Chapter 018: Wind and Thunder Wings

On the thunder wings raised by the Dark Demon Tiger, purple lightning began to flash continuously. It was obvious at a glance that the Dark Demon Tiger possessed the attribute of lightning!
“My wings belong to the wind attribute,” said the Dark Demon Tiger. After saying that, it lowered its thunder wings and raised a pair of wings that glowed with green light. Clearly, those green glows were the result of concentrated wind elements.
“Haha, just now, I hadn’t even utilized the full speed of my thunder wings.” The Dark Demon Tiger laughed heartily. Immediately afterward, Du Fan and the others felt purple lightning flash around them, and they sped up once again.
This time, it was Du Fan’s turn to be surprised! With both wind and thunder wings flapping, the Dark Demon Tiger’s speed was even twice that of the Dwarf King and the Grand Commander!
Originally, Du Fan thought that gods of similar ranks had roughly the same speed, but it seemed that even gods of the same level could differ greatly in speed!
Wind and thunder—both are symbols of speed!
At this point, Du Fan was even confident that the Dark Demon Tiger was the fastest creature on this continent! With this thought, another idea arose in his mind: Just how fast would the Nature Goddess be once fully restored?
From conversations with the God of Food and the Sun God, he had learned that the Nature Goddess was an upper-tier god!
Du Fan was eager to return home, Naixiu also wanted to enter human society urgently, Chenchen thought about going back home, and the Dark Demon Tiger longed for human beauties. Yet, all of them calmed down at this moment, ready to head to human society.
In just two hours, thanks to the Dark Demon Tiger’s insane speed, Du Fan saw a large market in the distance. This market was built by the dwarves on the outskirts of the Twilight Mountains for trade with humans!
They were now not far from the Lan Ni Empire!
“Robb, fly south!” Seeing the market, Du Fan had a general idea of their direction. Flying south and then turning west would lead them into the territory of the Siluo Province.
Soon, Du Fan entered the Siluo Province.
“Naixiu, look—we’ve entered my territory.” After entering the Siluo Province, Du Fan’s mood gradually settled down.

Hearing Du Fan say they had entered his territory, Nai Xiu widened her eyes and began to carefully observe Du Fan’s land from above. Seeing that his territory was still a beautiful place with lush mountains and clear waters, Nai Xiu couldn’t help but start to like it. The elves all loved being close to nature, and such an environment felt much more comfortable to her than the crowded, building-filled areas she remembered from the human world. “Du Fan, your territory looks really great!” Nai Xiu said. “Mm, I’m glad you like it,” Du Fan replied. “Rob, let’s go down. Flying at your speed might attract the attention of many human warriors.” “Okay,” Rob said. Hearing this, the Dark Demon Tiger landed, and once everyone had dismounted, it immediately transformed into a young man in green robes. “Let’s fly there normally instead,” Du Fan said with a smile. With that, he flew back up into the air and said to the other three, “Follow me!” Under Du Fan’s lead, the four of them quickly reached the city gates of Doha. Seeing the four people flying in the sky, the guards of Doha suddenly became very nervous. “Shoot! Shoot at them!” an officer-like man shouted immediately. Soon, the soldiers on the ground drew their bows and shot at the descending group. “Du Fan, are you sure this is your territory, your city?” Rob asked anxiously, looking at the arrows being shot at him. How could his own soldiers attack their lord? Hearing Rob’s words, Nai Xiu also looked at Du Fan in confusion, while Chenchen laughed strangely. Seeing their expressions, Du Fan felt frustrated. “Stop! I’m Du Fan! Your lord!” Du Fan shouted loudly from the air. “It really is the lord!” a sharp-eyed soldier cried out. Du Fan often went among the commoners in Doha, so many people there recognized him. “It’s the lord! It’s the lord!” Du Fan’s shouts made many soldiers start shouting as well; many of them had heard his voice before. After his shout, many soldiers began to cheer loudly, “The lord is back! The lord is back!” With these cheers, many people gathered around.

Watching the crowd gradually gather, Du Fan felt relieved and gave Rob a proud glance.
“It seems you’re quite popular here!” Rob said with a laugh upon seeing Du Fan’s strange expression.
Soon, Du Fan and his three companions stopped inside Doha City.
“Lord, you’re finally back! We were all very worried during your absence!” An officer-like man rushed up to Du Fan and spoke eagerly.
“Who’s in charge now?” Du Fan asked promptly upon seeing the officer.
“It was a mess at first, but a few days later, someone arrived—your elder brother!” the officer replied immediately.
“Elder brother George has come?” Du Fan exclaimed happily upon hearing this.
“Yes, Lord. Not only has Lord George arrived, but he also brought 20,000 troops from the north,” the officer added.
Hearing that his elder brother had returned, Du Fan couldn’t spare any more time talking to the officer. He rushed forward like the wind and arrived at the lord’s mansion.
Naixiu and the other two also followed Du Fan.
“Lord!” The soldiers guarding the entrance immediately knelt down upon seeing Du Fan!
Normally, these soldiers didn’t need to kneel when seeing Du Fan, but since he had been missing for nearly two months and suddenly reappeared, they naturally felt compelled to kneel right away.
“Ah, hello, hello. Get up, get up!” Du Fan repeated repeatedly.
Just as he was speaking, someone ran over shouting, “The lord is back! The lord is back!”
Following these shouts, one familiar face after another appeared.
The first to run out was Old Mark. Upon seeing Du Fan, Old Mark’s eyes filled with tears, and his hands trembled. “Young master, you’re finally back!” he finally managed to say.
“Haha, Grandpa Mark! I can see you at last. How are things here while I was away? Is everything okay?” Du Fan rushed over, hugged Old Mark tightly, and asked loudly.
“Everything’s fine, young master. It’s just that those thieves who escaped before keep causing trouble,” Old Mark replied.
“What happened?” Du Fan asked immediately upon hearing this.

“That Flying Wolf that ran away back then—no one knows why—but it suddenly reappeared. And this time, along with it, there was a group of experts! Against such experts, we’re completely helpless,” said Old Mark.
“They’ve appeared?” Du Fan’s brows tightened upon hearing of the Flying Wolf’s reappearance.
“Yes. And judging from the way they fight, it seems several of them have already reached the ninth level of mastery. They keep harassing our city of Doha. Against such experts, our soldiers are utterly powerless!” Old Mark said, frowning as well.
“Grandpa Mark, since I’m back, there’s no need to worry about them,” Du Fan said with a smile.
“That’s right, young master. Only with you back do we have a leader. You don’t know—during your absence, those bastards kept coming to cause trouble. If not for our sturdy city walls and powerful crossbows, who knows what state our city of Doha would be in now!” Hearing this, Old Mark immediately spoke loudly.
“What about the experts from Divine Might Prison?” Du Fan frowned and asked right away.
“Ah, young master, ever since you left, not a trace of those Church experts has been seen. And even if they were here, how could we give them orders?” Old Mark replied.
Hearing this, Du Fan nodded repeatedly. Back then, under his authority, those experts from Divine Might Prison were always sent to do his dirty work. Although they were dissatisfied with this, as one of the two prison leaders, he still had to enforce it. But once he disappeared, those experts had no obligation to guard the city for him. Moreover, after his disappearance, his own subordinates might not even be able to get in touch with them!
Next, Elsik and Jack, two elderly men, appeared.
“Lord!” “Lord!” As soon as they saw Du Fan, the two elders knelt down and greeted him loudly.
“Oh, my elders, no need for such formalities!” Seeing these elderly men kneeling before him, Du Fan rushed over, helped them up, and kept saying.

“Lord, where are you going? Ah, without you here, we’ve been worried about you every day!” Elsik spoke up immediately.
“It’s hard to explain! I’ll tell you all in detail when I have time next time,” Du Fan said.
At that moment, George and Simbat also ran out. “Third brother! You’re finally here! Father and Mother were extremely worried! They sent magic messages every day to check on you. Just these magic scrolls have cost countless gold coins!” As soon as George saw Du Fan, he rushed over laughing, hugged him tightly, and said loudly.
“Haha, eldest brother, look at me—I’m fine now, right?” Du Fan also hugged his eldest brother tightly and said happily.
The bond between the eldest and second brothers was naturally beyond what Moses and Basha could compare to. George and Allen’s brotherly love for Du Fan was truly sincere, without any pretense.
Since childhood, Du Fan had been considered useless, unable to practice magic or combat energy. As a result, he was often bullied among the noble children. It was these two brothers who never allowed anyone to call him useless in front of him. For this reason, George and Allen had fought many battles.
It could be said that in George’s eyes, his eldest brother was almost as important as his own father. Since his father was busy with military and political affairs and rarely spent time alone with Du Fan, this eldest brother felt even closer to Du Fan than his father!