After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

Chapter 9: 9. ‘Bursting Flames’ Lia
 

Level 0 Hero + Level 0 Deity, could only be considered the weakest among the weak, capable of slaying a Slime at best.

Lin Da, however, felt quite at ease, without a hint of pressure.

He pondered and gradually understood the real reason why he left the Snow Goose Adventure Team.

Being forced by Lia was only a secondary concern.

In fact, he had subconsciously realized that the current Snow Goose Adventure Team wasn’t the one he wanted to stay in. Staying there would only lead him to constantly go against his true inner thoughts.

To form a team of his own, leisurely enjoying the scenery of the World Tree as they climbed upward.

To not abandon any member and stand together at the highest point of the Mystic Continent.

That was what Lin Da hoped for.

Although this might sound like a fool’s dream, Lin Da knew the tactics to defeat every layer of Magical Creatures and could surpass the Secret Realm Guardian with the most minimal conditions.

Therefore, it was possible.

Having arrived in this game world, Lin Da met Lia and agreed with her perspective: “To clear the top level of the World Tree with everyone, leaving no one behind.”

They created the Snow Goose Adventure Team because they shared the same goal and philosophy.

When the team’s original intentions changed, naturally, he no longer had a reason to stay.

Now that he had left, he planned to rebuild a team, and he had to be serious about selecting its members.

Lin Da looked ahead.

The first member would, of course, be Kafni, who was bound to the Hero and would never betray him.

Looking up at the vast azure sky, Lin Da tucked his hands into his pockets, with a carefree and relaxed smile on his lips.

Everything was pretty good. Except for the pitiful seven copper coins left in his pocket.

Starting from scratch was not easy.

If ‘she’ were still here, it would be great. The team could be directly formed with one healer, one DPS, and one tank.

Lin Da stroked a beautifully crafted pocket watch, filled with countless emotions.

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Meanwhile, on the ninth layer of the World Tree Secret Realm, the Twisted Forest.

The sky looked as if it was covered by a grey parchment, dulling the light.

Gnarled, withered trees reached out like hands extending from hell, grasping towards the sky.

“Yah! Ha!”

The red-haired girl clenched her greatsword with a grave expression, striking like a crimson meteor towards the Secret Realm Guardian that stood seven meters tall: a Level 23 ‘Giant Carnivorous Flower.’

The Giant Carnivorous Flower resembled a sunflower with a massive mouth full of serrated teeth at its center.

Thick drool flowed from its gaping maw, dripping onto the ground.

The Snow Goose Adventure Team had been battling on the ninth layer for over an hour, each team member bearing more or fewer signs of injury.

The newly joined Level 20 Healer, the blond young man Phyllis, was hectically casting Healing Arts, drenched in sweat.

That Lia, she was too reckless.

She alone had consumed nearly half of Phyllis’s magic power.

If they continued fighting like this, it wouldn’t be the Magical Creatures dying but his magic power that would run out first.

How did the previous Level 15 Healer, who had even less magic power than himself, manage to lead the Snow Goose Adventure Team up here?

Phyllis cursed inwardly.

Today was his first day on the job, and he had to perform well. He had no choice but to sip on Magic Potions while he healed, which was detrimental to his health.

“Strength Blessing!”

At that moment, Miss Aiko, the Mage from the Holy Light Church, raised her Magic Wand high.

Her golden hair fluttered, magnificent and noble, like the Goddess of the Sun.

Her Blessing of Strength buffed Lia, causing Lia’s Fire Series Battle Qi to surge, with her speed also increasing by a measure.

“We can do this, everyone. Keep the faith!”

With Lin Da gone, Aiko, the oldest among them, took charge of command.

After swallowing a Mana Potion, Aiko thought to herself: They were in luck this time, randomly entering the Twisted Forest on the ninth layer, the Mystic Realm most suitable for the Snow Goose Adventure Team.

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If the random draw had been the “Lava Cave,” a Mystic Realm that severely suppressed Lia’s Fire Fighting Qi, Aiko wouldn’t have hesitated to use the “Town Portal Scroll” hidden in her pocket and leave Lia behind.

What a joke, she was only working for money, not blindly devoted to the team like someone else!

Moreover, since that person had already fled, Miss Aiko’s already scarce loyalty diminished further.

In the perilous Mystic Realm, the minds of the six members of the group were all elsewhere.

Klrona treated battling Magical Creatures as if it were a game.

Phyllis hesitated over whether to drink the next Magic Potion, as the magic circuits within his body swelled with pain.

The honest couple, Kafni and Oru, prioritized survival; they hadn’t finished paying off the mortgage on their White Dove City home yet.

The only one willing to fight desperately to clear the realm was alone.

“Healer, give me Healing Art!”

Lia wiped the sweat from her forehead and shouted loudly.

A beam of Holy Light fell upon her.

She felt her energy replenished, and even the faint internal pain she had been feeling began to heal.

Indeed, she was better than Bilinda, a graduate of Noble Academy!

Lia was certain of this and took a deep breath, clutching her greatsword, the “Flame Devourer,” her gaze fixed intently on the Giant Carnivorous Flower.

The team operated like a well-oiled magical machine, with everyone performing their roles.

However, she always felt something was off, as if something wasn’t quite right.

Even with a new and powerful Healer, she still felt restrained, unable to unleash her full potential.

No one told her which direction to attack, when to attack, or which part of the Magical Creatures to target.

Dealing with the Creatures’ assaults was exhausting enough, but having to think of these tactics gave Lia a headache.

Thoughts didn’t flow freely, and a feeling of suffocation remained stuck in her chest.

Lia remembered how she, the fool, had waited at the entrance of the World Tree Secret Realm during the day.

She had emphasized repeatedly the night before that they would enter the World Tree at dawn.

Lin Da had a good memory; there was no reason for him to forget.

“We must clear this beautifully, to show him that without him, the Snow Goose Adventure Team is even better than before!”

Lia bit down hard on her silver teeth.

At that moment,

“Captain, danger!”

Aiko’s anxious voice jolted her.

Lia was startled.

For some reason, the Giant Carnivorous Flower had gone mad, pulling out thousands of roots from the ground, turning them into fierce whips launching an attack.

The roots swept over like a net of death.

Lia felt overwhelmed.

Retreat?

The moment the thought emerged, she seemed to hear someone’s mocking laughter in her ear.

No, no need to retreat; just cut this thing down!

Lia steeled her resolve, clenched her teeth, and charged forward with her sword.

She was like a red fish weaving through the ocean, dodging the myriad of attacking roots with her exquisite movements.

Any Swordsman of the same level as Lia would have been astounded by her impressive skills.

This was Lia, known as “Bursting Flames,” the top adventurer of the younger generation in White Dove City.

“She’s crazy!”

But Aiko stomped her feet in frustration.

Lia’s style of fighting was too risky; a single mistake would spell her doom.

And she was advancing too fast; her teammates couldn’t keep up.

If Lin Da were there, he’d have commented: This is like a Rock Man using flash to charge at the top lane, while asking the mid lane Yaso why he didn’t follow.

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