Sir, this is not how bad women are used.

"Yes, it is essentially a casino, where adventurers become addicted, lose their ambition, and slack off their will!"

Duranbi and Diner sang the same tune.

Josephine looked at Duranby without changing her expression, ignoring Dinner beside her, and asked bluntly:

"So what's your opinion, Duranbi?"

Duranbi looked embarrassed and said in a very tangled manner:

"I understand the good intentions of Sister Josephine, but the church really cannot play the role of a 'casino owner'. How about this, of the seven arenas in the city, close five of them and leave only two.

What do you think? "

Josephine nodded calmly and decisively without even a tremor in her eyelids:

"Okay, that's it. I respect your wishes."

"Huh?" Duranbi and Di Neng'er were both stunned.

This is different from what I expected!

In the plan of the two, they first proposed an excessive one and asked to close five seats, but the elder sister would definitely not agree. This gave them room for bargaining. After a few days of arguing, they finally compromised and closed three or four seats.

As a result, there are fewer arenas and they cannot accommodate so many adventurers. Those people will naturally flow into casinos for entertainment, as long as they can meet the requirements of the bishops.

But the result of this compromise was that the elder sister had to agree to her companions' request to enter the ruins square.

I've made concessions here, it's impossible for you to give nothing.

But Josephine didn't follow the rules. Why did she agree to it so directly? !

She gave up so decisively that Duranbi's negotiating power was gone in an instant.

Josephine ignored the two people's sluggishness and said calmly, "If there is nothing else, please go back. We will start closing the five arenas in the next two days."

Duranbi: "......"

Chapter 3: Princess Melissa Enters the House (k)

Because of the unexpected reply from the nun, all the negotiation plans prepared by Duranbi and others in advance were scrapped.

Di Neng Er was a little unwilling, trying to find a glimmer of room for maneuver. He pretended to be calm and said:

"Sister Josephine, are you willing to agree to this so hastily? Don't you plan to reconsider it?"

The mature and beautiful nun chuckled softly.

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After a little hesitation, he shook his head and replied:

"There is nothing to consider. Isn't this your own request? I just obeyed your wishes and agreed with your adherence to the doctrine and rules."

At this point, Duranbi and Dinner had nothing else to talk about, so they had to leave in disgrace and reunite with their colleagues.

*

When they returned to the house where they were staying in the small parish, several other companions immediately came up to them and asked about the situation.

"So, have you convinced Josephine and Theresa to join us?"

"Don't mention it. This matter is a bit strange. It went smoothly to the point where it was not smooth."

Di Neng'er let out a long sigh, and then he explained the negotiation situation to his companions. After hearing this, the others were all stunned.

As requested by the bishops, the task of closing down several arenas was carried out smoothly without any obstruction. The elder sister agreed to it directly, which made it difficult to make subsequent requests for the elder sister and others to join the team.

"That shouldn't be the case. When we first arrived in the city yesterday, the elder sister came out to stop us and then resumed the operation of the arena..."

"Yes, she clearly cares about the operation of these arenas. How come she doesn't care at all after just one night?"

They discussed it for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.

Although they already had a complete team configuration, they also recognized the abilities of Josephine and Therese. With their help, they would have a better chance of reaching that unknown underground square.

At least I can feel more at peace.

The leader Duranbi spoke up, stopping the discussion on this matter and said:

"It's useless to continue talking. Forget it if we can't invite them. Our current team is fully equipped. Let's see if we can summon some elites from the nobles of the kingdom in the city."

Latin, the front row heavy knight in the team, is a half-orc. His parents are lion-man and cat-eared. Although Latin always says that he is a lion, his facial features are more inherited from his cat-eared mother.

Because of this, Latin had to keep his hair long to cover his face somewhat, otherwise people would think he was a tomcat.

When he heard Team Leader Duranbi mention the matter of gathering elites, Latin said:

"Commander Deloya is also in the city, and she has so many excellent discipline officers under her..."

Hayden, the female ranger who was the shooter, retorted mercilessly:

"What are you thinking about? Who gave you the illusion that you could invite the Commander of Discipline? Only the Pope of Discipline can give orders to her. Have you ever seen her help others?"

Di Neng'er came out to ease the atmosphere and said:

"Well, Latin was involved in a dispute with a heretic organization and nearly died. He was saved by the Commander of Discipline. He has always admired him. You are not unaware of this... We can only start with the elites among the kingdom's nobles and the adventure groups."

Only these two parties are likely to be summoned.

On the other hand, ordinary clergymen in the Babel city area do not need to make special considerations and can basically give orders at will.

Duranbi nodded in agreement and immediately ordered:

"That's it for now. Let's split up and gather enough people so we can open the Ruins Square as soon as possible. The bishops asked us to act as quickly as possible."

Everyone nodded and then dispersed out of the door.

Several team members went to communicate with the kingdom nobles and adventure groups in the city, while Duranbi directly selected people in the small parish and led a group of clergymen into the Tower of Babel first.

Because finding all the people is not enough, the floor cover of the ruins square cannot be opened easily, which they learned from the prior intelligence.

*

Outside the Adventurer's Guild, after Milanqi announced the cessation of exploration commissions last time, she once again stood in front of the gate, ready to announce something new under the gazes of all the adventurers.

"Ms. Milanqi, what's going on this time? If it's not news of an exploration commission, we won't listen!"

This was a joke, with no malicious intent to stir up trouble, and the adventurers around laughed along.

Milanqi smiled helplessly, her expression showing apology:

"I feel like I'm about to become a crow that brings bad news. This time it's bad news. Five of the seven arenas in the city will be closed in two days, leaving only the guild's underground training ground and the one near the Tower of Babel.

I can't elaborate on the reasons, but you should have heard about them, but I had no choice."

When this news came out, the adventurers felt lost and surprised.

Although the two remaining arenas are the largest, it is foreseeable that there will still be a group of adventurers who find it difficult to enter and can only stand outside and wait.

When it's packed with people, it's hard to squeeze in no matter what.

"I live quite far from here. Even if I get up early every day, I may not be able to catch up with the people who live here."

"There was originally an arena near where I live, and I finally had fun for a week..."

"The reason for the closure is probably those church bigwigs who showed up yesterday, really..."

"There are really good and bad people in the church. I saw the head nun running around to deal with the affairs of the arena before. It's only been a few days and someone from the church came to cause trouble."

Even if we put aside those bishops' close associates,

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Their status in the church, based on their strength alone, is not something that adventurers can afford to offend.

No matter how many complaints you have in your heart, you have to hold them back and keep all the dirty words inside.

Milanqi clapped her hands to attract the adventurers' attention again, and she said:

"During this period, in order to allow all adventurers to have the opportunity to enter the arena, everyone entering will be subject to 'anti-addiction' restrictions. When the time is up, they must leave and go back to rest.

But there is also good news. The guild has received help from the Meduso family and the Dragonborn family, and the exploration commissions should be able to resume normally, and the specific time is about two weeks later."

Revealing this news in advance is helpless, but it is also a foreshadowing.

The sooner the names of the Meduso family and the Dragonborn family are heard by adventurers, the more easily adventurers will be able to accept new arenas when they appear in the future.

*

Di Neng'er and Ladin began to visit the bases of various major adventure groups.

There is no need to pay attention to those individual adventurers, because after adventurers have grown to a certain level, they have to join a group to seek higher development opportunities. Even if individual adventurers encounter some powerful monsters, it will take a lot of time to form a temporary team.

During this time, the members of the adventure group might be able to gather all the members with just a call.

Therefore, if you want to recruit elite-level adventurers, just go to the adventure group and look for them.

The two bishop's confidants had just visited an adventure group's base and tried to persuade them for a long time, but the other party still politely refused and refused to come no matter what.

However, in order to save the faces of these two important figures, he gave them two boxes of intermediate magic potions for treating injuries for free to show his gratitude.

"This is the 'Strong Liquor Adventure Group' established by the dwarves. These families are born to be the front line to bear the pressure of monsters."

Di Nenger made sure he was in the right place and started knocking on the door.

"Who is it? You've come to the wrong place. These buildings are where the dwarves are stationed." Gangdan drunkenly opened the door, trying to sober up and relieve his sorrow, sighing about the changes in the arena.

Di Neng'er introduced himself as the bishop's guard, and then explained his purpose:

"Hello, we are looking for the 'Strong Liquor Adventure Group'. We invite you to enter the Tower of Babel and undertake a secret and difficult mission."

The matters concerning the Ruins Square cannot be announced casually. We have to confirm that these people agree before we can explain the details.

But after hearing the identities of the two men, the dwarf no longer wanted to listen. In front of the guild hall, everyone knew the situation in the arena. It was this group of people who were causing trouble.

Taking advantage of his drunken temper, Gangdan slammed the door shut.

"Go away and don't disturb us from drinking!"

Latin was furious that these dwarf adventurers with no identity or background were so rude and arrogant to them.

Just as he was about to explode, Diner persuaded the half-orc Latin to stop.

"Don't mess around with unnecessary things. The bishops urge that this task is urgent."

"Okay, let's go check out other adventure groups."

After going through several famous adventure groups, the two of them found nothing, and the adventure groups used all kinds of excuses to decline.

On the other hand, Hayden and his taciturn companion Kunba visited the nobles of the kingdom and managed to recruit a few people. Many of the nobles tried to curry favor with the bishop's confidants.

After visiting several houses, they finally arrived at Princess Melissa's residence.

Daven, the knight servant of Princess Melissa, is well-known for her excellent combat ability and is recognized by the Thunder Kingdom's treasure, the Thunder Hammer.

This is their goal.

Unfortunately, when the door opened, the white-haired maid who stayed inside told her:

"I'm sorry, Princess Melissa left this morning. She has been here for a long time and has returned to her country to handle affairs. Knight Daven is guarding the princess on both sides."

Kunba frowned and said:

"Is it such a coincidence? We have been in the Babel City for so long, but we chose to leave at this time. How come we didn't notice Princess Melissa's carriage leaving?"

The white-haired maid could only smile helplessly and say nothing more.

*

Princess Melissa's residence is not far from Chu Yan's base. Standing at the window on the second floor, you can see each other's buildings.

At this moment, Princess Melissa and Knight Daven are visiting here.

The two stood by the curtains and observed their maid's response through the gap.

Seeing the two bishops' confidants leave, Daiwen looked at Chu Yan and thanked him on behalf of her master:

"Thank you Lord Chu Yan for taking us in urgently. I never thought that this group of people would plan their actions so carefully. They even arranged guards on the avenue at the entrance of the city..."

"It's nothing, just a small favor."

Chu Yan looked relaxed, but when he met Princess Melissa again, he felt a little weird.

Or is it a guilty conscience?