Reborn as Xiao in another world, targeted by the little red bird

Seeing Xiao was hesitating, Qiao Huanxi added: "When you complete the task, I will give you an extra reward."

"What reward?"

Qiao Huanxi kept it a secret: "Keep it secret for now, you'll know when the time comes."

"..."

In the end, Xiao agreed.

I'll have to go to the Adventure Guild sooner or later anyway, so why not do it today?

"By the way, here are some dry food. Take them first. The journey is quite long, so I probably won't have time to prepare lunch."

"Ah."

……

The two arrived at the Adventure Association, and President Qiao brought Xiao to a team of four. The four members of the team had strong auras, and they had obviously reached the Venerable level. One of the member badges they wore had four stars, and the others had three stars, which was considered a strong adventure team.

"She is the team leader Duan Ningxiang. You will follow her for the next two days. She will tell you the mission details later. You can ask her if you have any questions." Qiao Huanxi introduced Xiao.

"By the way, you don't have a mount yet, so I'll lend you my horse. Don't waste your energy on the road, you have to save it for more important things. Well, I'll take you to catch some useful spiritual beasts someday..."

"Ningxiang, Xiao is left to you." Qiao Huanxi pushed Xiao out.

Duan Ningxiang looked at the star on Xiao's badge, then looked at the white horse next to him, and said in embarrassment: "President, are you serious? We are not going on a trip."

Qiao Huanxi said seriously, "I'm always very accurate in judging people, you don't need to worry too much."

This isn't right. Didn't you say the mission wasn't difficult? Why does it feel like there's danger when I hear your conversation?

Xiao vaguely felt that something was wrong.

“This…” Duan Ningxiang paused for a moment, and finally sighed: “Alright, I’ll follow your instructions. Your name is Xiao, right? Come with me, it’s time to set off. I’ll explain the mission requirements to you on the way.”

……

The group left the city on different mounts. It was still a little chilly in the early summer morning, and the strong wind blowing on the face made people feel clear-headed.

"Aren't you cold?" Duan Ningxiang looked at Xiao, and the latter shook his head.

"That's all," Duan Ningxiang began to explain, "Our mission is to reach the destination, complete the cargo docking, and then bring the goods back intact."

"However, this thing can attract spirit beasts and even bring about a beast tide. It is not clear how large the impact range is. If we are lucky, this will be an ordinary escort mission. If we are unlucky, we may end up in a tough battle."

"Captain, do you know what the delivery is?" someone asked.

"Do you remember the three-star beast, the Fiery Cloud Horse, that was killed by someone some time ago?" Duan Ningxiang said, "That thing was discovered two months ago. When people found that it could attract spirit beasts and trigger a beast tide, they decided to move it to a safer place for further research. The Fiery Cloud Horse was attracted to Licheng when that thing passed by."

"It's been so long, why hasn't it been delivered yet?" someone else asked.

"This is a weird place. It is said that there was a beast tide at that time, and the person who kept the item suddenly went crazy and disappeared with the item."

"That thing was recently rediscovered, and Licheng is the closest larger city to it, so they decided to store it in Licheng first."

"This thing is so evil, will anything happen to us?" someone asked worriedly.

"So this escort mission is completed by multiple teams. Each team escorts a certain distance, and we are the last one. As long as the contact time is not long, there will be no problem. Instead of worrying about this, it is better to think about how to rush out if we encounter a beast tide."

"It sounds like this is not a mission we can take on, right?" someone said.

"There's no one left. All the special and expert teams have gone, but it's still a little short. Originally, we were not qualified to do this job, but the president said he would find someone for us, and with him, we'll be qualified." As she spoke, Duan Ningxiang glanced at Xiao inconspicuously.

"It's a good idea to make money if you can. There are spirit stones in the reward for this mission. The big storms ahead have been blocked by the big guys. We are so close to Licheng, so if we encounter any problems, support from the city will come quickly. We should be fine."

……

The group left the plain outside the city and came to a deserted wasteland. It was not until the sun hung in the west that they found a suitable place to set up camp.

After telling the previous team the location, Duan Ningxiang took two team members out to find dinner for tonight.

In the evening, a group of people appeared in the afterglow. It was the team carrying the objects.

The four-member team arrived at the camp. The leader glanced at the two people in the camp and frowned slightly: "Is there no one left in the Adventure Association of Licheng?"

At this time, the team member who stayed behind said: "Our captain went out hunting and has not returned yet."

The leader nodded, led his team members to the campfire to sit down and rest, without saying anything more.

Xiao, who was taking a nap, opened his eyes and looked at the people who had just arrived. Something about the person who had just spoken seemed to attract him. Then, he noticed that the badges of the four people were all four stars, and two of them were no longer in the category of Venerable. This should be a special adventure team.

After a while, Duan Ningxiang and her friends came back with two deer.

“For some reason, there are not many animals around here. We searched for a long distance before we finally found these two deer.” Duan Ningxiang explained as soon as she returned to the camp, and then she noticed that there were more strangers in the camp.

"Are you their captain?" someone looked up and asked.

"Yes, it's you?" Duan Ningxiang asked the team members to get rid of the deer and came up to the man herself.

"Team captain, He Qilin." His expression eased slightly when he saw the four stars on the badge of the man in front of him.

"..."

When the two captains were handing over the task, Xiao realized that what attracted him was the thing they were going to escort. That was really weird.

Not long after, the aroma of meat came over, and everyone began to enjoy dinner. To be honest, this temporary teammate was very good at grilling meat.

After eating and drinking, He Qilin's team did not leave, but went to the tent to rest.

"We will guard the first half of the night, and the other team will guard the second half." Duan Ningxiang explained to the team members.