My inventory is full of monster materials.

Roll~ Roll~

The two-horse caravan struggled to carry the "White Eagle" squad along the rugged road—the squad stopped the caravan on the trade route and coerced and bribed small merchants to give them space to rest.

Inside the carriage, filled with the aroma of malt liquor, they finally got a moment's rest.

The unconscious Felix was gently placed on Talia's lap.

The red-haired woman's face was full of sorrow as she gently combed Felix's gray hair with her fingers, her movements as tender as a lover's.

Emily released holy light to heal as always, but this time the target was the head, not the body—Mark strongly suggested.

The womanizing Henry has a new love interest. In addition to maintaining the steel tower shield, he also has to take care of the metal half-body plate armor he just acquired.

Mark, meanwhile, was examining a rune animal hide by himself.

Strange runes and patterns were written on animal hides with fresh blood.

The moment he stared at the runes, his vision became distorted, the runes turned into little figures that rolled and jumped, and the temples on both sides of his head began to throb slightly.

At the same time, a message popped up in front of me.

[Forbidden knowledge detected. Do you accept it?]

【no】

Mark gathered the animal hide together and gently rubbed his temples, which were throbbing slightly.

This is a runic animal hide that Talia found in a bronze chest; it seems to contain some kind of mysterious knowledge.

Having learned from the example of the altar,

Mark dared not act rashly.

At this moment, Felix slowly opened his eyes, then looked around blankly and asked.

"What...are you doing?"

He was greeted with a kiss from Talia, her eyes brimming with tears.

"Philip, Philip..."

The other three breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

Only Felix remained completely bewildered.

"What's going on? Oh, and what about the mission?"

Wiping away her tears, Talia asked softly.

"You really don't know what you did back then?"

Felix shook his head blankly.

Henry said hesitantly.

"Back then, you wanted to stab Xiao Ma with a dagger!"

"I stabbed Mark?"

Felix looked at Talia and Emily with a puzzled expression, and after receiving nods of affirmation from the latter two, he finally realized the seriousness of the situation.

He looked at Mark, the "victim," hoping to understand the specific circumstances at the time.

The others also looked over.

Because Mark's act of smashing the altar was really strange at the time.

Maybe they know something.

Mark pondered for a moment, then asked a question in return.

"Captain, could you tell me what your last memory was?"

"Um..."

Felix tried hard to recall his memories.

"When I entered the room, I immediately recognized the obsidian dagger on the altar as the ritual implement required for this mission. I was overjoyed, thinking I could finally complete the mission, and then..."

"...And then I woke up?!"

"Huh?" x4

The four of them looked at each other in bewilderment.

Finally, Mark took the initiative to explain.

"Actually, when I first entered the room, I felt some whispering sounds in my ears. At first, I thought it was noise from the wind outside, but the closer I got to the altar, the clearer the sounds became."

"Later, I saw you standing motionless by the altar, which made me even more certain that there was something wrong with the altar."

"You all probably know what happened next."

After listening to Mark's story, Talia, Henry, and Emily were all confused and didn't understand what he was saying.

Only Felix's face gradually darkened.

After a moment of silence, Felix finally gave his assessment.

"The extraordinary power involved here has reached the level of a first-tier professional. Eugene actually assigned us a silver-level mission!"

"Silver-level!!"

Everyone was taken aback.

In the Adventurer's Guild's Adventure Rank.

The Iron and Bronze difficulty levels correspond to unclassed adventurers.

Silver level corresponds to Tier 1 professionals, and is fundamentally different from the previous two levels.

No matter how powerful a bronze-level adventure team is, it will suffer casualties or even be completely wiped out if it comes into contact with a silver-level mission.

The "White Eagle" squad made such a serious oversight in their mission to "Slay a Medium-Sized Goblin Camp (Urgent)"!

Even Henry, who wasn't very bright, figured it out and immediately cursed.

"Damn it! The guild is trying to kill us!"

Talia echoed excitedly.

"We must seek justice for the dead Nathan and Lois."

"Calm down!!"

Felix unusually yelled at his teammates.

Henry and Talia both remained silent.

The surroundings fell silent.

At this moment, Felix covered his head and said calmly.

"Don't rush to conclusions. Leave this to me, and I will definitely give everyone a reasonable explanation."

Years of getting along and trusting each other have made Henry and Talia stop dwelling on this topic, but their anger is still hard to quell.

In fact, Felix was also helpless.

Because this was a special mission requiring special handling, the guild might not necessarily take the blame.

"Captain, do you think these two things will be useful?"

Suddenly Mark handed over two items that were tightly wrapped in strips of cloth.

Felix took the item and asked in confusion.

"This is?"

"These are fragments of the obsidian ritual dagger and the altar. The altar was too large; I could only bring back a few small pieces."

"Well done, Mark. This serves as perfect evidence."

Felix felt even more confident.

At this opportune moment, Talia reported on the team's achievements.

"It's not over yet; we've gained a lot from this adventure."

"The following items were seized directly from the goblins: 71 goblin left ears and 2 tooth necklaces."

"The bronze chest in the goblin camp contained: 1 unknown rune animal hide, 6 gold ornaments, 8 gold coins, 121 gray coins, and 32 copper coins."

"The equipment we are recovering includes: a bone staff, a steel tower shield, a dented metal half-body plate armor, a silver cross staff, a curved finely forged longsword, a metal mace, a broken two-handed axe, and a set of somewhat damaged leather armor. The rest is too tattered to take."

After speaking, Talia handed a piece of parchment to Felix.

The reactions to the report varied.

Henry looked at his plate armor and the tower shield beside him, his face flushed.

Emily blushed and quietly kicked away the silver cross-shaped staff at her feet.

Mark, however, remained calm.

Felix had told him that among the stone necklaces found by the goblin shaman, there was a light green stone that was a basic magic stone, worth 1-3 gold coins.

However, this was Mark's personal achievement before joining the team and is not included in the team's statistics.

After Felix glanced at the list and noticed Henry and Emily's unusual expressions, he simply smiled and made a decision.

"This time the team's harvest far exceeds that of the past, so why don't we all pick out a piece of equipment that suits us from the recycled gear?"

"Uh... let's start with Mark, according to the size of his contribution. He saved 'White Eagle' twice, so his contribution is the greatest."