The Empire encourages adventurers to spar, but it does not encourage the strong to bully the weak.

Even if those veteran steel-level fighters were to deal with Linda, they would be the subject of gossip.

“To be fair, let’s send one person from each side. That way, even if our reputations are ruined, it’ll affect everyone,” Coyote Wall suggested.

Looking around, no one objected.

So they formed a team specifically to deal with the Phoenix and Snow Goose, and ambushed them in the public adventure area of ​​Red Peach City.

But Linda was nowhere to be seen all day.

I found out after asking around that Linda hadn't even turned on the walkthrough.

No one knows where Luanweihua and Xueyan went; they seemed to have vanished into thin air.

This means that the joint team from Red Peach City wasted a whole day.

...

At noon, Davin parted ways with Frye and his group on bad terms.

Back at the Mandala family manor, Davin found Tasia sweating profusely in the yard.

Aside from cleaning and spacing out, Tasia's most frequent activity is combat training.

Especially in close combat, a dummy made of a special material was covered with dents and marks from impacts.

"Let's set off tonight. Let's switch to this weapon; it will be more advantageous during the raid."

Davin took out a magic cannon from his spatial ring.

It is blue in color and shaped like a dragon's head, with a round cannon barrel in the middle of its open mouth.

"What is this?" Tasia wiped the sweat from her neck, looked at the weapon with its impressive magical aura, and hesitated.

She has already decided to officially leave the Crimson Adventurer Group after the tenth floor raid is over.

Accepting gifts from Daven at this time would be tantamount to owing someone a favor.

"Take the Dragon Slayer Cannon; it's for myself. All the materials obtained from the hunt belong to the Crimson Adventurer Team."

Davin said solemnly, "Recently, the production of dragon saliva grass has decreased significantly, and the rarity of dragon blood and dragon bones has also increased. Dragon Forest is in high demand, and many rising-level adventure groups will probably be eyeing it. Our goal is the middle level. If we encounter a lizard dragon, we will hunt it down. The income from one trip is enough to buy more than a dozen weapons of this quality."

Tasia thought for a moment, nodded, and took the weapon.

Then he looked at Davin with a puzzled expression.

For years, the prices of dragon-related materials have remained stable, so why did they suddenly increase?

Davin understood and explained, "The dragon race is mainly located in the northwest, which is the territory of the orcs. Recently, the amount of dragon materials exported by the orcs has decreased significantly. It seems that the Seventh Prince is preparing to become a Dragonblood Swordsman."

Tasia hummed in agreement and didn't ask any more questions.

The affairs between empires are too far removed from the lives of individual adventurers.

The biggest impact was that it fueled adventurers' fervor for slaying dragons.

...

That afternoon.

The tenth level of the Great Mystery Realm, the outer edge of Dragon Forest.

The towering trees form the renowned Dragon Forest, which lies between the three cities.

The variety, quantity, and density of vegetation here are higher than in other areas, and the chances of finding rare materials are also multiplied.

Conversely, a large number of monsters also live in the Dragon Forest.

On the adventurer map distributed in White Dove City, the depths of Dragon Forest are marked in red as "extremely dangerous".

The outer perimeter is relatively safe, but it still reaches the yellow "Caution" level.

A man and a woman are walking along a forest path.

The gray eagle swooped down from the sky, its sharp talons aimed at the back of the man's head, ready to kill him instantly.

But this person had anticipated the gray eagle's attack and raised his hand to add a layer of emerald green shield to himself.

The gray eagle swooped down, and the man was unharmed. However, the gray eagle crashed headfirst into the shield, its head spinning, and fell straight to the ground.

"A level 22 Grey Feathered Eagle can't break through my defenses at all."

Linda sighed, then casually swung the royal sword, severing the gray-feathered eagle's neck.

A gust of wind blew by, and the gray eagle's corpse turned to ashes and then vanished.

Small golden orbs of light remained on the ground.

When the light faded, it transformed into a gray feather about the length of a forearm.

[System Notification: Defeat a level 22 Gray Feathered Eagle. You have obtained 500 Diamonds and a Green Excellent Material, Gray Feather.]

Linda put the spoils into her spatial ring, then looked at the girl beside her who was playing with her hair and whose face was slightly flushed.

Instead of continuing his invasion of Red Peach City today, he met with Leah to explore a safe route to the depths of Dragon Forest.

The fewer people investigating this matter, the better; too many people will only attract the attention of the monsters.

In the game, the optimal number of players to conquer the Dragon Forest dungeon is 4.

Kaphni is still recovering, and Linda's side only has 3 people, missing one.

He originally wanted to invite Isa.

But when I met with Isa last night, she politely declined.

Isa seems to have just advanced to the Star Rank and needs to adapt to her power; she hasn't even been to the tenth level of the Great Secret Realm yet.

Linda's second choice was Aiko.

But facing the dangerous monsters in the Dragon Forest, he lacked the confidence to protect two mages at the same time.

In contrast, Leah has higher health and is an agile heavy swordswoman.

The Starfire Battle Qi is also slowly awakening, and its combat power has increased.

They are more suitable to participate in his plans.

"Um, you called me to the grove alone, you're not planning to do something shameless, are you?!"

"Linda, let me tell you, don't even think about it. I'm a Star Rank, and I can send you flying in an instant!"

Lia's face was flushed, and on her back was her newly bought level 30 orange greatsword, the Firebird Feather Sword.

The greatsword resembled a red feather, yet its actual weight surpassed that of her. Her boots sank slightly into the soft forest soil beneath her feet.

This brings us to the division of last night's spoils.

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