The young man who looked like the leader of the adventure group stopped picking at the dirt in the armor with his dagger, suddenly put his arm around the mage's shoulders, pointed at the bearded man opposite him, and laughed:
"Master Mage, the brothers are all eager to do the dirty work. Look, Red Beard was swallowed by the Piranha Plant without even a fart. When we cut through the vines, his whole body was covered in digestive juices..."
Although the young man was smiling as he spoke, his tone seemed more teasing than serious.
But Mark is very familiar with this kind of PUA tactics. Before traveling through time, he would make a video record of the equipment lifting and mold assembly on site. It was because his project leader had said something similar when they were drinking the night before.
"Xiao Ma, I work so hard to maintain your clients and sales. Look, just trying to apply for this month's project bonus has all given me, the finance department, and the higher-ups all gotten stomach problems from drinking too much. Do you have to make the arduous trip to the site tomorrow?"
He shook his head, throwing the long-dead memories out of his mind again.
In his opinion, this mage who had to discuss things with the team leader in a tactful way was likely to not escape the fate of being PUA.
The youth team leader here was still telling the mage about the difficulties faced by other members of the team.
The sudden uproar on the second floor of the tavern caused the iron chains of the chandelier in the first floor hall to rattle.
A half-drunk minstrel playing his organ fell down the stairs, the empty flagon dangling from his waist clanging against the oak railing.
"Friends, come and see! The reward for exploring the Phantom Wolf's lair has doubled again..."
The second floor is the private room of the Grizzly Bear Tavern, and a large part of the area is the mission hall of the Adventurer's Guild.
Apart from the money earned from daily hunting and gathering, the main source of income for most adventurers is actually the tasks issued by the quest hall.
The sound of the bard falling down the stairs caused the adventurers below to turn their heads and look again.
However, after hearing what he shouted, the adventurers below all shook their heads in boredom.
"Hey, what did I think it was!"
"Phantom Wolf Lair, that's nothing strange. I wouldn't even bother looking at this quest unless the reward goes up to 100 gold!"
"Haha, even if it goes up to 100 gold, you'd only take a look! Your group almost lost even a small group of second-level Thunder Cloud Deer. This Phantom Wolf Lair has nothing to do with you."
"You're the only one who talks too much bullshit! It has nothing to do with you, so just go and answer it! Bald Oaken!"
"Laipiano, do you want to fight?"
The hall on the first floor was once again filled with noise and bustle. The adventurers were cursing and looked like they were about to get into a fight, but they only cursed loudly.
Everyone was arguing so hard that their faces were red and their necks were thick, but no one left their seat.
"Your ribs and bread."
The waiter wearing a greasy apron put down the iron plate in front of Mark with a bang, and oil splashed on Mark's cuffs. But the waiter didn't even turn around and said sorry, and ran to the grill in the middle of the hall again.
As Monica tore open the bread and ate the ribs, Mark could vaguely hear the discussion from the second floor:
"There's also an adventurer rescue mission under this Phantom Wolf's Lair, worth 10 gold. It seems to be a mission commissioned by the Adventurer's Guild."
"Someone must have been too low a level to take the Phantom Wolf's Lair quest before, and the Adventurer's Guild is trying to make up for it!"
"Hey, there's no point in trying to fix it now. By the time the rescuers arrive, everyone who went in will probably be reduced to ashes!"
These discussions did not affect Mark and Monica from enjoying their dinner.
Even Xiao Mu, who was hiding in Monica's arms, stretched out his tentacles and took away the piece of meat on Monica's fork.
Amidst a faint "Mmm~Mmm~" sound, people were praising the tavern's roasted mountain goat cooking, saying it was better than Mark's dishes.
"You ignorant fellow!" Mark rolled his eyes at Xiao Mu, who had defected to Monica's place, and said, "The chef in this tavern has all the ingredients, so of course the food is tastier than what I cook."
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As Mark and Monica listened to the adventurers' noise and tasted the delicious grilled lamb chops.
In the Warcraft Mountains, more than thirty miles away from Osborne Town.
Six young adventurers were sitting in front of a campfire, eating dry toast and discussing their next plan around a newly bought parchment map.
These six people were none other than the six Oak people who had just parted with Mark and Monica in the morning.
After registering for the "Blood Crystal Adventure Group", the six people directly accepted the 1-star adventure group's mandatory mission "Wolf Cubs in the Phantom Wolf Valley".
Originally, the six people wanted to invite Mark to complete the task together. They didn't ask Mark to help them clear the obstacles, but only asked Mark to stay by their side to give them some confidence.
But after they parted in the morning, the six of them never saw Mark again.
The six people who were eager to experience the life of an adventurer went to the intelligence dealer to buy a map and the six-piece adventurer set recommended by the intelligence dealer. In the end, they couldn't wait to set off and rushed directly to the Warcraft Mountains after noon.
Regardless of whether you can enter the Phantom Wolf Lair and steal the wolf cubs, you must at least go to the Warcraft Mountains to experience life in the wild.
By the time they finally arrived at the Monster Mountain Range, it was already dark.
The six of them had no choice but to find a seemingly safe place near the stream, light a bonfire and set up a temporary camp.
All we can say is that these six reckless young men were lucky. After all, this was only the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range, and some of the more powerful monsters had already been wiped out by the adventurers.
Otherwise, given their courage to camp near a water source, they would have suffered some casualties.
The bonfire crackled and sent out a few sparks. Oak used his scabbard to poke the charred charcoal, and his golden hair swayed in the firelight like a bunch of leaping ears of wheat.
"If you ask me, I'd go straight to the wolf den, Jack would set off a fireball to scare the wolves away, and Cole and I would rush in to grab the cubs!"
"Do you think the Phantom Wolf is a sheepdog kept in the church's backyard?" Eden flicked the ink-stained mark of Phantom Wolf Valley on the sheepskin map. "Information sources say that even a small pack of Phantom Wolf in Phantom Wolf Valley typically has at least twenty adult wolves. Yak's magic power wouldn't last more than three rounds of fire walls."
Yake pushed aside his side bangs that were covering his eyes, and orange-red flames danced in his palms. "If we add Sean's rain of arrows to cover us..."
"The quiver I brought this time only contains thirty ordinary arrows and three explosive arrows. How can I give you any rain of arrows..." Sean wiped the bowstring mutteringly, while his brother Cole was rubbing the axe blade with a whetstone. The scraping sound of the iron startled the rustling of the reeds by the stream.
At this moment, Leila, who had been silently eating dry bread, suddenly gripped the dagger at her waist, reached for the shield behind her and said, "Do you smell... anything?"
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