Chapter 29

Seeing the malnutritioned children with yellow skin and dry hair, Betta immediately understood what Roland meant .

2He roasted all the spider legs he had left on the fire .

Roland, on the other hand, bought some salt from Lake View Tavern . When he returned, the spider legs were ready .

The giant spiders had long legs . Roland took out the longsword that he bought from the blacksmith but never used and cut each of them into four parts . Then, he sprayed salt on the legs and waved at the children .

1If Betta had called the children, they wouldn’t have dared to approach .

Roland was different . He had lived in Red Mountain Town for more than a month and even told the children stories when he was free . Of course, that was when he had Language Proficiency .

So, the children were familiar with Roland . They all walked over when he waved at them .

“Get yourselves into a line . Everyone will have enough . ” Roland delivered a part of the spider leg to the child at the front .

Stunned, the child who got the delicious spider leg first looked at the food in his hands with disbelief .

He was not scared of spider legs . When he was too hungry, he even had rinds as food .

He also had fish before, the smaller ones, because the bigger ones had to be sold for money to buy other things such as clothes or oil .

Most people in Red Mountain Town made a living from the lake, but few had the privilege to enjoy fish meat .

The mayor owned Red Mountain Town and the lake . Six percent of the fish that the villagers caught, or the money that they earned by selling the fish, would go to the mayor .

Once the mayor found out that a villager lied about the amount of fish or money, they would be kicked out of Red Mountain Town .

Such a mayor was among the merciful ones . It was said that some other mayors would simply hang the liars .

The child looked at the spider leg in surprise . Instead of eating it, he rushed home with the leg and intended to share it with his family .

Every child who got the spider leg did the same, except a few who were too hungry . They had a small bite of the food before they ran home .

About half an hour later, the children all dispersed happily after getting the spider legs .

Roland and Betta sat next to each other on the bridge . They enjoyed the remaining spider legs as well as the beautiful view of the lake .

Finishing the spider legs, Betta asked, “What do we do next?”

Roland looked at the maple forest in the distance and asked matter-of-factly, “You need to ask?”

The following days were not the luckiest period for the giant spiders, because two ferocious hunters searched for them for hours every day . The children in the town could get a roasted spider leg in the evening, too .

Children were the least problematic people . Since Roland and Betta were nice to them, they naturally grew closer to them .

Roland had to practice Language Proficiency and did not spend too much time with the children . Betta, on the other hand, taught the children his basic sword arts .

So, every evening, a bunch of children would be waving wooden sticks next to the lake .

The villagers eyed Betta in an increasingly friendly way .

An incident happened seven days later .

That day in the evening, when Roland and Betta were distributing roasted spider legs to the children, six dissolute adults approached . They scolded the children away and said to Roland angrily, “Isn’t it unfair that you’re not saving any meat for us?”

Some people were simply unreasonable . They believed that they should have everything that other people had, and they would make a scene if they couldn’t .

5Roland glanced at the six of them, only to discover that three of them had a history with him .

A month ago, they had a fight outside of Lake View Tavern .

Besides, one could easily tell that the six of them were no good . Roland waved his hand and said, “Go away! Are you not ashamed of begging as healthy adults?”

The young man in the lead was angry . He exclaimed, “Hey, aren’t you good guys? We’re poor folk, too . Why don’t you give us a hand? Those brats do not need your food . Their parents won’t let them starve . ”

Roland sighed and looked at them . “You think this is fun?”

Roland was an adult, but he was only seventeen in the game and not threatening at all for the strangers .

Also, more importantly, Roland appeared as a “good guy,” and good guys were always taken advantage of .

The rascals laughed hard . Their leader barked, “It is not . We know that we can’t beat you, but it’s fine . I’ve remembered those children . You can’t stay in Red Mountain Town forever . When you’re gone, I’ll beat them and their parents . What do you think?”

The children immediately ran away when they heard his declaration . They glared at the young man angrily .

Roland looked at him and suddenly smiled .

Betta, who had been roasting the spider legs and enjoying the show, also stood up in excitement .

The few rascals seemed to be regarding Roland and Betta as the kind of outsiders who were kindhearted and would not ask for trouble .

It never occurred to them that those two people were still essentially players .

Roland looked at Betta and smiled . “Your quest must’ve been triggered, too, right?”

Betta warmed up his fingers and smiled intimidatingly . “Of course!”

“Defeat the six troublemakers (Regular)!”

1It was a white quest… But for Roland and Betta, it was definitely a gold, epic quest, because it was too fulfilling .

1The young man felt that it was no good after seeing their faces . He was about to say something more, but neither Roland nor Betta were talkers .

Without wasting any time, they charged at the rascals .

The rascals were rather scary in the town, but they were absolutely incapable of resisting two professionals who had been through real battles .

Roland and Betta did not use any weapons or skills . They knocked out the six rascals in twenty seconds bare-handedly .

Then, they began to kick the rascals hard .

“The outsiders are beating us!”

“Help!”

Miserable cries echoed over the lake . Many villagers heard them, but they simply ignored the noise and focused on their own business .

Roland and Betta had no intention to stop .

The system did not say that the quest had been accomplished .

So, they had to keep on beating .

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