Chapter 4 of 100

Chapter 4

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After finishing breakfast, everyone looked at each other in silence.

Gongsun Murong calmly instructed, "Wash the dishes, and take a bath while you're at it. Clean your leather and iron armor, and wash the clothes inside as well. I'll go see the surroundings with your young lady."

"This... water in the desert?" Moses clearly expressed his concern.

Nalasha appeared unconcerned, "We sell water, so water... is not a problem."

With that, she left with Gongsun Murong.

Moses and the others began to follow the instructions, not forgetting to gather the armor, weapons, and money from the dead Yellow Sand Blood Blade Trio. Given Nalasha's greedy look, they knew they would have to give everything to her, not even a copper coin less.

When the cool water splashed onto their bodies, George couldn't help but mimic Nalasha, saying, "Water is not a problem. Praise all the gods, I, George, can be so extravagant as to take a fresh water bath in the desert. Oh, I should be called Vicky George Gongsun; I think this name is quite good."

An hour later, everyone put on their clothes and armor again, feeling refreshed. They even brushed the sand camels, which happily ran around the tent five times.

Nalasha and Gongsun Murong returned with their prey. This time, it wasn't a third-stage seventh-level Sand Swallower, but two fourth-stage fifth-level Blood Sand Swift Leopards, which Gongsun Murong dragged along.

Nalasha held a small golden tiger in her arms, feeding it from a water bag, the contents of which were unknown, but the little tiger was sucking earnestly.

Moses and the others were once again stunned. A fourth-stage fifth-level Blood Sand Swift Leopard was already rare, and for them, encountering such a leopard meant only one outcome... death.

But compared to the small golden tiger, the Blood Sand Swift Leopards were nothing. That was a seventh-stage sixth-level Blazing Wind Golden Tiger. Where did they find it?

"This is..." Moses pointed at the small tiger.

"I know, I know. It's a Blazing Wind Golden Tiger, seventh-stage sixth-level. I heard from someone while selling water that a group of adventurers, forty-one in total, only five returned, all injured," Nalasha said, stroking the small tiger.

"What about the young lady and the young master...?"

"We fought hard. It was a powerful tiger. They had two females and one male. My brother and I almost used all our strength. The tiger could breathe fire, and its claws were incredibly sharp. My brother's clothes were torn in seventeen places, seventeen!"

Nalasha looked fearful, then continued, "Nalasha used both water and ice to suppress the tiger's fire. My brother's clothes didn't fit well. You see, his footwork has reached the level where every step is a leap, every pause a distance, every blink a horizon, and every instant a close approach. This is the Gongsun family's Starlight Flash, as the butler grandpa said."

"It sounds very dangerous," Moses said, though he didn't understand what the Starlight Flash was, he felt that Nalasha's words sounded very impressive.

"Indeed, we almost had to use our ultimate move. Fortunately, we didn't want to kill the Blazing Wind Golden Tiger, just to get one of its cubs. In the end, we traded six first-stage fifth-level crystal cores with the tigers."

Nalasha looked very pained about the crystal cores.

"Only fifth-stage and above beasts have crystal cores," Moses said.

"Yes, so we gave them first-stage ones. We fought while throwing them, and even fed one to the little golden tiger. The tigers had no choice but to return to their den," Nalasha tried to make the trip sound difficult.

The seven newly appointed servants were exchanging glances, unsure how to describe their feelings.

Why were the water sellers like this? They went out for a stroll, killed two speed-famous Blood Sand Swift Leopards, and forcibly took a Blazing Wind Golden Tiger's cub. Who could tell them what they couldn't do?

Had the Yellow Sand Blood Blade Trio finally done too many bad things? Otherwise, they wouldn't have encountered the water sellers. Evil had finally fallen to justice.

Moses thought for a moment and stopped worrying about the crystal cores. He was trying to figure out just how powerful the two were. From Nalasha's words, she had also participated in the fight and suppressed the fire of three Blazing Wind Golden Tigers. Could this be suppressed?

Did it mean that the two were as powerful as three Blazing Wind Golden Tigers? If so, they were incredibly strong, though it was scary, there was a limit. But what was their ultimate move?

Unfortunately, he didn't dare to ask, as it might cost him his life. Was it good or bad to follow such masters? Sigh! At least they were alive, and though they seemed to have lost something, the family's strength was truly great, and they could still grow, right?

Moses forced himself to suppress his chaotic thoughts and strive to be a qualified servant. He reported to Nalasha, "Miss Nalasha, Young Master Murong, the bodies of the three who died for offending you two, Kule and the others, have been handled by us seven. Who would have thought they had 2,500 gold coins in banknotes, 60 gold coins, 10 silver coins, and 10 copper coins."

"And their equipment," Nalasha added.

"Yes, Miss Nalasha, you are indeed wise," Moses took the opportunity to praise her.

"Thank you," Nalasha nodded like an adult, then thought of something and asked, "The Sand Swallowers and Blood Sand Swift Leopards can sell for a lot of money, right? In Sasa Town?"

Moses immediately replied, "Yes, there are merchants who buy them, but as you are wise, you must know that the price of local products is not high locally. They can fetch a better price in distant places or bustling cities."

"Ah? Sell them elsewhere? Brother Murong," Nalasha said to Gongsun Murong.

Gongsun Murong nodded, storing the Sand Swallowers in his soul space, then the Blood Sand Swift Leopards, followed by the tent and other items, leaving only the three bodies of Kule and the others.

His soul space had no other use but to store things. It was now nearly a thousand cubic meters, increasing with his soul strength, but it couldn't hold his life pod.

The life pod was 210 meters long, 45.6 meters wide, and 35.7 meters high, capable of independent combat and short-distance space jumps. Unfortunately, everything was rendered useless by an accident, and the way home was so far.

Thinking of home, Gongsun Murong affectionately patted Nalasha's head. He still had something to look forward to, but Nalasha didn't know if her home still existed. All he could do was try to give her a sense of home.

Moses didn't know what his young master was thinking, still in shock. How did the things disappear? It seemed the young master had stored them. No wonder the young master and the young lady set up a tent to sell water.

Could this be the legendary space item that can store things? Or a divine power?

After such speculation, he took advantage of the young master and young lady's good mood to quietly approach the other six, whispering, "The Thunderbolt Mercenary Group has 120 people, a third-level mercenary group, a very powerful existence, but they are also someone else's servants. Any one of them could easily kill us, while we..."

"Boss, you don't need to say more. We are willing to follow Miss Nalasha and Young Master Murong. We seven have different pasts, but the same is that we have no attachments. Originally, we formed an adventure team to earn more money and then establish our own manor.

But we lacked the ability and confidence to protect it. Nalasha and Gongsun Murong are at least stronger than us. I believe that even a random member of the Thunderbolt Mercenary Group would die if they encountered the young lady and young master, even their leader, Clarence Felix.

From what the young lady said, they have an ultimate move that can kill three adult Blazing Wind Golden Tigers. Yes, kill, not whether they can, but whether they want to. I think I can put aside the age difference and follow them."

Abel Allen analyzed and made a decision.

Vicky George followed, "I can do the same. From what the young lady said, she and the young master seem to have no lord or lady. The first-level mercenary group, Wandering, was originally a nameless group supporting a noble's abandoned child.

When the abandoned child, Ron Ronald, grew up, he led the group to rename it Wandering, fighting battles and earning a great reputation, dominating the kingdom. The current young lady and young master are at least as strong as the young Ron Ronald, if not stronger."

"Yes, yes, Wandering means no home. Ron Ronald treated each member like family, but many of the initial members had families. We don't, and the young lady and young master probably don't either," Bradley Darnell agreed.

"I agree," Latin Bart decided.

"Me too," Ford Burns followed.

Adam Loft added, "And me."

Nalasha, who had finished packing up, whispered to Gongsun Murong, "Brother Murong, they are all good people."

"Hmm, just a bit lacking in ability," Gongsun Murong replied.

"The butler grandpa said, ability is not a problem, loyalty is more important than ability. No one can tolerate a stab in the back," Nalasha took the butler's teachings to heart.

"Little girl, the butler taught you for three years and became your grandpa," Gongsun Murong said, ruffling Nalasha's head.

"Brother Murong's butler is Nalasha's butler. Without Brother Murong's butler, no one would teach Nalasha," Nalasha said, shaking her head.

After everything was packed up, Moses hesitated and suggested, "Young lady, young master, there should be valuable things in the ruins. Why not..."

"There are no valuable things in the ruins. The valuable things are in Brother Murong's hands. The ruins have eight levels, and now only some small trinkets can be found on the walls. The rest are not valuable," Nalasha said with a smile.

"Ah? Poor adventurers, they only explored to the sixth level, where various traps and unknown toxins took many lives. Oh, meeting the young master and young lady is the luckiest thing in our lives."

Moses began to mourn for the adventurers who would continue to explore the ruins, and the other six agreed. The ruins had been fully explored, and all the good things were in the young master's hands. How did he get in?

Gongsun Murong, in a good mood, explained, "When I went in before, I had a scanning device that could detect traps and show their positions. As for the poison deaths, it was due to various viruses. Wearing a full protective suit solved the problem. It's very simple."

"Very simple?" Moses repeated, but didn't feel it was simple at all. If it were simple, the adventurers' deaths were simple.

Knowing the situation of the ruins, the seven chose to follow the young lady and young master back to Sasa Town. As for the other adventurers, what did it matter to them? If they were kind enough to warn them, the other adventurers would likely capture and interrogate them, hoping for more information.

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