After entering Griffin Barony's territory, Claire sat up from the Wolf King's back, stretched out and yawned. "Ha! I'm finally back."
He jumped up from the Wolf King and floated into the air to look at it. After looking at the surrounding scenery, Claire could roughly predict how long it would take him to reach Nafu City. He had visited the entire viscounty, and there was no place he was unfamiliar with.
After reading this, he did not fall back on the Wolf King's back, but turned around and said, "I'm going back first. Don't go around having fun, or else you'll be treated as a wild monster by adventurers. I won't care."
Now the Wolf King's speed is no longer comparable to his ordinary flying speed. If he hadn't brought it to the Royal Capital before, Claire wouldn't be riding the Wolf King back. With his speed, he could return to Nafu City from the Royal Capital in half a day, but taking the Wolf King would take half the time.
"Ouch!" The Wolf King howled in dissatisfaction. He had been kept in captivity in the capital with no freedom at all, and now that he finally came back, Claire didn't let him run around and have fun.
Claire raised his fist and waved it threateningly a few times. The wolf king immediately shrank his neck, shook his tail as if he was giving in, and howled again, "Ouch!" His tone became gentler.
"As expected, I still have to hit you every once in a while, otherwise you will always think of disobeying me."
Claire was about to fly away after finishing speaking, when he saw a sudden burst of smoke and dust rising behind him, approaching him continuously.
Only after getting closer did Claire see the people in the smoke clearly. They were three adventurers riding Earth-Armored Dragon Beast and wearing some worn leather armor.
"Hey!" The leader with long hair stopped the reins in his hands, and Earth-Armored Dragon Beast, whose crotch was covered with armor all over his body, meekly stopped. Although this kind of monster is called a dragon beast, it actually has nothing to do with the giant dragon. It is just the merchant. It was named so that it could sell better, but the sales of Earth-Armored Dragon Beast are quite good. It has a docile temperament, and its strength and endurance are better than those of Warcraft mounts of the same level, so it has become one of the mounts of many adventurers.
"Young man! Is this wolf monster trying to hurt you?!" the long-haired man at the head shouted, and then he pulled out the long sword and pointed it at the wolf king in front of him, assuming an attack posture.
"Bang!" A female adventurer following behind slapped the long-haired man on the head with a fierce palm, "Captain! Don't be so impatient all the time. Just take a look at the situation and you'll be able to speak for yourself!"
Hey, people are flying in mid-air! It is much stronger than us! This wolf monster must be his mount!
The Wolf King also rolled his eyes at the long-haired man, should I hurt him? Obviously I am the wolf being bullied! I haven't had a good day since I became his mount! Even though it ate well, it felt like it had gained a lot of weight.
"Huh?" The long-haired man was not angry after being slapped by the female adventurer behind him. After looking at the situation, he scratched his head in hindsight and put the long sword back into its scabbard in embarrassment.
"Well, I'm sorry, we misunderstood. I just heard a wolf howling and thought it was a monster attacking people here."
"It's okay." Claire smiled friendly, and landed on the Wolf King's head from mid-air. He jumped forward a few times and then sat back on the Wolf King's back.
Claire sat cross-legged on the Wolf King's back and asked, "Are you adventurers?"
"That's right!" The long-haired man patted the leather armor on his body and said with a cheerful smile, "We have been adventurers for two years."
Claire took a look at the other three people. The leader was a long-haired man, and the weapon was the long sword that he just pulled out. The girl just said that he should be their captain, but the delicate girl behind was holding a long ax in her hand, which was a bit beyond Claire's expectations, but seeing the sharp edges of her muscles, it made sense. There was also a little chubby man, not very conspicuous, with two iron shields on his forearms. He should be the team's human shield responsible for withstanding attacks. The lineup distribution was quite reasonable.
Claire also noticed that the leather armor on their bodies had obvious wear and tear in many places. It was completely different from the adventurer team that he saw at Nafu City. After reading it, Claire smiled and said, "It seems that the past two years have not been very ideal."
The pretty female adventurer behind her suddenly blushed, "What about... we are still a new adventure team, things will get better later."
The long-haired man didn't feel anything embarrassed, he still had the same cheerful expression, "Ellie is right, we will get better and better in the future. Every adventurer team grows up like this."
Claire nodded and responded with a smile, "I don't know much about adventurers, but I hope you will get better and better in the future."
"Hahahaha, let me lend you some good words!" the long-haired man said with a cheerful smile.
"Where are you going?" Claire asked.
"Nafu City!" the long-haired man responded, then looked at Claire, and said, "The only way to go is Nafu City, right? Are you going to Nafu City too? Then let's go together!"
Claire nodded and was about to speak when the long-haired man interrupted again, "Let me guess! You must have gone to Nafu City to watch the show! Nafu City has Master Wendy here, and now many rich people like to travel to Nafu City..."
The pretty female adventurer also added, "There are also mermaids. It is said that seeing a mermaid will bring good luck."
Claire smiled and did not admit it, but asked, "Then why are you going to Nafu City?"
Speaking of this, the long-haired man's eyes lit up, "You are not an adventurer, so you don't know the news in this regard. A new Adventurer's Guild has been opened in Nafu City. Each newly opened Adventurer's Guild has many opportunities. We have to get there quickly, otherwise those good opportunities will be taken away by others."
Every newly opened Adventurer's Guild is like an untapped market, with opportunities and challenges that other Adventurer's Guilds that have been operating for a long time do not have, so every time a new Adventurer's Guild is opened, it will attract many adventurers to that city.
"Huh?!" Claire was a little surprised. He was originally thinking about how to publicize the news in Nafu City and Adventurer's Guild, but he didn't expect that the adventurers would come over on their own without having to do publicity.
"Hehe, let me just say you don't know." The long-haired man said proudly, "I have already reached the peak of Silver. I have to seize the opportunity this time. After being promoted to Gold Warrior, our team will be able to take on higher-level tasks and earn more money."
"That's good." Claire said with a smile. He always showed great kindness to these real people.
The long-haired man patted his head and said, "By the way, I haven't asked you what your name is yet."
"Claire, what do you call me?"
"My name is Mode, these two are my teammates, this is Ellie, this is Danny."
"Hello." Claire nodded.
"Hello to you too!" The little chubby guy behind him finally said something, his voice was particularly pleasant.
After that, Claire joined their team and headed towards Nafu City.
"Have you ever been to Nafu City?" Claire asked.
"No." The long-haired man shook his head.
Then the girl jumped in excitedly. "But we have heard a lot of rumors about Nafu City. There are mermaids there, there are many shops with beautiful clothes, and there are a lot of delicious food!" When she said these words, her eyes seemed to glow.
The girl clasped her little hands and said excitedly, "Master Wendy is also in Nafu City. There seems to be a performance every two or three weeks. When I save enough money, I will go to her performance!"
The long-haired man couldn't help but smile when he looked at the excited girl, and said, "Well, although I haven't been there, I've heard many people say that Nafu City is pretty good."
"I heard that the owner of their city is not bad and is quite loved by the residents. So if there is a chance, we should stay in Nafu City for a long time."
Hearing the other party's words, Claire raised his eyebrows in surprise. He was a little uncomfortable being praised in front of someone like this, but it was quite comfortable to hear.