Flashy Adventurer System : Show Off to Get Stronger! - Chapter 618

Chapter 618: Spilling Half The Beans
The high-noon sun scorched the lands.

Yet, an ashen-haired young man, visibly in an extremely good mood, strolled along a well-trodden path, eyes all over him from afar.

There was no reason for him to stay in Yon Augenn City as he was not in the mood for a vacation, not when the world was slowly dying.

He would prefer to do such a luxurious and leisurely thing once he completely removed Dweezel and his forces from existence.

Shye had many things to do; hence, he decided to quickly return to Valenzia.

After getting out of the curious onlookers’ sight, he immediately retrieved a special return scroll from the system’s inventory.

‘Tch. Only one of these left? I’d better restock as soon as I get back…’ Shye thought to himself as he infused mana.

In the next moment, he vanished, reappearing a few seconds later at the special teleporter in Valenzia Square.

Shye then spoke pleasantries with the operator before purchasing twenty special return scrolls for a thousand gold, exiting the special teleporter gate, and seizing the attention of everyone in the area.

“H-Hey! Shye Crowley’s back!”

“Sir Crowley!! We’re counting on you!!”

“Valenzia is in your hands, Sir Crowley of the Black Dawn!”

“Sir Crowley!! Please let me kiss you!”

Naturally, there were still a few high-ranked adventurers who didn’t appreciate him taking all the attention, though none of them would dare stir trouble for him now.

All they could do was shoot ice-cold glances his way, looking away the moment he stared right back at them.

‘Heh, being a hero sure is useful.’ He inwardly thought.

After spending about half an hour with the noisy and overly enthusiastic crowd, Shye finally reached the Raven’s Blade Adventurer Guild. There, he received an equally warm, if not warmer, welcome from his division members and two familiar faces that he was overjoyed to see.

“Harry! David!” He exclaimed in glee, immediately wrapping his arms over their necks as he led them to the division lounge.

Naturally, the members of the Flashy Ravens Rising were perceptive and quickly took note of the two newcomers, already considering them as comrades in their hearts.

The two mages would undoubtedly become members of their division by the end of the day.

“Damn it, Shye! We just arrived today, yet, you’re already a hero?! What the f*ck did you do in the past two years?!”

“Yeah, you must explain! How the hell did you become so strong in merely two years?! Sh*t…we would look like bootlickers and lackeys if we stuck around with you…”

“Hey, you two, cut Shye some slack.”

Coincidentally, the two groups, including the Colzen folks, along with Lesurii, Seira, and Luna, had just returned today after successfully completing another (S-) ranked mission under the leadership of the more experienced members like Kiin, Lesurii, and Siegfried—ones who had quite the rich experience in dealing with such strong monsters.

One moment, only Shye, Harry, and David were in the division leader’s office. The next, there were eleven of them, and the room became much more chaotic.

Despite the noise and hearty laughter, the reunion was both sweet and joyful, with a surprising sense of peace.

Shye and Shirley cherished the moment, fully aware that this might be the last time everyone could laugh so freely.

Once the real chaos started, they might not even find themselves on the same side as the others.

Of course, the two of them hoped that everyone would understand and believe the peril the world was in and join them.

However, Shye knew it was impossible unless the sneaky rat amongst them decided to switch allegiances.

Today, he decided to tell Shirley about the rat, even though he knew it would break her heart.

It had to be done. After all, he needed help in sniffing the bastard out; and two would certainly do better than one.

After a merry chat, Shye told everyone his plans of making everyone grow stronger, including the rat as it would be more suspicious of him to leave three guys out of his plans.

Not only would it put a strain on their close relationship, but it would also provoke the rat to investigate his actions unnecessarily.

He wasn’t sure what the rat’s purpose was in observing him—possibly related to Dweezel’s search for the specific talent the old man had mentioned.

However, he at least couldn’t let the guy realize that he was working for the old man.

Before he could recruit people, he had to find out who the bastard was.

Still, this didn’t mean he could delay his plans to help them grow, as time was of the essence and they needed to be prepared for what was coming.

Even if his efforts inadvertently strengthened the rat as well, Shye wasn’t concerned.

After all, as arrogant as it might seem to others and as off-putting to his close friends, he firmly believed that none of them could truly threaten him.

He had always been the strongest among them at the academy, and he intended to remain so until the end with the help of the system.

Thus, his expression grew serious as he explained to everyone the dire situation the world was facing: the world’s mana was being drained by the mana dungeons that had been appearing uncontrollably, one after another.

Even though he had become a hero, he needed everyone’s help to clear these mana dungeons faster than they could spawn to save the world.

He revealed that this was a secret of the WAA, known only to champions and above, but he was sharing it with them because they were his friends, and he wanted them to be prepared for what lay ahead.

Naturally, most of them were moved, but a sense of dread also took hold of their hearts.

If what Shye said was true, they needed to advance as quickly as possible and contribute to the WAA’s frontline forces—the champions, the titled adventurers—and ideally, become heroes themselves.

Since the world was on the brink of collapse, they had to play their part if they wanted to continue living in a world that was still thriving.

Of course, Shye had ulterior motives for sharing these things with them.

First, he wanted to open their hearts and minds to the reality that their world wasn’t all rainbows and butterflies.

Second, he wanted to convey his genuine concern for them, thereby increasing the likelihood that they would believe in the cause he, his parents, and the old man were fighting for.

Lastly, he aimed to make the sneaky rat think he was a loyal servant of the WAA, completely unconnected to Hadean Varsa.