Chapter 152: Credit

After walking for a while, the two finally returned to the Forgefire Blacksmith.

Just like last time, the heat emitting from the blacksmith and hammering sound remained.

Zhao Kai took a deep breath before gently opening the door. He knew better than to behave like last time, especially with the reminder from Xu Feng.

As he entered, Zhao Kai found a corner to stand in and patiently waited until he was called upon, believing it was the best course of action.

Seeing his action, Xu Feng nearly wanted to laugh at his ridiculous behavior.

Did he seriously believe everything would remain the same?

'This Kai still has a long way to go when interacting with NPCs.' Xu Feng thought, ignoring him and walking toward Fiona.

"Hello, Blacksmith Fiona, I have returned to inform you of good news." He calmly said, shocking Zhao Kai who was standing by the corner.

'Is Feng crazy?' Zhao Kai exclaimed inwardly, his eye sockets nearly popping out.

The last time he did that, a hammer was swung toward him at an insane speed, narrowly missing him.

It wasn't an exaggeration to say he would be killed on the spot if Fiona was truly intending to kill him.

However, what astonished him further was that Fiona actually gently placed down her hammer.

Afterward, she turned around and smiled brightly at Xu Feng in amazement.

"You've completed gathering my materials already?" Fiona said in shock, clearly joyful of such news.

"Of course, those are materials that Blacksmith Fiona required. How could I dare take it easy?" Xu Feng remained humble and bowed his head slightly.

"Cruel? More like a clever person."

Speechless, Zhao Kai realized he could only blame himself, especially when Xu Feng had practically given him the chance earlier.

It was just that he failed to capitalize on it and foolishly believed waiting was the correct choice.

"Ugh, I thought you were my brother." Cried Zhao Kai, clearly unable to believe he was played by Xu Feng so hard.

"If I treated you as an enemy, then I wouldn't have bothered clearing your doubt. What I did is to show you that people must not be trusted blindly, and that includes me and your eldest sister." Xu Feng's expression suddenly turned cold and solemn.

Zhao Kai could indistinctly feel there was something weird about his expression, but couldn't pinpoint where exactly.

Naturally, he would never be able to understand the betrayal and pain that Xu Feng had to go through in his past timeline. A timeline that was merely filled with nothing but terrible memories.

"Anyway, I won't steal your credit this time but remember to not act so complacent. Even if the mission was entrusted to you initially, it can easily be stolen by others if you're not careful." Xu Feng patted his shoulder and proceeded to return to Fiona's side.

"Fiona, this time, it was thanks to Shadow Blade's immaculate firepower that we managed to collect most of the materials in time."

"Oh? This timid person did most of the work?" Dumbfounded, Fiona held a doubtful expression as she glanced at Zhao Kai.

Upon being glanced at, Zhao Kai quickly stood still, nearly as straight as those soldiers in the military training camp.

"Are you deceiving me?" Fiona raised an eyebrow, seemingly suspicious of the claim.

Luckily, Xu Feng was prepared for it and pointed at a few corpses. "See those corpses, Fiona. They are riddled with bullet wounds but I'm just a Cleric and incapable of making such wounds."

Finally convinced after checking the wounds, Fiona decided to be lenient but her leniency was no different than emotional damage to Zhao Kai.

"Hmm, I suppose this timid person sure kept his ability well, albeit his personality and behavior need work." She commented frankly.