The Girls Are All Coveting Me

Huh? I fought Ke?

If the demons and Maze Monsters had another chance, they would definitely ask this.

Clear 20 slimes in 3 seconds.

Hunt 10 Grassland Giant Rats in 1 minute.

Cleave 5 goblins with 5 swings.

A single lightning strike charred a treant into a piece of charcoal.

…

When Chloe submitted the first batch of quests to the guild thirty minutes later, his adventurer level had risen from level 9 to level 8.

After he called the principal to apply for free access to the C-level and below Mazes, he ventured into the Maze alone and returned with a load of Maze materials to the guild once more.

Upon his second visit, his adventurer level had increased to level 7.

However, he wouldn't be able to handle raising his adventurer level to 6 today.

He didn't have much time to spend at the guild from then on.

Nevertheless, Miss Sarah at the Adventurer's Guild front desk offered a suggestion.

"Since the Extreme Association is heading to the Menilanka area, why not take on some quests there?"

"Hmm?"

"There are quite a few tasks in the fallen area. If you're interested, I can bring the list for you to see."

"Alright, let me have a look."

Miss Sarah bent down and left the room, returning shortly with the task list.

The task list was carefully selected by Miss Sarah.

Many of them were hunting tasks that didn't heavily rely on adventurer levels.

However, the quest posting location was at Dante Port.

This left Chloe feeling a bit helpless.

Going to Dante Port would surely lead to the Patrol Hunting Church approaching him again.

He could refuse, but they hadn't been really bothering him.

At most, they'd look at him with those helpless, abandoned eyes.

But Ke has never been beneath others in his life.

Even Cang calls him brother.

How could he wake up with his brother becoming his Holy Son?

It's too degrading!

That said…

"I'll become the Holy Son when I need external support,"

Chloe silently resolved in his heart.

What?

You say this approach crosses the line?

No problem.

Just redraw the line.

Ke is just that flexible and adaptable.

He selected the hunting task list he found suitable.

[Hunt a Giant Dire Wolf (12/12)], Sequence 7-8 required.

[Hunt a Large Slime (2/2)], Sequence 6-7 required.

[Hunt an Adult Mountain Sub-dragon (1/2)], Sequence 6-7 required.

…

The level of difficulty for these tasks had significantly increased.

And they all imposed sequence level restrictions.

Evidently, even the Adventurer's Guild feared that overconfident adventurers would undertake quests beyond their capabilities, only to be wiped out pointlessly.

However, Chloe's gaze soon stopped on one task.

He asked, somewhat puzzled:

"Why is there a non-hunting task here?"

Miss Sarah was momentarily stunned, then laughed silently and said:

"You're referring to the 'Homecoming' task."

"Yes."

[Find Person Task: Homecoming]

Requirements: Sequence Six

Task content: Deliver the urn and letter to the Menilanka area; and search for Lady Jupiter's whereabouts in Neil Town.

If you find Lady Jupiter, hand over the items.

If you don't find Lady Jupiter, scatter the ashes into the local Qin Lake.

Task reward: Sequence Seven Extraordinary Trait [Shadow Poem], 648 Gold Pounds.

Undoubtedly, the task reward was quite generous.

It could even prepare a gift for Senior Sister Fufu!

Miss Sarah blinked and said:

"This task was released less than two days ago.

Due to eligible adventurers already heading to the front lines, this task has been left aside for now.

You might consider taking it on. Last time you mentioned needing to seek treatment at the Menilanka area border for a while.

I checked, and Neil Town is near the border town you're heading to."

Chloe pondered for a moment before saying:

"Can you help contact the person who issued the task?"

"The issuer passed away a few days ago, only the agent remains."

"That's fine; I'd like to ask a few questions before deciding."

…

That afternoon.

An elderly man called him via video.

"Hello, is this Mr. Chloe from the Extreme Association?"

Chloe, sipping a mojito at the bar, replied:

"Yes, that's me. May I know who you are?"

"I'm the agent for the 'Homecoming' task. I heard from the guild you're interested in taking the task but want to discuss it?"

Speed Dragon Morton, sitting nearby drinking, leaned over and said:

"Junior, what task is it?"

Chloe pushed him aside and responded:

"A task to find someone in the Menilanka area. I'm mainly worried it's too cumbersome since I can't stay there for long."

Speed Dragon shook his wine glass and downed it, then said:

"Another unlucky soul like me, unable to return home?"

"Shoo, shoo." Chloe quite liked Morton's carefree yet restrained personality.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have accompanied him to drink at the bar.

The elderly man on the other end of the video paused in surprise.

He seemed unprepared for the task taker to be so young and familiar with someone from Menilanka.

He couldn't help but ask:

"Did you come from crossing the fallen zone?"

The Menilanka area lost all contact with the outside world 60 years ago.

An Extraordinary person of this age, it's clearly unlikely that they were among those who left 60 years ago.

So, eliminating all other possibilities, the only impossible option left is the truth.

——The young man before me forced his way across the fallen zone to reach the outside world.

Speed Dragon Morton waved his hand and said:

"That was years ago."

Perhaps seeing a fellow countryman, the two began to feel a bit emotional.

Chloe didn't interrupt them.

If he saw someone from his hometown now, he would only be more excited.

He waited until they chatted for quite a while before shifting the topic to the current mission.

"So, what's the situation with this search mission? Thanks to your hometown fellow, I need to provide free medical consultations there for three days.

After opening the passage, I can't spend too much time on the search."

At this point, the old man finally remembered the purpose of their video call.

"Sorry for making you wait impatiently."

"No, listening to your chat was quite interesting."

"Then let me explain the situation of this mission,"

The old man began to ramble on about the background of this mission.

70 years ago, at a high school in the Menilanka area, a young boy and girl met with joy.

Under the statue of the Love God, they made a vow to never part until they were old——

[None other than you to marry]

[None other than you to wed]

Just like that, the naive young boy and girl pledged their lives together.

At the time, they had just graduated high school, not yet at an age to discuss marriage.

In September of that year, the boy was admitted to a military school in the neighboring region, needing to go to Dante Port near the Locke Empire to study.

Before he left, they agreed that after the Lantern Festival, the girl would go to Dante Port to reunite with him.

They planned their future together.

But unexpectedly, before the Lantern Festival, a Demon riot changed the situation in the Menilanka area.

The presence of the fallen zone turned Menilanka into an isolated island.

Transportation from Dante Port to Menilanka was cut off.

Suddenly, there was constant conflict between the front line at Dante Port and the Demons.

To ensure the school's safety, it was relocated inland.

Since then, the two lost contact.

70 years later.

The boy had become an old man, his hair as white as snow.

After a check-up, he found out he was infected with [Life Origin Loss Syndrome].

This is an incurable disease in the current era.

Even merely eating and drinking will gradually deplete his Life Origin.

He only has 3 months left.

So, he wrote a letter, took out all his savings, and entrusted a fellow countryman to publish a mission for him.

Recalling this, the old man was full of emotion.

"He told me, going home is impossible for him because his life is on a countdown, and he won't have the chance.

He had a fiancée in the Menilanka area, and if he passes away, he hopes I can take his ashes back.

If his fiancée is still there and has already married someone else, then give her the ashes to lay them elsewhere.

If she's already gone, then bury my friend's ashes with her grave.

If she... can still wait for my old buddy, then deliver the ashes and that letter to her..."

Chloe was stunned.

"Life Origin Loss Syndrome?"

The old man asked curiously: "Hmm? You've heard of it?"

"Life Origin Loss Syndrome has been renamed now, it's called Fox Syndrome." Chloe said after a moment of silence, "I was one of the healers who maintained his life functions at that time."

The old man who attracted the butterflies for him had just passed away a few days ago.

The temporarily named disease, because it couldn't be cured, was eventually named after Mr. Fox.

The old man stood there in a daze, and after a moment, he sighed deeply:

"It's such a small world."

However, neither of them noticed that the expression of Speed Dragon Morton, who was drinking nearby, had changed.

As the two were chatting about Mr. Fox, Morton suddenly interjected:

"Is the person he's looking for named Jupiter? Jupiter Kaelan?"

The two who were conversing turned their gazes synchronously toward Speed Dragon.

After a moment, the old man on the other end of the call swallowed, saying with difficulty:

"You know her?"

"Yes, my grandfather's generation were neighbors with her."

The old man's mouth slightly opened.

Is this world truly so small?

At this moment, Morton spoke:

"She didn't marry."

"Hmm?"

"Madam Jupiter didn't marry."

The crowd fell silent.

After a moment, Chloe said:

"I'll take the mission. Senior Morton, you were planning to go with me to the Menilanka area anyway.

The guidance will be up to you."

Morton shook the empty wine glass, his eyes slightly distant.

He suddenly felt a little sad.

A natural disaster, a single fall, and countless families shattered to pieces.

He poured a little more into his glass, prepared to gulp it down, but Chloe said:

"Drink a little less, it's bad for your health."

"Wasn't it said there would be enough wine?"

"The wine of sorrow only makes you feel worse with each drink." He took Morton's glass, drank it dry, and said, "Once the passage to the Menilanka area is open, we won't return until we're drunk."

"You're actually lecturing your senior now."

Morton sighed and did not refuse again.

Before leaving, he suddenly said:

"Junior brother, I fought my way out of the fallen zone just to tell the outside world that the Menilanka area hasn't fallen yet."

After speaking, he turned and left.

The dappled shadows of the trees left marks on the Speed Dragon.

"What a wild lion he is."