Chapter 99 - We’re Lost

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Li Yi brought Clutch King and Snow Chaser to the military camp at the borders of Emperor City, the West Wind Knight Faction.

It would not be long before the camp war began.

They had to make preparations in advance. Although Li Yi could not do much at his current level, as long as he could participate in it, he would be rewarded by the system. The higher the position, the higher the reward.

Li Yi had previously received a medal. With this medal, he should be able to get a higher position in the military camp.

When he arrived at the gate of the military camp, it looked like a fortress made of stone. There were soldiers training inside. This military camp could be considered a small fortress. Its main job was to defend the border.

When the soldiers guarding the gate saw that Li Yi had stopped him, they were shocked when they saw Li Yi’s identity. They also apologized for their previous actions, similar to what had happened the last time.

Seeing the two armored soldiers half-kneel on the ground and apologize for their actions, Li Yi could only console them and tell them not to take it to heart.

“It’s so easy to follow our bro. These NPCs are always respectful wherever we go.”

Seeing Clutch King’s smug expression, Li Yi only smiled. After entering the military camp, the three of them were led to the Head Knight’s room by the soldiers.

“Honorable Heavy Armored Dragon Knight, May I know the reason for you being here?”

The Head Knight in front of him looked valiant and confident, with a handsome mustache at the corner of his mouth. He was the knight with the highest official position in the military camp, and he was being very polite to Li Yi.

“You might know what this is.”

He took the medal from Li Yi and immediately understood what Li Yi meant.

“Oh, I see, I understand… but if you want to become a squad leader, I’m afraid you would need to go through a small test.”

“No problem.”

“Then… I shall await the good news of you becoming a squad leader, best of luck.”

[System Notification: Mission activated, West Wind Knight Squad Leader Trial — Village Chief’s request.]

Li Yi opened the mission map, confirmed the location of the mission, and left the military camp with Clutch King and Snow Chaser.

He could actually complete the mission by himself. As for why he had brought the two, it was because once the mission was completed, he would be able to form his own small team.

Clutch King and Snow Chaser were his team’s first choices.

Thus, he had brought them along this time in order to improve their tacit understanding in battle. After all, the more tacit the team was, the better the team’s effectiveness in battle would be. This was also to prepare them in advance for future battles.

Li Yi brought the two of them to a small village not far from the military camp. This mission was to complete the Village Chief’s request.

After arriving at the village, the villagers treated Li Yi with the same respect as everyone they had met before and silently made way for him.

Li Yi and the others easily arrived at the Village Chief’s house. When the Village Chief saw Li Yi, he was flattered. He quickly took out the best tea in the house and brewed it for Li Yi and the others.

“Village Chief, we came this time because we received the commission you gave to the military camp.”

“Thank you very much. I am honored to have you help our small village despite your busy schedule.”

“Village Chief, that is much too courteous. It is our responsibility to help the people.”

“Thank you, Sir…To tell you the truth, there is a gang of bandits near our village. They often intercept our carriages transporting goods, causing our village to lack resources… If they are able to help us get rid of these bandits, it would be a great help.”

[Mission Hint: West Wind Knight Squad Leader Trial — Help Village Chief clear out the forest bandits.]

After receiving the mission hint, Li Yi politely made his leave. He led Clutch King and Snow Chaser, along with the system map, all headed in the direction of the bandits.

When they came to a dense forest, Li Yi took out the coordinates on the system map again to confirm the location. The coordinates only indicated the general location and were not accurate to a particular part of the forest.

It seemed that finding the bandits in this dense forest was also part of the mission.

“It looks like we’ll have to find them ourselves.”

“Find them ourselves? How long will it take to find them in such a large forest?”

“Let’s go in and take a look first. There might be some clues inside.”

This was not the first time Li Yi had encountered this kind of mission. Part of the mission was to find the guiding clues in the maze of the mission location and follow the clues to find the mission target.

Li Yi ignored Clutch King’s complaints and walked into the forest first. Seeing that Li Yi had already gone in, Clutch King could only helplessly follow behind him.

From the outside, the forest looked like a lush and quiet green environment, which made people feel very comfortable.

However, it was different inside. Because the leaves were too dense, it was very difficult for light to penetrate in. Apart from a small amount of visible light, the surrounding was dark.

In addition, the rustling of the wind as it passed through the leaves was very much like the sound of a person stalking someone on the ground, giving off a sinister and terrifying feeling.

Snow Chaser followed closely behind Li Yi with her magic staff in her hand, constantly looking around, afraid that something would suddenly jump out of the shadows.

Clutch King was also following behind Snow Chaser, his face showed impatience. He was a little regretful following Li Yi, but he could not see the road behind him anymore and had no choice but to walk forward.

Li Yi put the magic weapon into his backpack and pressed a stone on his shield. The light from the stone shone on the faintly visible path in the complicated maze forest ahead.

Li Yi walked very slowly and looked around carefully. He felt that something about this place was off.

When Li Yi had encountered this situation before, he had always been able to find some strange things in the complicated terrain, and those things were hidden clues to help the players. For example, road signs, inscriptions, stacked stones, and so on.

After walking for an unknown period of time, Li Yi suddenly stopped and Snow Chaser bumped into Li Yi’s armor.

Touching her aching forehead, Snow Chaser wanted to ask Li Yi why he had suddenly stopped, but Li Yi suddenly squatted down and dared not to move at all.

“Carefree… Carefree Dream… you… What’s wrong with you?”

Seeing that Li Yi did not reply and just silently squatted on the ground, Snow Chaser felt a little scared and wanted to turn around to call Clutch King.

However, when she turned around, Clutch King was nowhere to be seen.

“What are you looking at?”

“Ah!!!”

Suddenly hearing the voice, Snow Chaser turned around and shouted.

“What are you doing?!”

Clutch King covered Snow Chaser’s mouth and looked at her sullenly.

“Why are you scaring me all of a sudden?”

Snow Chaser grabbed Clutch King’s hand.

“Who’s scaring you? You’re obviously scaring yourself, you’re so jumpy.”

Snow Chaser looked at Li Yi and Clutch King, who were silently watching her, and knew that she had been overthinking things, so she lowered her head with a blush and hid in shame.

Li Yi did not care too much about it and looked at the two of them with a solemn expression.

“We’re lost. We’ve been here before..”