An Embarrassed Face

"Sigh," the young warrior listened to the <Female Fighter> and quickly sniffed the air. Indeed, there was a strong smell of blood. He immediately apologized to <Lin Yun>, "Sorry, I misunderstood. You've worked hard."

"Meow meow meow?" <Lin Yun>'s eyes, hidden behind his helmet, blinked, a little confused about what was happening. He almost acted cute maliciously.

"You idiot." The <Female Fighter>, exasperated with the straightforward guy, pulled him back. Then, with her hands behind her back, she said apologetically, "Mr. <Silent>, you were so tired last night. Did you get enough rest? How about we take a break today?"

"Huh? You know?" <Lin Yun> was completely bewildered. What's going on? I was at the <Dwarf> blacksmith's house forging, and you know about it? That shouldn't be possible. To avoid disturbing the neighbors, the <Dwarf> blacksmith's house has excellent soundproofing, especially since his own snoring is quite disruptive.

"No, but we can... guess," the <Female Fighter> said softly.

"You can guess that?" <Lin Yun>'s head was still full of question marks, utterly confused. However, he finally sensed that something was off, so he quickly changed the subject. "Ahem, I've rested enough. It's time to get to the quests. Oh, right, this is for you." As he spoke, <Lin Yun> lowered the large backpack from his back and took out some items. Yes, they were all things "bought" from the <Dwarf> blacksmith.

First, for the <Female Fighter>: "This spear is for you. I thought about it yesterday. If you encounter a creature like that giant venomous snake from yesterday and have to attack it bare-handed, it's too dangerous. This will be safer."

"Thank you..." The <Female Fighter> received the spear from <Lin Yun> with both hands, almost moved to tears.

As a Monk, even when wielding a spear, she could still kick or use her elbow attacks after a spear thrust, so it didn't affect her combat style at all. Moreover, she had already learned fighting techniques using a staff, and a spear could also be used like a staff. It was much better than a <Dagger>.

Besides, the <Dagger>'s damage was D4, the <Female Fighter>'s fists dealt <D6> damage, and the spear's damage was D8.

Most importantly, a spear could attack targets further ahead, even through another person, giving it a larger attack range. And for someone like the <Female Fighter>, who loved critical hits, how could she not have a weapon with better critical damage? Normal critical hits double the original dice, but a spear's critical hit triples the original dice, making its critical damage 3D8, which was terrifying.

The only drawback was that a spear required strength to wield, so, well...

"Next, for the two of you. Even when you don't need to heal, you should contribute to the team. Especially you," <Lin Yun> said in his deep voice, "you just sulked on the side after missing three <Flame Arrows> yesterday." He then took out two light crossbows and two packs, each containing 20 crossbow bolts.

As <Lin Yun> had said, yesterday, the two girls, apart from a few lucky heals from the <Goddess Priestess>, hadn't been of much use. She needed some offensive capability too, thought <Lin Yun>, who suffered from a fear of insufficient firepower.

It was even more so for the <Magician>. Considering that the two girls might not have experience with archery, using light crossbows, which even ordinary civilians could use, was a better choice.

After all, they were both girls, and reloading a heavy crossbow was far more strenuous and troublesome than a light crossbow. So, these two would be fine with light crossbows. As for the possibility of them performing poorly and backstabbing them... it was best not to overthink it.

These two items were arguably the most valuable, each costing 35 gold coins. Although they were discounted by 20%, <Lin Yun> ended up paying 70 gold coins in total, including the crossbow bolts and the pre-assembled bolt packs.

"Waa..." At that moment, the <Magician>'s background almost turned gray. She said with some hesitation, "But... I'm a <Magician>! If anything happens, can't I just use magic?"

"You're wrong. Precisely because you are a <Magician>, your spells are precious. For example, yesterday, against ordinary <Goblins>, you only needed to attack with this light crossbow. If you hadn't fired three <Flame Arrows> at the <Goblins> and missed all of them, you would have been an excellent choice for dealing with the <Giant Goblin> and the <Goblin Shaman>," <Lin Yun> said with a somewhat muffled and stern voice.

"I... I understand," the <Magician> said weakly, lowering her head. Then, like a bullied young bride, she approached <Lin Yun> and took the light crossbow and bolts from his hands.

"Alright, although it's a bit late today, we can still pick up the <Goblin> quest and head to a nearby village to rest for the night. We can launch a surprise attack the next morning. For <Goblins>, morning is their night, their most relaxed time," <Lin Yun> said, instinctively patting the <Magician>'s head as she lowered it.

"Sigh... Um, Mr. <Silent>, what about me?" The young warrior asked, looking at his empty hands in confusion.

"For you, for now, just protect yourself with your shield and use your longsword. You are an important safeguard," <Lin Yun> said, patting the young warrior's shoulder reassuringly.

"Uh, okay." The young warrior's mouth twitched, and he sighed, choosing to compromise.

Thus, <Lin Yun>, with a fully equipped group, returned to the counter.

"Mr. <Silent>, are you going...?" The receptionist, seeing <Silent> acting collectively for once, was a little surprised.

"Taking them on a quest," <Lin Yun> replied in his usual muffled tone.

"Okay, what quest should we take next?" the receptionist asked cheerfully, with a smile.

"<Goblin> extermination quest," <Lin Yun> said directly.

"Okay, today there are five <Goblin> quests. Which one would you like?" In a way, <Goblin> quests were like last-resort items, generally unwanted. On one hand, they were troublesome; on the other, the rewards were too low. Usually, only low-level novice adventurers would take them. But the problem was that with the numerous and somewhat intelligent <Goblins>, those low-level novices were clearly not up to the task. Often, posting a quest meant the destruction of a village and the death of an adventuring party.

Many times, to save their loved ones, villages would scrape together large amounts of reserve funds, barely managing to put together a dozen gold coins and place them at the <Adventurer's Guild>, only for no one to accept the quest. And because the kidnapped girls were "used" by the <Goblins>, the <Goblins> began to breed, becoming more numerous, thus directly destroying the village.

In a way, the <Adventurer's Guild> also made a lot of money from this, because if everyone died, no one would come to claim the bounty...

As for the country, this was a border region, and more importantly, the country was currently facing the threat of the Demon Lord's army. Therefore, for issues like "<Goblins>," which were considered "minor problems," <Nature> would not respond.

"Give me the quests for the <Goblins> that have appeared recently first. And if it's on the way, give me other <Goblin> quests," <Lin Yun> estimated that the tribes that had recently appeared in the <Goblin> quests were likely to have fewer people, which was perfect for bringing these little newbies to gain more experience, and <Lin Yun> could also level up a bit.

"Okay, no problem." Hearing <Lin Yun>'s words, the receptionist was overjoyed. Her smile brightened considerably. She then took out five slips of paper, with brief descriptions and addresses written on them.

"Perfect, this isn't too far from there. Hmm, in that case..." <Lin Yun> pondered, "I'll accept these two <Goblin> quests." <Lin Yun> looked at the content. Since the estimated travel time was even written on them, <Lin Yun> could easily understand the situation. And suddenly, <Lin Yun> had a new idea.

"Okay, thank you very much." The receptionist was very happy to see <Lin Yun> accept two <Goblin> quests at once.

"Mm." <Lin Yun> merely nodded with an air of arrogance and then led the young warriors out.

"Alright, do you guys know where we can rent a carriage?" <Lin Yun> asked as they walked.

"Ah, I know where we can rent a carriage, but... Mr. <Silent>, you want to..." The young warrior, who often ran around the town, was quite knowledgeable. By the way, sir, are you sure you're a warrior and not a <Thief>?

"Yes, I can drive a carriage. And considering how inefficient it was yesterday, I think driving a carriage directly to those villages will be faster. We can even arrange for the drivers of those villages to drive their carriages and wait for us on the road to improve efficiency," <Lin Yun> explained. This was something <Lin Yun> had slowly thought of later yesterday.

Ultimately, <Lin Yun>'s intelligence wasn't high, but the only thing he could do was to constantly think and plan more thoroughly.