After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

Lin Da humphed, sheathed his Earth Dragon Longsword, and replaced it with a big, crude wooden club.

A level 30 blue rare weapon, the "Goblin Club".

It was rubbish dropped when the Phoenix Tail Flower was cleared at the 13th floor.

"So you want to be beaten, huh? Alright, I'll indulge you!"

Lin Da swung the club at Lia's shoulder, sending her flying like a broken sack, rolling far away on the ground.

She should admit defeat now... As Lin Da thought this, he saw Lia stand up again, her face full of defiance.

A strong anger of frustration rose in Lin Da's heart; he took three steps in two and rushed forward, striking Lia's back with the club, sending her flying once more.

Lin Da frowned at Lia on the ground: "An adventurer who can't even face defeat will sooner or later die stubbornly in the World Tree. With that said, it'd be better if you just quit being an adventurer, disband Snow Goose, and go back home to farm."

"Who do you think you're looking down on!"

Lia shouted as she charged at him, aiming a punch at Lin Da's face.

Bang!

Fist met club, and Lia was predictably sent flying again.

She knelt on the arena like a shrimp, unable to stand for quite a while.

The host, Kami, was directly scared silly; how could this entertaining match become the bloodiest, most dangerous match of the day? He shakily held up the microphone to start the countdown: "Ten, nine, eight, seven..."

The audience below was also dumbfounded, with many of the softer-hearted female adventurers even beginning to feel sympathy for Lia, thinking Lin Da had gone too far.
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The captains from Red Heart City, like Fry, exchanged glances.

They couldn't help but think, if Lia's real father, the Bloody Baron Augutuo, found out that his daughter was being beaten up by Lin Da in front of more than ten thousand people...

You'd have to consider the owner even when beating a dog; in public, Lin Da's merciless pounding and malicious humiliation of Lia with Healing Art was, in a way, an indirect slap to Augutuo's face, even to the Scarlet Adventure Group's face.

Fry looked off into the distance and saw Dawen's face, utterly grim...

It would have been one thing for Lin Da to win normally, but this Healing Art was damn humiliating.

On the big screen, another wave of life-giving green magic light coalesced.

Lia, nearly breathless, was forcibly pulled up by Lin Da to continue taking a beating!

In the player resting area, Klrona was so scared that she scattered chips all over the ground, "Lin Da, that's terrifying!"

"Why won't that idiot Lia admit defeat?"

Aiko was also a bit anxious.

Lin Da punching Lia a couple of times was funny, but punching her two hundred times? Wouldn't that completely shatter her morale and drive her to suicide?

...

The setting sun's afterglow fell upon the arena, like a layer of blood-colored gauze.

The vast Secret Realm Square was silent.

A pair of sympathetic eyes looked towards the red-haired girl who, tremblingly, used her hands to push off the ground and stood up once again.

Lin Da's wrist was numb, and he was tired of hitting.

According to his estimation, Lia was running out of strength.

His tone softened slightly, with an internal concern of really injuring Lia: "If you admit defeat now, you won't have to take any more beating and embarrass yourself in front of so many people."

"No need."

Lia said coldly. Her bangs were messy, covering her eyes as she picked up the Phoenix Feather Sword, and staggered toward Lin Da.

Lin Da was a bit puzzled about what Lia was thinking and continued to advise, "How can you call yourself an exceptional adventurer if you can't accept even this level of defeat?

Being able to let go when necessary is what allows one to make rational decisions amidst adventures.

This is a quality essential for an Adventure Team Leader!

Blindly pursuing victory will only impede your vision, making you unaware of various dangers lurking around you.

Listen well, thirty percent of Legendary Adventurers don't die in battles with legendary Magical Creatures.

They end up betrayed by women and die in despair of suicide. They're bitten on the toe by a venomous snake and die of poisoning even before they see the Giant Dragon's nest.

Being too focused on fighting the Demon Boss, they ignore its underlings.

It starts with one injury, and then a losing streak spirals out of control...

The first step to becoming powerful is to recognize your own weakness.

Only by knowing your weaknesses can you improve on them and gradually become a top adventurer.

To concede defeat is not shameful.

On the contrary, I think it's a mark of a strong person."

Lin Da raised the club in his hand, "If you still refuse to admit defeat, I'll beat you until you do. One time, ten times with Healing Art... Even if you pass out, I'll wake you back up until you're willing to say the words 'I admit defeat' yourself."

Lia wiped the blood from her mouth, laughed angrily with her face, and pointed the great sword at Lin Da's nose:

"The thing I hate about you the most is treating me like a child, always talking to me in this lecturing tone!

I'm already eighteen, an adult, and I don't need your finger-pointing!

Even if I'm killed by Magical Creatures, that's the choice I made, and I have no regrets!"

Since she first met Lin Da, he had never treated her as an adult!

Lia's fists clenched tightly, causing her knuckles to hurt. She slightly bowed her head, her voice rising from calm to thunderous: "If you hadn't taken care of all Snow Goose's miscellaneous affairs and meals, I would probably be capable of anything by now.

If you hadn't bought strawberry cake, I wouldn't have developed a sweet tooth.

If you had made a slightly poorer strategy, I wouldn't be so dependent on you!

Without you, I would definitely be much stronger!"

Lia sniffled, wiped away the tears in her eyes, and loudly accused Lin Da of his misdeeds.

She was born in the slums of Red Heart City, where she first learned to be strong and independent. Only she and her wooden sword could protect Bellini from the harassment of those inferior Beastmen.

Even after they went to The Mandalas, they were not valued by Augutuo, just a toy picked up by the family, so lowly that even a servant could look down on them in secret.