After leaving the team, the adventurers regretted it

Linda shuddered.

His intuition told him that he must conceal his identity as the former captain of the original adventure team.

Tina in the game can only threaten players through the screen, but in reality, Linda would probably be sucked dry and finally hung on the wall of Tina's bedroom!

"Maybe, but Monica doesn't know."

Monica straightened her chest proudly, pounded her little fist, and it swayed like jelly with a popping sound: "Monica has been waiting for the captain to come back!"

"Monica is such an excellent child." Linda stroked Monica's little head with emotion. All the five-star cards are ungrateful. To advance the World Tree Secret Realm, you still have to rely on the loyal four-star characters.

The girl narrowed her eyes like a cat, with a look of enjoyment on her face.

Linda thought to herself that the four-star Monica was actually not that weak. Now that she had changed her job to a mage, she became a back-row profession, thus minimizing the side effects of the passive skill [Glass Cannon].

Staying with him, the Hero of Recovery, he will protect Monica from being pounced upon by the ugly monsters.

...

Half an hour later, the two men packed their luggage and walked out of the house.

Monica put on the bright yellow short skirt that Linda asked Kafney to buy. Her long legs were wrapped in white stockings and she wore round-toed leather shoes. She was no longer a poor girl with no clothes to wear.

The moment she stepped out of the door, Monica still put on her cardboard box tremblingly, carrying a bag as big as a dung beetle compared to a dung ball.

The furoshiki has an extremely old-fashioned colorful pattern, and is usually only used by older adventurers.

"This, this kind of ordinary pattern won't attract anyone's attention!" Monica, carrying a huge bag, explained to Linda's puzzled question.

"No... What I mean is, this is actually more conspicuous, right?"

Linda said awkwardly.

Looking at the road, all the pedestrians over there were looking at Monica, who was wearing a cardboard box on her head, white silk stockings, and carrying a large, old-fashioned bag.

This is like a southern adventurer timidly entering a northern bathhouse. If you are not wearing underwear, no one will look at you, even if it is too small to be embarrassed. But if you wear underwear to cover it up, no matter how big it is, it will attract the attention of everyone in the room.

What Monica is doing now belongs to the latter.

The cardboard headgear alone is conspicuous enough, and coupled with the old-fashioned bag that is as big as a water tank, she looks like a beautiful dung beetle pushing a dung ball.

All the passers-by stopped and looked at her in surprise!

"Captain, Monica is so scared." Monica was like a timid mouse, hiding behind Linda, her little hands holding the corner of his clothes trembling slightly.

As a otaku who has been hiding in the house for three years, stepping out of the door and into the sunlight is undoubtedly a very courageous thing to do.

"Take down the cardboard box. Monica is so beautiful, everyone will be happy to see her." Linda persuaded.

But Monica's little head shook like a rattle, and her big eyes behind the holes in the cardboard box revealed a firm look, and she said stubbornly: "Without the cardboard box, Monica can't live!"

It seems that there is still a long way to go before getting out of social phobia.

Linda sighed inwardly.

I glanced at Monica's big bag and wondered where this big loli got so much luggage.

There are mostly figurines of magic puppets inside, various picture books and storybooks, so they must be quite heavy.

He offered to help Monica share the burden, but was solemnly rejected by the other party - "Don't trouble the captain, Monica, I will never cause trouble to the captain!"

Was it because she had locked her up in the warehouse and not visited her? Linda felt that Monica seemed uneasy, afraid that she would abandon her again.

'This time, whether it's Monica or Lulu, I will take them to the top of the World Tree to see the breathtaking and magnificent scenery.'

Linda thought silently.

The three of them came to the main road and stopped a carriage.

Linda planned to take Monica with her to go through the procedures for joining the team first. It would be troublesome if this big Loli regretted her decision halfway and didn't want to be an adventurer anymore.

First get her into the team and sign a 100-year contract...

The penalty for breach of contract is just one million gold coins, so that Monica won’t back out.

It’s not that Linda is black-hearted. In Monica’s personal story, she was afraid to take risks and did not dare to enter the secret realm.

In the fairly spacious carriage, the back seats were covered with cool bamboo cushions. Monica huddled in the leftmost corner, clutching Linda's clothes with her small hands, determined not to let the stranger Kafni sit next to her.

Kafni glanced at Monica and said, "Did the child take a shower?"

Linda understood immediately. Not long ago, Monica heard the whipping and was frightened to the point of peeing, but as far as Linda knew, it seemed that she was just wiped with paper. The water bill in Monica's house had not been paid for two months.

Although Monica's life was very messy, Linda saw that the girl's exposed arms and legs were quite clean.

"Captain, Monica is not dirty."

A very faint explanation came from the cardboard box, and then she suddenly lifted the hem of her clothes, revealing a white and clean flat belly without any fat. Monica said shyly:

"Captain, can you check on Monica?"

A question mark appeared in Linda's head.

Could it be that three years of isolation has made Monica stupid and she has no defense against the 'old wizard' at all!

Having said that, Linda's eyes moved upwards uncontrollably. There was a cute round belly button on Monica's belly. Beyond the belly, there was only a small bulge.

Chapter 79: Occupational Earth Mage

The initial diameter shown by the tip of the iceberg was terrifying enough. Except in the other world, you would never see a beautiful girl with such a hot body.

Although Linda thought it was a good deal, he had to change Monica's mind:

"You expose your belly in public. Aren't you afraid of being spotted by passing orcs? If you fall into the hands of orcs, all kinds of things will happen!"

He knocked on the top of the carton.

"M-Monica knows." The girl hugged the head in the cardboard box and whispered, "It's not a public place, and it's with the captain, so it's okay, right?"

Linda frowned and thought for a while.

"Well, it should be fine."

……

Half an hour later, in the Adventurer's Guild in the inner city of Hongtao City.

Crowds of people were jostling each other.

As a larger city than White Pigeon City, Red Peach City has a much larger number of adventurers.

Even on a hot day at noon, the bulletin board at the door was still crowded with people and noisy, like a vegetable market with big sales.

There was a group of rogue orcs with tattoos all over their arms, who looked like they were not good people at first glance. They squatted on the side of the road and whistled at beautiful female adventurers. If they saw someone alone, they would approach and chat with her.

"Hey little beauty, I'm the awesome Grandpa Donkey. Do you want to go have lunch with me?"

Monica saw an elf girl with pointy ears surrounded by five or six orcs and looking troubled. She immediately thought of herself and was so scared that her legs started shaking and she couldn't walk anymore.

She pulled Linda's clothes and said weakly:

"Captain, Monica doesn't want to be an adventurer anymore. Should I go to your room and sweep the dust for you?"

The ambition I had a minute ago has long been thrown away.

Linda had expected this and frowned, "Captain, I don't like team members who give up halfway. If you keep going like this, I'll leave you behind."

"Wow, captain, please don't abandon Monica. Monica wants to be an adventurer again." The girl in the cardboard box said in panic.

"This is the captain's outstanding member." Linda smiled.

The group entered the Adventurer's Guild Hall.

While waiting in line, many people looked at the strange girl with a cardboard box on her head in surprise.

An orc with a hound's head laughed and said, "Where did this fool come from? Is he too ugly to be seen in public?"

Laughter suddenly broke out in the crowd.

Monica's outfit was really weird. She was carrying a large, old-fashioned bag and wearing a cardboard box on her head. The dog hunter had a keen sense of smell and could even smell a faint smell of urine on her.

"You're so old and still peeing your pants, hahahaha!" the dog hunter laughed.

Monica had low self-esteem to begin with, and when she heard this, she couldn't even raise her head.

Linda narrowed her eyes, held Monica's trembling little hand tightly, and looked at the orc calmly: "Either shut up or never go to the wild again."

The hound orc curled his lips and wanted to continue provoking, but when he saw Linda's cold eyes as if he was looking at a dead person, he suddenly felt panic in his heart for no reason and got goose bumps on his arms.

"Moss, don't make things complicated."

An orc with thick eyebrows, big eyes and rhino horns frowned and said.

"Tsk."

The hound orc named Moss glared at Linda, crossed his arms and stood in line without saying anything.

Linda also looked away. After leaving Xueyan, the experience there taught him many lessons, the most important of which was: giving in was sometimes useless, especially when facing orcs who bully the weak and fear the strong.

"Thank you, Captain." Monica reached her little hand into the cardboard box and wiped the corners of her eyes.

"Don't worry about what others think of you. As long as the captain thinks you are an excellent team member, that's enough." Linda patted her shoulder.

Monica burst into laughter and nodded vigorously, "Yeah!"

After waiting in line for about half an hour, it was finally Linda and others' turn.

Linda watched silently as Monica filled out the form.

The neat and beautiful small characters on the form can be seen at a glance.

Name: Monica Leddy

Rating: 15

Occupation: Earth Mage

Earth Mage, one of the popular professions in the Secret Continent, possesses a large number of range attack skills.

Coupled with Monica's unique skill [Glass Cannon], it is a unique skill to clear the mobs.

Linda thought that his venom orb was a powerful single-target output, suitable for fighting BOSS, and with Monica clearing the monsters on the way...so far, the prototype of the adventure team was formed!

A ding-dong sounded in my mind, and a system prompt popped up:

[Team module loading, current progress 1%, estimated remaining time 12 hours to start]

12 hours later, it was probably late at night.

Linda estimated that by then he would be able to return to Baige City.

"You orc, don't you have eyes when you walk?"

"S-Sorry, sir!"

Linda and his group achieved their goal and when they walked outside, they saw a commotion happening at the door.

The hound orc named Moss bumped into a tall, middle-aged elf with long golden hair.

The elf's face was covered with frost, and he wiped his clothes with disgust, his eyes revealing his undisguised contempt for the orcs.

"Hey, this orc is in big trouble. The elf Kao is not easy to deal with. I heard that his team passed the 11th floor of the World Tree yesterday and reached level 22!"

"Kao has finally established himself in the Rock Class Team."

"When can I become a level 20 adventurer..."

There was a lot of chatter around.

Linda looked at the elf named Kao. Every city has some famous adventurers. For example, in White Dove City, there are the Eye of Wisdom, Blooming Flame, and Frost Swordsman... Anyone who can reach level 20 can gain a certain reputation among adventurers.

When facing the cowardly Monica, Moss was arrogant and domineering, but when facing the level 22 Kaa, he was as timid as a pug, with his tail trembling and tucked between his crotch.

Linda looked at Moss's humble appearance, thinking deeply. He had never thought that level 20 adventurers were scary, because the circle he had been in contact with was basically at this level, and he had a good relationship with Aiko.

So no one bothered him after he fell into poverty.

It wouldn't work in Hongtao City, because no one knows him in this city.

Linda had been in Tao City for three days and had encountered three provocations, from the Minotaur, Luke, and Moss just now... If he was just an ordinary level 8 adventurer, it would be impossible for him to stand here with Monica and others smoothly.

In the worst case scenario, Kafni would be kidnapped by the minotaurs as soon as she entered the city, and Monica would be taken to the tavern by Luke.

'Reach level 20 as quickly as possible and advance your career.'

The scene of the survival of the fittest in front of him made Linda realize the importance of hierarchy. His team members were all beautiful girls, and only if the captain was strong enough could he protect them!