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Chapter 80 Celebration
Chapter 80 Celebration
Adventurers' Guild.
The hall was bustling with noise at night, filled with laughter and the clinking of glasses.
Since the end of the great war, many adventurers have gathered here, raising their glasses to celebrate the victory and boasting about their performance on the battlefield.
As for the adventurers who died on the battlefield, the crowd did not feel much sorrow.
The first thing to learn when becoming an adventurer is to accept the death of others.
That's how adventurers are; you never know when you might die in some corner.
In the corner, at a long table made up of two square tables for two people, Karp and his group sat together with the members of House's team.
"Wow! I never expected Zem to join your team, House."
Jack spoke first, remarking with emotion.
"I never expected that you, Jack, would end up with Ms. Russell. Congratulations!"
House was also quite surprised by Jack and Ms. Russell.
No sooner had their first adventure ended than the two were married in a church.
Super fast!
When House first heard it from Zem, he thought he was hallucinating.
What does it mean to propose right after finishing treatment?
"Ugh, it's because I've been holding it in for too long and I don't want to wait any longer!"
Faced with House's teasing, Jack scratched his head and smiled sheepishly.
He smiled, raised his glass, and toasted everyone with Russell.
The others also raised their glasses to congratulate him.
At this moment, Karp picked up his glass, stood up, and thanked House again for saving his life.
He then recounted House's heroic deeds to everyone.
At this point, Luther chimed in, praising Captain House's bravery and swiftness in hunting goblins.
And his impressive record of single-handedly defeating more than thirty kobolds in the past.
House, who was being flattered, pretended to be embarrassed and waved his hand, then stood up and exchanged toasts with Karp.
He also stated that without Mr. Karp's meticulous guidance over the past month, he would not have been able to achieve this.
They flattered each other and toasted each other.
The atmosphere gradually warmed up, and everyone started chatting and laughing casually.
Only at the far end of the long table, Sylvia, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, remained silent throughout.
Strictly speaking, she was the only "outsider" present.
Zem and House were both members of Garp's team, and Luther and his sister were already acquainted with Garp and Jack through Zem.
The group members were all quite familiar with each other.
She was the only one who was not only an outsider but also of mixed race.
At this moment, Sylvia, who always wore a wide mage hat on her head, and the burly Zem sat on opposite sides of the long table, at the main seats on the narrower sides.
Just as Sylvia was holding a soup spoon, quietly sipping her mushroom soup with the two little ones, Lilim and Happy, beside her.
Karp, who was sitting close to her, suddenly spoke softly, reminding her, "The mushroom soup here is a bit sweet; you can add some cranberries to balance it out."
With that, Karp called to the waiter to bring two more plates of cranberries to the table, one on each side.
On the other side, directly opposite Garp, House, who had been chatting with Garp, suddenly looked at Jack next to Garp and asked him about Jack's battle.
According to the guild's plan, spellcasting apprentices and archers with ranged attack capabilities will not participate in direct combat, but will instead follow several spellcasters with light shield spells, and cooperate with a powerful professional to cross the battlefield.
A direct look at the goblin archers and mages.
The reason for taking such a big risk is mainly due to the strict hierarchical concept among monsters.
These lowly goblins don't have the same level of affection for their companions as humans do.
When adventurers fight goblin imps, goblin archers or mages standing by will not hesitate to attack the adventurers in front of them.
It doesn't matter if we accidentally hurt goblin imps as a result.
Because within the goblin tribe, special units like goblin archers and mages hold a much higher status than ordinary soldiers.
That's why the guild chose this plan.
When the conversation turned to the archers' combat situation, Jack glanced discreetly at Sylvia, who was nodding and quietly thanking Garp not far away.
Jack turned his gaze back to House, and as their eyes met, he smiled knowingly.
"Ah~ Speaking of which, I remember during the battle, there was a really powerful elf girl with long ears. She shot one magic arrow after another, and the arrows went really far."
Jack raised his voice slightly, making sure it was just loud enough for everyone at the table to hear.
Elf girl?
Russell, sitting next to Jack, raised an eyebrow upon hearing this and glanced at Jack sideways.
What is this guy saying next to me?
What kind of elf girl?
Why are you discussing other girls?
Is it because they think they're not good enough?
Russell, now 29 and nearing 30, had a complicated feeling when she heard Jack talking about other girls.
Because of her constant adventures, she rarely had the opportunity to properly take care of her face.
After falling in love for the first time and quickly getting married, Russell, unsurprisingly, developed appearance anxiety, just like other older women.
Russell, mistakenly believing that Jack was having an affair, immediately... pouted.
Despite her usual aloof and assertive demeanor, Russell is still a little girl at heart.
When her beloved talked about other girls, she was at a loss for words.
Jack continued chatting, using a style of conversation that House could understand but couldn't learn, successfully making everyone except Russell turn their attention to Sylvia.
That was House's ultimate goal.
When having a party, you need to be considerate of the feelings of each teammate.
Moreover, Ms. Catherine had helped him on several occasions.
Both logically and emotionally, House would not allow Sylvia to be "left out" at the party.
So before the party, he had a brief private chat with Jack.
Sure enough, Jack was not only very smart, but also a master of emotional intelligence and rhetoric.
With Jack's help, Karp's care, and House's encouragement, Sylvia gradually took off the wide-brimmed hat on her head.
The moment the hat was removed, Russell couldn't help but exclaim, "So you're the girl Jack likes?!"
At that moment, she realized that the girl wearing the huge mage's hood was not a mage, but the elven archer that Jack had mentioned!
As Russell finished speaking, everyone, including Sylvia herself, was stunned.
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The group looked at Jack, who then turned to Russell speechlessly, unsure whether to laugh or cry.
Seeing that Russell seemed to have misunderstood something, Jack could only patiently explain that he was simply interested in Russell's archery skills.
The only person he ever loved was Russell.
"Hahaha!"
Realizing that Russell had just misunderstood, Karp suddenly burst into laughter.
House smiled as he saw this.
Russell blushed instantly after being laughed at by the two of them.
The others, seeing this, also burst into laughter.
For a moment, the atmosphere inside and outside the table was filled with joy.
The laughter and joy didn't last long.
When the banquet was halfway through and everyone was quite tipsy...
Suddenly, a young adventurer rushed in from outside and stood at the entrance of the guild hall.
His face was filled with panic and fear.
"Everyone!"
He glanced around at the smiling adventurers, then roared in an extremely terrified voice, "Windrock Town is down!"
Windrock Town has been breached by the goblin army!
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