"Thorn, you're amazing!"

"Wow, hahaha, you are really amazing, Thorne."

On the ground, a huge corpse of a monster fell heavily with a dull sound. A group of people surrounded him, patted Thorne's shoulders hard, and kept praising him.

Thorne exhaled heavily. He looked at his fellow explorers in front of him, scratched his head, and said with an embarrassed look, "Fortunately, I am fine."

As Thorne finished his words, another round of compliments soon rang out.

"Hey, Thorne, you are so modest. Do you know that in our entire expedition team, there are only a handful of people with your strength?" A sturdy middle-aged man with a long beard came up to Thorne. He patted Thorne's shoulder heavily, laughed, and said, "Thorne, it's amazing that you can have such strength at your age. When you reach our age, how powerful you will be is unimaginable."

"Uncle Chara, don't..." Thorne looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with some helplessness.

It was obvious that he was quite familiar with this middle-aged man.

"Hey, Thorne, don't be like this. You should be more confident. Look, everyone knows that you are very strong and a real potential stock. Therefore, their attitude towards you has become very different."

"Now, in our entire expedition team, your words carry a lot of weight. To some extent, they are more effective than the captain's words."

Chara was the middle-aged man who had led away the ferocious monster for Thorne before. Since that time, Chara obviously treated Thorne differently. He winked at Thorne and looked at several female explorers in the expedition team nearby and said, "Look at Manla and the others. The way they look at you is obviously different. It's obvious that they have feelings for you. As long as you are willing, hehehe."

Chara didn't say anything else. He chuckled, but the expression on his face spoke for itself.

Thorne was even more embarrassed.

He was talking to Chara, but his mind was not here at all.

He already has a girl in his heart, so how can he have room for other girls?

Sheena...

As Thorne thought about this, he suddenly felt a warm sensation.

The expedition team returned to the town of Hull, and after changing into clean clothes, Thorne came to the big tree by the river, waiting for Sina, his beloved girl.

He had saved half the money and only needed the other half to set them free.

Not long after, Hina came running over.

Her appearance remained unchanged and she was still beautiful, but her brows were slightly furrowed and there was a hint of worry on her face.

"Xina!"

Thorne didn't notice anything unusual about Xina. He saw Xina, laughed, and quickly ran towards Xina in front of him.

"Thor...Thorne." Xina was stunned. She looked at the eager and clean Thorne in front of her with a dazed look on her face.

"Xina, Xina, you..."

Thorn grabbed Xina's shoulders and wanted to say something. At this time, he found that Xina was not right. After a moment of shock, he asked, "Xina, what's wrong with you? Is there something wrong?"

"Thorne, Thorne..." Xina stood there in a daze for a moment, then she stepped forward and threw herself into Thorne's arms, saying, "Uncle Hank, Aunt Ruilian, they, they, woo woo, woo woo."

"What happened to them?"

Thorne asked, and at the same time, he suddenly had a very bad feeling in his heart.

Uncle Hank and Aunt Ruilian had taken care of him and Sina since they were young. In a way, they were like their father and mother. At this moment, when Thorne saw Sina like this, he couldn't help but be shocked and subconsciously had an indescribable feeling of uneasiness.

"Uncle Hank and Aunt Ruilian, they are all dead."

Xina threw herself into Thorne's arms, her shoulders shaking constantly, and she looked very sad.

"How, how could this be..." Thorne was stunned. Even now, he still found it difficult to accept and even seemed unable to react.

"It's true."

Xina was shaking and crying. She said, "Before, Uncle Hank and Aunt Ruilian suddenly received an order from the family manager to go to the river to mine stones in preparation for the family's future actions. Uncle Hank and Ruilian went there, but Aunt Ruilian was hit by a stone and her ankle was injured. She died in pain, and Uncle Hank was hit by a stone and was directly crushed to death."

Aunt Ruilian was hit by a rock and died in agony? And Uncle Hank was hit by a rock and was crushed to death? Thorne's breath was choked.

"What exactly happened? Why did Uncle Hank and Aunt Ruilian suddenly go to the river to carry stones? This is not their job at all." Thorne reacted quickly. He reached out and held Xina's shoulders tightly.

"It's Melda, it's Master Melda..."

Xina remained silent, but after seeing Thorne's eyes, she told the truth.

"Thorne, it's not just Uncle Hank and Aunt Ruilian, but also me." Xina bit her lip, and finally said something else, "Master Melda issued a family order to let me go to his room and become his maid, even, even."

"Even a concubine."

Xina's voice kept rising and falling, and she seemed very uneasy, but in the end, she finally exhaled slowly and said the next words.

What?!

Thorne was struck by lightning.

His eyes suddenly widened.

If what happened to Uncle Hank and Aunt Ruilian before made Thorne extremely angry, then Sina's words now were like a bolt from the blue, hitting Thorne hard, causing him immense pain and even causing him to lose control in an instant.

Sheena, Sheena was actually going to be Master Melda's... No, that bastard Melda's maid, or even a concubine? Thorne almost went crazy just thinking about it.

"Are you sure, Xina, are you sure?" Thorne held Xina's shoulders tightly, his eyes red and he asked in a hoarse voice.

"Sure."

Ignoring the pain in her shoulder, Xina continued, “When Uncle Hank and Aunt Ruilian died, the family steward came to me. They told me this and asked me to go to Master Melda’s room in the past few days.”

"Thorne, don't worry, I won't let Melda get mine."

"I won't even die."

As Xina spoke, her expression looked particularly determined.

At this moment, there was a sudden noise nearby, and a dozen burly guards of the Candis family slowly surrounded them with sticks in their hands.

"I didn't expect you to be here, Thorn." The big man in the lead swung his steel stick and laughed coldly, saying, "Let's go, Thorn, go back to the Candice family. Don't forget that you are a servant of our Candice family."

"You bastard!"

The expression on the big man's face suddenly became very fierce.

Gray, the sound of war horses neighing came from the back, and nearly a hundred powerful knights rushed over and surrounded them.

"Thorne!"

Xina screamed and looked around with a hint of fear in her eyes.

"Xina, it's okay, Xina." Thorn comforted Xina, then he slowly drew out the cross sword, roared, and started fighting with the guards and knights.

Although Thorne has become quite strong after being taught by Morin, he is still unable to fight against so many guards and knights at the same time.

Soon, Thorne began to feel exhausted.

"Thorne, Thorne, hurry up and go! Get out of here!" Xina had been controlled, but she shouted desperately.

"Xina!"

Thorne's breathing was disordered. He looked at Xena in the distance, roared wildly, and fought with the knight guards again.

Unfortunately, with Thorne's current strength, he is no match for so many guards and knights.

"Thorne! Thorne!!" Xina shouted anxiously.

"Xina..."

Thorne turned his head, looked at Xina deeply, then moved his body, jumped up, snatched a warhorse from a knight, and rode away in a hurry.

At this time, Thorne discovered that the entire town of Hull had been blocked off, and many people were searching for Thorne. Obviously, this was the result of Melda using family connections.

However, the expedition team was not among them. Thorne had a high prestige among them, and they had long respected him.

"Thorne, what's wrong with you? Why are the people from the Candis family looking for you all the time? They are a big family among us Tuso people. They..." Chara came to Thorne and kept talking.

"Uncle Chara, it's nothing."

Thorne stopped Chara from continuing, he shook his head and said this.

Then, Thorne led the expedition team forward and slowly walked into the Youshui Mountains.

Before entering the Youshui Mountains, Thorne turned around and took a deep look at the town of Hull in front of him.

"The Candice family."

"Melda."

"I will be back."

"Just wait and see!"