Green Monster Epic

When Allen returned to the tavern, Cole and the others were already ready. They had not only sold the materials they had on hand, but also purchased a lot of supplies.

"This is a temporary loan to you. After our trip is over, you can pay me back. Two sets of armor cost 100 gold coins in total."

Allen came back just in time to see Cole and the others distributing supplies and food to everyone. He immediately took out two sets of well-made, full-body heavy armor from his dimensional bag, bought according to Barrington and Sharron's sizes, and threw them to Barrington and Sharron with a clang, then told Cole and the others.

It's a pity that the price of magical armor with better defense is too high. After being plundered by the dragon Figglas, Allen couldn't come up with much money. Otherwise, Allen would have wanted to get a set of magical armor for Barrington and the others.

"Oh!"

Except for Barrington and Sharron, who had happy smiles on their faces because they got new equipment, Cole and the other dozen or so partners didn't look happy at all. They hadn't even seen the shadow of this mission yet, and they were already burdened with hundreds of gold coins in debt. No one would be so happy if they were in their shoes.

"By the way, I also took a mission for you. The content is very related to the previous mission. The mission reward is 5 rubies."

"Wow! !"

"Teacher, you are so kind!"

Several young people who were originally worried, when they heard Allen's words at this time, immediately changed their faces, surrounded Allen and flattered him, and then asked about the content of the task in a joking manner.

After staying in this tavern for a night, allowing the teenagers to have a good rest, Allen led everyone on the road again at noon the next day. Staying in Mansa City for one more day costs several silver coins more. Allen didn't feel bad, but Cole, Tom, and the other young people who were in charge of the family for the first time felt bad themselves.

The materials and furs collected along the way were finally exchanged for an initial capital of 14 gold coins and 57 silver coins for Cole and the others, and then the replenishment and purchase last night cost a full 8 gold coins. It is not easy to make money, but spending money is like flowing water. Seeing the funds in their hands flowing out little by little, Cole and the others' faces naturally didn't look good.

"Ah? They have already checked out?"

Just as Allen led a group of teenagers out of the west gate of Mansa City and headed towards the mission destination in the Nagen Hills, a beautiful human female figure appeared in the tavern where Allen and the others had stayed before, describing Allen's appearance to the waiter in the tavern while inquiring about Allen's whereabouts.

After more than ten years, Kaya's appearance is still the same, but she has lost some of her youthful atmosphere and gained a bit of composure and heroism. Her aura has gradually become calmer. She is not as charming as she was back then, but she has gained a bit of mature charm.

"Alas, I'm still one step late!"

Kaya still went to the political hall in the morning to see if there were any worthwhile tasks to do, when she ran into Albion, who had the same purpose. After hearing him suddenly mention the news of Allen's appearance in the city, she came over to catch up with Allen.

Kaya's impression of Allen was not bad. The python scale armor she bought from Allen back then is still worn on her body, helping her block several fatal injuries and allowing her to live safely to this day. Of course, Kaya was also a little curious about how far Allen has grown now, and at the same time, with a similar purpose to Albion, she came to Allen to build a relationship.

When they reach this level of high-level peak, the road ahead is茫茫 and there is little hope. Therefore, in addition to maintaining daily training, most of their time is spent accumulating money, or building relationships with other high-level people who have the opportunity to continue to improve. If a high-level person they know suddenly has great luck one day and embarks on the road of legend, then even if they cannot obtain any benefits from it, they can use this relationship to obtain the other party's limited help in certain important matters and key points.

This is probably something that only high-level peak war professionals have the time and qualifications to do.

Allen didn't know about Kaya's visit. At this time, he took advantage of the free time on the road to fight against Cole and the others, continuing to hone their team's formation, not giving them a chance to slack off.

Until now, if Allen wants to disrupt Cole and the others' formation, he must exert at least 50% of his strength, and his speed must remain at its peak. That is to say, with Cole and the others' current formation and cooperation, they can already face a non-level 15 peak high-level war professional without falling behind.

Suddenly adding 10% of his strength, Allen slashed Cole, who was facing his edge, several meters away with one sword, then easily blocked the two one-handed swords that suddenly stabbed from both sides. Allen jumped back several meters and said calmly.

"Okay, today's training will end here. Everyone take a break, and then let's get on the road."

When Allen was practicing with Cole and the others just now, his eyes never stopped scanning the surrounding environment. This is a good habit he has developed over a long period of time, especially when he is now with a dozen or so young people around him, he is especially careful.

Just now, in the corner of his eye, Allen noticed a figure flashing past several miles away, and then disappearing. Although this figure may not have any malice towards Allen and the others, perhaps it was just a wild wanderer, adventurer, or even a wild beast passing by, but Allen's vigilance has been raised to a higher level because of this figure.

At this time, they can no longer see the tall and majestic city walls of Mansa City in the southeast direction. Traveling more than 70 miles in half a day is already slow for Allen and his group. If it weren't for Cole and the others having to train while moving forward, and also continue to hone their formation, which delayed their pace, if everyone really sped up their pace, half a day would be enough for them to travel at least 170 miles.

At this time, what is blocking Allen and the others is a mixed forest of shrubs and trees that does not occupy a wide area, which reduces the pain of being scorched by the hot sun when Allen and the others move forward, but it also makes it impossible for Allen to track down the fleeting figure.

"Let's go!"

Allen remained calm. After everyone had rested in this shady place, he got up and began to greet everyone to continue moving forward.

"Awoo ~ ~ ~ ~"

The dire wolf, Little White, has been the most comfortable these days. Without too many restrictions, it can run freely in the wilderness. Before Allen and the others were resting, it had never stopped, still running around lively.

Especially, in this land, Little White smelled some familiar smells, which made it even more restless, and kept howling at the sky, which made Allen feel a headache, and scolding this beast several times had no effect.

"Take care of your beast, or I'll do it!"

It's useless to talk to the beast, Allen can only glare at Linas, who was looking away with wandering eyes, and swept away the other party's lazy emotions at once, and quickly shouted: "Little White, come back to me, don't run around! !"

"You can also communicate with it to see if there is anything wrong around?"

Little White's sense of smell and hearing are stronger than Allen and the others, so in Allen's opinion, making the best use of everything is not wrong at all.

"… …"

Linas has corrected many of his problems under Allen's eyes these days. Although there are still some bad problems, at least now, with the help of Little White, he is finally getting along more harmoniously with Cole and the others.

"Little White said that there are many smells of its own kind here."

After communicating with Little White with his head lowered, Linnaeus raised his head and reported to Allen with a somewhat dazed expression.

No wonder Little White was so excited all the way. Speaking of which, I have been raising Little White for almost two years. According to the breeding period of dire wolves, Little White is now old enough to reproduce. In the past, because there were no dire wolf packs around, even when Little White was in heat, it would at most howl at the moon in the dark night, and then endure it as the heat passed without any dire wolf responding.

Dire wolves are also beasts with considerable intelligence. If intelligence has levels, the intelligence of ordinary dire wolves should not be inferior to that of a 15-16 year old human teenager. Little White is very observant and understands Allen's status and strength, as well as the expressions of the females in the village, so it has always been liked by Coer and the others.

"Dire wolves, huh..."

Allen pondered. He didn't need to worry about the danger of dire wolves in the team. It seemed that the figure he had glimpsed before might have been a dire wolf.

"Everyone, be vigilant tonight!"

Allen reminded Coer and the others.

"Okay."

Taking a group of inexperienced teenagers out is very troublesome. Allen has to constantly remind Coer and the others about the things to pay attention to when traveling and staying.

Although Coer and the others had followed the team back and forth to Thornsburg when they were in the Greenwild Plains, and they also understood some common sense knowledge. However, the adventurers' style of doing things is different from when they were in the Greenwild Plains. Here, they need to pay attention not only to wild beasts and poisonous insects, but also to those guys who are also adventurers.

"Awoo~~"

That night, not long after Allen and the others left the shrubland and set up camp, a group of dire wolves attacked Coer and the others under the cover of night.

The experience Coer and the others gained from their training in the Cato Mountains helped them a lot, but when a wind-type magic wolf that could spit wind blades appeared in the dire wolf team, Coer and the others' lives became difficult.

"Careful!!"

Several wind blades were blocked by Sarin and Barrington with their shields. The further the wind blade flew, the more its volume expanded. For Sarin and the others, the larger the range of the attack, the easier it was to defend against.

However, the dire wolves' excellent intelligence and their ability to cooperate, which was not inferior to Coer's team, quickly disrupted the defense line of Sarin and Barrington. A wind blade more than one meter wide shot out vertically from the gap between the two shields towards the team behind Coer and the others, hitting Tom, who had been thrown to the ground by Little White.

Coer's position was already beyond the range of the shield's defense. She was entangled with two dire wolves, and she was unable to rescue Tom. She could only let out a cry of surprise and helplessly watch the wind blade fly towards Tom a few meters away. The other team members closest to Tom were also several meters away. Compared to the speed of the swift wind blade, it was almost impossible to save him before the wind blade hit Tom.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared beside Tom, kicking Tom, who was nervously holding a pair of small axes and trying to defend himself, hard in the left rib. Two hobgoblin figures of similar height fell to the ground in a mess, one to the left and one to the right. Tom, who flew out to the right, only rolled twice on the ground, and suffered no damage except for some abrasions. However, Eileen, the hobgoblin on the left who took the brunt of the wind blade instead of him, really bore the brunt of the power of half of the wind blade.

Fortunately, Eileen was protected by shadow energy, and she was wearing the python scale armor that Allen had modified for her, so although her face was pale green and some blood foam overflowed from the corner of her mouth, she did not suffer much damage after all.

Allen was not far away and had not moved. Even though he watched Tom about to be cut in two by the wind blade, he did not move at all. Although the Bone Splitter in his hand had already been drawn out, he was only a little short of time to save Tom.

When he saw Eileen making a shadow jump and appearing beside Tom, Allen already knew that the little guy Tom's life was not in danger.

But this did not mean that Allen was satisfied. At this time, a few cold rays appeared in his eyes, staring at the beast Little White, who suddenly went crazy. If it hadn't suddenly jumped restlessly, throwing Linnaeus and Tom off his back, Tom would not have been in such danger.

"Hmph, beasts are beasts after all!!"

Allen had already decided that after this battle was over, no matter how Linnaeus begged him, he could not easily let go of the beast Little White!

After the previous thrilling encounter, Coer and the others' formation shrank inward, and their defense became more stable. They lacked the previous fierce offensive, but there were no more situations where team members were in danger.

Nearly 70 dire wolves, echoing each other and fighting with extremely strong discipline, were actually not inferior to the strength of an ordinary army. Although their individual combat power was only equivalent to the strength of a 6-7 level warrior, the pressure they exerted on Coer's team through cooperation was not inferior to the threat posed by a dozen or so intermediate combat professionals. In particular, the wind-type dire wolf that could spit wind blades, wandering in the wolf pack like a ghost and constantly firing wind blades that could threaten and severely damage intermediate combat professionals, put great pressure on Coer and the others.

The two sides stalemated for almost a magic hour. The breathing of the team members in Coer's team was no longer regular and gradually became rapid. Some people were even injured, with traces left by the sharp claws of the dire wolves that had suddenly attacked. On the dire wolf side, 15-6 dire wolves had lost their lives and were lying scattered on the ground.

Little White had been wandering in the wolf pack, chasing the trail of the wind-type magic wolf in the wolf pack. Although it had not brought any gains, it had caused some trouble to the wind wolf, which was its only contribution to the team.

Seeing that the long attack was fruitless and the wolf pack's losses were not small, the wind-type dire wolf, as the alpha wolf, finally stood still unwillingly, glared at the group of hobgoblin teams with fierce and hateful eyes, and then raised its head and let out a long howl, already sending a signal to retreat.

"Woo~~~~~"

Behind it, Little White, like a dog skin plaster, had a crazy and desire-filled look in its eyes, chasing the wind-type magic wolf like crazy, making the wind-type magic wolf very headache. The other party was also a dire wolf, but it was actually in league with a group of hobgoblins, which was really a disgrace to the bloodline of the great dire wolf. If it weren't for the need to deal with this group of hobgoblins at this time, the alpha wolf would have revealed its ferocious claws and let this wolf-losing guy know how powerful it was!

As the alpha wolf issued the signal to retreat, the dire wolves who were still fighting fiercely suddenly burst out with a fierce pounce, taking advantage of the gap in Coer and the others' defense, a dozen dire wolves bit the corpses of their companions on the ground and quickly dragged them towards the depths of the jungle.

The other dire wolves covered their companions in the rear, until they disappeared into the jungle, then they moved their agile steps and ran after the scent of their companions.

Coer was about to issue an order to pursue, but a huge wind blade flew over her head and was blocked by Sarin, who raised his shield to block it. The shield made a dull sound, and Sarin couldn't help but take a small step back, his body swaying several times.

The wind-elemental dire wolf glared coldly at Koer and the others from a distance, easily dodging Little White's pouncing attacks. Its eyes were full of warning, as if an indigenous person were saying to Koer and them: "If you dare to pursue, then prepare for a fight to the death!"

Koer wasn't a timid person, but as a captain, she couldn't rely solely on bravery in battle. When she turned her head towards the disheveled Tom beside her, she saw Tom subtly shaking his head. Koer suppressed her impulse and issued a command to rest and prepare: "Those who are uninjured, watch the surroundings. The injured, retreat to the back to clean and bandage your wounds."

Seeing that Koer and the others didn't pursue, the wind-elemental dire wolf covering the rear slowly left with three servant wolves.

Little White, for some unknown reason, had gone crazy tonight. Not only did it throw Linus and the others off its back during the battle, but even now that the fight had stopped, it didn't give up chasing the wind-elemental dire wolf, continuing to pursue its movements.

"Little White, come back!! You come back here!!"

Although he had just suffered from Little White's actions, leaving him in a disheveled state during the battle, the first thing Linus did when the fight stopped was to look for Little White. Its snow-white fur was too conspicuous, and Linus quickly found it and began to call out urgently.

However, Little White completely ignored Linus's calls. When the wind-elemental dire wolf swiftly retreated with three servant wolves, Little White didn't hesitate at all, chasing after the wind-elemental dire wolf's footsteps and disappearing into the dim thickets.

"Hmph!!"

Little White's actions added another mark in Allen's mind. He indifferently watched Little White's gradually disappearing figure and added: "An ungrateful beast, damn it!"

However, Allen didn't follow the pack of dire wolves to exterminate them. Influenced by Oscar, the natural healer, Allen wouldn't show mercy to these beasts, but when they retreated and left, Allen wouldn't slaughter them for the value they held.

Some of the Oak Temple's tenets seemed pedantic, but some of their essence, in Allen's view, was worth learning and absorbing. Predatory creatures like dire wolves were part of nature's cycle, and they shouldn't be considered inherently bad just because they were ferocious. They were also a part of balancing and regulating the wilderness populations.

The wind-elemental dire wolf was quite valuable, but it was the target of Koer's team. Since Koer and the others failed to keep it, it meant that it wasn't its time to die yet. Allen wouldn't compete with Koer and the others for the target just for the value of a mere dire wolf.

Of course, if the magical beast in front of him was a powerful forest python, it would be a different story.

"Ah!! Little White~~~"

Linus howled like he was mourning, calling out to the thickets in the dark night. But apart from the sound of the wind blowing through the bushes and the rustling of gravel, there were no other sounds responding to Linus.

"Think carefully about what mistakes you made this time and what areas need attention!"

Allen was actually very satisfied with Koer and the others' performance this time. It seemed that nearly two months of training had finally allowed Koer and the others to develop a battle formation and tactics that had a certain level of combat effectiveness. Now, facing a group of dire wolves with strong discipline and combat power, Koer and the others were able to cope safely and systematically weaken the opponent's strength. It could be said that they were now qualified adventurers, except for some common sense aspects that needed to be further learned.

"Yes."

Koer was actually a little frustrated. This time, she almost failed to save Tom, which made her very unhappy. While cursing Little White for being unreliable, she also reflected that they had been too aggressive at the beginning, allowing the wind wolf to find a weakness.

The night passed quickly. Koer and the others summarized their experiences until late at night, and after sleeping for only 3-4 magic hours, the sky was bright. Everyone then got up to pack their bags and prepare to set off.

"Ch-Chief, can you help me find Little White?"

Linus didn't seem to have slept all night. At this time, there were many light green blood streaks in his eyes, and his spirit seemed weak. At this moment, he mustered his will, stood in front of Allen, and pleaded pitifully to Allen.

Little White had been carefully raised by Linus since it was a cub waiting to be fed, and the feelings between them were self-evident. Even though he knew that Little White had gone crazy last night, making Chief Allen very unhappy, he was still very worried that the little thing hadn't returned overnight.

"Get lost!! If it dares to come back now, I'll immediately kill it in front of you, you choose!"

Allen glared, and the fierce light that suddenly appeared made Linus feel a chill down his back. He had already thought of acting out a scene of crying, making a fuss, and threatening suicide, but he dared not make any other moves. He could only run to Erin with those big watery eyes, sobbing softly, unable to express his grievances.

Of course, seeing Allen's stern eyes and serious expression, Linus also understood that Chief Allen was very angry about Little White's performance last night. Maybe it was really like the chief said, if Little White dared to come back, it probably wouldn't have a good end.

Originally, Little White's appetite was not small every day, and it only ate meat. In Allen's view, its role was not prominent, a typical useless waste, even less useful than the draft horses in the village that only ate fodder.

Allen had long been dissatisfied with Little White, and now with the crazy behavior last night, it seemed that Little White's time in the village had come to an end.

"Pack up, let's get on the road!"

Allen didn't even look at the bastard who was crying like a weak female, got up and glanced at Bush and the other teenagers, and then asked.

"Okay, right away!!"

Bush and the others quickly picked up their bags and responded.

"Let's go!!"

At Allen's command, a vibrant goblin team set off, striding briskly towards the vast northwest.

Linus was a few steps behind everyone else. When everyone else had already walked more than ten meters ahead, he was still accompanied by Erin, looking back at the thickets behind him, trying to find Little White's figure.

As the captain, Koer was walking in front at this time, but her eyes also showed a lot of compassion. It was just that they also knew the character of Allen, their chief and teacher. What he said was likely to become a reality, so it was better for Little White to stay with a pack of dire wolves like this than to die in Allen's hands, which might not be a bad thing.

"Let's go."

Erin gently stroked Linus's little head and said with pity.

Linus looked at the thickets a few last times, and under Erin's pull, he moved his short legs, chasing after Koer and the others' footsteps while turning his head back every few steps. At the end of the team, Allen's steps were light, and seeing Linus's unpromising appearance in the corner of his eye, he couldn't help but feel angry.

When writing, it's done in one go, but when I go back to check for updates, the typos are there, but I just can't find them. So sad!!