Chapter 204: Cut Down the Great Tree, Sever the Omen!_2

He simply decided to mark this place and return for a proper exploration after leveling up.

Once back on solid ground, his first order of business was to settle the score with that old codger Patch.

True to form, Patch was the quintessential fence-sitter.

Upon seeing a player march up to him, he would frantically heap praise and flatter them, sparing no compliment as he desperately tried to worm his way out of accountability.

Wang Laoju found himself amused by Patch's shameless performance.

Or perhaps Patch had actually managed to touch a chord with his mostly deceitful, occasionally truthful words.

Regardless of how Patch argued, there was at least one statement that Wang Laoju was willing to forgive.

Patch claimed that for an ordinary person like himself, merely surviving in the perilous borderlands was no small feat, and changing sides like the wind was vital for staying alive; otherwise, he would have died hundreds, if not thousands, of times over.