On the surface, Xia Nan and the Windforged team had no real grudge against each other.
Before noon today, the two sides had not even met in person. They had merely heard rumors about each other.
If the place where they encountered each other now had been a crowded street or an association hall packed with adventurers,
the Windforged captain, Sefeng, might even have nodded to Xia Nan as he passed by.
But as luck would have it, the current moment was in a rather delicate state.
From the Windforged's perspective, what they saw
was an Elite Adventurer who had earned some renown in the Southern Islands and was known as "Sea Fang." He had now left his team and joined up with an unknown Halfling.
The two were fighting a powerful, strangely shaped monster, and the battle was at a stalemate.
An adventurer was an adventurer, after all.
Their Profession Level and combat experience might be worlds apart from those low-level nobodies who fought Goblins in the forest, but to a certain extent, they were still the same kind of creature.
When encountering fellow adventurers during a mission, only a minority would be willing to lend a hand. Most would stand aside and watch the situation unfold, waiting for an opportunity to take advantage of it.
As far as the Windforged were concerned, they neither knew nor cared about the Deep Sea Resonance Stone inside the Shark Beast's stomach.
What truly made Sefeng develop murderous intent and hostility toward Xia Nan was his own greed—the equipment and Gold Coins on Xia Nan, as well as the fame that killing "Sea Fang" would bring.
Of course, the familiarity between Xia Nan and the Raging Waves War Gang, their sworn enemies, at the "Glass Oar" tavern had also played a part.