After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

Lin Da originally felt nothing, but when several team members stared at him with eager eyes, he inexplicably felt a bit nervous.

Writing an overly sentimental adventure goal, it really was embarrassing.

But his goal remained unchanged.

It was still the same as it had been three years ago.

Even with new team members and a new villa, Lin Da's goal, or rather his dream, remained unchanged.

He wrote neatly under the poster: 'Safely reach the summit of World Tree.'

"Oh~ still the one from the rental house? You're not too shy to write the real one, are you?" Kafni teased as she took the feather pen.

"Not at all—adults have long passed the stage of being shy," Lin Da shrugged.

Lulu's gaze became even softer, like a tranquil spring water, silently watching Lin Da's side face.

The three team members took turns writing their adventure goals.

Kafni: 'Defeat the Demon King, save the world!'

Monica wrote: 'Adventure with the captain.'

Lulu held the pen hesitantly for a long time, torn between writing casually or stating her true dream. That was what Kafni had said—it was a bit shy, awkward.

"Go ahead, no one will laugh at you," Lin Da seriously said.

With his encouragement, Lulu finally nodded her little head and bravely started writing after Monica's words.

'Become someone whom everyone can trust.'

Lin Da and the others looked at Lulu in surprise. Although their gazes were not malicious, they still made Lulu embarrassingly blush and she said with a feigned cold tone, "What, is there a problem?"

"No problem." Lin Da thought for a moment, then said, "I think it's a very great dream."

"Monica thinks so too, Sister Lulu, very cool!"

"Tch, adults here, embarrassing to death... uh oh!"

Kafni had wanted to taunt a bit more, but was immediately chopped on the forehead by Lin Da's palm knife, causing her to cry out in pain.

"Damn it, playing favorites, aren't you!"

"In my team, you are at the bottom position, get that clear!" Lin Da said.

"What?! I'm gonna make sure you're left with not even a pair of stolen underwear aaaah!"

"Pfft." Lulu saw them bickering with each other and couldn't help but laugh out loud. This small laughter drew everyone's attention, and the innocent Monica said, "Sister Lulu just laughed."

"I did not." Lulu kept a straight face.

"Definitely laughed." Lin Da also said.

"I said no." Lulu's face turned red.

...

2 AM, the study.

The magic lamp was on, and Lin Da stretched lazily at his desk, rubbing his sore eyes.

On the desk, there were two stacks of strategies.

One was from Isa, and the other was a simple strategy made for Phyllis.

Looking up at the palm-sized exquisite magic clock, Lin Da sighed, "Up late again."

Coming out from the three-story hall, the team members went off to wash up and sleep, while he had to finish making the strategy.

Knock Knock.

The sound of knocking echoed.

Late at night, the room bright as daylight, a head throbbing... all these gave Lin Da a familiar feeling.

"Come in," he said.

The person who walked in was Lulu, sporting a pale blue short hair. Her cheeks glistened with sweat from exercise, wearing a black crop top and showing a slender waist but explosive power, the contours of a six-pack visible.

Lulu, the one who came in, was carrying a round black tray, on which was a cup of hot milk.

"It's good for your health." Lulu placed the milk on the table.

Lin Da held the cup, the temperature just right, not too hot, nor too cold.

The other two team members were asleep, the silence of the deep night, his own bedroom, Lin Da stared blankly at the petite Beastmen girl in front of him, feeling a strong primal urge erupt within him, almost desperate to shed the title of perennial single old mage tonight.

"You're not about to go wild, are you?" Lulu glanced at him lightly, dousing the blazing flames.

Right, she was his team member, still the kind who keeps herself clean, not likely to just do it.

Lin Da, aware of his own lapse, coughed and adjusted his trousers to cover it up. He finished the milk, wiped his mouth and said, "I have something I want to ask you."

"Tasya... do you know where Tasya is?"

Lulu frowned, "Why ask about her?"

"If I remember correctly, after you left Primordial, the next one to leave the team was Tasya. Didn't she contact you?"

Lin Da needed to increase the Phoenix Tail Flower's personnel, and the most likely old team member he could recruit was Tasya.

"I'm taking the cup; you should go to sleep soon too," she said.

Lulu picked up the milk cup, calmly closed the door, and left.

The hallway was unlit and dim.

Clutching the cup, Lulu's heart suddenly quickened as she slowly brought it to her lips.

On the rim of the cup, there remained warmth and a trace of saliva.

Lulu glanced at the tightly closed door behind her, pretending nothing had happened, and took the cup back to her own bedroom.

...

At the same moment, in Red Heart City, at the estate of The Mandalas.

"Welcome back."

Dawen, clad in a white coat, rustled in the night wind.

He stood firm like an unsheathed sword, his eyes flashing with a lightning-like brilliance that was startling.

Then, Dawen moved, vanishing like a bolt of lightning, his sword thrusting straight toward the neck of the silver-haired maid!

Composed, the maid opened her black suitcase, and the equipment inside quickly assembled into a dark magic cannon with a meter-long honeycomb-shaped barrel.

She lifted it with a handle on top, channeled her power, and the cannon's honeycomb launcher spun rapidly. Battle Qi entered, turning into a barrage of green wind bullets that rained down on Dawen as he charged forward!

Da da da—

Dawen's long sword swung out shadows, like a solid umbrella that blocked all incoming bullets. With a sudden acceleration in his step, it was almost as if he teleported behind the maid.

When a long-range shooter is approached by a swordsman... the outcome is decided!

But then, black energy flickered in the maid's azure eyes. With the help of this dark energy, her Battle Qi surged, enhancing her reaction and attack speed. Her long legs, clad in white lace stockings, crashed down on Dawen like a whip!

With a thud,

Dawen was forced back several meters, his feet digging into the ground and plowing a small trench about three centimeters deep.

Feeling the turbulence of blood within and the numbness in his hands, Dawen couldn't help but reveal a satisfying grin.

"After a year, I thought you had gotten weaker. Tasya, you always inspire me to become stronger!"

Dawen sheathed his sword, his face slightly flushed with excitement, his eyes filled with a light affection as he looked at the impassive silver-haired maid before him.

Tasya's demeanor made it clear to Dawen once again that before her master, he was utterly defeated.

Not even qualified to compete in the arena against her.

Tasya just stood quietly, making no response.

"Still haven't found him?" Dawen walked ahead, leading Tasya into the estate.

"Yes."

"It would be good to find him soon."

"Do you really hope so?"

A slight change appeared on Tasya's usually unchanging poker face. "Finding the master means I will leave the Scarlet Adventure Group."

"I know. The contract won't make it difficult for you. Your contributions to the Scarlet Adventure Group are plenty; I hope you can fulfill your wish."

Dawen laughed carelessly, still confident and proud despite being a loser, "By the way, who exactly is your master? I'm quite free lately; maybe I could help you look."

"Dai Lian * Zhao Wo." Tasya softly pronounced the name, her demeanor tender as if caring for a newly born chick.

Walking beside the silver-haired maid, Dawen was somewhat enthralled. Coming back to his senses, he chuckled bitterly. "Among the adventurers I know, there's no one by that name."

"He has another name." Tasya said, "Lin Da."

"What?" Continue your saga on M-V-L

Dawen stopped in his tracks.

He thought of Lin Da from White Dove City.

But... that Lin Da couldn't possibly be the person Tasya was looking for. To command the loyalty of a woman like Tasya, one must be a formidable figure.

Lin Da had potential, but as it stood, he couldn't possibly command Tasya's loyalty as her master.

Besides, considering his little sister's complicated situation,

Dawen sighed with a headache.

"Breeze River Beach... Phoenix Tail Flower should also be going; whether he is the one Tasya is looking for will be clear then,"

Dawen muttered to himself.

...

...

The next morning in White Dove City.

"White Dove Morning News, get your fresh White Dove Morning News, one copper coin a copy—exciting news, a new hidden Magical Creature, a future Iron Level adventurer team, hurry and buy~"

The newsboy roamed the streets, a dark green large bag on his back filled with stacks of newspapers and a magic-guided megaphone hung over his shoulder. His crisp, loud voice, like morning rooster calls, awakened the still-slumbering city.

"Give me a copy."

"Me too."

"Here's a silver coin for you; keep the change!"

Adventurers bought their copies of the White Dove Morning News.

Some, sipping milk, began reading it right on the street,

while others found a bench, comfortably sitting down, enjoying the fresh morning air.

They read the newspaper to see what interesting events had happened recently.