Please be my partner.

It was still noon. At Spike's speed, if nothing unexpected happened, he should be able to reach Florence before midnight.

Just as he was about to leave the hotel, he suddenly heard a conversation...

"Red Devil?! What is that? It sounds scary!"

"You don't even know this? This is a terrifying entity that has only recently appeared. Some say it's some kind of mysterious phenomenon. Wherever it steps, everything withers and the rivers dry up. It's like those places are cursed, no longer able to grow food. All life will be devoured by it, and souls will be imprisoned, suffering eternal torment."

"Wow! So powerful! What does the Red Devil look like?"

"It is said that it has a bloody face and fangs, and is as tall as a mountain. Surrounding its body is a blood mist formed by the blood and souls of countless lives. Wherever it passes, lightning and thunder flash."

"Alas! What's going on in the kingdom these days? It's getting more and more chaotic. Why aren't those noble lords doing anything? Don't they care about our lives at all?!"

"Who knows? But we don't have to worry about the Red Devil. It seemed to have first appeared in Kentu City, and then headed straight northeast. Although it disappeared later, the place where it last appeared was quite far away from us."

"..."

Melen understood that the person those people were talking about must be Xiao Honglian.

He touched the faint blood mist that was still wrapped around his wrist with amusement.

Suddenly, Xiao Honglian felt aggrieved.

The little guy said that although he destroyed everything along the way, he always maintained his sanity and bypassed the towns he encountered on the road. Even if humans were occasionally caught in the blood-colored light fog that he transformed into, he would try his best to ensure their safety.

Mellen gently soothed the angry little fellow and said, "Rumors are like this. Once they are passed around a few times, they will be completely distorted. Just ignore them."

After leaving the city, the man and the dog continued to move forward, speeding along the way with a clear goal.

This place is already in the south, and it is September now, so the weather is quite hot and humid.

Fortunately, extraordinary people have much higher resistance to cold and heat than ordinary people, so the man and the dog didn't care much.

Due to the long journey and the previous pursuit experience, Spike had not had a good rest for a long time.

Even with its powerful physical strength, it was a bit overwhelmed.

However, Spike showed no intention of showing it, but continued to complete Mellen's orders silently.

They didn't stop along the way. Even when Mellen asked Spike to stop and rest for a while, the dog just shook his head slightly and continued to move forward.

The surrounding environment is becoming more and more desolate and remote. Apart from a main road, the branching paths that used to appear frequently have not appeared for a long time.

This place has reached the border of the kingdom, and it is close to the southern wilderness. Various ferocious beasts and even extraordinary life forms are not uncommon. Ordinary small villages and towns are simply not qualified to survive here.

The sun above slowly set, and when the moon reached its zenith, a city appeared at the end of the sight.

This is a huge city with towering walls on the outside. There are many mottled marks left by battles on the walls, adding a sense of heaviness to the city.

Even though it was already late at night, the city gates were still open. After all, a large part of Florence's income came from the hunting gains of wilderness hunters in the southern wilderness, and the wilderness hunters' return time to the city was often irregular, so Florence's city gates would not be closed on weekdays.

At the city gate, there is a team of elite warriors guarding it. Among the thirty-man team, there are at least three first-level transcendents.

With Mellen's arrival, the guards immediately became alert, and one of them shouted, "What are you doing?"

The current combination of one man and one dog is somewhat strange.

Melen had changed his shape and appearance by this time. The Wind Swordsman came online again and said, "I am a traveler from afar. I want to go into the city to rest."

The guards looked at Mellen. The one who spoke before gave him a few simple warnings and let him go without making things difficult for him.

It was obviously not suitable to carry out too many activities at this time, so Mellen found a hotel that looked good, used his money to get in, and quickly checked into a room and moved in.

Lying on the soft bed, Melen had a rare good sleep.

August 9, early morning.

Mellen got up early and washed up. In order to survive, he had to find the remaining clues guided by fate as soon as possible.

Not to mention the last foggy valley, given the vastness of the Southern Wilderness, it would probably not be easy to find a similar place.

So Melen planned to start with the group of people of all kinds in the second picture.

Such a team must be doing something or carrying out some kind of action. It should be easier to start from this point to find out.

The first thing Mellen thought of was some more difficult tasks, so his first stop was the Wilderness Hunter Guild.

The so-called wilderness hunter is not an extraordinary profession, but an identity. It is also a proof that extraordinary people can hunt freely in the wilderness.

When we left the hotel, it was still early, but it was already quite lively outside.

From time to time, caravans would pass by in a hurry, and you could also see many people holding bows and swords, either alone or in groups, walking towards the outside of the city.

Mellen asked around on the way and soon arrived at the destination of this trip... the Wilderness Hunter Guild.

This is a building that covers a large area and looks very rough and imposing from the outside.

After entering, all kinds of noisy sounds hit you.

What we saw in front of us were rows of tables and chairs. Hunters were sitting there in groups of three or five, chatting and gossiping. Waiters would pass by from time to time, serving drinks and food.

There are bulletin boards on both sides of the hall, which record various assigned tasks.

Across from it is the service desk, where the receptionist is patiently registering various tasks or dealing with the hunters' teasing.

The whole scene gives the feeling of an adventure guild in another world.

Well, that seems to be it.

Mellen came to a free receptionist.

Although his appearance at this moment was less than one-third of his original appearance, he still had a mature charm. The receptionist's originally formal smile also became more sincere. She asked in a sweet voice, "Hello, are you here to hand over the task?"

Mellen's voice was slightly hoarse but magnetic as he said, "I'm here to register as a wilderness hunter."

"Okay," the receptionist replied with a smile, then pulled out a form from under the counter and said, "Please fill in the basic information first."

Mellen took the form, which contained quite basic information, including name, occupation, strength level, where he came from, etc.

There are clear annotations in many places.

For example, you can directly fill in a fixed title for your name, you don’t have to write your occupation, but your strength level must be stated.

Mellen also knew something about the Wilderness Hunters. What the Wilderness Hunters Guild really valued was not the information you wrote yourself, which was difficult to distinguish between true and false, but the adventure level determined by the number of tasks you accepted, the difficulty level, and the degree of completion.

The higher your adventure level, the stronger you are, and you will be able to take on more difficult and more rewarding tasks, and enjoy better treatment from the Wilderness Hunter Guild.

A moment later, Mellen got a piece of black metal with his basic information engraved on it.

[Name]: Jifeng

[Occupation]: Swordsman

[Strength Level]: Level 1

[Adventure Level]: Black Iron

What Mellen held in his hand was just a very rough piece of black iron. It didn't seem to have much technical content at all and could be easily imitated.

However, Black Iron is already the lowest adventure level of the Wilderness Hunter Guild, and there is no threshold at all, so there is no value in imitating it.

After completing the registration, Mellen began to read the task information on the bulletin board, hoping to find some clues from it.

Because the picture showed a team with a large number of people, he skipped the tasks that could be completed by a single person or a team of three or five people, and focused on those tasks that required twenty or thirty people.

[Mission]: Hunting snake lizard colonies

[Introduction]: Hunt a group of 20 to 30 snake lizards.

[Recruitment]: Twenty wilderness hunters with strength above level one.

[Requirement]: The integrity of the lizard skin cannot be less than 70%, otherwise the commission will be reduced.

[Reward]: 1200 gold coins.

[Note]: If there are lizard eggs in this lizard colony, 10 gold coins will be added for each one.

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[Task]: Find Sunflower

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【Mission】: Capture the Golden Sparrow Hawk

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Melen looked at the tasks one by one and fell into deep thought.

The mission objectives of these missions are clearly stated, but the parts concerning the mission locations are mostly vague.

But this is not surprising. After all, in the Southern Wilderness, intelligence is also part of wealth.

However, this made Melen a little troubled. He had no way of telling which mission led to the Misty Valley.

In fact, they may not be!

Just as Mellen was lost in thought, a strange voice suddenly sounded behind him...

"Hello, are you alone?"

Melen turned around and when he saw the woman and two men talking to him, his pupils suddenly shrank.

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These three people are all sixteen or seventeen years old.

The young man in the lead had a handsome appearance with a hint of heroism, like a woman dressed as a man in a costume drama, but his masculine features such as his Adam's apple clearly showed that he was a man.

The other young man was tall, with a simple expression, and carried a heavy shield on his back. He seemed to be a defensive type of character.

The last girl is dressed quite coolly, with a leather jacket, leather skirt, and leather tube top, all of which are super short. A dagger and a small throwing knife are hung around her waist, and her belt is not a proper belt, but a whip. If this girl could be a little older, she would look like a queen.

Well, the 'old' here refers to age.

"Excuse me, are you alone?"

Seeing that Melen didn't say anything, the leading boy asked again.

Mellen nodded slightly.

The reason why he was a little shocked when he saw the three people was because in the second picture he saw in fate, there were figures similar to the trio in front of him.

Although everyone's appearance in that picture was extremely blurry, one could still make out some of their basic clothing.

The leading young man smiled and said, "Uncle, we see that you seem to have just registered as a Wilderness Hunter, right? We are also at the Black Iron level like you. Judging from your appearance, you should be a melee class. Do you want to team up with us to do the mission?"

At this time, Melen was wearing a slightly worn leather jacket and a dagger hanging around his waist. He looked like a warrior.

At this point, the boy slapped his head and added, "Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Ada, and the two next to me are my partners... Yimeng and Yanis."

The tall boy Yi Meng gave Melen a simple smile, but Yanis had no reaction and looked indifferent.

Mellen wanted to agree immediately, but he didn't want his fate to change because of his joining, so he said, "Just call me Jifeng. What mission are you going to take?"

Ada said, "Even Iron-level Wilderness Hunters can only accept the lowest-level quests. We're planning to go to the lush forest west of Florence to collect a spiritual plant called Pearlescent Mushroom."

"Everything else in the Lush Forest is fine, but there are a large number of green-eyed crows living there. They are extraordinary creatures with extremely agile movements."

"As you can see, Yi Meng is the only melee fighter among us, and he has short legs, so we need to find a melee teammate. What do you think?"

Mellen thought for a moment and asked, "Excuse me, if I don't agree, are you still going to complete this mission?"

"Uh?!" Ada was a little confused by Mellen's question. After thinking for a while, she said, "I think...right? If you don't want to team up with us, we can find someone else."

Mellen nodded and said, "Thank you for your invitation. I agree. I had already thought that it would be dangerous if I acted alone."

Ada blinked. She hadn't expected to find a new teammate so easily, so she said happily, "That's great. We've already accepted the mission, so you don't need to accept it again. However, we still need to go shopping. Let's meet at the west city gate in an hour. How about that?"

Mellen nodded and said yes.

After the four of them separated, Yanis couldn't help but ask, "Aida, aren't we three doing fine? Why did you insist on bringing an outsider into the team?"

Ada smiled and said, "Tell me, why did we come out this time?"

Yanis said as a matter of course: "Experience, gain experience, broaden your horizons and knowledge."

Ada nodded and said, "That's it! If we just act on our own, I don't know how many detours we'll have to take to gain more knowledge."

"The easiest way is naturally to find a senior with rich experience in all aspects to teach us. That uncle just now looked like a weathered type. We also happen to be in need of a close combat teammate, so inviting him to join us is perfect."