Elaine's Comfort (1)

It's still the King's Forest, still the fog shrouding, still the skeleton warrior leading the way and Drogo and Elaine following closely behind. But unlike before, the group is now much quieter, or rather subdued.

"Drogo, are you unhappy?" Elaine's words broke the silence, and Drogo grinned without any nutritional value.

Happy? Drogo couldn't afford to be happy. They hadn't even left the King's Forest yet, and his imagined new world, new life, and new dreams were all still a fantasy. Trouble, on the other hand, had arrived first. And it was quite a big trouble.

Chandler, the young master of the Reeves family, whom Drogo had personally killed. And the Reeves family was a renowned and powerful family on this road, with wealth and power to match in both commerce and politics.

If he had offended such a large power, it would be strange if Drogo could still be happy.

Drogo was frowning in worry, but Elaine suddenly leaned over and wrapped her arms around his waist again.

"Drogo, are you worried about the Reeves family? Don't worry. Follow me back to Silverwing Valley, they won't dare to do anything to us."

"They won't dare to do anything to us."

Looking at the little girl's pale face and nervous eyes, the more Drogo heard this sentence, the more it sounded like she was saying, "Don't worry, I'll protect you." Could it be that the little girl wanted him to... freeload off her?

"Uh..."

After being spoken to by Elaine like this, Drogo's worries suddenly disappeared. He realized he was just scaring himself.

At this moment, Drogo was worried about retaliation from the Reeves family. But what's done is done, and what will come will come. There's no point in being afraid.

"Hehe, yeah, there's nothing to worry about. And the Reeves family may not be able to trace us." Even during the battle, Drogo had been paying attention to the surroundings. He was pretty sure that at the time, there was no one else nearby except Chandler and Algernon. That was why he dared to be so direct and kill Chandler himself, and at the same time, he also let the skeleton warrior deal with Algernon.

The Forest of Champions was never a peaceful place, and those two corpses would not stay quiet for long. Without even finding the bodies, how could the Reeves family suspect Drogo? After calming down a bit, Drogo realized this and finally let go of his last bit of worry.

Seeing Drogo regain his composure, Elaine was very happy, causing Drogo to blush – this girl was holding on too tight...

After deliberately deviating from their original direction and walking for half a day, even Drogo himself couldn't go back the same way. He finally stopped and let Elaine rest for a while. Elaine was exhausted and leaned on Drogo while panting.

Meanwhile, Drogo finally had the time and energy to check his new loot, a storage ring from Chandler. Because warriors couldn't control their spiritual energy very well, the storage rings they used were much simpler than those used by mages.

In simple terms, the storage rings used by mages were like safes with advanced locks, and without a key or password, no one could open them. The rings used by warriors were the kind without locks... Of course, even if there were locks, they would naturally disappear when the owner died.

Just like the one in Drogo's hand, the restrictions inside were directly broken with Matthew's death. Drogo held the ring but didn't immediately check what was inside. He was actually praying.

However, the content of his prayer stunned Elaine at the time. "Oh, some god I don't know, please bless me and give me some clothes!"

After saying this, Drogo didn't intend to check it himself and just emptied everything out of the ring right in front of him.

As soon as the things came out, Drogo and Elaine were stunned for a while...

"I... Hahaha..." Drogo was about to swear, but finally managed to hold it in after silently reciting "manners" three times in his mind and burst into laughter three times.

Happy, Drogo is really happy now. He had known for a long time that Chandler, the young master of the Reeves family, was definitely not poor, but he didn't expect him to be so rich.

Chandler's ring was filled with many things, creating a small mountain of items in front of them. However, the types of things were extremely singular, just gold coins, large amounts of gold coins, stacked up like a small mountain. Although it wasn't clothes, it was even more exciting than clothes...

"Ah!"

Elaine was also very surprised. As a princess of the clan, she was not a buyer, and had seen many exotic treasures, but this amount of pure and plentiful gold coins was also the first time she had ever seen.

"Haha, it's really a case of getting what you need. I think I'm starting to like robbing as a job."

Drogo came back to his senses and was reluctant to let these dazzling things sit outside and be exposed to the elements. With swift movements, he scooped up the gold coins and poured them into his ring.

There were too many gold coins, and perhaps he was too excited, but Drogo only managed to stuff the coins into his ring. He was so busy that he was sweating profusely, making Elaine giggle.

"You didn't sweat this much even when you were rushing on the road."

"Uh, hehe, it's just a momentary thing..."

After Drogo's efforts, the small mountain of gold coins was finally emptied. At the same time, Drogo discovered that there were two other things besides the gold coins. But for Drogo at the moment, nothing could match the temptation of gold coins except for clothes.

Until all the gold coins were collected, Drogo took a satisfied breath and then looked at the remaining two items with Elaine.

One of them was a very small dagger, black and inconspicuous, and even ugly.

"What an ugly dagger!"

Elaine frowned. Like all women, she had a natural aversion to these kinds of unsightly things.

Drogo felt the same way, but he also felt very strange. This dagger was too ordinary and too old. It was incomprehensible that such a thing could be placed with that pile of gold coins.

"Could it be that Chandler has some kind of peculiar collecting hobby?"

Drogo shook his head, the idea was too absurd and made no sense whatsoever. He held the dagger in his hand and even used his mental powers to probe it, but there was no response. This proved that it was just an ordinary item and not some magical artifact with an unassuming appearance.

"The thoughts of a villain are not something we commoners can fathom!" Drogo muttered. He decided not to study the dagger any further and simply threw it along with the previous magic core into a corner of the ring. He was cautious not to discard them directly to avoid any trouble if the Reeves family found out.

Looking at the other item, Drogo's eyes lit up. It was actually a map, and it clearly showed the outskirts of the King's Forest. What made Drogo even happier was that the map not only indicated the specific path from the outskirts of the King's Forest to Barlow City in the Cantrell Kingdom, but also clearly marked the several campsites of the Reeves family.

This meant that Drogo could easily avoid the Reeves family's people by following this map, and he could solve the last bit of trouble as well. The fact that he was given money and a map made Drogo feel so grateful that if Chandler could still stand in front of him alive, he would undoubtedly receive a very sincere thank you. Of course, that was impossible now...

Due to the need to bypass the Reeves family's campsites, Drogo and Elaine spent a total of three days and finally reached the edge of the King's Forest. According to the map, they were not far from completely leaving the King's Forest and entering the territory of the Cantrell Kingdom.

However, by this time, it was already dark, and Drogo and Elaine stopped to rest. They planned to leave the King's Forest and head for the border city of Barlow in the Cantrell Kingdom the next morning.

According to the plan they had previously made with the little fox girl, they needed to cross the three countries of Jialan, Maya, and Atlantis in succession after leaving Barlow City, and then they could reach Elaine's hometown, the Silver Wing Valley.