read memories was leaked by a certain ungrateful dwarf. For the sake of my own life and the interests of everyone, I can only succumb to the power of the strong."

At this time, the fox man in white said coldly: "Miss Bai Ye, I didn't expect you to be the kind of person who likes to talk."

This is undoubtedly a warning.

Warn Bai Ye not to talk nonsense.

Facing the warning from the fox man in white, Bai Ye looked relaxed: "Don't worry, you will erase their memories anyway. No matter how I say something wrong now, in the end no one among them will remember what happened here. Or are you worried, Mr. Lin, that these lost lambs will escape from your eyes and ears?"

The fox man Bai Ye glanced at us with contempt and said with a smile, "If it was Miss Bai Ye, I would be a little afraid, but with just a few of them, I don't even have the interest to do it myself. However, since I have already promised that old witch, I have no choice but to do it myself and do some exercise."

At this point, I have already understood a little bit.

I asked to confirm, "In other words, as long as we are willing to let you erase our memories, you will let us return to the outside of the forest park safely? On the contrary, if we refuse your request, will you take violent action?"

"That's exactly what I mean." Bai Ye said with a smile.

"What's the reason?"

Unexpectedly, the young lady did not lose her temper immediately. On the contrary, she was calm and composed at this moment: "What is the reason for you to detain Gu Shan and others in the forest park? What unspeakable secret is hidden in this forest park? If that secret really needs to be hidden, it is not impossible for us to unconditionally agree to accept your memory cleansing──"

Will definitely be defeated.

Before the war even started, the eldest lady had already made this judgment.

That's why she negotiated with the other party, trying to get the truth of the matter.

But will the other party let her get her wish?

The fox man in white clothes, whom Bai Ye called Mr. Lin En, laughed contemptuously and said, "When did the prey learn to reason with the hunters? The common people have the right to challenge the nobles. What kind of stupid system allows fools to point fingers at smart people? In a society like the current one where there is no distinction between the upper and the lower, I don't see any hope."

Lynn's pride is obvious.

There are only two options before us.

Fight for your dignity or have your memory wiped out without knowing the truth.

My intuition tells me that this battle will not be easy.

Even though Bai Ye was standing by and watching, the fox man in white was enough to make me feel that there was little hope.

While thinking, Annie and I looked at Meng'er together.

She is our president and the final decision lies with her.

She turned to Bai Ye and asked, "If Xiao Lan knew the inside story of this matter, do you think she would agree?"

Bai Ye was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "If Wu Lu knew about this, she would definitely agree."

Meng'er glanced at Lin En from the corner of his eye and asked the necromancer, "Does that mean their original intention was good?"

Bai Ye said noncommittally: "I don't know. It sounds like the sweetest fairy tale in the world. If I knew what was good, you and I would not have become enemies. What's more, I am just a tool for cleaning their memory. I only know a little bit about their plan, and I dare not learn about the deeper things."

At this time, Lin En reminded again, "Miss Bai Ye, please remember our agreement."

Hearing this, Bai Ye just smiled and said, "You mean the confidentiality agreement? Of course I will keep it in mind. And how could any of my words reveal your plan? But, if everyone who disappeared from the forest park showed partial amnesia, are you sure you won't arouse those people's suspicion?"

Lin En pointed at his nose and said, "So there must be a smokescreen here, a terrifying monster that feeds on people's memories. Then in the future, a brave man will appear and successfully defeat the monster. At the end of the story, these abnormalities will be regarded as the legend of a brave man. As for our plan──it is a secret and great existence."

Secret and great?

Listening to this set of subtle adjectives, my heart was inexplicably moved.

My sense of touch as a task assessor was frantically trying to tell me some important message.

However, I just can't string them together right away.

At the same time, Meng'er also made a judgment on the current situation.

In the end, she still chose freedom and dignity.

Even though she knew that she was bound to lose the battle, as the president of the Stone House, she naturally could not accept memory erasure under threat. In order to defend the glory passed down from generation to generation, she would never bow to power. She could only follow her own morality and declare a fight to the powerful enemy in front of her, while also giving the two of us and the dog the greatest protection.

"Mr. Lin, let's simplify this complicated matter, shall we? I will fight you one-on-one! If I win, you will have to tell me the whole story. On the contrary, if I unfortunately lose, my companions and I will obey and accept Bai Ye's memory being erased. What do you think, Mr. Lin?"

Because he was aware that his situation was weaker than his opponents, Meng'er's words were respectful and appropriate.

The fox man in white yawned and said lazily, "It doesn't matter what happens. It doesn't matter what happens. Anyway, I will win. The result will be the same. Whether it's a one-on-one fight or a group fight, the process is actually not important. What's important is that this short battle can bring us more leisure time."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the fox man in white clothes lightly shaking the bamboo stick in his hand.

As the fox man Lin En took action, Meng'er over there fell to the ground with a thud and lost consciousness on the spot.

"It's an instant kill that I can't tell how it was done—"

I calmly watched Meng'er fall down. From the slight rise and fall of her back, I could tell that she was still breathing despite being unconscious.

Annie on the side was extremely surprised by this, but compared to the not-so-smart Little Spot, the half-elf still managed to maintain her composure. Our dear Stitched Dog rushed out like an arrow, and was immediately hit by a gravity ball by its own owner. With a loud bang, it flew backwards into the bushes beside the road.

After making the ruthless move, Bai Ye smiled and said, "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Mr. Lin En. Our puppy is used to being free-range and doesn't know how to read people's faces. I will discipline it well in the future."

Lin En, the fox man in white, forced out a sunny smile and said, "Oh, so this uneducated stupid dog is your pet, Miss Bai Ye? You should have told me earlier, otherwise, I almost killed it just now."

"I understand. After all, foxes and wolfhounds are natural enemies." Bai Ye said with a smile.

"I will never admit that those idiots who are stupid enough to be used as guns by others are our natural enemies." Lin En said coldly.

After Bai Ye and Lin En chatted privately for a while, they turned their attention back to Annie and me. Because of their gaze, Annie, who was not used to this kind of scene, took a step closer to me uneasily. For this half-elf, erasing her memory at this time was undoubtedly one of the greatest pains, because she had gained many precious experiences in this adventure.

Erasing her memory would mean that all her efforts and determination would be in vain.

But Bai Ye seemed to be helpless.

In Lin En's sight, the necromancer walked towards us and gave us an apologetic smile.

"I'm sorry, but for the sake of the overall situation, I must erase your memories."

Anne and I looked at each other and understood each other's feelings.

Sometimes, people just have to learn how to face an unknown future.

We responded to Bai Ye's redundant words with silence.

Seeing our resigned compromise, Bai Ye said nothing. She first put her hand on my head, then cast a tranquilizing spell on me, then hypnotized me, and then slowly tried to tune in with my soul. It only took a few seconds, and the memories of when I first stepped into the forest park gradually became blurred, and I was hypnotized into a light sleep.

When my consciousness became blurred, the last thing that remained in my mind was a yellow plum blossom.

The yellow plum blossom is also called the winter jasmine, which symbolizes the arrival of spring.

When the first yellow plum blossom blooms in Mopolis, it also means that the high elves can unleash the wrath of nature at any time.

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88. Not Forgotten (Annie)

(Anne Princeton)

In the middle of the night, I opened my eyes with a splitting headache.

When I opened my eyes, I found myself in a forest.

"Where is this place?"

"I remember……"

"Are you going to the Forest Park to look for Gu Shan?"

I don't know why, but my mind is in a state of chaos like a storm.

Dizzy, I propped myself up with my hands and sat up straight. A cold female voice came from the night -

"Good night, three adventurers."

Through the bright moonlight, I could clearly see a black-haired girl in leather clothes and riding boots sitting gracefully on a smooth rock opposite. At her feet was a giant stitched dog with a happy face eating dog food.