Seniors Should Care for Juniors

At the same time that Gong Qiying and Si Telan were adventuring.

Xiu En, Ai Li, and Dan Ya, members of the Morning Wind team waiting in the Swamp Area, encountered a truly speechless situation.

"We're so sorry, truly sorry, we'll leave right away!"

Currently, a strange team of adventurers was bowing and apologizing to them in unison.

"Alright, alright, it wasn't intentional, we forgive you," Ai Li's smile was a little forced. The last time she saw so many people bowing was at a memorial service, and it felt strange.

"We are truly sorry!"

Qi Laje, the captain of the strange adventurer team "Falling Hammer," a mage who looked like he had no strength, had a face devoid of life and had turned into a repeating machine that only repeated "sorry."

As for what happened in between...

"Our team are all newcomers and haven't memorized the rules clearly. We didn't know there was a waiting period when entering the teleportation gate. We are very sorry for disturbing you."

This team, composed entirely of newcomers, happened to be behind Si Telan and the others when entering the dungeon teleportation gate, but they forgot to wait a few minutes before entering. As a result, it turned out like this—they ran into the Morning Wind team.

It was quite a coincidence. Although the two teams entered the dungeon less than two minutes apart, the Morning Wind team, relying on their experience from multiple explorations, took a shortcut and covered a great distance in the blink of an eye. The Falling Hammer team was exploring the dungeon for the first time and was unfamiliar with the place, immediately getting lost in the vast swamp. With only a hundred-second difference, the two teams miraculously did not meet.

It was Dan Ya who later heard the screams of the Falling Hammer team being surrounded by monsters and brought people to rescue them.

If it weren't for Dan Ya and the others, this novice team would have been fed to the Curse Frogs.

"The teleportation gate can automatically identify whether the entrants are teammates. The probability of such a mix-up is only two percent," Dan Ya clicked his tongue twice. "I should go buy a lottery ticket."

"We are truly sorry..."

"Alright, alright," Ai Li helped up each member of the Falling Hammer team.

"Is this really okay?" Qi Laje said uneasily. Their team was in the wrong, and the other party were Silver Rank seniors. If they didn't express their apologies properly, what if they were retaliated against...

Thinking this, his waist trembled, and he wanted to bow again, but his shoulder was pressed down by an iron hand.

Looking up, he met the dark face of Ai Li.

This girl, who was always known for her gentle and good temper, now had an expression that said, "If you bow to this old lady again, just wait to go home and be bowed to by your parents." Although she was smiling, her smile was incredibly terrifying.

"Eeek!"

The young mage was so scared he stood at attention.

"Captain..." A weak little girl pulled at Qi Laje's clothes and said with a bitter face, "Let's go."

Including Qi Laje, the entire Falling Hammer team had four people: a weak loli priest, a brooding glasses-wearing magic swordsman, a chubby heavy-armored warrior, and Qi Laje, the thin mage. All of them were Bronze Rank, and each of their faces carried the greenness of being new to the world.

Having to face the Zane Dungeon right after starting out, this was truly...

Perhaps they would shed their greenness in just one night.

"Ah," Qi Laje said with a forced smile, "Then we will take our leave."

No one from the Morning Wind team spoke, but just as Qi Laje and the others turned around, Xiu En spoke, "Wait a moment."

Sweat beaded on Qi Laje's forehead as he asked, "Is there something you need?"

"Since you're already here, let's go together," Xiu En said, giving an unexpected answer.

"Huh?"

The entire Falling Hammer team was shocked. They looked back at the Morning Wind team, but no one's expression changed much.

"After all, once you go out, you'll have to wait a long time to come back in, which is a waste of time," Ai Li said with a smile. "You all have the Flower of Victory pinned to your chests. Let me guess, you bought them from the old lady selling flowers near the teleportation gate, right? That old lady can tell who's exploring the dungeon for the first time at a glance, then she runs over to peddle the Flower of Victory, saying that wearing the flower makes you invincible, right?"

Qi Laje's face turned red. The other party had guessed everything correctly.

"Only rookies would be tricked into buying this stuff," Dan Ya mocked mercilessly, then changed the subject. "However, people who aren't passionate and yearning for adventure wouldn't spend money on a good omen. And you, you paid out of your own pocket to buy flowers for your companions, so you must be a good captain. It's fine to take you along."

"Huh?" Qi Laje looked bewildered. He had indeed paid for these flowers, but how did the other party guess?

Does that even need guessing? Dan Ya saw through Qi Laje's question and thought to herself, Look at your companions, they're all dressed in ordinary or even tattered clothes. It's obvious they don't have money to buy flowers. Only you, although your clothes are also tattered, you still have a decent magic staff.

Regardless of his confusion, the Falling Hammer team was so grateful they were moved to tears. They never expected to meet such an understanding senior team!

This was a precious opportunity. Exploring with Silver Rank adventurers, they could learn a lot!

"Thank you very much!"

"Remember to buy me a lottery ticket after you go out to repay my life-saving kindness," Dan Ya waved her hand.

Ai Li breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Qi Laje and the others didn't bow again.

Xiu En didn't say anything, but the corners of his mouth curved up slightly.

The two teams temporarily acted together. They built a bonfire, rested for a while, and waited for Si Telan to return.

They waited for a whole morning.

Si Telan was still nowhere to be seen, and it also caused the Falling Hammer team to waste time for nothing. Xiu En and the others couldn't hold back anymore and immediately decided not to wait.

The goal of both teams was the special ingredient that had recently appeared. In reality, they were looking for the area where the ingredient was produced.

The Morning Wind team believed that the area should be located in places they hadn't explored yet, such as the middle and lower levels. The news that the Zane Dungeon had levels full of forests and levels full of ore was no longer a secret. Many people had accidentally triggered teleportation traps and were sent to the middle and lower levels.

Except for a very few lucky ones like Vierde, most were instantly killed by the elite monsters guarding the teleportation traps and didn't even have time to explore.

So adventurers knew that the Zane Dungeon had three levels, but whether there were more was unknown.

But when the Morning Wind team decided to explore downwards, the Falling Hammer team offered a different opinion.

"I bought this from the old man selling special ingredients," Qi Laje took out a dirty piece of cloth that smelled strongly of seafood, which was rare near Bede City, located inland.

So the person who bought the package of ingredients from Jack that day was him!

Because of the Morning Wind team's friendliness, he didn't mind sharing this secret with them.

"You plan to use tracking magic?" Ai Li asked.

"Yes, originally I was worried that my magic power wouldn't be enough to sustain the tracking magic for a long time," Qi Laje looked at Ai Li. "If I can't hold on, please take over for me."

He drew a magic circle on the ground, placed the magic materials, and after a chant, the surface of the cloth emitted a faint glow, rose into the air, and flew towards the Swamp, leaving a visible trail along the way.

Unexpectedly, the place the cloth flew towards was the outer edge of the Swamp Area!

Either the tracking magic failed, or...

The true location of the gourmet area was much closer than they had imagined!

After chasing for a while, the bundle stopped in front of a mountain.

The entire Swamp Area was surrounded by high mountains, which served as the map boundary. Currently, no one was bored enough to climb the mountains.

"Is this the end?" Qi Laje looked around in confusion. All around were bare mountains, with no road in sight.

Could it be that he had to forcefully carve out a large hole?

"I can't go on, I can't walk anymore,"

The chubby heavy armor warrior sighed and leaned against the mountain wall, however—

"Ah!"

He fell backward onto the ground.

"What's wrong?"

Everyone's attention was drawn by the commotion here, and then they were all stunned.

"Ouch, that hurts, why did I suddenly fall?" The heavy armor warrior rubbed his head and sat up. "Huh, there's a really fragrant smell?"

"Ke Luge, behind you,"

Qi Laje said in disbelief:

"A big hole appeared behind you!"

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