Back already

Yisu Town.

Angelina had been standing here for three whole hours.

Her leg hadn't fully healed yet. Standing for too long caused a dull ache, so she had to occasionally lean against the nearby stone wall to rest.

Her long white hair was slightly messed up by the wind, but she didn't care at all. Her unblinking eyes gazed in the direction of the Black Pine Forest, and in her hands, she tightly hugged a neatly folded black combat suit.

"Ye Chuan..."

She had used the money she saved up for a long time to have the best tailor in town make this suit.

She had even made a special trip to the Adventurer's Guild to ask a passing magician to enchant the clothes with a basic defense magic.

That day, she had originally wanted to wait for Ye Chuan to return and give him a surprise. She didn't expect him to leave in such a hurry; he left before the enchantment on the clothes was even finished.

"Silly child, stop waiting."

A familiar voice sounded beside her.

Uncle Baker walked over holding a paper bag. He stuffed the still-warm wheat cake into Angelina's hands and sighed:

"Eat something first. You've been standing here since morning without taking a single bite of food."

"You wait here every day..."

"It's been over a week. Isn't your leg injured?"

Angelina took the wheat cake but didn't eat it. She just shook her head, her voice faint: "I'm not hungry... Ye Chuan said he would come back."

"Sigh." Uncle Baker looked at her frail back and let out a helpless sigh,

"Angelina, listen to my advice, don't hold out too much hope. That's a Demon Wolf. So many powerful adventurers have died at its hands."

"Although that boy is strong, he is just a novice after all. How could he possibly defeat it?"

"He has already left, changing his name to live in another town."

"He wouldn't lie to me." Angelina looked up, exceptionally resolute,

"Ye Chuan has never lied to me... He said he would bring back the head of the Demon Wolf, so he will definitely come back."

When she said this, Angelina's tone was full of certainty, without the slightest bit of doubt.

"You child..." Uncle Baker wanted to say more, but he paused when he saw the clothes Angelina was holding. "What is this?"

"These are clothes made for Ye Chuan." Angelina gently stroked the fabric of the suit,

"I asked a magician to enchant it with defense magic, so that when he goes out to hunt monsters in the future, he won't get hurt... I originally wanted to give it to him..."

"Enchantment?" Uncle Baker was startled. "That's not cheap! Where did you get the money?"

"Sewing clothes... helping clean tools at the blacksmith shop... and helping the pharmacy sort herbs," Angelina said softly,

"It took a long time to save enough... Ye Chuan set off before the enchantment was fully completed."

Angelina originally thought that life would slowly get better.

She even wondered if she hadn't gone home early that day and was instead beaten up outside, would Ye Chuan have not seen it, and ultimately not ended up killing someone and facing trial?

Angelina was used to getting hurt.

Uncle Baker looked at the clothes in her hands, then at her small hands covered in thin calluses, feeling even more heartbroken.

He opened his mouth, but ultimately sighed: "Alas, what a pity... Such good clothes, I'm afraid..."

He didn't dare to finish his sentence, but Angelina understood what he meant.

She bit her lip and said nothing, just hugging the clothes tighter, her gaze still stubbornly fixed on the direction of the Black Pine Forest.

Just then, a flurry of hurried footsteps and commotion suddenly came from afar.

A young man in a short shirt from a nearby shop trotted in from outside the town. Upon seeing Angelina and Uncle Baker, he immediately shouted as he ran:

"Oh my, he's back! He's back! Ye Chuan is back!"

Angelina's body trembled violently.

Uncle Baker was also stunned and quickly grabbed the young man: "What did you say? Who is back? Ye Chuan? He's still alive?"

"Alive! Not only is he alive, but he also killed the Demon Wolf!" The young man panted heavily, his face full of unbelievable excitement,

"He's dragging the corpse of the Wolf King into town right now! My God, it's amazing! He cleaved the Wolf King in half with a single sword strike!"

"That's a Tier 3 monster!"

"What?!"

Uncle Baker was so shocked that the paper bag in his hand dropped to the ground.

Angelina was frozen in place, taking several seconds to react.

Ignoring the pain in her leg, she turned and ran towards the town entrance,

"Ye Chuan..."

...

Meanwhile, in the Mayor's office.

Mayor Lawrence was wearing his reading glasses, leisurely reviewing documents.

He picked up the teacup on his desk and took a sip. Seeming to suddenly remember Ye Chuan's matter, he couldn't help but shake his head.

Knock, knock, knock.

A knock on the door sounded.

"Come in."

A guard pushed the door open and walked in, his expression somewhat strange: "Mr. Mayor, Ye Chuan is back."

Mayor Lawrence's teacup paused in mid-air. He immediately frowned, put down the cup, and sighed, thinking to himself:

"This silly boy, why did he actually come back? Didn't I give him a chance to run away?"

"Hunting the Demon Wolf was just an excuse. If he ran away, I naturally wouldn't pursue him for killing Holkin. How could he be so dense?"

He had figured it out long ago. As long as Ye Chuan left Yisu Town and never came back, he would publicly announce that Ye Chuan had been eaten by the Demon Wolf in the Black Pine Forest, and the matter would be dropped.

He didn't expect this young man to be so stubborn as to actually go hunt the Demon Wolf.

"Sigh, forget it." Mayor Lawrence shook his head. "Where is he? Is he injured? Hurry up and let him in. I'll think of another way to see if I can..."

"That's not it, Mr. Mayor!" The guard hastily interrupted him, his tone carrying unconcealable shock,

"Mr. Ye Chuan... he is not injured! He killed the Demon Wolf! He's dragging the wolf's corpse toward the town square right now!"

"Pfft—"

Mayor Lawrence spat out the mouthful of tea he had just drunk.

He stood up abruptly, his reading glasses sliding down to the tip of his nose. He stared wide-eyed at the guard, his voice changing pitch:

"What did you say?! Who did he kill?!"

"The Demon Wolf! And it's a Wolf King! A Tier 4 Demon Wolf King!" the guard said loudly,

"Many people saw it! That wolf was cleaved in half with one sword strike! Now everyone in town is running toward the square!"

Mayor Lawrence stood frozen in place.

Tier 4?

A Wolf King?

He had been the mayor for over thirty years and had seen all sorts of storms.

But he had never been as shocked as he was now.

A young man who usually made a living hunting slimes, relying on a little girl for survival, actually killed a Tier 4 Demon Wolf King?

How could this be possible?!

"Go! Let's go take a look quickly!"

Mayor Lawrence grabbed his hat and ran out, his footsteps somewhat staggering.