[Level Lv1: 10/10 "Locked"] [Intelligence: 55 (initially 1)] [Endurance: 55 (initially 1)] [Stamina: 55 (initially 1)] [Strength: 55 (initially 1)] [Talents: Immortality "∞", Mage's Body "lv1"] [Spells: Meditation Lv6 "60/60", Fireball Lv6 "60/60", Freezing Spell Lv6 "60/60"] [Identity: Wanderer Guide.]
An Kai glanced at his panel and couldn't help sighing at how unpredictable life was.
After obtaining the [Wanderer Guide] identity, he had already decided to spare Will-Bukelin.
First, Will-Bukelin had the [Wanderer] class, making him one of the truly kindhearted people on the continent.
Second, the [Wanderer Guide] identity didn't just grant attribute points. It also placed Will-Bukelin's future in his hands.
With this identity, he could strip Will-Bukelin of his class with a single thought, reducing all his efforts to nothing.
That was the privilege of a [Wanderer Guide].
A guide showed the way. If someone strayed from that path, he also had the right to revoke their qualification to walk it.
With this identity, An Kai no longer had anything to worry about when dealing with Will-Bukelin.
He could let Will-Bukelin live without concern.
Moreover, this identity offered long-term benefits. Every time Will-Bukelin improved, An Kai would gain some improvement too.
This was how those walking the path repaid their guide.
A powerful figure had once threatened a [Wanderer] into granting him the [Wanderer Guide] identity, but that [Wanderer] had preferred death to submission.
An Kai figured he had obtained it this time because Will-Bukelin wanted revenge.
The timing, circumstances, and people had all aligned...
Walking back to Chaos City, An Kai was in a good mood.
He planned to exchange his gold coins for resources, then go into seclusion.
The resources he could buy with over a hundred gold coins would sustain two or three years of seclusion, as long as he had enough food!
As he walked, An Kai stopped.
He turned around. "Why are you following me? Do you really think I won't kill you?"
Behind him, Will-Bukelin stepped out from behind an enormous plant, little fear in his eyes. "I'm not afraid!"
"A bloodthirsty person couldn't become my guide."
An Kai froze. He hadn't expected [Wanderer Guide] to have that effect...
"Don't even think about asking me to help avenge your royal father. I won't help you."
"But I can give you some information for free. The Fifth Princess of the Bukelin Duchy most likely fled to this desert."
"She came here too?!"
Will-Bukelin muttered to himself. He was about to ask for more information when he realized An Kai had already run out of sight.
He was so fast that he didn't seem anything like a physically frail Mage Profession...
"Is he really a mage?"
Will-Bukelin stared blankly in the direction An Kai had gone...
"So I can't kill you. Doesn't mean I can't avoid you," An Kai muttered as he ran.
Although this outing hadn't gone entirely as expected, the gains were decent.
He had also unexpectedly acquired a new identity and a source of long-term benefits.
Knowing he would receive something whenever Will-Bukelin improved felt pretty good.
If he could become the guide of eighty or a hundred [Wanderers], he wouldn't even need Meditation. He could improve while lying around!
Unfortunately, An Kai also knew that [Wanderers] were rarer than Tier Five experts...
By the time An Kai returned to Chaos City, dawn had yet to break.
He first went to the Mountainbreaker Gang's headquarters and watched from a distance. The fighting still hadn't ended.
Clearly, Lei Ming was quite strong. He was fighting nearly a hundred opponents alone and still holding firm.
After watching for a little while, An Kai headed toward the place where he had agreed to meet Hanks.
Before long, outside a tavern at the end of the street, An Kai spotted Hanks dressed entirely in black.
"Why are you so late?"
Hanks gave An Kai a suspicious look. He felt the brat was hiding something from him.
"Ah... I overslept..." An Kai scratched his head sheepishly.
"Overslept?!" Hanks suddenly raised his voice, but seeing An Kai's unconcerned expression, he couldn't be bothered to pursue it.
Everyone had secrets. Where would it end if he tried to dig into them all?
"Let's go. We can still make some money before it's over."
Hanks took the lead, heading toward the North Mountain Gang's headquarters.
An Kai nodded. This was the understanding he and Hanks shared.
Neither pried too deeply into the other's secrets.
Just as An Kai wouldn't ask how Hanks had stirred up the Evergreen Gang to attack the Mountainbreaker Gang, Hanks wouldn't ask what An Kai had been doing while he was late.
When the two arrived, the Evergreen Gang's leader drew his bow and fired an arrow into the courtyard, lodging it in Lei Ming's left arm.
At Hanks's arrival, he nodded, then returned to the fight.
"Just wait. Lei Ming won't last much longer."
An Kai nodded. Of everyone here, he was in the least hurry.
In a way, he deserved some credit for Lei Ming's downfall today.
If he hadn't slapped Lei En to death, the Mountainbreaker Gang's members wouldn't have spent three days searching the desert for Lei En without finding any trace of him.
Normally, they would have found Lei En and returned within a day or two.
It was also because of An Kai that Lei Ming had remained alone at the Mountainbreaker Gang's headquarters for too long, giving his enemies an opportunity to strike.
It's a shame about Frank. That old man's gossip was pretty entertaining, An Kai thought, silently waiting with Hanks for the spear-wielding man in the courtyard to fall.
In the end, two fists couldn't beat four hands. Ten minutes later, Lei Ming, leader of the Mountainbreaker Gang and a second-tier Lancer, was dead!
His body was covered in arrows. The fatal wound came from the arrow embedded in the center of his forehead.
The Evergreen Gang's leader took a pouch from inside his clothes and tossed it to Hanks, then entered the Mountainbreaker Gang's headquarters without looking back.
Hanks then grabbed An Kai and hurried toward the outskirts of Chaos City.
When the two emerged outside the city, Widow Wang, Reed, and the other two had already been waiting there for quite some time.
Hanks emptied the pouch, revealing over fifty gold coins, then took fifteen and handed them to An Kai.
"Kid, this is where we part ways. You'd better stay away from Chaos City for a year. The Evergreen Gang will definitely have their eyes on our gold."
An Kai nodded. He had already planned to find somewhere to go into seclusion.
He pushed the gold coins back. "You know I need magic stones."
Hanks chuckled and took out fifteen Lower-grade Magic Stones, handing them to An Kai.
An Kai accepted them, then decided there was no point hiding it anymore and took eighty-five gold coins out of his Storage Ring...
"I have a little savings here too..."
Hanks froze, then went over to Widow Wang, took eighty-five Lower-grade Magic Stones from her, and handed them to An Kai...
Once that was done, Hanks left with Widow Wang and the others...
He and An Kai understood each other very well.
Neither foolishly asked the other why this hadn't been a thousand-gold deal.
Both had already gained enough elsewhere. For instance, Hanks had received a hundred gold coins while talking the Evergreen Gang into making their move...
Overall, their gains this time were about the same...
After watching Hanks leave, An Kai turned and returned to Chaos City.
He still needed to exchange some of his money for supplies...
And visit the Evergreen Gang to see whether there was an opportunity to get his hands on something...
After all, the Evergreen Gang's members were still celebrating at the Mountainbreaker Gang's headquarters...
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