Guild Boss's Ambition

I politely waved to the strange young man and said, "Hello, are you Huabi's brother?"

The young stranger stumbled half a step, and Mrs. Cottontail laughed joyfully at the same time.

"Taimi is so cute. There is only one child in my family. He is Huabi, Huabi eight years later."

"You're still admitting your mistake like this, Taimi, is there something wrong with your eyes?"

When I heard Mrs. Cottontail say that this young man was Huabi, I couldn't believe it at first. But when I heard the familiar sarcasm, I immediately confirmed that the boy in front of me was Huabi who went to another world for me.

Just as Mrs. Cottontail had said, he was indeed strong and mature, and had become a man who could stand on his own.

Ok……

man……

Somehow I thought of Mrs. Cottontail's marriage proposal.

I couldn't help but feel a little shy, and that feeling made me quite uncomfortable.

"Damn! It's all your fault for suddenly becoming so disgustingly handsome, otherwise I would have recognized you from a distance! And how come you and Locke suddenly grew so big? Did you take some magic medicine?"

I deliberately changed my tone to that of a brother and punched his chest as usual.

thump.

Very good, it feels like full muscles.

What should I do? It's so strange.

I was in a state of confusion, and Huabi's expression became subtle, gentle and happy. His eyes looked at me with sparkling eyes: "A lot of things happened over there, but in short, the most important thing is that I'm back, and you're safe and sound. This is a happy ending, so everything is fine."

Bloopers… Bloopers… Bloopers…

What's that sound? Is it my heartbeat?

I looked at the older rabbit in front of me, then at the onlookers around, and I couldn't help but clench my fists, and hit the young rabbit on the tip of his nose with a straight punch.

I said awkwardly: "Welcome... Welcome back!"

Huabi said speechlessly: "Why did you hit me?"

I added another punch: "This is the latest welcome ceremony! Why are you asking so many questions? It's just a rabbit."

Mrs. Cotton-Tail sighed softly, "Where is youth—"

My ears turned red with laughter, while Lian'er and Locke stood side by side, staring at us dully, their innocent and slow eyes seemingly not understanding anything.

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58. Adventurer Huabi (Taimi)

(Taimi-Moni)

The next day, outside the stone house, there was a light drizzle.

President Ehard rarely called me to his office alone.

"In short, for various reasons, starting today, this young and promising Mr. Huabi will be our guild's adventurer! Taimi, you are more familiar with him, so it is decided that you will take him around to familiarize him with the operation of our guild. Be careful, he is now a distinguished guest of our guild, and is no longer just any classmate of yours in school!"

It was so speechless that the president forced a Huabi cigarette on me shortly after I started working.

As soon as I left the president's office, I immediately exploded: "Why do you, a stupid rabbit, want to be an adventurer! Doesn't your family run a gym? Even if you go to subjugate monsters, you shouldn't have to worry about food and clothing, right?"

The stupid rabbit youth answered with a confused look on his face: "Because it was my father's order."

Very good and powerful, this answer is very much in his personal style.

I yelled a little madly, "It was your father's wish for you to go to school, and it was also your father's wish for you to come to the Adventurer's Guild. Don't you have any ideas of your own? We adventurers are not a joke! Last month alone, one person died in our Stone House, and there is also the long-term hidden worry of the Wrath of Nature."

The stupid rabbit patted his chest seriously and said, "Please don't worry about Nature's Wrath. I have already made a contract with the military. If the high elves really attack, I will temporarily join the army and provide them with mercenary services in a paid manner. When I am not in Nature's Wrath, I am basically free."

When I heard the word "military", I felt even more overwhelmed.

Looking at this former classmate who suddenly appeared to be eight years older than me, I couldn't calm down. "Ahhhhh! Be it the military or the wrath of nature! It's all your business anyway. I have no interest in it at all! And what about our Locke? Where did you let him go? Why isn't he with you?"

"Locke, he flew to Panlong Forest to hunt this morning. He will probably go home by himself in the evening, right?"

"Panlong Forest? Isn't that a gold-level monster forest?"

I was shocked by what Huabi said so casually, but he himself looked nonchalant: "It's the Coiled Dragon Forest where we found the dragon eggs. What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"

Just by using my imagination a little, images of giant dragons slaughtering adventurers kept popping up in my mind.

Please!

If Locke accidentally kills someone, he will be included in the list of targets to be attacked!

While caring about Locke, I was immediately mad at Huabi's careless action: "What's wrong? It's obviously very wrong! Aren't you eight years older than me? How can you still lack common sense? Oh no, we have to inform Miss Lan Nong and the others quickly to see if they have any solution to remedy the situation."

I held my head and groaned in annoyance, but Huabi, the person involved, was calm as if nothing had happened. With all my reluctance, I still took him to the third floor of the stone house and introduced him to two appraisers: "Listen, the dog tribe man on the left is our stone house's chief task appraiser, Mr. Nanbert, and the other one is Miss Lannong, whom you know. She is a trainee task appraiser. You know this, right?"

"Although I forgot about it a little bit before, but now I remember it again."

After I finished introducing the two of us in a corner of the square, I brought Silly Rabbit to Miss Lannong and the others. When Miss Lannong saw our group, she immediately smiled mischievously: "Hey, look who it is? Isn't this our princess and prince? What brought you two here? Do you want to ask about the best date spot of the year?"

My face turned red immediately. I was about to refute her, but Huabi beside me said, "Ms. Lan Nong, please don't make fun of me and Taimi! A girl's reputation is very important. I think we should be more cautious."

Seeing Huabi's serious stupidity, I felt a strange feeling in my heart, and Miss Lannong over there also restrained herself and stopped making things difficult for us: "Okay, okay, I was wrong, please forgive me. By the way, Huabi, you are really amazing. You just went through a portal, and you came back already at the legendary level."

"No - compared to President Ehard, I still have many shortcomings."

Huabi's modest reaction made Miss Lannong chuckle. "Haha, you mean that stupid president? There's no way she can beat you now! But don't worry, you two will definitely have a chance to fight soon. She will take the initiative to find you and let you fight her. She will lose to you, and it is very likely that she will lose several games in a row until she steals all your moves."

what……

Our guild leader is indeed a notorious skill robber.

Huabi didn't take this seriously: "This is where the president's strength lies."

If you hadn't told me, I almost forgot about it. It seemed that this guy was a little fan of President Ehard. I didn't expect that he had lived alone in that world for eight years, and he was still an incurable star-chaser.

I sighed, interrupted their small talk, and got to the point: "Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Miss Lannon! Mr. Nanbert! There is one thing I think you need to know. Just this morning, Huabi let Locke go to the Panlong Forest alone! Um - Locke is a gravity dragon, now eight years old, and he should have legendary combat power."

Ms. Lan Nong expressed her thoughts calmly: "These days, legendary items don't seem to be worth much anymore."

Fortunately, Mr. Nanbert is a serious man. He did his duty and explained to us: "Suddenly releasing a giant dragon into the lower-level forest will undoubtedly have a great impact on the local ecology. Looking at the various qualities of the Panlong Forest, I'm afraid that within two months, all the large creatures in it will be eaten by the giant dragon."

The next moment, Huabi interrupted and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Nanbert, I don't think what you said will happen. I don't know why, but Locke, the gravity dragon, is a vegetarian. According to my recent observations, he eats more than fifty trees on average every day. He is not picky about food and will eat almost any tree, and he eats them very cleanly."

This immediately reminded me of my visit to Cottontail Mansion yesterday.

I remember that Locke was indeed eating lychee trees at that time.

Later, when Mrs. Cottontail learned that Locke had destroyed the lychee tree, she was not unhappy at all. Instead, she seemed very happy.

"Locke is my biological son after all. He knows the benefits of being a vegetarian better than someone else."

For this reason, Locke is currently very favored in the Cottontail family.

However, Mr. Nanbert of our Stone House was not as optimistic as Mrs. Cottontail. After listening to what Warby said, he took out his abacus and did some quick calculations. Then he looked bitter: "Assuming that he really needs to eat fifty trees a day, that would be 1,500 trees a month. For the city of Mopolis, that would be a heavy burden."

I asked puzzledly, "There are millions of trees in Panlong Forest. What's the point of giving Locke just a few?"

Mr. Nanbert further explained: "You all know about the Wrath of Nature, right? In order to avoid overstimulating the high elves, our alliance has strictly regulated the amount of natural resources collected by each city. Due to the Wrath of Nature this year, our city has cut down many more trees. If this continues, our Lord of Surut will be scolded again."

This time even Miss Lannong was confused: "Wait, aren't dragons part of nature?"

Mr. Nanbert said: "Except for the elven dragons, all other dragons are considered part of the human race."

I immediately noticed the inconsistency: "Why should we humans pay for the dragon clan's expenses?"

Hearing my question, Huabi said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "If the dragons don't join our camp to fight against the Wrath of Nature, then of course we don't have to bear their expenses. After all, the restriction on resource development is just a strategic choice. Our ultimate goal has always been to overthrow the Wrath of Nature. In order to achieve this goal, the power of the dragons is indispensable."

When it comes to such a serious topic, as an outsider, I immediately shut up.

I wanted to shut up, but then I suddenly thought of the giant named Perseus.

I raised my hand hesitantly and asked, "Excuse me, do you know if our alliance has any restrictions on the use of magic elements in addition to natural resources? I heard from Perseus that the beast from the other dimension seemed to be born because of our excessive use of magic elements."

"Perseus? In another dimension?"

Mr. Nanbert didn't know the details of my trip to the other dimension. In view of this, I spent a little more time explaining the knowledge about the evil beasts to everyone. Even Huabi was surprised by what I said.

“This world is really terrible!”

After understanding the relationship between the beasts and the magic elements, Ms. Lan Nong sighed and said, "I didn't expect that in addition to the wrath of nature, the magic element system of this world has such a hidden setting. If there is no way to strike a balance between the two, the civilized society we see before our eyes will sooner or later be doomed."

"Maybe I should write a letter to the government? Let them take precautions?" I suggested.

Mr. Nanbert smiled and gestured to me to keep quiet. "No matter what, the person who wrote the letter will not be you, Taimi. Don't tell anyone else what you told us today. The alternate dimension you mentioned is too mysterious. If you make it public, many people will come to trouble you. As for the matter of the filthy beast, we adults will find a way ourselves."

After hearing what Mr. Nanbert said, I couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Suddenly, I remembered something: "Um, about Locke..."

At this time, Miss Lan Nong took out a map and said, "Let Locke eat the trees in the inland city. Although the journey is a bit far, it should not be a problem considering the mobility of the dragon race. As for the adventurers, since Locke is a vegetarian, he probably won't have the tendency to harm humans, so there is no need to worry too much."

After learning that Locke was safe, I didn't want to continue the previous topic, so I pulled Huabi's sleeve and said goodbye to the two task appraisers: "Oh! That's good! Then... Then I will take Huabi to visit other places first! Bye!"

"Goodbye, Mr. Rabbit! Miss Princess!"

Until the very end, Miss Lan Nong did not forget to tease us. What a nice boss she is.

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59. Xiaonan, Xiaonan (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

After Taimi and Huabi left, the task appraisal area on the third floor became quiet again.

Today is Sunday, a day of rest. Although there are still some customers occasionally, there is no sign of queues.

"Xiao Nan, Xiao Nan, what do you think of what Tai Mi just said?"

"Miss Lannon, Miss Lannon, can you please stop teasing me with this nickname?"

"Xiao Nan, Xiao Nan, this is my greatest pleasure right now, can't you just accommodate me a little?"

"Miss Lannon, Miss Lannon, don't think that just because you are cute, others won't be angry with you."

"Xiao Nan, Xiao Nan, I heard from Gu Shan Loli that my fan club has several hundred people!"

"Miss Lannon, Miss Lannon, can't you just let me go?"

Looking at the entire stone house, the two of us on the third floor can be said to be the most boring duo. The empty conversations like the above have been going on for many days. Although I can take the opportunity to read more books to improve my knowledge in my free time, it is not my style to be obsessed with studying. If I don’t do anything for too long, I will feel itchy.

"Xiao Nan, Xiao Nan, how about we go on another adventure tomorrow?"

"Didn't you just go to watch the Goblin subjugation a few days ago? There's no need to run so frequently, right?"

"But look! This is my schedule for the next week, and it's all empty!"

"But the other three weeks are packed, aren't they? Hey, you've got too many part-time jobs, haven't you? Fashion model shows, math seminars at the University of Magic and Technology, no wonder you feel more tired every time you come back from vacation than when you were at work, it turns out you've been doing all these odd jobs?"

"It's a little tiring, but it's all fun! Except for the model show."

"So, what do you think about the matter of filthy beasts and magical elements?"

After a while of not talking, Mr. Nanbert threw the ball to me again. Over the past few days, Mr. Nanbert has gradually gained a more concrete understanding of my knowledge. I don’t know when it started, but whenever he encountered an unfamiliar and complex problem, he would first listen to my ideas and then supplement them.

The biggest benefit of this approach is that

He doesn't need to admit his ignorance, nor does he need to watch me pretend.

However, I have no intention of showing off. The greatest significance of a discussion lies in its process and results.

I didn't hide anything and directly used the perspective of an Earthling to try to analyze: "In simple terms, the wrath of nature is an anti-industrial entity concept, while the beasts from another dimension are anti-magic entities. Both are natural inhibitory forces that hinder the development of human civilization. If humans want to survive sustainably, they must strike a balance between "civilization, nature, and magic."

"The question is - does that balance point really exist?"

Mr. Nanbert raised a question.

I didn't answer this deep question first, but started thinking from the surface: "Water boilers, tap water, urban construction, recording crystals... those are all things that can be accomplished using natural resources. But in order to reduce the consumption of natural resources, the Alliance of Light has begun to vigorously promote these clean magical energies in recent years."

Mr. Nanbert said, "Ironically, these magical energies are also filthy."

I shrugged and expressed my own opinion: "In the final analysis, the problem is not the type of energy, but the attitude of the human race towards resources. Just like what the high elves said, our population is too large. The amount of parchment we use in our daily life is enough to make my scalp tingle."

"Hasn't the situation improved a lot since our alliance started promoting the use of trees to make paper?"