"Hello! Traveler from afar, is there anything we can help you with here in our town?"
A light, lovely voice rang out behind him. He turned to see a slender, graceful woman standing two or three paces away.
The woman before him was somewhat thin, and even with her back straight, she only came up to about his chest. Perhaps because of the climate in the mountain town, her skin looked dewy and fair.
She wore a European-style, off-the-shoulder dress that had faded somewhat, its fitted waist accentuating her slender figure. Her long golden hair fell loosely over her shoulders, partly concealing their smooth, fair skin.
Her bright green eyes were like emerald gems in water, reflecting a crystal-clear light. They seemed to tell of their owner gazing upon the beauty of life.
Her smiling face gave her already well-proportioned, sharply defined features a cheerful, lively air. Even her somewhat thin face looked more spirited, set off by her crisp voice and sunny smile.
Li Xing looked over the good-looking woman standing before him with her hands on her hips, then smiled and replied,
"Hello, beautiful lady. I'd like to know where this is."
Just as he had expected, she eagerly explained.
"This is Hunter Town in Elwynn Forest. Our town got its name because most of the people here are hunters!"
"Hunter Town! What kind of place is that? I know a little about Elwynn Forest, so how come I've never heard of this place?" The question lingered in his mind.
Eager to settle down, Li Xing stopped dwelling on such things. All he wanted now was a stable environment where he could put his mind and body at ease.
"I'm a traveler from another continent, and I'm looking for a place to settle down. I like the surroundings here very much, so I'd like to make my home here. Could you introduce me to the town chief?"
When she heard that an outsider wanted to settle here, the woman's expression froze for a moment. Then her bright eyes moved up and down as she sized Li Xing up.
After transmigrating, Li Xing was much taller and larger than before. He had never been ugly, and under that golden light, his rugged features had become even more handsome.
Moreover, he had never worked in the sun, and his already fair skin had become even more lustrous and rosy after transmigrating. His short black hair, clean face, and simple, loose clothing gave Li Xing an extraordinary air.
Looking at Li Xing's clean, handsome face, her first impression was that he was a harmless pretty boy who liked living off women. But then she noticed the several adult wolf carcasses tied to and hanging from the wooden pole across his broad shoulders, behind his tall, muscular body. All this showed that Li Xing was not as weak and easily bullied as his face suggested.
The good-looking, cheerful young woman gave a sly smile. "I can, but first you have to earn the town chief's approval! I'll introduce you, provided you give me the game behind you as payment. Are you willing?"
"Of course!"
With that, Li Xing hurriedly took the wooden pole and game off his shoulder and handed them straight over to the woman without hesitation.
Looking at the game on the ground that now belonged to her, the young woman widened her bright eyes in surprise. She hadn't expected him to hand it over so readily and generously.
She hadn't even done the job yet, and the client had already paid her wages into her account.
Delighted, she drew her gaze away from the game at her side and looked again at the fair-skinned man before her. She held out her right hand and introduced herself.
"My name is Lucy. What's yours, traveler?"
"My name is Li Xing."
With that, Li Xing held out his right hand as well, and they briefly clasped hands.
After their brief introductions, Li Xing suggested that Lucy take him to the town chief. Lucy agreed.
But when Lucy tried to pick up the game from the ground, she ran into some trouble. She discovered that she couldn't lift it!
Seeing Lucy struggling, Li Xing shouldered the long, thick wooden pole once again.
In response to Lucy's puzzled look, he said, "At this rate, I reckon you'll be crushed into exhaustion before we find the village chief. I'll carry it for you for now and drop it off wherever you want later. That way, we can get there faster."
Lucy stood up from her crouch and clapped her hands together. "All right! You're quite right."
After that, Li Xing followed Lucy toward the center of town.
As he followed behind her, Li Xing noticed that people in the town, men and women, young and old alike, kept stopping and staring at him with wide eyes.
"Could it be that my handsomeness transcends gender and age?" Seeing this, Li Xing indulged in such narcissistic thoughts.
But as more and more people stopped to look at him, Li Xing noticed something unusual.
Although the onlookers all looked at him first, Li Xing noticed that their gazes then shifted to what was behind him.
And Li Xing knew all too well what was behind him.
"Could this be what those fishing enthusiasts enjoy? Sure enough, good looks are no match for ability!"
The two walked for less than five minutes before Lucy pointed to a blacksmith shop.
"We're here! This is the place."
Only when they reached the blacksmith shop did Li Xing realize something was amiss.
Perhaps he had been too excited after transmigrating, but he hadn't noticed it at all before.
Throughout his conversation with Lucy, she had spoken English, while he had naturally replied in Chinese! To his delight, they had communicated without any difficulty and understood each other throughout. As a result, Li Xing had never realized how incongruous it was!
He looked at the writing before him, which he had never seen before, yet he could now understand what it meant. Faced with this, a sense that something was amiss came rushing over him.
Although he didn't know whom he should thank, there was one party Li Xing felt he had to thank at this moment.
"Thank you, comrades of the fan translation team. Without your efforts, I probably never would have discovered this game. It's a good thing I know a bit about it, or I'd have made a complete fool of myself after transmigrating!"
As he inwardly counted himself lucky, he also expressed his thoughts.
His experience also served as a warning to the many transmigrators. After transmigrating into a familiar game or film or television work and making it big, the people they should thank most are the selfless comrades of the fan translation teams who lowered the barrier to learning about them.
Without their efforts, Li Xing reckoned that most transmigrators in unfamiliar surroundings would be too frightened by their own thoughts to move.
Li Xing remained outside and watched Lucy enter the blacksmith shop. Then he heard her calling from inside in her crisp voice, "Uncle Turner! Are you there? We have a guest!"
Stepping inside, he saw all kinds of finished tools arranged along one wall. Small metal objects and various weapons to go with sets of protective gear hung on the walls all around.
Seeing that Li Xing was still carrying the game, Lucy had him put it in a corner of the room, then led him to a long table by the window.
Lucy pulled out a chair and said, "Sit here for a while. I'll go call Uncle Turner again!"
After he sat down, he saw Lucy standing in front of the counter, calling toward the door behind it.
"Uncle Turner? Uncle Turner!"
Lucy kept calling. Before long, a voice came from the back room.
"All right, all right. Lucy, I heard you."