I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse-Chapter 1281: With Me Here, No One Can Hurt You

Li Zhao nodded lightly. She raised the magic wand in her hand high, and accompanied by a melodious and enchanting song, a pillar of light descended from the sky. Inside the light, you discovered your stamina had instantly recovered significantly, and the wounds torn open by the gray wolves gradually healed. Within seconds, even the scars were gone.

"It’s done."

Li Zhao said calmly. She always seemed like this, quietly standing there, as if she were a fairy untouchable by even the slightest worldly dust, making others hesitant to approach, and never daring to evoke even a trace of disrespect.

Yet, the way she looked at you was a bit gentler, though this gentleness was something ordinary people couldn’t perceive.

Only those who truly achieve heart-to-heart understanding could feel it.

"Thank you."

You slowly stood up and used your clothes to wipe the blood off your dagger. At that moment, the clouds parted, and a single ray of sunlight shot downward, just landing on the blade.

"Wow, this dagger is gorgeous," the female mage said innocently. "Are you one of the special reward players? Did they randomly gift this to you? Is it a Divine Artifact?"

You shook your head with a smile and said, "I’m just an ordinary player. My gaming tool is game glasses, not the virtual reality setups you all use. This dagger is called Wind Slasher. It doesn’t seem like a Divine Artifact, though; I earned it through a quest."

"Wind Slasher, no wonder its speed is faster than the wind," said the swordsman, who had been silent until now. He clearly wasn’t interested in your status, but was intrigued by your dagger.

"Hey, kid, which faction are you with?" asked Gao Dawei.

"Huh? Faction? What do you mean by faction?" you asked, puzzled.

"Don’t you know that players are assigned a faction as soon as they begin? Judging by your appearance, you should be with the Mercenary Association. Are you part of the Dalton Empire’s Mercenary Association?" Gao Dawei asked again.

"I’m really not sure. Over the past month, I’ve been wandering around the Sisilia Prairie and only went to the nearby Frontier City. I’ve never been to a big city, so I’m not familiar with this," you replied, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"Hmph, peasants are peasants," the swordsman remarked with apparent disdain, his words brimming with hostility.

Eastern Cloud Dragon glared at the swordsman before turning to you with a smile. "My cousin is straightforward and honest, so please don’t take offense, Brother Mu Yun."

"Haha, no worries. Honestly, without you all, I’d have been dead long ago. I’m grateful, not resentful," you said, chuckling with an innocent, pure, and harmless smile.

That being said, you suddenly thought that you and Eastern Cloud Dragon could win dual Oscars for Best Actor—you both were just too good at acting.

"What are your plans going forward?" asked Eastern Cloud Dragon with a smile.

"I don’t know yet. Just taking it one step at a time. It’s all about the thrill when playing games, right?"

"Why not join us and go adventuring together?" the female mage said plainly and eagerly.

"No, I’m used to being alone." You smiled at the female mage and pulled a pouch from your spatial bag on your waist. "Sorry, these wolves were quite poor. I only managed to scavenge eighty gold coins from them. Do any of you have an extra town-returning magic scroll you could sell me?"

"Eighty gold coins won’t cut it; I bought mine for a hundred!" Gao Dawei said with a laugh, retrieving a magic scroll from his spatial bag. "We’re all friends here; it’d be petty to charge you money. If you insist, just pay me back ten gold coins in the future."

You accepted the magic scroll and nodded toward Eastern Cloud Dragon. A white light flashed around you, and your figure instantly vanished.

"Hmph, a mere peasant who doesn’t even have enough for a town-returning magic scroll," the swordsman scoffed coldly.

"Haha, that kid is actually pretty honest. He probably doesn’t even realize the King of Gray Wolves had lots of treasures on him," Gao Dawei said as he began preparing to loot the body.

"No need to search. That guy already took all three items from the Wolf King," said the rogue Ma Lin with a frosty expression.

"When did he take them? I didn’t see a thing."

"When he fell, he patted the Wolf King’s body three times in total, grabbing all three items. It really ticks me off," Ma Lin said, clearly dissatisfied.

"Damn, is that guy a rogue or something?"

"No point in complaining," Eastern Cloud Dragon interjected. "We only needed the Wolf King’s Fang. The three random items on him aren’t of much use to us anyway, and since he killed the Wolf King himself, it’s fair for him to take them." At this moment, Eastern Cloud Dragon noticed Li Zhao frowning slightly and couldn’t help asking, "Li Zhao, what’s wrong? Are you upset about something?"

Li Zhao shook her head. "It’s not that. My Legendary Blade dropped, and no matter how hard I look, I can’t find it."

"Did it drop during the fight?" Eastern Cloud Dragon asked with concern. "Should we go back to look for it?"

"No need. That blade was the ultimate quest item from the last version, but it’s pretty useless now. The blacksmith’s shop sells them, so it doesn’t matter to me." Li Zhao said indifferently.

"Alright, then let’s move forward."

"Yes!"

The group continued onward, but suddenly, Li Zhao turned back and noticed a figure holding a dagger and waving at her. However, in the blink of an eye, the figure vanished into golden light.

"Something wrong?"

"No, it’s just growing dark. We need to stay vigilant." freёwebnoѵel.com

"Don’t worry; with me here, no one will harm you."

"Alright."

Li Zhao’s lips curled gently into a standard expression of yours!

Afterward, she walked alongside the female mage, yet she always maintained a particular distance from Eastern Cloud Dragon.

Meanwhile, in the distant frontier city, you emerged from the golden light, clad in rags.

In truth, you and Zhao’er shared the same thoughts.

Although she hadn’t said a word, you knew that the reason she stayed close to Eastern Cloud Dragon was undoubtedly intentional. Moreover, this made understanding his actions more convenient.

As for other things, you believed there was no need to dwell on them. While others might be unaware, you were more familiar with Zhao’er’s capabilities than anyone else.

Although Zhao’er always seemed gentle and tranquil, if she truly lost her temper, even another you, doubled, might struggle to stop her.

You first headed to the armor store and emptied a large pile of wolf skins from your spatial bag, saying to the shopkeeper, "Boss, the mission is complete."

The shopkeeper, having never seen such a massive quantity of gray wolf skins before, trembled and exclaimed, "All of this was hunted by you?"

"Of course. I’ve been fighting on the prairie for over half a month to gather these hundred gray wolf skins. I didn’t necessarily kill this many; sometimes I didn’t bother to skin them. Either way, you only need a hundred skins."

"My goodness, you actually accomplished it!"

The shopkeeper immediately summoned his assistants to move the pile of wolf skins. Then, he excitedly took out a pair of battle boots made from wolf skin from the cabinet behind him. "This is your reward—the Boots of the Gray Wolf King. It’s one of my treasured items, but I keep my promises—these boots are now yours."

You accepted the Boots of the Gray Wolf King, and moments later, the system voice chimed in: "Congratulations on completing the task ’Anger of the Gray Wolf.’ You received the Ghost Device Gray Wolf Boots, your reputation increased by 100, and your level rose by two."

"Why no money? I’m short on funds right now. What good is equipment if I can’t afford food? I’ve been surviving on wolf meat; I’m so sick of it."

You blinked at the shopkeeper and said with a grin, "Come on, considering I completed the mission so exceptionally, how about giving me some extra cash?"