New Century Warriors

Chapter 1. First, the clichéd departure process.

"Mother--"

The tightly closed door remained unmoved, no matter how much Lei Ye shouted.

A moment later, a few angry rebukes came from inside.

"Get lost! Don't call me that! I've seen through you. You don't want to date me at all; you just want me to be your mother."

No...that's not how it is...

Snowflakes fell heavily, landing on Raino's shoulder.

The expression is a mask of pain.

As a transmigrator, Lei Ye felt that the past five years had been rather pathetic, and now, looking back, he realized that it was all because of his damned cheat ability:

[Mom's Coin]

When someone identifies with you as their mother, you gain one level of "Mom". Each level of "Mom" provides a 10% bonus to all attributes.

When you are about to suffer fatal damage, consume one stack of "Mom" to negate the damage.

You can have an unlimited number of "moms".

This is Raino's inherent skill, the cheat code he relies on in the other world.

Unfortunately, Lei Ye played too few tiles and blocked too many bridges, and these karmic obstacles made his search for his mother very difficult. Five whole years have passed, and he still only has nine floors.

With limited buffs, Raino lacked sufficient combat power and wasn't even considered a main member of the team, let alone capable of defeating the Demon King. Therefore, Raino never gave up on finding more mothers.

Including his initial teammate, Loya, who was also Lei Ye's target for romance. Although it was called a romance, Lei Ye didn't actually have any ambiguous intentions. He did spend a lot of time every day focusing on Loya to cultivate a relationship, which seemed like he was pursuing this little elf girl. However, all he could think about was how to get her to agree to be his mother.

That night, he took Loya to see the stars. In the warm night breeze, they sat on the lush grass. The girl gently rested her head on Lei Ye's shoulder. Lei Ye felt that the atmosphere was just right, so he took out the carnations he had prepared in advance from his pocket and looked at them affectionately.

"Can...can you be my mother?"

"I do!...Hmm?"

After that, their relationship fell apart, and nothing could soothe them.

Haha.

However, that's not what Lei Ye is worried about. He and Luo Ya have known each other the longest, and they occasionally have minor conflicts that are even more intense than this, but they can always be resolved by communicating properly. If Luo Ya finds out that he secretly invited Luo Ya's mother out to play, then he'll really be in big trouble.

But according to Lei Ye's observation, she had not yet discovered this fatal matter, and there was still room for maneuver.

So he took a deep breath and asked softly.

"Even kicking me out is going too far. What do you want from me to forgive me?"

There was silence on the other end for a while, probably a minute or two.

There were faint whispers, but they were indistinct. In the end, Raiye heard this sentence.

"Can you sever your mother-child relationship with other mothers?"

"There's a big problem with what you're saying. They are all my mothers, that's true, but I'm not their son. It's like comparing a cape to a tile—they're not the same thing, you understand?"

"I only ask you, can you sever ties?"

"I can't, haha."

It's funny, he only managed to win over a few mothers in five years. If he cuts ties with them, he'll be finished.

Besides, this matter isn't that simple. The so-called "mothers" are actually the other teammates of Mori no Kawa. They are both mothers and partners who have fought together for several years. How can we let such a small thing ruin everyone's bond?

"Let's try a different approach, Loya." Raino shook his head more and more as he thought about it.

"Tsk... Then give me the money. You're actually quite rich, aren't you? I want five large gold coins."

Upon hearing this, Lei Ye, who was shaking his head, was stunned and shocked.

A large gold coin is equivalent to 100,000 yuan in terms of purchasing power. So why did Loya ask him for 500,000 yuan right off the bat?

Lei Ye couldn't help but recall the first time he met Luo Ya. It was on the first day Lei Ye transmigrated to this world. In the Explorer's Guild, he saw an elf girl being harassed by a fraud gang that looked very bad at first glance. Without saying a word, he stepped in to help her out. It was a very clichéd encounter, but it had a great development. The two, who were both novices, quickly decided to go on an adventure together, forming a team and a deep friendship.

Over time, Raino felt he had gotten to know Loya well enough; she wasn't a materialistic person.

Lei Ye couldn't understand why she would suddenly ask for such a large sum of money.

Why?

"Because we were the first people to meet, but you've been spending money on other women, and...and...in short, in every sense of the word, you're only stingy with me. It's too much...Give me money! Or at least show me your attitude!"

"When did I ever spend money on other women? Frankly, I don't have any money at all. Why are you suddenly convinced I'm rich?"

Lei Ye was furious and anxious. After thinking for a moment, he took out a few banana peels from his storage bag and threw them through the gate.

"Why are you suddenly throwing trash in here?!"

"What do you mean by 'trash'? That's insulting. I'm asking you, do you know how much a piece of slime jelly costs on the market? I can't afford it, I simply can't afford it. If it weren't for you guys loving fruit, I wouldn't even need this. And yet, even though I'm this poor, you're still questioning whether I'm a hidden millionaire. Are you even human, Loya?! In the end, you've always been the one allocating the team members' salaries. You should know my financial situation better than anyone else."

I don't know why there's no sound from that side.

The other party's silence left Lei Ye with nowhere to vent his anger.

Loya has always been the captain of the Forest River, and Raino has no objection to this. After all, Raino is busy looking for his mother and cannot focus all his attention on the operation of the guild.

However, every time Loya distributes the rewards, Raiye always gets the smallest share. Especially recently, Loya only assigns tasks to the other members of the Forest River, leaving Raiye alone in Hillius with nothing to do, and he doesn't even get a penny.

Considering that Loya's captain must have her reasons for making such an arrangement, Raino originally didn't want to say anything, but it was a bit much to involve money in this matter.

bang——

A powerful and resounding boom.

Looking up, Lei Ye saw a dazzling burst of light illuminate the sky behind the door.

"666 Advanced Magic".

"I recently passed the exam for the qualification certificate of a senior mage."

"Oh! That's amazing! Congratulations..."

Lei Ye knew that Luo Ya had been taking this exam and subconsciously wanted to congratulate her, but the words got stuck in his throat before he could finish speaking.

wrong.

What does it mean to bring this up at a time like this?

It couldn't possibly mean to suddenly want to share joy, could it?

It feels more like... "I'm moving forward, so what about you?"

Lei Ye was extremely upset; it was a thorn in his side.

Five years have passed since I arrived here, and despite all that time, Lei Ye's attributes haven't improved much.

It's really not his fault. Lei Ye has never been lazy. He practices swordsmanship every day and even squeezes out money to ask a mage to teach him magic. But no matter which direction he tries, his improvement is very limited. Lei Ye thinks it's probably because of that inherent skill. As we all know, all heroes who can grow infinitely are always weak in the early stages. Theoretically speaking, Lei Ye can have an infinite number of "mothers". His strength has no upper limit, so his base stats and stat growth are very low.

However, the other members of the Forest River are all powerful heroes with strong stats and talents. For example, Loya, although she was just a newbie at the beginning, has become an excellent mage capable of standing on her own as she has gained more practical experience and learned more and more magic from other mages in the guild.

So it's not that Lei Ye is petty, Luo Ya is really trying to put people down, right?

The air was heavy and oppressive, and the atmosphere grew increasingly worse.

Taking a deep breath, Lei Ye forced himself to calm down.

Then he mentally reviewed the arguments of the day. First, there was the stargazing incident, then the unfounded issue about money, and finally the veiled mockery of Lei Ye's lack of ability. He thought about it again and again. These issues might be worth arguing about, but they weren't serious enough to warrant kicking him out of the team. So, Luo Ya must have something else on her mind.

Lei Ye felt like he was being hung up, waiting to be hanged and then sprayed in someone's face.

He stood upright with his fist clenched, speechless, silently waiting for Loya to say something more.

Finally, a whisper from Loya, like a final execution, came from the other end.

"Hey, you, those things you've been secretly writing in your little notebook, you've actually been selling them, haven't you, Mr. Kuang Xiaolei?"

The moment those three words popped out, Lei Ye's heart skipped a beat.

That's it, it's all over now.

Although it wasn't that he was trying to win her over and that his affair with her mother was discovered, it was still just as bad, or even worse.

Kuang Xiaolei is Lei Ye's pen name.

Before coming here, Lei Ye worked as an online novelist in another world. His performance was mediocre, just enough to make a living. However, the vicious and sensitive skin reviewers took down all his works at once, leaving him with no books on his account. His income plummeted, and his situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

Forced by the need to make a living, he immediately started writing three new books, but he died suddenly in front of his computer before he could finish writing and publish any of them.

...In fact, he was killed by a large truck, a very classic time travel method, but when Raino recalled the scene at the time, he felt that he was just seeing a hallucination due to exhaustion.

After all, he lives on the fourteenth floor, and it's really a bit too surreal that he was typing away when a truck suddenly rammed through the wall.

Raino had often seen the process described in comics, so he wasn't completely at a loss. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a pure white room. Waiting for him was a goddess with a full head of blond hair who looked like a shrew. After briefly explaining the mission to defeat the Demon King, she showed off and arranged Raino's cheat ability... yes, that damn thing. As for the mission reward, it was very meager. She only promised to arrange a dump truck to send Raino back intact.

That goddess was strange and didn't leave a good impression on Lei Ye, so he rarely recalled that scene, only remembering that strange accent. However, the little gift the goddess gave him was quite useful—everything in that room: the table and bed, the masturbator and maintenance powder, the cell phone and laptop—was stuffed into his initial storage bag.

Although he couldn't recharge in the other world, Raino wrote furiously in the limited time he had, roughly copying all his old books, then revamping them, adding some local references from the other world, and finally using his superb fragmentation technique to cut one book into ten parts and then commissioning the Grand Library to use magical tools to copy and sell them in large quantities.

Money is always important in any world, but Lei Ye, as an explorer, isn't very good at making money, so he can only go back to his old profession.

However, things still didn't go smoothly.

BYD also failed the review here.

The Great Library responded that they could help mail it to libraries in other countries, but they would need to check on the local library as well. Lei Ye understood that his art was too advanced, and that the other world was too repressed and lacked entertainment. The library only had books on various skills and not novels. The things he had worked so hard to write might not be published for a long time.

So here's the question: how did Loya know he was writing a book?

"I'm telling you," Raino couldn't help but retort, "you were secretly reading what I wrote in my notebook, weren't you?"

There was no sound from that side again.

But this time Lei Ye didn't wait any longer. He took a few steps back and sighed deeply.

ended.

Other things can be discussed later, but once Loya finds out about this, there's no point in talking about anything anymore.

First of all, it needs to be stated that although the protagonist in the book shares the same name as himself, Raino did not identify with the protagonist.

At most, it's just copying its own XP onto the protagonist.

In the latest chapter, the male protagonist in his story is already pretending to be filial by washing his mother-in-law's feet after washing his girlfriend's feet.

Therefore, as a writer, Lei Ye was always afraid of his identity being exposed. Every time he went to the library to submit his manuscript, he would even borrow his thief friend's hood to disguise himself, because he was very worried that something like this would happen.

If my teammates find out that I'm secretly writing those outrageous erotic novels, my life as an explorer in the River Forest will be over.

So she was discovered after all. In that case, it's understandable why Loya was so agitated today.

"call..."

Lei Ye turned and left, having lost even the courage to say goodbye.

He began to think about the future.

Writing books, cultivating his skills, and taking on adventures have always taken up too much of Lei Ye's energy. He hasn't had much time to find more mothers. Perhaps this is a good opportunity to properly figure out his cheat ability.

Looking for Mom...

There are indeed some gentle and easy-going female explorers in the guild, but the problem is that Lei Ye has already become familiar with them and is a little hesitant to speak to them.

It would be best to think of another way.

I do have some ideas, but... they all cost money. Whether it's the cost of buying special items to increase favorability or the living expenses during the time I'm suspending my work as an explorer, it all requires a lot of money. But Lei Ye really isn't like Luo Ya suspected, able to casually pull out five large gold coins. He's always been in a tight spot.

I hope it passes the review...

Lei Ye silently pulled out his old notebook from his pocket. This was the notebook he used to record any sudden inspirations that popped into his head, and he also used it as a memo. It contained many of Lei Ye's unrealized ideas about finding his mother, such as buying slaves on the black market and then using slave markings to force them to become his mother.

Of all the options, this one is the most reliable, but it also requires the most substantial financial support.

Even the cheapest demi-human slave requires a large gold coin to buy, and Raino doesn't have that much money.

Wait a minute, a demi-human?

Lei Ye suddenly realized something and slapped his thigh.

How could we forget the experience of our predecessors?

If the book doesn't pass censorship, just add some life insurance information to it, and that'll be fine!