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Chapter 10 Part 3: The Power Unleashed
Striped-Horn Tiger meat was fine eating perfect for cooking.
He hefted the carcass and trotted off.
Greed ruined good so he kept it to this one.
A level-4 beast took teams to fell.
This haul would fetch enough silver at the guild to replace his rags.
As Lu Fei carried the beast into the slums, many saw
But none approached.
They shut doors in fear wary of others.
People here had lost hope.
If Lu Fei died who would bet some wouldn't cut him up and eat him?
Where there were nobles, there were slums.
Some nobles with broken minds and selfish hearts oppressed the common without restraint.
Lu Fei ignored them.
He was no saint.
He stripped the beast's parts packed them into a ramshackle backpack then skinned the carcass.
Armor could be made.
Or sold.
He'd also gathered herbs used for healing draughts
He hadn't known them before
But now he had Appraisal
The Eye of Truth the world-consciousness had given him
And anyway Amy had once taught him herb lore.
Speaking of would he ever see those two again?
Sister Anna had meant them to become his little wives.
Pity he hadn't gotten to it
Now a millennium had passed who knew what of them?
Elves lived long lives.
So perhaps they might meet again.
Or just as likely they'd long loved other men married had children.
If so Lu Fei thought it best not to meet
He would not disrupt another's family.
He was no lecher.
Packed up, Lu Fei cut a slab of tiger meat and wrapped it
Cooked a piece to fill his stomach
Left the rest and departed.
After he left, the slum folk cracked open doors sprinted to his hut and dragged the remaining meat home.
To live who seeks death?
Live one day count one.
…
Far from the slums lay a town
Mog City.
It too had a guild and belonged to a noble domain.
Last time guards here had beaten him.
At the gate, two armored guards stopped him.
"Halt, brat you dare come back! Wasn't the last beating enough? You stole Lady Maria's belongings tired of living?"
They knew him well
They'd been sent after him chasing him for half a day.
"I just want to enter the city."
Lu Fei spoke calmly.
"No you might provoke the nobles again. We'd be punished. Back where you came from."
Unmoved.
Lu Fei simply lifted a hand and formed a crimson orb of mana.
The guards exchanged glances then stood at attention.
"Honored adventurer please enter!"
Bows and smiles smooth as silk.
Lu Fei was a bit taken aback.
Seeing their fawning, he dismissed the mana and strode in.
After he left, the two guards wiped sweat.
"Guard duty really is a skill."
"Isn't it just?"
"Those without eyes end up dead."
"To cross an adventurer is suicide."
"Think he'll hold a grudge and avenge that beating?"
"Probably… not?"
"Maybe we take a few days off after this shift?"
"Good idea."
Lu Fei wouldn't bother with them.
They had gone easy on him, really
Though he looked badly bruised those were superficial.
If a noble had meted out punishment
He'd probably have been recycled forcing the world-consciousness to arrange another reincarnation.
Compared to that
A beating by guards was kindness
Or maybe they weren't keen on obeying nobles.
These nobles weren't beloved.
In any case none of his concern.
He entered the city
Headed to the guild.
He sold what he had
Earning 5 gold and 60 silver.
Not bad.
Prices had changed
But the currency remained.
The guild solid as ever.
"Hello I'd like to register as an adventurer."
After selling he needed official standing.
The receptionist did not refuse
For a 1-gold fee he received a card same as the former cycle.
His starting level was 3
Likely pegged to his current state a handy tool.
It even had a bit of storage space.
A gold well spent.
He traded his rags for a fitted blue adventurer's outfit.
With his delicate features and deep black eyes he cut a striking figure.
He also picked up a plain iron sword
No use on beast armor but fine for slicing men.
No funds for a wand he shelved it.
Time to take some commissions.
At the board Lu Fei blinked.
Where were the slay quests?
Where the gathering?
Just escort jobs?
Why?
He asked the receptionist she smiled.
"Adventurers now hunt beasts in the labyrinth farm materials gear can be acquired inside. So most don't bother with forest beasts since the labyrinth spawns infinitely sustainable resources."
Well, well.
A thousand years later
A labyrinth.
No doubt the world-consciousness's work.
A good thing
Simplifying adventurers' growth beneficial for development.
Spend time raiding labyrinths running dungeons
Less territorial conflict among adventurers.
At least
Those adventure groups like Kate and Wick
Would not reappear.
Wick had been absurdly lucky once
Nearly claiming Sister Anna and even shared a "romance" with that former witch.
But all past now.
Those men marked by the witch disappeared with her.
Lu Fei's goal now find his Anna.
According to the world-consciousness
Anna was a noble's daughter.
And nobles loved early engagements.
Likely Sister Anna had a noble fiancé.
Born a noble enjoyed privilege bore responsibility.
Marriage alliance quickest way to grow a house
A classic move.
Of course just a guess based on noble tropes.
If Sister Anna really had a fiancé
He'd steal the bride.
A curious experience, no?
Either way hard-won new life
Lu Fei wouldn't cede Anna to any man.
He thought a moment
He would check the labyrinth.
Per the receptionist fastest money fastest levels.
Good luck might even net a treasure chest.
But with risks
Die inside and the labyrinth absorbed you.
Only natural
Benefits must be paid for.
Danger and opportunity walked together.
Sister Anna wait for me. I'll come soon.
…
Lu Fei's guess was right.
Anna did have complications.
A noble's daughter
In a luxurious estate
A golden-haired woman knelt in a vegetable patch, carefully watering what she had planted.
She was stunningly beautiful
Clear blue eyes like jewels, sparkling
She wore a white lace-trimmed short-sleeved top
A matching skirt below
Her chest full and high curves mesmerizing
Long, perfect legs
While she tended her vegetables
Broad warm hands slid around her slim waist pulling her close savoring her softness.
"Ah!"
Anna cried, her face flushing she turned and met a handsome face.
Golden hair striking features a strong build and the ornate garb worn only by princes
Imperial Prince Angus Anna's childhood friend and her fiancé.
"Angus stop it let go… mm~"
Held from behind, Anna instinctively struggled, raising her hands to push him off.
Her feelings about this fiancé were complicated.
Look closely and one saw Angus resembled Lu Fei a little.
Because a piece of Lu Fei's power left as he would have been born from the queen
Now rested within Angus.
Smiling, Angus gazed at the snow-white, full-figured beauty before him then scooped her up.
"Ah! Put me down!"
Ignoring her, Angus carried Anna to a flowerfield and sat on the grass.
Anna sat on his lap bathed in his heady scent her cheeks reddened she went to rise
Angus only hugged her tighter.
"Sister Anna you promised when this garden is all in bloom you'll marry me."
"But lately you've refused my invitations avoided me tell me what did I do wrong?"
The one "Sister Anna" by her ear made her stop struggling she sighed, helpless. "Angus you did nothing wrong. I made a mistake."
When her memories returned, she had thought Angus was Lu Fei reborn and approached him agreeing to a marriage pact.
Days ago they had embraced here close together because she had taken Angus for Lu Fei.
Then suddenly she learned Angus was not Lu Fei while the true Lu Fei was the discarded prince without mana.
Awkward didn't begin to cover it.
Holding Anna's soft body breathing in her fragrance Angus's manhood hardened
Pressing into his fiancée's pliant backside.
He rested his chin on her scented shoulder and smiled. "Sister Anna can't be wrong. Even if you were I'd stand with you help you solve it all. Sister Anna I'm a prince I'll protect you, make you happy for life."
Anna stiffened.
He had grown hard during their earlier embrace too but she had then believed him Lu Fei and didn't refuse pressing her hips back into him
Letting his iron-hard manhood grind through fabric
In Anna's heart, she would soon make love to Xiao Fei so letting him enter and this was a preview of the "surprising" big rod she thought his rebirth had given him.
But now knowing Angus was not Lu Fei she couldn't let his rod press her anymore.
Blushing, Anna squirmed to leave his hold and spoke seriously: "Angus I don't need your protection… Our engagement let's dissolve it. I love someone else."
The prince reeled struck as if by lightning.
He stared in disbelief. "Who? Who is he? Sister Anna you're joking right?"
Anna slipped free glanced at the tent in his pants blushed
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