Mages, Adventurers, and Women

The ashes there were much thicker than elsewhere. When Duron was picking the Death Flower, he accidentally swallowed it up to his thigh, which startled him so much that he actually believed the stinking mouth of the bones had spoken.

The bone was so amused that it burst into laughter.

Li Wei used his magic to take the Necromancer Flower from Dulong's hand.

The Necromancer Flower resembles a tender ear of wheat, with buds containing droplets of necromantic elements.

The roots of the Necromancer Flower can serve as a cheap "coolant" during forging.

Flower buds are used as accessories for tailoring clothes. Wearing clothes mixed with nectar flower buds will make you feel a bit cold.

Within the scorching Sand Duchy, people love to use "necromantic elements" as a great way to cool down their clothes. Compared to the expensive "ice crystal marrow," which also cools clothes, necromantic flowers are more affordable and widely accepted.

Pato and the others watched as Levi and his teammates did whatever they wanted on his turf.

A teammate draped in a black robe beside him urged:

"Pato, are you just going to give in like that?"

Pato glared at him and cursed, "If you want to die, don't drag me down with you!"

"That's the Dark Mage Levi! He wasn't even a Level 1 Mage Apprentice when he went on his first mission, yet he left three Level 1 professional teammates behind forever in the Navia Mountains!"

With black hair and black eyes, and a handsome appearance, he can cast spells without chanting incantations.

Pato recognized Levi's identity.

In the eyes of the adventurers in Rolling Stone, Li Wei is associated with ruthlessness, treachery, and bloodthirstiness.

Some adventurers, drawn by the commotion surrounding Levi and Pato, asked curiously:

"Is he the Dark Mage Li Wei?"

"How come I remember seeing him at the Adventurers' Guild a few days ago, he was with these three teammates, and they hadn't even started fighting yet?"

"I reckon on the way back to Rolling Stone, Levi will probably start a fight with his teammates—if it weren't for that bitch Samantha giving him preferential treatment, he wouldn't be able to continue being an adventurer!"

……

whoosh-

A poisoned arrow flew at lightning speed and embedded itself in the left shoulder blade of the man who had called "Samantha" a bitch.

Julia lowered her bow and stared coldly at the scene.

Samantha was a great help to Yulia's team and was a friend of Yulia's team.

Li Wei was a teammate she trusted.

She will not tolerate others insulting her teammates or friends.

The wounded man clutched his shoulder blade and noticed that both Bone and Dulong had drawn their weapons. Li Wei also put away the book he was reading and looked over. He endured the pain, pulled out an arrow, and ran away without looking back.

Pato distanced himself from those who speculated that Levi had killed his teammates.

He didn't want to get involved.

Li Wei is definitely not as kind, easy-going, and approachable as he appears.

Or.

There are no kind-hearted adventurers in Rolling Stone Town; every adventurer who tries to do good has long been devoured by other adventurers, leaving not even a bone fragment.

In Rolling Stones.

You can hide your shortcomings, but you can't be truly inept.

Even a casual concession can attract the attention of hungry wolf adventurers who, drawn by the scent of blood, will pounce on you and devour you completely.

"Li Wei, on what grounds do they slander your character?"

The bones expressed their dissatisfaction.

“Li Wei, kill some people, so that these ‘barbaric’ people won’t always pin things on you that you didn’t do.”

Dulong said with a chilling aura.

"Li Wei, who should we kill first?"

Julia draws her bow.

The three of them trusted Li Wei.

Li Wei is calm, but not cold-blooded.

If he kills all his teammates on his first mission.

How did those three manage to survive until now?

Li Wei said softly, "Actually, it's not slander."

Bones: "Huh?!"

Duron: "Why?"

Julia: "I'm willing to believe you."

Li Wei recalled: "We found a 'Vein Grass' on the outer edge of the Navia Mountains. It could be sold for 2 silver and 90 copper when we brought it back to Rolling Stone Town, but there were four of us, so it was not evenly divided."

"so……"

Yulia guessed the outcome.

"They think I'm a useless person."

"They want to withhold my share."

"But after they were taken away, the remaining three people couldn't divide the spoils evenly. The captain and vice-captain had other ideas, and another teammate was unwilling, so they started fighting amongst themselves."

"Luckily, I recovered after a few days in Rolling Stone, but they were left forever in the Navia Mountains."

Li Wei made it sound so easy, but everyone here is an adventurer who lives on the edge of a knife in Rolling Stone Town, and anyone can guess how dangerous it is.

Infighting and fighting over the unequal distribution of spoils is a common occurrence in Rolling Stone Town.

There were even adventurer parties who fought each other over the distribution of a few copper coins.

When faced with real benefits, most Rolling Stone Town adventurers don't care about being disbanded from their adventurer teams if they kill their teammates.

Unrestricted and reckless transgressions are the modus operandi of most Rolling Stone adventurers.

Otherwise, Rolling Stone Town wouldn't have become a "paradise" for criminals from the Three Kingdoms period.

Bones growled, “If I ever hear anyone insult you about this again, I’ll shove a broadsword down their throat!”

Duro solemnly declared, "I swear in the name of Bronzeforest that I share the same thoughts as Bones!"

Julia's eyes flickered, and she said with pity:

"Li Wei, don't worry, we are true teammates."

Li Wei was deeply moved.

He walked up to Julia and hugged her tightly.

At first, Julia thought that Levi was moved by her.

Until he noticed where Li Wei's hand was going.

She shoved Li Wei away and yelled:

"Li Wei! Have you no shame?! I was comforting you?! And you touched my butt?!"

Li Wei frankly admitted, "It just happened to be convenient."

"I kill you!!!"

……

Pato was reluctant to leave.

He stood by the edge of the field, looking up at Li Wei as he turned the pages of a book with the hands of two sorcerers, hesitant.

Finally, gritting his teeth, he walked towards Li Wei.

Bone wanted to stop him, but Li Wei said:

"Let him come over, it's fine."

Pato glanced gratefully at Levi and quickened his pace.

He looked eighteen or nineteen years older than Li Wei, nearing forty, and approached Li Wei with a fawning, naive smile.

"You want me to teach you the real fireball technique?"

Li Wei pointed out his thoughts.

Pato's eyes lit up, and he said, "Yes... I do have that idea..."

He was also a monk, but he was fundamentally different from Li Wei.

Because all the "spells" that Pato came into contact with were learned from the association of sorcerers.

He had never understood the occult language.

If it weren't for Li Wei.

Pato will never know that the occult language has 98 single characters and 298 combined characters, each character has eight different tones, and each tone of each character has a different meaning.

His mastery of the fireball spell was merely a matter of copying from a script.

He recited whatever the Dharma Association taught him.

What does “ku-long” mean?

—Only God knows.

Li Wei smiled but remained silent.

Still angry with Li Wei, Julia said irritably, "You're asking for help empty-handed?"

Oh right!

"Look at my brain!"

Pato waved behind him and said, "Bring everything over here!"

While his four teammates were still hesitating, Pato glared at them and said, "Damn it! If you keep dawdling, get out of the team!"

In an ordinary adventurer's party, the mage's authority was unquestionable, and the other four dared not speak out against him.

There are few monks as easygoing as Li Wei.

Pato's teammate brought over a bulging animal skin bag.

Pato opened it up eagerly, revealing the things he had collected within the grounds of Baron Della's castle.

He stuffed everything into Li Wei's hands.

"Lord Li Wei, please don't think it's too little. I arrived late, but I only managed to collect 524 Death Flowers, and I'm giving them all to you."

Pato saw that Levi showed no sign of speaking.

He then attributed the "vertebrae of the 12 skeletal remains" to Livy.

Li Wei nodded in satisfaction and told them to put the bones away.

The task of collecting the Undead Flowers is complete, and there's even some left over.

Earned another 6 gold coins!

Seeing Pato's pained expression, he comforted him:

"That is, in Rolling Stone Town. If it were in the White Tower area, you wouldn't be able to find a mage willing to correct your fireball spell with your junk."

Pato said with a nervous smile, "Thank you for your trouble."

There is a barrier to entry for esoteric languages.

If you don't know, you don't know.

Imitating spells and mastering arcane languages ​​is like the difference in difficulty between "1+1" and "advanced mathematics".

It was impossible for Livy to teach Pato the esoteric language.

He guided Pato, correcting his pronunciation.

Let Pato experience the differences in elements and magic under different tones.