Chapter Fourteen: Undercurrents Surge

  After becoming his guard, Davy gave Rolen a day off so he could attend to his own affairs.

  Luo Lin put on his brand new dark red studded leather armor, carried his wooden shield wrapped in animal hide, and wore a short steel sword at his waist, fully armed and ready to depart.

  Now he is also a well-rounded warrior, with sword and shield at the ready, offense and defense in perfect harmony, only then does he have the appearance of a true fighter.

  After leaving the villa, he went to find Horn first and planned to return the iron sword to him.

  When Horn was found, he was wandering around the dock looking for work to do, but apparently hadn't found an employer yet, so he looked somewhat idle and lazy, with a rather listless appearance.

  "Hey, Horn." Rolen waved in greeting.

  Horn turned his head and saw Rolen, who had changed greatly in his eyes. Perhaps it was because of the armor he wore, but he no longer looked weak and slender. Even his height seemed to have increased a bit, standing upright with an air of elegance and vitality, like a blazing flame that was full of indescribable vigor.

  On this bleak dock, among a group of dockworkers with faces full of fatigue and numbness, he was the one who truly stood out.

  There was a moment when Horn felt jealous, yes, because the other person got what he had always wanted, while he was still living a dull and lifeless life on the dock.

  But this feeling only existed for a moment before being thoroughly driven out of his mind, they were good friends, with the same ideals and goals, Luo Lin had just taken a step ahead of him, he would catch up.

  A smile floated onto his face as he waved in greeting: "Haha, Luo Lin, my friend, it seems your actions have been going smoothly."

  Luo Lin also laughed: "Yes, everything went smoothly. To be honest, I have to thank this sword, it really helped me a lot!"

  Luolin handed the iron sword back and sincerely expressed his gratitude.

  "I'm glad I could help, my friend." Horn felt good about it. From Rolen's attitude and words, he didn't feel any disdain, the other party didn't look down on him because of his success, which made him feel that this friend was really worth making friends with.

  "Let's go, it's almost noon, let's have a good drink." Luo Lin said with a smile, seeing Horen's hesitant expression, knowing he wouldn't take advantage of himself, and immediately said: "Miss Davy gave me a sum of money, without your help, I wouldn't have gotten this reward."

  "Alright then." Huan smiled, he clearly felt Lulin's kindness, a considerate good friend.

  The two still chose the restaurant from last time, but they didn't eat in the main hall. Instead, they booked a private room on the second floor.

  As he passed through the hall, many people who knew Luo Lin were shocked by his outfit, and they could easily see that the equipment on Luo Lin's body was expensive.

  "Hey, Roland, you've made it big?"

  "Rolin, come on, which noble has taken a liking to you?"

  Rolin burst out laughing and, not wanting to make a big deal about becoming the mage's bodyguard, said to the barmaid Trini: "Same as last time, one mug of ale per person in the main hall, on me."

  As soon as they heard there was free wine to drink, the rough men in the hall forgot to ask questions and one by one whistled with joy.

  Horne was somewhat puzzled by Rolin's actions and whispered: "Rolin, they are as numb as stones, why waste money?"

  "Maybe there's a gem among these stones? Even if not, my story will spread through their mouths and eventually reach the gems. With good luck, we'll meet more like-minded friends, won't we?"

  Horne was taken aback for a moment, then nodded. He felt that Rolin's mind was very broad-minded, while he himself seemed petty and narrow-minded. This was something he needed to correct.

  Arrived at the private room, the two of them were just like last time, still drinking heavily and eating a lot of meat. Only after they had eaten and drunk to their heart's content did their movements slow down.

  "Roland asked: 'Horn, I have a suggestion.'"

  "Hmm, you said." Horn's face was serious, he now had great respect for Rolen and attached great importance to his words.

  "I think you need formal martial arts training. Relying solely on your youthful physique to fight, even if you're lucky enough to get promoted, will hinder your future development." Luo Lin said sincerely.

  He knew that the current Horn only knew some street fighting moves, although he had a sword and a dagger, but the dagger was only used to cut meat for eating, and the sword was only used as a chopping knife. In real combat, this was completely unacceptable.

  Horn's face fell, he knew that Rolin was right, but the problem was that whether it was going to the Wudang Martial Arts Hall or finding a mentor, both required money, which was his biggest obstacle.

  Rolin also knew this, he had thought about it long ago. He took out his own money bag, which contained more than eighty silver coins in total. Part of them were given by Davie, and the other part was from the body of that unlucky assassin he killed. He counted twenty-five coins from the bag, and put all the remaining fifty or so on the table.

  "What's this? Where did you get so much money?" Horn was shocked. So many silver coins were placed together, such a large sum of money, he had never seen before.

  "Here's your tuition for the martial arts school. I found this money on a corpse of an adventurer in the swamp, so you don't have to worry about it." Roland said with a smile.

  "Ah...…" Horn felt his throat was somewhat blocked and he couldn't speak.

  "These are all external things, in my opinion, compared with friendship, it's not worth mentioning." Luo Lin smiled sincerely.

  This made Horn stunned, after a long time, he took a deep breath, picked up the money bag on the table, and counted out the silver coins. After counting clearly, he said: "Fifty-six pieces, I have also saved eleven pieces myself, which is enough for tuition. I will borrow this money from you, and I will return it."

  "Let's just drop it and continue drinking." Luo Lin raised his cup in invitation.

  "Hmm." Horn also picked up his wine glass, tilted his head and drank the wine in one gulp. After putting down the glass, Rolen found that his eyes were slightly red, perhaps seeing Rolen's discovery, Horn self-deprecatingly said: "Was choked by the wine, haha."

  A meal with the host and guest enjoying themselves, after dispersing from their seats, Horn hurried to the Wu Guan, he had long since looked at the place, only lacking money. Luo Lin then walked towards Malfo's residence in the old city district.

  In the old town, Malfoy's residence was quite good, with a large courtyard, where people came and went, there were gamblers, borrowers, debtors, it was very lively, conflicts often occurred, basically the gamblers beating up those who couldn't pay back debts and came to beg for an extension.

  Luo Lin arrived at the entrance of the courtyard and saw the leader of the group of thugs who had tried to rob him a few nights ago, but was instead stabbed by Luo Lin.

  He was just walking out of the courtyard, and when he saw Luo Lin, he instinctively shrunk his body, then realized he was in his own territory, gained confidence, puffed out his chest, and glared at Luo Lin fiercely: "You dare to come? You're dead for sure!"

  Rolin didn't bother to retort, he just grasped the hilt of his sword at his waist. The guy shuddered and immediately slunk away with his tail between his legs. He was well aware of Rorin's prowess, and Malfoy wouldn't stick up for him over something like this. He had gone to grab some cash and got beaten up - it served him right. For this, he had been ridiculed by his 'colleagues' for the past few days.

  As Ron stepped into the courtyard, he saw Malfoy standing on the steps of the doorway, wearing a light grey leather jacket, lecturing a first-year student.

  He also saw Luo Lin, first with a slight cold smile, but when he saw the armor and equipment on his body, a look of doubt appeared in his eyes. He hid these changes very well, but didn't deceive Luo Lin.

  "It's probably because I hit his underling, he's not happy about it." Luo Lin thought to himself.

  Malfoy spoke first, walking over with a pleased look on his face. "Ah, Rohl, looks like you've struck it rich? Come to pay us back?"

  "I'm now a guard of Davy Fahshi. Came over in my spare time." Luo Lin said, this news couldn't be hidden from someone as astute as Malfoy, so he spoke directly.

  "Lawyer's escort? Davie? Oh, that's great news. Now pay up, twenty silver coins, not one less."

  Luo Lin nodded, he didn't want to have much to do with this gloomy person, took out the silver coins and handed them over, got back the debt contract, confirmed that there was no mistake, and tore it into pieces.

  The intelligent brain immediately reported the information:

  "Quest completed: Clear Marlfox's high-interest loan, gain 150 experience."

  "Current experience value is 160/300."

  Not bad, according to the principles of Zhi Nao, with two more tasks, he can be promoted to level 4, which is quite fast. Of course, Luo Lin knows that it's only easy in the early stages, and it will get harder and harder later on.

  He didn't want to stay in this gloomy place any longer, so after paying the money, he turned around and left.

  Malfoy remained standing in the courtyard until Ron's back disappeared from view, then he immediately returned to the room. In the room, a person who had hidden himself in the dark was quietly standing there.

  "Messenger, the situation is not good. I just saw him and he's actually one of Vianna's people. Vianna's apprentice is investigating the goblin camp, and I'm afraid he now has the location of the goblin camp."

  The dark figure fell silent for a moment, then a hoarse voice came out: "I already know about this. Our advance layout of the Dark Child intercepted the message that Davy passed to Vianna. What you need to do is, before the Dark Child is exposed, go and kill that little girl who plays with fire, and that meddling little boy! Let the mist of death cover everything!"

  "When will you take action?"

  "The sooner the better, tonight!"

  "Alright, I'll go arrange it now."