"By the way, Colonel Tessa, you will lead four Royal Guards to stay behind and clean up the battle aftermath. After itâs done, ride the griffins to send the injured to Bornberry."
"Understood, Lord Viscount!" Tessa nodded and said.
"Commodore Gregory, Baron Olsen, Mr. Benest, letâs move out!" Henry said.
Since they needed to escort Olaf, Henry had both Baron Olsen and Mr. Benest accompany them this time.
...
Once Henry and his group left with the bound Olaf on griffins, the atmosphere at the scene instantly relaxed quite a bit.
"Raine! How did your strength become so strong? I canât even understand it!" Laisa stepped forward and heavily patted Raine, excitedly saying, "But itâs not just you progressing. Let me tell you, Iâve advanced to Level 4 Classes!"
"Level 4? Congratulations!" Raine looked at Laisa with slight surprise. Indeed, the concentration of Laisaâs aura was a bit higher than before.
"Finally on the same level as you!" Laisa raised her head with pride.
"Uh..." Hearing this, Raine hesitated about whether to tell Laisa he had advanced to Level 5.
It wasnât that he wanted to dampen Laisaâs enthusiasm, but this was something he couldnât hide.
"Hmm? No, youâre... Raine! Youâre Level 5?!" Laisa immediately sensed something off in Raineâs tone, and after just a little perception, she exclaimed in amazement and disbelief.
"Fortunately made some progress."
"Ah!! How did your Classes Level advance so quickly? I knew you when you were just Level 1!" Laisaâs face suddenly fell.
Hearing Laisaâs words, Reya had a moment of distraction. She remembered that when she first knew Raine, neither of them were even Classes yet.
Although she had now reclassified into the Special Classes âPhantom Shooterâ and was about to reach Level 2, Raine... unexpectedly had reached Level 5 Classes!
The gap had widened too much!
"The key is, Mr. Reinâs strength far exceeds his Classes Level." At this moment, the Druid Maiden Sulfur Vine saw Laisaâs expression and couldnât help but cover her mouth and chuckle.
"Yeah, yeah! Raine, whatâs the secret of your strength?" Laisa regained her composure and quickly asked.
"Well... I happened to take a dragonâs blood bath." Raine said with a smile, using the reason he had long prepared.
"Wow! Bathed in dragonâs blood? Did you kill a dragon?" Laisaâs eyes widened in disbelief, and aside from Meredith, everyone else also looked over.
The Dwarf Bruno and Mage Loren exchanged glances, both at a loss for words.
They had just caught a Snow Rabbit on the edge of the Lankote Snowfield, while Raine had been slaying dragons in the depths of the snowfield...
Including Schneider and the members of the Giant Blade Squad, their expressions were the same!
"It was wounded by others, so I took the opportunity to bathe."
"Why didnât you call me for such a great opportunity!"
"By the way, Raine, look!" Laisa said, pulling out two plump, white rabbits.
"Snow Rabbits?" Raine raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"Yeah! Didnât you need a Frost Blade Leopard to complete the task?"
"Thank you!" Raine immediately understood the Snow Rabbitsâ purpose.
"No need to thank, itâs a group effort, not just me who caught them."
"Raine, whereâs your Courage Set? Arenât you cold?" At this moment, Elise blinked her big eyes, looking puzzled at Raine, who was only wearing a linen shirt.
"Itâs damaged, Iâm not cold."
"Letâs go, this place wonât do; the activity from the battle was too loud. Even if the Frost Blade Leopard smells the Snow Rabbit, it wonât come over."
"Okay!"
"Colonel Tessa, weâll leave this place to you."
"Understood, Mr. Rein, weâve almost finished here. Looking forward to seeing you next time." Tessa said with a smile.
"Hmm, there will be a chance."
Quickly, the group left the temporary camp, heading towards the spot where Raine first hunted the Frost Blade Leopard.
Half an hour later.
Raine emerged from behind a large stone, holding an intact Snow Rabbit and two sharp tusks.
"Eh? Whereâs the Frost Blade Leopard?" Laisa first checked the Snow Rabbit in Raineâs hand and then looked behind the stone, a bit baffled.
"Oh well, the Frost Blade Leopard didnât even get to eat the Snow Rabbit; itâs quite pitiful." Raine showed the tusks with a smile.
Just now, upon encountering him, the Frost Blade Leopard immediately lay on the ground and showed its belly, which made Raine hesitant to strike it hard.
After some thought, he broke off the Frost Blade Leopardâs two tusks by hand and released it.
"Raine, look." At this moment, Laisa pointed at a fiery mount rapidly approaching from the distant sky.
"It looks like a Dragon Hawk."
"A Dragon Hawk?" Raine looked and showed a puzzled expression.
"Yeah, a Level 5 Challenge flying Demon, ferocious by nature, but if raised from young, it can be used as a mount, though they are much rarer than griffins."
Raine nodded.
Level 5 Challenge, three Challenge Levels higher than a griffin. While the daily feeding and maintenance cost of a griffin could reach a hundred gold a year, one could imagine for the Dragon Hawk.
"Huh? Theyâre about to land, and the landing spot seems to be the temporary campâs position."
"Hmm?" Raine squinted his eyes slightly.
Is it the Nightmare Blade squad?
...
Temporary Camp.
With the Dragon Hawk leading a group of flying mounts descending, the members of the Wind Spirit Squad quickly jumped down to guard and inspect the area.
Balza Feng took out the Communication Crystal, operating it several times, but it still showed no response, causing him to frown, mumbling:
"Strange, this should be the place, why is there no one?"
"Still canât contact Salerno?" Aiel asked.