“One, two, three, four…”

Luo Jia poured the gold dragons from her bag onto the table, carefully counted them twice, and her brow furrowed involuntarily.

Twenty-one.

In less than half a month, she had used up three-quarters of her savings. At this rate, in another week or two, she would have to slink back home, throwing all her grand ambitions into the quicksand.

The expenses of a big city were too exaggerated!

Especially that Evelyn’s Hundred Flavors Tavern, it was outrageous! Even a gang of robbers openly robbing with knives wouldn't be so… so…

No, that's not right. Luo Jia dejectedly lowered her head, letting out a whimper, and her ears drooped. They didn't openly rob her. She honestly took the gold dragons out of her bag and willingly handed them over. In particular, the tavern owner had repeatedly expressed concern, feeling that she was spending too much, and kindly advised her several times. She even said that as long as she joined the Witch Union, she could receive a bottle of free drink every month, but she didn't listen at all.

She had succumbed to her desire.

Or rather, kindness.

But…

It really couldn't be blamed on her. The Chaos Drink was simply magical, even better than the morning dew of Artura Oasis—she couldn't even find words to describe their taste, but without exception, every color of drink was unparalleled. The word "Hundred Flavors" was well-deserved.

If it was just a single variety, even the Tri-Gods' fine wine, she was confident she could control herself. After all, moderate alcohol consumption was beneficial to warriors, while excessive consumption was self-destructive. But the Chaos Drink was too varied. She couldn't help but want to try the next flavor, and unconsciously, the gold dragons flowed away like water.

Luo Jia agitatedly turned her head left and right, rubbing her forehead against the cold table, trying to clear her mind.

No, she couldn't continue like this.

As long as she stayed in the city, she would unconsciously want to go to the tavern—to be honest, aside from the shockingly expensive drinks, it was a good place to broaden her horizons and gather information. Sitting down anywhere, she could hear conversations from merchants from all over the Northern Lands, and unlike the traveling merchants in the far south, most of them were wealthy and talked about fresh things, which she found very beneficial. Also, she occasionally met kindred spirits and learned some inside information about the Witch Union.

Unfortunately, the remaining savings no longer allowed her to wait and see.

She had to take action.

To overcome this desire, fighting outside the city was the most effective choice. Temporarily leaving Neverwinter City could keep her away from the Hundred Flavors Tavern, and fighting could make her forget everything.

The wolf girl closed her eyes, and the long sandy road could not help but appear in her mind.

That's right, this must also be a challenge given to her by the Tri-Gods.

Thinking of this, she felt much more invigorated.

After patting her cheeks, Luo Jia put the gold dragons back into her bag and turned to pack her things.

She hadn't spent all her time in the Hundred Flavors Tavern in the past half month. First, through Ash's connection, she visited her life-saving benefactor, Nana Wawa Pine xiaojie, and learned an important piece of information: there were three witches with healing abilities in Neverwinter City, namely Nana Wawa, Lily, and Leaf. They were not exclusively enjoyed by the Chief, but ran a clinic, where local residents could receive treatment for a fee—this fee was much cheaper than the Chaos Drink.

In other words, even without serving the Chief, she could obtain stable treatment, which was even better than she initially expected.

In addition, although Nana Wawa xiaojie's healing ability was the strongest, it could only take effect face-to-face, while Lily's and Leaf's abilities could be imparted to objects. For example, the "Special Hemostatic Medicine" with rapid hemostatic ability was collected and made by Leaf xiaojie—although Luo Jia had no idea what the relationship was between this small bottle of gray powder and the gold dragon.

The potion made by Lily was called "Purification Potion", which looked no different from ordinary well water, but had the effect of preventing the erosion of the plague, which was in line with the word "purification". When the wound was exposed, the plague was often more likely to take the warrior's life than blood loss and pain, so she naturally understood the value of such drugs. If it weren't for the expiration date, she would have bought all the potions she saw.

Both of these medicines could be bought in the clinic, and the price was not expensive relative to their effect. It was undoubtedly the best guarantee for warriors to challenge higher peaks. As long as they were used reasonably, she was full of confidence in defeating strong enemies.

Secondly, the third princess of Wildflame discovered that the Northern Lands adventure skills she had mastered before were not working. There was no "rat organization" that the traveling merchants had mentioned in Neverwinter City, and the residents seemed to know nothing about devils. She asked dozens of people, and the answer was "I don't know", which also attracted the attention of some men in black.

Now her understanding of devils was still limited to what Ash had revealed to her, and a conversation she had overheard once in the Hundred Flavors Tavern: there was an abandoned city in the desert north of Neverwinter, where devils seemed to have appeared.

According to past experience, she shouldn't act rashly when intelligence was so scarce, but now she urgently needed to get rid of the temptation of the Chaos Drink, and at the same time prove herself to the Chief, so she had to adapt to the situation.

Since it was a challenge, it would inevitably be full of dangers and setbacks.

She had made full preparations in her heart.

…

Leaving the border of Neverwinter City, Luo Jia found a deserted forest, took off her clothes, transformed into a giant wolf, and then ran north all the way with her luggage in her mouth.

She didn't know the specific location of the abandoned city, and she didn't know if she could meet devils, but the desert wolf had extremely keen hearing and sense of smell. For her, the wild was not much more dangerous and complicated than human settlements. In the far south, she relied on this ability to find deeply hidden opponents and eliminate them time and time again.

She believed this time would be the same.

Feeling the snow water that was integrated with the soil under her feet, Luo Jia even had a feeling that the Tri-Gods would guide her to meet the real enemy.

However, before she ran far, she suddenly heard a whistling sound approaching rapidly in the air.

Something was swooping down on her!

This kind of air-splitting warning was quite familiar.

In that sacred duel on the Scorching Fire High Platform, the Four-Winged Eagle launched a sudden attack in this way—if she couldn't dodge such a swift attack before, now she had enough experience to deal with everything.

An excellent Sand Nomad warrior would never be hit twice by the same attack!

Luo Jia exerted force with one leg and rolled to the side, while rotating her body ninety degrees, so that her line of sight faced the direction of the attacker. Then her thick and powerful hind legs were embedded in the soil, and the muscles had been stretched to the tightest, and the sharp claws stretched out of the pads. As long as the enemy's attack missed, it would be met with a fatal counterattack—

A giant beast slammed into the position where she had been, splashing a large amount of snow water. The wide wings were even more amazing than the Four-Winged Eagle, and the ground seemed to tremble with the impact.

Along with it was a slightly surprised cry, as if surprised that this blow had missed.

“Goo?”