Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood's wolf mentor

The sky was starting to darken, and the merchants and residents in the market town were packing up their stalls, heading towards the exits.

Lake and Poro were also mixed in with the crowd, heading out as well.

There were many pedestrians on both sides, and Lake tried to avoid contact with as many people as possible, walking towards the wider areas closer to the sides of the road.

But even so, a team of merchants still hurried past Lake, carrying things—

"Bump—"

One of them seemed to lose his footing, tripping as he passed Lake and falling towards her.

At this moment, diagonally behind Lake,

a person who had seemed to be tidying up goods took advantage of Lake's sidestep and distraction to instantly reach for the pouch of gold coins at Lake's waist!

His speed was incredibly fast, as if honed through countless practice!

But... the moment he had the pouch in his hand, his whole body stiffened, and he felt a chilling coldness at his throat.

"Why are you being a thief, stealing my purse?"

He looked at the girl in front of him, the one they had thought was a noble lady—

Just now, she had used a speed even faster than his thieving to draw a dagger and hold it to his throat the moment she realized she was being robbed!

"Gulp..."

He swallowed hard, his legs weakened, and he knelt on the ground.

With his past methods, most people would have their valuables stolen without even noticing.

Even if they did notice, they wouldn't have time to chase after him before he ran away.

But this time, he inexplicably felt a deep chill...

"Miss, misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding..."

The man waved his hands repeatedly, stammering, and tremblingly handed the purse to Lake.

"Misunderstanding?"

Lake raised an eyebrow, not expecting that the person in front of her would still claim it was a misunderstanding after being caught red-handed. "What misunderstanding? You untied my purse, is that a misunderstanding?"

"Yes, Miss, to be fair, I know him, he's not the kind of person who steals..."

At this time, the man who had almost bumped into Lake earlier spoke up from Lake's other side.

His expression and tone were sincere, as if he were truly a fair-minded person speaking reasonably.

"Sorry, I don't want to doubt what you're saying..."

Lake was stunned for a moment, saying this, and the next second, a flash of silver light!

Her other hand had already drawn the mirror-like Star Killer Sword, pointing it at the fake merchant who had just bumped into her. She wasn't stupid. The insight brought by the second-stage sublimation of [Spiral Beacon: Hunter] was enough for her to notice these people's little tricks.

"It's just that this gentleman here, if I'm not mistaken, you're an accomplice too, right?"

Lake said, quietly staring at the second man with a pale face.

"You're coming with me to the guard station. You must be punished for doing such a thing! You must have cheated a lot of people with such methods!"

But just as Lake was about to escort the two away, several more men walked out of the crowd, blocking the way.

Some passing villagers and townspeople saw the tattoos on these people and showed fear on their faces.

Several passersby looked at Lake with pity, wanting to say something but unable to open their mouths.

They just sighed and silently left with their belongings.

"This Miss, you're new here and unfamiliar with the place, so you may not know some things."

A man who was a full two heads taller than Lake stepped forward, deliberately revealing the long knife at his waist. His words were calm, but carried a hint of aggression.

"These two are our friends. Give us some face. We definitely won't agree to you taking him away."

As the man spoke, several men next to him took half a step forward, declaring their position.

Judging from the tattoos on their necks, they probably belonged to the same gang.

"They just saw Miss that your purse fell and picked it up for you. They weren't trying to steal anything.

When you're out and about, it's better to avoid trouble if you can, don't you think?"

These guys, who looked like gang members, continued to step forward together, and several of them even put their hands on the hilts of their knives, making a threatening gesture to draw them.

In their opinion, this wealthy young lady wearing a red cloak but with delicate skin would definitely suffer and leave under such a threat, right?

In the past, when doing such things in this market town, they had also been discovered.

A few times, the victims were even mercenaries or foreign bounty hunters with considerable strength, but in the face of the crowd's encirclement, most of them still "turned hostility into friendship" and even praised these gang thieves for their "returning lost property."

But to their surprise, this time, the girl in front of them didn't seem to be afraid at all.

"Why don't you admit that you did something wrong? You have hands and feet, and you wouldn't starve to death if you did anything else.

But you steal and still want me to admit that you're returning lost property—that makes me very angry."

Lake said calmly.

But the tall man in front of her clearly didn't listen to Lake's words.

"Little girl, you have to understand that there isn't so much right and wrong in this world. Only the strong are right."

Saying this, he didn't draw his knife, but stepped forward and suddenly reached out to grab the sword and dagger from Lake's hands. "Little girl, we don't want to cause any trouble either. Weapons aren't something a delicate little girl like you can play with.

Once you understand the difference in strength, just obediently leave this—"

But before he could finish speaking, Lake sighed and put the dagger and Star Killer Sword back into their sheaths.

The next moment, the man in front of her, who hadn't even reacted, was thrown into the air and slammed onto the ground by Lake with one hand!

"Bang!"

In an instant, everyone was stunned.

They had hardly seen Lake's movements clearly, only seeing their powerful little boss being thrown to the ground in an instant!

"You, what did you do?"

"Are you a witch?!"

"Go get the boss!"

After a long while, those people reacted, drawing their swords and pointing them at Lake, their faces full of panic.

Just as the tension in the scene reached a certain point, the crowd in the back suddenly parted to make way, and a man wearing half-body black armor, without a helmet, walked over.

"What's going on? What's all the commotion about?"

Hearing this voice, the men surrounding Lake instantly showed a hint of joy.

"Boss, it's this woman. She's disrupting the order of the market town and injured several brothers!"

Several people said, and several others ran to the boss's side and whispered something. The black-armored man frowned when he heard that Lake had knocked down his "capable general" with his bare hands, revealing a hint of apprehension.

"Everyone, get out of the way. I'll talk to this friend and see who—is being so unruly!"

As he spoke, he walked out of the separated crowd, drawing a long sword engraved with runes from his waist.

But the moment he saw Lake's red cloak, his pupils suddenly shrank.

Then, he moved his gaze to the hilt of the Star Killer Sword at Lake's waist:

"Holy crap, a Savior Angel—"

The words in his heart almost blurted out, and his calm and composed expression instantly turned as white as paper.

His legs weakened, and he almost knelt on the ground.

He couldn't wait to slap himself twice and take back what he had just said.