Chapter 8

7. Self-Introduction

The so-called destined heroine, no matter how you look at it, is a curious child from a remote place.

Li Ang is not good at dealing with children, but looking at her clear red eyes full of thirst for knowledge, as well as her cautious demeanor, he couldn't say anything to drive her away.

He shook his head: "If you want to chat with people, introduce yourself first."

Although Li Ang had long known the girl's name from the panel, it was only when she said it herself that they were truly acquainted.

"Ah, I forgot. Usually, it's just me, so..."

The girl suddenly realized, as if she had learned some new knowledge.

Then, she bit her lip and struggled for a long time before she stammered to organize her language.

"I, my name is Zoey, 15 years old, 155 cm tall, 42 kg, like to eat wild berries, and roast rabbit, but I haven't been able to catch rabbits recently. My hobbies are, are, are picking up small stones, reading storybooks, bathing in the mountains, and..."

"There's no need to be so detailed... Self-introduction at most says something like ideals."

"Oh, my ideal is to wait for my dad and mom to come back. This is what they told me. Although the time has passed, I will still wait obediently."

Is that so...

Li Ang didn't know the background of those parents at all, because the game plan didn't write it at all, but now he is in the real world, and those two people must exist.

According to the girl, her parents were originally going to come back, but they didn't know what situation they encountered, so they didn't fulfill their promise.

Li Ang introduced himself: "My name is Li Ang. Li is the surname, Ang is the name, but it must be read together, which is different from the cultural habits in most parts of this world."

The antiquity and diversity of Newbis even made Li Ang not have to change to a name that could be understood in another world. There are ethnic groups here whose appearance and culture are similar to his.

"Surname? I don't know..." Zoey blinked.

It seems that when her parents left, she was still young and had no concept of this.

"Let's not talk about this."

With Zoey around, there is no time to upgrade the Warrior profession to Rank 2.

Li Ang took steps toward the mine point he originally planned to go to. Zoey hopped along.

"What about your ideal? You didn't introduce it." the girl asked.

"My ideal is to build a powerful Sky Knight team and reach the pinnacle of adventurers."

"Adventurer, Sky Knight, I know!"

"You know?"

Zoey has no understanding of many common sense things, but she knows this. Li Ang was slightly surprised.

"I have the storybook 'Sword King's Adventure' left by my mom."

Li Ang knows this book, because some of the partners he teamed up with before had families, and this book is a classic fairy tale published by the Sky Knight Guild. They would buy it back for their children to read.

Zoey lowered her head slightly, her chestnut hair covering half of her face, and her eyes glanced at Li Ang from time to time from the gaps in her hair.

She brewed for a while and asked: "Is adventuring outside the island really as interesting as in the book?"

Li Ang roughly recalled the content of the fairy tale "Sword King's Adventure." Because it was adapted from the real story of an ancient adventurer who was one of the founders of the guild, he could remember some of it.

A man with the title of Sword King and his partners defeated the evil dragon entrenched in the kingdom, broke the conspiracy of the remnants of the evil civilization, eliminated the demons from the scarlet earth, and finally brought happiness and joy to the people of the Holy City of Vitask.

"Some are similar, but you have to become a powerhouse to encounter them. But most of the time, it's all kinds of troublesome trivial matters."

Of course, the story is refined.

"You want to build a powerful Sky Knight team, which means you have experienced such adventures, right?"

"Yes."

Li Ang recalled the battle against the King of the Ancient Night City not long ago.

Because of its appearance, the Ancient Night City where the Moon Night Island was located continuously generated undead creatures. They emitted miasma that polluted the nearby airspace, causing losses in the production of many islands and triggering monster riots. Therefore, the guild issued a crusade commission at the SSS level.

The King of the Ancient City coiled like a worm among the moldy brick walls. It was a super monster condensed from the decayed corpses and wailing spirits of ancient times.

Its breathing was a deadly poison that corrupted everything. When its body crawled, filthy blood flowed wantonly, blooming with gorgeous but deadly black blood flowers.

When the team was at a loss, Li Ang racked his brains to formulate tactics and finally found that although the rune devices of the ancient city had long been out of order, activating the spirituality inside could enable them, and finally found the chance to win.

After telling the battle of the Ancient Night City, Zoey listened with full attention.

After finishing how to win, she immediately asked: "Then you must have good partners. The book says that partners are the key to adventure success."

"That's right, but they are gone. They kicked me out."

When Li Ang was kicked out by Soul Apex, one of his big grievances was—if it weren't for me, let alone whether the commission could be completed, your lives would be gone, but when you kicked me, it was so natural?

The Ancient Night City is likely a game dungeon. Perhaps the spellcaster is a must-bring profession for this dungeon, but after using it, Soul Apex chose to kill the donkey after the mill.

Li Ang's words made Zoey fall into silence instantly. While moving forward, there was only the rustling sound of the two stepping on the grass.

"It, it doesn't matter..."

It was Zoey who spoke first.

"People in the village don't like me either. I'm short, not as strong as them. They think I run around badly. Mom and Dad also didn't want me and left me here. But every time I tell myself, I must be obedient and practice sword well, so that they won't be disappointed when they come back.

"You are good to them, but they are not good to you. That means they are very bad. Don't pay attention to them."

Li Ang touched his face. Zoey's clumsy comfort made him show the first sincere smile in these days without knowing it.

He pulled the corners of his mouth back to their original position and asked:

"Why do you come to find me every day?"

"There are no outsiders on the island, and I don't like playing with people in the village. I want to see what people outside are like."

"But you said it was for the house before."

"!"

Red clouds climbed onto Zoey's small face, and she hurriedly waved her hands.

"No, no, it's not, it's not. Of course it's because of that, but I... Ah, right, today I originally wanted to..."

The girl's small leather boots stomped on the ground.

"Yesterday's duel, it's not fair."

It turned out that she didn't treat yesterday as nothing, she just forgot.

"Where is it not fair?"

"I use a sword, you use magic. I don't know how to fight at all. You also have to use a sword, let's compare again."

"According to your logic, I can also say, I use magic, why do you use a sword? You take magic to compare with me."

As soon as Li Ang finished speaking, Zoey fell into a freeze.

The expression on her face seemed to be written directly with "I have never considered this problem."

This guy is really a fool.

But a cute and kind fool.

Li Ang didn't stop his feet. After crossing several undulating small hills, he could see the edge of the island. There, the rolling grass degraded into sandy land with sparse weeds, and finally became mountainous land covered with stones.

Between the mountain rocks, some shadows were crawling.

It's a monster.