393 Unfortunate Mages (1/2)

Hawk said with a bitter smile, ”I had reported it to the guild and hoped that someone would team up with us to draw that sword out, as the places where swords are sealed are mostly guarded by powerful creatures. But my guild is gone now.”

Hawk was clearly at a loss. He seemed to have lost his purpose and his ambitions.

He looked like a totally different person from the ”madman” who destroyed a small nobody family at the cost of infinite deaths.

Roland sympathized with him.

He knew that Hawk had been a member of Silver Wings since his freshman year in college, and that he had always been a member of that guild in every game. Seven years had passed. How many seven years could a person have in his own life?

”Actually, I don't think you need to go to other countries.” Roland shook his head and said, ”Schuck and I talk a lot about the game in reality. You should know that he's in Fareins almost all the time. According to him, Hollevin is among the weakest countries in this world. The average performance of the professionals in this country can be much lower than that in other countries.”

Hawk couldn't help but ask, ”How wide is the gap?”

”Schuck said that he can defeat five Warriors of his level with similar equipment in Hollevin, but in Fareins, he can barely beat two. It must be noted that Saint Samurai is the top of the three OP classes. Things will definitely be harder for other classes.”

”That's because he's not riding his dragon, right?” Link suddenly asked.

Roland shrugged and said, ”Of course not. It would be too one-sided if he rode a dragon.”

After a brief silence, Hawk asked, ”You don't think we can make a living in other countries?”

”That's partly what I meant.” Roland nodded. ”More important, you can only speak the tongue of Hollevin, can't you? If you go to another country, there will be a couple of months when you can't talk to anyone. Are you sure you can deal with that?”

Both of them were deeply chilled.

They remembered the time when they just entered this game. They didn't speak the language and couldn't afford their food. They starved many times. Though as level-five Warriors they could keep themselves fed by hunting now, they would rather not experience the helplessness in communication anymore.

”So, you might as well stay in Hollevin.” Roland thought for a moment and said, ”The docks have been left unattended, but because of me, nobody has claimed them yet. Why don't you just take them over? It was you who built them anyway.”

”You're willing to give the docks to us?”

Hawk didn't say ”return the docks to us.” Although it was them who built the docks, too many things had happened since then, and they weren't in a position to claim ownership of the docks anymore.

”Didn't you inform me of the nice sword in Bluewater Harbor?” Roland smiled and said, ”Friends should help each other, right?”

Hawk was rather tempted. He did infinite work to build the docks. He was definitely reluctant to let them go.

However, he knew that it was barely possible to reclaim them. He was only back to Delpon to look at the places where he strove for the last time.

Little did he expect that Roland would give him the docks for free.

Thinking for a long time, Hawk said in appreciation, ”Okay, got it. Half of the profits of the docks will go to your Magic Tower.”