Chapter Three Remembers Green Skirt

  Now, Luo Lin had no money on him and it was naturally impossible to buy a burial ground to bury his cheap foster father, but he also couldn't let his foster father's body be exposed in the wilderness.

  Since land burial is not feasible, then sea burial it is. Feed the fish, being buried in a fish's belly is a common death posture for the laboring masses living by the sea.

  Luo Lin was starving... His stomach was extremely hungry now, his brain told him it was because he was collecting energy for upgrading... He found a piece of rotten wooden board that had been almost eaten through by insects, then went outside the city to pick some wild flowers. Finally, in a secluded corner not far from the dock, he pushed the wooden board carrying his adoptive father's body into the sea.

  "Farewell, old drunkard, may you have a kind-hearted kid to take care of you in the next world too." Luo Lin waved his hand at the wooden board drifting further and further away.

  Suddenly a gust of sea breeze blew over, causing Luo Lin to shudder.

  It's spring now, the sea breeze is cold and damp. Luo Lin has been standing by the sea for a long time, his body can't help but start shivering. He shrunk his neck, wrapped his old clothes tightly around him, and walked towards the dock.

  That day he was busy with his foster father's affairs, and only ate a few wild fruits when picking wild flowers. If he didn't want to starve to death, he had to hurry up to find a job at the dock to make some money for food.

  He had just taken a few steps when a piece of information flashed through his mind.

  "Mission confirmed: Redemption of Freedom."

  Pay off Malfoy's usury and regain freedom.

  Reward: 150 experience.

  150 experience? Luo Lin took a look at the virtual experience bar in his mind, where it showed 0/100, just like in the game. This 150 experience could let him level up to 2 and become an ordinary person with a normal body.

  But the problem is that with his current body and unfamiliarity with the environment, it seems a bit difficult to earn twenty silver coins within a month.

  Yes, at first he only borrowed ten silver coins, but even if it's repaid within a month, the interest is directly doubled, or else how can you call it usury?

  If he didn't pay back, then Marv would have the ones he raised tell Rolly in a suitable way why others called him a scoundrel!

  How can I pay back the money? Luo Lin was thinking about it when a clear and crisp voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

  "Hey, what's wrong?"

  Luolin was taken aback, looked up and saw a young girl in a light green long dress standing at the edge of the stone railing on the dock not far away. She was waving her hand to greet him. He took a closer look at her delicate face and confirmed that he had never seen this person before. He asked strangely: "Do I know you?"

  "No, you don't know me. I've come to give you a small gift from your wife." said the girl in green.

  She gently placed the thing wrapped in a piece of cloth with pale green and silver threads on the stone railing, then explained: "It's some small pastries, maybe they can help fill your stomach."

  Luolin was very suspicious, but he indeed smelled the aroma of food. He hesitated for a moment and finally chose to accept it. Now that he had nothing to lose and wasn't afraid of others plotting against him, and this girl mentioned the word "madam", which made it even less strange.

  In the game of Wangdum, it's not uncommon for these noblewomen to occasionally show sympathy and charity to vagrants. The emotional lives of these idle noblewomen who spend their days doing nothing but stealing husbands or comparing with others are quite rich; they can shed tears for a stray dog that has died on the side of the road, so naturally they can also give some pastries to this vagrant.

  This is more normal than anything else.

  "Thank you for me, madam, may the Holy Light protect her." Rorin said with gratitude in the tone of an NPC.

  His gaze passed over the girl and looked towards the dockside not far away, where a simple carriage was parked, the window was closed, but left a small gap, the kind-hearted lady might be watching him from behind the window, and this girl should be the lady's maid.

  The pretty maid smiled with her eyes narrowed: "I will bring your thanks to the lady. She also has a message for you, she said: The sea often has storms, but after the storm, you can usually see a rainbow, I hope you can see your own rainbow too. Although your loved one is gone, you still have to keep living, right?"

  "Once again, sincere thanks." It turned out that he was seen scattering his adoptive father's ashes at sea, no wonder.

  The green-clad girl smiled slightly and turned around, then boarded a black carriage not far away, and the carriage changed direction and left.

  Luo Lin's gaze followed the carriage as it disappeared into the distance, when suddenly, his eyes were drawn to the family crest on the carriage. The pattern on the crest was a pair of crossed swords and firearms, surrounded by a curled roaring dragon.

  This is... the crest of the giant dragon guardian! The only one who uses it is Countess Vianna. And the person sitting in the carriage is indeed Vianna!

  Luolin was stunned for a moment, and countless thoughts surged up from the depths of her memory like a tidal wave.

  In the eyes of ordinary people in Vend?me, this countess was also blessed by God just like Vend?me.

  She is a beauty without equal, praised as the moon of Vandom, possessing superhuman wisdom, and is a famous great magician on the continent. At the same time, she also has extreme power because her cousin is King Haise Premeo, the master of Vandom.

  She is the pride of heaven, only can be admired from afar and not profaned. The only regret is that she lost her husband at a young age and then lived in widowhood, but no one would hold this against her. All the ambitious youth on the continent thought her late husband had died without knowing his luck, and countless excellent young men pursued her tirelessly.

  Unfortunately, no one has succeeded so far, because the countess vowed to keep her chastity for her husband's lifetime.

  But Luo Lin knew the truth, this Mrs. Vianna was not a human being, her original body was a legendary emerald dragon born of noble birth, so-called lord's cousin, so-called widow, were just smoke bombs released by her disguise identity.

  She stayed in Vandom because the lord of Vandom a hundred years ago had been very kind to her, and she vowed to protect the lord's family for three hundred years as repayment.

  However, when the month of withering arrived, this countess appeared in her true form to cover the lord's family retreat, and finally died on the battlefield, even the dragon's body was eaten by the fierce beastmen as a military ration, the ending was extremely tragic.

  Thinking of Vianna's final outcome, Rolin couldn't help but sigh, what could he do? He was unable to change it, at least not now.

  He is now just a young man with no power to truss a chicken, his body emaciated from severe malnutrition, nothing can be changed, nobody believes what he says, and if he says more, he may even be arrested on charges of spreading rumors.

  "Still need to strengthen power." Luo Lin secretly vowed to change his current weak and frail appearance as soon as possible.

  Of course, before doing anything else, he had to fill his belly. Rolin sat on the stone balustrade of the dock, untied his kerchief and enjoyed the delicious pastries that the kind Countess had given him.

  It smells so good, Luo Lin devoured the delicious pastries in big mouthfuls, and the memories of Countess Vianna that were hidden deep within his heart slowly began to surface.

  She was a demure and quiet woman, looking only about twenty years old, with a perfect and delicate face, even the most fastidious person couldn't find any flaws. She usually wore a delicate green silk dress, her long hair slightly curled and scattered, shining with dark green luster. When she spoke, her voice was soft and gentle, like a clear spring in the forest.

  When he was in the game, Luo Lin was infatuated with this NPC at first sight. As for her tasks, no matter how little the reward was, he would complete them as soon as possible.

  In fact, he is not the only player to do so, a large number of people are doing so, and on the Internet, there is even a super fan group called "Green Dragon Corps" with more than 6 million members. In recent years, the Green Dragon Corps has always ranked in the top ten in virtual communities!

  In the game, Valdemar is the starting city, equivalent to a novice village, just like Rolin's current situation. Here, he did task lines related to her, but due to the long time, many task details are somewhat vague, even if intentionally thinking about it, some can't be remembered, and the only thing that can be recalled is the final defense battle.

  That was nine years ago, on that day the sky was dark and overcast with clouds, lightning flashing from time to time, endless hordes of orcs emerged from the muddy wet ground, rushing towards Wanda like a steel torrent.

  This offensive was really too sudden, humans were extremely unfamiliar with the beastmen, this crazy alien species. Under the beastmen's wild offensive, the outermost city wall of Voldom only lasted for two hours!

  The people of the Primo family were initially prepared to defend the city of their family's honor, but their glory only lasted for half an hour. As soon as they saw those gray-skinned beastmen pouring into the inner city of Vandom like a tide, they immediately announced their withdrawal.

  Roland's mission was to hold up the Beastmen with the city's elite warriors, buying time for Lord Premo to retreat.

  Beastmen are really too violent, every beastman is a seasoned warrior, their physical quality is all above excellent, and the elite quality is everywhere, and the level is all above 18.

  In comparison, the human warriors of Valdemar have enjoyed peace for too long, their level is only 15th grade, although there are also elite and excellent ones, but generally they are ordinary people, and they are not on the same level as the beastmen.

  As soon as they clashed, the human coalition fell down like wheat, one after another, and the battle was too horrible to look at.

  At the last moment of retreat, Lord Preymo was blocked at the dock and couldn't get on the ship. Vianna had to reveal her giant dragon body and clear a path to the dock.

  "Go, hurry! I'll hold them off!" She turned to face the horde of beastmen charging towards her.

  The members of the Primo family are withdrawing, and according to the mission, Lolin should also follow, but he doesn't know which nerve was pulled, ignoring the failure of the mission and staying behind to face the beastmen with Vianna.

  "You shouldn't have stayed, mortal." The green dragon said, then used a whirlwind spell to blow him onto a sailboat that had already set sail and was far away.

  He didn't die and the mission was successful too.

  Luolin clearly remembered the situation at that time, when he was doing this retreat task with at least hundreds of players, everyone stood on the boat, looking at the emerald giant dragon left on the dock, bleeding and fighting desperately, all of them were beating their chests and stamping their feet, and some even cried bitterly.

  But Luo Lin's reaction was the most direct and practical. As soon as he was blown onto the Shanghai ship, he jumped into the sea without hesitation and swam back.

  He was the first one to do so, so he swam all the way to the dock.

  When he got ashore, the giant dragon was still alive but covered in wounds all over its body. The ground was littered with pieces of flesh and limbs, some belonging to beastmen, others to the dragon.

  Even a legendary dragon of level 90 can't stop the advance of the beastmen, in fact, this world is like that, even if it's a so-called god, if they confront the army head-on without retreating, although they can kill many soldiers, the result will definitely be the same - dying on the spot.

  There is no absolutely invincible power in this world.

  Before she died, Vianna looked at Rorin with a pair of golden vertical pupils that revealed clear doubts.

  "Why have you returned, mortal?" These were the last words of the Green Dragon, before a beastman thrust the long spear in his hand into her heart.

  Luolin could clearly remember his feelings at that time. At that moment, he had only one thought in his mind: kill the beastman!

  He launched a charge without hesitation, colliding head-on with the beastman army and slamming his shield into the face of that beastman.

  At that time, he was not a legendary strongman, nor the son of God, but just a fifteen-level ordinary low-level warrior. He used all his strength and still could not kill that eighteen-level elite beastman.

  In fact, facing a large army, he, who was level 15, only lasted for five seconds before dying in battle.

  At that time, he couldn't change anything.

  That was also his only death in his gaming career, all for saving a non-existent 'virtual data girlfriend'.

  For ordinary players, this is nothing, but at that time, Luo Lin was working for a game studio and was a professional player who valued efficiency and benefits.

  So this matter was once made a laughing stock by colleagues, everyone thought he was too obsessed with it, and the boss even gave him three days off for this reason.

  But things are just so wonderful, he actually came back, back to a year before the beastman invasion.

  Here, it's no longer a holographic game; here, is the real world; here, there is a real Vianna.

  The most important thing is that all of this will only start a year later!

  Luolin lowered his head and looked at his own thin hands with exposed muscles and bones, slowly clenched his fists: "Vianna, I'm back!"