Chapter 49 / Chapter 42 Reward
Hel approached the young girl and looked at her fair face and her lively, curious eyes, feeling more and more that this mage girl was unfathomable.
In the previous battle, Hel could see how many powerful spells Verafia had unleashed, and how she alone had decimated nearly half of the enemies, as well as five powerful Gold Rank magical beasts!
In Hel’s experience, even a seasoned Platinum Rank mage would have difficulty enduring such intense consumption in a battle like this, yet the girl before him looked as if nothing had happened, with no apparent depletion of her magic power, aura, or even spirit.
“I’m afraid that this Miss Mage’s strength might not even lose out to a Platinum Rank mage!”
Thinking this, Hel approached the girl’s side, looked at her beautiful, bright gold eyes gazing at him, bowed slightly, and spoke gratefully.
“Miss Verafia, if not for your intervention, our casualties today would have been quite heavy, let alone defeating these monsters.”
“If you weren’t here, Miss Vera, I wouldn’t be able to stand here… Thank you so much!”
Grisia spoke, her half-elf hands clasped in front of her, expressing her gratitude to the girl for saving her life.
“It’s all my duty! After all, I took Hel’s commission, and this young lady wouldn’t just stand by and watch.”
Verafia waved her hand generously, but from her proud expression and slightly upturned eyebrows, it was evident that the girl thoroughly enjoyed such flattery.
In just a few days, Igget had become quite accustomed to his young lady’s personality and chuckled, not making any internal complaints.
Moreover, it was obvious to everyone present how much Verafia had contributed to the battle, to the point that she had almost single-handedly turned the tide.
During this time, many other adventurers came to thank Verafia.
After all, they all knew what fate would have befallen them that night if the girl hadn’t been there.
As a result, Verafia gradually became a little tired and couldn’t help but yawn widely.
“Miss Verafia, it’s already very late. How about you rest for a while?”
Seeing the girl’s state, Hel said with a smile, “And it gives us time to clean up the materials and spoils of war from tonight.”
“Oh, this suggestion…”
Verafia tilted her little face and thought for a moment. She realized she had nothing else to do, so she nodded in agreement.
The girl then grabbed Igget’s arm and pulled him towards her tent.
However, Verafia didn’t see the subtle smile hidden beneath the Paladin Ronald’s usual gentle smile as she turned away.
“Such pure flame…”
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In Igget’s eyes, Verafia was sleeping soundly, curled up in a small ball.
In the silent deep night, the girl’s soft voice was rendered by the gentle moonlight like a night breeze brushed with frost, rippling the calm water surface, playing a beautiful and melodious tune.
Until dawn.
A ray of dawn light pierced through the gaps in the tent and landed on her pretty face. Verafia suddenly opened her big eyes, pushed aside the blanket covering her delicate body with her small hand, and sat up.
Verafia looked at the young man sitting cross-legged in the corner of the tent, meditating with his eyes closed, blinked, and casually asked.
“Igget, you didn’t sleep again, and you’ve been cultivating all night?”
Igget opened his eyes and smiled.
“Young Lady, it’s alright. Meditation is enough to offset mental fatigue.”
“That’s true…”
Verafia hummed softly with her arms crossed. Of course, she knew that meditation could indeed replace sleep for physical and mental rest, but it couldn’t alleviate the discomfort of lack of sleep.
In recent days, the girl had become accustomed to Igget’s diligent cultivation attitude and even developed some admiration for it.
Even she herself couldn’t match such a hardworking attitude in the past.
Of course, Miss Verafia wouldn’t show it.
“What a diligent young man… Never mind, this young lady can’t be bothered to manage you. Let’s go, it’s time to head out.”
Verafia stretched her small body slightly. The faint dawn light outlined her slender waist, revealing the girl’s soft and beautiful curves.
The girl smiled back at Igget and pushed aside the tent flap to walk out.
Igget shook his head with a smile, stood up, and followed his young lady.
In the early morning, the clear and soft dawn light scattered among the branches and leaves of the trees, illuminating the girl’s skin as she pushed aside the curtain. Verafia blinked her bright big eyes, and it was clear that the young lady seemed to be in a good mood after a sweet dream.
In Verafia’s sight, the corpses of the magical beasts defeated by the Adventuring Party in last night’s beast horde had all been cleared away and piled into a newly dug deep pit.
The materials and Magic Crystals that could be exchanged for Silver Coins were neatly arranged and placed in the center of the camp.
“Wow… there’s so much.”
Verafia hadn’t specifically counted how many she had killed. However, looking at the drops before her, including the Goblins, and even excluding the spoils that the Cyclone Wing Adventuring Party was sorting out, there were still nearly a thousand magical beasts in total.
“Miss Verafia.”
Hel called her name and walked up to the girl, bowing again. “Thank you very much for saving our Adventuring Party.”
“I already told you not to worry about it. And you said that yesterday, Hel!”
Verafia waved her small hand casually, her small face showing a look of complete indifference.
The girl then suddenly blinked her long eyelashes and looked at the other adventurer members in the camp who seemed to be preparing to pack up and leave.
“Right, Hel, are you guys planning to head back?”
“Yes, after all, our commission this time was to kill that Dragon Crystal Flame Burst Tree, and they… were all killed by your spells.”
Hel paused for a moment, his gaze then falling on the piles of spoils.
“After we return, besides receiving the remaining payment, we also have to sell these materials. We can’t sell such a large quantity cheaply.”
Even the lowest-grade Goblin ears could be sold for ten copper coins in the market. Even without counting the drops from the Gold Rank magical beasts, Hel estimated that even at the lowest price, the total would be close to a hundred Kingdom Gold Coins!
Such an amount was considered a fortune, even for Hel, a Gold Rank powerhouse.
Hel sighed once again at the girl before him and smiled at her.
“Miss Verafia, after breakfast, why don’t you come back with us? We’ll pay you the reward once we get back to Vist City.”
