Quit the team, then picked up a beautiful girl with problems

She seemed to have fallen into water, suspended in bubbles in the air.

This bubble is not hollow, but seems to have captured an underwater landscape. It is full of the magic of water and even has the vague illusion of underwater scenery.

No one in this world has ever seen the ocean, let alone the underwater images that flashed through Leon's mind when he was weaving the spiritual thread.

This is the skill of the staff [Ocean Bubble]

[Skill: Ocean Bubble]

[Activation method: Activate equipment spirituality]

The scenery of the long-vanished ocean briefly reappears here, as if calling upon the only remaining power of water in this world, a vessel that is summoning everything. If it weren't for its lack of power, some would suspect it was summoned by a sacred object left behind from ancient times.

[Effect: Creates powerful bubbles, provides water attribute defense, and provides water attribute spell amplification]

Dorothy splashed in the water and immediately realized that she was not drowning, but was protected by the curtain of water.

　In the water, the shawl behind her fluttered like the slender fins of an ornamental fish, and her skirt seemed to come alive, flapping in the water.

She looked at her legs in surprise. The structure that originally looked like pants or skirt rolled together and turned into a whole tail fin. She bent her legs and found that her lower body had turned into a fish tail.

After the initial discomfort, she immediately turned over like a fish and was able to swim in the bubble.

Surprise turned into delight, and the half-elf poked his upper body out of the bubble: "Wow, this is so interesting!"

"That's right." Meimei, who was standing by, came back to her senses from her shock and said with a pout.

[Skill: Mermaid Incarnation]

[Activation method: Activate equipment spirituality in water]

Creatures from stories of the otherworld, manifesting in this world through the rational creation of equipment from a transcendental realm. While not true mermaids, they possess many imaginary water powers.

[Effect: Acquire the skills [Singing Impact] and [Tide Control]]

The effect of the mermaid magic equipment is slightly special. It is not like the other three, where one or two pieces of equipment are solidified on a certain component, and then the whole set of equipment obtains a skill.

This set of magic equipment itself can summon a bubble of the pinnacle of the extraordinary realm with both offensive and defensive capabilities. Only after transforming in it can the following two abilities be activated.

Its design idea is to ensure the power of water-attribute spells in waterless places. Although Dorothy herself cannot use it, she can rely on equipment to supplement it, which can come in handy when water-attribute spell attacks are needed.

Zoe stared at the ocean bubble and the "mermaid" inside with wide eyes, grabbed Leon's arm and shook it hard.

"Le Ang Le Ang, I want to transform too!"

"What are you talking about?" Li Ang rubbed her head speechlessly.

You want to transform? Do you want to listen to what you are saying?

He looked at Alulu and Andasu, who hadn't said anything but clearly felt a little outshined, and said, "This bubble isn't just designed for Dorothy; it involves all of us."

Li Ang explained that in volcanic areas, the water element would be so weak that it would be almost non-existent, and this skill would extract the water spirit from the equipment and forcibly pull the element to form a water ball, which would ensure that everyone could use their water attribute skills.

The main purpose of transforming into a mermaid is to be able to swim and dodge better in the water ball, because you will inevitably encounter enemies who directly attempt to penetrate the water ball.

After he said this, the situation calmed down for a while.

After Dorothy happily collected the ocean bubbles and her clothes changed back into skirts and pants and fell to the ground, Li Ang said, "Okay, go back and pack your things. We'll leave the island tomorrow."

"So fast?"

“It’s already been very slow.”

Leon glanced at Meluna who lowered her head from the corner of his eye and sighed inwardly.

If I hadn't met Otto and hadn't been involved in the matter of Huanwo Village and Meimei, I wouldn't have stayed on this island for so long.

"That's all. Let's get familiar with our new equipment. I'll summon the passenger ship from Kangtan to come over tomorrow."

286. The Sword Master of the End

In the evening, upon hearing that the Star Flower Brigade decided to leave Mengze Island, Otto brought up his original purpose again - he wanted to have a competition with Meluna.

It was because he accidentally met Meluna in the Holy City and sensed the aura of Huanwo Village and sword intent in her that Otto noticed her. When he finally had the time to seek a fight, he couldn't find her. It happened that Leon went to the Holy City to participate in the Knights' Resolution Meeting, which led to the unexpected developments on Mengze Island.

Now, everything is back to square one.

"I won't fight you."

Meluna responded to the old man's request for a competition.

"Do you have any concerns?"

Otto was not annoyed. After the truth about the visitor from another world was revealed, Leon felt that in his eyes, Meluna was no different from Meimei. They were both younger generations who needed to be taken care of.

"I will only fight you if Li Ang agrees to my request."

"you really are……"

Li Ang on the side was furious. This woman hadn't improved at all in the past two days, but she had learned to threaten him.

After all, what does it have to do with him if two swordsmen are sparring with each other?

This woman has never been able to clearly see interpersonal relationships. She may have thought that Li Ang would compromise because of his friend's request.

"What do you want to be promised?" asked the old swordsman.

Otto's eyes were shining because of his irrepressible fighting spirit, and the meaning in his eyes was close to "If it's not too much to ask, just agree to her." This look made Leon very difficult to bear.

Because it is absolutely an excessive request.

"Promise to do it with me—"

"Hey hey hey it's okay!"

Leon covered the black-haired girl's mouth with force.

Meluna was a battle maniac, and Leon never thought she would refuse an invitation to a duel just to, uh, relive the past and his life.

"Have you agreed?" Meluna's eyes were burning.

The aura around Li Ang turned cold: "I said, we can't go back to the past."

He glanced at Otto and said, "Senior Otto is the one who is looking for you. It's up to you to decide whether you are willing or not. Don't involve me."

It was really a headache. When Otto came, he followed her just to prevent this woman from talking nonsense.

Of course, their own team members would not ignore the situation. They were all watching from a distance, even Farina came.

"What? We can't fight?" Zoe said disappointedly.

Dorothy curled her lips. "That's not the point. That woman, absolutely, absolutely cannot be allowed to succeed."

"What does she want to do?"

"Alas, you are such a simple girl. You are so happy just by kissing me. You don't understand anything."

Dorothy put her hands on her hips and said in a connoisseur's tone, "Just let me worry about things like that."

She glanced at An and Lulu who were whispering to each other and said, "You little guys have no sense of crisis at all. Here, I will definitely be the first to take him down."

The white wolf and the calf tilted their heads to look at the canary, then looked at each other with mysterious expressions in their eyes.

Can you be more reserved when you speak? Li Ang sighed in his heart.

He felt more and more that he no longer had the reputation of a normal person in front of a serious elder like Otto.

But Meluna insisted on her opinion, and Otto tried to persuade her, and the situation came to a standstill.

Originally, the old man promised that if he could find Meluna and have a good fight with her, he would reward him with a 9th-level "Sacred Escort Artifact". Leon was a little tempted.

But now that we have a systematic ship-building panel, these things will happen sooner or later. If we give Meluna a chance, then there will be no end to it.

His unwillingness to express his position made the situation even more stagnant.

"Ah, is it not the right time for Benlong to come?"

At some point, the pink-haired girl incarnation of the Water Dragon appeared behind everyone. There was still mist surrounding her small leather boots, as if she had emerged from the thick water vapor in the air.

She still had a drunken flush on her face, but it didn't bother her at all.

"I heard that you decided to leave tomorrow, so I came to see you off."

Although Leon wanted to say, why are you seeing me off now when you're leaving tomorrow, he never thought that Aqua came at such a good time. Having more people to make jokes could ease the awkward situation a lot.

"I'm here to tell you that this dragon has decided to assign you the task of temporarily escorting Leon. More precisely, escorting the sea dragon egg in his possession. He will likely face many enemies, so you must ensure the reborn sea dragon thrives."

"what?"

Li Ang and Meimei spoke together.

Meimei looked at Meluna in panic: "She's enough, right? I don't want to be in the same room with this guy."

Leon's attempt to use some mission to get Meluna away completely failed.

Compared to the two of them, Meluna's cold expression actually broke into a smile.

"That's easy. I won't let anyone threaten Li Ang."

Aqua narrowed her eyes as she stared at her. "Just so you know, I'm talking about protecting Hailong, not him. If he counted on you to protect him, he would have died countless times."

Li Ang was originally speechless, but the Water Dragon rarely said something he liked to hear, so he nodded secretly in his heart.

Meluna, this is also the source of Leon's complex feelings towards her.

To put it bluntly, he hadn't expected to gain any benefit from her from the very beginning. When they met, he just couldn't stand the contemptuous words and actions of some people, so he helped her out.

Later I learned that she didn't care about the buzzing of the insects at all, but her apparent slovenliness led people to misunderstand her, but her hand was always on the hilt of the sword.

He later thought that the reason why she came to knock on the door might really be because of the polite words "You can come to me if you have any troubles". The so-called troubles did not include those trouble-making adventurers who were above level 6 on average. The real trouble was that she was hungry.

Only then did she become a real troublemaker.

But even though Li Ang later knew her strength, he never took advantage of her.

Well, it's not that he had never considered working together to face the difficulties, but her rather electric way of thinking and her mode of action that was completely centered around her own ideas made it impossible to cooperate. It was even the first time that he experienced the feelings of the mother in the story who had to hang a pancake around her child's neck before going out. He always prepared food and water when he went on a mission, and he was really worried that she would starve to death one day because of her living conditions.

Thinking about it later, he really didn't know how they had developed such a strong relationship. He even doubted whether there was any love between them at all. But it didn't make sense that he could do anything he wanted just because he was provided with food, shelter and care...

Even so, she still suddenly disappeared in the end, which made him completely heartbroken.

When he spoke, he always felt that Meluna didn't take it seriously, but no matter whether others listened or not, at least he felt comfortable listening to them.

Meluna wanted to say something, but before she could open her mouth, her stomach growled.

A group of people gathered around to listen to the rumbling of her stomach. A delicate girl like Dorothy could no longer hold back her expression. Otto also frowned, and Meimei even squatted down with her face covered.

But she herself was not sensitive to other people's gazes.

"Leon, I'm hungry."

Meluna looked at Leon eagerly.

When they were in the restaurant, Meimei was eating for free, so he naturally didn't order food for Meluna, so she didn't eat either.

"Didn't you buy some for yourself?"

"The money is all gone, and you said I can't just take it."

"What about your world before?" Li Ang had never asked this question before. Only now that he knew it was a broken world did he begin to picture it in his mind.

“People living in tents would gather together to cook and would share their food with me when they saw me.”

"This is talking about the disaster shelter," Meimei whispered.

Dorothy grinned and said, "I guess I've been treated as a refugee."

Li Ang held his forehead. He had never understood this woman before, but now he understood the reasons for some of her behavior. It sounded like her world wasn't much better than Meimei's. She often walked among the ruins of a destroyed civilization. If she had been wandering since she was less than ten years old, it was indeed impossible for her to communicate like a normal person.

"So what did you eat before coming to Mengze Island?"

"Fruit, rabbit."

"Why do you eat rabbit too?"

　箘盈（z二）琳厁〃二?、再起④８ "Delicious."

Leon glanced at Aqua, and the pink-haired girl's fists were already stiff.

In front of so many people, especially a traditional old man like Otto, Leon had no choice but to ignore her. He didn't prepare a special meal, but simply gave her some of the fruit Diana had sent and some of the supplies stored in the dimensional rift, including canned meat from various animals.

In full view of everyone, Meluna started to eat voraciously as if no one was around. Her mouth was too small to swallow big gulps, but her posture was as ferocious as a tiger, so her face was soon covered with food.

Leon looked around. The people around him were either Zoe and Aqua who did not hide their ridicule at all, or Farina who frowned and sighed, or An and Alulu who had blank expressions and no one knew what they were thinking, and Meimei who covered her face and did not want to see her face embarrassed anymore, and Otto who looked at Leon and thought that he had the responsibility to help Meluna clean up.

In the end, he had to be forced to deal with the situation.

He took out a towel, dipped it in water, and wiped off the particularly burnt parts while she was eating, then sat aside and waited for her to finish her meal.