adventurers in the sewers

"Five gold coins! Louis, that's five gold coins! Let's give it a try!"

The blue-haired girl was clearly blinded by the enormous bounty and didn't even notice who the person in the portrait was before she quickly tugged at Louis's sleeve.

Louis was about to explain the missing person's identity when the guild erupted into chaos.

Whether they were adventurers checking their quests at the quest board or idlers chatting and gossiping in the dining area, they all rushed towards the fat middle-aged man like a swarm of bees.

"Me! Me! Me! I want to take this commission!"

"Uncle, I'm from the Thieves' Guild. I'm good at finding people."

"What are mere thieves? I'm a mage apprentice; this level of commission should be handled by us mages."

In the blink of an eye, the obese middle-aged man was swallowed up by the crowd.

Louis and his two companions were clearly not as quick to react as the veterans; they were still standing there, stunned.

Dai Na was extremely anxious, her eyes darting around, searching for a gap in the crowd to squeeze in, but unfortunately she couldn't find such an opening.

Nora remained silent, but she quietly pulled out a hand-made "grenade" from her cloak and gestured as if she wanted to throw it into the crowd.

Hey! Girl, your thoughts are dangerous!

You'll probably go to jail!

Louis quickly pressed the necromancer's hand back under his cloak and lowered his voice, saying:

"Don't rush. We don't need to fight those old foxes for it, because we have information they don't have. Let's wait and see."

"Intelligence they didn't have?"

Dai Na looked confused.

Louis pointed to the portrait that was not yet lost in the crowd, and the two team members finally looked enlightened.

After discovering that the missing person was the ignorant boy she had seen a few days ago, Dai Na was both angry and amused.

"It's impossible to reason with a damned devil," that's the kind of person they are.

While it is indeed heartbreaking for a model student to go missing in the wild, the reward offered by his nouveau riche father is also incredibly tempting.

Five gold coins! That's five hundred silver coins and fifty thousand copper coins!

This is the price of half a class-specific manual; even the most expensive equipment in Old Charlie's equipment shop could buy two or three pieces in one go.

As Dai Na was filled with mixed feelings, a shrewd person in the crowd finally asked a useful question.

"Sir, could you please provide some information about your son?"

"For example, his name, age, and height; where and when did he disappear?"

After the question was asked, the adventurers in the guild gradually quieted down, listening intently to what the middle-aged nouveau riche would say next, as these would be crucial clues in the search for the missing person.

The middle-aged man quickly said:

"My son's name is Remy Carter. He's only fifteen years old. He's a very good young man and he's half a head taller than me."

"Five days ago, he said he wanted to open a shop with a friend and start a business. I gave him some money, but he hasn't come home even once since!"

In the end, the portly middle-aged man broke down in tears:

"I only have this one son, my only son! He's so naive, he must have been scammed!"

"I wish he had been kidnapped, even if they wanted a ransom from me. I just want my Remy to live."

Mr. Carter's tearful plea did not elicit any sympathy from the adventurers.

A near-cold voice asked:

"Mr. Carter, if... I mean, if your son were unfortunately murdered and we found his body, would the reward still be paid?"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged man's face immediately showed anger, but he managed to suppress it.

He hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said:

"In order to get you peasants to do your best to save my son, I promise that if you find my son's body, you will receive five gold coins without missing a penny; if you can bring him back unharmed, I will give you double the reward."

These words caused the entire audience to erupt in even greater excitement.

Just then, receptionist Liv finally squeezed into the inner circle and said to the middle-aged man:

"Mr. Carter, I think your missing person request can be posted as a bounty. If you're willing, I believe the adventurers present will all do their part to find Mr. Remy."

"Regarding the commission, a specialist will discuss it with you in detail. Please move to the reception room."

At Liv's urging, Mr. Carter agreed to issue the commission as a bounty, and countless adventurers flocked out, leaving the guild feeling empty and deserted in the blink of an eye.

The portrait of Remy Carter was also taken by a specialist to make rubbings and distributed to other branches.

Louis also said:

"Let's hurry up and set off. The news of this large bounty should reach the other branches of the guild soon."

"If it happens to reach the branch where the Red Fox Squad originally received the mission, someone there might have the same information as us."

To be honest, Louis is in a very good mood right now.

Because Remy most likely did something that many rebellious teenagers do—deceive their parents.

What if I want to be an adventurer but my parents won't allow it?

Okay, I'll pretend to open a shop and scam my parents out of money, buy a bunch of high-quality equipment, secretly register an adventurer identity, and then go on a wonderful adventure, right?

Mr. Carter was clearly misled by his son, and the other adventurers were misled as well.

You'll never find a boy who went missing while doing business inside the city, but you have a much better chance of finding a passionate young adventurer who has just become an adventurer outside the city.

Not to mention they also wiped out the entire Red Fox Squad; those four should have been carrying the relevant information for the commission.

"Nora, you didn't throw away the clothes of the four members of the Red Fox Squad, did you?"

Louis turned to the necromancer and asked.

Nora pulled at his hood and said:

"You're looking for the commission information, right? I glanced at it when I disposed of their bodies and noted down the location. We can set off now."

Nora paused, then raised her voice slightly and said:

"And here's some more good news: according to the commission information, the boy isn't registered as Remy Carter in the Adventurers' Guild; he's called Miley."

"Even if the news of the bounty reached the branch of the Red Fox Squad that accepted the commission, it would still take them quite a while to confirm Remy's identity."

"We have an absolute advantage in this search for people."

Louis: "..."

Thank you for your recklessness, young man.

Without delay, after receiving the specific location of the commission from the Red Fox Squad, the Sewer Squad immediately set off towards the outskirts of the city.

The destination entrusted to the Red Fox Squad and Remy was Cat's Eye Mountain, fifty miles from Blackrock City, where the environment was suitable for the growth of many herbs.

Although it is not a rare or precious herb, it is a resource upon which several villages at the foot of the mountain depend for their survival.

Not long ago, a huge bear-like monster appeared in Cat's Eye Mountain. All the herb gatherers who saw it were killed. The only eyewitness also died from his injuries after fleeing back to the village and describing a few of the monster's characteristics.

The Red Fox Squad's mission was to kill that demonic bear.