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nTranslator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

nLin Qi brought the Dark King to the gate of the tribe and asked the two orcs standing guard at the gate if they had seen Yu Meng.

nThe two orcs looked at each other, and one of them said, “Yu Meng? Last night, she left the tribe with a package.”

nThe other orc echoed, “That’s right, and she looked very unhappy, with a cold face. We greeted her, but she didn’t look at us.”

n“Isn’t she usually like this? Cold.”

n“But last night she was especially cold. She usually nods even if she doesn’t speak.”

n“You’re right…”

nLin Qi interrupted the chattering of the two orcs. “Do you know where she went?”

n“Let me think, it should be in that direction.” One of the orcs pointed to the left.

n“Okay, thank you…” Lin Qi was about to thank him and leave.

n“No, it’s in that direction.” The other orc pointed to the right instead.

nLin Qi covered his face with both hands. As expected, one could not count on the intelligence of orcs.

nHe watched the two orcs quarreling but he did not want to stop them. They might as well beat the brains out of each other.

nWait, Lin Qi suddenly thought of something and looked at the Dark King.

nThe Dark King was scared by his look and said warily, “What are you thinking?”

nLin Qi was caught off guard and said embarrassedly, “Well… Dark King, can you follow Yu Meng’s scent?”

nThe Dark King heard that and its fur stood on end. It opened its mouth and was about to bite Lin Qi.

nLin Qi was so scared that he quickly took out a pile of delicacies from the system. “Dark King, you’re so powerful. You can definitely help me find Yu Meng, right?”

nThe Dark King looked at the delicacies in front of him and laughed in anger.

n“Don’t think that just because we have a good relationship, you can insult me. This is the last time. If you treat me like a dog again, I’ll bite you to death!”

n“No problem, no problem. I promise there won’t be a next time.” Lin Qi raised three fingers and swore to the sky.

nThe Dark King swallowed all the delicious food and recalled the scent it smelled last night. Then, it lowered its head and sniffed the ground.

nNot long after, Dark King looked to the left and said to Lin Qi, “She went that way.”

nWithout saying anything, Lin Qi ran to the left.

nBefore he left, he heard one of the orcs say to his companion, “See, I told you!”

n“Hmph, you just got lucky.”

n“Bullsh*t! You…”

nLin Qi could not hear the rest of the conversation, but he did not want to hear it anyway.

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nThe Dark King led the way in front while Lin Qi followed behind.

nAs they walked, Dark King suddenly stopped. Lin Qi quickly walked up.

n“What? You found her?”

nBlack King nodded. Lin Qi said excitedly, “Then let’s go quickly!”

nAfter saying that, he was about to walk forward when Dark King stopped Lin Qi. “Don’t rush, there’s an issue.”

n“What’s wrong?” Lin Qi asked nervously.

n“Other than that woman named Yu Meng, I can smell the scent of other humans,” the Dark King said with certainty.

nOther humans should be other participants. After all, no humans usually entered that forest.

n“That’s fine. I should know them. Yu Meng knows them too. They shouldn’t make things difficult for her.”

nThe Dark King led Lin Qi forward. “You know them? Are you sure?”

nIt pushed aside a huge leaf in front of it.

nIt saw a mess behind it. There were traces of fire, cuts from swords to trees, and many places were covered in ice. It was obvious that there was a fight here.

nLin Qi stepped forward to identify it carefully. “It’s magic. Judging from its power, it’s at least an intermediate-level mage. This ice should be Yu Meng’s magic. The marks of fire…” Lin Qi narrowed his eyes.

n“Why? Do you know it?”

n“Ah, not only do I know it, but I’m also very familiar with it.”

nThere were many fire mages among the participants, but there were not many intermediate-level mages. Coincidentally, Lin Qi knew just one.

nMoreover, that mage was able to fight Yu Meng, so the identity of that person was obvious.

n“Dark King, just trust me when we get there.”

nThe Dark King and Lin Qi had already formed a tacit understanding. When it heard Lin Qi’s tone, it naturally understood what he meant. It chuckled to show that it understood.

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nAfter a while, they came to a cave. The Dark King sniffed carefully and said to Lin Qi, “It’s here.”

nWhen Lin Qi heard that, he took the lead and walked into the cave.

nThe cave was very big. There were torches on both sides of the cave walls every 15 feet, so they could barely see their surroundings.

nSoon, they came to the end of the cave. It was like a different world inside.

nLin Qi saw a group of people drinking wine and eating meat inside. Yu Meng was tied to the side with a cloth in her mouth.

nFollowing Lin Qi’s arrival, everyone stood up and looked at Lin Qi at the same time.

nClap, Clap, Clap! A round of applause was heard.

nLin Qi saw Chen Lin walking toward him while clapping.

n“Chen Lin, I know you have a problem with me. If you let Yu Meng go, I’ll take whatever moves you have!”

n“Sure. If you hand over the holy light fish, I’ll let you go.”

nChen Lin actually knew about the holy light fish. ‘How did he know?’

nChen Lin saw Lin Qi’s confusion. “Who told you to brag so brazenly on the way? Naturally, someone will hear you.”

n‘Oh, that’s not so bad.’ Lin Qi thought.

n“Okay, I’ll give you the holy light fish and you let Yu Meng go.” As he said that, he took out two holy light fishes from the system.

nFor a moment, the entire cave was filled with brilliant phosphorescence. Some people were stunned.

nChen Lin greedily walked toward Lin Qi and reached out his hand to grab the holy light fish.

nLin Qi stretched out his other hand to block Chen Lin and raised his head toward Yu Meng.

nChen Lin chuckled and gestured to the person behind him.

nThat person nodded and walked toward Yu Meng. He untied the rope on Yu Meng’s body and dragged her over. Then, he pushed her toward Lin Qi.

nYu Meng leaned on Lin Qi and did not dare to look at him. She had just scolded him yesterday, but she was saved by him today.

nLin Qi saw that Yu Meng was fine, so he handed the holy light fish to Chen Lin.

nChen Lin took the holy light fish and kept groping on its body.

nHowever, just as Lin Qi was about to leave, he was blocked by others. He looked around and asked indifferently, “Chen Lin, what is the meaning of this?”

n“What do you mean? What else could this mean? You can leave, but Yu Meng has to stay.”

n“So you’re not keeping your word?” Lin Qi clenched his fists in anger.

n“So what? Hahaha, don’t you see how many people are here? And you’re just one person.” Chen Lin laughed arrogantly.

nLin Qi looked around silently and even saw some familiar faces. Back then, he felt sorry for them and even cooked for them.

n“How ironic!” Lin Qi laughed self-deprecatingly. “Ever since I met you, I’ve been trying to teach you a lesson.

n“Which is, dumb*sses must die!”

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