Chapter 426: Mermaid's Song Inn
Li Meng's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise.
If she had companions, why was she still asking others for help?
Caroline understood what Li Meng meant.
She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and nodded.
"I still have two companions, one is a magic archer, and the other is a priest!"
Li Meng's face showed a look of realization.
No wonder Caroline was looking for new companions.
With just three fragile classes, not to mention rescuing people from a dangerous labyrinth, they'd likely get themselves killed in there.
Li Meng glanced at the money pouch on the table.
"Put it away. I'm not interested in money!"
Caroline silently put the money pouch away.
Li Meng wasn't interested in money.
Did that mean he was only interested in her?
"Let's go to the inn where you guys are staying!"
Li Meng stood up and headed out.
"Uh... okay!"
Caroline hurried after him.
"Um... Li Meng, what's your class?"
"Swordsman, I guess."
"Where's your sword?"
"Isn't it on my back?"
"Huh?"
Walking out of the Adventurer's Guild, Caroline looked at Li Meng's back in confusion.
Just a moment ago, his back was clearly empty.
But now, out of nowhere, a sword had appeared!
The sword's blade was entirely platinum-colored.
Its hilt and blade were covered in intricate golden runes.
Caroline looked like she'd seen a ghost.
Was she hallucinating?
Li Meng stopped by the roadside.
He turned and looked at the stunned Caroline standing at the guild's door.
"What's wrong?"
Li Meng's voice brought Caroline back to her senses.
"N-nothing!"
Caroline quickly caught up.
"The inn is at the next street corner, this way!"
The two of them followed the street toward the next intersection.
After less than ten minutes, they arrived at their destination.
Caroline led Li Meng into an inn named "Mermaid's Song."
"Mille, Bart, open the door, I found a companion!"
Caroline knocked on the door of Room 204 on the second floor.
She knocked three times, but there was no response from inside.
"They already checked out and left!"
A head popped out from the neighboring room.
It was a maid who was cleaning the room.
Caroline's pupils contracted.
Her raised hand dropped down in despair.
She walked towards her room, devastated.
"Li Meng, I'm tired. I want to rest for a while. I'll find you tonight. Let's just end this matter here."
Caroline's voice was filled with exhaustion.
At this moment, she was utterly hopeless.
The companions she trusted had abandoned her without a word.
Li Meng looked at the closed door.
Then he looked at Caroline's beautiful departing figure.
Li Meng could guess what had happened.
Caroline's trusted companions had deserted her.
Anyone would be heartbroken in such a situation.
"You want to give up?"
Li Meng's voice echoed through the hallway.
Caroline, about to open her door, trembled.
"If you truly love him, you should see it through to the end. Will you die alone in despair, or die on the journey to find him? Which would you choose?"
Caroline turned around, her face full of conflicting emotions as she looked at Li Meng.
"You're still young. I don't want to drag you into this."
The young man in front of her was simply too young.
Caroline suspected that Li Meng wasn't even twenty years old.
To possess strength far surpassing Duke at such an age.
It meant the boy was a genius among swordsmen.
She couldn't let such a talent die because of her and Landon.
Li Meng smiled faintly and walked towards Caroline.
"Sometimes, what you see isn't the truth. Get a good night's rest."
With that, Li Meng casually walked past Caroline.
His room was right next door.
When Caroline turned her head, Li Meng had already disappeared into his room.
"He'll probably leave..."
A hint of sadness flashed in Caroline's eyes.
Even her companions abandoned her and Landon.
How could a stranger she just met risk death to help her?
There were still two hours before nightfall.
After dark, she would go look for him.
If he had left, she would venture into the labyrinth alone.
Caroline entered her room and disappeared from the corridor.
"Xiao Bai, what is a random teleportation magic circle?"
In Room 207, Li Meng stood by the window, gazing at the street outside.
Li Meng was no stranger to teleportation magic circles.
But random teleportation magic circles confused him.
Teleportation circles use spatial magic to transport objects.
While a teleportation circle could connect to multiple other circles,
The transmission coordinates were always fixed.
There shouldn't be a random teleportation circle.
[There is no such thing as a random teleportation circle, Master. That teleportation circle should lead to a large, independent labyrinth. The labyrinth has multiple teleportation circles. Each time a teleportation circle is activated, it sends people to different locations.]
"Xiao Bai, could that mother dragon be in the independent labyrinth?"
[According to the current information, the mother dragon most likely disappeared into the labyrinth.]
Meaning the mother dragon could be anywhere within the labyrinth?
The Sea Dragon King's Roaring Labyrinth was massive.
If the mother dragon was sleeping in some hidden corner,
Finding her wouldn't be easy.
Time slowly passed, and the sun gradually set.
At night, the massive Dragon King City was brightly lit.
In the room, Li Meng sat sideways on the windowsill, basking in the blood moonlight, pretending to nap.
His whole body was wrapped in a layer of blood-red light.
"Knock knock!"
At that moment, someone knocked on the door.
The crisp knocking sound made Li Meng open his eyes.
He got up from the windowsill and walked to the door.
With a "click," the door opened.
Standing outside, just as expected, was Caroline.
"Um... Li Meng..."
Seeing that Li Meng was still there, Caroline's expression became very complicated.
"Go back and rest. We'll leave early tomorrow."
Li Meng didn't give her a chance to speak and closed the door.
Caroline stood dumbfounded outside the door.
She looked as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.
After a while, she turned away, devastated.
Li Meng returned to the windowsill and sat down again.
He looked up at the blood moon in the sky.
He could have any woman he wanted for childbirth.
But there were some women Li Meng simply wouldn't touch.
Time slowly passed, and the night deepened.
No matter how long the night, dawn would always come.
As the first light of morning rose in the eastern sky, a new day arrived.
Early in the morning, Li Meng and Caroline left the inn.
The Dragon King City, welcoming a new day, gradually grew lively.
On a certain street, a passenger beast-drawn carriage was moving along.
Inside the carriage, Li Meng and Caroline sat facing each other.
Since boarding, Caroline hadn't spoken a word.
She sat with her head down, lost in thought.