Chapter Thirteen: The Brewing Crisis

  In the courtyard of the seaside villa, Luo Lin saw Vianna at the same time as Vianna also saw him. As a great master, she could feel the gaze on her in the first place.

  She glanced at Luo Lin, the excellent strength of the dragon clan allowed her to see his appearance clearly, and she felt a little surprised, because not long ago she had just seen this young man, who seemed to be mourning by the dock, and she even comforted him a little, but didn't expect him to appear here.

  But she didn't think much of it and turned her head to the apprentice who was watering flowers: "Daiwei, it seems someone is looking for you."

  Dai Wei looked up at Luo Lin and smiled: "Oh, it's him. This is the young man I was talking about, I sent him to the wetlands to find the earth spirit camp, didn't expect him to come back so soon, and he's dressed quite neatly, I reckon his mission must have failed or he never went to the wetlands at all."

  This saved her a lot of trouble, after all, Luo Lin's background was that of a dockworker, illiterate and uncultured. If such a person were to become her bodyguard and accompany her out in public, she would be ridiculed by her friends.

  But she did have some appreciation for the young man, so although she was unwilling to let him become a guardian of the law, she also didn't want to bluntly refuse, lest she hurt his confidence.

  It's perfect now that the other side has taken the initiative to retreat.

  Vianna didn't ask about her disciple's affairs, since her disciple had a guest, she stood up: "Then I'll leave first, if there's any progress on the magic crystal, notify me."

  "Alright, mentor."

  Vienna got up and left, boarded the carriage parked in the yard, and under the crisp sound of the bell, the carriage took the beauty away.

  It wasn't until the carriage disappeared from view that Roland reluctantly withdrew his gaze.

  Dai Wei said to her bodyguard standing beside her after her mentor left: "Haling uncle, go bring him in."

  The guard was a middle-aged man, probably over forty years old. His body was wrapped tightly in a well-made studded leather armor, only revealing a loyal and honest face. He nodded, took orders and left, soon bringing Roland from outside the iron fence into the garden.

  In the process, Luo Lin obtained the physical information of this guard, which was actually a level 15 ordinary warrior. This must be a soldier drawn from the regular army of Wangduom. The combat power is extraordinary, enough to instantly kill the current Luo Lin.

  But Lorin also noticed that there was only one of these 15th-level warriors. There were a total of four guards in the villa, and the other three were all level 5 ordinary warriors. From the behavior of these warriors, it could be seen that they had not received regular training and were just ordinary mercenaries.

  A 15th level and three 5th levels, if there is a strong assassin who goes all out, assassinating Davy is not a difficult task.

  After Luo Lin was brought in, Davie smiled and said: "Luo Lin, haven't you gone to the wetland to investigate yet?"

  "No, on the contrary, I found them yesterday, but the journey was a bit far, I rushed back overnight and arrived in the city this morning." Roline's mouth corner revealed a confident smile again.

  "What? You're saying it's a success? You found the goblin camp so quickly?" Davy was shocked, her voice rising in surprise.

  She was very familiar with the situation in the wetland, where venomous snakes and beasts roamed everywhere. It was hard to imagine finding a small leprechaun camp there, let alone getting out unscathed. At least she couldn't think of how the other party managed to do it.

  She carefully looked at the young man in front of her, and upon closer inspection, she discovered many details that she had initially overlooked. Yes, his clothes were neat and clean, he looked spirited, and seemed to have deliberately tidied up his appearance, which made Davie very satisfied. But she found that there were fine blood vessels in his eyes, dark circles under his eyes, and his complexion was somewhat pale, indicating that he had stayed up all night... He probably wasn't lying.

  "Alright, I can trust you. So can you draw out the route to Jingying Island?" Davie's words were laced with more sincerity and less teasing.

  Luolin nodded: "The route is all remembered in my mind. If you give me paper and pen, I will draw it out."

  "Go get paper and pen." She said to one of her bodyguards on the side, she was still a bit skeptical but didn't show it, because as long as you take a look at the map he drew, you can tell whether what he said is true or not.

  The paper and pen were quickly obtained, laid flat on the table, Luo Lin closed his eyes to think for a moment, then drew a row of simple symbols in one corner of the white paper: "Some simple symbols. This represents rivers, this represents valleys, this represents highlands, this represents low-lying areas..."

  "Not bad." Davy thought this young man was quite clever.

  Then Luo Lin started drawing the route on a piece of white paper. After just a few minutes, a simple and clear map appeared on the paper: "The orientation and distance are somewhat inaccurate, but I made some secret marks at each important node in the wetland. With this map, and making some corrections based on the marks in the wetland, it's very easy to find the goblin thieves' camp."

  Dai Wei carefully looked at the map, she had been to the outskirts of the wetland before, and now she was checking it against her memory.

  She found that at least in the area she knew, the content drawn on the map was correct, the direction was right, and the distance was not far off, which was enough to prove that this map was true. Davie also found that the opponent's hand-drawn map was unexpectedly accurate, and this thing could even be taken directly as a military map.

  She still found it hard to believe that before sending Rolen to find the goblin camp, she had already sent several groups of people in to scout ahead, but none of them ended in anything but failure, without even catching a glimpse of the goblins' shadow.

  And this young man spent just a day and a half, all by himself, and actually succeeded, it's truly unbelievable.

  This shows that this young man indeed has the ability to match his confidence, and he has a talent that ordinary people can't reach. For such a talented person, Davy feels she has no reason to reject him.

  Just as Luo Lin was focusing on perfecting the map details, the tiger's mouth that had been cracked open before split open again, and blood seeped out from the wound on his hand, flowing down along the pen holder.

  Luolin hastily put down his pen and wanted to get something to wipe off the bloodstains on his hand.

  Dai Wei's sharp eyes caught sight of it and she asked in surprise: "What's going on here?"

  "It's nothing, just a scratch." Luo Lin smiled and asked: "Can you give me some clean cloth? I'll wrap my hand."

  "Let me see your hand," Davy ordered, not expecting that the other party was injured. It seemed that the other party's trip to the wetland was not smooth sailing, and may have even gone through some risks.

  Luolin spread out his palm, and Davie looked at the bloodstains in his palm that were cracked by a huge force, which was quite shocking. He quickly asked, "What's going on?"

  "I encountered a forest wolf, its strength was great, when I used my sword to block it, my hand cracked and split, just a minor injury." Roline explained with a smile, his expression looked very relaxed, but no one noticed that part of his attention was on the guard beside him.

  When this 15th-level middle-aged guard saw his hand, a look of surprise clearly appeared on his face. In fact, when Rolin was drawing the map, his expression had been somewhat abnormal, seemingly uneasy and anxious.

  This reaction was truly strange, and a thread of wariness sprouted in Roland's heart, putting this guy on his guard.

  At this time, Dai Wei had already ordered the maid to bring a white cloth. The maid wanted to help, but she stopped her: "I'll do it myself."

  "I can handle it myself." Luo Lin declined, although he was confident, but didn't think it was proper for a noble Miss Fa to dress his wounds.

  "Don't decline, Roland, this is just a small matter, but the news you brought has helped me a lot." Davy said seriously.

  "I feel deeply honored." Luo Lin accepted Davie's kindness, knowing that this was a small trick of the superior to win over his subordinates, in other words, Davie had already recognized his value and was showing him favor, which was not bad.

  Dai Wei carefully helped Luo Lin bandage his wound, then turned to the personal guard standing beside him and said: "Ha Lin uncle, from today on, Luo Lin will be my guard. The specifics are still handled according to the rules. You arrange it, his weapons and armor are also equipped according to the rules."

  "Yes, miss." Guard Harin bowed and turned to Luo Lin: "You come with me."

  Lu Lin let out a sigh of relief, he finally made progress, and turned to bow to Davie: "Thank you very much, Miss Davie."

  "This is what you deserve."

  Just as she finished speaking, Luo Lin heard a message from Zhi Nao in her mind.

  "Exploration of Dustwallow Marsh Defias Brotherhood quest completed, gained 150 experience."

  "You have reached level 3"

  "Your vitality increases by 1."

  "Your power increases by 2"

  "Your coordination increases by 1."

  "Current experience is: 10/300."

  "Current quality improvement progress: 78/100."

  "Estimated time for quality improvement: 49 hours."

  Right away, the familiar warmth began to surge through Rolen's limbs, all fatigue disappearing from his body. The wound on his hand also sent a tingling sensation, rapidly healing, and this feeling was awesome.

  As he followed Guard Harin from the garden to the guard quarters behind the villa, Roland's body recovered to its best state, as if refreshed.

  In the time that followed, Guard Harin did not show any more unusual behavior. He followed Davie's orders and equipped Rolen with a suit of relatively ordinary riveted armor, a sharp short steel sword, and a thick wooden shield covered in animal hide.

  This equipment made Luo Lin very satisfied. In his previous life, the weapon of his warrior role was a sword and shield, which could be both offensive and defensive, and he used it extremely smoothly. He was able to rank in the top five among shield warriors, but this was because he entered the game too late and his level was delayed.

  What surprised Roland was that Davy also brought a pouch of money, saying it was the task reward, which had thirty silver coins. Davy was very considerate, twenty of them were used to repay his usury, and ten were left for him to settle down.

  For a time, all of Luo Lin's problems after his rebirth seemed to have been resolved, and this was really great.

  ……….

  Just as Rholin was drawing a map in Davy's villa, the assassin's body was finally discovered by a passerby.

  But by the time the passerby reported the incident to the city guard, the city guards arrived at the scene late, and the assassin's body had already disappeared, leaving only some bloodstains at the scene.

  In the old city, in a dimly lit room somewhere, under the faint light of a lamp, several people sat around, their faces all extremely gloomy. On the wooden table in front of them was laid out the corpse of an assassin.

  "Our plan has been discovered." The speaker was a middle-aged man wearing a leather jacket, and if Rowling were here, she would definitely recognize him as the ruffian Malfoy.

  "This is bad news, but before it gets any worse, we need to find out who this sniper is." The man's voice was low and gravelly, and he kept himself hidden in the shadows, his features indistinct.

  An old man dressed as a herbalist was examining the corpse, simultaneously speaking his analysis: "The corpse has sword wounds, cleanly and neatly cut by one sword stroke. The technique is very skilled, but the force is not enough, the person who did it is not strong. From the angle of the sword and the height of the wound, this assassin is of medium build... Hmm~ I feel like I've seen this wound before, I think I saw it recently... Ah, I remember! Just last night, Malfoy, one of your underlings came to me for treatment, with a similar wound."

  "Alright, that makes things simple," said Malfoy coldly. "I'll go and check right now!"