Douluo Continent: Gretchen at the start, empowered by the Star God.

Chapter 126 Traveling with Little Ellie

"Hmm?" Lang Lei subconsciously shielded the young Alicia behind him and looked at the group of people who were chasing after them aggressively.

"Kid, mind your own business, or I'll take care of you too!" The burly man in the lead pointed an iron rod at Lang Lei.

Lang Lei's eyes remained calm, and he made no move, demonstrating his attitude through his actions.

There were quite a few onlookers, but no one came to help; most of them were just watching the spectacle on their phones.

It seems that no matter the world or the country, there is no shortage of "spectators" as described by Mr. Zhou.

However, Lang Lei also said that it didn't matter, since there were only five people on the other side, and it would be easy to deal with them.

Little Ellie looked at Lang Lei's back and was a little worried, after all, Lang Lei didn't look like he had a particularly strong build.

Let's help protect this kind older brother for a while; it seems like it's been a long time since someone protected me...

Little Ellie thought to herself.

"Brothers, charge!" the burly man at the head roared and charged forward first.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang."

Before Xiao Aili could react, Lang Lei rushed forward at lightning speed, punching each of them once, and quickly took down all five of them.

Cheers and gasps of surprise rippled through the crowd.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Little Ellie's mouth dropped open, looking incredibly cute.

"You'll be even more amazing in the future," Lang Lei said with a smile.

Recalling the time when he was bumped by Little Ellie, Lang Lei couldn't help but sigh, "As expected of the Herrscher of Man, her strength was so amazing even when she was a child."

Seeing that the excitement had died down, the people around dispersed, and Lang Lei asked his question.

"Young lady, these five scoundrels shouldn't be a match for you, right? Why did you run away just now?"

"Because... I don't want to argue with others," Little Ellie answered truthfully.

"I see..." Lang Lei understood. "Then why are they chasing you?"

"They were scamming people at the subway station, and I exposed them, so..." Little Ellie didn't finish her sentence, but Lang Lei already understood.

It wasn't Alicia's fault after all; these bastards look even more despicable now.

However, we cannot kill anyone here, otherwise it will cause a lot of trouble.

Lang Lei kicked the people lying on the ground a few more times, then led Xiao Aili away to another place.

After Lang Lei left, several passersby came up and kicked him a few more times, and even took a selfie and posted it on their WeChat Moments.

The topic is: Punishing bullies is everyone's responsibility.

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"Let me introduce myself. My name is Lang Lei. Nice to meet you." Lang Lei said, extending a hand as he walked away.

Little Ellie hesitated for a moment, but still took the initiative to extend her little hand and gently shake hands with Lang Lei.

"My name is Alicia, meaning a flawless paradise, an eternal haven. That's the meaning of my name~" Little Alicia regained her lively demeanor. "Just call me Alicia~"

"Lang Lei's name sounds a bit like..."

"It means loneliness, right?" Lang Lei blurted out.

"Huh? How did you know...?"

"Perhaps it's fate."

"Yeah, there's definitely a very close feeling about Brother Du~" Little Ellie said.

"Is that so? It seems we really are destined to meet." Lang Lei naturally knew that Little Ellie felt he was very kind because of the Primal Authority, but how could he say that now?

"Is Brother Du going this way on his way?" Little Ellie asked in confusion.

"No, I'm a traveler, I don't have a fixed destination," Lang Lei replied after thinking for a moment. "In the end, I just go wherever I want."

"Huh? Same as me! But I have a destination in mind, I want to find the legendary Paradise of Immaculate Conception!" Little Ellie said excitedly.

"A paradise without flaws?" Although Lang Lei knew these things, he still asked for the sake of explanation.

"This is it!" Little Ellie took out a fairy tale picture book from her small bag and turned to a page.

Lang Lei looked at the fairy tale picture book in Xiao Aili's hands with great interest; he remembered it.

It was mentioned in the game's storyline.

On her sixth birthday, Alicia received a fairy tale picture book from the orphanage director, Seria. It told a legend about an eternal paradise located at the end of the world, where people lived happily and carefree. The princess set out to find this paradise, but the story ended with the announcement that it did not exist.

It was because of this story that Alicia had the desire to create a paradise of her own.

At this stage, Little Ellie is probably still searching for the legendary paradise, defying all superstition.

Lang Lei certainly knew how the story ended, but he didn't intend to shatter the innocent child's beautiful fantasy like some boring adults do.

The search for Paradise played a very important role in shaping Alicia's personality. Lang Lei doesn't intend to interfere too much, but participating in it shouldn't be a problem, right?

"A flawless paradise, an eternal haven, this is it!" Little Ellie showed the picture book to Lang Lei.

"It sounds like a beautiful story," Lang Lei said with a smile.

"Right, right, the paradise must exist, I'll find it in a minute!" Little Ellie's eyes revealed determination.

"Well, I wish you success."

"So, Ellie, what are you planning to do next?" Lang Lei asked.

Actually, he had a question that had been weighing on his mind for a long time.

Alicia travels the world, avoiding dangers with her extraordinary strength and wisdom, but there is one thing she can never avoid—money.

The orphanage obviously couldn't possibly have such a large sum of money, and even if it did, it wouldn't be able to give it all to a young child. So where did Alicia's money come from?

"There's no amusement park here, I'm going to the next place..." Little Ellie seemed a little disappointed, but she quickly recovered, "There will definitely be one in the next place!"

"Well... Ellie, could you take me with you?" Lang Lei asked. "I'm also very curious about the flawless paradise that Ellie mentioned. As a traveler, I can't miss such a place."

"Huh? Really? You really believe it?" Little Ellie's eyes sparkled. Before, the adults would look at her with disbelief when they heard her words, but after it happened so many times, even she began to doubt it.

"Of course, the paradise must exist. It has always been there, in the past, in the present, and in the future," Lang Lei encouraged Little Ellie.

Little Ellie had clearly made up her mind, and once again showed her lively smile.

"Okay, then, Brother Du, do you want to come with me?"

Lang Lei smiled; this was exactly what he had intended to do.

So he placed his hands in front of him and bowed slightly, saying:

"It would be my great honor."

(End of this chapter)