Despite a less-than-ideal start to his day, Shye felt happiness in helping others, and thus, the ugly frown on his face transformed into a jolly smile as he resumed his journey toward Balkrow City.
Naturally, he made sure that the dastardly hoodlums would have their adventurer licenses revoked on top of rotting in prison for a few years.
Before he left, he handed over the tied-up nasty bunch and the intermediate orb of memories to the town's mayor who was coincidentally the young girl's uncle.
Hearing about what happened to his niece, the mayor was fuming in anger, however, he didn't really have much power so he couldn't have done much even if he learned about the matter on time.
Luckily for them, a powerful individual with a sense of justice such as Shye was nearby to help.
Upon getting his hands on the bastards who attempted to assault his niece along with the orb containing solid proof of their filthy deeds, the mayor promptly left the town. Personally heading straight towards the nearest city, which happened to be Colzen, to file a complaint to the city lord and have the adventurer licenses of the bastards revoked.
Once this matter is resolved, Peter and his thugs would rot in prison for a good decade due to attempted rape.
Knowing that there were five less evil individuals in the world, Shye felt ecstatic—practically prancing as he headed towards Bwenja Advanced Adventurer Zone—an area he needed to pass through before arriving at Balkrow City.
Around half an hour later, his good mood was gone, replaced by slight annoyance.
'Ahh...why the heck is it so hot today?' Shye lamented inwardly, dabbing his face with a towel while using his black long-sleeved shirt to fan away the heat enveloping his body.
Still, he continued walking.
'Whatever, I'll just purchase a cold drink from the system...' he thought, tapping away and spending 200 points to spoil himself with an ice-cold fruity drink, washing away the irked expression on his face. 'Ahhh...that was refreshing...'
After around two hours of walking while appreciating the scenery around the unfrequented path, a huge marble-floored lobby with a bunch of wooden benches and tables emerged a few hundred meters in front of him.
"O-Oh, I see, thanks." Shye replied, slightly bowing in gratitude before walking towards the guards who seemed to be yawning in boredom.
Realizing that he was approaching, the lazy guards looked at him with an irked expression.
'Why the hell is this place so infuriating?!' Shye inwardly complained.
Of all the guards he had encountered in the adventurer zones he had visited, these two were the only ones displaying such an attitude. Typically, guards were enthusiastic in greeting adventurers because they could reap various benefits from doing so.
'Well, everyone's different so let's just get this over with.'
Pretending to not know the protocols, Shye decided to directly walk inside the adventurer zone.
Shockingly, the guards didn't even stop him.
'So they don't even care if I have a license to enter or not?! Whether I, a rookie adventurer, would live or die?!' Shye inwardly raged. He was about to mouth off on the guards when he suddenly realized something.
'Wait, wait...wait...why is my temper so bad these days?' he sighed.
There was no need to start something. He knows for a fact that he wasn't like this before so he was actually quite alarmed upon realizing that his temper was becoming worse.
'Did the successive victories actually affect me? Am I...becoming arrogant?' lamented Shye, sighing one more time before continuing on his journey—slightly dejected.
If the guards didn't care then why should he? He knows that he isn't some newbie who would easily die inside the zone anyway.
'Well, at least I realized early. I should try to keep my emotions in check...' he thought, proceeding deeper into the Bwenja Advanced Adventurer Zone with a turbulent heart.