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Chapter 994: Chapter 995 Task_1 Chapter 994: Chapter 995 Task_1 Song Jian looked at Katherine in surprise, realizing that she hadn’t even recognized her own archery instructor. It was clear how little she cared for her archery lessons, probably not attending even one class a year.

“No wonder I’ve never seen you display any archery skills,” Song Jian muttered to himself.

Katherine was taken aback, then became embarrassed. She indeed did not like archery much, feeling that shooting arrows from a distance went against the spirit of knighthood.

“So, it is Tutor Turing. I’m sorry, but I cannot go back with you. I am now a hero under the command of this lord, and I can’t just leave without permission,” Katherine said earnestly. “It would be against the code of chivalry. Please relay this to my father, the king.”

“A lord? This young man?” Oling scrutinized Song Jian with a slight upturn of his mouth, shook his head, and said, “Princess, I am afraid this lord doesn’t know your true identity. If he did, he probably wouldn’t dare to have the Crown Princess of the human kingdom as one of his heroes. After all, you are a princess of the largest human kingdom, which possesses dozens of battle-hardened hero commanders, and commands over a million soldiers! You should know that the wrath of the King of Erasia is definitely not something a small lord with only a first-level castle can withstand.”

“A threat, he’s just threatening me, right?” Song Jian turned to Gutoya and said.

Gutoya glanced at Song Jian and nodded, “Lord, he is threatening you, but what he says is also true. Erasia, indeed, is the largest kingdom of the human faction, and making them an enemy is not a wise move.”

Song Jian’s expression immediately turned sour. He had been actively seeking the third hero to initiate battle mode, but if he let Katherine leave, he would be left with only one hero, moving farther away from the conditions to start battle mode.

“Katherine, would you like to leave here and return to the palace of Erasia?” Song Jian asked.

“Of course not. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have run away… I mean, I wouldn’t have left there,” Katherine said loudly.

“Alright, Oling, this castle does not welcome you. Please leave immediately, or we will be forced to expel you,” Song Jian said to Oling without delay.

“I will relay the situation here truthfully to His Majesty the King. I hope the day will come when we see each other again,” Oling said, looking at Song Jian with a disdainful expression.

Seeing Oling leave, Katherine’s gaze towards Song Jian suddenly became a bit frantic: “Maybe I should leave with him, after all…”
“Katherine, do what you like, and don’t let anyone force you to do anything!” Song Jian said earnestly to Katherine. “Here, I will protect you.”

“Thank you, Lord,” Katherine said with a grateful look, giving Song Jian a bow.

“Alright, take a rest first, then continue with your previous work. I still need to recruit one more hero,” Song Jian nodded, gesturing for Gutoya to follow him out of the tavern.

“Damn, why is recruiting the third hero so difficult?” Song Jian couldn’t help but curse.

“Lord, the strength of the Kingdom of Erasia is not so easy to withstand,” Gutoya reminded in a low voice.

“He won’t be able to get here in a short time, what’s there to be afraid of? Maybe by the time he arrives, we will have become strong enough to make them fear us.” Song Jian glanced at Tuya and said, “You are a forbidden curse mage after all, how can you be so timid?”

“Cough cough, as far as I know, in the kingdom of Elasia, there are six forbidden curse mages alone, and many others whose power rivals that of a forbidden curse mage!” Tuya said, “The most important thing is, the kingdom of Elasia possesses the divine artifact, the Anti-Magic Orb, which can seal any magical power. By that time, I’m afraid I won’t even be a match for an ordinary spearman.”

Song Jian’s movements stiffened for a moment, but soon, he patted Tuya on the shoulder to comfort him, “Don’t worry, we won’t have to face the kingdom of Elasia head-on. Catherine is their princess, after all. If it really comes down to it, we’ll just let her leave…”

It seemed that the strength of the kingdom of Elasia weighed heavily on the minds of these heroes. If Tuya were to flee, Song Jian might even feel like crying.

After comforting Tuya, Song Jian sat in the City Lord Mansion, worried. It would take a week for new heroes to appear at the tavern, but Song Jian didn’t want to wait that long. By that time, if the other examinees developed level six or seven troops or even higher-level troops, then his chances of completing the assessment would be greatly reduced.

Just as Song Jian was worrying, a small elf phantom suddenly appeared before his eyes.

This elf was only the size of a fingernail, radiating a faint green light all over, with a flower garland on its head and a pair of thin, cicada-like wings on its back. It floated in mid-air, circling Song Jian twice.

“Human, when will you slay the Black Demon King? Over a hundred more flower elves have met their tragic end under its enslavement,” said the flower elf in a clear voice.

“Flower elf? Damn, I almost forgot about that task,” Song Jian slapped his forehead and muttered to himself.

“Don’t worry, flower elf, I’ll set off right now to kill that Black Demon King,” Song Jian immediately said.

“Human, you must be quick. An elf hero went to kill the Black Demon King but failed and was imprisoned by it,” the flower elf said anxiously. “I hope you can save it—it’s a good person.”

“An elf hero?” A hint of joy appeared on Song Jian’s face. He took a deep breath, patted his chest, and said, “Don’t worry, that Black Demon King won’t be rampant for much longer. I will definitely kill it and rescue all the flower elves and the elf hero.”

“That’s great, you need to be quick, even quicker…” After receiving Song Jian’s promise, the flower elf happily circled around once more before its image slowly began to fade and disappear.

“An elf hero, this is like a pillow arriving as I’m about to nod off. If I can rescue it from the clutches of the Black Dragon and have it join my team, isn’t that the logical course of events?” Song Jian murmured to himself. “But I have to be fast; if I’m too late and the Black Dragon eats it, all my efforts will be in vain.”

Song Jian didn’t even call for Tuya or Catherine. He immediately summoned the Flame Light Wings and shot straight up into the sky from the City Lord Mansion, heading for the highest peak of the elf mountain range. According to the flower elf’s description, the lair of the Black Dragon, which was aging and seriously injured, was located at the highest peak of the mountain range.

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PS: Thanks to “Shangguan Miao” for the gift of 500 starting coins~