Chapter 88: Pikachu

Just as everyone was discussing how to dispose of the corpse and the personal belongings, Aiwa suddenly said, "Someone else is coming! Very fast!"

Everyone was shocked, and Xia Duo felt a bit panicked as well; although he was quite certain this Mage was at odds with the Territory, he was not one hundred percent sure after all.

However, he did not regret it. Leaving a Mage who wanted to kill him alive was simply too dangerous; rather than that, it was better to gamble on his own judgment.

But before Xia Duo could order anyone to make a cover-up, a series of rapid footsteps became clearly audible, and immediately after, a mounted figure appeared in everyone's field of vision.

A few seconds later, a young man wearing Mage robes appeared before them, with twelve motionless black-robed figures standing behind him.

"Apprentice, soldiers, did you kill him?"

Hearing the newcomer's inquiry, everyone was at a loss, and at this moment, Xia Duo stepped forward. "Lord Leonard, I killed him."

"Hmm, what is your name?"

Xia Duo was stunned. It had only been a few months, yet Leonard actually did not remember him. But seeing that Leonard's expression did not look like he was pretending, he felt a bit unpleasant inside. "My Lord, my name is Xia Duo."

"Xia Duo? I remember you. I was the one who brought you into the Mage Tower back then. I didn't expect it would be you who killed him this time." Leonard revealed an expression of surprise, and added at the end, "Well done!"

Whoosh—whoosh—

Hearing several sighs of relief in succession, Xia Duo also secretly breathed a sigh of relief himself, and then continued, "We discovered this person was disguising his identity to approach us with ill intent. Later, we found that this person had once Command Undead to attack us, and only then did I kill him."

Xia Duo slightly adjusted the timing of the killing and roughly explained the previous events, but Leonard did not care about these details and instead noticed the Undead Xia Duo mentioned—

"Were you the one who reported discovering Undead in the Territory earlier?"

"Yes, after we were attacked, I immediately notified Lord Huosite."

Leonard nodded and did not delve deeper. "This person was a target I had been tracking. Although you were the one who ultimately killed him, this is not enough for you to obtain all the spoils. Do you understand?"

"I understand."

"You may pick one item."

Xia Duo's heart burned with desire. If he could only pick one, would a Dimensional Bag be okay? Ever since he had seen a Dimensional Bag with his own eyes, he had been very eager for one, only he had never heard of anywhere selling Dimensional Bags.

But now—

He still couldn't ask for that. He didn't think his arrow was worth a Dimensional Bag. People should have self-awareness; if he chose the Dimensional Bag, Leonard might give it to him out of obligation to his previous words.

But from then on, he might be marked by this student of the Lord, and it certainly wouldn't be with good intentions, which would be extremely disadvantageous for Xia Duo, who wanted to get by in the Mage Tower in the future.

Of course, it was also possible that Leonard would directly rebuke his greed and then take everything away.

Although a Dimensional Bag was good, it wasn't his.

Compared to a Dimensional Bag he would surely be able to obtain in the future, Xia Duo hoped more to get back his pajamas; this was a memento that had been with him all the way from Earth.

Before, when Lao Nier "bought" it, it was a last resort; if he missed it now, he might never get it back.

This was something Xia Duo could not accept no matter what!

"My Lord, I want that piece of clothing!" Xia Duo pointed at the Pikachu pattern.

Leonard inspected the pile of items briefly and took out the pajamas, his brows slightly furrowed. The material of this thing was somewhat like the silk from the Elves, but it was clearly not; it was just some kind of imitation.

And even if it were an Elven silk robe, the price of a common one would only be one or two hundred Gold Coins; this kind of imitation might be even lower, which did not fit his usual code of conduct.

"Pick another one, this is just a piece of ordinary clothing."

"Lord Leonard, I will choose this one." Xia Duo's attitude was firm. If he could pick an extra one that would be fine, but if it was a trade, then forget it.

Seeing Xia Duo insist on choosing the clothing, Leonard did not ask again, handed the pajamas directly to Xia Duo, then packed up the other items, mounted his horse, and left.

Those twelve black-robed figures followed closely behind, remaining silent from beginning to end, without any unnecessary movements.

After Mage Leonard left, everyone continued talking. Dien immediately crowded up to Xia Duo, chattering, "Xia Duo, why did you choose this clothes! Didn't Mage Leonard tell you to pick another one just now? It would be so much better to pick the Dimensional Bag, or if that didn't work, pick that ring; it's better than picking a piece of useless clothing!"

Xia Duo pushed Dien away, said "you don't understand," and offered no further explanation. When Dien wanted to ask more, Xia Duo hurriedly ordered everyone to clean up the Temporary Camp.

"It's almost dark. We're going back to the village to rest. Everyone, hurry up and pack your things. I'll notify Sami and the others."

Everyone agreed one after another.

Too many things had happened today. First, they encountered elite Orcs, then they discovered traces suspected to be from an Elf, and just now they had killed an Official Mage.

Although it was Xia Duo who did the deed, the others had also gone through psychological torment, and coupled with the battle with the Orcs at noon, they were physically and mentally exhausted and had long wanted to go back to rest.

Xia Duo stood by the campfire, enjoying the last bit of warmth, and looked up at the sky. Only then did he realize that, he didn't know when it started, but the light snow that used to melt before it even landed was now able to stain the ground.

Although it was only for a moment, Xia Duo realized that the snow was starting to get heavier, and their days in the wild were coming to an end.

Everyone packed up quickly, but they were troubled by the corpse at the end. Jibu came over to ask, "Mage Xia Duo, what should we do with this corpse?"

"Leave it here and don't worry about it. The forest will take care of it for us."

It was the corpse of an Official Mage after all, so Jibu hesitated a bit, but seeing Xia Duo's firm attitude, he didn't say anything more and just called for the team members to start an orderly withdrawal.

After exiting the Green Pearl Forest, the view opened up, and Xia Duo saw Sami and the others. After the two teams merged, they headed to the temporary resting point together.

And upon arriving at the deserted village where they were temporarily resting, Xia Duo did not enter with them, but called over Jibu, Wuke, and Dien.

"You take the men into the village; I'm going back to town."

"What?!"

The three of them didn't understand why Xia Duo wanted to go back to town in the evening when they had only just come out in the morning. Regarding this, Jibu was the first to express opposition. "Mage Xia Duo, it's almost dark now. By the time you get back to town, the town gates will already be closed."

Dien also began to persuade, "That's right, Captain Jibu is right. Xia Duo, if you have something to do, we can go back together tomorrow; it'll be safer on the road."

"No, there is something I must finish today. You don't need to persuade me anymore. I will use that 【Summon Mount】 Scroll. I can make it back to town before the gates close, and I will come back to meet you tomorrow morning."