adventurers in the sewers

Chapter 124 Nora: Nobody understands Louis better than me!

"Leave Blackrock City? Louis, what are you planning to do?"

Dai Na frowned and asked.

Previously, Louis had never told his teammates about his plans because it was too difficult to explain.

Infiltrating deep into enemy territory to rescue the remains of Hero Molly is indeed beyond reproach, but the problem lies in the fact that his method of infiltrating behind enemy lines stemmed from a series of abilities and even class-specific talents of Ruan.

Even though he was a hero, he couldn't explain where he got these abilities from.

After a brief hesitation, Louis first briefly described the succubus's memories and the plan to rescue the hero's body, then said ambiguously, "I have learned some assassin-class skills and can infiltrate smoothly, so everyone doesn't need to worry."

Daina searched through her past memories but couldn't find any instances of Louis practicing assassination skills.

This made her want to ask something more, but Nora pulled her back.

Nora asked, "Leaving tonight? When will you be back?"

Louis said, "I plan to infiltrate the demon's tent tonight and lie low until tomorrow night, when the hero Molly has unleashed her extraordinary killing move and is summoned back by the witches, then I will take the opportunity to steal her body."

"That's when the witches' demonic energy is most depleted and the demons are most relaxed, so the success rate is very high."

Nora nodded: "I won't stop you if you want to go, but please take Ruan's body with you before you go. He's an assassin too, and he won't hold you back under my control."

Louis paused, then asked, "This place is more than ten miles from the demon's main camp. Can you control it from such a distance?"

Nora explained calmly, "If it were a fresh, unmodified corpse, I naturally wouldn't be able to control it, but I've already implanted my magic receiver into Ruan's body."

"As long as it's within 20 miles, the signal will only have a slight delay, but it will still be usable."

Louis thought about it and ultimately did not refuse.

He then took the magic pouch from Nora, into which Ruan's body had already been placed.

He can throw out corpses to aid in battle whenever he needs to.

If he needs to use abilities that are inconvenient for Nora to see, he can always stuff the corpse back into the magic pocket to block signal reception.

"Then I'll be leaving now. Please be careful while I'm gone."

Louis gave his teammates a few earnest instructions, patted his younger brother's head, and turned to leave without hesitation.

Only after Louis was out of sight did Dana finally ask, "Nora, why did you pull me like that?"

"Have you ever seen Louis studying assassination techniques? With only half-baked assassination skills, he would never be able to evade the demons' surveillance, which would be very dangerous."

"Even assuming his assassination skills are excellent, how could he possibly traverse the entire battlefield alone?"

Merry also turned to look at Nora; he had also had his mouth covered.

Then Nora said calmly, "Do you think Louis hasn't thought of the problems you can think of? The fact that he dared to go means he's confident he can get things done."

Dana and Merry's gazes both sharpened, their anxiety lessening slightly as they waited quietly for Nora to continue.

Nora: "As for how Louis managed to traverse the battlefield and infiltrate behind enemy lines, I suspect he has some special talent that he's not comfortable telling us about."

"That might be a kind of innate talent that is even more powerful than the talent of the Hero class. Throughout the long history of humankind, there have been geniuses with innate talents."

"Louis's talent may lie in imitating and learning the skills of others, and even in class-specific talents."

At this point, Nora paused, glanced at Dana who seemed lost in thought, and continued, "Didn't you notice? The Great Shield Impact that Louis used when disguised as a Shieldbearer didn't seem like an imitation of the original Great Shield Impact at all; it was the real deal."

"Besides, his increasingly cunning and unpredictable swordsmanship doesn't seem to be something he developed on his own; rather, it's more like a skill he created by imitating other people's swordsmanship and assassination techniques."

"Besides that, there's the inexplicable ability to search for the corpse's memories, the ability to conceal one's aura, and the magical disguise that makes one seem ordinary—all of these give me a vague and ambiguous feeling."

"It's as if some of our enemies used these skills, and then Louis learned them and improved upon them."

Dai Na nodded silently.

She's not stupid; how could she not notice these problems?

But in the past, she would always use the excuse that "this is Louis's own secret" without giving it any systematic and in-depth consideration.

After listening to Nora's analysis today, she realized just how incredible "Louis's Secret" was.

"In other words, Louis has the ability to imitate and even copy the skills and talents of others, and the imitated skills can be used to fuse with his hero talent skills?"

"Dina said, shocked."

Even inside the soundproof barrier, she couldn't help but lower her voice a few decibels.

No wonder, no wonder Louis was so satisfied with the awakened hero talent.

If someone else had obtained this hero's talent, they might have been able to fuse it into a few powerful skills.

But Louis is different. He can get skills from others for free. He doesn't need to work hard to learn them. He can easily create a bunch of skills with extremely high proficiency and strength.

Without a doubt, this is the talent that best suits him.

Seeing that Dana understood what she meant, Nora continued, "I guess Louis's talent is limited; at the very least, he can't learn any talents or skills from us."

"However, one thing is certain: he has definitely mastered all of Ruan's talents and skills. He can walk in the darkness, easily traverse the battlefield, and then rely on Ruan's stealth skills to hide in the demon's stronghold."

"Otherwise, I can't imagine how he dared to venture into the enemy camp alone."

Dai Na breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As long as Louis is confident, that's good. I'll cover for him properly from now on."

Louis was unaware that his teammates had already guessed most of the uses of his cheat code.

But even knowing that, he wasn't flustered.

When fighting alongside your teammates, it's impossible not to use any of the skills and talents you acquire from the enemy.

Once they guessed it, Louis was spared the trouble of painstakingly explaining.

Louis even felt that his teammates were too conservative in their thinking.

Pick up talents and skills?

This is nothing. I can even pick up the attributes of corpses and become a demon.

Louis had already returned to the battlefield via the sewage outlet.

He chose a sewage outlet that was not guarded by any professional, and relying on his stealth ability, he easily fooled the ordinary warriors of the Frostclaw tribe and left without anyone noticing.

As soon as he stepped onto the battlefield, Louis activated "Shadow Domination".

His figure blended into the darkness, like a ghost, invisible to any living being.

Like climbing stairs, Louis stepped through the temporarily solidified darkness and walked towards the night sky.

Gradually, he climbed higher than the highest point of the city wall, and he had a clear view of the distribution of monsters in the demonic tide.