adventurers in the sewers

Leaving Nora aside, Louis went to Dana's side.

By this time, she had already helped Milissa wash up properly and changed her into a clean set of clothes.

The cleanliness of her body greatly improved the female professional's mental state.

Seeing Louis approach, she asked in a hoarse voice:

"Excuse me, where are Captain Ryan and Ronan's bodies? May I go see them?"

Louis nodded and led Milissa to the two corpses.

"I have done my best to tidy up their appearance. There are some injuries on the bodies that were caused by the battle. Please understand."

"I also collected as much of their equipment and belongings as possible."

Louis reminded him softly.

Milissa hummed in agreement and slowly knelt down beside her two teammates, her eyes filled with sorrow.

Nora appeared behind Louis at some point and began muttering in a voice only he could hear:

"Do you understand what I mean? The two corpses of professionals are nice, but their interpersonal relationships are too complicated, so we can't get our hands on them at all."

Louis's lips twitched, and he pulled a dry biscuit from his pocket and stuffed it into Nora's mouth to stop the girl from continuing her nonsense.

After a long while, she turned to Louis and said:

"Thank you for saving me and recovering my teammate's body."

"I should do something to show my support. Is there anything your team needs? I will do anything within my power to help."

Louis had originally intended to decline.

But Nora, while chewing her dry rations, poked Louis in the back with her finger:

"What are you pretending for? Didn't you already have your eye on Ryan's Shield Guardian Codex? Even if you can't get their corpses, at least get a class-specific codex; it'll save you a lot of money."

"Don't you understand the principle of 'helping others solve problems and taking money'?"

Louis: "..."

Admittedly, Nora expressed his true feelings, though his words were somewhat rough.

He wasn't exactly a person of high moral character to begin with. The reason he was considering declining was mainly because he felt embarrassed to ask for help after seeing how miserable the Silver Hunter team had become.

Milissa glanced at Louis with some surprise:

"So you're not a professional yet? Your team is really amazing. You took down so many enemies with just two professionals."

She took the Shield Guardian's Manual from Ryan and handed it to Louis:

"Please accept this. If the captain knew you would inherit his power, I think he would be very happy."

Louis suppressed his desire to refuse and accepted the offer readily.

Milissa picked up Ryan's silver shield again and handed it to Louis:

"This Mercury Shield was recently purchased by the captain. It has excellent defensive capabilities and is sufficient for you to use until you become a star-level professional. Please accept this shield as a token of your gratitude."

"As for the compensation for the captain's family, I will take care of it..."

"Although I no longer plan to be an adventurer, I am still a professional. As long as I am alive, it means a steady stream of cash flow, and I can take care of their families."

Milissa's voice was initially weak, but it became firm as she spoke, and her dim eyes gradually regained their light, as if she had found hope for life again.

"Is protecting your comrades' families your goal? That's a decent motivation in life."

Louis thought to himself.

He solemnly accepted Ryan's silver shield, feeling its heavy weight, and said to Milissa in a deep voice:

"I will not let this shield down... Also, I hope you can keep in touch with our team. If you encounter any trouble, you can come to me anytime."

Milissa smiled and nodded.

She thought for a moment and said:

"Actually, before becoming a mage, my ambition was to open my own bakery, but as I went further and further down the path of a professional, I gradually forgot this dream from my teenage years."

"Perhaps I should pick up this dream again, and hopefully my baking skills haven't deteriorated."

She smiled and addressed the sewer squad:

"I will definitely let you know as soon as I open the store. You will always get half price in my store!"

Louis and Dina exchanged a glance and nodded in unison.

Seeing the people you saved regain hope for life is a very fulfilling experience.

In the near future, a bakery filled with the sweet aroma of wheat will appear in Blackrock City. The owner will be young, beautiful, and kind-hearted.

Perhaps some young adventurers will visit that shop every day, and one day they will be surprised to find that the gentle and generous female shopkeeper is actually a real magician!

This kind of development has the feel of an adventure novel.

Soon after, the Adventurers' Guild's cleanup crew and Blackrock City officials finally arrived.

They quickly sealed off the scene. A middle-aged man dressed as a priest, surrounded by the crowd, arrived at the underground sacrificial site and professionally destroyed the altar and sacrificial array.

Those corpses contaminated by demonic power were originally intended to be cremated in a centralized manner.

But with Milissa's guarantee, Ryan and Ronan's bodies were preserved, and only a simple exorcism was performed.

This is also one of the privileges of professionals, because they have the ability to handle some extraordinary events, so some rules that are used to protect ordinary people will be relaxed to a limited extent for professionals.

Of course, even a level 1 professional couldn't guarantee the safety of parasitic demons and the chimera's corpse, and they were ultimately purified on the spot by a priest.

Nora followed suit and saved the bodies of ten contaminated waiters.

She saved ten bodies, not because she only wanted ten, but because she could only save ten.

So she ran to Daina's side again, humbled herself and begged her for a while, and finally persuaded Daina to vouch for ten more corpses for her.

In this way, Nora successfully acquired twenty undead soldiers, and she selected the best of the best, ensuring that each corpse was perfectly intact with only a few bullet holes.

Once we get back and properly rehabilitate the corpses, the zombie soldiers will be far stronger than they were in their hastily revived state.

As for the corpses of the guests, and the coachman who brought them to the Haisen Manor, they were preserved because they were not contaminated by the power of the demon realm.

Someone will be sent to notify their families to come and claim them.

"Sigh, this is already the fourth demon invasion case this month, and this incident in particular has resulted in the most casualties."

After completing the exorcism ritual, the middle-aged priest wiped the sweat from his forehead, looking exhausted.

A portly man dressed as an official wiped the sweat from his brow and said nervously:

"Lord Yuriel, does this mean we're getting closer to a full-scale demon invasion? Shouldn't Blackrock City start preparing?"

The priest known as Uriel sighed:

"Saying there will be a full-scale demon invasion soon is an exaggeration, but more humans will inevitably be bewitched by demons in the near future."

"If someone completes an unfinished sacrificial ritual similar to that of Haisen Manor without our knowledge, a small-scale demon invasion may occur. Blackrock City should prepare for this area."

The official nodded repeatedly:

"Okay, I will urge the villages and towns outside the city to harvest the grain as soon as possible, and then gather the villagers and townspeople into the city as much as possible."

Louis overheard their conversation from a distance.

Has the situation really gotten this bad?