"Okay, everything over there has been perfectly resolved."

Ryan rode back to the group on a turnip and said to Althea with a smile.

Green Forest Gang.

Although this is a third-rate gang that is more famous in "Anovara", these members are generally thin and even inferior to farmers, and their professional level is either only around the first and second levels or none at all, which does not cause any trouble to Ryan at all.

And after this incident, Ryan also gained two additional specializations.

[Precision Shot (General Specialty): When you shoot at medium range with a ranged weapon, the attack check is not subject to a -4 reduction. ]

[Mastery First Strike (General Specialty): You become more responsive to combat.] ]

It's all very basic expertise, and it's a must-have for beginners on the road. Generally speaking, these feats are unlocked at the player's class level 4 to 5 on average, but Ryan still has a little less experience to move up to level 4, which is relatively early.

After adding a total of more than a dozen gold coins found by touching the corpse, Ryan was basically satisfied with the benefits brought by this incident.

But.

There is one thing that I have to say again.

"I'm sorry, Althea, maybe I just did it to you feeling a little sudden, or strange or something," Ryan scratched his head, trying to say in a very normal tone, "but I can only do this to avoid further trouble." ”

Fool.

I don't speak, but it's not because of that.

"I know, Ryan," Althea pouted, "when are you going to stop treating me like a little girl who doesn't know anything, and if I was really as innocent as you say, I shouldn't have attacked with you but hid behind your back." ”

"If only you could understand me," Ryan said with a sigh of relief, then full of incredulity, "but how did you do that?" ”

That's pretty much it, Althea thought to herself.

She and Ryan have known each other for almost ten years, and Ryan has grown more and more like an adult in terms of the way he thinks when it comes to getting along with people or encountering something important. This can't help but make Althea often compare herself to Ryan from time to time. She wanted to grow up like Ryan, not like Althea, who hid in a quiet corner and read a book and asked Ryan to deal with problems when she was in trouble.

Althea snorted happily, holding her round-rimmed glasses with one hand, and couldn't help but feel a little more proud in her tone, "During the time before leaving, I had been working hard at home to study its spell model, and then I slowly learned it." ”

Slowly...... Learned?

Ryan's heart thumped.

It's incredible.

In just a few days, he learned another trick.

Could it be that if she was given a few more days, Althea would be able to learn an even more powerful one-ring spell?

But you must know that even if the talent is in the learning career of a good mage, it will be calculated in at least months!

I wonder what the mages who can only cast the three-ring spell at most in their lifetime will think when they learn about this......

"It's you, the girl I know who loves to learn since she was a child, and the future partner of the 'Adventure King' will have to be as good as Althea," Ryan adjusted his mood and touched Althea's hair, "But the consumption of the body is also high and low in the trick, don't be too tired." ”

"yes, I know."

Althea unconsciously lowered her head.

The warmth of her palms reminded her of the past. At that time, Ryan was like a brother in her eyes.

But it's not the same time it used to be, Athea, why do you still rub it into his palm as before?

Althea's heart was full of contradictions.

"Alright, now let's move the conversation to you," Ryan retracted his hand contentedly, looking at the young woman who had been talking since then, "tell me your name, your identity, and why they arrested you." ”

……

"Well, Ryan, it looks like I misunderstood you," Althea looked at Ryan, "It seems that you are smarter than I thought, and have a very clear and long-term plan, because your plan is to 'bypass' Link Town and move to the next place in advance. ”

"As I said, it's just an accident, Athea, it's that the map is too rudimentary," Ryan explained helplessly, "and besides, isn't there Gero, she'll show us the way to Linktown, and we'll be there in about an hour and a half at most." ”

Not sure why.

On the way, Ryan felt that Althea would tease herself with similar things from time to time. And although he didn't understand why the other party was like this, he saw that at least Althea didn't become untalkative because of her "killing", or showed some signs of nausea and paleness, so he let her say it (maybe he was jealous when he saw Jieluo sitting behind him?). Of course, the thought only existed in Ryan's mind for a moment. In his opinion, he and Althea are childhood sweethearts who are "well-rooted", and this kind of mental activity cannot appear in Althea's heart at all). The two have known each other for almost ten years, and they have lived and grown up together on weekdays, and if someone or someone in the family is sick and needs help, they will help each other, of course, they will not fall out because of this kind of half-joking.

"That...... Thank you, Ryan, Althea," the woman named Jero apologized again, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get you into trouble. ”

"If you have money, it's all good," Ryan said, "are you right?" ”

“…… Well," said Jieluo, nodding affirmatively, "don't worry, my father will thank you very much when he finds out about this." ”

"That's for the best."

Ryan laughed.

It is impossible not to benefit from it.

Unless the event requires it, he won't be a bad guy.

That's what a paladin does, and he's not a paladin, he's an adventurer. Adventurers don't have much wealth on them, which will numb their love of adventure, but it is impossible to do without a certain amount of wealth.

……

Linktown.

It's a town with a population of just over a thousand people, not even as many as a larger village, but in the world of Anovara, a town of this size is essential.

In layman's terms, this type of town mainly serves as a "transit station". A good "staging station" requires not a population but a number of facilities, such as a blacksmith shop, a few shops owned by low-level mages, taverns and inns, and some ...... for adventurers to have fun A place to rest.

And the "father" in Jack's mouth is the owner of one of the largest taverns in Linktown. He picked her up when she was a child, and when she grew up, she learned singing and dancing skills with her "sisters" in the tavern to repay the boss who gave her a meal at the time.

Or rather, father.