Origin Legend: Heroic Hymn

"Ah~~~~~ I'm alive. I'm so tired. It feels so good~~~~~"

Alice, who had just fallen asleep, was awakened by the sudden sound. She sat up suddenly and rushed to the place where the sound came from.

bang——

Dong Yu, who was enjoying the bathtub, was startled by Alice breaking into the room and hurriedly covered her lower body with a towel.

"Ah!!! Why did you suddenly barge into the bathroom? Don't you know that it's rude to peek at someone taking a bath? How could you do that so openly?"

Dong Yu couldn't help but complain. Alice looked aggrieved, with tears in her eyes.

"Humph! You didn't come back all night, do you know how worried I was? You disappeared after leaving just one sentence, and I thought you were not coming back, wuwuwu~~~"

Looking at Alice running away, Dong Yu realized that what he said yesterday was a bit harsh. He sighed, leaned against the wall of the barrel, looked at the ceiling, recalled what happened last night, and frowned.

After a simple wash, he dried himself and changed his clothes. Dong Yu arrived at the inn. Ryan had already prepared the carriage. Seeing Dong Yu suddenly coming over, he sighed meaningfully.

"Boss, I know you young people are full of energy, but I am also a family man. As someone who has been through this, I want to advise you to be more moderate. Although your wife is beautiful, you shouldn't do it too often in one night. A girl's body can't stand it."

"Um... that's not what you think..."

"Young man, don't lie to me, a veteran. Look at the two of you. The dark circles under your eyes and her red eyes, I can tell at a glance. Hey... young man! Your wife is meant to be loved."

Ryan shook his head disapprovingly, then went back to the carriage without giving Dong Yu a chance to explain.

Dong Yu sighed and got in the car. Looking at Alice's red eyes and dark circles from crying, he felt guilty.

"Alice, I'm sorry. I..."

"You're right. You don't need to explain anything to me. Humph!"

Alice turned her head away and ignored him, but still glanced at Dong Yu inadvertently, but Dong Yu didn't notice because he was thinking about what happened last night.

"Well... okay... Alice, this mission is very different from the intelligence..."

"Hmph, if you're scared, just go back by yourself. I can do it myself, hmph!"

Alice was relieved to see that Dong Yu was fine, but she couldn't help feeling angry because of Dong Yu's attitude just now. Dong Yu knew that Alice couldn't listen to anything now, so she could only sigh deeply.

"Okay! But wait, you can't do this alone, we have to be together."

"Humph!"

Dong Yu lowered his head helplessly and leaned against the wall of the carriage. The shaking carriage made Dong Yu feel a wave of tiredness spreading to his brain, and gradually Dong Yu's vision became blurred.

Alice looked at the sleeping Dong Yu and her heart softened. She gently stroked Dong Yu's face with her fingers and gave a gentle smile.

"Have a good rest! I'll take care of this task."

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Dong Yu walked slowly to the counter, saw the busy proprietress and walked over.

"Madam, do you have a bar here?"

"Yes, sir. It's the fifth one on the left. It's the only bar in our town."

"Thanks, Madam Boss."

Dong Yu walked out the door and came to the bar that the proprietress mentioned. As soon as he walked in, he smelled the aroma of wine and the noise of the drinkers. Dong Yu came to the bar and smiled at the bartender.

"Give me two glasses of ale."

"OK, wait."

"By the way, brother, let me ask you something!"

The bartender handed the ale to Dong Yu, who pushed one of the glasses to the bartender, leaned on the bar with one hand and looked at him curiously. Seeing that he was so capable and there was nothing else to do for the time being, the bartender sat down at the bar.

"what's up?"

"I heard that several people have disappeared in the nearby Ailin Village?"

"Yes, you are from out of town, right? Is there anyone in Arlin Village?"

"Ah, no, I just heard a lot of people talking about it on the street, so I just asked casually. Besides, I'll be passing by there soon, so it's safer to know more about it!"

"Is that so? Then it's fine as long as you don't go to the nearby Edelweiss Forest. I heard that it's haunted and everyone who went in was taken away."

"Don't listen to his nonsense! How do you know if you haven't even seen it?"

Suddenly, a rough voice came from the corner of the bar. Dong Yu looked over and saw that it was a huge tiger man. The bartender was unhappy when he heard what he said.

"So you've been there? Huh."

"I've been there before, what do you think, young man? If you're interested, let's go for a walk!"

"Okay, I like making friends with generous people! Bartender, serve the drinks, I'll pay for his drinks tonight!"

Dong Yu shouted generously, moving a chair and sitting in front of the tiger man.

"Haha, that's great. Hey... brother! The bartender is right about one thing. Don't go to that Edel Forest. It's too scary there. Those people were killed by monsters. I saw it with my own eyes."

"I heard there are only second-level monsters in the Ayder Forest? Can't I just hire a few E-level or higher mercenaries?"

"Hey, brother, you seem to be a real person, so I'll tell you the truth! Last time, my two brothers and I wanted to go to the Edelforest to train because we had three E-level warriors. Unexpectedly... Unexpectedly..."

There was a look of fear in the tiger man's eyes, as if he had returned to that moment all over again.

"I didn't expect a bear-shaped monster to appear out of nowhere and attack us directly. We didn't take it seriously at first, but when we took action, we found that the opponent's strength was beyond our ability to contend with! It was too late! I escaped with the desperate protection of my two brothers, but they stayed there forever!!!"

The tiger man held his head and burst into tears. The heart-wrenching pain made Dong Yu dazed.

"How is this possible?! There are only second-level monsters there! Logically, if you can't defeat them, can you run away?"

"You don't believe me? Fine, I'll show you the evidence!"

The tiger man suddenly slammed the table and tore off his clothes to reveal his burly body. There were four shocking wounds on his abdomen.

Everyone in the audience looked at the wound and gasped. It was a blessing to be able to survive such a wound. Some people who had just laughed at him fell silent now.

Dong Yu accompanied the tiger man to drink until dawn. When Dong Yu walked out of the tavern, he found himself in a forest surrounded by dense trees. Suddenly, a voice sounded behind him.

Roar--

A bear roar spread throughout the forest. Dong Yu turned around immediately and saw Alice looking for something. When he was about to run towards Alice, he found that he couldn't move! Behind Alice, a bear-shaped monster was rushing towards Alice.

"Alice, run!!!"

Dong Yu shouted with all his strength. Alice looked at him and smiled at him. That smile was so sweet.

But the next moment a bear paw fell on Alice. Alice flew towards him and fell in front of him. She looked at his eyes and saw that they were lifeless, but there was still a smile on the corner of his mouth...