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Chapter 686 - 358: Dawn Investigation Team (Part 4)

Chapter 686: Chapter 358: Dawn Investigation Team (Part 4)

Nightfall, twenty-six hours after entering the plot world.

At the port of Sword City, well-equipped adventurer teams are ready for departure. Not far from them, many warships are currently loading supplies.

It seems that they are about to set sail soon.

They are elite teams from various nearby cities or duchies. They have received a commission from the Guild and will be heading to the Elves Island to investigate the mass departure of the elves.

Some of them are well-known Golden Teams, and others are mysterious royals.

The cause of this elf incident is unknown, but the large-scale departure of elves has attracted the attention of many countries and forces.

Due to the long-lifespan traits of elves, some elves have close relationships with human kingdoms.

But overnight, almost all elves left without saying goodbye, and even humans who had already been stationed on the Elf Island were sent back to their homeland.

Even ships passing by Elf Island are driven away, which has greatly impacted the human world.

Upon the suggestion of various countries, the Guild thus formed an investigative team.

Now, for some reasons, the investigative team, which originally needed half a month of preparation, is set to depart tonight.

This has caused dissatisfaction among many teams that are still preparing.

At the head of one of the teams was a one-armed old man with no facial hair.

Most of the people present could not recognize him. But thirty years ago, he was well-known. Unfortunately, after losing an arm, he receded into semi-retirement, and his fame faded.

"The original plan was to wait for the Sword Saint to take the lead. Why suddenly depart tonight?" The one-armed old man glanced at the team beside him. Even for this rare elite team, the Golden Team seemed ordinary in his eyes.

To visit Elf Island, no matter what your intentions, you cannot avoid that living legendary hero.

The Hero who has been carved into the Hero Statues and revered by the world. The Great Sage of the Elves, Rorodoa!

There must be a presence of sufficient strength to at least communicate with them, or else those pointed-ears would not pay any attention to the investigation team.

In today’s world, those who can just about sit on a par with Rorodoa are today’s hero-level adventurers.

The original plan was to wait for the Sword Saint’s arrival to fortify the investigation team but got notified of tonight’s departure instead.

As for why the old man referred to the Sword Saint as old, it’s because he and the Sword Saint had an unbreakable relationship.

Thirty years ago, he and the Sword Saint were both Platinum-level adventurers. They fought side by side in a nine-star task, completed it successfully and gained fame.

Afterwards his then teammate became a Hero-level adventurer and received the title ’Sword Saint’.

He, however, was known as the Sword Ghost, due to his ruthless combat style and countless kills.

But because of his broken arm, it’s challenging to further advance his strength, so he gave up the idea of competing with his old friend.

He then spent his time teaching royal swordsmanship in a palace and living out his old age.

Upon this incident, he was invited.

Although aged and weakened, having not participated in any combat for many years, his strength is still above that of Golden-level adventurers.

He initially wanted to catch up with his old friend, but this sudden event has made him very unhappy.

It’s said that his team was arranged to protect someone. Although this means additional pay, he was still very unhappy.

"Hahaha, Sword Ghost Sir. You have to admit defeat this time." Someone next to him recognized him. After all, only he would call the Hero Sword Saint an old fellow. He laughed and said: "It is said to be a mysterious team that completed twelve high-star tasks overnight. They also issued a task to recruit guards, saying that they were going to Elf Island. How could the Guild miss this opportunity? Aren’t you on their ship?"

"Twelve high-stars?" The Sword Ghost frowned; even he would find it challenging to complete multiple high-star tasks in one night.

After all, the locations of each task are different, and just traveling alone takes time. Not to mention that every high-star task has its individual difficulties.

"Recently, such a character has emerged? What rank are they?" The Sword Ghost asked: "The Guild lets them replace the role of the old fellow Sword Saint?"

"Hehe, they were originally Bronze-level. It’s hard to tell now." The adventurer who started the conversation pointed to several people coming from afar and said: "Look, it’s them, Dawn’s Hammer."

In fact, not only him, many people wanted to find out the strength of these suddenly appeared mysterious fighters.

On the other hand, Li Changhe and his team were led by the Guild personnel to the port with Wang He.

The port was brightly lit and bustling. Well-equipped teams gathered at the dock.

About ten warships were also making their final preparations.

Li Changhe and He Feng swept a few glances and nodded silently.

Very good, compared to Wang He’s team, the teams gathered here were very competent.

The way they walked, their breathing rhythm, their casual standing posture. All revealed that these were well-experienced adventurers.

"Is this their investigative team? Quite good." Li Changhe said: "In this case, even if there are assassins or pirates, they have to weigh their options."

"Anyway, they investigate their stuff, and we escort ours. " He Feng nodded: "Being together actually makes things easier for us."

"These are all rare elite teams," Wang He uttered: "If it weren’t for you guys, I probably wouldn’t get a chance to witness this scene."

Li Changhe and others did not plan to let Wang He board the ship, as his individual strength was insufficient. If a battle arises, everyone would have no energy to look after him.

However, Wang He was very insistent, saying he can help them with connecting to various adventurer teams. Thus, the players did not refuse him. They just told him to run away as soon as he encountered danger.

As they were talking, they were about to board their purchased warship. Li Changhe and He Feng were eager to get on board.

The Shark-class warship, with a deep blue hull, about forty meters long, equipped with several dwarf cannons and magic wind sails, perfectly matched their aesthetic taste.

The two argued for a long time over who the captain should be. Finally, a winner was decided, Brother Ting...

There was no other way; both of them were juniors in front of Brother Ting.

So, the two were demoted to the role of deputy captains.

"It’s all your fault for showing Brother Ting the Pirates of the Caribbean." He Feng complained.

"No, it’s because you introduced Brother Ting to the game ’Sea of Thieves’." Li Changhe countered.

The two shifted responsibility onto each other.

At this point, Li Changhe’s expression twitched, looking at the old man a few steps away who was about to stop them.

The two exchanged a glance, and the old man retracted his steps.

Li Changhe continued to move forward until the players boarded the warship.

The adventurer who spoke earlier asked: "Sword Ghost Sir, why didn’t you make a move?"

Many adventurers’ eyes also gathered, they all wanted to see the strength of the Sword Ghost and those mysterious masters.

Unfortunately, the old man Sword Ghost suddenly backed down. Has he truly aged?

The old man ignored them, instead slowly exhaling a breath of air.

Feeling the smell of blood in his nostrils gradually fading.

He couldn’t help but sigh: "After killing a hundred or so damned criminals, I was called Sword Ghost. What a rip-off."

Just looking at each other once, he could already smell the sea of corpses and blood behind Li Changhe.

"I have no objections to this investigative team now."

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