15: A random shot of flame

Chapter 15: A Casual Firefly Flame

"What, what level of Mage are you? You must be super high-level, right? You must be pretending to be weak to lure others in!"

Alice moved closer to Dick, her beautiful face full of astonishment, asking him excitedly.

Mina watched from the side, her delicate brows slightly furrowed. Alice was too close, almost kissing Dick.

Dick rolled his eyes at Alice and said casually, "Level isn't the only standard for judging strength, and I'm not a Mage. I'm a Swordsman."

Among the nine professions, the Swordsman is the most versatile existence. Their attributes are balanced, and they encompass the characteristics of all professions.

Those specializing in ranged attacks are called Magic Swordsmen, those with immense strength are called Berserkers, those with maximum defense are called Holy Swordsmen, those with extremely fast attack speed are called Swift Swordsmen, those who can fight and heal are called Light Swordsmen, and those who specialize in stealth attacks are called Dark Swordsmen...

The Swordsman profession is too versatile; it has over a dozen branches, like a hybrid version of other professions.

Coincidentally, the Demon King profession is also like this. Or rather, the Demon King can switch between the nine professions at will.

Therefore, Dick chose to disguise himself as a Swordsman profession to make his omniscience and omnipotence seem more reasonable.

Currently, he is the only Demon King profession in the world. If he were exposed, wouldn't he be captured and studied like a lab rat?

"A Swordsman?"

Alice couldn't help but chuckle softly, "Then where is your sword?"

A Swordsman without a sword is like going out without clothes.

Dick pursed his lips, directly placed his hand on Alice's waist, fumbling around with a frivolous action.

"Hey, you, you can't just touch a maiden's waist. This is very rude..."

Alice's face was flushed. She puffed out her cheeks in protest but didn't back away. After all, she couldn't disobey Dick, and she didn't want to get spanked again.

With the soul contract in place, losing her virginity was only a matter of time. It was quite impressive that Dick could endure until now, showing a firm will.

Alice thought to herself, then sighed, closed her eyes, and prepared to face her tragic Fate.

However, Dick merely took off the short scabbard from Alice's belt, along with the precious sword on it, and tied them both to his own waist.

"See, I have a sword now."

Alice was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed, "This is my white jade sword! It's mid-tier, mid-grade, worth tens of thousands of gold coins! It's expensive!"

"Hmm, not bad. I'll make do with this for now."

Dick nodded. He knew that Alice's sword wouldn't be too bad. Using this white jade sword for a year or two would be fine.

"Stinky Dick, always bullying me..."

"Hmm? What did you call me?"

"M-Master..."

"Okay, behave well. Later, when I get a new weapon, I'll give you this white jade sword as a reward."

"Oh..."

Before long, the carriage arrived at the entrance of the medicinal garden. The buzzing of the Ghost Locusts grew louder, making people's scalps tingle.

As soon as he saw the Bison Family's carriage, the old steward of the medicinal garden immediately trotted over and bowed repeatedly to Stephen.

As the lord, most of the medicinal gardens in the northern suburbs were assets of the Bison Family, and the people here were also servants of the Bison Family.

"Lord Stephen, how could you condescend to come here? The Ghost Locust disaster can't be resolved anytime soon..."

As the steward was speaking, he suddenly looked at Alice, who was being helped out of the carriage by Mina, and was immediately scared out of his wits.

What could the young master be doing here at this time?

It must be accountability. The locust disaster has lasted for several days, and the medicinal fields have suffered heavy losses. He, the steward, is going to take the blame.

Coupled with the recent Beast tide attack incident, Alice must be in a very bad mood. She might even order his execution directly!

"Young, young master, spare my life! We've been doing our best to deal with the locust disaster these past few days. This old servant hasn't slept, eaten, or drunk..."

Alice was a bit speechless upon hearing this. She had just seen the old steward slacking off, with several maids massaging his shoulders and back.

But the task was important. Alice was too lazy to talk nonsense with the old steward and waved her hand directly, saying, "I've been sitting in the Manor for too long, so I just casually took a task to clear out the Ghost Locusts..."

Alice's words left the old steward dumbfounded. He subconsciously looked at Stephen beside him, who nodded helplessly.

That's why rich people are strange. Instead of comfortably enjoying themselves in the Manor, they run to the northern suburbs to suffer. He really didn't know what the young master was thinking.

Although he was complaining in his heart, the old steward immediately smiled apologetically and said, "It's truly touching that the young master has personally come to deal with the locust disaster. This old servant will definitely arrange a place with few Ghost Locusts for you..."

"No," Alice recalled Dick's words from just now and commanded, "Arrange the place with the densest Ghost Locusts for me!"

"This..."

The old steward hesitated to speak, looking at Stephen beside him again to ask for his opinion.

Although these Ghost Locusts are no higher than level five and their individual strength is very weak, their large numbers make up for it, and the locust cloud they form is even more terrifying.

"Stop talking nonsense, take me there quickly. If anything happens, my two guards will protect me!"

"Guards?"

The old steward looked at Dick and Mina and couldn't help but twitch his mouth. He felt like Alice protecting them was more like it...

But seeing Stephen also following behind, the old steward also felt relieved and honestly led the way.

With the protection of this chief steward of Baisen Manor, even if the Ghost Locusts were given another 20 levels, Alice would surely be safe.

Soon, the old steward led the group to the northeast corner of the medicinal garden, where the number of Ghost Locusts was terrifyingly large.

They gathered together, forming a black cloud, circling in the low air, almost reaching the point of covering the sky.

The adventurers who came to do tasks were very smart; they all chose safe areas where Ghost Locusts were scarce.

Buzz, buzz, buzz—

In less than ten seconds, a locust cloud attacked the group.

Stephen promptly protected Alice in front of him. With a beautiful sword technique, he directly dispersed the black cloud.

Swish, swish, swish—

Immediately after, Stephen held his rapier and rapidly thrust, producing continuous cold glints. A large number of Ghost Locust corpses fell to the ground.

Seemingly knowing that Stephen was not easy to deal with, the locust cloud immediately changed its target and attacked Dick and Mina.

As for the old steward, he had long since made an excuse about being busy with affairs, greased his soles, and slipped away.

"Mina, raise your shield! Use the breathing technique I taught you to cover your whole body with magic power and withstand the impact of the Ghost Locust black cloud!"

"Oh, oh!"

Mina responded nervously, then quickly walked in front of Dick, took out the large shield from her back, and heavily thrust it into the ground.

Soon, Mina's breathing rhythm changed, emitting a mysterious aura. A faint silver light quickly appeared around her body.

"A Holy Knight's protective charm?"

Stephen was knowledgeable and immediately recognized the magic Mina was casting.

He didn't expect that Mina, at the mere age of eighteen, could successfully cast a protective charm. This was definitely a sign of extraordinary talent.

Dick placed his hand on Mina's shoulder, and soon his body also emitted a silver light; he shared the protective charm.

This was a very common two-person formation: tank in the front, damage dealer in the back, combined into one, able to withstand and fight!

"Alice, watch closely, I'll only demonstrate it once for you!"

This time clearing out the Ghost Locusts was not just for doing the Side Task, but also for giving Mina and Alice a lesson.

As soon as he finished speaking, Dick rested his right arm on Mina's two buns and whispered towards the distant massive swarm of insects, "Firefly Flame."

Boom—

Half a second later, a large ball of blue-black flames erupted from the front of Dick's palm, then swallowed the swarm of insects with lightning speed.

The incredibly exaggerated range of this magic, estimated to be as large as a football field, directly burned away more than half of the Ghost Locusts flying in the low air.

The air was filled with a burnt smell.

Speaking of which, Ghost Locusts can actually be barbecued. They have extremely high protein content, one bite at a time, crunchy.

Dick withdrew his hand, gently blew on his palm, turned around, and looked at Alice, saying, "Did you, did you learn it?"

The silence lasted for several seconds. No one responded to Dick.

Alice, Stephen, Mina, and the dozen or so knights in the northeast corner were all dumbfounded, frozen in place.

Dick shook his head, speechless at the group of people who had never seen such a sight.

Soon, the task box in the upper right corner of Dick's vision changed.

"blood hand butcher": Kill the five thousandth Beast in your life. (Current progress: 8098/5000)

Ah... just a Firefly Flame that wasn't even at full power, and the task is completed?

[Ding~ Detected that the host has completed the Side Task "blood hand butcher". Rewarding one random silver enhancement!]