The Legend

14. Separate Ways

Ryan and Teagan teamed up with members of the Ember Clan to farm the Strange Insect Valley. They farmed until late at night, and Ember Tiger and Bloodshot only reached level 20. Ryan and Teagan were at level 19, still 50% short of level 20.

By this time, most of the giant insects in the Insect Valley had been wiped out, and Ryan had to run out for at least three to five minutes each time he lured them back. This was because the remaining giant insects were located in the deepest part of the Insect Valley, and luring them back was extremely dangerous.

It was nearly 1 a.m., and when Ember Dragon saw that Ember Tiger had reached level 20, he prepared to disband the team. He had long since given up on grinding, because without the experience bonus from killing monsters above his level, his leveling speed had been greatly affected. 

However, he had to wait for Ember Tiger to reach level 20 before he could leave; otherwise, Ember Tiger wouldn't be able to go to the newly opened level 2 main city.

"Saint, we're going somewhere else," Ember Dragon said to Ryan with a smile.

"Oh, let's go then." Ryan thought that Ember Dragon meant to move the position and take the whole team away.

"Alright." With that, Ember Dragon disbanded the team. Or rather, he kicked Ryan, Teagan, and Bloodshot out of the team.

Ding!

[Player Unholy Saint has been kicked out of the team by team leader Ember Dragon]

Ding!

[Player King Famous has been kicked out of the team by team leader "Dragon Ember"]

Ding!

[Player Bloodshot has been kicked out of the team by team leader Dragon Ember]

Ryan, Teagan, and Bloodshot were stunned and stared at Ember Dragon.

"Don't misunderstand, I didn't mean anything by it." Ember Dragon said with a natural smile.

"Didn't mean anything? Then why did you kick us out of the team?" Teagan was agitated and shouted loudly at Ember Dragon with glaring eyes.

"Hehe, we're heading to a level two main city, and your levels aren't high enough to go there," the Dragon Ember explained.

"Can't you let us grind a little longer and we'll level up. Then we can go together, can't we?" Teagan was furious. The Dragon Ember was clearly ignoring them.

"We want to, but time is money. We must find a higher-level monster to fight. We can't keep wasting time here."

"You..." Teagan pointed at the Dragon Ember, gritting his teeth in anger, thinking to himself, "This guy is really heartless and ruthless!"

"Teagan, don't force him." Ryan stopped Teagan, telling him to calm down.

"I'm not forcing him. He was the one who wanted to team up with us to level up. Now he's the one who disbanded the team and abandons us. Is this how he does things?" Teagan became angrier as he spoke, wishing he could throw a poison talisman at the Dragon Ember to kill him.

"Let it go," Ryan continued to persuade Teagan. Actually, he was also angry. They were only two more hours away from leveling up, but now the Dragon Ember was retreating, clearly not taking them seriously and treating them like monkeys. However, Ryan also knew that getting angry was useless. He could only blame himself for misjudging people and making the wrong friends.

Teagan was so angry he couldn't speak. He glared at the Dragon Ember for a long time before finally uttering a single word: "Get out!"

"Then we'll be going. See you in the level two main city." Ember Dragon had a very good temper. He wasn't angry even after being scolded. Instead, he smiled and said. Then he glanced at Ember Fox and Ember Tiger and said softly, "Let's go."

The three-person team from the Ember Clan left just like that, and Ryan and the others watched them leave with great frustration.

At this moment, Teagan noticed that Bloodshot hadn't left, so he asked, "Beautiful lady, you're level 20 too, why aren't you leaving too?"

Bloodshot stared ahead for a long time before saying, "I am not thaf kind of person." 

Clearly, she also despised the action of Dragon Ember.

"Hm... truly a heroine among women." Teagan gave Bloodshot a thumbs up, expressing his sincere admiration.

Bloodshot smiled slightly and said, "What do we do next? Keep grinding here?"

Teagan looked at Ryan, wanting him to make the decision. Ryan was also starting to worry. If they continued to stay here and grind, they might all die and have to go back to the resurrection village. Without a mage to provide support, they wouldn't be able to grind at all. 

After a moment of thought, Ryan said, "How about we go grind the goblins?"

Teagan thought about it and realized that he had no choice but to go and farm the Goblin Warriors, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, we can reach level 20 by the time we finish farming them at dawn."

Ryan then asked Bloodshot, "Are you going?"

Bloodshot replied, "Of course I'll go. I don't have a fixed team, and it's too tiring to solo."

"Okay, let's go together then." Ryan could tell that Bloodshot's character was a hundred times better than that of the Dragon Ember.

The three regrouped, returned to town to replenish their potions, and then went to the Goblin Plains to farm goblins.

The Goblin Warrior was a level 18 monster, and its stats were slightly worse than the Giant Insect. Moreover, unlike the Insect monsters, the Goblin Warriors didn't huddle together in groups; they prefer to spread out and keep their distance, making them much easier to fight than the Insect monsters. At the very least, Teagan could lure them over one by one.