adventurers in the sewers

After listening to Griffin's introduction of Ruan, Louis was slightly disappointed.

He thought he would be able to find out valuable information such as Lu An's home address and interpersonal relationships, but he didn't even know if the other party's name was real or not.

However, the intelligence Griffin provided wasn't entirely useless; at least it revealed the enemy's strength.

Judging from the fact that the other party stormed into Griffin's house and demanded to know Hillon's whereabouts, he didn't even know if Hillon was completely dead.

In the short term, it's unlikely that this person will be traced back to him.

"By the way, what does 'Level 1 Three Stars' mean?"

Louis noticed a blind spot in his knowledge.

When Nora introduced her teacher before, she also said that her teacher was a five-star expert among the third-level professionals.

In addition to the level classification, it seems that professionals also have a star rating within each level?

Nora explained:

"There is a big difference in strength among professionals of the same level, so star rating is used to judge the difference in strength among professionals of the same level."

"Newly promoted professionals are zero stars. When magic adaptability reaches the level cap, it counts as one star. When a single main attribute reaches the level cap, it counts as one star. When all secondary attributes reach the level cap, it also counts as one star."

"Take my teacher as an example. His magic adaptability, all three main attributes, and all secondary attributes have reached their maximum level, making him a five-star strongman."

"As for the Assassin class, since it only has two main attributes, the maximum star rating is only four stars."

"A level one, three-star assassin is not someone we can handle right now."

Louis nodded in realization.

The star rating criteria are clear.

Indeed, there is a world of difference between a level 1 professional with 10 points of magic and a level 1 professional with 20 points of magic.

Let alone a three-star professional, even a one-star professional would be difficult for Louis to defeat if that star was obtained through a main attribute of 20 points.

For a semi-professional like Hillen to escape from a professional assassin is simply outrageous.

Griffin probably chose to hide his professional identity from the beginning because he couldn't defeat Ruan, which allowed him to fake his death and escape.

That's all I know.

Griffin said sadly:

"I'm too old now, and I'm just a one-star druid. I can't avenge Hiron with my own hands."

Louis thought for a moment and said:

"Mr. Griffin, could you please describe Ruan's appearance?"

"If he ever targets us, we'll be able to detect it in time and take him down, which would be revenge for Hiren."

Griffin glanced at Louis, seemingly wondering where the boy's confidence came from, but after thinking for a moment, he still described Ruan's appearance in detail.

"He has short, reddish-brown hair, green eyes, is about 1.75 meters tall, looks to be around 25 years old, and doesn't have any particularly outstanding features."

"He is very talkative. Although he will not reveal important information about his employer or himself, he will say whatever he can. When you talk to him, you can clearly feel that he is a proud and arrogant person who is unwilling to be subordinate to others."

Louis carefully noted down these characteristics and said:

"We will keep an eye on it."

He paused, then invited the tortoise:

"Mr. Griffin, would you like to come with us? Now that you've been targeted by Ruan, even if you turn back, you definitely can't stay in Wind Chime City."

Although Griffin is only a Level 1, 1-star professional, he is still a professional after all.

If we could travel with them temporarily, it would be a great help.

But the tortoise slowly shook its head:

"No, I should be able to turn back after tonight, and then I'll take everything from the equipment shop with me when I leave."

"I am going to the kingdom's capital to find a reliable noble or official to report the assassination of Hiron."

Louis was slightly taken aback, and quickly said:

"Mr. Griffin, isn't this too risky? What if we run right into the enemy's hands?"

The tortoise gave a wry smile:

"What else can I not lose?"

"If we fail, we fail. If we succeed, everyone can rest easy."

Louis was speechless for a moment.

He sighed and could only nod.

Nora listened for a while, then suddenly said:

"If you're going to complain in the capital, fine, but why take all the equipment with you? Couldn't you leave us a couple of pieces? You know I've been eyeing that amethyst robe for ages."

Griffin: "..."

He was taken aback, and after a long pause, he said irritably:

"Didn't I already tell you that Ruan is a regular customer of mine? He's seen all the equipment in the shop. You're wearing such a conspicuous amethyst robe because you're afraid he won't notice, right?"

Nora touched her chin, realizing that this was indeed a problem.

Louis couldn't help but look at Griffin with new respect. He hadn't expected the little turtle to care about them so much; it seemed he wasn't a pure-blooded swindler.

But the very next second, Griffin angrily shouted again:

"And if I succeed in filing a lawsuit, I plan to come back alive and continue running the shop."

"Do you know that the most painful thing in the world is dying with money left unspent?"

Okay, he's definitely a shrewd businessman.

"Let's go, Louis. That old shrewd businessman is too clever for his own good; we won't get anything out of him."

Nora tugged at Louis's sleeve, her tone full of dissatisfaction.

"Mr. Griffin, we'll be going now. Please take care of yourself."

Louis waved to the tortoise and prepared to leave.

He had just turned around when he heard the tortoise snort coldly:

"Wait a minute, I have two one-cubic-meter magic pouches in my shop. One is enough to hold all these weapons and equipment. You can take one and go. You don't have to worry about being recognized."

A magic pocket?

Louis's heart skipped a beat... Wasn't that the famous storage bag?

Even the most basic magic pocket requires a space mage to use rare monster hides as a base and spend a month crafting it.

These magic pockets start at ten gold coins, and some can cost hundreds or even thousands.

Nora reacted faster than Louis. Before the tortoise could finish speaking, she rushed towards him, grabbed him, and shook him violently.

"Where? Where?"

Griffin was so dizzy from being shaken that he quickly pointed to a cabinet on the wall with his paw.

Nora put the tortoise down, opened the cabinet drawer, and took out an ordinary-looking bag that resembled a leather money bag, which she then stroked with care.

"You old swindler, at least you still have some conscience. It wasn't for nothing that we risked being watched to tip you off."

Griffin snorted coldly:

"Get out of here, don't come back and ruin my shop."

After the boy and girl reached the door, he suddenly said:

"If I haven't heard from you in a month, or if you've taken care of that guy named Luan, you can come to the capital."

"I will deposit all my equipment and wealth in the largest bank in the capital... I am the registrant, and the password is the pinyin for 'turtle'."

"If I didn't take them, you can take them."