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The journey to the Sword Village was very easy and comfortable. The Little Fool followed by her side as usual. The widespread development of Mana Battle Car meant that Li Yan no longer had to endure the pain of riding in a horse-drawn carriage. Nowadays, Mana Battle Car have begun to replace horse-drawn carriages. In Wigster City, it is easy to hire a Mana Battle Car to travel to other towns.

Of course, it was Li Yan's Family that made a fortune from the Mana Battle Car business, while the Royal Family could only get a tiny scrap of it. This was only because of their slight kinship. After all, in terms of military strength, Li Yan's Family was no less powerful than the Royal Family. In the current situation, Nobles of all ranks relied on Li Yan's Family for their livelihood, and the Royal Family only had nominal authority.

"Young Li Yan, where are we going?"

The Little Fool girl, with her arms crossed, sat in the seat of the Mana Battle Car, shaking her little head and gazing at the scenery outside the window.

Li Yan glanced indifferently at the Little Fool. The Little Fool, who had already entered her teenage years, was still unremarkable, but had a special charm, the kind of pure and innocent white moonlight feeling of a teenage girl in school.

"The Sword Village, the place most famous for Bootleg Holy Swords."

Li Yan closed her eyes and fell into deep thought.

"Great! I'm so looking forward to our journey with the young master. It's been so long since we left Wigster City."

The Little Fool was clearly in a good mood, a sweet smile on her face. She trotted over to Li Yan and gently massaged Li Yan 'Li Yan back with her snow-white little fists. A green collar around her neck was particularly eye-catching, and the golden bells jingled softly, making a pleasant sound.

On the way to the Sword Village, the Mana Battle Car ran out of Mana, so the driver had to stop in Small Town along the way to find Mana Battle Car to replenish its Mana points. As the passenger who had chartered the chariot, Li Yan naturally wouldn't waste her own Mana to replenish Mana Battle Car that didn't belong to her, after all, she was the customer who had paid for the ride.

In the Jumas Small Town, replenishing Mana takes two hours, Li Yan and the Little Fool could only get off the bus and explore the Small Town.

This is a Small Town still under development, and there are very few Mana Battle Car on the road. Compared to the Wigster City Town, where the whole street is full of Mana Battle Car, this is obviously a paradise for novice Mana Battle Car.

Walking all the way to the square, Li Yan bought two cups of lemonade from a milk tea shop there. Under the blazing sun, the lemonade with ice cubes tasted especially refreshing. Sitting on a chair under the shade of a tree, Li Yan looked at the statues in the square with ease and comfort.

They were three ordinary wooden statues, arranged as a female mage, a male Warrior, and a middle-aged priest. The statues were remarkably lifelike, and the male Warrior's hair was bright green. Li Yan couldn't help but blink. If he didn't know that the "green hat" trope didn't exist in this world, he would have thought that the male Warrior had been cuckolded.

They looked familiar, not just familiar, but strangely familiar. Li Yan felt as if she had seen these three statues somewhere before. Even though she had rarely left Wigster City Town after marrying Flamme, and had always stayed in the town as a homebody magician, she had not traveled around.

"How strange, Little Fool, do you recognize those three statues? They look familiar." Li Yan pointed at the wooden statues in the square while drinking lemonade, especially the one with green hair standing in the center, who seemed to be the captain of this team.

"Young master, I don't recognize him."

The Little Fool shook her head, snuggled up to Li Yan, and sipped her lemonade, her porcelain-white legs swinging gently. The coolness of the lemonade cheered her up.

"Hey~ He looks really familiar, maybe he's some famous guy, I've seen him in the newspaper or something."

Li Yan couldn't help but sigh.

Are you talking about the Mighty Lion Hero Party?

An elderly man with gray hair walked over with a limp, leaning on a cane. Despite the sweltering summer heat, he seemed oblivious to the heat.

Are the statues in the square representing the Mighty Lion Hero Party?

Li Yan asked out of curiosity. Actually, he wasn't very interested; he just noticed that the statue's head was painted with green paint and looked very familiar, so he asked casually.

"Yes, I didn't expect children your age to be interested in the Mighty Lion Hero Party from decades ago. They were heroes of our village. Back then, Jumas Small Town was just an ordinary little village, and Barrier Magic hadn't been developed yet. A group of Demon Soldiers broke into the village, intending to kill all the villagers. It was the Mighty Lion Hero Party who risked their lives to save all the villagers. To repay the Mighty Lion Hero Party, the villagers specially built three wooden statues for them."

The old man spoke eloquently, a nostalgic smile on his face.

"Hey, not bad at all, Little Fool, that's what a hero is like."

Li Yan couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Yes, that's what heroes are like, the Hero Party by Hobby. Now, that once ordinary little village has been transformed from a dilapidated place into the Jumas Small Town, which can accommodate hundreds or even thousands of people. Mighty Lion Hero Party has never come back to see it again, even though they made a promise."

The old man's tone was somewhat disappointed, and his expression changed from high spirits to obvious sadness, as if he was in a bad mood. Leaning on his cane, he slowly left with a sense of longing.

"Hey, didn't they come back for what they promised?"

The Little Fool couldn't help but speak up.

"I'm actually quite interested in that green hairstyle. If Flamme hadn't objected, I would have dyed my hair green back then," Li Yan said with a grin, pointing to the statue with green hair.

"Does the young master like green?"

The Little Fool touched his long hair, a Nameless joy rising in his heart.

Watching the old man's departing figure, Li Yan scratched his head. He had heard a story, but he seemed to have no memory of it at all, after all, he had stayed at home for decades.

After sitting in the square for a while, Li Yan and the Little Fool looked back again at that unique and bright green painted hair, that optimistic smile, the Bootleg Holy Sword held high, the uncle priest next to him with a friendly face, and the magician girl smiling and holding up her staff.

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to think about it."

Li Yan scratched his head and prepared to wander around to other places with the Little Fool.