The Villain Saint is my secondary account

This thing actually costs two silver coins, it's ridiculously expensive...

Ella complained in her heart that she would definitely not spend money to buy these flashy little things. Even though she became the Duke's daughter, her consumption concept was still as simple as before.

If the hairpin could spit out fireballs, she might consider it.

"Miss Chloe, if you keep shopping, it will be noon," Ella urged Chloe, seeing that she was still not satisfied and picked up a small emerald green skirt to try it out. "The goblins wandering in the forest will go home to rest soon. Then we can only go to their nests to look for them."

There are certain similarities between the Temple quests and the Adventurer's Guild quests. In addition to the quests issued by the Temple's high-level officials, there will also be many quests entrusted to the Temple from other sources. Therefore, there will also be quests such as clearing out the group of goblins wandering in XX area.

For such clear tasks, the system's task panel will also give the corresponding task information:

[Mission: Clear out the goblins wandering in the forest of the Blue Dragon River tributary]

[Mission Brief: Recently, caravans passing through the forest of the Blue Dragon River tributary have been harassed by goblins. Therefore, we have commissioned them to clear out the goblins here to strengthen security in the vicinity.]

[Task Reward: 100*Temple Contribution Points, 100*General Points, 4*Gold Coins]

"Ah, are all the Goblin gentlemen so lazy? It's only noon." Chloe reluctantly put the clothes back in place.

"Goblins who live in groups usually hunt in concentrated time periods, and only stray individuals wander in the wild for a long time," Ella recalled.

"Lady Haiweier is so familiar with the habits of monsters." Chloe bit her index finger lightly. "I'm in the temple most of the time, so I haven't heard much about these things."

"I like to read some different types of books occasionally." Ella babbled in her daily life, "Some books say that they like to capture beautiful pastor ladies and give birth to babies."

"Eh!?"

"Not only that, there are goblin wizards hidden in their nests. They will mix special potions to control the spirits of adventurers who have strayed into the trap, and then goblin warriors with extremely ugly appearances will appear..."

……

After the verbal torture, Chloe had no mood to go shopping. Her mind was full of worries about the evil goblin described by Ella.

The three of them first went to the Adventure Guild in West City District. Even if they accepted missions from the temple, the clergy who went out for training could also recruit partners in the Adventure Guild if they needed them.

However, Ella and her group were not there to recruit partners. The three of them just happened to have a warrior, a priest, and a mage. Chloe just wanted to apply for an adventurer's certificate so that she could take on some commissioned tasks from the adventure guild to improve her merits and prepare to become a professional adventurer in the future.

"That's a little surprising to me." Looking at Chloe who was filling out the adventurer certificate application at the counter, Ella said while drinking the grapefruit juice given by the elf lady at the front desk, "I thought Miss Chloe would like to do research in the temple... After all, you were so serious in your lessons."

"The world is so big, I've always wanted to see different scenery." Chloe carefully signed her name with the quill. "It is said that colorful clouds will appear in the night sky of the North, the oldest dragon is sleeping in the Molten Castle, and there is a spring of eternal youth in the deepest part of the Malaga Abyss... There are so many mysterious and beautiful places. It's so romantic to be an adventurer on a journey."

“Is it romantic even if there are goblin warriors in those places?” Ella took a sip of grapefruit juice.

"Lord Haiweil, can we not mention the goblins..." The little face of the pastor lady, which was full of hope, suddenly fell a little.

Chapter 44 The First Batch of Players

Adventurer...

Looking at the familiar decoration of the Adventurer's Guild Hall, Ella felt a little emotional.

Once upon a time, she often listened to the melodious tunes of the bards, sat by the warm fireplace, clinked glasses and chatted with her friends, and boasted while watching the snow falling in the night sky outside the window.

The graceful waitress will serve the fragrant grilled lamb chops and will not forget to put a sign card with the name of the red-light shop next door under the plate.

At that time, she would always pull out this thing accurately with her sharp eyes and give it to Li Cheng, who was still obsessed with the goddess, while she and other friends would tease and laugh.

The initial adventure might have been out of curiosity about the new world. As she traveled to the ends of the earth and witnessed vast oceans, some of the beautiful scenery gradually faded, and the pleasant nights spent in the guild became her most precious memories.

By the way, at this point in time, the first batch of players coming to the Imperial City should be almost here?

As soon as Ella had this thought, she saw the door of the guild being pushed open and a group of people walked in.

Different from ordinary Loren adventurers, the clothes and equipment of this group of people are a strange mix and match style. Aslan's rune gloves are worn over Loren-style silver-white inner armor, the hunter of the Kingdom of Valen wears a pair of rough barbarian-style wolf leather boots over his trousers, and there is even a guy wearing a pumpkin-shaped helmet that is wider than his shoulders... These people's equipment looks like they were picked up from anywhere, and they are put together to form a simplified Monster Festival circus.

Hiss... So this is how it feels to be a native of another world and see a player for the first time...

But there is no other way. In the early stage, basic equipment is purchased from the system mall with general points and rewarded by the task system. You can't just wear the one with suitable attributes. Only when there is a blacksmith shop in the city can you start to make and improve the equipment by yourself. Only then may you start to take aesthetics into consideration.

Although that kind of "beauty" may be slightly different from the beauty understood by the indigenous people.

Ella couldn't help but think of her previous outfit, a black windbreaker of a Valen hunter and a brown vest of a Tedhe federal swordsman. At that time, she thought it was quite cool, but now she thought that she might look like a country bumpkin in the eyes of the natives.

That being said, these outsiders who seem strange now will become an important force that influences the entire world in the near future.

Players with a world tree system and completely different ideas from the locals will gradually subvert the worldview of the natives of the alien world.

Such novel attire naturally attracted the attention of everyone in the guild hall. They stopped playing cards and drinking, and looked at this group of people curiously.

"Hello, is this... the Adventurer's Guild?" The man wearing the pumpkin head helmet walked to the front desk of the guild and asked in a muffled voice.

Ella didn't expect that the captain would be this pumpkin head.

"Yes, you are coming from other places, right?" The elf lady at the front desk was very professional. She spread out the book on the table and asked, "Can I register your adventurer certificates?"

"Ah... what proof?" Pumpkinhead tried to scratch his head, but he forgot that his helmet was too big and hit his finger. He said "Ouch" and shook his hand.

There was a burst of laughter in the hall.

"I'm sorry, this thing... if it wasn't for its good properties, it would be really torturous to wear..." The Pumpkin Head Knight pulled the helmet off his neck, revealing a head of black hair and a young face. "Beautiful lady, what proof did you say you wanted to show me?"

Ella was stunned, not because of how handsome this Pumpkin Head Knight was, but because, wasn't this the guy she just thought of when she recalled it -

Li Cheng!? Why is he here??

Shouldn't he be in Storm Harbor by now! ?

Ella realized it belatedly and glanced at the strange sword on Li Cheng's waist with one long hand guard and the other short. She suddenly remembered that this sword was the mountain sword that Li Cheng drew from the system when he first came to this world.

This is an equipment with pretty good attributes in the early stage, but that is not the key point. The key point is that in his previous life, this freeloader Li Cheng gave this thing to the goddess he secretly loved when he was exploring in the wild!

But it was not given to him in this life?

Ella suddenly remembered that she seemed to have specifically reminded this guy before traveling through time.

He actually listened to it!

Ella felt relieved, but also a little conflicted. This seemed to have triggered some unexpected butterfly effects.

"Fuck, boss, this girl is so beautiful. Look carefully at that one, the one wearing the white hood." A player poked Li Cheng with his elbow. Li Cheng turned his head slightly and just happened to meet Ella's eyes.

Then the elder brother's eyes suddenly widened.

It’s broken, so embarrassing!

Ella pulled the brim of her hat down. In her current state, it was impossible for her to walk up and give him a warm hug, saying, "Long time no see, brother Bear."

"Sir...Sir?" Miss Elf waved her hand in front of the eyes of the Pumpkin Knight in front of the stage with a little dissatisfaction. She thought that after all, she was the leader of the guild, and she shouldn't be completely ignored.

"Ah... Oh, ha, sorry, sorry, what did you just say? What white proof?" Li Cheng came back to his senses and subconsciously straightened his hair. However, after nearly a week of survival in the wilderness and fierce battles with wild monsters, this action only made his already messy hair even dirtier.

If they hadn't at least bathed in the forest stream, they would probably have had some unexpected odor on their bodies.

"Adventurer's certificate..." Miss Elf said helplessly, "When I saw your outfits, I thought you were working adventurers. If not, do you want to register as adventurers here?"

"Oh, yes, that's what I'm registering for." Li Cheng nodded, "After registering for this, you can take on quests and fight monsters here, right?"

"Fighting monsters..." Miss Elf was a little uncomfortable with this strange wording. "If you mean the mission to defeat monsters, you can get it here. The difficulty and rewards of the missions you can get will vary depending on your adventure level."

"Nice, oh, I mean, no problem. Also, is there food and shelter here?"

"We provide all of these. There are still quite a few vacant rooms. We can take you up to have a look." After these words were spoken, the group of players visibly relaxed and even began to applaud and cheer for each other.

After several days of surviving in the wilderness, we finally arrived at a place where we could sleep, eat and drink in peace.

"Everyone, you can have a good rest today." Li Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, and then seemed to suddenly think of something. He flipped his palm and a fang-like object appeared in his hand. "Oh, by the way, beautiful lady, I have another question. Can these things be exchanged for gold coins here?"

"Gray rhino ivory?" The elf lady looked at the thing in Li Cheng's hand with a little surprise. "We often have chambers of commerce commissioning us to collect materials from monsters. However, if the materials you have are more diverse and not all of them are commissioned by them, you can go directly to the corresponding chamber of commerce to sell them to them."

"Thank you, thank you." Li Cheng smiled and nodded, then patted the shoulder of a friend next to him and handed him a gold coin that appeared out of nowhere. "Well, Xiao Deng, you take the brothers to register first, and then go up and find a room after it's done."

"Ah, Boss, are you going somewhere?"

"I have some important things to do." Li Cheng had a serious expression. After ordering a glass of mead, he staggered towards Ella who was silently drinking grapefruit juice not far away.

Chapter 45: Licheng

Ella naturally noticed the big fool wandering over and felt a little confused.

What is this guy doing?

"Ahem." Li Cheng walked to Ella's side and cleared his throat, holding a beer in one hand and a pumpkin helmet in the other, "This..."

After just saying two words, the Templar Knight beside Ella stepped between the two, crossed his arms across his chest, and looked at Li Cheng in silence.

"No, brother Can, I'm not talking to you." As expected of old friends, Li Cheng's first reaction when he saw this dull knight was also "Iron Can".

"It's okay." Ella knocked on the iron sheet on the Templar's arm.

The Templar Knight looked back at Ella and took half a step to the side to leave space between the two of them.

Seeing the cute face of the silver-haired, red-eyed girl up close, Li Cheng's eyes widened as wide as possible, as if he wanted to eat the girl up with his eyes.

"Is there anything I can help you with, Mr.... Adventurer?" Ella asked slowly.

"Um, well, this extremely beautiful lady, I just feel like we have met somewhere before." Li Cheng raised the corners of his mouth.

Ella was a little confused for a moment.

Huh? Is our friendship deep enough to be recognizable?

"Don't deny it yet, ma'am," Li Cheng raised his hand and raised his honey wine. "I once tried to imagine what the most beautiful girl in the world looked like, day and night, but I found that the answer I tried to imagine was not as good as yours... Perhaps it was because of my beautiful imagination that I could feel at first sight your beauty that could make fish sink to the bottom of the water and geese fall to the ground. I think this may be a kind of fate."

…It turns out that my buddy has lost his mind.

Ella gave her assessment.

"Nice to meet you, sir, but I still have a commission to complete." Ella stood up. In theory, they could talk about a lot of things after a long time of separation, but this way of reunion was really too awkward. "I'm sorry I can't chat with you."

"What kind of commission is this, ma'am? If possible, can I do my part?" Li Cheng also stood up.

"Aren't you guys just about to take a break?"

"Those are my little brothers. I'm different." Li Cheng raised his eyebrows. "I just warmed up and I'm full of energy."

"Thank you for your kindness, sir, but it's not necessary," Ella smiled, waved and turned away, "See you later."

Looking at the girl's back, Li Cheng stood there in a daze for a while, replaying the touching smile she showed before she left in his mind.

"See you later... See you later..." he murmured.

"Boss, boss? You're the only one who hasn't registered." The player who was entrusted just now came over and patted Li Cheng on the shoulder, "Don't be too imaginative, boss."

"See you later..." Li Cheng brought the mead to his lips and did not speak for a long time. "Xiao Deng, she said she would see you later. Do you think she likes me?"

"…I think you're out of your mind, boss."

……

Ella was not too surprised that Li Cheng became the captain of that player team. After all, Li Cheng was also the president of the player guild they founded in the previous life.

Although this guy looks silly, he actually has his own unique charisma as a leader, and he can always gather a group of companions who are willing to take risks with him.

As for Ella, even though she was the only one in the guild in the previous life who survived to the final battle in the Holy City, to be honest, she didn't think she had any special leadership talents.

However, in this life, Li Cheng arrived at the Imperial City first. I wonder if those friends gathered in Storm Harbor will form a guild.

But this should not be a big problem. After all, the system will update the player communication panel in two days, and the World Tree system will continue to upgrade. By then, even if Li Cheng established a guild in the Imperial City, he can still use the communication system to contact other friends in Storm Harbor.

Of course, these mainly refer to those I knew before the time travel. I don’t know what will happen to some of the companions I will meet after the time travel.

However, there is no point for Ella to worry about this kind of problem now.

An hour later, Ella and the other two rode on a carriage passing by and left the city gate. They successfully arrived at the forest on a tributary of the Blue Dragon River before noon. This is not an official place name. The Blue Dragon River runs through the entire Valonde area. There are many tributaries and forest areas extending from them, but only this nearby area is passed by trade routes.

Since this area is relatively close to the imperial city, it is not as eerie and terrifying as the Black Forest of Liangqiuling. In fact, because a standard commercial road has been built there, you can occasionally see horse-drawn carriages passing by on the dirt road.

The landscape here is made up of lightly wooded forests and bushes, with occasional brightly colored flowers.

But perhaps it was the first time for her to come to such a wild forest. Chloe followed Ella nervously, holding the priest's staff, "Lord Haiweier...if...if the goblin warriors come out, you will protect me, right?"

“…” Ella began to feel a little guilty about the irrelevant stories she had told earlier.

Generally speaking, if you need to track down a certain monster, the team often needs to have a member who inherits the hunter-related profession. The skills of this profession allow the player to track the designated target based on some clues, or use special spells to mark the target based on some connection such as smell.

However, Ella was already familiar with this kind of thing. Even without the assistance of special inherited spells, Ella could simply analyze where the target she was looking for was based on her experience.

The goblins living in groups will return to their nests before noon when the sun is at its highest point in the sky, because their dark green skin makes them have a low tolerance for light and high temperatures. Of course, this only makes them feel uncomfortable but will not cause them to burn directly like Lilia did before.

Because goblins are lazy by nature, they tend to form relatively fixed hunting routes in some relatively cool areas. Moreover, after hunting, they often discard corpses and some worn-out crude hunting tools everywhere.

It didn't take Ella long to find the group of little green monsters in a shady open space close to the mountain wall. These little monsters were holding sharpened wooden sticks with deer or sheep heads skewered on them, and were dancing excitedly in a circle.

"Ugh." The pastor lady hiding in the bushes expressed disgust at the appearance of these standard monsters from another world.