No One Told Me That This Isn’t a Game (Patreon)

Chapter 21: Where Did You Come From!

Outside Qushui Town, on a high hill.

A young man sat on the ground, ignoring the dirt, and wore moss-green trousers now covered in mud stains.

Wearing silver armor, General Ying leaned on the hilt of his sword and pointed to the road in the nearby woods, saying, "I got some information from a reliable source. They have started to move; he will appear on this road soon. Cang Youbing, they are only three people, don't miss the opportunity."

The young man—Cang Youbing—smiled and nodded, "I won't miss the chance."

"That's good." General Ying mounted his horse, "I'm interested in the young man around that cloaked spellcaster. If possible, it's best to capture him alive. I want to see where he comes from."

Cang Youbing remained calm, "General, you're giving me a challenge."

"Are you saying you can't do it?"

"It's not that I can't, but I can't accept it—why would you show mercy to your enemies?" Cang Youbing smiled, "If you want to capture him alive, my subordinates and I won't be able to go all out. What shouldn't have died might perish because of this."

Behind Cang Youbing stood fifteen people, all ordinary adventurers in the first, second, and third realms, also participants in this operation.

They heard the conversation between Cang Youbing and General Ying, and their expressions were strange, the atmosphere awkward.

General Ying felt somewhat guilty. He glanced at the adventurers but said nothing.

Cang Youbing continued, "General, I not only can't guarantee capturing him alive, but I can't even ensure leaving behind a complete corpse for the enemy. If you have no objections, then give the order to start the action!"

"Cough, cough! Let's get moving, Cang Youbing! I'll be waiting for your good news."

Giddy-up!

General Ying cracked his whip, and rode away.

At this moment, someone ran up, breathless, and said, "Captain Cang, a carriage has arrived, just passed the three-forked intersection!"

They're here!

Cang Youbing turned around and shouted, "Get in position, everyone!”

...

...

Yesterday, at dusk, Captain Li personally drove the carriage, taking Zuo Chang and Litchi from Fengming City to Qushui Town via a side road.

Captain Li was well-prepared.

The carriage he borrowed had a spacious interior, luxurious interior decorations, and the seats were plush.

Curling his legs, Zuo Chang could even lie down and sleep on the chair.

Magic runes were engraved on the carriage walls, and the temperature inside the carriage was comfortable as the runes flickered. It even had shock absorption capabilities, making it feel like a business class cabin on a high-speed train.

Even in 96511, with dual technological and infrastructure deficiencies, money could still buy comfort.

Zuo Chang fell asleep as soon as he got on the carriage.

Now waking up, he lifted the curtain and looked outside. The sky was already dimly lit.

Li Bo saw Zuo Chang peering out and laughed, "Mr. Zuo, we're almost there! We just passed the three-forked intersection, and Qushui Town is about seven or eight kilometers ahead."

Zuo Chang said, "You've been driving all night, feeling tired, right? How about I take over, and you take a rest?"

Li Bo waved his hand, "Not tired. When I was young, to deliver an intelligence report, I once didn't close my eyes for two and a half days on horseback. What's a little drive compared to that?"

Zuo Chang was just being polite; after all, he didn't know the way.

He put down the curtain, thinking about lying down again. When he turned around, he saw an unfamiliar person inside the carriage!

And it was a beautiful woman!

A silver-haired girl was sitting on the chair where Litchi had been lying, rubbing her eyes in drowsiness.

The silver-haired girl noticed Zuo Chang's gaze.

She raised her head, and her star-like eyes sparkled with a hint of suspicion as she said, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"...Who are you?"

"Sigh!"

The silver-haired girl sighed theatrically.

She slowly put on a hood and turned back into Litchi's appearance, saying, "I told you earlier; I am a woman with a deep sin. Now you should understand, right? Every time a stranger sees my face, they react like you, in disbelief that someone so good-looking could exist in this world."

“.....”

Zuo Chang wanted to refute for a moment.

But he couldn't.

He had to admit that just now, he was genuinely stunned.

The eyebrows were like distant mountains, the eyes were like summer night stars, and the pair of red lips were plump, with skin as fair as frost and snow.

This Litchi!

Except for being a bit short, there were almost no weaknesses.

Zuo Chang sat down across from her with a solemn expression, contemplating for a moment, then said, "Litchi, how about you take off the hood? I didn't see clearly just now and want to take another look."

"Tsk tsk tsk. You're already trapped in my beauty, Zuo Chang. It's very dangerous."

Litchi made a clicking sound.

She put her hand on the hood, intending to tease Zuo Chang again, but suddenly realized something and shouted, "Be careful!"

Bang!

With a loud noise, the front wall of the carriage suddenly shattered.

A figure flew backward, stopped by Litchi's raised hand. Zuo Chang, bewildered, looked down and found it was...

Captain Li!

"Ah–!"

A steel arrow pierced through Captain Li's shoulder blades, blood flowing profusely.

Captain Li's face turned pale, breathing rapidly, "Ambush— there's an ambush!"

"Damn it."

Litchi gritted her teeth, taking the initiative to jump off the carriage.

Zuo Chang calmed down. He looked at Captain Li, who had fainted due to severe pain, and first used the Blessing Skill "Spring Wind and Rain."

Spring Wind and Rain was a healing skill. In the game, it directly restored the follower's health points.

But now, its skill description is:

"Consume a certain amount of mana, cast a healing array, and restore the damage to all friendly units within the range."

This "damage," Zuo Chang had no idea what definition it held.

Zuo Chang cast the healing array inside the carriage, hoping it would benefit Captain Li.

After that, he got off the carriage and stood by Litchi's side.

The eastern sky displayed a faint light, the dawn was about to arrive, and the surroundings were still dim.

From the dense forest on both sides of the road ahead, more than ten people emerged.

They held various weapons and slowly surrounded them, looking very cautious.

"Hello, two friends, good evening."

A voice rang out in the enemy formation.

A young man in green clothes and green pants with a calm expression walked in front of everyone, saying, "I am Cang Youbing. I have been waiting for you."

Litchi looked at him coldly, "Cang Youbing? I don't know you."

"Miss, you've ruined our good thing; you should be prepared to pay the price."

"Are you the accomplices of those bandits last night?"

Cang Youbing's expression remained indifferent as he said, "Yes. Sir, Miss, do you know why you will die for what you did? Perhaps a good death awaits you."

Boom!

Emerald green flames burst into flames in Cang Youbing's hand.

He was exceptionally decisive, taking the initiative to attack.

With a fierce swing of his arm, the green flames gathered in his palm, forming a jade-green fireball, shooting towards them!

This fireball, after flying for a moment, expanded to a diameter of over one meter, looking more like a jade-green skull than a fireball!

This is...

"Ink Skull Jade? Yinfire School!"

Zuo Chang quickly figured out the origin of this skill; he had studied this skill before.

The "Ink Skull Jade" used by Cang Youbing is a spell under the "Yinfire School."

Although both are fire skills, in terms of power, Yinfire is far inferior to Litchi's Wildfire.

Skills under the Wildfire school have higher damage and a broader scope.

The several "forbidden techniques" at the pinnacle of the school, with the momentum of burning rivers and boiling seas, can easily bury thousands or tens of thousands of people!

But...

"Third realms."

Both Zuo Chang and Litchi noticed that Cang Youbing's cultivation should be at the third realm.

Looking at the incoming green fire, Zuo Chang felt a bit nervous: ‘Both Litchi and this Cang Youbing are at the third realm, and both are humans. The numerical difference should not be significant; the coefficient of the Wildfire school's skills is excellent, but in the 'weak chicken' stage of the third realm, the advantage is not that pronounced.’

Zuo Chang was a supporter of strength; he understood the coefficients and damage formulas of many skills.

Because of this, he understood that Litchi couldn't win quickly and would inevitably be restrained by Cang Youbing.

So then...

The other fifteen enemy adventurers who appeared one after another, how were they going to deal with them?

Relying on him, who had just crossed over and was at the first realm?

Tonight was a thousand times more dangerous than last night!