Who Says I’m Not a Legitimate Adventurer?

Among the targets on the list he had previously set, there was still the thick-skinned Ironhide Boar.

If there was a slaughterhouse available, then he would no longer need to search through the vast forest like looking for needles in a haystack one by one.

Although Ironhide Boars existed in large numbers within Copper Creek Forest—

They were naturally solitary creatures, only displaying herd behavior during the mating season at the end of autumn.

Trying to farm them in large quantities during this season in the wilderness was simply far too inefficient.

This was practically the perfect pillow arriving the moment sleepiness hit.

Sensing that this mysterious big brother seemed interested in boar meat, Toby immediately seized the opportunity and enthusiastically began promoting his family business.

“Big bro, let me tell you, all the boars from my family are free-range in the back mountain. The meat’s so firm and chewy that—”

Smack!

Beside him, Phoebe finally lost her patience and withdrew her hand after hitting him.

“Sir, thank you very much for saving our lives.”

Phoebe dragged Toby behind her and apologized sincerely.

“He’s just too talkative and not very bright. Please don’t take offense.”

“It’s fine.”

Lance shook the blood off his hands, his voice calm.

“But with your current level of strength and team composition, you shouldn’t have ventured this deep into a region occupied entirely by pack-type monsters.”

Hearing those words, Toby rubbed the back of his aching head and spilled the entire story like beans pouring from a sack.

It turned out that some time ago, they had accepted a commission from the Birchwood Town Guild regarding a haunted old manor.

After fully arming themselves and rushing over, they discovered that it was not some evil spirit at all, but merely an ordinary house spirit possessing a stray cat.

However, during the process of capturing the house spirit, Toby accidentally triggered and damaged an old mechanism hidden within the basement.

Inside the hidden compartment of that mechanism, they discovered a parchment map and a short poem.

The three young people believed they had stumbled upon one of those massive treasures from adventure novels, so following the map’s guidance, they excitedly rushed into the forest in search of treasure.

“Speaking of that just pisses me off.”

Toby scratched his messy hair and sighed helplessly.

“We worked so hard to find the location on the map, only to discover it was just a sea of flowers filled with wild blossoms. There wasn’t any treasure chest stuffed with gold coins at all.”

“And to make matters worse, there were even wandering Gnolls nearby.”

The more Toby spoke, the more wronged he felt.

“We already prepared detailed research before coming here. The Guild’s intelligence back then never mentioned any Gnoll activity around this area.”

Upon hearing this, Lance completely understood.

The intelligence gathered by these three young people had not actually been wrong.

It was simply because the Guild had organized a Joint Extermination operation some time ago, causing the Gnoll tribes deep within the forest to scatter.

These displaced Gnolls, having lost their territory, could only wander around aimlessly and had coincidentally drifted into this region.

It could only be said that Toby and the others were simply outrageously unlucky.

“After this adventure, I’ve completely figured it out.”

Looking at the incomplete monster corpses littering the ground, Toby shook his head with lingering fear.

“I’d better stay honestly in Birchwood Town and learn how to butcher pigs from my old man.”

“I originally thought that someday I could become a mighty great Adventurer. But now that I think about it, we simply don’t have that kind of talent. Just encountering a few Gnolls almost cost us our lives.”

Having accepted reality, Toby reached into his clothes, pulled out the troublesome parchment scroll, and directly handed it to Lance.

“Big bro, if you’re interested in treasure hunting, then this parchment map is yours.”

Suddenly, Toby squeezed his eyebrows and made a strange expression.

“Although there’s no treasure there, the scenery is absolutely beautiful. It’s especially suitable for bringing girls there to confess your feelings.”

Lance did not refuse. He reached out and accepted it, lowering his head to unfold the somewhat crude parchment.

Several crooked stream outlines and mountain paths had been drawn upon the yellowed paper.

At the very bottom of the parchment, someone had written a line of elegant Common Language script.

“When the full midsummer moon scatters frost-like radiance, the fireflies of stardust slumber within the silent sea of flowers…”

Lance looked at those words and unconsciously read them aloud softly.

The moment he recited the poem, he suddenly discovered that the ring on the index finger of his right hand had begun to emit slight warmth.

He immediately stopped reading, and sure enough, that strange sensation of heat instantly vanished.

Lance’s heart trembled.

So this was the treasure left behind in this world by the Starry Night Witch Ilysia, just as the old Guild Master had mentioned before.

Sea of flowers, fireflies, midsummer.

Looking at those romantic phrases, Lance felt as though some senior from decades ago had forcibly shoved a mouthful of dog food down his throat.

“Thank you.”

Lance withdrew his wandering thoughts and sincerely expressed his gratitude.

He carefully folded the parchment and stored it inside his clothes. Then he raised his hand and pointed eastward, indicating the safest route back for the three of them.

“Keep heading east along this path and you’ll leave this dangerous region.”

“I’ve already cleared out all the monsters along that route just now. As long as you don’t wander around recklessly, you won’t encounter any danger.”

“Thank you! We’ll leave right away!”

Finn stepped forward with a flushed face and gave Lance a deep bow.

Phoebe also nodded gratefully.

Then she grabbed Toby by the collar before he could continue trying to get closer to Lance and dragged him forcefully toward the direction Lance had indicated.

“Goodbye, big bro! If you ever have time, you absolutely must come to Birchwood Town and eat wild boar meat with me! I’ll definitely save the tenderest loin cuts for you!”

Toby was forcibly dragged backward by his fiancée, yet his hands still waved wildly in the air as he shouted loudly.

Only after the three lively figures completely disappeared behind the shrubs at the edge of the forest did Lance finally let out a long breath.

He raised his head to look at the sky.

There were still many hunting targets he had yet to complete today. He had to hurry.

The slaughter continued throughout the forest.

Only when the setting sun dyed the clouds orange-red did Lance finally, by luck, discover a small Goblin camp hidden within a mountain hollow on his journey back.

As the final green-skinned monster collapsed into a pool of blood, he finally accumulated all the research points he needed.

【Monster · Goblin LV4 (Racial Talent Extractable)】

Looking at the notification displayed upon the translucent screen, Lance directly used his consciousness to press the extraction button.

【Extracting… Racial Talent extracted: Low-Light Vision】

【Warning: Goblin genetic sequence detected to be extremely unstable! During stabilization and adaptive conversion, interference from Red Dragon Transmutation has occurred. Beneficial genetic assimilation and overwriting currently in progress…】

【Mutated Racial Talent being stabilized for you: Wyrmling Eyes (Green)】

【Description: The weak Goblin sensory genes have been forcibly devoured and reconstructed by the Red Dragon within your body. The structure of your eyes has undergone deep mutation toward that of a superior predator.】

【Effect: Your base Perception upper limit +2. You gain night vision equivalent to that of Dragons, while your dynamic vision and motion-capturing ability receive a minor increase.】

【Additional Effect: Slightly increases the concentration of Dragon bloodline within your body.】

Accompanied by a faint stream of warmth circulating around his eyes—

Lance opened them again.

He discovered that the forest shadows around him, which had originally begun growing dim and dark, now appeared perfectly clear within his vision.

This would definitely be extremely useful for future Overnight Missions.

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