Quit the team, then picked up a beautiful girl with problems

Quit the team, then picked up a beautiful girl with problems

Author: Mayfly

Introduction:

After traveling through the alternate world of the game for ten years, Le Ang, without a golden finger or a grandfather, struggled as an ordinary person to become the core assistant of the world's strongest adventure team. He has made outstanding contributions and can be regarded as the cornerstone of the team.

However, after the team introduced a new set of merit algorithms, he was defined as consuming resources without doing anything and was directly "optimized".

After ten years of hard work, a gaming system finally appeared before his eyes.

He decided to reorganize a highly professional and executive adventure team to return to the top.

At this time, what appeared in front of him were: the heroine of the plot with a destiny, the lady who lived in symbiosis with the devil flower, the holy knight with super strength who did not abide by the commandments, the archer who summoned the army of Purgatory - and other girls with special skills.

Although they all seem to have some problems, after going through trials and tribulations, they can be considered a galactic battleship.

But the atmosphere among the members became increasingly weird.

"Recently, more and more members have been visiting the leader's office at inappropriate times. This has had a negative impact on the group's morale. I have an obligation to rectify this. From now on, I will limit your private visits."

"But it's you who's sneaking around in there, deputy captain."

"I have objections!"

……

Li Ang couldn't understand why his room exploded when he just got off the boat to do something?

1. Personnel changes in the legendary team

A gentle breeze slipped into the cabin of the airship through the window, lively passing by the passengers, leaving behind a hint of warmth and a faint fragrance from the sun.

Li Ang really likes taking a nap in the sun with such a breeze. It is the perfect way to kill boring travel time.

But the couple of passengers next to him kept talking, making it difficult for him to sleep peacefully.

"...You know, the group kicked someone out."

"which one?"

"The apex of the soul."

"Ah? Isn't that the knight group that just conquered the Dark Night Ancient City and rose to the top? The Soul Apex is very popular right now, and everyone in the group is a hero. Why would they kick someone out?"

"I don't understand. I heard that the person who was kicked out was a long-time member."

"You know what? Can't you just return to your hometown after achieving success and fame?"

"This is absolutely firsthand information. I just came from the Holy City and heard it from a member of the Soul Apex team in the tavern. Although he didn't go into details, it's completely true that he was kicked out."

"Let me see. The Knight's Gazette also says, 'Soul Summit is now urgently recruiting a Grand Knight from across the sky.' Are the requirements that high?"

The passengers were flipping through their newspapers, making even more noise.

"Having just been promoted to number one, it's no surprise that the demands are higher."

"Let me check their member announcement...a sorcerer is missing. How could someone with such a marginal profession be able to join the group? Since the team has become number one this time, they're planning to optimize their membership structure, right?"

"Wait, they're looking for a versatile support player. Why did they kick him out first and then rush to recruit? What's going on?"

……

During his ten years of flying career, Leon had long been accustomed to listening to other people's conversations as background noise while sleeping.

But if the discussion involves yourself, it is still difficult to completely ignore it.

Mainly, as they talked, the sanctimonious face and joking tone of the Soul Peak leader would appear in Leon's mind again.

Mixed? Marginal? Optimized?

There is no point in arguing with passers-by who don't know the truth.

He sat up from the recliner, raised the window shade, and looked out at the clear sky.

This is the Flores skyspace. Whether in the civilized world or the natural world, it is the most stable and prosperous place in the entire world. The sky islands are full of flowers, and even the wind between the islands is filled with fragrance.

He started from here ten years ago.

He is a time traveler from Earth, but he did not obtain the incredible ability commonly known as the "Golden Finger". Except for the fact that his body became a few years younger when he traveled through time, he was just an ordinary person. He even learned the language one syllable at a time with great difficulty.

And this different world is exactly the same as a game called "Newbis Fantasy".

Newbis is the name of this world. It is the general name for many sky islands floating above the clouds.

Adventurers travel between sky islands on airships. Known as the "Knights of the Sky", they explore the secrets of the world and receive rich rewards.

Due to their limited individual abilities, Sky Knights often form teams, which in turn grow into teams.

The particularly powerful Sky Knights are praised as the "Heavenly Group".

Li Ang had no special talents. He started from scratch and eventually became a member of the top group. He couldn't even count how much hardship and bitterness he had experienced.

"...Everyone, we've just reached number one. We'll be using a new contribution algorithm to re-evaluate your abilities and optimize the team structure to maintain our hard-earned position.

"Le Ang, your contribution is so much lower than the average. I didn't expect you to be holding us back."

At the whole group meeting, when the leader Ramus suddenly pointed the finger at Leon, he was still customizing support strategies for each member of the group.

"Are you serious?" Li Ang raised his head.

"This is a meeting of the entire group. Would I joke?" The group leader said seriously.

Li Ang's eyes swept over the other members of the group. Some of them were avoiding his gaze, some were closing their eyes to rest, and some were smiling sarcastically.

Li Ang put down the pen in his hand. "A hard-earned position? As the leader, you don't even know how it came about? When I joined, Soul Apex was just a small group with a mid-level ranking."

"Yes, you are a veteran, but if old people can slack off openly, how can we lead this group?" Ramsay had an intriguing smile on his face.

Are you pretending to be confused?

"The last few key tactics were all about support magic surrounding me—"

"Yes, that's why everyone is so tired." A member of the group interrupted Li Ang.

From the beginning, he sneered at Li Ang whenever he spoke.

"There are countless supporters who want to join our group, and you still count your achievements? Just because you're a sorcerer?"

A sorcerer is a profession that manipulates the "spirituality" of things. Since the spirituality of all things is different, its ability is unstable and uncertain, and it requires a lot of experience accumulation and experiments to play an appropriate role.

Li Ang knew that this profession was not understood by anyone in the world.

But he has no talent or background. Only by using the abilities of a sorcerer and leveraging some of the advantages of a traverser's knowledge and way of thinking can he catch up with other strong people in this world.

Over the past ten years, he has squeezed the potential of this profession to its limit, and his supporting achievements have helped the team overcome difficulties one after another.

"What's wrong with the sorcerer?" Leon looked directly at the sneering team members.

"If the damage isn't enough, I'll use elemental gems to supplement my elemental attacks. If the team's defense isn't strong enough, I'll communicate with the earth to summon mud giants to act as tanks. If healing is needed, I'll call upon healing powers from plants and blessed ritual vessels.

"Everyone present participated in these battles."

The team leader drummed his fingers on the table. "We're not strong enough, we don't have vanguards, and we're lacking healers. Why aren't we adding the necessary strong players? This is what team optimization is all about."

He shook his head. "Besides, you use up a lot of the team's precious materials every time."

Li Ang: "Those are the supplies I saved myself."

"Don't make unfounded arguments. Without the team, where are the individual interests? What individuals should think about is giving back to the team, not what they get for themselves."

Ramsay's words were quite righteous.

Don’t care about personal interests?

Li Ang found it absurd.

After the team becomes strong, the leader in front of us will ask for "development funds" from each new member, and then abuse his power by taking advantage of the new members' fear of speaking out due to sunk costs.

"You're very dissatisfied."

Although Li Ang faced everyone expressionlessly, the team leader could "see" the resentment on his face.

"These days are auspicious occasions. We should give you some dignity and avoid a quarrel. You can leave on your own."

"Maybe I was really wrong." Li Ang said.

"No one will care if you act pitiful now," said a member of the group jokingly.

Li Ang looked at everyone present one by one. Their faces were familiar, yet extremely unfamiliar.

Eight years ago, he was almost familiar with this world and had some initial adventure experience. Although he had figured out some of the uses of the sorcerer, due to people's prejudice, he still had no way to find a job and could only take low-level tasks.

During a mission, Leon met the old leader of Soul Apex, a guy who looked at people without stereotypes and had a very positive attitude towards life.

At the invitation of the old team leader, Li Ang joined the team.

The Soul Peak back then was formed by the old leader recruiting people one by one, and basically everyone had obvious strengths and weaknesses.

In order to gain a firm foothold, Leon worked very hard, relying on his ability as a sorcerer to make up for everyone's shortcomings, and exert synergy to assist the team in successfully completing each task. He was also truly recognized by everyone.

The whole group laughed and took adventures together. That was the happiest time for him. He felt the satisfaction that came from the mutual achievements among team members.

But years of fighting also come with dangers. Five years ago, the old commander was seriously injured in a battle and chose to retire in order to be with his family.

"What a shame. I believe you can reach the top of the entire airspace, but I can't join you. Everyone, take care of our team."

Li Ang will always remember the old captain's sigh filled with regret and expectation.

The successor to the leader, Ramus, was the most sunny and outgoing person at the time. The old leader believed in him, and everyone believed in him.

However, in the five years since then, something has gone wrong at Soul Apex.

The leader monopolized power, unwilling to appoint even a captain. He was obsessed with implementing tactics that many members of the team could see flaws in.

And Li Ang was always tinkering on the side.

There were also old members who stood with him in the past.

"Leon is actually no different from the deputy leader, right?"

"Haha, you can continue to sit in the position of group leader, but can you let Li Ang lead the group?"

"You dare to say that? Don't let anyone hear it."

"Then let's go. If it weren't for the awesome support, I would have quit this crappy group a long time ago."

They either withdrew from the adventure due to injuries or were unwilling to implement Ramsay's new group rules. Two years ago, the last old member except the leader and Leon also left.

Leon considered leaving, but he'd made a promise. In the final two years, as Soul Apex neared its peak, that promise had become an obsession. While the goal was important, he also wanted to prove the worth of those blazing, joyful memories, to prove he lived up to the passion he'd felt when he'd first embarked on this adventure. Ultimately, he pulled Soul Apex to its pinnacle, truly reaching its pinnacle.

Now, all he had in his sight was something to be manipulated and curried favor with by the leader. Leon had once believed in the new member, but under Ramsay's deliberate manipulation, his wishful thinking was ultimately thwarted.

They didn't even know that Ramus was aware of Leon's role. The real contradiction was that Leon always reminded him not to focus on managing the team's reputation, but to improve its specific strength. Other groups were also accumulating merits. If their strength was insufficient, even the highest ranking would fall.

During this assault on the ancient city, Li Ang relied on his sorcerer abilities to use ancient rune stones to open a portal to the ancient magical civilization, allowing his team to avoid the flesh-eating, bone-destroying flowers of corruption spread by the king of the ancient city, securing victory. This was something no other group could achieve.

During the triumph, praises of the pinnacle of the soul spread throughout the Holy City. The captain and the members surrounding him enjoyed the glory and flowers, but Leon did not feel much joy.

This achievement allowed Soul Apex to jump to the first place. Ramsay would probably not suppress his desire for fame anymore. He no longer needed Leon, and he didn't want him to stop him anymore.

Li Ang shook his head: "I promised the old leader that I would help the team reach the highest level, but I forgot who my power should be used for."

The team leader and the team members present looked at each other and laughed.

"I hope you understand. As a sorcerer, I raised you. The old leader? I was the one who brought the group to the top. He is a thing of the past."

Yes, let’s leave it in the past.

leave.

The moment he made the decision, Li Ang felt extremely relieved.

He walked out of the Soul Apex team hall without looking back.

His passion had not yet subsided, and almost at the same time as he left, he decided to re-form an air cavalry regiment.

It would no longer be a tool for someone to pursue personal gain. He would rely on his own experience and skills to lead it, allowing it to truly stand proudly and confidently above the sky. As for the Soul Peak, if they could not discover the internal problems, they could only hope that their ranking would not fall too quickly.

Leon left the holy city of Vitask, where the various groups were stationed, and after several days of travel, he returned to the Flores airspace where it all began.

The airship docked at a shabby port that was about to fall apart, and Leon got off the boat.

This is the island of Saturtus, a rural place, which means "starting point" in the common language of Newbis.

He traveled light and came back here, intending to take a vacation and relax.