Chapitre 607: Chapter 607: This Spear is Our Faith, Who Dares Insult It?
"Wow! This jerky is so good! What kind of meat is it? It melts in my mouth. I've never tasted anything like it." Tia exclaimed, her bright eyes sparkling with delight.
Corran smiled. "I don't know. My father prepares it. Every time he goes out, he brings back a lot of meat and shares it with the villagers."
Olivia and Sylph also tasted the jerky, finding it exceptionally delicious. If they knew the jerky they held was from a dragon, they would surely cry out in shock. "No... what have we eaten?" Dragon meat wasn't something one could eat casually. If the dragons found out, they would undoubtedly retaliate furiously.
"Do you feel it? This jerky seems to contain a kind of power," Tia asked curiously, unable to describe the sensation, but definitely aware of it.
Olivia and Sylph nodded in agreement. They felt it too. They looked at Corran.
Corran blinked her bright eyes, a little puzzled. "Really? I've never felt anything like that. Maybe it's because I've been eating it since I was a child, and I've gotten used to it."
Tia and Sylph didn't think much of it. However, Olivia felt a lingering doubt about the jerky. There was definitely something different. As a warrior, she felt a subtle change in her body after consuming it. Although faint, she could sense it. Still, she dismissed the thought. Perhaps it was a local specialty of Corran's hometown. Different places always had their unique products.
A while later…
"So delicious! I'm so full! I'm going to get fat again." Tia leaned back against her chair, her red hair cascading down, rubbing her belly. Even though she was full, it was so delicious that she couldn't help but eat more.
Corran said, "My dad eats a lot. Even a large piece of meat like this isn't enough for a few bites for him."
Tia and the others laughed. They felt like Corran was describing her father as a pig, with such an enormous appetite.
Several months later…
Ironforge City.
Corran and her friends arrived here to attend a classmate's birthday party. They initially wanted to decline, but since everyone else in their class was going, they worried about what people might say if they didn't attend. In the end, they decided to treat it as a vacation.
"Everyone, my father is the City Lord of Ironforge. I, Dave, have been very low-key and haven't told you about my identity because I was afraid it would create a distance between us classmates. But today is my birthday, and I can no longer hide it. I hope we can still get along peacefully and that you won't feel any pressure." Dave, with his handsome blond hair, which he kept stylishly adjusting, proudly announced his identity.
Tia whispered, "This guy is so full of himself."
Sylph said, "Didn't he have people spread rumors about his identity when we first started school? Everyone knows. He's pretending we don't."
Olivia rolled her eyes, not taking Dave seriously. She had seen countless arrogant guys like him.
Ironforge City lived up to its reputation as the second-largest city after the capital, bustling with economic prosperity.
Dave led everyone around the city. Commoners readily made way for them, knowing they couldn't afford to offend these students in their academy uniforms.
Arriving at a square…
"Huh? Why is there a spear standing here? It looks so ordinary, even worn out." A male student curiously remarked, then teased, "Doesn't Ironforge have some special customs? But they shouldn't put this broken thing here."
"Parker, shut up! Apologize to this Hero's Spear, or I won't forgive you." Dave's previously cheerful face suddenly turned grim, glaring angrily at Parker as if wanting to beat him up.
The classmates were startled. They didn't expect Dave, who had been in a good mood just moments ago, to suddenly become so furious. They were confused.
Parker's face darkened at Dave's disrespectful words. Even if his father was the City Lord, so what? Did Parker have no background himself?
"Dave, don't go too far. It's just an ordinary broken spear. What's so great about it? You're embarrassing me in front of so many people. You think I'm afraid of you?" Parker retorted.
Tia tugged at Corran's sleeve. "What's going on? They were just fine, why are they suddenly arguing?"
"I don't know," Corran shook her head. She didn't understand the situation either.
Dave said coldly, "Insulting the hero in my heart is insulting me, and it's insulting the entire Ironforge City. Not only will I not forgive you, but my father won't forgive you, and the people of Ironforge won't forgive you."
Hearing this, everyone understood that this spear must have a story.
"Dave, tell us about the spear."
"Yeah, Parker didn't know. If he had, he wouldn't have said that."
Now, everyone wanted to know the story behind this spear. After all, it looked so ordinary, with nothing remarkable about it.
Dave took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, his eyes seemingly recalling the events of that day. He slowly began:
"Many years ago, Ironforge City faced its greatest crisis ever. Three Golden Saint Dragons, leading two Saint-level magical beasts, launched a beast tide against the city. It was a terrifying situation. Even the elite warriors and Saint-level mages dispatched from the capital couldn't withstand the onslaught."
"But at the most critical moment, a legendary hero passed by Ironforge. He took an ordinary spear from an ordinary soldier and went out of the city alone. Countless magical beasts dared not move in front of the legendary hero, obediently making way for him."
"The legendary hero came before the Saint Dragons and pierced their three heads with just three strikes. He repelled countless magical beasts and saved our Ironforge City from the crisis."
"Although I was very young at the time, I was prepared to coexist with Ironforge. I witnessed it with my own eyes. That was the legendary hero in my heart, my idol. This spear may seem ordinary, but it has been bathed in the blood of Saint Dragons. It represents the rebirth of Ironforge. No one can insult the faith of our Ironforge's rebirth."
"Are… are you going to apologize?" He delivered this speech with passionate fervor, not forgetting to praise himself. "I wasn't afraid of death back then. Pretty impressive, right?"
After hearing this, the classmates were shocked. They didn't expect this ordinary spear to have such a legendary story.
Dragons… they had heard of them, but never seen one. Moreover, this spear had slain Saint Dragons, which held even greater significance. Many exclaimed in awe, realizing there were such terrifyingly powerful individuals in this world. Someone capable of slaying a dragon, whose defenses could only be breached by divine weapons, with such an ordinary weapon.
Suddenly, some classmates seemed to recall something.
"I think I've heard of this before."
"I can't believe the weapon that slew the Saint Dragons is so ordinary."
Parker hadn't expected this.
"I'm sorry, I was wrong. I didn't know it was so important to Ironforge."
Hearing his apology, Dave's expression softened.
Tia exclaimed, "Corran, did you hear that? Someone actually used such an ordinary spear to slay Saint Dragons. That's amazing!"
"It is amazing." Corran was also stunned, but she silently encouraged herself, "I have to work harder. I will be as strong as them one day."
The spear before her was indeed very ordinary, practically worthless. But to the people of Ironforge, it represented extraordinary significance.
Olivia thought of the situation in the Locke Empire. Back then, the Locke Empire faced the threat of the Undead Monarch from the Great Tomb. The princess had to sacrifice herself to accompany the Undead Monarch. At that time, Olivia loved playing with her older sister, the princess. When she learned about this, she was heartbroken but powerless. Until later, she heard that a mysterious expert appeared and eliminated the Undead Monarch. This person was a hero in her heart. Therefore, she could understand Dave's anger when he heard someone insult the spear.
Afterwards, the four girls left the group and wandered around the city. As members of an adventurer team, they enjoyed visiting adventurer taverns.
The competition in the capital was fierce, with many large adventurer guilds.
In the tavern, the four girls sat, chatting casually over some juice. Unexpectedly, they were harassed by some crude-looking men.
Just as Olivia was about to draw her sword and teach them a lesson, someone intervened. It was another elf girl.
Sylph was happy to see a fellow elf, but she couldn't sense the characteristic elven scent from her. Instead, there was a human scent mixed in. She must be of mixed elven and human heritage, raised in a human city, not entirely belonging to the elven race.
The crude-looking men, upon seeing her, had already run away. That was the wife of the Guild Master of the Glai Adventurer Guild. Who among these small adventurer team members would dare to provoke her? They could only flee in disgrace.
"It's safe here. What just happened was an unusual occurrence. Do you sisters want to join our Glai Adventurer Guild?"
The four girls exchanged glances.
"Sorry, we've already formed our own adventurer team, and we're still studying at the academy. Thank you for the offer."
"Oh well, what a pity." She smiled politely, nodded, and walked inside.
The four girls chattered excitedly among themselves. "Are we that impressive? She scouted us! And she's from a guild!"
Guilds were more powerful than adventurer teams. Guilds like this one took on more challenging missions, a world apart from their small-scale operations.
If the Glai Guild Master knew that the daughter of the person who sold him the artifact was here, he would surely exclaim, "I ripped your father off! That thing wasn't worth just a couple hundred gold. It's a priceless treasure!"
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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Power Stone 
-- Power
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