"Hey, kid, stop. You, the one with bck hair, that's you."Standing at the bridgehead, Leo looked at a group of royal guards blocking his way with an innocent face.What are these guards trying to do? Looking for trouble or collecting tolls? Speaking of which, since when did the other world also start to collect tolls?Wow, just look at their formation. It's much more intimidating than the toll booths before time - traveling. They directly pulled out more than a dozen burly men. How many people would dare not pay? It really has the essence of the saying that "This road is mine, this tree is mine. If you want to pass here, leave your money.""Is he a professional?" The leading guard walked up and asked, looking at the mad wolf beside Leo. It seemed that these guards regarded Leo as a hunter warrior who had mastered the art of taming pets."Well..." Leo had a bright face and gave the other party a standard smile. Not too much and not too little, just showing eight teeth exactly.Those toll - collectors are really annoying."You bastard!" A hot - tempered guard among them immediately drew his weapon.A defiant guy! The leading guard evaluated Leo like this. He waved his hand to stop the restlessness of his subordinates."I'm Veri, the sheriff of Donggu Logging Camp. I'm responsible for the safety of the whole Donggu. If there is anything, maybe you can come to me." The leading guard first made a self - introduction and then continued, "Hunter, we don't mean any harm. It's just that you look unfamiliar, so I want to give you a reminder. Be careful of the Defias thieves lurking around here."Defias thieves! Leo was surprised. There were also Defias thieves active in Donggu. This pce is already close to the Red Ridge Mountains. Isn't this the farthest pce in the Elven Forest from the Western Wilderness? Does this mean that the traces of the Defias Thief Group have already run through the whole forest? Since when has the Defias Thief Group developed to such a scale?Seeing Leo's surprised expression, a guard couldn't help but sneer: "Hey, look at this kid. He must be so scared that he will wet his pants.""Alright, Casper, don't cause trouble." Veri stepped forward to stop the guard and then said, "Continue the patrol."Since the boss spoke, the guard named Casper didn't dare to say much more. He snorted heavily at Leo and then walked into the forest with another guard. The guards of Donggu Logging Camp should ensure the safety of the road. Every day, in addition to patrolling on the main road, they also need to enter the forest beside the main road to drive away the wild beasts that may be lurking nearby and ready to hunt."Captain is really something. I'm just dissatisfied with that kid's look."Dude, you are dissatisfied with my look, so you have such a look? Besides, I don't think my appearance is that inhuman. Does this guard named Casper have a problem with his aesthetic concept?Donggu Logging Camp, Defias thieves. These words reminded Leo of something. Could it be Stone Tablet Lake?Leo became interested. When he pyed World of Warcraft before, he had paid attention to Stone Tablet Lake near Donggu Logging Camp. The stele standing on the isnd in the middle of the ke once deceived Leo into wandering around this pce for several days, just to find out the possible hidden quests - it turned out that the introduction on the stele was just a trick made by Blizzard to deceive people.Speaking of which, I was really stupid back then.Why was the anime "I Am MT" so popur before time - traveling? Isn't it because pyers saw their own past stupid selves in it? What is called the sense of substitution? Isn't this it?Leo scratched his face. Those stupid days were really beautiful memories.When he pyed World of Warcraft before and didn't find the so - called hidden quests, it was because pyers were entertaining themselves in the program set by Blizzard. But now there is no such restriction. In this other world, which is very simir to World of Warcraft, he might really find something on the isnd in the middle of Stone Tablet Lake. To take a step back, even if he didn't find anything, it didn't matter. Just treat it as a sightseeing tour."Staven, Staven..."Leo decided to put his original pn on hold and go to Stone Tablet Lake to have a look first. Who would have thought that as soon as this idea appeared, that faint and grievous voice rang in his ears again.Damn it, this curse of being possessed by evil ghosts is really troublesome. Leo's face looked a little bad. Since he was cursed by being possessed by evil ghosts after absorbing the Tear of Tyria, that faint and grievous voice has been constantly testing his nerves. From that apple manor, how many times has Leo been harassed dozens of times a day during this month of traveling across the Elven Forest? Many times he was also woken up by this voice in his sleep. People with poor sleep naturally have a bad temper. This is also why Leo behaved so defiantly when he met guards like Veri.I have a bad sleep and am in a bad mood. Keep away from strangers.Damn it, if this thing keeps torturing me like this, even if I have a strong nerve, it will be weakened by it."Stop calling. I'll go to the Twilight Forest to find Staven to avenge you first."Not wanting to be tormented until he became neurasthenic, Leo had to compromise. The stele on the isnd in the middle of Stone Tablet Lake won't run away. I'll come back after solving this annoying curse of being possessed by evil ghosts. Anyway, to get back to the Storm City, I still have to pass here. That big river that separates the Elven Forest and the Twilight Forest is not the small ditch in World of Warcraft that can be swum across in a few seconds. The rapids of that big river are comparable to the roaring Yellow River, while the calm water areas often have groups of man - eating - fish - like creatures with sharp teeth. The bridge near Donggu Logging Camp is the only safe passage from the Elven Forest to the Twilight Forest.Staven Mistman, the murderer, this is a big lunch box - a tableware more tragic than a cup. (Here, "tableware" is used humorously to refer to a person in a difficult situation, simir to how "cup" was used in the previous text.)Don't look at him being so cruel and ruthless when killing people. In fact, this id - off teacher with a humble personality who killed people in a rage didn't live a very good life. The rural teacher who fled into the Twilight Forest had to endure not only the fear of retribution and the condemnation of conscience every day, but also the pain of missing Tyria after he calmed down.Did Staven love Tyria? Yes. Because there were too many beautiful things on the noble girl that he didn't have. Aspiration was born from love, and aspiration developed into fantasy. And when the fantasy colpsed, the pressure from the identity gap and inferiority made the colpsed fantasy become a delusion of being harmed. The unremarkable schoolteacher picked up the butcher's knife. The meek him committed atrocities that even he himself didn't expect.Reality is not a fairy tale. There are not so many princes, nor so many Cinderels. Fairy tales exist in imagination, while reality really exists around everyone. In reality, how many happy endings like "live a wonderful life from now on" can exist?How painful is it for a man who kills the woman he loves with his own hands in a rage and then wakes up? What kind of torture is it for a rural teacher who doesn't have the courage to commit suicide?When Leo, who shouted justice and looked righteous, found Staven in that abandoned manor in the Twilight Forest, he suddenly had a feeling that he couldn't bear to strike.Sunken eye sockets, dull eyes, emaciated... Looking at Staven, who looked like a walking corpse and had no vitality at all, Leo sighed deeply.The figure of that girl who fell under the cws of the mad wolf but still screamed hysterically: "Tyria, is it you!? Where are you..." was deeply engraved in Leo's heart.Love, really can't afford to be hurt.Looking at a semi - transparent female phantom floating out of his body after Staven fell, the smile on Leo's face was not the smile when accepting thanks from the helped, but an uncontrolble disgust."Miss Tyria, do you feel satisfied with this ending created by the condescension of the person in love to the weak's unintentional feelings in order to satisfy their subconscious vanity?"