Chapter 563: 421. Strategy for levels 16 and 17, farewell outside the city gates
World Tree, sixteenth layer, White Bone Desert.
“Spear of Holy Light, pierce through the darkness before me!”
The girl in the white dress waved her magic wand, and a golden array with a diameter of half a meter appeared in the air.
Within the array, a long spear carrying formidable kinetic energy shot towards the sandworm with a whoosh.
[Magical Creature: Man-Eating Sandworm]
[Level: 32]
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[Strength: Blue Rare]
[Health Points: 10000]
Lin Da recalled the game data in his head.
He watched as the spear hit the sandworm’s spiral mouthpart accurately, with a blood-red -12401 popping up.
Instant kill.
Lin Da’s eyebrows raised in surprise. Even he would need to activate Twin Mana + Toxic Enchantment and hit the Man-Eating Sandworm with three or four normal attacks to kill it.
The previous Aiko had indeed been holding back, and quite a bit at that.
Tasya, Lulu, and the others also looked surprised.
In the battle against the Silverback Giant Ape, Aiko received a Divine Gift, rising to level 35 and reaching the top echelon of White Dove City.
Besides, Aiko’s equipment quality was very high, possessing a magic wand with white feathers, a pearl earring that released a golden light, and she even understood a Rare Technique…
Thinking of this, Lulu’s canine teeth involuntarily bared themselves.
Looking at the ever-smiling Aiko, Lulu seemed to be seeing a fox even more dangerous than the Tormentor Hu Er.
Her sixth sense told Lulu that Aiko was a wolf in sheep’s clothing, a frightening woman full of schemes.
She definitely needed to keep Lin Da away from this woman.
“Lin Da, sorry, I didn’t do well enough…” Despite the instant kill on the Man-Eating Sandworm, Aiko looked dejected, shoulders slumped.
Lin Da: “No way, you’ve done very well. We still have half of the stipulated 20 minutes left, and we’re nearly at the destination.”
“No, I didn’t do well enough, it looks like little sister Lulu is disdaining me. Although my Magic Circuit is hurting a bit, I will try harder for Lin Da.”
Woof~!
Lulu had a ferocious gleam in her eyes and a growl of anger emerged from her throat.
This damned green tea bitch!
Lin Da also felt there was something tea about Aiko.
But Aiko’s demeanor was too natural; it was hard to tell whether it was a pretense or not.
“Speaking of Lia, have you told her the truth?”
Lin Da coughed and quickly changed the subject.
On the one hand was his Oath-bound, on the other his old teammate.
It was too difficult.
Aiko hesitated and then said, “I told them. I’m probably disliked now, right?”
“Are you really planning to leave the team?”
Lin Da asked absentmindedly.
If possible, he hoped Aiko would stay in White Dove City and continue adventuring with Lia.
Without Aiko, Snow Goose would be losing a claw for attacking.
It would be hard to recruit another mage of this caliber.
As the time of their adventure extended, Snow Goose would completely lose sight of the Phoenix Tail Flower.
Although Lin Da was no longer a part of Snow Goose, he had not forgotten their initial goal of adventuring together to reach the top of the World Tree.
The last layer of the Mystic Realm allowed multiple adventure teams to join forces for the battle.
Naturally, Lin Da hoped to have a group of reliable allies to fight alongside.
But with Aiko retiring…
That goal became fundamentally unachievable.
“Yeah.” Aiko nodded as she walked shoulder to shoulder with Lin Da.
She multitasked, attacking the sandworms hidden underneath the sand as she said, “Actually, I never really wanted to be an adventurer to begin with. I ran away from home because of a fight with my father. I was fed up with the repetitive and dull spell training, day in and day out.
Now that I’ve had my fun, it’s time to go home.
If my father learns I don’t want to be an adventurer, he might blow his top and turn around to sell me to some fat and ugly noble as a wife. Hee hee, just kidding~”
Aiko spoke of the horrifying subject with an air of nonchalance.
Lin Da couldn’t tell if Aiko was deliberately leading the conversation in this direction, but upon hearing her words, he envisioned Aiko being taken away by a fat man, his former teammate wearing a face full of reluctance as she became someone else’s wife. Wasn’t this the plot of some over-the-top comic books written by godlike authors?
Lin Da’s head itched with annoyance as he scratched it.
For a moment, Lin Da shamelessly thought: If all the beautiful girls on the continent had to marry, he might as well take on the burden.
Tasya interjected, “When I was traveling in Cangqing Province, I came across many outstanding young men, Aiko, I can introduce you to them, sincerely wishing you get married off quickly.”
Lulu knocked a Man-Eating Sandworm out cold and tossed it in front of Aiko, huffing, “Just afraid some people’s intentions to get married are fake, and their real aim is to entice someone else’s Oath-bound.”
Facing the joint attack of the two, Aiko’s eyelids twitched slightly as she said sadly, “Is that so, everyone really wants me to get married off quickly, huh? Lin Da, do you feel the same way?”
“Let’s not talk about this. The Secret Realm Guardian is right ahead.”
Lin Da walked briskly forward.
He would never admit it…
The true self that he was, a Ultimate Pervert who loved to collect various beautiful girls!
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Three minutes later.
Boom!
The great Hammer of Light smashed down on the head of the [Beast-Swallowing Antlion].
In Lin Da’s view, a -37410 damage figure popped up.
The final blow.
He glanced at the timer on his wristwatch.
He had only used half the time.
The common Five-Star Light Horn, before awakening, had only this much strength.
Lia and Aiko, which of them was really the protagonist among NPCs?
Even after several playthroughs, this situation had Lin Da somewhat bewildered.
In addition.
Yesterday, he had flown to South Rock City to inquire about Aiko’s deeds.
Information that was previously unattainable now arrived willingly at his doorstep, thanks to the fame of the Eye of True Knowledge.
Lin Da found out that the teacher ambushed by Aiko was named Xiedel, a man who had abused his power by molesting girls from the Holy Light Church and was now lying injured in jail.