adventurers in the sewers

Chapter 145 The Demonic Tide Recedes, Daina Changes Job

"Wish fulfillment? So, Orianna just thought about decapitating those two level-four demons, and they were decapitated?"

Louis thought to himself.

At this moment, he saw that the heads and bodies of the two level-four demons had not yet touched the ground when he flew back again.

The two disappeared after their bodies came into contact with Orianna, seemingly stored in a magical pocket-like storage device, while Orianna held their heads in one hand.

Then the mind mage did not linger at the original site of the demon camp and flew back.

As the other party swept over Louis's squad, Louis could clearly see that the head of the level four demon in her hand was contorted with rage and cursing something.

He didn't die.

Not only was he not dead, but not a single drop of blood flowed from the severed neck.

This situation doesn't seem like the level four demons inherently possess extremely high immortality; rather, it seems like Orianna's own method—making the level four demons harmless while keeping them alive for torture.

Capturing two demons in one battle—with such combat prowess, it's no wonder this woman is so arrogant.

She is indeed not a hero, not even a hero's teammate, but strength is strength, undeniably strong.

Louis thought to himself with a sigh.

But then, he suddenly realized something and became nervous.

That lava demon must have reported the theft of Molly's body to the level four demons. Hopefully, Orianna didn't actually extract anything from it.

Louis carefully recalled the process of stealing the hero's body, and only after confirming that he had not shown his face to any living demons did he feel a little relieved.

As for the "Shadow Domination" talent?

He did use it against the Lava Demon, who may have described the effect of the talent to his superiors.

But that's nothing. Besides his own people, only Arisil and Anredor have seen him use "Shadow Domination".

Clearly, Erisil and Orianna are at odds; the latter wouldn't call on her when interrogating a level four demon.

Even if we assume that Erisil knew that Molly's body was stolen by someone who "controls shadows," so what?

Her suspicions weren't directed at Louis, but rather at the demon who had planted a enslavement spell on her and possessed a wicked sense of humor.

Even Lu An, the original owner of this talent, was believed by outsiders to have been controlled by the demons.

No matter how the investigation goes, the demons will have to take the blame; they can't shift the blame onto him.

However, even if the investigation fails to find him, Louis decided not to take any rash actions during this period.

Let's talk about everything after things calm down.

"It seems the demonic tide is about to dissipate."

While I was pondering these things, the white tiger beastman spoke up.

Louis turned his gaze to the monsters whose numbers had dwindled and who had completely lost the control of the demon race.

They seemed to be terrified by the apocalyptic scene they had just witnessed, and were scattering in all directions in panic, their eyes becoming clear.

Based on this trend, the demonic tide should completely disappear by tomorrow morning.

But monsters are monsters after all. If they are allowed to roam freely, they will have a huge impact on the ecology of the surrounding villages and towns.

Now is the time when they are leaderless, so it's the perfect opportunity to wipe them out.

The commander of the Black Rock Legion clearly shared this idea.

Moments later, the gates of Blackrock City swung open, and the guards, who had been passively defending the city for days, filed out, heading towards the monsters to hunt them down.

This naturally includes many adventurers.

Louis's squad also rushed into the crowd without hesitation to enjoy this final feast of reaping the spoils of war.

I don't know how much time passed, but the sky began to lighten with the first hint of dawn.

The wasteland outside the city was in complete disarray.

After Louis and his party settled their battle merits with the officers, they went to the Blackrock Legion to exchange their money before returning home to rest.

Just now, Blackrock Legion Commander Lonard announced that the demonic tide has receded, and most of the adventurers' missions have been temporarily suspended.

The task of guarding the sewers is also included.

In short—the sewer crew doesn't need to go to work tomorrow.

In this long battle to defend Blackrock City, Louis's savings finally barely reached 50 gold, which can be considered a satisfactory conclusion.

For the next period of time, Louis focused on helping his teammates improve their skills.

The way to help is simple: rely on the three team talents of "accelerated cultivation", "ability sharing" and "comprehension aggregation".

The effects of "Accelerated Cultivation" and "Collection of Comprehension" are self-evident; the key lies in the talent of "Ability Sharing."

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Through continuous testing, Louis discovered that if he shared a skill with his teammates, the teammates would gain knowledge of that skill and even muscle memory of it.

When the skill sharing ends, the knowledge and muscle memory will disappear, but if you study the skill seriously during the sharing period, it will be more than ten times faster than learning it from scratch.

If the shared attributes are basic properties, the same effect will be achieved.

With the support of three team talents, the teammates' progress can only be described as rapid.

During this time, Louis was not idle either. He constantly refined the combination of his various talents and skills to make his combat system as comprehensive and complete as possible.

Having too many talents and skills can sometimes be a problem.

At the same time, he kept an eye on Orianna's situation and found that although she had not left Blackrock City, she had not come looking for him either.

However, he still dared not be careless and obediently stayed at home to cultivate.

Time flies, and a month has passed.

"Louis, my concentration has finally reached 20 points."

On this day, Dina put down her heavy training sword and excitedly came to Louis and said...

"Your concentration is maxed out? Then you can change jobs."

Louis was also pleasantly surprised.

Since Daina's job level increase is unrelated to the Hero's Codex, her job change requirements are still the same as those for the Spellsword: she only needs to have maxed-out Magic Adaptability and three main attributes, and 15 points in the remaining attributes.

Of course, Daina's current attribute cap has reached 20 points, but since she can continue to improve after changing jobs, there is no need to pursue perfection.

A month ago, in the final battle to quell the demon tide, Dina accomplished the feat of saving 1000 people and completely merged with Molly's First-Class Hero's Codex.

After the fusion, her talent "Magic Overload" was greatly enhanced, allowing her to hold an extra 20 points of magic power, and the overload duration reached more than three hours.

Her next-level class talent should also receive the same level of enhancement.

In fact, besides Dina, Nora's attributes also met the requirements for job change, and she met the requirements about a week earlier than Dina.

Unfortunately, she and her teacher Colin were both quite poor and hadn't yet raised enough money to buy the advanced profession of "Necromancer".

But Daina is different; she has a sucker who will pay for the Sun Knight's Codex for her.

"I remember the Erisil squad hasn't left Blackrock City yet. Let's go ask Alwin for the money."

Louis immediately made the suggestion.

1000 gold coins—it's never reassuring to keep them in my pocket.

During this time, the Third Hero Squad led the residents of villages and towns out of the city to help clear out the monsters roaming around the towns, allowing the villagers to safely return to their homeland, and gained a lot of popularity.

The two did not disturb Nora and Merry's training and went to the inner city together.

Inside Alwin's mansion.

Upon seeing the two debt collectors at his door, the purple-haired youth scratched his head in distress.

"Miss Daina, how come you're progressing so fast? I've only just saved up a thousand gold coins, and you're already here."

Louis coughed lightly and said, "Dena is a well-known genius, Your Excellency Viscount Alwin, you can't go back on your word."

Alwin smiled wryly and said, "Of course I've heard of her reputation as a genius. Some people in the Black Rock Legion say that Miss Dina is a battle maniac. How could someone like that progress slowly?"

"What I didn't expect was that, even though I was still a bit short of the required level to change jobs, Miss Dana had already reached the standard for fusing the Sun Knight's Codex before me."

"Could Miss Dina be another Her Majesty Oriana?"

"Fine, fine. Since I promised, I should keep my word. I'll go to the Warriors' Association with you."

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