adventurers in the sewers

Chapter 114 Nora: I say my martial uncle's opinion is brilliant.

After bidding farewell to the Hero Squad, Louis and his companions headed to the Black Rock Legion to exchange their battle merits.

As they neared their destination, Nora couldn't help but ask the question she'd been holding back the whole way: "Louis, how did you do that?"

Why does Ruan have marks on his body indicating he was controlled by demons?

Having actually fought Lu An, she knew very well that Lu An's consciousness was very clear before he died, and his goal of joining the hero's team and gaining the hero's recognition never wavered.

Such a person could not possibly be a puppet of the demon race.

Dai Na also cast a questioning glance at her.

To this, Louis simply shook his head and said, "Just some less-than-honorable little tricks."

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He didn't say it explicitly, but he had implicitly admitted that it was his doing.

Nora nodded, but didn't press the matter further.

All she needed to do was confirm that it was done by one of their own people, and not some additional conspiracy.

After entering the Blackrock Legion's office and dividing the bounty, Louis suggested, "Let's go see Archmage Ignis and see how badly he's injured."

The suggestion was unanimously approved by the teammates.

However, they do not yet know where Ignis lives, and Nora and her teacher Colin do not have any means of communication such as telepathy.

Louis thought for a moment and decided to visit the commander of the Blackrock Legion nearby to ask him about Ignis's location.

They attended a meeting together yesterday, so at least I've become acquainted with them. I shouldn't refuse to see them.

He stopped a passing mid-level officer, asked him about the location of the regimental commander's command post, and then set off with his teammates.

Along the way, they passed by the Frostclaw tribe's settlement and caught a glimpse of it from afar.

The encampment had almost lost its vitality; the orcs wandering outside were all listless. Clearly, the chieftain's betrayal had greatly weakened the morale of the entire force.

Louis also saw several orcs punching and kicking an orc with a black panther's head.

The latter is clearly a descendant of Morgen.

With Moergang gone, they naturally bear the brunt of their own people's wrath.

The visit to the Black Rock Corps Commander went smoothly. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, they arrived at Ignis's house.

A young man who looked like a magician's apprentice welcomed them through the door.

In a room that wasn't luxurious but was filled with a magical atmosphere, they met Ignis.

The bald, long-bearded old monk was lying listlessly on the bed, with Archmage Colin sitting beside him.

His right arm was missing, half of his face was covered in burn marks, and even half of his white beard was singed.

Coupled with the bandages covering the wounds, it was as miserable as could be.

He and Colin, who had become a dried-up corpse and was also missing an arm, looked like real brothers.

When Louis and his companions entered, the two men in dire straits were chatting.

"Does it hurt? That's good."

"Until the effects of the extraordinary assassin wear off, no magical potions will work on you; you can only use ordinary potions to speed up your recovery."

"Take good care of yourself. Even if you were only grazed by the power of the superhuman assassin, it won't be able to recover your strength in less than a week."

"Molly, that girl, is just as reliable as a teammate, and just as terrifying as an enemy."

The two men ended their conversation only after Louis and his party entered.

Louis set aside the fruit basket and bouquet he had bought along the way and said sincerely, "Lord Ignis, it's so good to know you're alright."

Ignis used his intact arm to slowly prop himself up, and sighed, "One wrong move."

"I had made thorough preparations, but I didn't expect that Morgang would run away before Molly could unleash her extraordinary killer attack, causing Molly to switch targets."

"Mo Ergang is an amateur. Does he think sending him up is a way to force him to his death?"

"I've already calculated it. With his speed as a leopard-man, he has a 60% chance of dodging even if he faces a superhuman assassin head-on. Even if he doesn't manage to dodge completely, he'll at most end up like me."

Towards the end, Ignis couldn't hold back any longer, his face filled with resentment, and he slammed his hand on the bed: "Morgon deserves to die! Because of his backing down, he ruined this great situation!"

"Don't let me see him again! If I do, I'll skin him alive and use his skin as a mattress!"

"What a waste of resources—" Nora muttered under her breath.

"What did you say?"

Ignis's gaze suddenly fell on Nora.

Nora: "I say my senior uncle's opinion is brilliant."

Fearing the two disciples might start fighting, Louis quickly coughed lightly and changed the subject, saying, "Lord Ignis, after you were injured, do you still have anyone who can deal with Hero Molly? If nothing unexpected happens, Hero Molly will come again tonight, right?"

Upon hearing this, Ignis's face immediately fell with worry.

"It's a pity that your generation of heroes hasn't grown up yet. If Princess Erisil had already become a Level 3 professional, she wouldn't have to worry about these things."

He sighed, "I have already contacted the capital; a level four professional will arrive within three days."

"Even if I am unwilling to ask a level four professional to come, Blackrock City really cannot afford to suffer any more losses. If I continue to act recklessly, it will only lead to the city's destruction and the loss of its inhabitants."

Are Level 4 professionals coming soon?

According to what Ignis and Colin had said before, once a Level 4 professional arrives, the Secret Codex of Molly the Hero will no longer be relevant to him and Erisil.

Louis sighed inwardly, but did not insist.

Without revealing his identity as the hero, he would never have been able to obtain Molly's secret manual.

Even though the treasure was out of his reach, Louis couldn't help but ask a question he had been curious about for a long time.

"What exactly is the purpose of this Hero's Manual, and why would even a level four professional player crave it?"

Ignis treated them like family and casually revealed a secret that 99% of first-level professionals didn't know: "After the Hero's Codex becomes unclaimed, there is an extremely small probability that a human will be chosen again to give birth to a new hero."

"In addition to this function, the Hero's Codexes can also be combined with each other."

"Once fused, it will not increase the hero's level, but it will cause one of the hero's random stats to break the level cap."

"Take Princess Erisil as an example. If she fuses with a level 1 Hero's Tome and randomly gets the Strength attribute, then the original maximum Strength attribute of 20 points will break through the maximum and reach 30 points."

"And this cap is still retained after the second job advancement, meaning it reaches 40 points, and so on."

"As for level four professionals, although they cannot fuse with the Hero's Codex, they can break it and extract its special power, which can increase their chances of becoming demigods."

After hearing Ignis's introduction, everyone in Louis's team was greatly shocked.

A strength attribute cap of 30 points is reached from 20 points, which doesn't sound very strong; it only means that one of the attributes reaches the level of a level 2 professional.

However, if the hero continues to grow, when he becomes a level four professional, his individual attributes will be able to reach the level of a demigod.

No wonder Erisil wanted to kill Hiron and take the secret manual from him so much.