Goblin Heavy Dependence

Chapter 26 Token
"Wood, we have wasted too much time in River Valley."

With his silver-white hair fluttering in the wind, Hai An whispered to his most loyal guard beside him.

Like the "long ears" living deep in the towering forest, half-elves have good qualities cultivated by their relatives and elders, but they sometimes show their stubborn side.

"Mother once said that the water of the Vena River never stops flowing (an elven proverb). We can't delay it any longer."

As if he heard a key word in his words, Wood, who had originally wanted to speak a little tougher to express his attitude, opened his mouth, but finally swallowed his words back into his stomach.

Although he usually doesn't appear to be very reliable, the suggestion Larry just gave is actually a good choice.

Hai'an was evaluating in his mind.

I have not yet taken office, so my strength is limited. Although I have mastered a few combat skills learned from my mother, they are all biased towards long-range combat;

Larry may look superficial, but he comes from a wealthy family. He has been trained by professional adventurers since he was a child, so he has some fighting ability, but not much.

Doris…let’s not talk about that for now;
Wood is a real professional. There are almost no monsters that can threaten him in the outskirts of the Misty Forest, but judging from his performance in previous outings, he will only stay by his side no matter how fierce the battle is.

We are still some distance away from our destination. After all, we are in a misty forest, and it is impossible to completely avoid the fight.

Based on this premise, their team really needs an adventurer with good combat ability and who can fight in close combat.

Hai'an raised his head and looked at the black-haired young man with a vigilant expression across the open space.

He paused for a few seconds, organized his words in his mind, and then slowly spoke:

"As payment for accidentally implicating you, I will leave 30 gold coins as compensation."

Under normal circumstances, no matter how kind a person is, he or she would not do this to a stranger.

But in order to improve the image of his team in the other party's mind, and for the subsequent invitation to join the team, Hai'an made a decision in his mind and chose to use this most practical way to show his sincerity.

"Then I would like to hire you for 70 gold as a temporary member to assist our team in the mission it is currently carrying out."

Hearing this, Xia Nan was hesitating whether to run away with the gold coins or hand over the spoils to the other party.

Suddenly he was stunned.

Then the first reaction was -

30+70=100 gold.

"No, no, no." Xia Nan restrained his thoughts and judged the authenticity of the other party's invitation in his heart.

First of all, he has items worth nearly 80 gold coins (Firefly Garlic Vine + Duo's loot).

As long as we can bring it back to River Valley Town, we will make a lot of money. There is no need to take unnecessary risks for these 100 gold coins.

As a low-level adventurer acting alone, he had to take into account that the other party was only pretending to invite him, and actually wanted to trick him into getting closer so that they could surround and kill him.

Secondly, Xia Nan felt a little awkward with the four people in front of him.

Even a bottom-level adventurer team like the previous rotten fish team has a configuration of front-line warrior (Gagu) + long-range shooter (Maji) + assassin (Elki).

What about the four people on the opposite side?

The half-elf and his guards were relatively normal, but what about the fat guy whose equipment didn't even fit him and who looked even more like a newcomer than himself?
Not to mention the blonde lady at the end of the team whose face was pale and looked like she could be blown away by the wind.

Rather than being a "team of adventurers", they looked more like rich kids from the city who came to the countryside for an outing.

Thinking of this, Xia Nan couldn't help but pause.

Then he looked at them carefully with a strange expression on his face.

"It can't be true..."

He couldn't help feeling both amused and annoyed, and was almost lured onto a pirate ship.

"In this case, I wouldn't dare to enter even if it was 100 gold, let alone 10000 gold."

Although he thought so in his heart, his face remained expressionless.

Facing Haian's invitation, he shook his head firmly and resolutely. "100 gold! I'll give you gold!"

Seeing Shanan refuse, Larry next to the half-elf seemed a little anxious, raised his index finger and spoke loudly.

"I told you, even 10000 gold won't work!" Xia Nan complained in his heart.

At the same time he shook his head in silence again.

"You..." Faced with his repeated rejections, Larry's face turned red, he waved his arms, and his mouth opened and closed silently, as if he was brewing a number that the other party could not refuse.

Snapped--

A bony white hand pressed on his shoulder.

"Forget it, Larry." Hai'an's silver-gray eyes reflected the figure of Xia Nan in front of him, who seemed like he could disappear into the dense forest at the next moment.

"There's no need to force it."

Although the other party did not speak, the half-elf could feel the determination shown by the human youth in his refusal.

He took out a purse from the backpack behind him and threw it far away to Xia Nan across the open space.

"30 gold, keep it."

Xia Nan was surprised, but he did not let his guard down at all.

He used the tip of his sword to pry open the bag and inspected it carefully to make sure there was nothing hidden.

Only then did he put the purse into his arms.

"So trustworthy?"

Even though he had confirmed that he would not join the team, he still threw the thirty gold coins that he had verbally promised to him to me.

Is this just my personality, or are all the elves in this world like this?
Feeling the heavy weight of the purse, Xia Nan couldn't help but feel that the other party seemed more pleasing to the eye.

At the same time, seeing Xia Nan's refusal, Wood, who had been standing silently by the side, subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Master, the Misty Forest is still too dangerous. It's hard for me to guarantee your safety alone. How about... we go back to River Valley Town to rest for a few days before making any plans?"

"Our destination is just outside the city. Aren't you a professional? What do you have to be afraid of?" Larry was not in a good mood after being rejected twice by Xia Nan, and there was a hint of complaint in his words.

In response, Wood just glanced at him coldly without saying anything. Larry immediately shrank his neck as if he had fallen into an ice cellar and shut his mouth.

He was extremely respectful to Hai'an, but Wood didn't need to show any expression to the other people in the team.

"Besides, the group of people just now didn't look like adventurers." Seeing that Hai'an seemed to be persuaded by his words, Wood struck while the iron was hot and said, "I suspect it was from Neum..."

He had only said half of his words, but Hai'an obviously understood what he meant, and his expression instantly darkened.

"No, now... it's not the right time yet. They shouldn't do that."

Hai'an seemed to be comforting himself, murmuring, and took out an inky black token from his arms.

"and many more!"

Xia Nan's voice suddenly came from the air.

He was planning to leave with more than a hundred gold coins, but suddenly stopped.

The ink-colored token in the half-elf's hand was narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, and seemed to have some ancient symbols vaguely engraved on the surface. Just one glance at it gave him an extremely strong sense of déjà vu.

He had seen that distinctive classical style countless times in his memory.

But the "memory" here does not come from the original body.

But in the true sense——

past life.

(End of this chapter)