Chapter 516: Noob Adventurer's Quest

Due to the angle, it happened to be aimed right at the inside of Sharon's top.

After a brief play session, a large patch got soiled, forcing them to go to the bathroom to clean up.

As for Rod.

Naturally, he had to follow her in.

The two, reunited after a long separation, were like dry wood meeting a raging fire.

Entangled dozens of times amidst the hot water and white steam, both were steamed until drenched in sweat.

After all that chaos, it was impossible to tell sweat from anything else.

Rod, with his thick skin and tough flesh, was fine.

Sharon was already flushed pink beneath her white skin, looking unusually alluring like a ripe peach.

Plus, she was dazed, clutching him tightly and refusing to let go, insisting on gnawing on a teething stick.

Instantly, Rod's heart burned with heat again, wanting to take her out of the bathroom to continue.

But luckily, they didn't continue.

The witch Dimia happened to return home at that moment to have lunch with Sharon.

Rod was just far enough away to sense it with 【Spider Sense】, so he hurriedly put Sharon back in the second-floor room, frantically pulled on his clothes, and even without time to finish dressing, he climbed out the window and fled.

It wasn't until he reached an empty back alley to tidy his clothes that he realized.

He had accidentally brought out Sharon's original-flavor panties as well.

"Mm."

Rod held the clean, soft fabric and fell silent for a moment.

Forget it.

Anyway, it wasn't the first time he'd gotten hold of one.

The half-deer Miss Xiao Ke's bra was still lying in his magic satchel.

Although she had come to ask Rod for it, he just had to deny it and that would be that.

Just as he was about to put it away.

Suddenly.

【Spider Sense】 reacted again.

Looking up, he saw a familiar young girl walking out from a distant corner of the dark alley ahead.

Under dark vision.

She was a girl with deep red, hard skin and eyes composed of yellow and black.

Her features were delicate but not fully developed; her nose bridge was high, and her gaze always carried a hint of confusion and seriousness.

A pair of curved horns pointing backward on her head were hidden among her black hair; her ears were pointed, and she wore a copper earring in her left ear.

A tiefling girl, Cecile.

Tieflings are born with dark vision.

So she saw Rod immediately as well.

Only, the ranger's pants not yet tied, his muscular chest exposed by his open shirt, and the clean panties clutched in his hand all somehow felt suspicious and criminal.

Cecile froze for a moment.

Glancing at the house beside the other person, she immediately wore an expression of shocked awkwardness.

"Miss Dimia?!"

"Children shouldn't meddle in adult matters. It's not Dimia. Do you remember Sharon? That girl from the dog-kin race. She's back and temporarily staying at Dimia's house."

"Oh, I see."

The young girl sighed, glanced at the panties in the other person's hand, and still couldn't keep her expression straight.

Rod remained expressionless.

He stuffed the panties into his pants pocket and readjusted his clothes.

Although being caught in a disheveled state before a junior, it didn't matter.

Forcing oneself to act as if nothing happened is one of the skills of an adult, you know.

"What about you? Where are you going?"

"I'm leaving town; I just happened to take on a quest."

"Why not take the main road and instead wander into these back alleys?"

"Mm, several families' children like to play on the road nearby... I'm afraid I'll scare them."

After all, a tiefling's appearance is linked to demons.

Deep red skin, demonic curved horns, yellow-black pupils, plus a non-human tail.

One look and the evil aura was maxed out.

Cecile was still the same, lacking confidence during puberty.

No way around it; let alone Shi Ying Town, she was probably the only tiefling in the entire Twilight Hills.

Whenever this happened.

Rod always had to show some concern for this junior girl.

"I'll go with you; I'll also check how your 【Fire Ray】 is coming along."

Currently, outside the Windwall Forest and at Henry's Farm, bards from the Gossip Press were lying in wait and watching.

These fellows were lying in ambush, and their recording stones rarely stopped.

All just to dig up unknown sensational dirt about Ranger Rod after his death.

Of course.

Rod possessed a Disguise Domain; he could simply pretend to be another man.

However, walking through a forest filled entirely with girls except for him, a strange man would play right into their hands.

What?

Turn into a woman?

Impossible, no way.

A decent person never dresses as a woman.

Actually, he could just hide in the ranger's cabin and not go out.

But the moment he got bored, he'd want to fire a shot, and the moment he fired, it would benefit that Tally.

Forget it.

Rod and Sycille chatted as they walked, soon passing the relay station and arriving outside Shi Ying Town.

From afar, they saw the four people waiting ahead.

Two women and two men.

Unexpectedly, Rod actually recognized two of them.

Tiger-woman Auntie Kathy, one of the earliest groups of outsiders to relocate to Shi Ying Town.

This fellow was extremely fond of matchmaking.

When she first arrived, she always wanted to introduce girls to Rod, the forest's diamond bachelor, but each time she was scared off by the beautiful woman Tally transformed into.

The other was the halfling Kurt.

He was the eldest son of the chef and owner of the first dwarf restaurant on New Rank Street.

Why was the son of a dwarf restaurant owner a halfling?

It wasn't a matter of morality or ethics.

Simply because his father was a halfling who stuffed clothes into his belly to disguise himself as a dwarf.

The reason Rod remembered him was precisely because of this.

The other two in the group were both humans.

One female archer, one male mage; nothing much to say.

"Yo! Sycille!"

Tiger-woman Auntie Kathy had the best eyesight and spotted them at a glance.

Of course, she also saw Rod under the Disguise Domain. "Who is this?"

"Roro Jeff! He is Mr. Jeff!"

Sycille and Rod were chatting happily and nearly let it slip.

She secretly patted her chest.

Everyone introduced themselves one by one.

Hearing that Mr. 'Jeff' was a newly hired adventurer here specifically to observe and learn from the seasoned adventurers, some felt dissatisfied, but because of Sycille's connection, they did not show it.

Tiger-woman Auntie Kathy's senses were sharp; she seemed to immediately notice that this tiefling old partner had a somewhat different attitude toward Mr. 'Jeff'.

On the way to the destination, she secretly winked and made faces at Sycille, whispering, "This one? Don't you like Rod? Isn't he as handsome as Rod?"

Sycille froze, suddenly extremely shy, and hurriedly waved her hands to deny it.

"Kathy! He's a friend! A friend! Not what you think!"

Saying this,

she glanced secretly at Rod. Seeing him look up at the sky, pretending not to hear, made her feel even more shy.

The halfling Kurt on the side had sharp ears and heard them talking.

He laughed and said:

"Rod is dead, isn't he? It's normal for Sycille to find another. However, you did find one a bit too quickly."

Tiger-woman Kathy made a "tch" sound. "You're dead, but a figure like Rod wouldn't be. Anyway, I don't believe a word the newspaper says."

Sycille remained silent, her expression dim and gloomy.

I must say, the acting was good.

Kurt shrugged. "Suddenly famous, then suddenly dead. You have to admit, tigress, that's the fate of most celebrities. Sigh—Mr. Rod was a generous good man; his tips were always the highest."

The male mage on the side was a somewhat frail fellow named Harrison.

He said, "I also don't think Mr. Rod, a seventh-rank, could survive a surprise attack by a dragon. Moreover, I heard my lord Dimia brought newspaper people to promote Shi Ying Town and accidentally encountered him; it seems there was even a recording stone secretly leaked."

Kurt exclaimed excitedly, "I know! I just bought one this morning. It's footage of Rod and that white dragon fighting while being lewd!"

"You bought a pirated copy, you fool."

"How is that possible! With Rod's luck with the opposite sex, being lewd with a dragoness is perfectly normal!"

"That was a surprise attack, a life-or-death struggle! How could that happen? Have you been single so long you've gone stupid?"

The two were clearly used to bickering.

They argued nonstop along the way.

In comparison,

the last one, the female archer named Aelia, had a cold personality.

She hardly ever spoke.

It was only after Sycille secretly introduced her to Rod that he learned this Aelia had saved her several times. Though she wore a sour face every day, she actually paid attention to her teammates.

This was quite similar to an elf's personality.

Soon,

the group arrived at their destination.

Rod looked. Hey.

Same old place.

—Twin Fingers Mountain.

Hidden within was a flawless crystal lair — a birthing labyrinth of the Wing Crystal race's little sprites.

Good thing.

They had only come to hunt a monster called the Razor Boar.

This thing's tusks were decent material; people often paid adventurers to collect them.

Rod kept up his new adventurer persona.

Hanging back and watching.

Otherwise, he would secretly guide Saehirr's 【Flame Ray】 through the 【Far Whisper Chain】.

And because he was watching from behind, the tiefling girl worked especially hard.

Every time she successfully cast a spiritual art, she couldn't help but excitedly turn her head to look at Rod, seeking praise.

As for the rest of them.

They were all young too, and people had specifically come to watch, so they couldn't slack off.

Like an open class at school, all worked up.

Before they knew it, evening had arrived.

They looked at the haul in their spell pouches, and couldn't help but smile.

"Not bad, not bad!"

The tigress lady Kassy was quite generous. "Anyone going to the Violet Tavern tonight? My treat."

The halfling Kulte and the mage Harrison both shook their heads. "We're going to the Mist Tavern — a giant's drink gets you a white flower there, and we can offer one to Mr. Rod while we're at it."

"Boring. Anyway, that guy Rod definitely won't die. Saehirr, Aeliyaa, what about you two?"

The archer Aeliyaa shook her head, silent.

Saehirr, meanwhile, said apologetically, "I'm not going either. Minors can't drink."

"Ugh! You never come! Who on earth told you minors can't drink! I have to give them a good beating!"

The girl glanced sidelong at Rod, smiled, and said nothing.

Rod: "."

Well, it really was him who said it.

Nothing wrong with that — Saehirr is only fifteen, and as her elder, what's wrong with saying a word or two?

"What about you, young man Rojeff? Want to go to the tavern with big sis? I'll introduce you to some girls."

The tigress lady Kassy said with a raised brow and a smile.

She had taken quite a liking to the newbie Saehirr had brought — hadn't caused any trouble all afternoon.

"I'm also a minor."

"Bah! Bullshit! If you don't want to go, then don't go."

The halfling Kulte was in a great mood, and swaggered to the front with his blade in hand.

"Let's go! Wrap it up, wrap it up!"

Just then.

A fierce gust stirred in the pitch-black grove.

A violent commotion burst out among the banyan trees.

In an instant, an oppressive aura filled the air, as if even the wind had stopped flowing.

"Hm?"

Rod was just smiling.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and his right hand's 【Grasp】 skill activated.

He seized the halfling Kulte's ankle out of thin air, sending him face-first into the dirt.

"Ouch!"

Poof!!!

At the same moment, a massive black shadow swung a fist that grazed his back and smashed down.

With a thunderous boom, a huge deep crater was smashed into the ground; rubble and dirt flew everywhere, and the shockwave flipped the surrounding grass and trees!

Everyone snapped their heads up, pupils contracting sharply, faces instantly filling with terror.

A colossal golem, four meters tall!

(End of chapter)