After I quit the team, they chased me

As a rising star, White Fruit's team's treasury is not as rich as those of the old-established adventure groups.

Furthermore, if she used too many family resources, her sister would definitely use the matter to make a fuss, and she might not gain anything, but lose more instead.

"How to provoke generals?"

Xiao Qian made an emotionless sound, but her heart was wavering.

This was the first time Xiao Qian heard such words.

When Captain Meiguo explained to everyone before, he showed Simon's handwritten resignation letter and said that Simon could not bear the high pressure and quit the team on his own initiative for the development of the team.

Since Simon was not present, no one could ask him whether what the captain said was true.

Now Xiao Qian's eyes flickered, and she realized that this was most likely just the leader's unilateral statement.

Combined with her conversation with Simon the day before.

Faintly, there are some key clues connecting them together.

What kind of clues are they?

Xiao Qian began to think rapidly, just like she did in previous combat meetings. Unable to comprehend the overall situation, she took all the events apart and rearranged them in her mind one by one.

This is what Simon taught her.

She still remembered Simon once said to her:

"Xiao Qian, fighting in a dungeon is a very complicated matter. What I have to do is to simplify the complicated things. And you are the key gear, driving them to operate according to my arrangement."

At this moment, she separated all the past conversations, classified them simply, and then identified those memories related to the provocation method.

"Simon, I heard from my sister that we are going to fight our way into the boss room. Why haven't you finished your strategy yet?"

"Xiao Qian, please urge Simon to find a solution quickly..."

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Act fast!"

Soon, she had a vague clue in her mind.

The above are just a few memory fragments from daily life, but they reveal an obvious signal.

The team leader is very anxious.

Very urgent.

It's so urgent that I have to resort to provocation.

"So that's how it is..." Xiao Qian murmured, and something in her mind suddenly dawned on her.

Chapter 12 This is our original dream

"Captain, you don't actually want him to leave, right?"

Xiao Qian stood there, looking at the team leader, with a blank expression on her face, as if she was using cold violence against others.

When Captain Mei Guo heard this, he immediately got angry, his red hair fluttering in the wind, and he loudly retorted:

"Huh? I didn't say that. He wanted to leave a long time ago. I didn't force him!"

"If we can't recruit a new auxiliary, will you go to find him?" Xiao Qian's sapphire eyes seemed to reflect the light outside the window and shine into the captain's eyes.

"Impossible!" Mei Guo moved her feet, walked to the table, put down her hands, and clapped them fiercely, "Absolutely impossible!"

Xiao Qian pursed her lips.

The expression on her face itself was almost non-existent.

Mei Guo inexplicably read a look of disbelief on her face.

"Our team is a great adventure group that can reach the Earth Dragon Secret Realm. How is it possible that we can't recruit support?" Mei Guo's anger burst out from the bottom of his heart.

The distrust from Xiao Qian stabbed into her heart like a knife.

Speaking of which, Xiao Qian was not trusted by others at the beginning, only Simon trusted her.

Even Mei Guo was like this at first, and didn't trust Xiao Qian's abilities at all.

It was not until later that I learned that Xiao Qian's skill mechanism was very unique. It was not a traditional warlock skill, but rather a type that was more inclined towards exploration and control.

So Xiao Qian must be on Simon's side in her heart.

Even though Simon has quit the team, Xiao Qian still misses the man who has already quit the team.

"That guy..."

Mei Guo didn't know what to say.

Simon has a good vision. If he stayed in the team and helped her recruit new assistants, he could have taken a look and maybe found some good talent.

But... I always wonder what he is still doing. It's not like the team can't function without him.

Mei Guo left the table irritably and simply left the house to see how the recruitment was going on.

……

Simon looked at the large courtyard in front of him. The house covered an area of ​​about 400 square meters, and the yard was even larger. The front and back yards combined were three or four times larger than the house.

However, the yard itself is bare, the road surface is all sand and gravel, and needs to be renovated.

Just for a house like this, it would cost tens of thousands of gold coins to buy it in full.

Fortunately, Simon had some money, and since gold coins were external things that could not be used to strengthen oneself, he would not feel bad about spending them.

Theoretically, these tens of thousands of gold coins can be used to buy one or two bottles of alchemy reagent, but it is not certain that you can buy them.

The metal currency system of Haizhen is actually a bit broken. It cannot be used to buy special materials produced in the dungeon, and can only be used to buy some ordinary people's things, such as food, real estate, and items without extraordinary powers.

The hard currency currently in circulation among adventurers is not gold, silver or other commodities, but blue essence blocks produced in dungeons.

This thing only explodes when wild monsters in the dungeon are killed. After being absorbed, it can temporarily enhance the adventurer's overall physique, just like taking an adrenaline shot, which can make the adventurer excited, but it cannot make the adventurer exceed his limits.

Another use is that when combined with different alchemy recipes, it will produce a magical alchemy effect. It is the most basic material consumed by the alchemist during daily alchemy.

"Do you want to buy it? This is in the suburbs, there aren't many people around here."

Roy stood indoors and pointed outside. The nearest butcher and vegetable shop was twenty minutes away, and even farther from the city.

"The suburbs are better. They are quiet, no one will bother you, and they are close to the mountains."

At this moment, Simon seemed like a hermit with no desires or ambitions. Although he was the strongest apprentice adventurer in Haizhen, he lived a life similar to retirement.

In fact, his current living condition is not much different from retirement. After all, the adventure group he was in before was a first-line adventure group in the local area, and they have accumulated a lot of wealth over the past five years.

Simon looked towards the backyard. In the distance there was a series of mountains, like a high wall isolating the outside world from here.

Haizhen is a small town by the sea, with mountains in front and sea monsters raging in the back. Its geographical location is very special and it has been isolated from the world for many years.

"I don't know how the world outside has developed." Simon looked at the mountains and made some associations.

Ever since he came to this world, he had thought about going to the mythical forbidden area to see what was going on.

However, due to physical obstructions, he can only move within this area.

The nearest town is actually blocked by these mountains.

The snow mountain in front of us is extremely high, and there are extremely aggressive monsters such as flying snowbirds. It is not easy to cross this mountain.

His current goal is to get promoted, and then use this cabin as his base, start expanding outward, recruit a group of teammates, and slowly conquer the dungeon.

Until all members have enough strength, they will cross the mountains and go to the outside world to find more advanced dungeons and continue fighting.

As for the ultimate goal of the adventure group, it must be the mythical forbidden area at the end of the East - the place where the gods return.

"Yes, the people in our small town have been trapped in this tiny piece of land for a hundred years." Roy stood beside him and was in a trance for a while looking at the snow-capped mountains.

A hundred years ago, the earth roared.

A "wall" towering into the clouds rose up. From then on, Haizhen and several nearby towns were isolated from the outside world and have lived here ever since.

In the past hundred years, people have tried to climb the mountain, but without exception, no one has returned.

I don’t know whether those climbers died or just didn’t want to come back.

As for the other side of the sea, some people have also tried to build ships and go out to sea.

Regrettably, those who went out to sea never came back, as if they were killed by the monsters in the sea and there was no news of them ever since.

Roy, with long flowing blue-white hair, was wearing a blue dress. Her small hands held down the hem of her skirt as it was blown by the wind. She stood in the house facing the snow-capped mountains, feeling the vastness of the world and the insignificance of human beings.

Simon saw Roy staring at the mountain in a trance, so he asked, "Want to go out and take a look?"

When Roy heard these familiar words, he was stunned for a moment: "Huh?"

She vaguely remembered that Simon had experienced something like this during his time in the White Fruit Adventure Group:

At that time, everyone was standing under the mountains, in front of the entrance to the underground city, preparing to go in.

The snow-capped mountain is so high that its top cannot be seen. It has been standing there for hundreds of years. Local people are accustomed to it and subconsciously ignore its existence.

Only Simon raised questions.

"What's on the mountain?" he asked.

"There are flying snowbirds and other ferocious beasts." Mei Guo replied without even raising his head.

"What's behind the mountain?"

"The outside world."

But when Simon asked what was outside, no one could say anything.

"Have you ever thought about going out to take a look?" Simon pointed at the snowy mountain and said, "We can't spend our whole lives in this underground city with only ten floors at its deepest."

Everyone was thoughtful after hearing this.

They had never thought about such a thing.

But for some reason, hearing these words from Simon's mouth aroused a series of palpitations in my heart.

What does the world outside look like?

What is the difference between the so-called mythical dungeon and the local dungeon?

All kinds of thoughts flashed through the team members' minds.

The seed called dream sprouted secretly in my heart.

When Roy thought back to this, he couldn't help but feel extremely sorry.

How I wish I could go back to the past.

Chapter 13: Captain, if we continue recruiting like this, there will be no effect tomorrow

Mei Guo came back empty-handed again on this day of recruiting new members, and his face started to look unsatisfactory.

Although Xiao Qian didn't say much, she had just been sworn to Xiao Qian in the morning that it would be impossible to recruit people, so how could she put her face?

In addition, her sister Phil is already in the sixth level of the Earth Dragon Secret Realm to explore the patrol route of the monsters. How much time is left for Meiguo to catch up?

Suddenly, she felt overwhelming pressure.

Not only did she force herself, but she also faced a lot of pressure from her family.

Now the family is very optimistic about her younger sister, but they are obviously not very reassured about her, the older sister who came to prominence later, and they need more time to observe her.

What if she was just a flash in the pan?

The male members of Meiguo's family died early, and the Marquis himself was in his eighties, bedridden and no longer able to have children.

In history, there have been women in their lineage who were the head of the household. As long as they found a son-in-law, the bloodline could continue. Therefore, both Meg and Phil had the opportunity to inherit the position based on their own abilities.

Theoretically, as the elder sister, she has more advantages in the line of succession.

But her younger sister was too strong. She started as an apprentice at the age of eight and a full-time job at the age of twelve. She entered the dungeon much earlier than her.

This resulted in most of the supporters within the family being her people.

Even though Mei Guo was catching up, the wealth earned from the dungeon was not enough. Almost half of the funds were used to manage relatives in the clan.

If she doesn't do this, her current situation will only become more dangerous.

The old man in the family seemed to have a bit of Alzheimer's disease, and his memory was stuck on the genius moments of Phil's childhood. He felt incredible about Megan's current achievements and couldn't believe that she was his daughter. His daughter couldn't possibly be so amazing.

This gave her a headache, as she couldn't figure out whether the old man was pretending to be stupid or really had Alzheimer's disease.