After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply-Chapter 663 - 473, Return from a Bloodbath, Regroup and Rally

Chapter 663: 473, Return from a Bloodbath, Regroup and Rally

Fourteen people emerged from beneath the World Tree.

Each of them wore a heavy expression, their shoulders slumped, their steps laborious as if walking through a quagmire.

The Phoenix Tail Flower team was somewhat better off, but looking at Abner, his complexion was ashen, his eyes shut with self-reproach. Gale and Jite whispered quietly, seemingly offering comfort.

The square fell into a strange silence.

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What happened?

How could the Phoenix Tail Flower lose?

Weren’t they supposed to keep winning?

The crowd found it incomprehensible.

A single defeat of the Phoenix Tail Flower would directly impact the outside world’s judgment of the future of White Dove City. Today’s prosperity might soon become a bubble.

“Damn it, who allowed you to lose, my house, you owe me my house!”

A plump merchant clad in luxurious attire leaped out, his chubby hands covered in jeweled rings, pointing at the Phoenix Tail Flower and White Dove party as he cursed out loud:

“I just spent tens of millions of Gold Coins on an apartment building last week, and your defeat might cost me half of that. How will you compensate? All dumb now, speak up!”

There were not a few who speculated and schemed like the fat merchant, and the failure of the Phoenix Tail Flower indirectly led to a devaluation of their assets.

“Hey, don’t forget who made White Dove City what it is today!”

“Isn’t this biting the hand that feeds you? Everyone makes mistakes at times.”

“Phoenix Tail Flower, White Dove Adventure Group, keep it up!”

In the end, the rational majority prevailed, but the fat merchant, with his mind full of the Gold Coins he was losing and his heart bleeding, glared angrily at the fourteen who had returned from the World Tree:

“An apology is the least you owe! offer a sincere apology to us who believed in you, you bastards!”

“Waaaah!”

Before the fat merchant could finish his rant, he was grabbed by the collar and hoisted into the air by a young girl with short azure blue hair.

Lulu was already in a bad mood, and as a subspecies orcs, she didn’t have much affection for humans. The only reason she stayed in White Dove City was because of Lin Da, so she wasn’t about to indulge the fat merchant.

“Say one more word, and I’ll kill you.”

Lulu looked at him with an icy glare, her Moon Rank aura filling the air. In no time at all, the fat merchant went limp, and a warm stream flowed steadily from his crotch.

With a thud, she threw him to the ground and took out a handkerchief, frowning as she wiped her hands.

“Waah, they’re all bad people, Phoenix Tail Flower are all bad people!” The fat merchant’s face was pale as he disappeared from the square, scrambling and rolling away.

“Hahaha, serves him right!”

“Did he really think Lin Da and the others were his workers? People like him need a good beating!”

“Damn it, am I the only one who wants to know what happened on the 20th floor?”

Murmurs of discussion rose up.

“Where did the Ultimate Pervert go? Where’s Rand?”

At that moment, Kami, the editor-in-chief of the White Dove Morning News, rushed forward, shaking as she pointed her Magic Guided Camera at the Phoenix Tail Flower Adventure Team.

Kami, who had coined the nickname Ultimate Pervert for Lin Da, was also the one who least wanted him to be in danger.

Rising to editor-in-chief in just half a year, Kami relied on the scandals involving Lin Da.

Without Lin Da, she would have no more scandals to dig up.

Kami’s questions were also what everyone else wanted to know.

Pair after pair of anxious eyes looked towards Abner and the others.

“Dead…

Rand is dead.

Lin Da lead away the Demons’ Giant Shark Adventure Group to protect us, and he hasn’t returned yet.”

When Kami first heard the word dead, she thought they were referring to Lin Da, and her Magic Guided Camera nearly fell to the ground.

On hearing that it was someone else, Kami felt a shameful sense of relief.

“Rand the Mage often funded orphans; last year, he was even featured in White Dove City’s annual summary…”

“Ah? Uncle Rand is dead?”

“The Giant Shark Adventure Group, is that a Demon adventure group? I’ve never heard of them!”

Many things were beyond the comprehension of the common citizens.

A month ago, there wasn’t a single Sunrise Level team in White Dove City; naturally, they wouldn’t pay attention to the Demons’ Sunrise Level, it had no relevance to them.

A Star-ranked adventurer from another region murmured, “The Giant Shark Adventure Group, I’ve heard of them. Their leader is called Difeng, ranked 201 on the Adventurers’ Guild’s monthly list for Demons. Captain Lin Da, you’re in danger…”

The [Monthly List] was known to most, as only the strongest Moon Ranks could be listed on it.

In the Southern White Red District, there were no more than seven people on the list.

The highest-ranked was Lin Da, at number 398.

Hearing that Difeng ranked at 201 sent shivers down everyone’s spines.

Nearly 200 spots ahead of Lin Da.

With such a powerful adversary chasing him, could Lin Da still make it back?

…

Amid the uncertainty and nervousness, the sun set and shadows covered the square.

Every second that ticked by felt as long as a year.

The longer the wait, the more distant the hope of seeing Lin Da seemed to become.

Even Anna and Tasya, who held utmost trust in Lin Da, couldn’t help but harbor doubts. Could something have truly happened to Lin Da?

Another half-hour passed.

A blue light of teleportation shone beneath the World Tree.

But the crowd didn’t dare to let their guard down.

It might be another adventure team returning.

During the wait, they had been falsely cheered dozens of times.

The returning adventure teams, hearing of Lin Da’s situation, were all shock-stilled.

For many Apprentice Adventure Teams and Rock-level Adventure Teams, Phoenix Tail Flower was their idol.

They, too, wished to become the sunrise of White Dove City like Phoenix Tail Flower.

One by one, they joined the line of those waiting, dragging their weary bodies.

If they didn’t see Lin Da return today, many would likely not sleep well tonight.

Weylon, even Mevent from the city committee as well as other slim and fat officials, all arrived.

Another half-hour went by, and it grew darker.

Finally, a teleportation light shone.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, a blood-soaked young man walked out of the light.