Expression

The central square of Isu Town was already packed tightly with people.

Everyone craned their necks, looking toward the center of the square, their faces filled with unbelievable shock.

There, the corpse of a massive black wolf had been cleaved neatly into two halves. Dark red blood soaked the stone pavement, and a foul, bloody stench permeated the air, yet no one dared to take a step back.

Ye Chuan stood next to the wolf's corpse, his body still stained with wet blood, holding a notched fine steel longsword in his hand.

He had originally wanted to drag the wolf's corpse straight to the north gate to find Angelina, but as soon as he entered the town, he was surrounded by onlookers. With no way through, he had to stop at the square.

Bess stood beside him, her left arm simply bandaged with a strip of cloth. Her face was still a bit pale, but her gaze remained fixed on Ye Chuan, carrying a lingering sense of shock and curiosity.

Even now, she could not figure out how this seemingly ordinary amnesiac young man possessed such terrifying power.

"My god... is this really a Demonic Wolf? It's even bigger than I imagined!"

"Cleaved in half with a single sword strike? How much strength would that take! I used to think Ye Chuan was just a poor kid with a bit of extra muscle..."

"No wonder he dared to go to the Black Pine Forest alone, he's actually this powerful! We really misjudged him before!"

"This is great! The wolf king is dead, it will be safe for us to gather herbs and do business outside the town from now on!"

The residents' discussions rose and fell, gradually shifting from initial disbelief to excitement and admiration.

Those who previously thought Ye Chuan would surely die now wished they could slap themselves in the face.

However, some observing adventurers noticed something amiss. Some of them had seen Demonic Wolves before, and they were nowhere near as massive as the one before them.

Could it be...

The Wolf King?

The Demonic Wolf King was a magical beast that had evolved to the fourth tier!

How on earth was this accomplished?

Ye Chuan had no mind to listen to these discussions; his gaze constantly searched the crowd for that white figure.

He had promised Angelina that he would definitely return.

Just then, the crowd suddenly parted to form a gap.

A small, thin figure stumbled forward.

Her long white hair was blown into a mess by the wind, and her forehead was covered in sweat. Because she was running so fast, she nearly fell several times, yet her hands tightly clutched the neatly folded black martial outfit, refusing to let go for even a moment.

"Ye Chuan!"

Angelina's voice, tinged with a sob, pierced through the noisy crowd and clearly reached Ye Chuan's ears.

Ye Chuan's eyes instantly lit up.

He immediately pushed through the crowd beside him and ran toward Angelina with large strides.

"Angelina!"

The two met in the center of the square.

Angelina could no longer hold back. She threw herself into Ye Chuan's arms and burst into loud tears.

The fear, worry, and longing that had accumulated over more than a week all erupted at this moment.

She tightly hugged Ye Chuan's waist, as if he would disappear again the moment she let go.

"I knew you would come back... I just knew it..." she choked out, her tears soaking Ye Chuan's shirt.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting," Ye Chuan gently patted her back, his voice tender.

"I'm back, everything is fine now."

He looked down at the little girl trembling with tears in his arms and gently patted her back.

He could imagine what kind of feelings she had harbored while waiting for him over the past week or so.

Angelina cried for a long time before slowly calming down.

She looked up, her eyes red and swollen, and offered the black martial outfit in her hands to Ye Chuan. "This is... the clothes I made for you."

"It has defensive magic enchanted on it. From now on, when you go hunting magical beasts, you won't get hurt."

Ye Chuan took the clothes. They felt soft to the touch, and the stitching was fine and dense. It was obvious that a lot of care had gone into making it.

"These clothes..."

Ye Chuan looked at the clothes in his hands, wanting to say something, but ultimately just said softly, "Thank you, Angelina. I love it."

Just then, the crowd stirred once more.

Mayor Lawrence squeezed his way in, panting heavily, followed by a few town guards.

He first glanced at the wolf king's corpse cleaved in half on the ground. It took him quite a while to recover his senses before his gaze fell upon Bess, who was standing beside Ye Chuan.

Seeing the silver knight's armor engraved with the Reinhardt family crest on Bess's body, Mayor Lawrence's expression changed. He hurriedly stepped forward and bowed respectfully:

"Sir Knight, welcome to Isu Town. I am Mayor Lawrence."

In his mind, he had already decided that it must have been this knight from the royal capital who had slain the tier-four Demonic Wolf King. That kid Ye Chuan was, at best, just a helper.

Bess hurriedly returned the greeting and said, "Mr. Mayor, there is no need for such formalities. I am Bess, a knight of the Reinhardt family. I am here on orders to patrol the border."

"So it is Knight Bess," Mayor Lawrence said with a smile. "Thank you so much! Thanks to you slaying the Demonic Wolf King, you have eliminated this great threat for our Isu Town! On behalf of all the town's residents, I express my most sincere gratitude to you!"

Bess froze for a moment, then quickly waved her hands. "Mr. Mayor, you misunderstand. I wasn't the one who killed the Demonic Wolf King; it was Mr. Ye Chuan."

"Ah?" The smile on Mayor Lawrence's face instantly froze.

"At the time, I was knocked unconscious by the wolf king. It was Mr. Ye Chuan who single-handedly cleaved the Demonic Wolf King in half." Bess looked at Ye Chuan, her tone incredibly serious.

"Mr. Ye Chuan's strength is far above mine."

As her words fell, the entire square instantly went quiet.

Everyone stared dumbfounded at Ye Chuan, forgetting even to breathe.

Single-handedly slaying a tier-four Demonic Wolf King?

How could this be possible?!

Mayor Lawrence's mouth hung wide open, unable to close for a long time.

He looked at the wolf corpse on the ground, then back at Ye Chuan, feeling as though his entire worldview had been turned upside down.

Ye Chuan scratched his head and said, feeling a bit embarrassed, "Actually, I don't really know what happened either... When I saw Miss Bess get knocked out, I panicked and swung my sword, and then it ended up like this."

He was telling the truth.

Even now, he had not figured out where that burst of power came from.

He only knew that he was very strong.

As for how strong...

Ye Chuan figured it was definitely at least at the fourth tier.

This was already beyond imagination.

Mayor Lawrence looked at his sincere expression, then looked at the absurdly neat halves of the wolf corpse, and finally accepted this absurd fact.

He cleared his throat, walked to the center of the square, and shouted to the surrounding residents:

"Everyone! Quiet down!"

The noisy square instantly fell silent.

"I declare that Ye Chuan has slain the Demonic Wolf King and eliminated a great threat to Isu Town. His contribution is undeniable!" Mayor Lawrence declared loudly.

"Regarding the previous incident where Ye Chuan accidentally killed Holkin, it was an act of self-defense. Furthermore, given his significant meritorious service, he is hereby pardoned and released without charge!"

"Bravo!!"

The moment his words fell, thunderous cheers erupted across the square.