Chapter 66: Village Protection Quest (2/2)

The others looked at each other, before their gazes all fell on Gou Dan who had the best relations with Joe.

Gou Dan furrowed his brow, before telling Joe everything.

Joe had been quite happy for clearing a quest, but upon hearing the news his expression became troubled.

“So you’re saying…” Joe looked at the other players in the party with a bitter expression. “Not only did I miss a sidequest because I was dead, but I have to risk my life to help you block the enemies’ attacks?”

“You’re the only one who has class-changed, so you can tank the most hits.” Edward patted Joe’s firm shoulder and continued, “After the quest is complete, we’ll give you half the game coins as compensation.”

“Don’t worry, those people from the Society of the Secret Eye can’t even beat these frogmen, so they’re probably weak!” Gou Dan mirrored Edward’s actions.

Joe was about to say something, but Eleena suddenly spoke up, “Careful, the frog is coming out.”

Everyone took a while to react, and the quickest was Vela who immediately struck Joe’s chest with her elbow, making him fall back onto the ground, half of his face covered with seawater.

After quite some time of conversation within the village elder and Croakatoa, the frogman came out from the conch house at this moment.

Seeing everyone crouching on the ground, Croakatoa croaked in confusion.

“Why are you all here?”

After that, his gaze shifted to Joe’s body. “I think I saw him move, is he…”

“You were just seeing things!” Vela took out a spiky conch from nowhere and used it to impale Joe’s kidneys. “Look! Would he be completely unresponsive if he were still alive?”

Seeing a bright red critical hit number pop out of Joe’s head, the other players slowly inched away.

“I-I see…” Croakatoa was intimidated by Vela’s cold-blooded actions too. “We frogmen twitch sometimes after we die too…”

“Putting that aside…” Vela pulled out the spiky conch again (which made another red number pop out of Joe’s head) and threw it aside. “Where are our weapons?”

“Why are you all so concerned about your weapons? We, the wet-skinned, aren’t that greedy!” Croakatoa seemed offended.

“We just want to be prepared if an enemy appears! Making all precautions for every accident is our motto as adventurers!” Edward made up a reason on the spot.

“Is that so…” Croakatoa was still a little dubious, his expression still filled with contempt towards the players. “Hmph, I don’t know why the village elder agreed to work together with you dry-skinned, but I, the great Croakatoa, do not trust you! As a warrior of the wet-skinned, I would sooner drown in the sea, before accepting your help!”

After he said so, he walked away, leaving the players looking at each other in confusion.

“What are you standing there for, don’t you want your weapons?” After waddling a few steps, Croakatoa turned around and asked the party.

The party finally realized why the frogman had walked away mid-conversation, and followed behind him to get back their weapons.

No matter what, they would need their weapons to stand their ground against the Society of the Secret Eye.

After walking a few steps, Gou Dan felt something was wrong, before realizing that everyone forgot Joe on the seawater-flooded ground, then, he walked back and tried to bring Joe who was faking his death together with them.

That being said, Gou Dan was quite lithe and lean while Joe was bulky, so Gou Dan couldn’t carry him princess-style nor on his back, so he could only drag his friend by his feet.

And so, he dragged Joe into the distance by his feet, leaving behind a long trail of blood in the seawater that looked exceptionally desolate…