Zura Forest 3

Earlier.

"Delicious!"

Angelina and Erica eat with ecstasy on their faces.

Although the restaurant is packed with girls, seeing the two of them eating makes them want to eat more.

Unfortunately, it didn't take long because they ate too many pastries, and their table is still full with them.

This restaurant offers eat-all-you-can pastries; but, if you do not finish everything on your table, they will be charged double the original price.

"I… can't— blurg— Ugh!"

Erica wants to puke, but she closes her mouth.

Angelina is in the same situation as her.

They are both incredibly wealthy women, but when it comes to payment, they are stingy.

Angelina is the daughter of a merchant family, thus she was taught from a young age that money must be spent at the appropriate time or with something you are certain to spend it on.

Meanwhile, Erica simply refuses to spend her money, and no one can persuade her otherwise.

These two folks are compromising their diet since they do not want to spend any extra money.

They'll regret it eventually, but for now, let them be tortured by their own pride.

"Lina, I think you need to pay our orders."

"Screw you, I already pay the recent one, it's your turn today."

"But I don't have any money."

"This is the 358 times you used that excuse."

"How can you even count that?"

"How can you not even pay your own food?"

"Because you're here."

"That doesn't make sense."

"It makes sense since this restaurant is connected to your family."

"Are you an idiot? It's my family, not mine."

"That's the same."

"It isn't."

And their argument continues…

In the end, Angelina couldn't win against her, so she had to pay the cost again.

…

Outside of the restaurant.

"Yay!"

Erica made a peace sign while smiling as she recounted her victory over Angelina.

Angelina held her head, thinking about how she couldn't win against her.

An unexpected pause occurred.

Erica's smile fades, and Angelina's thoughts are cut.

Their eyes met.

They both look at the sky and sigh, thinking, "What am I doing with my life?" at the same moment.

They recognize they are 30 yea— 29 years old and 12 months—but they continue to act like teenagers.

Well, the teenager portion is on Erica's side, whereas Angelina is so preoccupied with her job as the Guild leader that she cannot find someone to date.

For God's sake, they are past their prime, and they even want to start their own family, but they are cursed for some reason.

They hug and sympathize with one another without saying anything.

"I think you can be my wife."

Angelina shivers in terror as she pushes away from Erica after hearing her remarks.

"It's just a joke."

Because she had no option or just wished to love, she accidentally voiced out her thoughts.

However, she recognized how ridiculous it was and explained that it was a joke.

Even Erica will quiver with horror if Angelina says something like that.

Their atmosphere is awkward right now, so they glance away from each other.

However, this atmosphere did not last very long.

From their perspective, they see a familiar white-haired woman running towards them.

"Is anything wrong, Anna?"

When Anna arrived at their destination, Angelina instantly asked her.

She could see the fear on her face, so she instantly asked her.

"The… Haaa… letter… Haa…read it…"

Anna couldn't breathe well, but she tried to express what she wanted.

After giving Angelina the letter, Anna calms down while Erica caresses her back.

Erica even inquired whether she was okay, but she said she is well now.

"Here"

Angelina throws the letter to Erica, and she catches it.

"Hey, what was that for?"

"Read it."

Angelina takes out a fist-sized object while Erica reads the letter.

"No way! Is this true?"

"You know about my subordinates right, Erica?"

"Yeah, but this…"

"There is no time. I'm going to go back now and leave the rest to you.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

After Erica thanks her, she provides the necessary information, and they quickly go to the guild and post an emergency task.

When adventurers saw Erica fall in line at the emergency booth, they quickly looked up the job posting because emergency jobs pay very well.

When people see the job post, they instantly gather and try their luck at being chosen.

Despite the fact that this is an emergency, Angelina discovers through her magical equipment, the red dot, that her companion, Aqua Infinity, is in good condition and not in danger.

However, she must make the selection quickly since no matter how safe she is, she will not be able to predict when the disaster will strike.

She would deeply regret if anything bad might happened to her friend.

…

Zura Forest.

"This is bad."

Alex is hiding in the forest area, holding the wound on his left arm.

Because of his surroundings, he didn't allow himself to be at ease in his situation.

When he opened the entrance to the cabin earlier, a man sprang out of nowhere and nearly hit his face.

Fortunately, he avoided the hit, although not totally, since he sustained a cut on his face.

He backs away and tries to explain that he has no negative intentions towards him, but the man does not listen and continues to attack him.

This prompted him to take their combat more seriously, but he was unable to land any attacks, even with his Auto Weak Point skill.

That's how he got into his current condition.

*Whip

*Pak

"The heck!"

He didn't hear a sound, but because to his Auto Weak Point skill, he was able to avoid the seemingly invisible attack that only made sounds with a few centimeters on his skin.

He is certain right now that the man is an assassin.

It may seem simple to tell for others, but thief, spy, and investigator all belong to the same class.

The only way to separate them is to understand their area of expertise.

The one who is attacking him is always targeting his weak place.

This made his Auto weak point skill more useful because it ensured that any attack on his weak spot would always be blocked.

However, his body will suffer because he may sacrifice something in order to repel an impossible attack.

For example, right now…

He may have blocked the strike, but the dagger nonetheless penetrated his hand.

He pulls out the dagger, and blood runs.

He sighs as the man approaches slowly.

The only thing keeping him alive is his refresh skill's passive ability.

In the end, he used the active ability of refresh skill on himself.

All of the wounds have healed as if nothing had happened.

He took out his light saber and skill stick and adopted a posture.

'I need to take this more seriously.'

The man does the same thing with his two daggers.

Round 2, Start!