Marlowe is forty years old this year, is a seventh-level great sword master, a few months ago in the Holy Koras Empire royal capital of Arosa City participated in the quadrennial Wang Li martial arts competition, in the great sword master level competition lost to a young man of the same level, this is a big blow to Marlowe, he was confident that at least in the great sword master level can achieve the top eight results, but he did not expect to fall in the preliminaries, and the opponent is still a teenager less than thirty years old, whether it is the fighting moves or the understanding of martial arts, Ma Luo is far inferior to others. After losing the game, Marlowe's will was depressed for a while, and it was not until a few days ago that he eased up a little, so he decided to travel to the mainland for a few years to gain some knowledge, he knew that he was no longer young, if he could not advance to the Sword Master within ten years, then this life was very likely to stop here.

Marlowe has two sons and a daughter, the eldest son is twenty years old and has a well-paid job in the city of Arosa, which can fully afford the expenses of the family, the second son is studying at the Imperial Capital College and will graduate in a few days, and the younger daughter is in a hot fight with the younger son of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and eighty percent is going to marry into the Chancellor's family. So Marlowe had nothing to worry about, so he decided to leave his wife and children and pursue his martial arts. Marlowe's wife understands him very well, knowing that her husband's lifelong pursuit is martial arts, in order to make a living, Marlowe went to work as a guard and a soldier, but he couldn't really calm down and pursue the ultimate in martial arts, but now the family is wealthy, and the children are also angry, so there is no hindrance.

Marlowe packed his bags, took some gold coins and went south, he didn't have any purpose, he traveled all the way to the mountains and rivers, and took some adventure guild tasks to make travel expenses, but it was very leisurely. The seventh-level Great Sword Master is already considered to be middle and high on the Elan Continent, and ordinary bandits and demonic beasts really can't help Marlowe.

Until this day, Marlowe saw a city from a distance, he took out the map and looked at it, this is the county capital of Corbo County in the south of the St. Colas Empire, the city lord is Marquis Harvey Hobert, has a son and a daughter, the son is called Andre Hobert, and the daughter is called Carrie Hobert, when he was the imperial capital guard, he also met Marquis Harvey a few times, and he was very kind, so Marlowe stepped into the city.

The Empire was divided into four counties: the Imperial County with the capital city of Asaro, the county of Milos with the city of Roonburg, the county of Keya with the city of Les Porto Les, and the county of Cobo with the city of Veran. Harvey Hobert is still very qualified as the county warden of Cobo County on the southern border, and over the decades, the county capital of Wilan City has been quite prosperous, and the other two cities on the border are also governed by similar iron barrels, Wilan City, Nilin City and the southernmost city of the empire Magas City are known as the three cities on the southern border of the empire, and are the most important frontier cities of the Santa Kolas Empire.

Marlowe walked through the city of Vilan, surrounded by a bustling business scene that made him feel like he was back in the capital. The streets are lined with all kinds of shops, dwarves are busy in the blacksmith shop, and the sound of tinkling iron is crisp and pleasant; beautiful elven girls with long ears sell elven secret recipes in the potion shop; Terran cavalry patrols are uniform, their armor and long swords in their hands are shining with a terrifying cold light; occasionally passing by a few tall and sturdy orcs do not dare to make trouble in the street.

Marlowe nodded, secretly praising Marquis Harvey is really a rare virtuous minister, although in the past ten years, the actions of the orcs on the border have become more and more excessive, it is still not easy for him to govern this peaceful scene of Vilan City.

Marlowe thought as he strolled around, and before he knew it, he saw a small building that was slightly old in front of him, with the words 'Cobb County Adventure Guild' written directly above the door, and a line of small letters under the door was 'Wiland Branch'. Marlowe came back to his senses and calculated his entanglement, and dozens of gold coins, even with food, drink and accommodation, probably not last a few days.

Let's go in and have a look, Marlowe made up his mind.

The guild was very lively, but there was no one around the release bar, and Marlowe didn't think much about it, so he walked directly to the release bar, and there was a task announcement hanging in the most conspicuous position:

Mission Level: S Rank

Mission: Rescue Viscount Andre and his team members, and destroy the Dark Demon Spider as appropriate, and obtain the Dark Demon Spider Crystal Nucleus.

Location: Burial Dragon Valley

Reward: 1,000,000 gold coins or a set of Juggernaut Armament (minted by the Dwarven Craftsman May-Hardy), plus if you get the Dark Demon Spider Crystal Nucleus.

Mission Duration: Unlimited

Quest Initiator: Harvey Hobert, Lord of Cobo City

Description: On August 13, 3543 Elamite calendar, Viscount Andre led an adventurous team to explore deep into the Valley of the Buried Dragon, and on September 15 of the following year, one of the adventurers escaped, learning that Viscount Andre and other members of the adventure team were all trapped in the Dark Demon Spider Cave, and their fate is currently unknown. If Viscount Andre and the members of the adventure party are still alive, please protect them to the guild (Viscount Andre is the priority goal), if possible, please destroy the Dark Demon Spider and retrieve the Dark Demon Spider Crystal Nucleus, and the City Lord's Mansion will be greatly grateful!

Ma Luo looked at the announcement bar and was frightened by the reward for this task, 1 million gold coins, enough to buy a small house in the royal city, and then live comfortably for decades. But I looked at the content again, rescue Viscount Andrei, that's it, Marlowe knows Andre Hobert, is the eldest son of the Marquis of Harvey, if that's the case, it's reasonable, but this S-level mission Marlowe is not sure, and there is too little information about the Burial Dragon Valley, Marlowe has the impression that the Burial Dragon Valley is a valley at the junction of the southern empire and the Orc Empire, and I have heard of it since I was sensible, there are many high-level demonic beasts living in the valley, and even the existence of a twelfth-order beast emperor, the royal city of St. Kolas once paid attention to this place, and also sent a few elite imperial troops, but all of them were silent, and even the people who heard about it were all dead, and it was the invasion of the Roland Empire, so there was no more waste of troops to explore.

Now Marlowe sees the name of the Burial Dragon Valley, and it brings back memories. The Twelfth-Order Beast Emperor, whether it is rumored or not, is too terrible for a great sword master, Marlowe knows how much combat power is needed to deal with a twelfth-order Beast Emperor, because when he was the guard of the imperial capital, he once received such a task to kill a twelfth-order Red Blood Scorpion Emperor, and that battle dispatched a thousand great sword masters, including himself, fifty sword saints, and four golden sword masters, and ten holy demon masters cooperated, at that time, Ma Luo was still young, and there was also a blood in his heart, he thought about what kind of demonic beast was so powerful, to dispatch so much combat power, and confidently wanted to make some merit and climb up, as a result, after more than 20 days, more than half of the Great Sword Master was killed and wounded, the fifty Sword Masters died and thirteen other serious injuries were killed, the four Golden Sword Masters were also mortally wounded, and the ten Holy Demon Masters were all wiped out. Marlowe shuddered when he remembered that battle, and it was after that time that Marlowe resigned from his job as a guard in the imperial capital, and that battle became Marlowe's nightmare, and he still occasionally has nightmares when he sleeps.

When Ma Luo saw that it was very likely that he was going to deal with the Twelfth Order Beast Emperor, he smiled bitterly and shook his head, not even thinking about it. Marlowe looked down, and was about to look at other B-level or C-level missions, when a small white hand suddenly reached out from behind and slapped Marlowe's shoulder.

"Uncle, are you here to take over the task?" Marlowe looked back, and a little girl with short hair was looking at him with a smile, "I said uncle, you should be a powerful person looking at you, are you interested in teaming up with me?"

Marlowe smiled, the beautiful little girl in front of her looked really not short, she was dressed tightly and neatly, with a pair of metal bracers in both hands, which looked expensive, light leather chest guards and leather leg guards were tightly wrapped around the body, revealing a proud curve, a small pocket hung on the right waist, which looked inlaid with gold and silver, and it did not look like ordinary people's objects, and a thin sword hung on the left waist, which was extremely gorgeous, and the hilt was inlaid with various gems.

"Little girl, can you take on the task too?" Marlowe did not answer the little girl's question, but asked her instead, because Marlowe felt that this little girl was not like an ordinary person, let alone someone who took risks for a living.

The little girl snorted, her little nose wrinkled and said, "Hmph!!You adults are all the same, looking down on my girl's family, can't I go to take the task? Uncle, let me ask you, are you a high-level great sword master?"

Marlowe was stunned when she heard this, this little girl's eyesight is good, and she can see my level at once, so she said, "Oh?

The little girl smiled proudly and said, "What's so difficult about this! Uncle, what rank are you?"

Marlowe said, "I'm a seventh-order great sword master......

The little girl made a sure expression and said: "Cut~~~ It's just two orders higher than me, what's the big deal, I'm only fifteen years old this year, if I reach your age, at least I'll be a Golden Sword Saint!"

Ma Luo was taken aback, the fifteen-year-old fifth-order Great Sword Master, this is too scary, even if it is placed in the Imperial Capital Academy in the capital Arosa, he is definitely a genius among geniuses, which makes Ma Luo look at it differently.

"So, do you really want to take on the task? Do you want to take that task?" Marlowe became interested, I don't know what task this little girl is going to take, B-level? Do you want to take on the A-level mission? If two great swordsmen cooperate, and find a few more mages to cooperate, the A-level task is really not too difficult for them.

The little girl sneered a few times, crossed her waist with her left hand, and pointed to the post bar with her right hand and said, "Oh, that's it, I'm going to save Andre!"

"Poof!" Marlowe didn't take a breath and almost choked himself: "What... What?!"

"Hahahaha~~~ Why are you so surprised, you are less courageous than Alain," the little girl smiled and leaned back, "Do you think that just the two of us are weak, and this S-class task is difficult to complete, right?"

Marlowe swallowed his saliva and said, "Little girl, do you know the situation in the Burial Dragon Valley?"

The little girl frowned and said, "My name is Kelly, not a little girl, and don't add small words anywhere in front of and behind my name, I hate small words!"

Marlowe nodded and said, "Okay, Miss Kelly, this mission is very likely to deal with the Twelfth Order Beast Emperor, do you understand?"

Kelly said disapprenously: "Of course I know, isn't it the dark demon spider, as far as I know, it is at most the tenth order, you, me, plus my team, it is enough to deal with it!" said Kelly turned sideways and pointed behind him, "Well, these are my helpers, and the one who seems to be very timid is called Alain." ”

At this time, a little boy in an off-white monk's costume behind Kelly nodded timidly at Marlowe, and before he could speak, his face turned red, "You..... Hello..... I.... My name is..... Lancelot, they all call me..... Call me Alain....."

Marlowe felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly shook his head and said to Kelly, "I haven't promised you to join yet, have I?"

"Hmph~~ I don't care, I'll tell you the name, you're my person now," Kelly crossed her hands on her hips and said arrogantly, "Alain is the best priest we have here, good at light magic, responsible for healing and power amplification. ”

Kelly didn't care whether Marlowe agreed or not, and began to introduce her team in one go. At this time, the other adventurers in the guild all laughed secretly, and there were a few people sitting at a table not far from the release bar, and a swordsman whispered to a magician: "This person is eighty percent foreign, and he doesn't even know our famous little witch Kelly, and he has suffered a lot .......now!"

"The little witch is going to take that S-class mission?"

"Cut~~ You don't know, Andre is her brother, of course she is going, but I heard that there is no return to the Burial Dragon Valley, and now the Hou Ye should vomit blood again......"

"Who said it wasn't, I heard that Master Hou has lost weight several times for Andre's business, but it's a pity that he is so old, and he has to worry so much about his children!"

"You wait, the City Lord's Mansion will have someone in a while, and the Hou Ye will definitely not let Kai Li go to death again!"

......

Kelly didn't care about everyone's discussions, still chattering about the introduction, Marlowe listened with an embarrassed face, but this team was beyond his expectations, in addition to the priest named Alain, there was also a great mage named Lilith, who was also a very beautiful woman, but her age looked not young, and her face was always cold, Kelly said that she was the best at ice magic; there was also a dwarf Sein, who looked a little unkempt, his beard stuck together seemed to have not been washed for a long time, and he always smelled of alcohol, and he was responsible for weapon maintenance and repair in the team; and there was also a male elven ranger named Gulmo, who was in charge of scout reconnaissance, an elf bow also has a lot of combat power, and finally there are ten ninth-order swordsmen, this is a mercenary hired by Kaili at a high price, usually responsible for vigilance, and it is also a force that cannot be ignored when fighting.

"Now, uncle, I'm on a good team, right?" said Kelly triumphantly.

Marlowe couldn't laugh or cry, in all fairness, if this team runs in well, it will definitely be extraordinary, and it is indeed not difficult to deal with tenth-order demonic beasts, but Marlowe still beats the drum in his heart, after all, the rumors are not groundless, if it is really a twelfth-order beast emperor, then this team will definitely have to finish playing, and whether it can run out of someone has to be said separately.

Marlowe said with a bitter face: "Not bad, yes, but ......"

Kelly waved her hand impatiently and said, "But what, such a big man's mother-in-law and mother-in-law, even my little girl is not as good, you look like you have been a soldier, you will be the vice captain of our team in the future!"

"I ......"

"What am I, by the way, our team is called Kobo Squad, I don't know what your name is, uncle?" asked Kelly with an expectant expression.

"I ...... I...... My name is Marlowe......."