Recalling the riot in the Xen'drik biosphere caused by a sudden change in a mountain some time ago, these young people immediately became alert.

"Stay away from the woods! Something seems to be approaching!"

Throwing away the mushroom spores and other things in their hands, the adventurers quickly picked up their weapons and left the forest.

But the noise in the forest was getting louder and louder, and the clear vibrations indicated that something inside was following them and moving out of the forest.

"Get up the tree! Get up the tree quickly!"

Feeling the increasingly obvious vibration, an adventurer realized that he and his companions could not outrun the enemy and shouted to them.

The young adventurers hurriedly climbed up the surrounding trees, holding their breath, trying to wait until the unknown things left.

But soon, they saw the culprit that caused the ground shaking.

It was a team composed entirely of constructs.

The metal body is full of industrial and mechanical beauty, and the surface shines with silver brilliance.

These spider-like constructs moved forward in a special formation, and behind them, a strange rectangular vehicle moved slowly.

The trees in this forest are quite tall, and because of the canopy, shrubs and various herbs find it difficult to get enough sunlight, and the seedlings that later take root here usually do not survive.

This resulted in the trees in the forest being spaced quite a bit apart, and the strange vehicle was able to travel between the trees without encountering any hindrance.

These strange things were moving very fast. Before the young adventurers could realize anything, they had already passed the trees where they were and moved away to a farther place.

After they left, a young adventurer murmured, "This scale of construct army, could it be that the new master of Storm Bay has returned?"

However, the constructs that were moving away did not answer his questions, but just continued to move forward.

…

North of Xen'drik, Stormreach.

As the sun sets, Storm Bay welcomes its afternoon.

Workers who had just finished work and returning adventurers walked towards various restaurants with their respective companions, chatting and laughing, discussing information about the latest round of auditions.

Some people were arguing over which actors they supported, while others were focusing on the waitress in the restaurant with a lewd smile on their faces.

However, at this moment, a shrill alarm suddenly sounded in the sky above Storm Bay.

Those who had just come to this city to make a living walked out of the building in a daze, trying to understand the source of the alarm.

But the adventurers who had had this experience rushed into the nearest landmark building as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and organized their companions to build defenses in an orderly manner.

Soon, they saw what had caused the alarm to sound.

It was a team of nearly two hundred constructs, with a peculiarly shaped rectangular metal vehicle walking at the front of the team.

Faintly, people could still hear the driver's shouting inside.

"Someone come and turn off the alarm! Damn it, didn't you set up a lookout to check the situation around Storm Bay?"

Before the adventurers could figure out whether this was a friend or an enemy, a familiar figure had already quickly run to the front of the constructs.

That's Kasha, the cousin of Miss Joanna, the acting mayor of Storm Bay.

"Mr. Karl! It's really you, you're back!"

After confirming that it was really Carl, Kasha turned around and waved towards somewhere in the distance.

"Looking at your situation, I should be the first one to arrive at Storm Bay. Really, your response is too..."

Getting off the truck, Carl looked at the brand new surface and nodded with satisfaction.

But when he thought about how these people were so careless in guarding and that no one came to confirm until he had driven the construct to the center of the town, he felt a little depressed.

Before Carl could finish his words, he suddenly felt an arcane energy manifest around him.

At the same time, a figure quickly appeared nearby.

"Nia? When did you get here?"

Looking at the figure flying towards him, Carl opened his hands blankly and asked with a little guilt.

Throwing herself into Carl's arms, Nia sobbed softly, then raised her head and looked behind Carl with an indignant look on her face.

At this time, the hatches of the constructs had all been opened, and the group of drow and fire elementals following Carl were walking out of the constructs, looking around with curiosity on their faces.

Looking at them, Nia raised her eyebrows slightly, and the tone of her voice immediately became a little strange.

"I had a nightmare about you opening a drow harem in Xen'drik and then being sucked dry by the drow! So I brought Lisanna and Mitris here!"

Hearing his girlfriend's words, Carl turned his head away in embarrassment, and then explained: "These are the drow I rescued after falling into the Underdark. They are not from the Rose Cult and have not been tainted by those bad problems.

Wait, wait, Mitris... that name?"

Halfway through his words, Karl suddenly realized that Nia had said a name that concerned him a little.

As he asked, Nia, who had her arms around his neck, realized that she had let the cat out of the bag.

However, given Mitris' current reputation, she felt that it was only a matter of time before this matter was exposed.

"Well, number 18 is Mitris. Teacher Moore saved her from the storm and used her to study the power of the Death Dragon Mark. Later..."

Carefully raising her head, Nia thought she would see Karl’s unhappy expression, but she didn’t expect that Karl was just thinking about something.

After a while, when Hope and Ying got out of the truck and reunited with Nia, Carl said carefully:

"That woman, I always feel that she is a little hard to figure out. If you think you can get along with her, then continue to get along with her in the same way as before."

"Aren't you angry? She almost killed you!"

Nia was a little surprised to see Carl's big belly.

"Tsk, didn't we go through the whole thing in Storm Bay? There are no eternal enemies. As long as everyone's interests are aligned and it doesn't touch the bottom line, many things can be discussed.

Although she almost killed me, she didn’t actually cause me any real harm.”

Just as he finished speaking, a figure approached quickly from a distance.

"Brother Carl! You're back! Hurry up and save me! Mitris asked me to design a game for her bar, and she's driving me crazy!"

On the street bathed in the sunset, a girl with a hint of tears in her voice walked with her long legs, approaching quickly at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.

Carl knew without even looking that this was definitely Lisanna.

However, Karl was a little concerned about the content of the other party's words. What did he mean by her bar? What was the design game about?

(End of this chapter)