After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply Chapter 388

Chapter 388: 313, Lia drinks strange beverage, Lin Da's adventures level up_2

Watching Lia's stunned expression, Hu Er inwardly scoffed with disdain, thinking her such a fool for believing anything she was told.

“Miss Lia, if you don't believe me, how about we make a bet? If it turns out exactly as I said, with Lin Da abandoning you, then this level 40 orange-quality Fire Series Demon Core is yours,” Hu Er proposed.

“And if I lose, Miss?” Lia asked.

“You don't have to pay any price,” he replied.

“Why?” she questioned.

Lia sensed a whiff of conspiracy but couldn't pin down anything suspicious no matter how hard she thought.

Hu Er smiled and said, “Perhaps because I 'desire' Miss Lia's love. After all, you are a beautiful and captivating young woman.”

“Wha… what? Love?! My mother always said, men who frivolously throw that word around are full of lies!” Lia exclaimed, shocked.

Lia was taken aback.

What kind of era was this, still having adventurers speak of love, a word so outdated it was falling apart?

What's the worth of your 'love' in Epic-level Equipment? How many Gold Coins could it buy?

According to her mother, every man who hung that word on his lips was after one's body! That's what Lia's mother had told her.

Hu Er remained calm and chuckled, “I'm not lying or joking, Miss Lia. I am seriously pursuing you. The moment I saw the beautiful Miss Lia, I fell head over heels and wished I could kiss your boots.”

Lia responded, “Then I'm seriously rejecting you. A Moon Rank, you're not worthy of me.”

Hu Er: “?”

A huge question mark appeared above his head.

Moon Rank not worthy of you?

Hu Er thought he had heard wrong and scratched his head in confusion, “Miss Lia, could you repeat what you just said?”

Taking a deep breath and with a serious face, Lia said, “A Moon Rank adventurer isn't worthy of me. At a minimum, it has to be a Light Rank, is there something wrong with that?”

“But you're just a Star Rank, and just level 30 at that,” he pointed out.

“So what about it?” she asked.

Lia said, “Miss here has the potential to become the Empire's strongest Swordsman. Isn't it simple for me to become a Light Rank? Is it wrong for me to hope my future partner to be of a Light Rank too?”

Hu Er stroked his chin, deep in thought for a while.

“–You're right, but you're only a Star Rank now. Why do you think you can become a Light Rank in the future?” he asked.

Lia: “I don't need your opinion, I trust my own. I believe I can do it.”

Fuck!

Hu Er felt like cursing.

He'd assumed Lia was a fool, but it turns out she's a Little Mossy Girl!

Such people are overly confident, liking to disregard the facts.

Hu Er had thought he could win her over with his smarts, but it turns out she didn't care for such things. Working with her, in her eyes, was probably him taking advantage of her, as after all, she is the 'future Light Rank Adventurer'!

Hu Er's biggest mistake was assuming Lia was a Little Mossy Girl!

“So, I won't work with you. Please, give it up, and another thing — you're lying to me. Lin Da would never abandon me and run away from Dragon Forest!”

“There are two reasons! First, Lin Da, a mere level 26 adventurer, wouldn't easily find Lulu and Monica.

Second! Lin Da, being the good guy he is, would never just abandon me. In fact, he would try his best to help any companion!”

Lia, with piercing eyes, pointed at Hu Er who had turned an ashen color: “So you're lying to me, probably just lusting after my body, you lecherous fox!”

“Ahhh!!!”

Hu Er roared in anger internally.

His standards were so high, if it were Lia's brother Da, he might have given it a thought, but looking at Lia, flat as a board in the chest and skinny as a rake, also short, she was utterly unattractive by Hu Er's standards!

And this person dared to say confidently that he was after her body?

Disgusting, utterly revolting!

Fortunately, Hu Er had great control over his facial expressions and didn't give anything away. He managed a strained smile:

“These are all just your guesses, Miss Lia. I've truly seen Lin Da flee and leave you behind. The proof is that I know what Lin Da wears, a set of white adventurer's clothes with a large belt full of pockets, accompanied by a brown-skinned maid…”

“Ah! It's Tasya!”

“I didn't lie to you, did I?” Hu Er said with a smile.

Lia, with a sullen face, silently walked away in the opposite direction.

“Wait, not going to work together? Without magic power replenishment in the sealed Great Mystery Continent, a Star Rank cannot survive alone,” Hu Er called after her, chasing her.

“Let me make it clear to you, I don't like you. Stay away from me,” Lia frowned, giving a threatening look and glancing sideways at Hu Er's hand reaching towards her shoulder.

There was a sudden whiff of gunpowder in the air.

Lia showed not a trace of fear, as proud and defiant as a little rooster with a fiery red comb.

She didn't believe this severely injured Fox Beastman would dare make a move on her in the closed Great Mystery Continent, where replenishing magic power and Battle Qi was impossible.

It would be a self-harming act.

Sure enough.

Hu Er awkwardly withdrew his hand.

Which gave Lia some peace of mind.

Hu Er said, “How about this, we'll tell each other where we're staying. In case something happens, we can look out for each other.”

Lia was ready to flat-out reject him.

But the smile on Hu Er's face disappeared, and he looked at her calmly:

“Miss Lia, no matter what, I am a Moon rank. A Moon rank's goodwill can't be refused without reason.”

Acid Rain had been pouring for three days straight.

Adventurers trapped in Dragon Forest and unable to leave were not only Lia.

While searching for food, Lia found the body of a male adventurer, his chest adorned with the badge of an adventure team from South Rock City.

It was only three days, and already an adventurer had died.

As for a place to stay, Lia had found one for the time being.

She dug a hole in the trunk of an exceptionally thick Mondale Tree and curled up to sleep there at night.

Under the acid rain, food and clean water sources were extremely hard to find. In these three days, Lia had only managed to eat some wild mushrooms.

Luckily, they were all non-toxic and sufficed to fill her stomach.

But the problem of water still remained unsolved.

At noon on this day, Lia squatted in the tree hollow, resting her cheek in her hand as she watched the relentless torrents of acid rain.

She looked worried and exasperated as she took out a clear juice cup from her space ring.

Inside the cup was some warm, slightly yellowish liquid.

She had no choice.

No choice at all!

Lia instinctively looked around.

As expected.

There was certainly no one.

She gritted her teeth and brought her lips close to the cup.

There was a foul smell.

But there was no shame in it; if Lin Da were also trapped in the Great Mystery Continent and couldn't get out, he would definitely drink this kind of thing.

With water so hard to find, Lin Da would certainly be unable to find any.

Lia consoled herself, thinking at least she was quite a pretty girl. Her own… must be more palatable than Lin Da's, right?

“Ugh–”

Lia threw up on the ground.

The water recycling plan was a huge failure!

Meanwhile, in the outside world.

It had been three days since the closure of the tenth layer of the Great Mystery Continent.

President Velen was shocked to the point of dropping his teacup upon hearing from Lulu that Lin Da had not returned from the tenth layer.

Despite his desire to help, this matter was related to the rules governing the World Tree, and what could he, a mere president of the White Dove City Adventurers' Guild, possibly do to intervene?

All he could do was pray.

Velen reassured Lulu, “An excellent adventurer like Lin Da will definitely be able to survive in the sealed Great Mystery Continent!”

But Lulu was still worried and unable to eat every day.

Kafni, on the other hand, was quite optimistic.

“This great one can feel that Lin Da is in good shape,” Kafni thus spoke.

As a deity soul-bonded to a brave hero, Kafni could vaguely sense Lin Da's life force.

Not to say very healthy, but it was comparatively in a good condition.

And the most magical part…

In these three days, she had leveled up again.

From level 31, she reached level 32!

This meant that Lin Da had encountered something extraordinary in the sealed Great Mystery Continent!

Maybe his conditions were quite comfortable.

Kafni's thoughts were simple: Lin Da was chosen by the great herself, and such minor troubles were nothing for him.

Just wait and things will be resolved.

Perhaps in a month, Lin Da's strength will have grown to an even more astonishing level.

But no matter how much Kafni tried to persuade her, Lulu still looked somber, climbing to the rooftop to howl at midnight with tears in her eyes, seemingly on the brink of breaking down.

“This Little Werewolf must have done it many times with Lin Da. Could it be that Lin Da's rod has some magical power that makes one never forget? The previous Little Werewolf seemed quite aloof.”

As Kafni thought about it, the fire within her reignited.

Now she really had to reward herself.

Chapter end

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