After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

Chapter 521: 393. Negotiations have broken down, war begins!
 

Finch’s face turned crimson from Wez’s taunting, and several times he opened his mouth to speak but ended up holding back.

He was just a Level 15 adventurer, far outclassed by Wez, and not only powerless against his taunts—even if Wez stepped on his shoes and walked in circles, Finch could do nothing about it.

If it were Lin Da, the captain of Phoenix Tail Flower Adventure Team, he could have sat on an equal footing with Wez, but Finch was just a deputy leader of the Phoenix Tail Flower Support Group…

“Sigh! It’s always when Captain Anna is not around, if it were her, she definitely wouldn’t be afraid of this Wez!”

Finch muttered bitterly to himself.

“Brother, keep your fire down. Today we just watch quietly, that’s all,” Valiant’s captain, Rudy, sporting a brown explosive hairstyle, helplessly patted Finch on the shoulder.

Valiant ranked fifth in power among the adventure teams in White Dove City, and its captain Rudy, at Level 29, was just one step away from breaking into Star Rank.

“There are quite a few big shots here today,” Rudy sighed, “Just the ones I can recognize, there are five from Adventurer’s Weekly rated above Seven Stars, plus Sterry and Wez, makes seven…”

Feeling somewhat inferior among these top talents from other cities, Rudy spoke with a voice unintentionally lowered.

Over there, Sterry waved at the “Poison Scorpion” Wez with a smile, but Wez pretended not to see, snorted coldly, and continued to drink.

“I think White Dove City will win, because in comic books, it’s always the side with fewer people that wins,” Sterry said cheerily, “How about a bet, Wez?”

“Damned woman, who wants to bet with you, stop talking to me!” Wez’s face darkened as he moved his sofa farther away from Sterry.

“Eh, boring,” Sterry pouted.

The dissatisfied Sterry began circling around Wez, which annoyed him and led to a loud reprimand; the two nearly came to blows, treating the public space of the 17th-floor lobby like their own home.

Despite this, no one in the lobby stepped in to stop them. Abner, the strongest present from White Dove City, only slightly furrowed his brow.

Sterry and Wez, one a potential Eight Stars, the other Nine Stars, as long as they don’t absurdly choke on water, would definitely ascend to Moon Rank as they continued their regimented cultivation.

Such geniuses, no one wanted to offend.

“Speaking of which, buying this ticket was so worth it,” Rudy said to the now calmer Sterry in a low voice:

“Besides ‘Poison Scorpion’ Wez, there’s ‘One-Eyed Dog’ Xena from Great Sky City, Moon rank adventurer ‘Red Heart Thief’ Alajie, ‘Smiling Swordsman’ Bervis… Others, um, some I don’t recognize, but their presence is terrifying, several stronger than us.”

Sterry, noticing the presence of Moon rank adventurers in the hall, became a bit more serious.

At a table in the northeast corner sat the golden-haired, squinty-eyed Bervis, chatting with a red-haired man.

The man was lean, with a sardonic smile, his red hair tied into a ponytail that pointed skyward, dressed in a blue ninja suit.

Bervis said cheerfully, “Today’s the big showdown at Red Heart City, how come you’re not participating?”

The man sitting across from Bervis was none other than “Red Heart Thief” Alajie.

Alajie looked to be in his thirties, with narrow eyes and a face like a fox. He rested his chin on one hand on the table, while the other toyed with a purple butterfly knife.

“I would have liked to, but it’s not good to bully the weak.”

Alajie sighed regretfully, saying, “Fry and his group have approached me several times, asking me to teach the Phoenix Tail Flower adventure team a lesson, but you know my character, I can’t do such things as bullying the weak. At most, I might steal a pretty girl’s panties to use as a warm cap.

“I was waiting for Lin Da and his gang in the resource sector of Red Heart City when the Great Mystery Continent opened on the tenth floor, but they didn’t come over…

“Ah, I really want to know what color Miss Kafni’s… you know.”

Alajie clicked his tongue, a look of regret on his face.

The female adventurers around overheard this and moved their sofas even further away from Alajie as if to avoid him, but he seemed oblivious and still smiled kindly at them.

“It doesn’t matter about Kafni, just don’t steal from Aiko, that’s my bottom line,” Bervis said.

“I’ll still give face to Holy Rock Adventure Team,” Alajie glanced at the big screen, where the second hand was falling, driving the minute and hour hands to join it at the same spot.

It was 12 o’clock noon.

A glimmer of light appeared on the dark screen, which quickly expanded.

A sunny grassland scene came into view.

Both Moon rank adventurers fell silent and looked at the screen.

The noisy lobby went completely quiet.

Whether it was the noisy Sterry siblings or the sarcastic Wez, everyone raised their heads and focused their attention on the screen.

…

The huge screen was neatly divided into four sections, as this adventure was a joint operation by three teams.

The view was split into three team perspectives, plus one aerial overall view.

In the separate perspectives, the figures of Phoenix Tail Flower, Snow Goose, and Ice Flower adventure teams became visible, joining forces and heading south.

From Lin Da’s perspective, one could see a hill covered in green grass ahead, and beyond that should be the Wilderness Guardian.

Lin Da led the large group forward while explaining to everyone:

“Good afternoon, friends from both locally and afar.

I’m sure everyone knows that the goal of the adventurers from White Dove City and Red Heart City is the Wilderness Guardian that descended upon the 15th floor of the Great Mystery Continent.

The Magical Creatures bestowed with this title receive the World Tree Goddess’s ‘Trial Blessing,’ become enormous, and their attacking, defending, and agility, all three base Ability values, are increased, with the thickness of their Life Barrier substantially boosted…