After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

Three years, over a thousand days and nights.

Bailuo was ceaselessly searching for clues to the Dark Shadow.

Even after leveraging the power of the dean, not a single trace could be found.

It was as if they had vanished into thin air.

So suddenly, no one from the Primitive Adventure Team noticed a thing.

They even went back to the villa for a night's sleep, and it wasn't until noon the next day that someone realized.

Isn't the captain missing?

It was like being trapped in an illusory bubble, which only burst when a team member voiced the question, bringing everyone back to reality.

Incomprehensible and unexplainable.

Right then, Bailuo learned from Lulu that the Dark Shadow was still alive.

Out of sheer excitement, tears the size of beans fell from her eyes.

"You care about the captain..."

Lulu was astounded.
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Bailuo turned around, removed her mask to wipe her eyes, then put it back on.

She said, "Where did you see the teacher?"

Lulu: "It happened half a year ago. By now, the captain has long since left that place. For you, the important thing isn't the location, but the time."

"Time, what do you mean?"

"You'll understand after you listen to this."

Lulu handed Bailuo a round object resembling a pebble.

It was a Recording Stone.

...

After a moment.

Bailuo's hand holding the Recording Stone trembled slightly, and tears glistened as they fell from her chin to the ground.

Tears of overwhelming joy dropped like little pearls.

It was said that if the Mermaid Princess cried out of happiness, her tears would turn into Legendary materials.

Too bad the one crying wasn't a mermaid.

Lulu felt a touch of faint envy.

Even if the words in the Recording Stone were "lies," they might become the truth one day.

With Lin Da's character, he would never let go of such a loyal cat girl.

"If you know the captain well enough, you should be able to tell whose voice is in the Recording Stone," Lulu said.

"Mhm." Bailuo nodded, took out a handkerchief to wipe her eyes and blew her nose, then put it back in her pocket.

"It is indeed the teacher; no one else could imitate that."

Only the Dark Shadow, who personally taught her swordsmanship and took her out of that hellish training camp, could have a voice that was cold yet tinged with a touch of gentleness.

Bailuo cradled the Recording Stone in her palm as though it were her teacher.

She said, "Can I keep the Recording Stone?"

Lulu felt a bit guilty and replied, "Of course, take it."

"Thank you."

Bailuo left, her white cat tail raised high.

"I didn't expect things to be so simple."

Lulu sipped the coffee on the table, her mind gradually relaxing.

"—Tell Bailuo when you meet her, that I will personally come to see her in three years."

Those were the contents of the Recording Stone.

A delaying tactic concocted by Lin Da.

Within three years, Lin Da was confident that he would become stronger than Bailuo, and then he would invite this cat-eared loli to join his team.

Bailuo's desire to monopolize him was something he and the entire Phoenix Tail Flower Team could not accept.

Lin Da believed that he belonged to everyone, not just a specific team member.

...

Lulu walked out of the café and onto the street.

The midday sun was warm, and her wolf ears twitched comfortably a few times; her tail also swayed gently.

"Wow, it's the emerging Star-ranked adventurer, [Frost Wolf] Lulu!"

"Can I go up and ask for an autograph?"

"She seems to be in a good mood! Does that mean Captain Lin Da has emerged from the Great Mystery Continent?"

Passersby stopped and whispered among themselves.

But no one dared to speak too loudly.

Commenting about a Star Rank in their presence was disrespectful.

Even during their conversations, people kept their voices down.

"Ah, poor werewolf."

"It's said that Beastmen should join Beastmen's adventure teams, but she insisted on joining a human team."

"Look, now the captain is stuck in the Great Mystery Continent and can't get out, he must've been eaten by the Magical Creatures."

"It's so dangerous in there, with level 30 Magical Creatures roaming everywhere; how could Lin Da and the others possibly come back alive?"

"Ah? Does that mean the Phoenix Tail Flower Adventure Team is done for?"

"I don't think so; remember, Lin Da is from the Healing Profession, which gives them an advantage in the Great Mystery Continent."

As the crowd discussed, Lulu moved quickly, her frowned face appearing in front of a female pig-headed person.

This woman was 1.6 meters tall and weighed at least 200 kilograms, as fat as a pear; she was the one rejoicing over the calamity, saying Lin Da and the others had died in the Great Mystery Continent.

"Are you cursing us?"

Lulu stared at the pig woman with icy eyes.

"No, not at all."

The pig woman, named Peggy, was befuddled.

As the pressure of a Star-ranked adventurer washed over her, Peggy's hair stood on end and sweat dripped from her forehead.

Being only a level 12 ordinary Healer, she couldn't withstand Lulu's intimidation.

Peggy was close to crying, stammering, "What I said is true, Beastmen shouldn't join human adventure teams."

"Not everyone looks down on Beastmen," Lulu said. "The captain of the Phoenix Tail Flower Team is different, understand? I can't control what you say about others, but if you speak ill of the Phoenix Tail Flower captain, I won't let you off."

"And... they've returned."

Only a few knew about this.

The city was abuzz with rumors that Lin Da was dead, a genius fallen, and White Dove City had lost an outstanding captain.

Lulu deliberately ignored those rumors.

But now, she wanted to tell those people...

"Lin Da is back, now a level 33 Star-ranked adventurer. That's all I wanted to say."

Lulu pocketed her hands and walked away.

The crowd on the street was in disarray.

The words of Lulu were like a bomb.

There was a moment of stillness on the surface of the water, followed by a thunderous uproar.

"What did that werewolf say— they're back? Lin Da is back from the Great Mystery Continent?"

"I heard the Great Mystery Continent is a place of no return, how could someone come back?"

"And to become a Star Rank?"

Everyone was a bit confused.