Chapter 185: Calm Down, Calm Down…
Following Fenghuayue’s gaze, the silver-haired ranger looked over.
“Are they your chosen teammates?” Famic stared at Starry, who gave him a subtle sense of familiarity, yet didn’t quite match his impression of that person. The boy in front of him seemed plain and likely wouldn’t be recognized in a crowd.
“Yes.” She nodded at her.
“I understand.” Since the people were already brought over, he wouldn’t say much more.
“Let’s talk upstairs.”
Fenghuayue turned around and said, “Let’s go.”
Under the gaze of other players, the four of them walked up to the second floor one after another.
Some attempted to sneak along, but were blocked by an air wall, nearly causing them to fall.
Meanwhile, Xiin also stood up. “Sorry, adventurers, but we’ll have to end it here for today. I have matters to attend to, please come back tomorrow.”
“What’s up with that? I’ve been waiting forever, and you just say you have business?” a player complained.
“Yeah, and it was about to be my turn!”
“What’s going on?”
The guide didn’t care about their comments and coldly said, “If anyone leaves in the next five minutes… I will kindly ask you to leave.”
“…”
The players could only leave while voicing their frustration, and Fenghuayue naturally became the center of attention for this occurrence. Of course, Starry and Zha Chen also couldn’t escape the relation.
…
The second floor was much more spacious compared to the first.
The first thing that caught their eyes was a 3-meter-wide round table, accompanied by ten wooden chairs.
On the table was only a set of tea utensils, looking quite neat.
Besides the table and chairs, there wasn’t much else, the living room felt rather empty.
There were two small doors on each side, and what was inside was uncertain.
“Sit down first.” Famic huffily pulled out a wooden chair and sat down.
Fenghua, Starry, and Zha Chen took their seats next to him in sequence.
“Master, did we come here to…?”
“Don’t rush, not everyone is here yet.” He waved his index finger. “More importantly, dear disciple—how about you take out the chicken leg? As food, it must be yearning for its destined person.”
“…Drama queen.” Fenghuayue took a breath and pulled out the item.
As soon as it was revealed, it was snatched away by Famic.
In less than ten seconds, like the wind clearing the clouds, only the bones remained, not a trace of grease left.
Quickly! It had been several days since a meal!?
“Disciple, your cooking skills have remarkably improved!”
“Did you make this yourself?” Zha Chen also expressed surprise.
“Um…” She felt a bit shy. “Actually, I’ve learned a bit of cooking from my family, and sometimes I help out in restaurants. Plus, with the bonus from the cooking secondary profession, making something like this isn’t too difficult.”
I see, to be honest, if it weren’t for this twilight ranger’s fast hands, Zha Chen would definitely want to taste it.
“Disciple, you are too modest; this is a delicacy that even wealthy families rarely encounter!” Famic remarked after cleaning up the remains.
“…”
“The two of you probably don’t know yet? My disciple seldom cooks, I can still recall the salty fish from before, how tender and delicious it was.”
“…”
“Don’t mind him…” Fenghuayue said helplessly, “he’s just a glutton.”
Glutton… there was a strong sense of déjà vu.
Time flew by, and in five minutes, this guy spent the entire time talking about how great Fenghua’s food was, making Zha Chen want to order takeout.
Knock
Knock
Knock
Someone came up.
Famic finally closed his mouth.
Zha Chen turned to look; it was Xiin.
“He hasn’t arrived yet?” She looked at the four sitting and asked in confusion.
“Not yet, maybe still drinking in Oceanview Village?” the twilight ranger guessed.
Oceanview Village? The person they were waiting for is still a drunkard?
Shocked
“This guy…” The banister nearly broke under her grip.
Famic wiped some cold sweat off his brow. “He shouldn’t forget this kind of thing, let’s wait a bit longer.”
“It better be like that.” Xiin sighed and glanced at the room on the right.
“Has Kokoni not come out yet?”
“She hasn’t been seen since this morning…”
Sigh–
Before she could finish, the door was pushed open.
With shoulder-length light gray hair, loose long sleeves, and lantern pants, her half-closed eyes suggested she hadn’t fully woken up.
Standing no taller than the door itself, she rubbed her eyes and drowsily said, “Has it started…?”
So there was still someone here?
Check Information!
Surpassing Intelligence · Kokoni
Rarity: Gold Grade
Level: 37
Description: Due to excessive energy spent researching monsters and the undead, she always appears drowsy, but is unexpectedly reliable in some aspects.
From the description, it’s apparent she’s not simple; she’s a big shot in tech development! Correspondingly, her level and rarity don’t seem that important.
“No, the commander hasn’t arrived yet.” Famic shook his head.
“Then I’ll sleep a bit more…” After saying that, she swayed and gently fell down, landing softly on… no, on a flower about the same size as a person!
The flower seemed to have a spirit of its own, unfolding its petals just in time to catch her half-collapsed body.
She was breathing steadily and had already fallen asleep.
…What the heck?
“Master, she is…?” Fenghuayue asked, puzzled.
“Oh, I haven’t mentioned to you that I’m not a bystander.”
“One can see that, you’re busy secretly eating other people’s food all day.”
“…Disciple, you must have some misunderstanding about me. To put it simply, both of them and I are from the same mercenary group, and the person we’re waiting for now is our commander.” Famic explained. “Once everyone arrives, we can probably get started.”
“…Zha Chen had a bad premonition.
Another five minutes passed.
Still no sign of movement, and the atmosphere became increasingly awkward.
If you ask why… Xiin’s sword sheath was already buzzing, ready to spring out at any moment!
“Calm down, calm down…” Famic advised.
Xiin’s expression was cold, unsure when she would explode.
Time flowed by, and it was hard to tell how long had passed when a rich aroma of alcohol wafted in through the window.
Accompanying this scent was a drunken drunkard.
One hand pressed against one side of the window for balance, while the other held a wine jar.
Swish swish swish
“Ah… refreshing!!”
“…” Famic stiffened, not daring to breathe, while Kokoni remained sound asleep.
And in Xiin’s hand, a blade had somehow appeared.
Whoosh!
Blue flames erupted from the slash, directly shooting toward the drunken man leaning against the window.
The terrifying energy scorched the path it traveled, leaving behind an astonishing trail of fiery sword meteors!
The man staggered his way in, brushing closely past the blue flames.
“Xiin… if you’re this rough… no one will dare take you from now on…”
Whoosh!
The flames on the sword blazed fiercely, even stronger than before.
Famic frowned, Commander, don’t go and get yourself killed! What if the guiding office gets blown up later?
