11 Rascal in the Tavern (2/2)

Villain Li Shan looked down upon the four youngsters who only held normal iron swords and sabers in their hands. He shoved the shopkeeper and the waiter away. ”Are you thinking about relying on your numbers?”

Before even finishing his speech, he executed Split Mount Hua and swung his sword down on the young man in the lead, making the latter unable to say the righteous speech he had scripted in his head.

The youth hastily brought up his sword to block the attack.

Despite being drunk, Villain Li Shan was still abnormally agile. With his mighty arm strength, he delivered a slash that the young man could barely hold against. He staggered, and then was kicked away by a Pierce-the-heart Kick, which resulted in him nearly crashing into another young customer.

Happy swiftly shot out from his seat.

Bang!

The table and bench before him were instantly crushed by the person who had flown into it. The shattered cup and plates scattered all over the ground, creating a mess.

Happy tossed away the wine cup in his hand, but he was not angry. He did not help the four chivalrous people handle Li Shan. He searched for another clean table and sat down before continuing to drink as if nothing had happened.

In truth, the system had also given him the notification, but he did not take the quest.

Before Villain Li Shan even attacked, Happy had sized him up in secret, and the conclusion he came to was that he could not fight against him with brute strength.

Li Shan might have drunk a lot of wine and stank of alcohol, but his right arm remained extraordinarily steady when holding the Refined Steel Sword. There were thick calluses on his purlicue, which meant that he was a martial artist who had practiced for a long period of time and had reached a certain degree of skill. Based on this alone, not only would his Arm Strength be much higher than Happy's, his skills with the sword might also be quite high.

While the system said that he was a normal local rascal who had no qi realm, this did not mean that he did not have qi or was not strong. He might be just one step away from Gate Realm, which was not uncommon in World of Martial Arts!

More importantly, however, Happy knew the local rascal's strength setting very well.

There were plenty of quests such as this in the city, but the names for the quests were different. Even though Li Shan's name might seem to have been carelessly given without any thought placed in it, the rascal's strength was right below Gate Realm. He was also in possession of a martial art that was at least at the ninth realm. The rumors about the rascal dropping his Refined Steel Sword and manual were real and were indeed good rewards, but how many people could kill a martial artist who was just one step away from Gate Realm?

Hence, Happy did not speak. He swiftly made up his mind and refused to accept the quest, which was why trouble did not come for him, and he did not attract Li Shan's attention.

Unlike him, the four enthusiastic and high-spirited youngsters only realized that something was off the moment they attacked!

Li Shan's sword strikes might have been very steady, but they were also filled with violence. He used his hands and feet at the same time he attacked to kill and wound in the most efficient manner. With three sword strikes, he sent the three boys and girl flying, and he even beat up the two other players who had also taken up the quest but had not managed to attack to the point that they could only cry bitterly.

”Attack him together!”

The six players retreated until they stood together, and one of them came up with an idea.

The others nodded simultaneously. Then, they attacked from two different directions! This time, they decided to use their advantage in numbers to forcefully take down Li Shan.

Happy continued drinking wine while shaking his head repeatedly.

'What are they thinking? Do they really think Villain Li Shan is a stupid wild beast?'

With a shocking and terrifying roar, Li Shan jumped back, easily avoiding the brunt of the six people's united attack. It threw them into chaos, and he immediately turned his head around to crush them!

The six people failed in their quest, and they even had all their possessions stripped away by Li Shan. After that, they could only leave in anger…

The pitiful shopkeeper had no choice but to pay the protection money to send away the fiend.

Li Shan returned to his drunken state and was about to leave with the money in his pocket when the sound of the air roaring rose from behind him. The man came to an abrupt stop and drew his weapon again. His eyes, which were not fully open, burned in anger as he glared at the boy in front of him.

”Who are you?”

When he saw that Villain Li Shan was tipsy and could not even hold his sword steadily, the boy smiled faintly and flung the hero's headband [2] from his chest behind himself.

”Pardon me, I'm here to rob you.”

Translator's Note:

[1] Red Daughter: Chinese wine.

[2] Hero's headband: So I did some research for 英雄巾, and the only thing that showed up was the white piece of cloth placed over the faces of heroes in China, which is definitely NOT what is used here. So I believe that what is referred here is the martial arts headbands, but since the word 英雄 means hero, I kept it as hero's headband. An image: