101: The Dragon's Curse Barrier

Orson ventured deeper into the laboratory.

Faint murmurs echoed down the hallway, prompting him to slow his steps and sharpen his focus.

At the corridor's end, two Pondenorlin City Guards stood chatting.

[Knight Pus: Level 30]

[HP: 100,000]

[Attack: 700]

Skills: Heavy Shield Strike, Fearless

[Mage Teng: Level 30]

[HP: 80,000]

[Attack: 800]

Skills: Beginner Fire Magic Mastery

"Lord Cain's wedding to Lady Hazel is just around the corner! Once this job's done, I'm drinking for three days straight—no stopping till I pass out!"

"Haha, and we'll hit the Spring Fragrance Pavilion for a proper celebration. I'm sick of this cursed place already."

"A wedding? Cain, that scumbag, marrying Hazel?" Orson raised an eyebrow, his expression twisting with disbelief.

He couldn't picture Hazel, the quirky and yandere-prone maiden, marrying a sleazy, scheming lord like Cain.