(Thank you very much to 'Invincible Origin', 'Call Me White Horse', 'Snow Fox Rain Abandon', 'Yan Ai Ai', and 'Heavens~~~~Ah~~~~' for the rewards!)
"Chirp chirp chirp chirp—!"
Amid the pleasant birdsong, the pitch-black sky slowly began to pale.
Flocks of birds swept past the towering Tower of Babel, filling the air with the fresh atmosphere of morning.
Passing through the familiar West Main Street, Noah entered Central Plaza and immediately turned his gaze toward the front of the fountain.
Fully armed adventurers and supporters carrying enormous backpacks passed by in pairs, yet none of them lingered. They headed straight for the entrance beneath the towering Tower of Babel.
However, the petite figure Noah remembered, carrying a huge backpack completely disproportionate to her size, was nowhere to be seen.
Today, Noah had neither come especially early nor arrived late. Just like the day before yesterday and yesterday, he had left at the same time and arrived at Central Plaza at the same time.
By all rights, Lili should have arrived already.
Yet despite saying yesterday that she would come, Lili still was not here today.
In other words, ever since they had decided to form a party, over the course of three days, aside from the first day, Lili had failed to meet him at the fountain at the agreed time yesterday and today.
If this had been the first day, Noah might have thought that Lili had given up the opportunity he offered her.
But now, Noah no longer thought so. He walked straight to the fountain and silently stood in the spot where Lili had waited for him on the first day.
The surrounding adventurers, intimidated by Noah's reputation as a tyrant, repeatedly glanced his way. Though they whispered among themselves and pointed at him in secret, no one