I rely on myself

Chapter 397 The calm before the storm

In the Eaton clan's base, Finn and Ais were sitting quietly in a room, as if waiting for someone to arrive.

After a while, the figure they were waiting for entered the room from outside. It was Lin Yuan.

Looking at Lin Yuan coming in, Finn asked with concern: "How are they? Are those children okay?"

"It's okay. Fortunately, I was prepared in advance, so Anna and the others were not injured. They were just a little frightened mentally. With the comfort of my Lord God, they have fallen asleep. There is no need to worry too much."

While thanking Finn for his concern, Lin Yuan also told him about Anna and the others' current situation.

Hearing Lin Yuan's words, Finn's expression obviously relaxed a little, and at the same time he couldn't help but say, "That's good."

The same was true for Ais beside her. Although her face was still expressionless, her pupils revealed her worry to the point of being worried. When she heard that the children were fine, she also revealed a look of relief in her eyes.

Although they are members of Loki's family, both Finn and Ais are kind-hearted people, so they naturally care about children like Anna.

Now that I heard that they were fine, I felt relieved from the bottom of my heart.

However, while relaxing, Finn, who was more perceptive, thought about the follow-up of this matter, so he asked Lin Yuan: "Since the children are fine, what are you going to do next? Judging from the fact that the attackers did not directly harm the children, it can be basically concluded that they intend to take the children as hostages, which means that their real target should be you."

As soon as Finn said this, Aisi, who was sitting at the next table, perked up and looked at Lin Yuan with concern.

Even Aisi, an outsider, was like this, let alone Lin Yuan, the person involved. The moment he heard Finn mention the attackers, his face immediately turned gloomy.

There is no doubt that if those attackers appeared in front of him, he would definitely kill them.

However, although Lin Yuan's mood became very bad because the attackers were mentioned, he also understood that this was Finn reminding him about what would happen next, so he naturally would not vent his anger on Finn and the others.

After calming down a little, Lin Yuan said stiffly with a suppressed anger: "...If it's as expected, those guys are coming for me just like you said, or to be more precise, they are coming for the magic props that only I can make."

Lin Yuan also rushed to the scene at that time and basically realized the purpose of those unknown attackers the moment he saw the situation of Anna and the others.

"But because of this, it is difficult to determine where those guys are from. To be honest, I really can't understand why that family would take such a big risk."

“Indeed, this is very puzzling.”

Finn agreed with Lin Yuan's doubt. He really couldn't understand why the attackers would take such a big risk to kidnap those children to threaten Lin Yuan and obtain the magic props.

After all, you have to know that now that Lin Yuan has opened a store specializing in selling magic props, you can basically buy a suitable magic prop as long as you spend a little money.

Under such circumstances, there were actually clansmen who disregarded the rules and attacked several children.

You have to know that almost every family in Orario has children like Anna, who belong to the same family. After all, there are many adventurers who die in the dungeon every year. If the successors are not trained in advance, many families may decline in an instant one day because the main force of the family loses their lives in the dungeon.

And attacking the successors of a certain clan basically means a fight to the death. In addition, such means are not honorable, and the Adventurer's Guild also expressly prohibits such behavior, so Finn said that the attackers were taking a great risk.

"Anyway, this is the current situation. Although it's a bit frustrating, we can only ask the other children in the family not to go out. As for the others, we can only wait and see how the situation develops."

Lin Yuan's face looked a little bad, but to be on the safe side he had no choice but to do this.

Finn secretly agreed with Lin Yuan's decision. As Lin Yuan said, this method did seem a bit frustrating, but it was also the most appropriate countermeasure at present.

It can ensure the safety of other people in the family to the greatest extent.

In Finn's opinion, it is better to suffer a little than to have any trouble with his companions in the clan, so he agrees with Lin Yuan's decision to take this countermeasure when he cannot find the other party's true identity for the time being.

Afterwards, Finn and Lin Yuan continued to discuss, but in the end they still could not find out the true identities of the attackers.

Seeing this, Finn didn't want to stay any longer. After all, if he and Ai Si continued to stay, it would definitely delay Lin Yuan's next arrangements, so he said goodbye first.

In response, Lin Yuan directly sent the two of them to the gate of the stronghold.

Watching Finn and Ais walking farther and farther away until they disappeared from his sight, Lin Yuan turned around without hesitation and returned to the base. After walking for a while, he came to the door of a room.

At this moment, Lin Yuan's face seemed unusually calm, giving people a feeling like the foreshadowing of a storm. Under that calmness, there was some particularly intense emotion surging.

Lin Yuan pushed the door open, walked into the room and closed it casually.

The most conspicuous thing in the room was a puppet, a puppet that was covered with scars but still standing.

That was the doll that had protected Anna and the other three from a group of attackers.

The puppet was holding an arm at this time. It was the arm that was cut off from one of the attackers in the previous battle, taking advantage of the fact that the attackers did not know the puppet itself.

Looking at the arm, Lin Yuan's face was no longer calm, revealing an extremely angry look, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I said, I thought it was over, you bastards! Wait! Wait a few days, that will be the day you die!!"

In fact, Lin Yuan concealed something when discussing with Finn just now.

It is true that Lin Yuan did not know the true identities of the attackers, but as for whether he could find those guys, Lin Yuan had a way.

However, because this matter is ultimately their Eaton clan's own business, Lin Yuan concealed this method in order to solve the problem personally.

(End of this chapter)