Elena

Though York County was not large in scale, it had a harbor, and most of the trade between the eastern and western continents required ships to pass through. Because of that, it was quite prosperous, with all kinds of shops standing in rows, not much inferior to Ama City.

Once he entered the small town, Liu Feng instead stopped feeling rushed. He slowed his steps and admired the unique scenery here. After all, although Liu Feng's mind now completely carried all of Nicholas's memories, in essence, Liu Feng still often thought of himself as someone from another world, as if he were a tourist.

For some unknown reason, quite a few strangers had appeared in York County over the past few days. Of course, this was not something Liu Feng had discovered on his own, but something he had overheard from the casual chatter of York County's original residents while walking. After all, to Liu Feng, everyone here was equally a stranger.

After wandering around for a few rounds, Liu Feng chose a weapon shop with a relatively large-looking storefront and walked in. On the Falan Continent, ordinary people generally could not see the shops that truly forged weapons. After all, competition and craftsmanship were involved in such things. As for these larger weapon-selling shops, they all had their own forging shops behind them, so as long as one negotiated with them, it was all the same.

It seemed weapon shops were naturally at odds with Liu Feng. Last time, when he had taken Turner to buy weapons, he had run into some inexplicable noble young master there and had fought him viciously.

And this time, Liu Feng had only just reached the entrance of the weapon shop and had not yet had time to go in when he saw a large group of fierce-looking, excellently equipped mercenaries swarm out from inside, shouting and yelling something at the tops of their lungs.

Today, he had come for his grand money-making plan, so Liu Feng naturally did not want to provoke any unnecessary trouble. He hurriedly slipped aside, making way for this group.

"Damn it, Lord Vice Commander, just what exactly is our mission this time? You've got to at least reveal a little to the brothers, right? Otherwise, how are we supposed to look for that treasure?" a tall warrior, nearly two meters in height and fierce in appearance, muttered in dissatisfaction. It could be seen that he truly had done his best to lower his voice, but his natural volume was simply too loud. Though he was still several meters away from Liu Feng, Liu Feng felt as if someone were roaring loudly right beside his ear.

"Shut up! How many times have I told you? Don't mention anything about this mission outside. Why can't you remember! If you keep this up, don't blame me for teaching you a lesson!" A middle-aged man with a steady bearing, wearing an earth-yellow mage's robe, glared fiercely at the warrior with the extraordinarily loud voice and said in displeasure.

"But..." The tall warrior seemed to be the kind of simple, straightforward, dead-stubborn fellow by nature, wanting to understand everything clearly. He opened his mouth and was about to ask again.

"But my ass! Shut your mouth!" The middle-aged man instantly stopped the tall warrior's question, then turned his head and looked coldly at Liu Feng, seemingly guessing whether this young man had heard what they had just said.

The moment the middle-aged man turned his head, Liu Feng instantly lowered his own, putting on the appearance of being deep in thought about something. Yet his mind could not stop turning things over.

Though York County was usually rather prosperous, because of its remote location, a large mercenary group like this—numbering over a dozen and seemingly only a portion of the whole—was basically impossible to see here.

And hearing that tall warrior shout about a treasure, then connecting it with what he had heard on the road from passersby about many strangers having arrived, Liu Feng could not help beginning to guess. Could these people's appearances all be related to some sort of treasure?

Naturally, the middle-aged man did not know Liu Feng's current guess. Looking at Liu Feng's present appearance, he thought this young man was pondering some other matter. After only one glance, he withdrew his gaze, glared fiercely at that tall warrior again, then continued walking forward.

It seemed this middle-aged man usually possessed quite a bit of authority. Although the tall warrior's eyes still shone with intense confusion and incomprehension, he finally shut his mouth and no longer asked questions.

"Great! So you bunch are here. I was worried I wouldn't be able to find you! What happened last time isn't over yet!"

Just as this line of mercenaries was about to leave, a crisp and pleasant voice suddenly rang out. Immediately after, a red figure flashed, and a petite girl with a head of fiery-red hair, incomparably fair skin, peerless looks, and a charming figure appeared before everyone, blocking this group of mercenaries' path.

Seeing this uninvited guest appear, Liu Feng was slightly stunned, while inwardly he could not help sighing that this world was truly too small.

It turned out this girl was none other than Elena, the girl who had been beside that triangular-eyed noble young master whom Liu Feng had injured last time in the weapon shop in Ama City.

Liu Feng had to admit that this Elena was absolutely a peerless beauty among all the girls he had seen in his life. The moment she appeared, everything around her seemed to instantly lose all color, reduced to a supporting role for this girl with peerless looks.

Even Liu Feng, who had always considered himself a man of exceptional self-control, could not help feeling his heart tremble when he saw Elena's pouting, charmingly angry look with that tempting little pink mouth.

But these mercenaries clearly had no mood to appreciate a beauty at the moment. Seeing Elena's sudden appearance, their expressions all changed at the same time.

A cold light flashed through the middle-aged man's eyes as he asked in a deep voice, "Miss, what happened last time is already over. We compensated her as we should have. Why are you still clinging to us and refusing to let go?"

"Compensation? One gold coin counts as compensation? You have to know she broke several bones! How can you be like this!" Elena said again in her delicate voice, while her eyes reddened slightly. Clearly, she was incomparably furious.

The middle-aged man frowned slightly, and another trace of cold light abruptly flashed through his eyes. He glanced at the crowds walking back and forth around them, but did not speak. Instead, he took out a money pouch from his body and threw it to Elena, saying in a deep voice, "There are several dozen gold coins in here. Is this enough?"

Very clearly, this middle-aged man did not want to cause trouble here. After all, there were simply too many people in York County right now, so he wanted to solve it with money.

Letting the money pouch fall to the ground, Elena did not even glance at it. Instead, she looked as though she had suffered a great humiliation. That head of fiery-red long hair seemed to dance in the wind as she bit her lower lip tightly with her pearly white teeth and said, "Do you think money can make up for her injury and disability?"

"Then what exactly do you want?" The middle-aged man's brows furrowed even tighter, and the ruthless look in his gaze grew thicker and thicker. Clearly, he had completely lost his patience.

"I want you to go apologize to her and beg her to forgive you!" Elena's beautiful eyes revealed an incomparably firm expression as she said, enunciating every word.

"Apologize to her? On what grounds? On that little bit of strength of yours?" The middle-aged man could not help sneering, and the sharpness in his eyes grew stronger and stronger.

"I..." Elena's momentum immediately choked. Her pretty face could not help reddening. It seemed she had clashed with this group before, and from the looks of it, she had even been at a disadvantage.

As her beautiful eyes roamed, Elena suddenly caught sight of Liu Feng standing off to the side, watching with great interest. Her lovely eyes instantly lit up, and a trace of clever mischief surfaced in them. With a slight movement of her body, she flashed in front of Liu Feng, then hooked her arm around Liu Feng's in one motion, waved her little fist at the group of mercenaries in demonstration, and said in her delicate voice, "My strength isn't enough, but my fiancé is here. He's very strong, you know!"