Chapter 152: The Young Master Has Met With Disaster!

Chapter 152 -148: The Young Master Has Met With Disaster!

“Wow!”

“Wow!”

“Hrrrm!”

When Lu Wei took out the [Divine Blessing], Furen and Bai Ya instantly turned into a pair of frogs.

Their eyes went wide, their mouths hung open, and they kept making “wow, wow, wow” sounds.

Hm?

‘Did something strange get mixed in?’

Lu Wei paused for a moment and turned to look.

It was Hess.

The little guy’s eyes were also wide, staring intently at the small glass vial in his hand, and it even swallowed its saliva in a very human-like way.

The [Divine Blessing] had an extremely strong attraction for almost all living creatures, and Fur Ball was, of course, no exception.

“Go on, get out of here.”

Lu Wei showed no mercy, kicking it right out the door.

Then he turned back to Furen and Bai Ya and explained:

“This is a gift from Nick.”

“A gift?”

Bai Ya’s eyes instantly grew wary. “What kind of gift?”

Lu Wei was a little baffled. “What do you mean? There are different kinds of gifts?”

“Of course. There are birthday gifts, holiday gifts, thank-you gifts, and tokens of love.”

Bai Ya’s small face was stern. “So, which one is it?”

“Uh, if you have to be so specific, I guess it would be a return gift.”

Lu Wei mumbled, “I gave Nick my pocket watch before I left, so it gave me this as a gift in return.”

Bai Ya continued to press him. “Why did you give it your pocket watch?”

“Because I wanted to… wait, what does this have to do with you?!”

Lu Wei suddenly came to his senses, shot her a glare, and couldn’t be bothered to answer such a pointless question.

“Anyway, tonight we’re going to use this to lure all the nearby monsters over and wipe them all out.”

“…Ah! I get it!”

Furen froze for a second, then realization dawned on him.

“The Divine Blessing is highly attractive to monsters, so if we just open the lid, they’ll come right to our doorstep!”

“…”

‘Thanks for the explanation.’

‘I never would have known that was the principle behind it if you hadn’t said anything.’

Lu Wei rolled his eyes. “Yes, and this will greatly reduce the chances of the grocery store being attacked.”

“But can the three of us handle it?”

Bai Ya was worried. “Mirana is gone now. What if we attract a High Level Monster?”

“What’s the big deal about a High Level Monster? A Giant is probably one of the toughest monsters in the forest, and we still managed to kill one.”

Furen was full of confidence. “Don’t worry, me and Brother Lu Wei are more than enough!”

“But there was only one Giant.”

Bai Ya retorted, “And we had to put in a huge effort to take it down back then.”

“Er, well, even if that’s true…”

Furen scratched his head. “But there shouldn’t be any Giants near the Dome Pillar, right? At most, we’ll just get bear goblins.”

“You can never be sure about that kind of thing. What if there is?”

Bai Ya bit her lip, clearly still uneasy.

This left Furen at a loss for words, and he suddenly felt she had a point.

It was true. Although the Dome Pillar wasn’t in the absolute core of the forest, it was still more than half a day’s journey from the town.

Previously, Mirana had encountered a bear goblin on her way back to town, and she’d even lost two teammates because of it.

This showed that there were indeed High Level Monsters in the vicinity.

Of course, with the Mushroom Squad’s current Power, they could easily handle a bear goblin even without Mirana.

But the problem was, using the [Divine Blessing] to lure monsters meant they couldn’t control the number or Species of monsters that would show up.

For example, if Mei Lin, the prettiest prostitute in Pigeon Lane, suddenly announced “Free today,” it’s estimated that every adult male in Heitai Town would swarm out.

At that point, no matter how valiant a fighter Mei Lin was, she would never be able to handle it.

So, if a similar situation occurred tonight, the three of them might really be in danger.

“Brother Lu Wei, what’s your plan?”

Thinking of this, Furen couldn’t help but turn to Lu Wei, wanting to hear how he planned to deal with this situation.

After all, in Furen’s eyes, with Lu Wei’s cautious personality, he must have already come up with a detailed “battle plan,” otherwise he wouldn’t be so impulsive.

But who would have thought that Lu Wei would suddenly frown and mutter under his breath—

“Dammit, I oversimplified things…”

…

…

The sun slowly sank behind the western mountains, and twilight, like ink dropped on paper, gradually spread across the sky.

The afternoon passed quickly.

After some discussion, the three of them finally agreed to give it a try.

This was a decision made after carefully assessing the “risk factor.”

No matter what, the probability of a Giant existing near the Dome Pillar was still too low.

There were hardly any bear goblins, either.

It would most likely be Low Level Monsters like goblins, Kobolds, and Tree-men.

And with a crowd-control Skill like [Force Field], it didn’t matter how many of these riff-raff showed up.

Plus, they could control the number of monsters they lured by controlling how long the vial was uncorked.

So there shouldn’t be any major problems.

Even if the situation really got out of control, Lu Wei could take the [Divine Blessing] and lead the monsters away, then use Stealth to escape.

“Then it’s settled.”

“It’s six o’clock now. Let’s make dinner and eat first.”

“We’ll officially start at nine o’clock.”

Standing up, Lu Wei gave the orders with a serious expression, even giving such a precise schedule for the first time.

Before, it was always “before noon,” “before dark,” or “before I change my mind.”

Now, it was a direct “six o’clock” and “nine o’clock.”

It had to be said, this really made the Mushroom Squad’s professional conduct seem to have risen by a whole new level.

They seemed just like a battle-hardened elite team.

And as members of this elite team, Furen and Bai Ya also showed extreme discipline.

The moment Lu Wei’s voice fell, the latter immediately ran off to cook, while the former found a Sharpening Stone of a special material and began to hone his Longsword, preparing for the fierce battle to come.

Even Anna and Zovir, who had no idea what was about to happen, followed orders and began to build bonfires around the grocery store—

making simple circles with small stones, piling them high with firewood, and then dousing them with some Flaxseed Oil.

Before long, the two young slaves had built seven or eight of these simple bonfires.

But they showed no signs of stopping, continuing to expand the perimeter at twenty-meter intervals.

In short, at this very moment, all the employees of the Golden Sword Hu Grocery Store were actively preparing for battle.

Meanwhile, more than twenty miles away in Heitai Town, wisps of cooking smoke were already rising.

The smoke mingled with the evening mist, and the fragrance of bread and stew wafted through the air.

Most shops had already closed for the day; only the windows of taverns and restaurants still glowed with warm light.

Although it was a relatively prosperous Adventurer Town, the streets became rather deserted after nightfall.

This was even more true for the alley where the “Silver Moon Corridor” was located.

The place was already remote, and since a mysterious noble lady had booked the entire inn, it had become even more deserted.

Only occasionally would a few young men linger at the entrance of the alley, seemingly hoping for a “romantic encounter” with this lady, just like in a novel.

But the truth was, even if they managed to wait for the magnificent carriage to arrive, they would never get a glimpse of the noble lady’s true face.

“You are nothing but a slave. If you dare to look directly at me again, watch your eyes!”

Princess Reya’s face was frosty as she looked coldly at a filthy slave who intended to approach her, warning him thusly.

The slave immediately lowered his head, his body trembling violently, never daring to make any presumptuous move again…

The tip of the pen glided across the off-white rag paper, making a “SHSHSH” sound.

Under the bright lights, Freya was furiously writing her latest Hero novel.

But in the very next second, a series of urgent knocks suddenly rang out.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!

“Milady! It’s an emergency!”

“…Come in.”

Frowning slightly, Freya put down her quill pen and turned to look at Gante, who had hastily opened the door and entered.

Before she could speak, he bowed his head with a grave expression and reported:

“Milady, news just came from the Adventurer Association.”

“Young Master Furen’s map-drawing quest has been registered as complete.”

“But Young Master Furen has not returned.”

“It’s possible that he has… unfortunately, perished…”