adventurers in the sewers

Nora and Dina had already purchased the items, and each of them held a magic crystal, competing to improve their magic adaptability.

The team talent "Accelerated Training" naturally also provides an advantage in magic adaptability.

Dina, who has lower magic adaptability, will receive more buffs than Nora.

However, the latter made up for this by relying on the high-quality magic crystals obtained from the master's gold coins, and for a time the two were evenly matched.

When Louis and Merry finished their lesson, they realized it was already evening.

The group bid farewell to Mr. Colin and left the dilapidated house.

Outside, it was completely dark, and the night sky was dotted with stars.

As Louis walked toward the inn, he pondered another reason he had come to Wind Chime City: to inform Griffin, the weapons merchant.

After much deliberation, he decided to deliver the message anonymously and avoid direct contact with Griffin.

But this creates a problem: he can't find out the killer's identity.

Knowing only that the person who killed the Fourth Hero was named Ruan is useless; we also need to know who his employer was and why he killed the hero.

If this person isn't thoroughly investigated, Louis himself might be the next hero to be assassinated.

After all, if you don't know anything about the other party, you can't be sure how far their investigation has progressed.

Has he confirmed Hillon's death? Does he suspect that the Hero's Codex has fallen into the wrong hands? Will he conduct a thorough investigation into everyone who entered the sewers while Hillon was escaping into them?

He won't be able to sleep soundly until this person is thoroughly exposed.

"Louis, you seem to have something on your mind?"

Dina noticed that Louis's brows furrowed again and asked softly.

Louis nodded, and taking advantage of the fact that they were still in the suburbs and no one was around, he relayed Hillen's dying words.

"Griffin? That old swindler's full name is Peter Griffin. He's practically Hillen's adoptive father. Everyone in town knows that."

Nora said resentfully:

"Some people say that old shrewd merchant is a professional, but no one has ever seen him display any remarkable abilities. However, the equipment he crafts is quite good, but it's very expensive."

Judging from her words, it seems she was swindled out of money by Griffin.

Louis suddenly realized why Hillen was only willing to tell this person about his death; the two were indeed closely related.

The possibility of Griffin betraying them and defecting to the enemy is indeed very small.

Even so, Louis still felt he needed to be on guard.

Seemingly sensing Louis's thoughts, Nora said:

"I'll go with you to deliver the letter. I'll keep watch for you, and you can just slip the letter under his door. We'll see if he reacts tomorrow."

Louis nodded; that was the only way.

He arrived at the inn, borrowed a sheet of unmarked white stationery from the innkeeper, wrote down his message, and specifically asked who this "Lu An" was.

After finishing the letter, he took out a large coat from his luggage, which was originally meant to shield him from the sun, wrapped himself up tightly, and went out with Nora.

Upon reaching the vicinity of the weapon shop, Louis immediately activated the stealth mode of "Shadow Sword Technique," swiftly moved to the shop entrance, slipped the letter inside, and then left immediately.

Silent all night.

The next morning, after breakfast, Louis activated his Shadow Sword Technique again, greatly reducing his presence, and passed by the weapon shop.

But even though it was almost nine o'clock, the store still showed no signs of opening.

Perhaps it's because of the slow pace of life in Wind Chime City; the shops next to him were already open, and Griffin was clearly a step behind.

"Was it because you were too shocked after seeing the letter that you closed the store to process the information?"

Louis secretly guessed.

He didn't linger, quickly leaving to join the team members who had arrived at Mr. Colin's house earlier.

"Isn't it open?"

Nora frowned and said seriously to Louis:

"Let's go check again tonight. If that old swindler still doesn't make a move, we need to be prepared that he's already been killed by that Lu An."

Louis could only nod.

He and Merry spent the entire morning listening to lectures.

Rune magic differs greatly from ordinary magic; the latter relies on incantation, while the former relies on engraving.

Therefore, the three main attributes of a rune mage are Intelligence, Sensing, and Dexterity.

With a natural 10 in the first two attributes and a 6 in dexterity, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her a near-rune mage.

Returning to the runes themselves, each magical rune can be seen as a skill, such as the most basic fire rune, frost rune, healing rune, and so on.

These runes can be inscribed on weapons, armor, the ground, the air, and even living beings, and once activated, they can produce a continuous magical effect.

Simply put, this is a fragile class with weak damage output and strong support capabilities, and its talent requirements are much higher than those of a typical mage class.

Anyway, by the time Louis finished learning it, he was completely confused.

Those runes were completely illegible, and the incantation speed-up effect of 'Super Speed ​​Mind' had no effect on rune magic.

It can only be said that everyone has their own expertise; Louis, who is not cut out for this, would find it difficult to even get started.

"If only I could find a rune mage's corpse or two in the future. Once I obtain rune magic, upgrading skills and increasing skill proficiency would be much easier."

After a busy day, Master Lu decided to go weightlifting with Dai Na.

Upon arriving outside the house, Louis saw Dina holding the tip of her sword with two fingers, struggling to execute a basic swordsmanship move.

Holding the sword tip with only two fingers is at least ten times more strenuous than holding it normally. Practicing sword moves in this posture is clearly a huge test of dexterity.

With such rigorous training, Daina should be able to change jobs soon.

Louis thought for a moment and then began to practice his dexterity in the same way.

He is currently in a period of rapid development after changing jobs, and his various attributes are increasing very quickly.

Even if there isn't a full 1-point increase, as long as there is progress, the teammates' corresponding attribute training speed will be faster.

Before we knew it, night had fallen again.

The group returned to the hotel, while Louis, accompanied by Nora, went to Griffin's weapons shop for another look.

This shop wasn't even open, let alone lit up.

"I'll scout it out first."

Nora took an eyeball from under her cloak and threw it at the chimney of the house.

The eyeball traced a beautiful parabola and landed precisely in the chimney.

The girl closed her left eye and pressed her finger on her eyelid, seemingly connecting with the gaze of that eyeball.

After observing for a while, she nodded:

"There's no danger inside, just a corpse."

Louis's heart sank, but he said nothing. He and Nora simply worked together to pry open the lock and went inside.

The letter behind the door lay there neatly, showing no signs of having been read.

Louis picked up the letter, walked through the dark shop, and came to the back living room, where an extremely obese corpse lay.

There were no signs of a fight in the living room, and the body was not decomposed, as if it had only been dead for two or three days.

"It can't be such a coincidence... Griffin just happened to die a day or two before we arrived in Wind Chime City?"

Louis frowned deeply.

He didn't feel much guilt for being late in reporting the news; he would never have contacted Griffin without being fully prepared.

Taking a deep breath, Louis stepped forward and gently touched Griffin's body with his finger.

But upon touching it, he sensed something was wrong.

The cheat code did not display a prompt indicating that the corpse could be picked up.