"Where are we now? How far from the town. *

Natsu asked Stephanie beside her.

It's a filthy neighborhood with garbage and filth everywhere on the ground, and it smells bad.

Occasionally, a wild dog will appear in the alley, looking around with a wary gaze, turning out food scraps and playing with them with his paws, then biting them into his mouth and disappearing into the night.

"Master, aren't we going to the forest to find the old witch on a mission?" Stephanie opened the message bar:

"There are less than a hundred kilometers to go, and this is already the last human settlement in the vicinity, if you hurry up, you can rush back before dawn."

"So far? So my speed hasn't changed much. ”

Xia wondered:

"The King of Swords and the Heroes of Swords should be quite different, one four-turn profession and one three-turn peak, even if the automatic mode is used now, how can the speed only increase so much?"

Speaking of this, he paused and looked up at the sky:

"It's been a long time since I've been home...... Let's take a look at what commissions have come during this time, and then go to the treehouse. ”

"In automatic mode, the system takes specific actions according to your state, and small things like rushing don't consume too much body; Besides, the master is obviously more suitable for the agility department and the magic department, but he has to choose an orthodox swordsman as the main profession......"

The tone of the black-clothed little Lori was complaining:

"Although this is also a rare hidden class, it is a power-biased type, and of course there is not much change in speed after promotion."

Then she asked with some incomprehension:

"The host...... We could have saved up enough money to buy half of the town, but the house was still small and dilapidated. That's our home base, and I don't know if those bad guys went in and stole anything. ”

"I've set up an enchantment outside the courtyard, and ordinary people will only suffer if they go in. Besides, we have everything of value on you, it's just an empty room. ”

Xia jumped onto the chimney of a house, then flew down, glided in the air for some distance, and landed lightly on the ground a hundred meters away, and continued to run forward.

"Master, you're all about sneezing. The little trap of falling on his heels can't scare those guys at all. What's more, the strength you show in the town is only the Cheng dù of an ordinary magician, and there are very murderous bandits in this area, who dare to do anything for money; In my opinion, we should kill all the bad guys, so that we don't have to worry about problems in the town. ”

The little Lori in black flew in the air and followed her closely, and her words were full of dissatisfaction.

"Stephanie, I said it a long time ago, we're not saviors."

Xia sighed:

"That town is our temporary home, but sooner or later we will leave. After all, we can't stay in this place for long. The robbers are very cleverly hidden, and we are weak, so let's leave it to the local guards; And even robbers don't deserve to be damned by everyone, have you forgotten that little Ron? ”

Hearing her words, Stephanie hesitated for a long time before she asked carefully:

"The host...... Did you choose to do a mission in the Dalton area to find her? ”

Natsu fell silent.

"Ok host! After all, there are rumors of elven ruins in the nearby forest, so maybe we can look for clues to the ancient ruins here......"

Stephanie hurried to her side. Whispered.

"No, you're right."

There was silence for a long time. Xia said slowly, with a hint of sadness in his tone:

"Yes, we've been here long enough...... Now that I'm a lot stronger, I can go to more dangerous places, open up the map, and analyze where it's best for us to go next. ”

She seems to have made a decision. Canceled the automatic mode, stood there and turned to Stephanie.

"Good master!"

Stephanie quickly opened the map interface:

"Master, this is the outline of the continent."

Pointing to some of the different colored areas on the map, she said:

"Remember these white and yellow markings? These areas are basically connected to each other, rarely separated by black or red, so that the countries of the continent can travel normally. Of course. Individual paths are still very dangerous, but they can't stop a strong person like the master. ”

"However, these dangerous passages also have the advantage of eliminating the possibility of large-scale marches in the vicinity, so the probability of war in these areas is minimal, the most obvious example of which is the kingdom of Jophas."

"That country full of dwarves, orcs, and goblins, you can go and see it if you have a chance." Natsu said, looking at the map.

"It's not just dwarves and orcs, master."

Stephanie said with great interest: "There are some dark races in it, vampires like Wendy, werewolves like Delia, if you are lucky, you can see them in Jophas, but I don't know if there are any lichs and elves......"

After saying the word elf, she hurriedly covered her mouth.

After a while, she found that Xia's face had not changed much, so she cautiously continued:

"If the owner wants to continue to upgrade, those yellow-marked places have little experience, and we have several options next......"

"Don't upgrade specifically during this time." Xia shook his head and said:

"For the time being, we will focus on doing tasks and making money, and by the way, the location of collecting treasures and relics, and rising to the top of the continent is not something that can be done in a year or two, and there are still many things we need to do in front of us, and we can't spend all our time on that."

Because the two discussed future plans from time to time, they were delayed on the road for a long time, and arrived at their destination after dawn.

A town shrouded in mist quietly appeared in view, the simple stone houses were like fat bread scattered in the town, occasionally you could see some purple vines climbing on the houses, a narrow river passed through the center of the town, there were a few small boats parked by the river, the clear river water rippled in the morning light, all of them were so peaceful and serene.

"Master, we're finally home."

Stephanie flew to the front and looked at her happily.

Natsu walked over to her. Touching her head, the two of them walked together towards the town.

"Hey, it looks like there's someone up there in front of you."

Since she was in the air, Stephanie had a wider field of vision and noticed a group of people surrounding the west side of the town.

"Wow-"

Then there was a faint cry of a child, crying very sadly.

"Probably not robbers."

Natsu jumped on top of a room. After looking at it for a moment, he jumped down with peace of mind:

"Let's go and have a look."

When I arrived in front of a small house in the west of the village, I found many townspeople pointing around a child sitting on the ground, and a woman carefully took a pair of pliers and put them into the child's mouth, as if trying to pull something out of it......

"Uncle Chiro, what are you doing here?"

Xia was still wearing the magic robe, and came to the crowd in a low voice. Ask a middle-aged man next to him.

"Who...... Oooooooo Magician, you're back just in time. ”

The middle-aged man named Qi Luo let out a sound of surprise.

"Quick, get out of the way! Let the magician-sama pass. ”

He drove away the people who stood in his way.

"It's a magician!"

"The magician who lived at the end of the village has returned......"

The townsfolk got out of the way of the way.

"Master Magician, little Roger's tongue can't be pulled out of the toy jar, it's been almost 1 hour, please show him quickly."

One of the townspeople looked at the child on the ground and said sympathetically.

"Let me see."

Natsu walked over to the woman and looked down at the child's mouth. Then he straightened up.

"How's it going, Magician?"

The woman appeared to be the mother of little Roger. Asked anxiously.

Xia didn't make a sound, and the blue light in his eyes flashed.

Little Roger, who had been crying, immediately stopped crying.

He sat on the ground and opened his eyes wide in surprise, looking at the black-clad magician in front of him, as if he had forgotten the pain in his mouth for a while.

"Jar or?"

Natsu asked the woman next to her.

"Don't! It's just a toy with a few copper coins, but it almost killed a child. ”

The woman replied with tears in her eyes.

"Master, do you want to use that?"

Stephanie asked quietly.

"Only that one is the safest. It's also fast. ”

Natsu lowered her head and stared at the little boy's mouth.

"Smack."

A small jar fell from the boy's mouth, fell to the ground with a soft thud, and then cracked neatly in half.

"-Hiss."

Little Roger inhaled and got up from the ground. I touched my tongue and found that the little jar was gone.

"Good...... Finish! ”

He was only a few years old and his speech was a little slurred.

"Master, this little guy is a little like Zero, but it's a pity that it's a man."

Stephanie said on the side.

"What do you mean it's a pity to be a man? You're sexist. ”

Xia said angrily.

"Master, you are the least qualified to say this......"

Seeing the little boy rise from the ground, the townsfolk let out loud cheers, and one young man whistled sharply.

"What a magician! Saved the kid so quickly. ”

Uncle Qiluo said with a red face:

"During your absence, a lot of things happened in the town, and everyone thought it would be good if you hadn't left......"

"That's right, last time our warehouse caught fire, if the magician was here, a spell would have extinguished the fire."

"The magician can still heal injuries, but last time I broke my leg on the mountain......"

"Thank you, thank you!"

The woman hugged little Roger with tears in her eyes, caressed his head tightly with her hands, walked over and kept bowing to Xia, and thanked him with a trembling voice.

"Master, we're the town's heroes!"

Stephanie said happily.

"What kind of hero, obviously a miscellaneous ...... It's either putting out fires or helping people with chores, it's like a babysitter for these guys, and the last time someone came to me with a toothache, I was so angry that I almost kicked him out. ”

Xia said unhappily.

After all, Xia was relieved to see that the little boy was safe and sound.

Then she made a mysterious look, and left the townspeople in silence, and walked towards her little house.

"But you've helped most people, master, and I think that's a hero."

Stephanie said, hugging her neck.

"A true hero must save everyone...... And salvation must be preceded by a disaster. ”

Natsu gently stroked her hair:

"If I could, I'd rather not be a hero than have a real disaster here."

"Hee-hee...... Master, you are becoming more and more proficient in the use of your superpowers, and you used to miss a lot, but now you can easily cut such a small jar in half, and you haven't hurt that child yet. ”

"Superpowers are indeed very powerful, but the experience required is too outrageous, and now it has only been upgraded to lv4."

Xia scratched her little nose and shrunk her head from the little Lori in black:

"But the power of telekinesis cutting is too great, sharper than ordinary sword blades, unless you encounter a fierce monster, you can only use it to cut bed legs and cut jars."

The two came to a small courtyard full of dust, Xia didn't go out of the door, but looked around, and when he saw that there was no one, he jumped into the air, lightly landed on the roof tiles, and reached out to tap the air in front of him.

She used the gloved hand, and the force was very light, and it was closed at a point in front of her.

Then the empty area was like ripples in the water, gradually revealing a small mailbox.

"I've had a lot of letters of entrustment during this time."

Natsu pulled out a pile of letterheads from her mailbox and held them in her hand for Stephanie to scan.

"No danger found, master."

Stephanie reports.

"I'll see what it's all about......"

Xia lowered her head and opened a letterhead.

After just looking at it, a flame sent out directly from the palm of his hand, burning the piece of paper.

"Two months ago, it was still an escort mission, I'm afraid the time has long been over...... Next. ”

She said helplessly, and opened the letterhead behind her.

As the letterhead kept opening, and looking at her increasingly ugly face, Stephanie flew to her shoulder, and lay there in a voice of comfort:

"Even if there is no letter task, we can also do the side tasks given by the system, and we can also go to the union to receive a ready-made list, the master is now among the ranks of the strong, although the reputation is not very high, but it should not be long before we can receive a heavy commission......"

At this moment, Xia suddenly stopped burning the letterhead and stared at a piece of paper carefully.

"What's wrong? Master, did you find anything. ”

Stephanie leaned her head over and looked at the contents.

"Looks like we've got something to do next."

After a moment, Xia stretched out his finger and flicked it lightly on the piece of paper, revealing a smile:

"It's still a big order." (To be continued......) R527