Chapter 66

Of course, the two were Locke and Athena.

From Athena’s words, Locke knew that the little girl had a special constitution. She must be a super genius. However, the girl’s foundation seemed to have been damaged. If it couldn’t be repaired, she could at most live to 18 years old, let alone practice.

So he and Athena didn’t leave at once. They wanted to know who the little girl was.

At the stall, the little girl had put all the masks into her backpack.

After packing up, the little girl carried a huge backpack and walked towards the north of the city. During this period, she bought a few pieces of bread in the bakery and finally bought a roast chicken.

Following the little girl, the two of them came to a dilapidated house.

Most of the walls of the house had collapsed, and the house was on the verge of collapse. It could barely cover the wind and rain.

“Dad, I’m back.”

The little girl shouted as she put down the bag on her back.

Soon, the room was lit up with candles.

Through the broken window, a middle-aged man with stubble was lying on the bed, staring blankly at the broken ceiling. Beside his head was a bottle of wine that had been empty, and he was like a corpse without any vitality.

After entering the room, the little girl took out the chicken and bread from her bag and put them beside the middle-aged man.

“Dad, I met a nice brother and nice sister today. They gave me two silver coins, so we can have delicious food today!”

However, the middle-aged man did not respond at all. Quite a while later, his eyes moved. “You eat. Dad is not hungry.”

“Dad won’t eat, neither will I.” The little girl snorted.

The man was silent for a while before he sat up and took two bites symbolically.

The little girl may be really tired, falling on the small bed aside, and soon fell asleep.

Looking at the little girl sleeping soundly on the bed, the face of the middle-aged man was full of tenderness. At this time, the middle-aged man’s eyes narrowed, as if he had found something. Gently standing up, he walked out and closed the door gently.

The moment the door was closed, the kindness on the middle-aged man’s face instantly disappeared, replaced by infinite coldness.

“Who are you?”

Staring at Locke and Athena who were holding masks in their hands, the middle-aged man’s eyes flashed with rage and his body burst out a strong momentum.

This aura had reached the level of a level-6 practitioner!

How did others expect that there was a powerful level-6 practitioner in this dilapidated place!

“You’d better not use fighting spirit, or you will die faster.”

Although Locke was surprised, he didn’t show it on his face. He could feel that the middle-aged man’s body was seriously injured.

Seeing that Locke was able to figure out his physical condition in an instant, the middle-aged man’s face changed. The fighting spirit in his body did not stop, and even a little bit cold. He asked word by word, “Who the hell are you?”

At the same time, he retreated slightly. As long as the situation was not right, he would run away with the little girl in his arms.

Under the strong momentum of the middle-aged man, the wind roared and blew up clouds of dust.

“Be quiet.”

Frowning, Athena waved her sleeve and a force flew towards the middle-aged man.

In an instant, the momentum of the middle-aged man completely disappeared, and the fighting spirit in his body suddenly calmed down and could no longer be used at all.

The middle-aged man felt as if he was struck by lightning. Looking at Athena, the shock in his eyes gradually turned into a strong fear, and his face was extremely pale.

How… How could it be possible!

Although he was seriously injured, he was the level-6 practitioner!

Judging by that the girl could suppress him immediately, the girl was at least a level-6 practitioner!

After the panic, the middle-aged man’s eyes were full of grief and despair. “Why? Are you even unwilling to let go of a little girl?”

Looking at the middle-aged man’s heartbroken face, as if he had a great hatred with him, Locke was a little stunned. What did he mean by saying that we were not even willing to let go of a little girl?

“We are just curious about this girl. You don’t have to be so sad and desperate, do you?”

This time, the middle-aged man turned to be stunned. He looked up at the confused Locke and asked, “Aren’t you sent by the Tiffany family?”

“No.”

Locke shook his head. Now he also realized that the two of them must have been chased by their enemies.

Hearing Locke’s denial, the middle-aged man finally looked better, but he still stared at Locke and Athena cautiously.

Locke smiled and said, “Although I don’t know what you have experienced, if you believe me, you can come to my territory. In my territory, no one can hurt you.”

After all, this man was the swordsman of level 6. Lister needed such a strong man.

“Protect us?”

The middle-aged man laughed at himself and seemed to think of something painful. “You don’t know who is chasing us at all.”

“I’m not good at lying.” Locke looked at the dilapidated house and continued, “Besides, I can cure your injuries, including her foundation problem.”

“Can you restore Anne’s foundation?”

Pierce’s body trembled and he was a little excited. But after the excitement, he shook his head bitterly and said, “It’s impossible. Anne’s foundation has been destroyed. Even the level-8 healer can’t do it. How can you do it?”

Locke shrugged indifferently and said with a faint smile, “Anyway, you have no choice now. Why don’t you gamble?”

Pierce was stunned. He stared at Locke, trying to find out why Locke was so confident from Locke’s face.

“Think it over.”

After saying that, Locke and Athena turned around and were about to leave. “If you have made up your mind, wait for us in Dikas City.”

Pierce stood still, his face gloomy as if he was considering the credibility of Locke’s words.

Creak~

In the dark night, there was the sound of the door opening. Anne poked her head out and looked at Pierce. “Dad, what happened outside?”

Looking at Anne’s face, Pierce felt warm in his heart.

Yes, his home was still there. How could he give up so easily!

With a long-lost smile on his face, Pierce said in a soft voice, “Honey, it’s okay. Have a good sleep.”

…

Locke and Athena also returned to the hotel. On the second day, the two soon arrived at the entrance of the Nariel Mountains of Magical Beasts.

Ancient trees were towering and tall, with their tops overlapped and their branches intertwined. The boundless forest was like a dark green ocean that could devour everything.

Just two steps away, Locke heard someone calling his name. He and Athena turned around and saw a fat middle-aged man waving at the two of them. It was Sam who invited Locke yesterday.

“Young man, although you are now a level-2 mage, the Nariel Mountains of Magical Beasts is in danger. Even in the middle circle, there are many with level-3 or 4 magical beasts. So you’d better stay outer circle and remember to enter the middle circle.”

Noticing that Locke and Athena wanted to enter the Nariel Mountains of Magical Beasts, Sam reminded them.

“Thank you for your warning,”

For Sam’s kindness, Locke bowed to him and said with a smile, “Don’t worry. We know what we should do.”

Seeing that Locke didn’t care about it at all, Sam sighed in his heart. It seemed that the two of them were from some big force, arrogant and conceited.

After defeating several beast-free magical beasts raised by his family, he thought he was invincible and had no idea of the terrible power of magical beasts in the Nariel Mountains of Magical Beasts.

Without saying anything more, Sam went back to look for his team members. He didn’t want to see young Locke and Athena die in the Nariel Mountains of Magical Beasts.

“Captain, they don’t appreciate it at all.”

Seeing that Locke and Athena didn’t take their captain’s words seriously, a young man snorted coldly, “Does he think he is invincible as long as he is a level-2 mage? In my opinion, these two people are most likely from some family to train themselves. They are arrogant.”

“In outside, just give others a reminder if we can.” Sam shook his head and said to the seven people behind him, “Our target is to capture the level-2 magical beast– fire beast. According to the information provided by the Mercenary Guild, the fire beast is at the junction of the middle circle and the outer circle, so we still need to be careful and not to provoke the magical beast in the middle circle.”

The seven people behind him nodded. In their team, as long as the captain, Sam, was a level-2 practitioner and the others were practitioners of level 1, they would be in danger if they encountered magical beasts above level 2.