New Century Warriors

Chapter 24. A Man Burning with Fury!

Lei Ye had another bad feeling.

Although I never experienced family discipline, it was clear that this was an atmosphere where family discipline was expected.

The door slammed shut, shutting out even Venus who was following Lei Ye. It seemed Ye Lei was truly enraged, and she was about to do something inappropriate for children, something that shouldn't be seen by any kids.

Lei Ye hesitated for a moment, then silently bent over by the bed.

He had heard Ye Lei mention in their late-night conversation a few days ago that the reason the two of them had never argued in the past five years was that whenever one of them realized that the problem lay with them, they would lean against the edge of the bed and stick their butt out, letting the other person hit their butt with a bean stick until they felt better. Then the two of them would roll around on the bed a few times, hug each other, and go to sleep. When they woke up again, there would be no problem.

He waited for a while but didn't get any beans. When he turned around, he only saw Ye Lei's amused and exasperated expression.

"I'm not angry, come here."

Lei Ye approached hesitantly and saw her standing by the table, writing and drawing on a piece of paper.

Upon closer inspection, she had written down individual words, including the Thunderfire Sword and Magnum mentioned in the previous conversation, as well as words that were both familiar and unfamiliar to Raino, such as the Chainsaw Sword, Loretta's special move, and the Sword of Damocles.

Finally, Ye Lei drew a large circle and handed the paper to Lei Ye.

"Nothing on this is usable."

"ah?!"

Lei Ye paused for a moment, then looked at the paper again, and couldn't help but show a distressed expression.

This is equivalent to banning all of his most powerful magical items.

Speaking of the Sword of Damocles, it intrigued Lei Ye. It sounded like something incredibly powerful, floating above Hillius as a last resort to protect the city. However, he hadn't found anything matching that name in either the shop's menu or his inventory.

Haha, it can't be that his hook is always flying in the sky, right?

"These are absolutely forbidden. Not only can you not lend them to others, but you yourself must never use them in front of anyone else," Ye Lei's tone was more serious than ever before. "Can you promise me that, darling?"

"...good."

The reason for not using the powerful weapon despite its creation is incomprehensible, but perhaps it is the result of careful consideration by Raino and Ye Lei on Line 2. Raino decides to trust the other Raino.

"They're right. This time, Cepolis is serious. Although I don't know why she's so impatient, this time, no one else can stop her."

"Yeah, that's right... why are you getting so worked up?"

"You're absolutely right. This is our city, and we're getting married here. If we let her run wild, fewer people will attend our wedding. So we need to teach her a lesson."

"I don't think that's what I meant just now..."

Ye Lei suddenly burst into a delighted giggle.

"So what's our relationship now? I'm your fiancée, right?"

"You can understand it that way, that's fine. Also, I take back what I said before, you don't need to worry about that strange curse. Even if you get married, you won't die suddenly and have your power drained."

"Huh, why do you say that?"

"There are no female college students in this other world..." Raino sighed and took out the menu.

That said, after the incident, is marriage really on the agenda? Regardless of Ye Lei, for Lei Ye, this is a major life event that can't be taken lightly. But Lei Ye inexplicably feels that if they get married, things will be stable, and they can live a normal married life here. The giant octopus's massacre of the city certainly won't happen again. Thinking about it this way, it's a bit like a princess resolutely deciding to marry for the sake of peace and prosperity...

The menu was originally prepared for customers, listing all the magical items sold in the store. Now, Raino will rely on it to estimate what he can use next. Although his magical item making skills are not yet up to par, he can roughly judge how to use everything in his storage bag just by touching it. Just like with the Giga Battle Device, it can be turned into a handy weapon as soon as it is taken out.

Come to think of it, I didn't see anything like "Gigabit Fighting Device" on the menu. What is this thing actually called?

Oh, I see, that must be the Trembling Phantom Dragon.

It doesn't sound as good as the fighting device.

Just as Lei Ye was silently planning his inventory of usable weapons, he heard the sound of clothes swaying behind him. Turning around, he saw Ye Lei shaking out a large, long black coat, her movements as practiced as a mother shaking out a new quilt for spring.

Then Ye Lei stepped forward and put the plain, unfashionable coat on Lei Ye. She circled around him, patting him here and there, and smiled with satisfaction.

"It was made last year. You were a bit chubby then, so it was a little too big. As long as it fits, it's fine."

The clothes had a subtle fragrance, different from the faint floral scent emanating from everything in the room related to Ye Lei; it was a faint medicinal scent.

Lei Ye sensed something was wrong, but didn't ask.

"Not bad," Ye Lei helped Lei Ye straighten his clothes, then stood on tiptoe and patted his shoulder. "My man is so handsome it's unbelievable. Tomorrow is your day to shine, so you definitely need to be dressed well."

Handsome, isn't he?

Regardless of the fact that everyone in this alien world is handsome or beautiful, back on Earth, the most common comments he received about his appearance from his relatives were, "This child is so lucky, look at those big earlobes!" Every time he got a haircut, the only comment was, "That head shape looks so smart!" Apart from his mother, no one ever praised him for being handsome.

So this is what a virtuous wife and loving mother means. Men should indeed date good women who can be both virtuous wives and loving mothers.

Ye Lei pressed her body against him and hugged him.

She sighed and said something strange.

"...If only you and him could get along peacefully."

Lei Ye was taken aback. For some reason, he felt that these words were not meant for him.

But the next sentence was addressed to him.

"Don't think that this little incident can make up for what happened during the day. You weren't good on our date today."

"What...what does that mean?"

"Don't think I haven't found anything. You should be prepared to be punished. Tonight, I'm going to let you eat your fill."

"What...what do you want to eat?"

"Yes, what is it?"

...

—The next day.

When Lei Ye arrived at the entrance of the Explorers' Guild, Antorola and Maria were already waiting for him.

The two were fully armed.

Maria, in particular, was wearing that bikini armor that Raino remembered so vividly. Raino recalled that it was a natural magical artifact he had obtained from the underground labyrinth, capable of activating a flash mode. When fighting, enemies could only see the crazy flashing milk basket and triangle basket, which was extremely disgusting.

Antoura also took the sword passed down from her mother. Raino remembered that Antoura usually only kept it as a treasure and would never use it unless she had a very special request.

It's clear how much importance they place on this battle.

"This is a fight for ordinary people, please, Boss Lei." Antorola lowered her head.

"Okay, Mom."

"...What?"

I accidentally blurted it out again, but if I said to her, "Miss Governor, you don't want the citizens of Hillius to continue to suffer, do you? If you want me to help, then be my mother. Tonight I want to play baby play!" she probably wouldn't be able to refuse.

However, Lei Ye is not very enthusiastic about finding his mother right now.

The two men led Lei Ye to the vicinity of the city wall.

Wow... this place is full of resentment.

Before even reaching the city wall, Lei Ye saw the other explorers in the guild, besides the mages, working as support staff. Everyone looked exhausted. Just then, Lei Ye saw the powerful warrior, Tucker, carrying a basket full of magic potions, run past him like a gust of wind.

"It seems the mages in a certain area have run out of magic, and the logistics personnel responsible for that area are resupplying them," Antorola explained from the side.

"...Why not use storage bags? It's so troublesome."

"Because the guild's potions are also in short supply... You know it's illegal to randomly check other people's storage bags. If someone secretly hoards potions and then demands an excessive amount, the guild's inventory will run out very quickly."

The Shirethians may be a bit too divine, but they're not that bad, are they?

"Actually... initially we did use storage bags to distribute supplies, but one elf kept asking for more supplies, and the amount he asked for became increasingly strange, so this was really a last resort..."

Okay, I understand now.

Another soldier pushed his tricycle past him like the wind, but in the opposite direction, carrying some things away. Lei Ye glanced at the contents of his tricycle; it was a large quantity of brightly colored slime jelly.

Hmm? This is spoils of war?

But doesn't the corpse of the filthy disappear after death? And the filthy body only looks like a slime at first glance, but it is actually more solid and the color is uniform. How come there are so many slime jelly here?

For some reason, Antoura suddenly blushed.

"High-quality magic potions use highly nutritious ingredients, so... they can also help to fill your stomach."

But she still managed to explain to Lei Ye in a relatively calm tone.

"But if you use magic potions instead of food for a long time, your excrement will turn into high-quality slime jelly! What's wrong?! Even the most beautiful magician needs to excrete, okay? Why are you looking at me like that?!"

"I'm surprised that you actually loaded this kind of stuff onto a truck and drove away! It's one thing if the medicine has a special reason, but couldn't you at least pack this dirty stuff into a storage bag and throw it away? It doesn't smell bad, but... wait, come to think of it, it doesn't really have much of a smell."

Raino has only ever seen such a setup in Paradise!

But Raino didn't sense anything erotic about it.

Let's just imagine that those friends from our old chat group on Earth who loved to move poop have traveled back in time. Not only have they become beautiful girls who can use magic, but they can also produce high-quality poop every day, load it onto trucks, and move it around everywhere. They would definitely be very happy.

"Of course it has no smell because these are just some magical impurities and are not dirty. And then, the reason for transporting it this way is to let these merchants check the quality. After confirming that it is up to standard, they will put it into a storage bag and take it away."

"Businessmen? That's bullshit. Who would buy this stuff?"

Raiye stopped on the steps of the city wall and looked in the direction Antorola was pointing.

Sure enough, several young and lovely ladies were circling around the cart, pointing at the colorful magic jelly on it, as if they were bargaining.

Oh my, these beautiful young women look somewhat familiar. It's like I've seen them somewhere before, even though we don't know each other very well.

Where have I seen this before?

Ah, I've got it.

Lei Ye suddenly slapped his head, a look of joy on his face.

It was on Line 1 that Raino frequented a special shop. Although he couldn't afford to buy slime jelly, the beautiful shopkeeper would patiently show Raino the various details of her handmade slime jelly. Raino would always listen attentively to the explanation and then happily go to the fruit shop next door to buy a big bag of bananas to take home.

This is like when Lei Ye was still on Earth, he would always pay attention to the latest products on various online shopping platforms, ask customer service for detailed displays and explanations, and after a while, customer service would ask him, "Sir, why haven't you placed an order yet? Do you think our discounts aren't good enough?" But all he would get from Lei Ye was a "haha" and "thank you".

Looking back now, Lei Ye still feels that it was a wonderful time. He thinks that the shopkeeper was so beautiful and charming, yet she was willing to make such shameful props by hand to give the people in need the highest happiness. She was the most lovable ordinary yet great person in this city.

It was for people like this that Lei Ye was willing to risk his life to protect this city.

Wait a minute, when she said "made by hand," did she really mean made by hand, or did she mean something else...?

"Ah..." The joy and color on Raino's face vanished quickly.

He could barely hold on and stumbled, falling onto the steps.

"That's too much...that's too much...!!!"

"How could this be? How could it be like this? How could it be like this! No—!"

He angrily pounded the ground.

"You have to act with conscience!! With conscience!!! Conscience... what happened to your conscience?!"

"Ray! Boss Ray!" Antorola quickly helped him up. "You're probably shocked because this is the first time you've heard of something like this, but... this industry is completely legal and compliant, and high-quality magic jelly sells for a lot of money. The guild also needs this money to generate revenue..."

"You think I don't know whether the price is high or not?!"

As Lei Ye watched the girls indeed take away the magic jelly in their storage bags, all that welled up in his heart was sorrow, endless sorrow.

The sadness gradually turned into anger.

Anger burning fiercely!

He felt that something peaceful and joyful in his heart had been destroyed.

Damn you, you vile creature! If it weren't for you, how would I know any of this? It's all your fault, you're going to die!

Filled with unprecedented fighting spirit, Lei Ye stood up again on the steps and strode up the city wall.

Before seeing the battle outside the city walls, Lei Ye first saw the mages in the guild. Each of them looked like a demon crawling out of hell, exuding terrifying resentment. However, judging from their sunken eye sockets, dark circles, and messy hair, they must have not had a proper rest for a long time, so it was inevitable that their mental state would be like this.

...After what just happened, Lei Ye felt somewhat uncomfortable looking at magicians.

"Sector One, enemy attack—"

As soon as he reached the top of the city wall, he heard someone shouting from the tower.

The next second, the mage closest to Lei Ye scrambled to his feet, took a bottle of potion from the basket next to him and gulped it down. Then he raised his staff, aimed, and the magic around him began to fluctuate, gathering into a faint magic circle at the magic stone at the tip of the staff.

"Ice Blast!" the mage chanted quickly.

Lei Ye peeked out and looked towards the outside of the city.

Wow... there are so many craters everywhere you look, traces of magical explosions are everywhere.

A stray dog ​​was speeding toward the city wall. To be honest, Raino didn't really want to use the slightly cool-sounding term "evil familiar," because no matter how you looked at it, it was just a stray dog, with nothing special about it except for its dark red fur.

The ice bomb hit!

The violent explosion was accompanied by the dispersing icy mist; judging from the effect, it should be some kind of high-level magic with high damage over a small area.

This young mage is quite an elite...

However, just a few seconds later, the wild dog staggered out of the icy mist. The previous attack had only seriously injured it but not killed it. The mage then followed up with a mid-level single-target spell, which barely hit the wild dog, whose movement speed had been greatly reduced, before finally killing it.

It seems that while wild dogs may not be top-tier in individual combat, they are still quite resilient.

Its most troublesome aspect is not its combat power, but its ever-increasing numbers.

Just as the stray dogs on this side were dealt with, someone on the other tower shouted.

"Sector Four, enemy attack!"

"..."

"...Sector Four! Enemy attack!!"

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Sector Four! — BYD Loya, where are you?"