CHAPTER 173: CHAPTER 173: FAREWELL

In the night sky, the stars sparkle densely.

Inside the tavern on the first floor of the inn.

Above Kane and his friends’ table, Lilu and Philis were embracing each other, the two little girls happily holding hands and spinning in the air.

Light-hearted laughter surrounded everyone.

Since Philis is here, their teammates should have arrived too.

Kane turned to look in the direction Philis came from and indeed saw those conspicuous antelope horns.

Philis’s other four teammates were walking towards Kane and the others.

Their captain, the girl with the antelope horns, came over, shook hands with Kane, and said, "Finally, we’ve been waiting for you. Speaking of which, we haven’t introduced ourselves, how rude of us."

She then began to introduce her teammates to Kane and his friends.

"I’m Amis, the captain of this squad."

She then pointed to the person next to her, a very ordinary-looking human. Judging by his attire, he seemed to be the mage of the team, and it was he who had raised the shield for his injured teammate: "This is the mage of our team, Rock."

She then pointed to the big man behind her, whose scales at the back of his neck indicated that he might not be human: "He is the warrior of our team, Ka."

The male elf in their squad didn’t wait for his captain to introduce him. Instead, he stepped forward, bowed to Kane and his friends: "Thank you very much for saving my life and my teammates’. My name is Chase. To express my gratitude, please accept this item."

He then pulled out a small box from his hand and handed it to Kane. From his resolute gesture and expression, it was clear that Kane had to accept the item.

After some pushing back and forth and seeing how determined he was, Kane reluctantly accepted the box.

He then began to introduce the item inside the box to Kane: "This is a leaf that fell from our Mother Tree. It can heal many injuries."

After hearing his introduction, Kane opened the box, and inside lay a transparent crystal-like leaf emitting a faint green glow.

[Fallen Leaf of the Holy Mother Tree]

[Protective Talisman]

[Color: Copper]

[Attributes:]

[Gradually enhances constitution]

[Gradually restores spirit]

[Skill: Mother Tree’s Blessing] (Upon use, the equipment is destroyed, instantly healing all injuries on the body.)

[Introduction: The Holy Mother Tree is the sacred tree of the Woodland Elves, and it is said that their race was nurtured by the Mother Tree.]

A very precious life-saving item, having it is like having an extra life.

However, he probably didn’t have it on him at the time, otherwise, he wouldn’t have nearly perished in the dungeon.

In fact, this item was sent by the Woodland Elves especially to heal Chase upon hearing of his injury, leaving behind two pieces of such equipment in case of emergencies.

Kane closed the box and then put it into his space equipment. With this, the team now has a reliable life-saving item.

Seeing that they seemed not to have eaten yet, Kane called the waiter over and ordered a large batch of roasted meat and wine.

Then he squeezed with his teammates to make half of the space available, inviting Amis’s squad to join them.

As for whether they had just eaten, they had already been promoted to Silver, so the energy they needed to consume had leaped greatly. So when it comes to food, they could eat as much as they wanted.

No matter how much they ate, it could be quickly converted into energy and stored in their bodies, without having to worry about the so-called problem of obesity.

With this layer of a lifesaver relationship, the friendship between the two squads warmed rapidly.

As the table was filled with roasted meat and several large baskets of alcohol, everyone started eating and chatting casually.

As for whether the members of the other squad had bad characters or were worth befriending, one only needed to look at Lilu’s behavior to know.

Kane had once chatted leisurely with Lilu.

She is the Spirit of Fairy Tales, destined to become the guardian of innocence and children, naturally drawing close to those good at heart, while naturally disliking those with evil hearts.

Her friendship with Philis and her willingness to interact with Philis’s teammates meant that their squad was not a group of evil-hearted individuals.

As time passed, mutual understanding between the two squads quickly increased.

The alien race giant named Ka seemed very adept at drinking, which delighted Longbei.

Now the two were competing with flushed faces.

In the night sky, the full moon had long been high up, but fortunately, this tavern was open 24 hours, otherwise, Kane and the others would have been kicked out long ago.

...

The next morning, Kane awoke from his sleep.

Pressing his slightly throbbing head.

Originally, only Ka and Longbei were competing in drinking at the table, but somehow it turned into a drinking contest between both squads.

Eventually, everyone on both sides was knocked out from drinking, except for Ka and Longbei, who remained standing to the end.

They returned their teammates to their rooms and promised to have a rematch next time.

At the next Dwarf Beer Festival.

Drawing the curtains open, sunlight streamed through the window, falling on Kane’s face.

He shielded his eyes from the sunlight and checked the time; it was almost noon.

Getting out of bed, he freshened up, put on his daily clothes, packed his belongings, and brought Yoyo and Cotton Candy down to the tavern on the first floor.

Once more, he found he was the last to wake up, and it seemed he needed to improve his drinking capacity seriously.

Also, as for that rare metal steel plate from the dungeon, he indeed took one out and handed it over to Kreya to forge a suitable piece of armor.

After having a meal with his teammates,

"Let’s go buy our respective tickets home at the ticket booth now, remember to meet in Lion City in a week."

As soon as Kane finished speaking, Lilu fluttered her wings and, with tears in her eyes, hugged Cotton Candy and Yoyo tightly.

Looking at Lilu’s display, Kane helplessly patted his forehead, it was only a week apart, after all, no need to act like it was a life and death farewell.

Then Lilu pulled out her magic wand and painted a small circle in the air.

A shimmering rainbow portal appeared in mid-air.

"Alright then, Lilu is heading home first. See you next week."

With a wave to everyone, she rushed into the teleportation gate, disappearing along with it.

Wasn’t she just looking heartbroken?

Everyone watched the scene in confusion, with a hint of envy in their eyes.

This skill is so convenient.

Later, everyone arrived at the Teleportation Station. Kreya bid farewell to Kane and the others and headed to another terminal.

Due to the greatly increased importance of the dungeon here, considerable expense had been invested to build a Teleportation Station.

As they parted, Kane winked at Kreya and then pointed to the ruby on himself.

Meanwhile, Kane, Longbei, and Meizike would teleport to Lion City before going their separate ways.

After a series of teleportations, they returned to the familiar city, Lion City.

"I’ll be off then, Longbei. Take care."

"Alright, no problem. See you next week, brother."

And then the three of them disappeared on the teleportation platform.