"Losers!"

"Otaku!"

"Pervert!"

A black-haired, thin, and handsome boy was being surrounded and attacked by a group of classmates.

Leading them was a tall blue-haired girl, the granddaughter of the school principal, the president of the student council, and also the most beautiful girl in the school, hands down.

Standing beside her were numerous male and female students, all of them tall and good-looking. They cornered Xu Chen against the wall, surrounding him.

The blue-haired girl at the forefront looked at Xu Chen with disdain, as if he were a piece of trash. In her hand, she held a corner of a sketchbook, carefully waving it as if she had picked up something disgusting from dirty water.

"Who told you to draw me?" the girl scolded.

"Yes, I'm sorry..." Xu Chen couldn't look into her eyes, his face flushed as he lowered his head and apologized.

The sketchbook held by the beauty was filled with sketches of herself. Of course, if it was just sketches of her, she, as someone with countless admirers, would at most find it disdainful but not get so angry. The main issue was... apart from the regular sketches, Xu Chen also drew many things he imagined, like how she would look in stockings, in underwear, even without anything on... Xu Chen dared not say in his heart that he had no impure thoughts when drawing these. After all, the girl named Karen Yule in front of him was the object of his secret admiration. However, the vast gap between them left him with no chance, so he secretly drew these things for self-consolation. It was indeed not something to be proud of, and unfortunately, his shameless secrets were discovered by the person involved!

"Look at how you usually behave so honestly, I didn't expect your thoughts to be so dirty! Truly! The disgusting otaku is the worst!" Karen Yule said angrily.

"I'm sorry... I..."

The otaku didn't have the courage to confess. Actually, if he said he liked her at this moment, even though there was no chance of success, it might at least make her give up on pursuing him.

"You made me lose face!" Karen Yule said. After all, this sketchbook wasn't discovered by her alone. Although those so-called "lewd" level sketches were completely imagined by Xu Chen, they looked extremely similar to her figure and appearance! For a typical loser otaku, his extraordinary talent for drawing naturally got selectively ignored.

"I'm going to make you taste shame too!" Karen Yule threatened.

"I'm sorry, I..."

"Shut up!" Karen Yule slapped Xu Chen across the face with the sketchbook, then tore it page by page into pieces and threw them at Xu Chen's face.

"Strip him naked and hang him on the tree!" Karen Yule said in a tone as if she were looking at a pig, even though Xu Chen wasn't fat at all.

"Huh? No, please don't." Xu Chen blushed and pleaded.

"You even speak so girlishly, so disgusting! I can't even be bothered to look at your disgusting naked body! Leave it to the others!" Karen Yule said to the followers around her.

"Yes, President!" the boys and girls replied.

"Boys, don't take any action, let the girls handle this. We can't let him off easy! Strip him completely, and if there is even a trace of clothing left on his body, don't come to me again. Record the process with a crystal ball, then make multiple copies and sell them cheaply at a magic props store!" Karen Yule said before turning and walking away.

What happened afterwards was naturally a bullying incident that was too horrifying to watch.

"Do you think he's really as embarrassed as he looks on the surface, but actually quite pleased deep down?"

"It's possible! This perverted otaku might actually be a masochist."

As a group of girls kicked, beat, and humiliated Xu Chen, they also ripped his clothes...

That day, Xu Chen hung naked on a tree in the school garden for the whole afternoon. Those contemptuous eyes sparkled with excitement at the sight of someone they could dominate and bully who dared not resist. Those passersby, who were either indifferent or sickly happy at seeing others being bullied, didn't lend a helping hand to Xu Chen. Perhaps, they were secretly pleased in their hearts.

In their eyes, Xu Chen was a pervert who dared to defile Miss Karen Yule. He deserved the consequences he faced today.Until the sun was about to set, the teachers finally "timely" intervened and saved him.

After Xu Chen was rescued that day, he put on his disheveled clothes and secretly left the school through a small path. From the next day onward, he never went to school again.

It has been three days since the bullying incident. Xu Chen was walking alone on the street, wearing a hood, afraid that someone would recognize him. Of course, he didn't dare to go to the magic props store to see if there really was a crystal ball image of him being bullied for sale.

He couldn't possibly go back to the dormitory either. These days, he had been staying alone in the cheapest motel. However, his pocket money was running out.

Xu Chen was originally born into a branch of a fallen aristocratic family. His father and stepmother were reluctant to spend money on him to attend such an expensive private school. They only did so because of the rules of the family, but deep down, they were very unwilling. Their overweight illegitimate child was the one they favored.

If his father and stepmother found out now, his stepmother would certainly make a face that said, "See! I told you he's a useless waste." So going home was definitely not an option.

Even though he had fallen from grace, he was still a noble blood gentleman. Being stripped naked, tied to a tree, and the tree trunk covered with his own drawings of those dream lovers of his... he might as well have a carriage hit him and die. Otherwise, Xu Chen really didn't know how to face everything around him.

"Why, in this age that advocates strength, am I powerless? As a noble, I have no money. It seems like art is the only thing I have some talent for, but in her eyes, it's worthless. But all of this doesn't matter anymore. I painted those drawings, and it's normal for her to hate them and find them disgusting. Even I myself hate the present me! If only I could control myself and not draw those pictures, it would be better. In this world, it's as if I'm an outsider. That naked person hanging from the tree seems like just another me. As long as I don't interact with anyone, don't talk, and nobody knows me, then I won't feel embarrassed, right?" Xu Chen walked through the streets in a daze, his thoughts drifting. Honestly speaking, he had no idea how to face what came next, he simply didn't want to think about the real answers, like he was escaping.

Because finding a way to change the situation was simply too difficult.

Just at that moment, a gentle golden wind flew to Xu Chen in an instant and knocked him to the side before he could react.

Although Xu Chen fell to the ground, he didn't feel any pain. It was as if the thing that bumped into him was exceptionally soft and carried with it a fragrance like a forest dream.

After knocking Xu Chen away by less than ten meters, the golden wind was blocked by two tall black figures leaping down from mid-air.

"Girl! Hand over the thing!" It turned out that these two black figures were two muscular men wearing only leather armor, and one of them shouted at the golden wind.

The golden wind was forced to stop, revealing a young girl with two long, flowing golden braids.

This girl was about 1.67 meters tall, had a good figure, and was wearing green leather armor and a green leather skirt. Her fair legs were round and slender, and there was a pair of white little wings behind her green boots.

The two men stood in front of the girl like two mountains, and soon, the people around them gathered. But with those two men's strong arms and the large swords on their backs, no one dared to say a word.

Obviously, judging from their attire, these two men were mercenaries.

The girl's attire was also similar to that of a mercenary or bounty hunter.

Ordinary people wouldn't dare to intervene in conflicts on this level.

"Since you're a woman, as long as you hand over the thing obediently, we won't make things difficult for you! Otherwise, don't blame us brothers for not knowing how to cherish a beauty!" one of the muscular men with a buzz cut, Dak, said.

The girl with the golden braids showed no fear in the face of the two muscular men. She lifted her head and said, "That thing was hunted by me, a Blue Streak Spider. Why should I give it to you? Don't you understand the rules?"

"You make it sound so easy. You hunted it? You, just a Level 3 Gunner, think you can kill a Blue Streak Spider alone? We tracked and hunted it for a long time, using many traps and magic runes, to finally injure it severely! And you ambushed us and stole the magic crystal from the Blue Streak Spider!" Dak said."Yes, yes! You cunning woman! Trying to take advantage of us! Do you know how much effort we put into obtaining this Blue Veined Spider?" The bald, muscular man named Tark exclaimed.

"There are plenty of people hunting Blue Veined Spiders in the world. Just because you're tracking it, does that mean it belongs to you?" the young girl retorted.

"Hmph! Big brother! Why waste time with this woman talking? Just finish her off! We'll take her and the treasure together!" Tark shouted.

"Attack!" Dark shouted, and both men drew their large knives, attacking the golden-haired girl from both sides.

In the girl's hand, a silver spear appeared out of thin air. It was adorned with intricate green patterns and had a large spearhead that resembled a broadsword.

"Clang! Clang!"

The two muscular men and the young girl engaged in a dizzying battle, evenly matched for a time.

At that moment, Xu Chen silently watched from a distance, seemingly captivated by this extraordinary combat. Although Xu Chen was familiar with the information about mercenaries in this martial age, this was the first time he had witnessed mercenaries fighting with his own eyes!

My goodness! Can humans really move like that?

Those two men have arms thicker than my thighs, yet their movements are so agile!

That girl looks so delicate, but she can hold her own against those two devilish men.

Huh? There's something unusual about the girl's movements.

What's that sound? The ringing sound of wind chimes.

Why do I feel like I hear the sound of wind chimes when this girl wields her spear?

At this moment, Xu Chen didn't know that everyone else in the crowd, except for him, couldn't hear the so-called wind chime sound, including the girl herself.

After dozens of rounds, the two brothers gradually gained the upper hand with their coordinated and experienced maneuvers.

The girl's strength was already no match for theirs, and although she relied on her skill to hold her ground, her stamina was gradually fading. She was now covered in sweat and panting heavily.

Suddenly, the two brothers' movements became extremely coordinated as they executed their joint attack. Their two steel knives slashed toward the girl with unstoppable force.

"Ah!" The girl let out a cry, although she tried to defend with her spear, she was still sent flying.

"Hahaha! We got her!" Dark exclaimed, and the two muscular men menacingly approached the defenseless girl.

The girl had a beautiful face, and her slightly parted pink lips were panting heavily. Her ample chest rose and fell deeply, and there were fine beads of sweat on it, emitting a captivating aroma. The blow just now clearly injured the girl, and for a while, she struggled to get up from the ground. Her long spear had also been flung aside.

The two men wore lecherous expressions as they approached the temporarily helpless girl.

"What... what do you want?" The girl, now numb all over from the impact, possibly with dislocated joints, was completely powerless to resist the two muscular men.

"What do we want? We want to search your body! Find the magic crystals! Hehe!" Tark said with a lustful smile.

"Why bother? Let's tie her up and bring her back. We can strip her naked and search slowly! Isn't that better?" Dark suggested.

"Hehe! That's true!"

"Stop! How dare you! I am the princess of the Kingdom of Wind!" the girl shouted.

"Hahaha! You're a princess? I am a Marshal of the Empire! You can be a slave princess under our brothers' crotch!" Dark laughed loudly as he reached out his big hand towards the girl.

"Ah!!! No!!!" The girl screamed.

Xu Chen stood far away, watching the impending tragedy that the girl was about to suffer, feeling utterly powerless. He couldn't even defeat a girl his own age, let alone these powerful mercenaries who were beyond the concept of ordinary people!

But this girl, how pitiful.

Suddenly, a wave of ancient memories rushed into Xu Chen's mind.

A cyan glow emblem directly appeared in Xu Chen's mind.

The ringing sound! He heard it again! The sound of wind and the sound of bells!

Xu Chen didn't know why, but instinctively, he drew this emblem in the air with his hand!

Suddenly, a visible cyan glow emblem appeared in front of Xu Chen, emitting a resonating wind chime sound that everyone could hear.

The emblem trembled and gradually became clear and stable.

Suddenly, guided by Xu Chen's gaze, the emblem flew towards the girl and directly plunged into her pristine chest."Swoosh!" The girl's body was covered in a blue halo, and almost instantly, her wounds healed and her joints reconnected automatically. Moreover, a much stronger power than before seemed to be infused throughout her body.

"Ah~~!!" The girl let out a delightful cry, as if she were in an extremely comfortable state.

The two burly men were momentarily stunned by this spectacle and involuntarily took a few steps back.

Breathing heavily, the girl trembled slightly all over her body, her face flushed and her eyes blurred. It took a while for her to calm down.

She slowly stood up.

Having regained her senses from the intense sensation, she looked incredulously at the halo on her body and mumbled to herself, "Could this be the awakening of the Wind?"

"Big brother! How did she stand up again? Weren't her joints dislocated by us?"

"And... her aura, I felt a very terrifying presence! Be careful!"

"Hmph! You two!" The girl's brows sharpened like sword, and with a flick of her jade finger, the long spear flew into her hand. "Die!" she exclaimed.

Whoosh!

The girl suddenly turned into a golden and blue mixed afterimage.

In the blink of an eye, the afterimage had already appeared behind the two burly men.

"Eh?"

"Bi... big brother."

Puchi!!!

Huge ferocious cross-shaped wounds appeared on the chests of the two burly men, and blood sprayed out like high-pressure water guns.

A few seconds later, both men collapsed to the ground.

"Hmph! The struggle for treasures is normal, and I didn't intend to kill you, but daring to defile this princess, you die!" The girl no longer paid any attention to the two dead men, but turned her back towards Xu Chen.

By now, the halo on her body had gradually faded away.

With agile steps, the girl exuded the aura of a youthful female warrior as she approached Xu Chen.

For a moment, Xu Chen didn't know what to do and could only stand there dumbfounded.

In the moment of hesitation, the girl had already arrived in front of Xu Chen. She was wearing high-heeled boots and was about the same height as Xu Chen, who was only 1.7 meters tall.

"Thank you! You saved me!" The girl didn't seem to feel any unfamiliarity and directly expressed her gratitude. Obviously, her personality should be very outgoing and cheerful.

"Ah, me? This..." Xu Chen still couldn't string together coherent words in front of a beauty, a long-standing ailment.

"I never expected that the person we couldn't find in the entire Wind Kingdom for a hundred years would actually encounter me here!"