Highway Robbery

The weather was cloudy and overcast, but it didn't look like it was going to rain. A gentle breeze blew, bringing a cool and comfortable feeling.

An earth dragon galloped along the road, kicking up a cloud of dust, but the inside of the carriage didn't feel bumpy at all.

Xia Lun and Aina sat outside. After leaving the Elven Forest, they had returned to their usual daily lives.

The curtain of the rear carriage was pulled back. Looking from behind, one could only see Xia Lun's back, because Aina was sitting in his lap, her petite body completely hidden from view.

"The scenery around here looks a bit familiar!" Liyana suddenly exclaimed. "Hey, look, there's actually a withered blade of grass stuck on that tree by the road. I wonder who was bored enough to stick it there..."

"Of course it's familiar, because we're taking the exact same route back," Xia Lun coughed lightly and said.

"Oh, so it was me who was bored enough to stick it there," Liyana suddenly realized.

The earth dragon's running speed suddenly slowed down.

It wasn't because it was running out of stamina, but because an obstacle had appeared ahead.

A figure walking on foot slowly appeared in their line of sight.

Watching the carriage approach, the person didn't seem to intend to get out of the way, still walking straight down the middle of the road.

As they got closer and closer, the earth dragon ultimately didn't crash directly into him. It stopped on the road and barked at the person a few times in obvious dissatisfaction.

"Hmm?"

The person raised his head and gave the earth dragon a look full of murderous intent.

The earth dragon instantly stiffened, startled. If it had encountered this situation alone, it definitely wouldn't have dared to continue provoking him. But perhaps remembering the group of people it was carrying behind it, the earth dragon began to howl even more fiercely.

Roy was a bit surprised, but he just assumed this earth dragon was lacking in intelligence.

Roy had already resigned from his position at the Grand Cathedral, sneaking out to become a free-roaming wanderer.

After the Grand Cathedral experienced that incident, he was the only bishop left... He only knew how to fight and was just coasting along anyway, so naturally, it was impossible for him to stay there.

"Hey! This is a robbery! I want ten gold coins, do you hear me? Ten is enough, I don't want any more." Roy stretched out his hand toward the man and woman on the carriage.

Ten gold coins wasn't a small amount, but it wasn't a lot either. With such an amount, even if it was reported, the Knights wouldn't go out of their way to catch him.

Roy's current identity was still a bishop of the Goddess Church, so he couldn't go to the Adventurer's Guild to register and make money by taking on commissions as an adventurer... He was already tired of the Goddess Church and didn't want to go to another cathedral.

Since he couldn't think of any other way to make money, he simply relied on this method to make a living.

For a dignified bishop to be reduced to such a state, anyone who knew would definitely sigh in pity... But Roy himself was actually living quite happily. He wasn't old to begin with, and in the past, he only focused on cultivating to become stronger. Now, slowly exploring this world felt quite interesting to him.

Hmm, the two people on the carriage looked somewhat familiar, as if he had seen them somewhere before, but Roy couldn't remember at all...

He probably hadn't seen them, right? After all, these two had such outstanding appearances. If he had seen them, he should have a deep impression.

Roy scratched his head. For some reason, his head was throbbing with a dull pain.

"Ah! It's that guy!" Liyana shrank back into the carriage and exchanged a glance with Mo Lini. She still had a slight impression of Roy.

Previously, this guy had been knocked unconscious by Xia Lun in a single move, and Liyana had even kindly carried him into the flower bed.

Why would this guy suddenly appear here? He couldn't be here for revenge, right? Aina should have already altered his memories.

"I don't have any money." Xia Lun, sitting on the carriage, looked down at Roy and shook his head, gently comforting Aina in his arms while he was at it.

All the money belonged to Aina; he truly didn't have a single penny to his name.

"Ah, is that so? Never mind then." Roy shrugged his shoulders and prepared to leave.

He's just leaving? Does this even count as a robbery? Liyana looked to the rear in disbelief.

Roy suddenly stopped in his tracks.

After taking two steps, Roy finally felt that something wasn't quite right.

"Wait, you guys are using an earth dragon to pull your carriage, how could you not even be able to take out ten gold coins?" Roy ran back and blocked the earth dragon's path again. "I advise you to obediently hand over the money, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Xia Lun raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"

"It hurts a lot when I punch people!" Roy snorted coldly, raising his fist at Xia Lun.

"How about... we just give him some gold coins and send him away?" Aina, who was in Xia Lun's arms, looked up and whispered. Seeing a perfectly fine high-tier powerhouse reduced to this state, even she couldn't bear to watch.

Xia Lun picked Aina up and set her aside like a doll, then lightly leaped down from the carriage.

"What... what is the meaning of this? Do you want to fight me?"

For some reason, a trace of panic involuntarily rose in Roy's heart.

How was this possible? He had never feared battle; he lived to challenge the strong... Why would he be afraid of a man he had never met before?

Ashamed of his own fear, Roy clenched his fists and erupted with all his strength. The ground caved in to form a deep pit as his body smashed toward Xia Lun like a cannonball.

The moment he made his move, he regretted it a little. He didn't know what was wrong with him today, for his thoughts to be so chaotic. If the opponent's strength was lacking and he accidentally beat him to death...

The next moment, Xia Lun's hand pressed onto Roy's head.

Such a familiar feeling, all of this felt like deja vu...

So reassuring...

Boom—

With a loud crash, Roy's head was slammed into the ground by Xia Lun, dense cracks radiating outward in all directions.

Roy's pupils rapidly dilated as he lost all consciousness.

Inside the carriage, Joli and Luo Lun gasped.

Just looking at it made their heads hurt...

"Let's go." Xia Lun clapped his hands, got back onto the carriage as if nothing had happened, and pulled Aina back into his arms.

"Xia Lun... don't you think that was a bit too cruel?" Aina glanced at Roy on the ground. "He still seems to be just a child."

Indeed, although Roy was very strong, he seemed to be only sixteen or seventeen years old... yet he had already served as Xia Lun's punching bag twice.

"Robbery is not a good thing; he needs to be properly educated." Xia Lun kept a straight face. "We can't treat him differently just because he's young."

"You're really strict when it comes to things like this."

"A mistake is a mistake, we can't treat him differently because of his identity."

Liyana got out of the carriage and dragged the unconscious Roy into the bushes by the road so he wouldn't get in the way of passing travelers.

Suddenly, a coin pouch flew over from Xia Lun's direction and landed on Roy's chest.