Goblin Dependency-Chapter 188 - 113 Spellcasters_3

There, a few adventurers wearing good armor were staring coldly at the two of them.

Seeing the man look towards him, the robust man who seemed to be the leader suddenly grinned maliciously, revealing a mouthful of yellow-brown rotten teeth.

"Without you, did you really think I couldn’t find a team?"

Berg followed the direction of the man’s gaze, and upon barely recognizing who it was, his eyes instantly recoiled as if shocked.

"’Gap-toothed’ Bennett!? How did you end up with them?"

He lowered his voice, instinctively quickening his speech, showing a hint of anxiety on his face.

"Don’t you know, he..."

"I need to make money!" Kegel interrupted again, his tone cold. "Without gold coins, what am I supposed to feed my family with?"

"If you won’t help, then I’ll find my own way."

After speaking, he didn’t wait for Berg to respond, just cast a cold glance at Xia Nan behind him.

Then turned and walked straight towards where Bennett and his team were.

Berg initially thought about catching up to explain a couple of things, but perhaps because of ’Gap-toothed’ Bennett’s notorious reputation.

He only took two steps forward before stopping.

Dropping his head, he sighed and returned to Xia Nan’s side.

Xia Nan, who witnessed the whole scene not too far away, deduced the situation roughly through their conversation:

Adeline’s team was just one person short of the four required for Hunting Day, and the slim man named Kegel had asked Berg to help him join the team, possibly with some kind of payoff.

For some unknown reason, Adeline didn’t take to him but instead invited Xia Nan to fill the vacancy.

Money was spent, but the job wasn’t done.

Leading to enmity between Kegel and Berg, and Kegel joining Bennett’s adventurer team.

Listening to Berg earlier, this ’Bennett’ seems to have a rather bad reputation.

"Gap-Toothed? Why haven’t I heard of him?"

Xia Nan couldn’t help but scratch his head.

He stayed at the White Sparrow Tavern despite the costs, just to learn more about related information in this town where adventurers frequently came and went.

After several months, he indeed gathered a lot of intel, learn many unreliable and improper street talks, and also learned a fair share of swear words and slang.

The words "Gap-Toothed" sounded somewhat familiar, possibly overheard from adventurers at the next table one night.

But regarding Bennett himself, he knew nothing.

When Berg came back from there, his face was visibly darker, filled with worry.

No longer speaking.

Xia Nan casually observed the crowd in the adventurer association hall.

His gaze suddenly paused.

It was a man dressed in a modest robe.

Slightly messy black hair draped over his shoulders, his face was cultured, with crows’ feet etched around the eyes, yet oddly with no noticeable age;

The indigo linen robe appeared washed-out, yet upon close inspection, it was intentionally aged, the swinging hem was of a soft texture Xia Nan had seen before at a tailor shop, made of expensive silk;

On the left hand’s ring finger, index, and thumb, he wore three rings of different materials and colors; the right sleeve occasionally rode up as he moved, revealing a wrist bracelet with intricate silver patterns.

Unlike other adventurers in the hall, who desperately layered themselves with as much metal and armor as possible, covering themselves head to toe.

This man wore only a lightweight robe, with no heavy package on his back.

A delicate leather pouch hung at his waist.

As his arms swung, his left hand hovered poised, as if ready to delve into the pouch to retrieve what he needed at any moment.

For some reason, watching this figure gracefully pass through the hall.

Xia Nan suddenly remembered, in a past life, a professor from a prestigious domestic university who was invited to give a lecture at his company, during a conference.

"Spellcaster?"

A stray intuition flashed across his mind, making him instinctively judge so in his heart.

Then, he watched as the man stepped onto the stairs, walking up to the ’Association Second Floor’, where only professionals were allowed to enter.

"The task is set, the location is at the forest outskirts."

"The round trip will take about two days."

Adeline’s hoarse yet soft voice echoed in his ear.

Xia Nan withdrew his gaze.

He tightened the strap of the sword sheath on his back.

"Then, let’s set off."

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