Chapter 34: Chapter 34: Grace, the Naturally Evil Brat!
"You rebuilt the Moonlight Cat Cat Group?"
The retired adventurer missing half a leg showed a trace of grief on his face.
Alice nodded, "Just happened to lead this newcomer and used our old group’s name. Uncle Tiqi, is that okay?"
The adventurer smoked, one puff after another, and finally said:
"Why ask me? The Moonlight Cat Cat Group has already been canceled by me."
"Then I won’t change it."
The former leader of the Moonlight Cat Cat Group, Tiqi Laoxin, looked at Alice with displeasure:
"Don’t show that expression. Disappearing into the wind is the adventurer’s fate. Maybe one day you’ll love the feeling of traveling with the wind."
As he spoke, he unscrewed a flask, looked at Alice, and said:
"Do you still regularly take the Hunting Tree Demon task every year?"
Alice nodded, "Pour a jug of wine at the graveyard in Dragonbone Prairie for them, and see if that thing is still there."
Tiqi’s swallowing throat paused while drinking.
The flask was slowly put down, and he said seriously:
"Can you kill that creature now?"
Alice honestly said, "I don’t know, but the difference shouldn’t be much."
"After all these years, do you have any guesses about that creature?"
"Searched through various books, it might be a Sapphire Dragonling."
Tiqi suddenly squeezed the flask hard, crushing it.
Louis raised his head, an overwhelming aura enveloped the area.
Tiqi’s voice gradually became hoarse, "A pure-blood dragon?"
Alice said, "It should be."
Tiqi shook his head, "Then you’ll need more training for a few more years."
Alice retorted, "Tiqi, it’s still just a dragonling, killable."
Louis couldn’t hold back and interjected, "Did you just say there’s a Sapphire Dragonling in Dragonbone Prairie?"
Alice glanced at Louis and said, "I mentioned this in the Adventurer Guild last year, and quite a few Mithril, even Gold-ranked adventurers went to investigate."
Louis asked urgently, "What was the result?"
"First, tone down your aura," Alice reminded him before continuing, "Of course, nothing was found. Not even dragon poop, footprints or naturally shed dragon scales."
She finished speaking and gave a self-deprecating smile:
"If it weren’t for my quick glimpse of that thing’s appearance, I’d have thought it was false news, so if you don’t believe it..."
"No, I believe."
Louis earnestly said, "Captain Alice wouldn’t lie."
The real reason was, he remembered the forthcoming Sapphire Dragon Disaster that made defending the Imperial Capital increasingly difficult.
The Future Diary already confirmed the existence of Sapphire Dragons in the Burning Smoke Mountain Range.
They will go berserk in the future, attacking the monsters in the Burning Smoke Mountain Range, causing them to descend en masse and assault surrounding towns.
So when Alice mentioned a Sapphire Dragonling, he didn’t treat it as a "boy who cried wolf" scenario.
"Is that dragonling very strong?" Louis asked directly, "With William, and an external ally of exemplary destructive power, can it be fought?"
Alice looked surprised at Louis, "Your scorching beam is quite powerful, but not at an exemplary level."
William seemed to remember something and whispered, "Don’t ask too much, but over at Caesar’s, there indeed is combat power at an exemplary level."
That’s right, it’s the giant slime Limuru.
Limuru’s threat is even above a typical dragonling.
Once it transcends into a different-colored slime, the giant slime’s dissolution and destruction of infrastructure are truly immense.
If left unchecked, within a day, the buildings of an entire small town could be melted away.
"In that case, we can definitely fight!" Alice smiled bloodily yet charmingly, "Though I’m the captain, now it seems, I actually became the weak link against that creature?"
Louis waved his hand, "No, you’re making me feel ashamed."
Tiqi finished his drink in one gulp and added a sentence, "Before you have enough strength, don’t casually provoke that thing; who knows how strong it’s become now?"
Everyone nodded in agreement, but each harbored his or her thoughts, planning to prepare for the potential battle.
On the way out of the market, Alice suddenly said:
"Thank you, thank you for trusting me."
Louis blinked and earnestly said, "I actually believe in myself."
If he didn’t believe the version of himself in the Future Diary, then who else could he trust?
But when he said this, finally, in Alice’s indifferent and even slightly cold eyes, some warmth appeared.
Her smile became more dignified, and she suddenly asked:
"Is Olivia still as cute as before?"
Louis’ face showed a bit of indulgence and helplessness, "She’s always been cute, but sometimes she’s a bit...
Um, I don’t know how to describe it."
Alice’s lips curled slightly, "Childish, right?"
Louis scratched his head.
He hadn’t said anything.
Alice continued, "It’s not really her fault; she may have mentioned it to you that she and I have been friends since childhood."
"Huh?"
Louis was dumbfounded.
He sized up this wildcat-like fiery captain and suddenly burst into laughter.
"I believe it..."
Bullshit!
With your figure looking like mountains from every angle, standing next to a flat-chested little bean sprout, it’s just not the same picture.
Alice’s smile turned increasingly dangerous, "You don’t believe me?"
Louis truthfully said, "I dare not."
He had the feeling that Alice was about to want to cut someone, so he sincerely said:
"Captain, you are still very young."
This wasn’t a lie.
Of course, under the condition that she is not compared to the somewhat baby-faced Olivia.
Alice sighed and said, "I’m 20 years old, the same age as Olivia, also twenty."
"How is that possible, Beatrice is also just..."
Louis stopped mid-sentence.
A vague sense of something off filled his mind.
Alice shook her head and said, "Strictly speaking, Olivia should be the older sister."
Louis: (;￣д￣)
Alice asked, "You don’t believe it?"
Louis scratched his head, "I just find it hard to believe."
Alice added, "You know she has a body problem, right?"
Louis nodded.
Alice thought of that childhood playmate, and her gaze softened:
"Because some entity cursed the Emperor, it affected Olivia."
"From birth, for a long time, to prevent the curse from spreading, she was in a long sleep, sealed in an ice coffin."
"She should have been the older sister, but remained frozen in the ice coffin for years, and so her body stopped growing and her mental age also stagnated due to the prolonged freezing."
"She seems to like you very much and specifically asked me to guide you."
"So, Caesar, even if you don’t like her, don’t bully her, or they’d say you’re picking on someone younger."
Louis nodded.
He didn’t plan to bully the little swan.
After all, the little swan is indeed very cute.
The three began to replan Louis’ training schedule.
So the next day, Louis embarked on a series of combat missions.
Task: Hunt goblins (5/5), annihilate!
Task: Hunt Nightmare Poison Spider (5/4), extra one caught, annihilate!
Task: Hunt Evil Centipede (11/3), all ancestors sent for a reunion feast, annihilate!
Task: Hunt Wild Boar Princess (2/2), one slash each, after bleeding them, made an outdoor barbecue.
With this, all white porcelain tier targets around the Imperial Capital, except for the Tree Demon, have been cleared.
Louis, sword pointing to the Tree Demons at the Dragonbone Prairie’s edge!
"The born malicious Grace imp, your master Louis is coming to visit you!"
Thinking of the Libra Saintess, he couldn’t contain his smile.
...
At the same time, in the Imperial Palace.
Olivia opened her mouth, looking at Beatrice incredulously and said:
"What? There might be a Sapphire Dragonling in Dragonbone Prairie?"
"Not good, this is an event that I have no memory of!"